In the open area where the campfire flames were rising, the cry of the White Reaper echoed softly.

Amid the warm glow of the fire, the two Golden Reapers stood facing each other with serious expressions.

One was an entirely ordinary Golden Reaper, with no unusual features.

The other, however, was a Golden Halo Reaper, its ethereal form glowing faintly behind it like a shadow.

But the size of the ethereal form, which had been much larger than the main Golden Reaper, had shrunk down to barely the size of the Golden Reaper's head.

When the Golden Halo Reaper returned …