Grim Reaper in the Apocalypse: Reaping Immortals

The Queen wanted to use Atlan to deal with her enemies. If he became a lot stronger, then he could be the one to kill off her enemies for her.

By letting him live and grow up, then the Queen was basically investing in him.

It would be a win-win situation for both of them. Atlan would be ridding the world of powerful Canzers, and the Queen would be getting rid of her enemies.

Atlan had no choice but to accept her words. After all, the alternative would lead to his death—literally.

'So begone, human. I will not tell a soul about your powers.'

The Queen turned around and spread her wings wide. With nothing else to do, she wanted to return to her kingdom and spread the good news to her people. They would surely want a banquet now that the King and the Princess had been avenged of their deaths.

But just as she was about to take off, Atlan spoke out to her.

'Wait!'

The Queen looked back at Atlan, confused as to why he called out to her.

If Carmine could hear this, then he would have gone crazy. After all, Atlan would finally be safe once the dangerous dragon left him alone. Yet, he called out to her and stopped her in her tracks. It was as if Atlan wanted a death wish.

'What is it human? Do you prefer to be eaten?'

Atlan shook his head. Despite his dangerous antics, he wanted to live more than anyone.

'You said that you want me to live, right? You need me to get stronger so that I can someday kill your enemies.'

The Queen looked down at Atlan, wondering where he was going with this.

'Yes. That is right.'

'Then, why don't you help me live?'

The dragon slapped her tail on the ground as she sat down on the ground. She didn't know what Atlan was going to say, but she knew that he was about to say something interesting.

'In what capacity?'

'Our mission is not yet over. We are to advance further up to the church and we are sure that there would be more Canzers hindering us on the way.'

According to Carmine and the Operators, there would be at least two or three more Specialist-level Canzers waiting to ambush them from afar.

Just dealing with the puppet of the White Canzer gave Atlan too much hardship. He couldn't imagine fighting more monsters of the same caliber as the White Canzer, the Huntsman, or the Prince.

'Yes. I have heard about this. From what I heard, an Ifrit clone was able to infiltrate a God's heart.'

Atlan took a deep breath as he got to the meat of his request.

'As a Queen, I'm sure you have some authority over the other Canzers. I'm hoping that you can command them to step down and allow us safe passage to the Church.'

In response, the Queen laughed.

'Hahaha! You want me, a Canzer, to help you, humans?'

It was a very bold request, something that would have warranted his execution. After all, she was a Canzer and he was a human. By virtue of their species, Atlan shouldn't be asking a Canzer to hinder another Canzer from killing them. It was treason.

Yet Atlan bet that the Queen was not the sort of creature that had blind loyalty to her species. The fact that she had enemies meant that she wasn't opposed to the thought of a Canzer being killed by a human.

'I want you to help me.'
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Seeing his serious expression, the Queen finally stopped laughing and considered his request.

'No.'

But despite her refusal, Atlan didn't back down.

'I thought you wanted me to survive and get stronger? You need to guarantee my safety in this Remedium for me to fulfill your request.'

The dragon shook her head.

'Do you know the kind of request you're asking me? I would have to wage war against a country just for the sake of your mission.'

The ones who were assigned to hinder Atlan's mission were from a faction of Canzers who were completely at odds against the Queen and her kingdom. Just a small hostile gesture would send a signal for both sides to start an all-out war, much more if the Queen did as Atlan asked.

Seeing as the Queen remained unconvinced, Atlan knew that he needed to give her more of an incentive to protect him.

Atlan looked inside his Soul System and manifested a giant hand. He then commanded this hand to grasp a LifeSkill planet in the darkness of space.

Once this LifeSkill activated, Atlan felt a surge of power coursing through his veins.

He raised his hand and imagined an object. And in the next second, the power in his body flowed out of his hands and poured into the imaginary object in his mind.

Slowly, the object manifested in real life.

It was a giant needle.

As soon as the Queen saw this, she couldn't hide her shock. After all, this wasn't the first time that she saw this needle—this power.

Somehow, Atlan manifested the same power as the deceased White Canzer.

The giant needle was proof of that. This was what the White Canzer used to conjure her puppets, the Queen was sure of it.

She couldn't understand how Atlan, a human, was able to have the same power as the White Canzer.

It wasn't a coincidence. This human obtained this power only after the White Canzer died.

'You…how…?'

For the first time in her life, the Queen was stumped for words. She couldn't come up with a reasonable explanation as to how a human was able to replicate a Canzer's powers.

Atlan looked at his newly acquired LifeSkill.

—Conjurer: (A) Spinster

——— 1st stage Intern realm

———— 130x F class fragment

———— This LifeSkill allows the user to create creatures purely from imagination. The user is also able to imbue these puppets with LifeSkill powers.

This was just one of the rewards he obtained from the death of the White Canzer and the Prince.