Grim Reaper in the Apocalypse: Reaping Immortals

Ninth and her team were gobsmacked once they learned what the novice Savior went through to defeat the White Canzer.

First of all, he got unlucky and encountered the Huntsman, a very strong Specialist Canzer that would have made other Saviors abandon the mission entirely.

Somehow, he was able to procure the boar's heart, which he did all by himself, and with the Huntsman's arrows hunting him at the same time.

Then, he finally encountered the White Canzer, who was supposed to be an easy target since she was alone. Yet, the Star Porter was forced to tangle with the Happy puppet, which gave Ninth and the rest of the team a hard time all by itself.

And in a moment of crisis, something which Carmine didn't even think of, Atlan destroyed the boar's heart and lured the Huntsman towards the White Canzer. Putting together two Canzers against one single Student-level Savior was normally a bad idea, but this time, it was an extremely ingenious one.

Atlan smartly put the two Canzers together, causing them to fight each other instead.

Although it led to the Huntsman's death, the Happy puppet was far too preoccupied to deal with Atlan, leaving the White Canzer all alone. This allowed Atlan to finally put the poisoned apple in its mouth and put it to an eternal sleep.

This was the point where the rest of the six puppets were destroyed into smithereens due to the White Canzer's incapacitation. Ninth and her team rightly deduced that Atlan succeeded in his mission, but strangely, the dark forest hadn't disappeared yet.

In another surprising twist of events, a new Canzer emerged from the woods. The Prince, who also had a very low chance of appearing, descended from the skies and revived the White Canzer with a kiss.

Now, the Star Porter faced two Specialist-level Canzers all by himself, without any help or trump cards in his hands. Carmine suggested he run away, though it would have done no good since he was dealing with a Specialist-level Canzer.

Overcoming all odds, Atlan somehow got the White Canzer to pull him into her dream.
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There, Carmine and the rest of the team didn't know the exact details of what happened, but Atlan was surprisingly able to find out the White Canzer's weakness, the hand mirror.

This was very surprising because Carmine wasn't able to warn or tell Atlan about the mirror. Somehow, he figured it out all by himself, something that not even the most experienced Specialist Saviors could do.

Atlan destroyed the mirror and summoned the Queen, who subsequently killed the White Canzer and the Prince in just a few seconds.

They didn't know if it was luck or his bravery that led him to have the Queen spare his life, but she did.

All of this happened because of the Star Porter's luck, skill, smarts, and bravery.

The fact that Atlan encountered four Specialist-level Canzers, survived, and triumphed against all of them against all odds, was a feat that had never been done before, or will ever be done again.

If they still doubted Atlan's ability, then there's no way that they would doubt his ability now. Atlan had accomplished something that was far above his level and experience.

They couldn't imagine going through what Atlan experienced all while having the strength of a Student-level Savior.

"....I'm gonna be honest, Star Porter, you're a little bit scary."

"Remind me to not bet against you."

"I don't know what the other Saviors will say when we tell this story. They probably won't believe it. And to be honest, I probably wouldn't believe it if I didn't experience it myself."

Ninth walked over to Atlan and grabbed his shoulder.

"You've proven yourself, Atlan. Your skills are what we need to finish this mission. I hope that you harness that power and let us finish this mission next time."

Ninth's words sent confusion towards Atlan's face.

"Next time? What do you mean?"

The rest of the team looked back at Atlan as if he was the one not making sense.

"We're going to go back, Atlan," Ninth said.

"What do you mean? The Ifrit clone is still out there threatening to destroy the whole City!"

The rest of the team massaged their bodies still lingering from injuries.

"Is it because you're all injured?" he asked.

It was true that Ninth and the rest of the team expended a lot of energy, strength, and SoulTime fighting against the puppets. They looked like they weren't in the prime position to fight against three more Canzers.

"Although we're indeed injured, we can take care of ourselves. Specialist Saviors like us can take a lot of beating before we're done."

"Then why?"

Ninth and the team looked at each other as if they didn't want to be the ones to say it.

"Fine, I'll say it,"

said Carmine over the radio.

"We, and the rest of the team here at HeadQuarters, think that the team should go back and recuperate your strength—especially you."

"Me?"

"Yes. Although you have done a tremendous job defeating the White Canzer, it must have taken a lot of toll on you."

Atlan couldn't believe it. Although he was physically tired, it wasn't anything that couldn't be solved by a long sleep here in the Remedium. Any SoulTime he lost during the fight had already been recuperated using his Photosynthesis mutation, which was still going on to this minute, giving him years of SoulTime.

"You must feel nervous encountering more Specialist Canzers. We must remedy that."

The problem was that Atlan wasn't worried about encountering more Canzers, he was actually excited! With the help of the Queen, there was nothing to worry about.

By pulling him out now, they would be denying him the chance to get more powerful LifeSkills from Specialist level Canzers.

"If that's what you're worried about, then you have nothing to be worried about! I'm fine and raring to go!"

None of them expected Atlan to be this excited. Now, Carmine was worried that there was truly something wrong with the Star Porter.