NOVEL NEXT Chapter 292: Prince’s weakness
Atlan knew that his Apocalyptic Hellfire would do nothing to the Specialist-level Canzer. Even if it was rated in the SSS class, it could not bridge the gap between their strength.
That meant that all of his LifeSkills would bring about the same paltry effect, except for one.
There was one LifeSkill in his Soul System that would make even the strongest Canzers consider him as a threat, and that was his SSS class Mage: Cherubic Retribution.
Even though it was only in the Student realm for now, the Angel power hidden inside this power was nothing to scoff at. If Atlan used it properly, he could probably injure the Prince for a good amount of damage.
The problem with this LifeSkill was that it needed a long time to activate, and he needed his target to stay still for a few seconds.
So, to fulfill the activation of this LifeSkill, he lulled the Prince into a false sense of security by attacking him with the Apocalyptic Hellfire LifeSkill.
The Prince accurately judged that the arrow would do nothing against its tough chitin and stayed still.
That gave Atlan enough time to focus on the Prince and activate the LifeSkill.
As soon as he did, a golden cloud made out of Angel Power manifested above the Prince's head. It was instantaneous and caught even the Prince off guard.
At first, the Prince did not feel the need to move away from the cloud. It was as weak as the arrow Atlan threw at him a few moments ago.
But then, it felt a different kind of power inside the cloud. It was subtle and weak, but the Prince was sure that there was a trace of Angel Power hidden inside it that was ready to strike him at any time.
CRACKLE!
A golden lightning struck down on the Prince.
Surprisingly, it was able to bypass its full steel armor and affect its inner chitin, creating microscopic cracks that injured the Prince.
'Gagh!'
It immediately moved away from the cloud, afraid that a second lightning would strike him again.
From Atlan's perspective, the Prince arrived ten meters away from his original position in an instant.
His chitin sizzled. The Prince looked down and saw an incredulous sight. He was injured! The human, who it deemed to be the weakest being it had ever seen in its life, actually hid something so powerful.
It made him reevaluate Atlan's threat level.
The presence of Angel power gave the Prince a good fright. Even though it couldn't see any sign of the Angel anywhere, just the prospect of one surviving its extinction and protecting this one human made the Prince reconsider his decision to kill Atlan. Find more to read at empire
What if the Angel was hiding and was only waiting for the right moment to strike?
The Prince couldn't help but wonder.
Meanwhile, Atlan gritted his teeth as he looked at the Prince in the distance. He could see the cracks in its chitin start to heal and mend together. It would only take a few more moments until he was fully healed.
I can't fight this guy head-on. I can't use the Cherubic Retribution so soon. It's already wary of it.
"Carmine, do you have any information on this guy? What's his weakness?"
"...."
Atlan forgot that Carmine couldn't see or hear anything while his Fog of War was activated.
Thankfully, since he used his other LifeSkills, the fog soon dissipated and allowed Carmine to take a look at the situation.
"Thank the gods we're back! Sorry, Atlan. We still can't figure out why the video feed keeps getting interrupted."
"It's fine. It's not your fault. I just need to know if the Prince has any kind of weakness that I can exploit."
"Yes. The Prince's weakness is the White Canzer itself. It loves her so much that it can't think about anything else. If you're able to take advantage of that vulnerability, you can turn the tides around.
The usual way to do this is to pit the Huntsman and the Prince against each other. His jealousy will lead him to fight the Huntsman, which will lead to his demise. But since the Huntsman is dead, you'll have to find another way."
Atlan thought for a second.
Judging from what he heard and witnessed with the Prince, he could surmise that the Canzer was quite jealous and overprotective of the White Canzer.
He had to find a way to exploit that.
'Princess, oh there you are! I can't be without you for even a second!'
The Prince immediately ran towards the White Canzer and embraced her ever so tightly.
Just then, Atlan suddenly had an idea.
He immediately activated his Fog of War LifeSkill, spreading gray smoke from out of his body and into the dark woods.
Soon, the White Canzer and the Prince were once again separated by the fog. It was so thick that it was able to disorient the both of them and they unknowingly stumbled away from each other.
'Princess? Where are you?'
The Prince raised his armored leg, ready to stomp down and get rid of the fog separating him and his princess.
But then, a soft familiar voice rang out in the fog.
'I'm here, prince. Don't destroy the fog. Didn't I tell you that the fog is made by the Huntsman? Are you so bad that you can't compete against him?
A true knight would fight even with the disadvantage of the fog, right? Why don't you prove that you are worthy.'
The Prince heard the White Canzer's voice and stopped in his tracks.
'I will do as you say, princess.'
Meanwhile, Atlan smiled as he mouthed a silent response.
'That's good.'
His silent voice transmitted directly over to the Prince's head and made it seem like it was the White Canzer's voice.
This was the False Mutation of his Sapient Canzer Polyglot mutation. It allowed him to speak to Canzers without actually speaking to them. He could telepathically communicate with them, and give them the illusion that it was someone familiar talking to them.