Grim Reaper in the Apocalypse: Reaping Immortals

Atlan looked around and could see nothing but destruction and suffering. It only took one mistake for the entire thing to snowball into something uncontrollable.

The Mage was coughing and barely clinging to life, the Sniper was pummeled to the ground, and the Mesmer couldn't even speak out, much more try to play a song with his flute.

The only one still standing was Ninth, who was fighting both the angry bearded Canzer and the smoking Canzer at the same time.

And they were still considered quite lucky. After all, only half of the Canzers were actively fighting against them. Atlan could only imagine the chaos if all six fought them at the same time.

Should I fight with them? He could no longer stand by and simply watch as the entire team got overwhelmed by the Canzers. He could at least act as bait for them and let the others recover.

But just as he was about to move, his bodyguard gripped his shoulder. "Don't go."

"But—"

"It is not your job to fight these Canzers. It is your job to survive and reach the Church. Once there, you'll have plenty of danger you have to face. For now, you should do nothing but watch."

Atlan couldn't believe it. "Aren't you worried?"

"No," he answered. "They are Specialist Saviors for a reason. Don't underestimate their resilience."

Just then, they felt the ground shake.

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'Gyah! Don't look at me!'

The shy Canzer ran towards them with its hands covering its eyes. The dead trees on its way broke like twigs under its rush and each of its steps induced an earthquake that shook the entire Remedium. Its feet dug deep into the soil, creating deep footsteps that went as far as 4 feet.

Atlan was sure that he'd get squished into a pancake if he got trampled by that Canzer.

"Move!" his bodyguard shouted. Atlan took one step at a time to move away from the Canzer's path.

Unfortunately, as the shy Canzer got nearer to Atlan and the bodyguard, it peeked through its hands covering its eyes, and saw the two humans in front of it.

'Ahhh! They're looking at me!'

In its panic, the Canzer stepped to the side and negated Atlan's efforts of dodging. Thankfully, his bodyguard used his LifeSkill and manifested an ethereal octopus arm that wrapped itself around Atlan's body.

The shy Canzer's foot trampled on Atlan's body, which quickly turned into a straw copy. Atlan reappeared right next to his bodyguard safe and sound.

The shy Canzer continued running straight until it tripped and crashed into the big nose Canzer. They both fell to the ground.

'Woah, thanks Bee. I almost sneezed there.'

'Wahhh! I don't want the humans to see me!'

'Who? Them?'

The big nose Canzer pointed towards Atlan and the bodyguard. The shy Canzer subconsciously looked towards them and immediately made eye contact with both humans.

Its face turned bright red with smoke coming out of its ears. It covered its eyes, but it couldn't help but feel as if the humans were still staring.

The bodyguard was still wary of another rush, so he was cautiously keeping an eye on it so that he'd be able to protect Atlan if it decided to run towards them again. But he didn't know that it would provoke a reaction from the Canzer.

'DON'T LOOK AT ME!' it screamed and rushed towards the two of them with its eyes still covered.

The Canzer was in a full-on sprint towards them and Atlan was far too slow to dodge away. His bodyguard immediately activated his LifeSkill, creating an ethereal octopus arm sticking out from the ground.

And just as he was about to move his octopus arm, a rotten chitinous hand suddenly grew out the back of his head and covered his eyes.

The bodyguard tried to pry the hands away from his eyes but found them extremely hard to budge. It was as if they were permanently glued to his eyelids.

Not only that, more and more chitinous hands wrapped around his body and covered him completely. His ears were blocked, making him hear nothing but a muffled sound of Atlan shouting towards him.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

He couldn't even feel the ground underneath his feet. The chitinous hands wrapped around his body numbed him to the point that he couldn't even feel the air or the soil.

With his senses completely obscured, he couldn't see or feel anything around him.

And without sensing Atlan, he wouldn't be able to activate his LifeSkill. The octopus arm flailed around but hit nothing but the air.

This left Atlan completely vulnerable to the rushing Canzer. After all, he was also covered with chitinous hands all over his body. But even without his vision obscured, he stood no chance of dodging with tens of thousands of tons weighing him down.

The Canzer ran through the forest of dead trees. It was only moments away from trampling Atlan into a pancake.

Just as it was about to take its last step, a sudden force suddenly pushed the Canzer sideways. The attack was strong enough to throw the shy Canzer up in the air until it fell tumbling through the forest.

The Scout appeared in front of Atlan, with his fist made entirely of shadow.

He had stayed in stealth for all this time, empowering the shadow mutation in his fist. The longer he stayed unnoticed, the stronger his shadow power became.

He could have used this power to save the Mage, the Mesmer, the Sniper, or even Ninth from losing hundreds of years of SoulTime, but the Scout chose not to.

His main job in this mission was to look for traps and let the team traverse the dangerous Remedium safely. However, that was not his only job. He was also in charge of helping the Tank bodyguard in protecting the Star Porter.

His patience paid off and he was able to save the Porter from being trampled by that shy Canzer.