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As the news broadcast about the blizzard stretching toward the Korean Peninsula and Northern Europe came to an end, I teleported to the Golden Reaper, who was wandering beyond Seoul Forest.

“Ah! Mom!”

As soon as I arrived, the first thing I saw was the Golden Reaper, hopping joyfully to greet me, and a white "wall" that seemed to touch the sky, rising towering high in front of us.

The massive white wall, stretching far in the distance, was slowly approaching from the horizon.

“That’s quite big…”

I looked up at the distant blizzard in awe.

It didn’t feel like a simple snowstorm; it felt more like an Object sending me a challenge.

Whoooo.

A strange sound vibrated through my ears, shaking my entire body.

It was a weird noise, unlike anything I had heard before.

The sound was so loud that it made everything else feel strangely quiet.

Even as a strong gust of wind blew, threatening to knock me off balance, the sound devoured the wind itself.

It was an overwhelming sound!

As the snow wall got closer, the chaotic flow swirling within it became clearly visible.

It was like small whirlpools forming and vanishing, leaving traces of vicious winds appearing and disappearing over the snow wall.

Suddenly, the thought of Seoul came to my mind.

What if this blizzard hits the city?

The glass windows of the high-rise buildings would tear apart like thin paper, and the flimsy structures would collapse like sandcastles swept away by waves.

Moreover, within the snow wall, lightning flashes from rapid temperature changes could be seen.

Each time a blue flash cut through the snowstorm, the air around me seemed to crackle with electricity.

I tightly grasped the blue flash in my palm.

It was like static electricity flying through the air.

As I felt the cool breeze and kept watching the blizzard, the Mini Reapers began to pop up around me.

“It’s huge!”

“Is it dangerous for the humans?”

The Mini Reapers stretched their hands wide, trying to gauge the size of the snowstorm, or looked at me with worried expressions.

I noticed drones capturing the situation from a distance.

Come to think of it, it was now fine for machines to enter Seoul Forest.

“Shall we begin?”

I stretched out both hands and summoned a Halo above my head.

“Illusory Halo.”

When fighting a strong Object, this wasn’t useful, but in this case, it was perfect.

I started burning a pile of firewood and imagined a huge wall.

A wall bigger and stronger than this blizzard.

In that instant, as if it had always been there, a giant wall filled my view.

It was so massive that it looked like the sky itself.

As the strange sound from the snowstorm was blocked out, silence filled the surroundings.

The abrupt silence, after the noise had faded, made it feel like stepping into a soundproof room.

After a little time passed, a large shockwave reverberated.

Boom!

With the sound of something heavy crashing against the wall, the ground trembled as if an earthquake had struck.

“….”

I climbed onto the wall I had created with the Mini Reapers.

Because the height was so immense, a different view unfolded before my eyes.

To the south, there were vast forests, cities, and a jagged horizon stretching to the sea.

To the north, the endless snowfields, completely covered in white, reached as far as the horizon.

It looked as if even time had frozen in the north, with no movement to be seen.

“So high!”

“So white!”

“Mom’s amazing!”

The Golden Reapers were full of awe and admiration, lying on the edge of the wall and gazing down below.

“Hmm…”

I nudged one of the defenseless Golden Reapers with my toe, sending them falling down the wall.

“Aangdae!”

The Golden Reaper flailed their limbs as they disappeared into the endless white snow.

Heh heh.

The Golden Reaper who had vanished into the white snow quickly returned to the top of the wall and began punching my head.

The Golden Reaper on my head had become an extremely cold Cold Reaper.

Looks like the temperature is extremely low over there, maybe as low as Dobong District?

I stared at the distant end of the snowfield, lost in thought.

In the middle of the endless snowfield, surrounded by sharp rocks, the city of Frost was busier than ever.

The loud sound of emergency bells sliced through the cold air.

The workers mining Blue Coal began to converge at the outskirts of the city, starting to build tall walls.

The chairman, puffing white mist from his breath, led the charge.

His voice was clear despite the strong winds.

“Hurry! We don’t have much time!”

From afar, the coral-haired girl, watching this scene, thought to herself.

“He doesn’t look as scary as I imagined.”

In the posters she usually saw, he looked like a terribly intimidating person.

Moreover, the laws announced in the chairman’s name were harsh.

Every time such laws came into effect…

“The chairman wasn’t like this before…”

“The city has changed, and so has he.”

Having heard adults muttering these things, it made sense for her to think that way.

Rustling.

Suddenly, something began to rustle inside the girl’s clothes.

“Ah, don’t move!”

The coral-haired girl giggled and tapped inside her top.

“Adults said that if they find out about you, they’ll never let us be.”

The Red Reaper, who had crawled up to her sleeve, suddenly stuck out its head, but the girl quickly pressed the Red Reaper’s head down and shoved it back inside her sleeve.

The Red Reaper, looking sullen, had no choice but to hide back inside.

