Grim Reaper in the Apocalypse: Reaping Immortals

TWING!

The bubble shone even further as the sword clashed against its golden luster. There was no sign of the sword ever scratching the bubble, even when Atlan used his full strength.

Even though his strength wasn't equal to that of Ninth, her sword was still a step above others. Its sharpness could have cut through the chitinous armor in his special battle suit.

It's good enough,

Atlan thought to himself.

He couldn't really test this LifeSkill to the limit because he didn't have an enemy to try and hit him with. Therefore, he decided to test his other LifeSkill he got from the White Canzer.

He looked down deep into his Soul System and saw the giant planet made out of yarn. He manifested a giant hand that was able to grasp it in his palms. And as soon as it did, Atlan felt the power coursing through his veins.

This LifeSkill was at the Intern realm, just one realm below the Specialist level. It was the kind of power that Atlan had never even touched or dreamed of. The strength was almost enough to intoxicate him into fully unleashing his whole power outwards.

But thanks to his self-control, he was able to reign himself in. If he lost control and let himself get swallowed by the LifeSkill, then the power could end up backfiring on him.

Once he got better control, a giant needle and a giant ball of yarn manifested above Atlan's head. It floated in the air, waiting for his command.

How do I create a puppet?

He looked at his Soul System and saw the description of the 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. The user temporarily loses access to the LifeSkill whenever it is imbued to the puppets. Subsequently, the LifeSkill the puppets wield will match the realm of the Spinster LifeSkill.

As long as I can imagine it, I can create it?

Atlan closed his eyes and concentrated on his imagination. He thought of a creature that exuded strength, mystery, and coldness. He experienced this creature's strength first-hand and almost died by its hands.

He imagined its full body the way he saw it in real life. And subconsciously, the image suddenly started to unravel into a yarn.

The strings flowed out of his mind and into reality, making the needle and the yarn move by itself.

Atlan learned that he had to concentrate for the whole duration of the conjuration or else the puppet would fizzle out.

It took him about three minutes to finally create the puppet in his mind.

Once he was done, he heard a thud in front of him.

He opened his eyes and was surprised to see a human man looking at him with eyes that looked sentient.

This man had tanned skin, wearing light leather armor and pants that looked to be easy to move in. He wore a circular hat, with a single feather glued to the side.

On his back was a quiver full of arrows, and on his hand was a wooden bow that exuded power.

The man looked at him and kneeled as if waiting for his orders.

"The Huntsman…" Atlan muttered to himself.

For his first puppet, Atlan imagined the Huntsman. This creature was the Canzer that he knew most about since he fought against this Canzer personally.

He didn't want to create the White Canzer because she wasn't strong physically. She was only strong for her ability to create puppets. And since Atlan could already create puppets, then there was no need for her.

He could have also tried to create the Prince, but Atlan didn't get to see much of the Canzer's abilities. He was afraid that his conjuration of the Prince's puppet would fail because he couldn't imagine the essence of the puppet hard enough.

The same went with the Queen. Although she was the strongest Canzer he had ever encountered, he didn't know much about her. She was shrouded in mystery.

Truth be told, he was also afraid that she would sense that he tried to copy her likeness in his puppet and become angry at him as a result.

So, Atlan decided that the Huntsman would be the first puppet he created.

When he looked at the Huntsman right in front of him, he was confused as to why he looked so different. First of all, the puppet was human!

He thought that the puppet he created would have the same chitinous armor as the Huntsman.

Is it because it's my puppet? Did it copy my likeness?

On first thought, he considered this as a reduction. Without the Specialist Canzer's chitinous armor, this puppet didn't have the same physical strength and defense as the original. It only had the same skin as Atlan, which meant that it was very vulnerable.

But on second thought, this was a blessing in disguise. If the puppet still had the same likeness as a Canzer, then it would immediately garner the hostility of other humans.

Atlan could only imagine if he tried to summon a puppet in the middle of the street. It would start a panic and a riot, thinking that somehow, Canzers were able to infiltrate the real world.

But since it looked human, no one would question it if the puppet followed Atlan's every movement.

"Can you speak?" he asked the Huntsman.

The puppet looked up at him and opened its mouth. It tried to copy Atlan's mouth movements, but no understandable words came out of it, only grunts and noises.

Looks like it's not advanced enough to be sapient. I guess I'm not as good as the White Canzer yet. Her puppets had their own consciousness and acted like a real creature.

Atlan guessed that he had to improve the LifeSkill first if he needed to create a much more complex puppet. But that would have to be reserved for the future.