Grim Reaper in the Apocalypse: Reaping Immortals

Atlan had to think fast. He lost his only protection, which meant that he would have to bear the full brunt of the Canzer's force.

He could choose to simply let himself be trampled since his battle suit armor allowed him to withstand 5 full-powered attacks from Canzers.

However, he knew that even with its shy nature, the Canzer tended to be vindictive. The Scout was subjected to multiple tramplings just because he was a human who dared to touch the Canzer. Who's to say that it would be so magnanimous as to finish stomping Atlan with just five steps? Maybe it wouldn't stop until ten or twenty.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Sure, he had 5000 years of SoulTime in his System to help him mitigate the damage, but that was his lifeline—literally. It would be ideal if he didn't spend so much of his SoulTime on the first Canzer he encountered in this mission.

Therefore, he couldn't do nothing. He had to get away by himself.

One of the immediate solutions that came to mind was his Angel Wings. With the power of his mutation, he'd be able to move away from the Canzer just in time. However, the problems that came with that were obvious. Unless he could use his Modify Memory Spore to these Specialist Vanguards, then there was no chance he'd be able to explain his way out of having Angel powers.

The same problem came with his other LifeSkills.

His Cherubic Retribution may be powerful enough to damage a Specialist-level Canzer due to its Angel powers, but it needed a few seconds of preparation and absolute focus. It was unfeasible to do in the current situation even if he was prepared to show this LifeSkill to other people.

His Chitinous Webs may be weak, but it could possibly stagger the Canzer for at least a fraction of a second. It would certainly help, but it wouldn't save him from being trampled. It was the same with the Apocalyptic Hellfire; they were too weak.

The only LifeSkill that could help him right now was his Bloodline Transformation which was at the 1st stage Pre-Intern realm.

I can't use my LifeSkills…they're too eye-catching…

The situation was dangerous, but it wasn't critical. Atlan decided he would only reveal his true powers once it was a matter of life and death.

What about my mutations? Is there anything that can help me?

Aside from his Angel Wings, his Photosynthesis mutation seemed to be the one most useful. After all, he could gain a year of SoulTime for every second of activation under the sun. He assumed that the sun worked the same in the Remedium. Except for the fact that its color was negative, it functioned the same way and allowed his Photosynthesis mutation to transform light energy into lifespan.

It was a good backup, but it didn't solve his problem. He had to find a way to avoid the shy Canzer's stomping.

Think! Think! Think!, Atlan said to himself.

The Canzer had its leg raised and was about to trample Atlan into the ground.

'Don't look at me!' The shy Canzer screamed.

Just then, Atlan widened his eyes as he realized something. He opened his mouth and directed a seemingly unintelligible set of words towards the Canzer.

'I can see you…'

The shy Canzer stopped in its tracks and looked around. Only when it saw no other Canzer around did it direct its gaze to the little human in front of it.

The unexpected words that it understood from the human were shocking enough to short-circuit its brain into being stunned. It opened and closed its mouth, unable to utter a single word.

The Canzer thought it was simply hearing things, but Atlan's expression was clear. He said what he said.

The fact that a human could speak a Canzer's language meant that it could also understand their words. That was perhaps the most terrifying thing for the Canzer. It was already bashful enough when humans were looking at it, imagine how flustered it was to learn that a human had been understanding its words since the beginning.

'Mon…mons…MONSTER! Stay away from me! Don't look at me!'

The Canzer's shyness was unlike anything from before. It usually covered its eyes with its hands, but it still peeked through the gaps to see its surroundings. Now, it wasn't covering its eyes. Instead, it bolted away from its source of fear as fast as possible as if it was a matter of life and death.

'AAAAHHHHHH!'

It didn't take a few seconds before the shy Canzer was nowhere to be seen. It disappeared into the fog with no intention of ever returning to the battlefield. It was traumatized.

'Damn it, Bee! The fight's not over, where are you going?!'

'Hehehe…he's so bashful…'

'Zzzz…POP….if he can go home, can I go home?'

'You bastards! Fine! I'll kill all the humans myself.'

'Hehe…don't worry, you have me Gee.'

With his life saved, Atlan breathed out a sigh of relief. He didn't know if his last-second plan would have worked, but it was worth a shot. And it paid off quite well.

"Porter…what happened?"

From the bodyguard's perspective, Atlan simply uttered a shout. And somehow, the Canzer ran away without any rhyme or reason.

It didn't even register in the bodyguard's mind that Atlan did something to scare away the Canzer.

"I don't know," he lied.

The reason why he triumphed against the shy Canzer was because of a particular mutation in his Soul System.

[Mutation]

— (7-star) Sapient Canzer Polyglot

Since the shy Canzer could speak with perfect grammar and think like a real human, Atlan assumed that it was a Sapient Canzer.

If it could speak, then it could understand.

The only thing Atlan needed to do was poke its insecurities and fears. Since he heard its words and mannerisms, he knew that it had a shy temperament. So, he scared the Canzer by showing it that Atlan was a personification of its fears: humans perceiving the Canzer.

With just a few words, Atlan was able to reduce the amount of Canzers they had to fight. And he did it without lifting a single finger.