Grim Reaper in the Apocalypse: Reaping Immortals

'My anger burns at the mere mention of that bastard Huntsman. And the fact that his presence is here with us makes me want to destroy everything inside this dark forest into smithereens.

But if what you desire is for me to triumph against the human despite the fog, then that is what I shall do. I shall prove to you and everything else in this world that no one is more suitable to be your lover than me.'

The Prince never would have thought that he was talking to none other than Atlan.

He knew that the Prince's weakness was his infatuation with the White Canzer, so he used that to his advantage.

The Prince was so enamored with the White Canzer that it blindly believed her words. After all, he would have never thought that a mere human would be able to speak their language, much more speak like the White Canzer.

'You'll do anything for me, right?'

'Yes, princess. Just say the word,'

replied the Prince.

Atlan smiled as he looked beyond the fog.

'Then kill yourself. That is the only way we'll be together. Our soul shall be bonded beyond death so that none could tear us apart.'

This was a risky move. He didn't know if the Prince was smart enough to notice that something weird was happening with the White Canzer. If it sensed something wrong, then it could immediately attack him for impersonating the White Canzer. He was sure that the Prince wouldn't spare him because of that crime.

Despite the risks, Atlan still decided that it was worth it.

He couldn't fight the Prince even if he wanted to. He was truly too weak to fight against a Specialist-level Canzer with no discernible physical weaknesses that he could exploit.

'....'

Atlan gulped. The Prince's pause was not a good sign. But thankfully, it said,

'Anything for you, my love. I shall meet you on the other side of death.'

The Prince raised both his hands and started to choke himself to death. There was no hesitation with his movements as if he didn't care about life or death. He only cared about fulfilling the White Canzer's words.

Its full body metal armor around its neck started to bend and crackle from his powers.

Atlan couldn't kill the Prince himself, but he could trick it to kill itself. And it seemed to have worked.

Meanwhile, the White Canzer looked around the fog and couldn't hear or see any sign of the Prince anywhere.

After a few seconds, she started to sense something weird.

Usually, the Prince couldn't stand being away from her for even a second. Yet, even with its immense power, the Prince had not destroyed the fog that obscured their vision of each other.

The Prince should have returned to her side already, presenting the human's head as a prize.

Yet that did not happen. There was only silence among the fog.

Then, she started to wonder.

The human may have seemed weak enough to be trampled with one foot, but he seemed to be blessed with strange powers—especially that of the supposed extinct Angels.

Not only that, the human was somehow able to speak their language. That was perhaps the most surprising part of the human.

She didn't warn the Prince about it because she believed that even with the element of surprise, the human couldn't even give one scratch on his full metal armor.

But what if somehow, the human was able to trick the Prince?

The White Canzer, famous for being the Queen of Lies, also had another title:

She was also called the Queen of Manipulation.

She had the uncanny ability to manipulate everyone to do her bidding. She manipulated the Huntsman into sparing her, she manipulated the Prince into showing his loyalty to her, and she manipulated the seven puppets to die for her.

Therefore, she had a keen sense regarding manipulation.

Somehow, she was able to sense that the Prince was being tricked by the human! She felt her grasp on the Prince loosen as if someone else had gotten his reigns.

She couldn't let that happen. No one else was allowed to manipulate the Prince other than her.

She immediately braved the fog, hoping to find the Prince and retake control of his psyche.

Meanwhile, Atlan looked at the Prince and saw that it was slowly losing its color from asphyxiation. He just needed a few more minutes before the Prince killed himself.

He just had to make sure that the White Canzer didn't get in his way.

But when he looked around, he suddenly saw that the White Canzer was gone from her original spot.

Instead, she had suddenly appeared right in front of him.

'Human! You will pay for this!'

the White Canzer screamed.

Atlan stepped back, hoping to lead her further away from the Prince.

"Carmine, how am I supposed to deal with her? Can I use the poisoned apple again?"

"Unfortunately, no. The only way you can kill her is to kill her."

"That's easy, right? With no puppet by her side, she is as weak as a Student-level Canzer."

"Yes…but only in the real world. Listen closely, Atlan. You'll be transported to her dream world, and you'll have to find her weakness. It's something she treasures deeply and keeps to herself all the time—"

"What do you mean—"

Atlan didn't know what happened, but when he looked around him, he could no longer see the fog surrounding the dark forest.

He wasn't even in the dark forest anymore.

He looked to be transported into a world where the roads were inlaid with pink glitters, with blades of grass replaced by pink ribbons, and rabbits were jumping around everywhere.
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"Where am I?"

Atlan looked down and hoped to get some insight from Carmine, but he was surprised to see that his bulky battle suit was gone!

He wore his original battle suit, the one that didn't have chitin armor and didn't weigh thousands of tons.

Then, he remembered Carmine's words.

"Am I in the White Canzer's dream?"