Grim Reaper in the Apocalypse: Reaping Immortals

The appearance of these two new humanoids greatly surprised Belle. From all accounts, the man and woman looked like they were human. Their physiology, their inner organs, and even the energy they were leaking were markers for something that was human.

However, there was something wrong with these two. Their eyes were completely lifeless as if they were mere puppets.

If Belle hadn't seen these two humans get created from thread and yarn, then she would have thought that they were actually human.

"How are you doing these?!"

She thought Atlan would be an easy target. After all, he was only in the Student-realm, while she was in the Specialist-realm. Even if he had strange powers, he couldn't possibly defeat her.

But then, somehow, he was able to 'make' three humans who had the power of an Intern-realm Savior. This was beyond comprehension.

Had she left human society so long that this kind of thing was normal, or was Atlan truly the strangest one out of all humans? She didn't know.

"Doesn't matter. I'll kill you!"

She commanded the teapots and forks to encircle the three humanoids. And while they were busy fighting the animated objects, she quickly dashed toward Atlan with her fist balled up into a punch.

She hoped that if she attacked Atlan, his 'spell' would get interrupted and those three humanoids would disappear from existence.

But before she could even get close, a black web exploded from behind her and covered her whole body.

She was far too late and couldn't react properly to the surprise attack.

She fell to the ground, with the weight of the black webs forcing her to keep her head down at all times.

"Kugh!" No matter how hard she tried to struggle her way out of the webs, there were miniature spikes throughout the webs that cut her skin through every little movement she made. And as she struggled even harder, the spikes dove deeper and deeper into her skin.

If it weren't for her physical defense as a Specialist-level Savior, then she would forever lay in the web slowly bleeding to death.

Her book of contracts floated above her. And as she muttered out a spell, the book glowed bright red until a pair of scissors manifested in the air.

The scissors made quick work of the black web, allowing her to finally get out of its bind.

But before she could celebrate this little victory, the black web exploded into a furious fire, consuming her and her book.

"Gah!"

A bucket of water appeared above Belle's head and doused her with cold water, putting out the fire that consumed her.

But the damage was done. Most of her clothes were gone, and her skin was inundated with third-degree burns.

TSHH!

She looked behind her and saw the humanoid woman suddenly glow as black webs suddenly spurted out of her palms.

She already learned a hard lesson from those webs, so she quickly dodged out of the way.

"This is impossible!" she shouted. "How do these humanoids have LifeSkill powers? It's impossible!"

She thought that the three humans only had the same physical prowess as Intern-realm Saviors. But how could she have known that they also had LifeSkill powers?! It was as if they were truly human.

"Beauty, meet White Beauty. She's my puppet, and yes, they all have their own LifeSkills."

Atlan imbued the White Beauty with his SR-rated LifeSkill: Bane of Infections: Exploding Chitinous Webs.

And before Belle could complain about how unfair this was, the humanoid wearing a full plate of armor suddenly started shaking.

The skin hidden underneath his metal armor suddenly started to rot, with his body becoming nothing more than bone. His head, which was handsome for a human, slowly turned into a skull, with bits of skin still stuck on its cheek.

The temperature plummeted down, and Belle could feel her breath turning into mist.

Looking at the empty eye sockets of the skull made her shiver. Even though she spent many years in the presence of the Beast and other Canzers in this Remedium, never had she felt more fear for her life than the skull that wore metal armor.

Somehow, she felt like she was looking at her future.

"This is the Prince," Atlan introduced him.

He gave his Bloodline Transformation to the Prince. Strangely enough, his transformation still followed Atlan's bloodline, making him the same skeleton figure that harbored coldness unlike any other.

The Prince emitted a kind of cold that even solid objects could not withstand, the teacups, vases, and plates that were attacking the Prince all started to crack and shatter under the intense cold that the Prince emitted passively.

And lastly, the Huntsman finally greeted Belle. But he didn't greet her with words, he greeted her with an arrow notched directly towards her forehead.

"And this is the Huntsman."

Belle crawled away from the humanoids that slowly walked towards her. Even though she was a Specialist-level Savior, she found that she had no chance against these three humanoids.

"What…what are they?!"

"They're my allies," Atlan answered plainly.

But even with his explanation, she still couldn't understand how he was able to control these monstrous humanoids. In her experience, she had never met anyone with this kind of ability. It was fearsome.

After all, with this ability, Atlan could finish a mission all by himself. He had his team who could kill the Canzer while he did nothing by the sidelines.

In the end, he would hog all the experiences netted from the completion of the mission.

It was insane.

"Why aren't you killing me?" she asked Atlan.

And his answer sent shivers down her spine.

"I'm still observing you. The more I know about you, the better the puppet I could make from your likeness."

The thought of becoming like those lifeless humanoids made her fear for her life.

"You'll never take away my soul!" she screamed. "Beast! Kill him before you kill that Dragon!"

And with her words, the silhouette of the Beast suddenly appeared behind Atlan.