As time passed, the construction work under the chairman’s leadership was finished, and the dismissal order was given.

As the chairman busily left to attend to other matters, the voices of the propaganda department rang out sharply.

“All personnel, stand by at their homes! Prepare for strong winds and the snowstorm to prevent any disruptions to the labor!”

Thud, thud.

As a metal rod was struck against the brass pipe, the workers hurriedly headed toward their homes.

The streets quickly emptied, and only the sound of the wind remained.

“….”

When the coral-haired girl returned home, wrapped in a small blanket, she stared down at the Red Reaper and muttered.

“Will everyone be okay?”

Even the young girl could see that the situation didn’t seem normal.

So, with a worried expression, she wondered whether the adults taking care of her would be alright.

“My flame will protect them.”

The Red Reaper, trying its best to smile, nodded at the girl.

But deep down, the Red Reaper couldn’t hide its anxiety.

“The Mini Reaper network is blocked…”

“Should I have called Mom? But if I call her for nothing, she’ll scold me terribly…”

“But the chairman’s a good human, so I’m sure it’ll be okay, right?”

Boom.

With the sound of the wind hitting the city, a terrifying chill enveloped the city.

The hastily built wall crumbled in an instant, and the cold, infused with the power of the Objects, began seeping into the city, biting the people.

On the outskirts of Songpa District in Seoul, the situation room on the top floor of James Tower was filled with a quiet tension.

The view of the city outside the window remained the same, but everyone knew.

Far beyond the horizon, a massive blizzard was slowly approaching Seoul.

“How is the distribution of winter supplies going?”

James asked calmly.

“Yes, everything has been delivered to research institutes and government facilities across Seoul,”

“We will also finish the tower’s sealing work soon.”

James nodded, and a meteorologist added.

“The blizzard is expected to reach the outskirts of Seoul in about six hours.”

Perhaps because of the serious atmosphere regarding the attachment humans, the Golden Reapers in the situation room huddled together, sitting quietly like children trying to avoid angry parents.

“Human, hang in there…”

“Hang in there…”

Just then, a technician shouted.

“The drones have reached the target location!”

James turned his gaze to the large screen.

On the screen, under the still clear sky, a strangely massive white wall was visible.

It looked harmless, bathed in a soft white color, not appearing threatening.

But it was a disaster that could neutralize Seoul in an instant.

Static.

As the drones slowly approached the blizzard, the screen shook, and the image quality deteriorated.

James furrowed his brow as the drone technician spoke.

“Electromagnetic interference detected.”

“There’s something in the blizzard disrupting the signals.”

“It’s too windy to get any closer.”

The drones continued to approach as close as they could without the screen breaking, trying to observe the blizzard.

At that moment, a Gray Reaper suddenly appeared in midair.

Looking briefly at the snowstorm, the Gray Reaper slowly raised both hands.

At the same time, red light poured out of the Gray Reaper’s body.

The Gray Reaper’s form darkened and cracked, like a shattered pottery, turning a deep red.

A brilliant Halo appeared above its head.

The light from the Halo grew stronger.

And in an instant, without warning, a massive wall rose up.

“!”

James shouted in surprise.

The wall was as if it had always been there.

It felt like an illusion or mental distortion, something almost too bizarre to believe.

The wall was as high as the clouds and seemed strong enough to block the blizzard.

James trembled.

This was unlike anything he had ever seen.

It was truly a miracle beyond human ability—God’s miracle.

Looking at the screen, James’s eyes filled with awe.

“Mom!”

“Mom, you’re amazing!”

The humans in the situation room were in shock, but the Golden Reapers, with expressions full of happiness, were praising Mom.

A vast snowfield stretching to the horizon.

A thick layer of clouds covered the sky, completely blocking the sun, and the pure white snowfield was submerged in dull darkness.

Even in the faint light, the ice crystals reflected a subtle glow, gently illuminating the snowfield.

In the middle of this, a massive throne stood tall.

Sitting upon it was something enormous.

The surrounding air seemed frozen, and the power emanating from the throne was overwhelming.

The coldness emanating from it seemed to neutralize even the chill of the snowfield.

In the snowfield, where time seemed to have frozen, the presence atop the throne began to move.

“Commence the invasion!”

At that moment, the entire snowfield trembled.

Snowflakes scattered from all directions, and the ice cracked, revealing giant shapes emerging from the ground.

Boom. Boom. Boom.

The heavy footsteps shook the earth.

The giants, awakened from the ice, were made of cold metal, their bodies covered in unmelting ice.

Clank. Clank.

Every time the giants moved, the sound of gears meshing echoed.

Moving with the cold air, their figures looked even more eerie and menacing in the darkness.

Thousands, no, tens of thousands of giants, marching at the command of the throne, slowly began their march.

To the south. To the south.

As the giants continued their march, the temperature around them dropped rapidly.

Wherever they passed, a thick layer of ice was left behind, and everything froze in its wake,