Grim Reaper in the Apocalypse: Reaping Immortals

Chapter 129: For your sake

The soldier stopped typing on his tablet. He recognized the name. They were informed earlier this morning that the Star Porter of Genesis City was allowed to have a black battle suit. They were expressly told to make his stay in the City as smooth as possible.

HeadQuarters found it fitting that he wore the only black battle suit in the entire City. It made his stature easy to distinguish among the crowds and gave more credence to his talents. Who else in the Student realm could get away with this? No one.

"No way…you're Atlan?"

He nodded. He found no reason to lie to them.

But soon after he said his name, the group of men that ignored him quickly changed their attitudes and bombarded him with questions and praises left and right.

"Dude! I heard you would have won the racing competition if it didn't get canceled. How did you get a mount that fast?!"

"Wait, is that true? But how did he get past the other competitors? They were Olympians, you know."

"That's what's amazing about the Star Porter! Somehow, he beat all those geniuses from the Metropolis and showed them who's the boss!"

Atlan was overwhelmed with their over enthusiastic questions. They didn't even deem him worthy to talk to just seconds earlier. But once they knew who he was, they suddenly couldn't speak out their questions fast enough.

"Uh…I had good equipment," Atlan replied.

It was only then that they noticed his slingshot.

"Oh my gods! Is that an Indirect Masamune Original?!"

"Is that how you defeated those Olympians? How did you do it? Were you always good at using the slingshot?"

"Tell me if it's true. I heard that you went toe to toe against one of the strongest talents in Mount Olympus."

Once he said that, the rest of the men looked back at him in disbelief.

"Ey! No way that's true. Razer's at the 4th stage Student realm. That's the same as us! There's no way that the Star Porter could bridge a gap that wide."

"Yeah. Even if he is a genius, talent simply can't equalize the difference between a 2nd stage and a 4th stage."

They all looked at Atlan to see what he would say. Only he would be able to dispel the doubts in their words.

"We had a little competition, yes. I punched him, he couldn't punch me. I don't even consider it a win.

But even though they heard it from the man himself, they still couldn't believe the truth. One of them even thought that he was simply exaggerating to brag about his accomplishments.

Why is he lying? Doesn't he know the difference between a 2nd stage and a 4th stage like us?

One of the guys, the one that Atlan approached in the beginning, couldn't help but want to test out the supposed strength of this 'Star Porter'.

He looked at Atlan's body and couldn't imagine him defeating someone just like him, especially a genius like Razer.

Even though they heard that it wasn't an actual battle, but a simple exchange of fists, it was still too much of an exaggeration to say that Razer conceded a loss just because of that one punch; it was no secret that Razer was a prideful man.

Is he underestimating 4th stage students like us?

The man slowly approached Atlan. "How about we have that competition again? I'll take your punch and we'll see if what you said is true."

Atlan immediately activated his Thermal Vision and looked at the guy's physique.

Hmm…his muscle density is quite poor…he doesn't have any defensive LifeSkills as well…

"I refuse." Atlan didn't say anything further than that. He didn't want to insult the man by saying that he wouldn't be able to take a single punch from him.

"Why not? Come on, Star Porter. It's just a little friendly competition. I won't blame you if I lose 12 hours worth of SoulTime."

But no matter what he said, Atlan shook his head. He was an advocate for peace, so he didn't want weak people like these to suffer from one of his punches.

Now that he gained a Pre-Intern LifeSkill, his strength got boosted by a very large margin. The passive boost in physical strength from this berserk LifeSkill was enough to double his physical strength from before.

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Razer, with his enganced defenses, lost an entire day from one of his punches. This guy couldn't even compare to him. And now that Atlan improved his physical strength again, there was no telling how much he would lose.

Unfortunately, the man knew nothing about Atlan's true powers. He thought that Atlan wanted to back out from his challenge because that would prove that his claims were nothing but exaggerations.

The man slowly approached Atlan and grabbed his hand.

"Come on!"

The man tried to use his physical strength to dominate Atlan. His eyes widened when he realized that he couldn't even move Atlan's arm at all. It felt like he was trying to grip a mountain!

He was caught off guard when he felt Atlan's other hand grip his forearms.

"Don't touch me, please, for your sake."

The man felt an intense squeezing pressure in his forearms that painfully shattered his bones. His eyes widened. He looked at his Soul System and saw that he was lost an entire day just from the pressure alone.

And before he could utter a single cry, Atlan exerted a little bit of force and twisted the man's arms until, crack, his elbow twisted in the wrong direction.

"AHHHHHH! THAT HURTS!!!"

The man fell on the floor and held his broken arm with tears of pain flowing down his cheeks.

He flailed his arms on the ground trying to lessen the pain, but it only served to exacerbate it.

Atlan felt sorry for the man, but this was the best outcome that could have happened for him. He'd suffer a worse fate if he wanted Atlan to punch him like he did Razer.

"Agh!" The man stumbled up off the ground and ran towards the church in search of healing.

The rest of the men were in awe of Atlan's show of power. They didn't even care that their friend's arm was broken.

Atlan's show of strength destroyed the lingering doubts in their minds.

"Ahem…can any one of you please point me in the direction of the Vineyard?"

But instead of answering his question, they pestered him with even more questions. It wasn't long until more and more people crowded Atlan as they realized that the rumors about the Star Porter had a tinge of truth.