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Chapter 42: Horrified
Chapter 42: Horrified
Atlan walked through the winding tunnels for minutes on end, yet he hadn't seen anyone yet. It was as desolate as the Unclaimed Lands. At this point, he wouldn't mind a visit from a few more Deiztruphia Canzers.
Now that he knew how powerful his Physique LifeSkill was, he was more inclined to fight Canzers.
He closed his eyes and saw the large LifeSkill planet with melting horrified skulls plastered all over the surface. It didn't take him long to manifest a giant hand to grasp this planet in one hand.
Practicing his C class Mage LifeSkill Mucus Spray turned out to be a very good use of his time as he was able to transfer the knowledge of activating that LifeSkill to his other LifeSkills.
As long as he knew how to create that giant hand, he could activate any of his LifeSkills any time he wanted.
However, he was still limited by his inexperience as he still took a second to activate his powers.
Just then, he suddenly heard a very familiar sound.
DUM…DUM DUM…DUM
The ground trembled subtly, yet Atlan could feel it reverberate in his bones.
He had been hearing this sound since the beginning. He heard it outside the Remedium, he heard it inside, and he heard it again just as they fell through the chasm.
He kept his eyes peeled and his center of mass low. He already manifested a giant hand in his Soul System, ready to activate his Physique LifeSkill at any second.
He knew that whatever produced this sound was something even greater than the Deiztruphia Canzer.
Atlan stopped in his tracks. He felt the air get heavy.
He looked back and suddenly saw a strange new creature leaning casually on the walls. It had a smug smile on its face, with its snout turned up. This monster was completely different from the animalistic Deiztruphia Canzer he faced before.
Immediately, Atlan knew he was facing his greatest enemy as of yet.
This Canzer or whatever it was, looked like a complete monster yet it acted strangely human. It was uncanny. It then pushed itself off the wall and walked towards Atlan with an arrogant stride.
Their eyes met.
It was looking intently at Atlan's face, observing the expressions on his face. It wanted to see the despair and terror that those humans displayed back then. It wanted to see him suffering from fright.
Yet, somehow, Atlan kept his expression neutral. He was looking back at the Canzer right in its bright pupil-less eyes with no fear at all.
The Canzer frowned. How dare this puny human look at him dead in the eyes? He was but a mere ant in front of a god-like power like the Canzer. Atlan should be looking down and crying in fear!
It suddenly spread its wings, making it look much larger than before. It flapped its wings once, and it suddenly disappeared from its original position.
Its fast speed made it seem like it suddenly teleported behind Atlan.
The Canzer wanted to see the despair in Atlan's face the moment he realized that he couldn't even see the Canzer's movements. The Canzer wanted to see Atlan's face morph into one of horror as he finally understood their difference in strength.
Yet, Atlan kept his face cool.
The Canzer finally understood why. It was because Atlan was too terrified to even show his fear. Atlan must be imagining the horrors that he would face against the Canzer.
It smiled. It wanted to break Atlan until he finally showed that delicious emotion called fear.
It suddenly took out something from its back. Then, it showed it to Atlan with a devious grin on its face.
Atlan's eyes widened when he saw it.
It was a torn piece of green battle suit. Wet blood dripped out of the fabric, still fresh from wherever it took.
The Canzer provoked him. It wanted to show what happened to the rest of his team. It wanted to show what would eventually happen to Atlan. There was no escaping.
DUM…DUM DUM…DUM
Its excitement led it to flap its wings into a rhythm. It flew through the tunnels, showing off its tremendous speeds and strength.
Each time it reached a wall, it would kick it off and induce a shockwave in the tunnel. It bounced everywhere, showing its strength and speed that was unmatched. It wasn't long before the fibrils in the walls and floor were destroyed by brute force.
Meanwhile, Atlan had his head down. He muttered to himself.
"I hate blood. I'm a pacifist…"
The Canzer didn't know what Atlan was saying. It laughed to itself, thinking that Atlan must have been begging for mercy.
"You cause suffering…I hate suffering."
Atlan kept muttering things to himself that the Canzer couldn't understand. Finally, the Canzer couldn't take it anymore and wanted to see blood come out of the puny human's mouth.
DUM…DUM DUM…DUM
Its wings flapped and it bounced from the curved ceiling and surged towards Atlan at its fastest speed. It had its arms and fingers extended forward, intending to skewer Atlan's stomach.
The Canzer's smile grew wider when he realized that Atlan wasn't even paying attention. He kept his head down.
It saw this as a sign of surrender.
Sharp nails were about to pierce Atlan's stomach. The Canzer prepared itself to be bathed in a spray of blood and meat.
Yet just as its attack was about to hit, Atlan's body suddenly disappeared right in front of the Canzer's eyes.
The Canzer's eyes widened. It didn't know what happened. From its perspective, it looked like Atlan disappeared out of thin air.
Then, it felt the air turn heavy. It felt an invisible pressure envelop its body. It felt a tingling sensation on the back of its neck as if a horrifying monster was about to catch its tail.
The Canzer looked back and saw Atlan.
Its hands immediately shook. The spikes along its armored body started to vibrate. This only happened when the Canzer felt like it was facing a predator much stronger than itself. When it looked at Atlan, it was horrified to its very core.