212 World of the Dead (4)

*Present*

"A reaper?" Minho echoed. "They kill humans?"

"No," the girl replied. "They don't actually kill humans. More specifically, they'll get rid of anyone, who isn't dead, come into this world. It's not a place for the living."

She peered out through the door's cracks to make sure that the skeletal creature was gone. 

"They're not usually patrolling around," she murmured. "They rarely show up. It was probably because they've sensed something powerful."

"Are there more of them?" Minho asked. His voice was almost a whisper.

"Yes, but in this building, there's just one," she explained. "It doesn't come out often unless there's a troublemaker in the realm. There has been some sort of disturbance lately. It seems that someone had opened a portal to the real world and now that you're here, I can see that they've succeeded."

"I need to get to Gayoon," he said. "She's alive just like I am! I have to get to her!"