Grim Reaper in the Apocalypse: Reaping Immortals

The group didn't know what to do. They had a protocol for whenever a Canzer attacked them with unrelenting force, they had a protocol for whenever a Canzer hid itself in the surroundings, and they even had a protocol for when Canzers showed unpredictability that was not part of their plan.

But this was the first time they encountered such a helpless little beast. The Canzer didn't have monstrous qualities like the Beast, it didn't have the sly aura that the White Canzer had, and it didn't even show any sign of power in its body at all!

The Canzer was as small as humans and even weaker than some adolescents.

Everyone looked over at Ninth, waiting for her instructions.

However, Ninth herself was clueless too. She didn't know what to do.

Usually, she would quickly decide to kill this creature no matter how harmless it may have looked. She would have killed it for the mere fact that it was a Canzer, and nothing else.

But for some reason, she hesitated. It was as if she was afraid that by killing this Canzer, she would somehow summon the Dragon again and force a confrontation between them. That was her current greatest fear.

So, she looked towards Atlan's battle suit and consulted the experts in Canzers. Experience more tales on empire

"What do you think, Carmine?"

The Specialist Operator was silent for a second before he asked Atlan to walk over closer to the helpless little Canzer.

"You want Atlan to get closer, isn't that dangerous?" the bodyguard asked.

"Ninth will look over and move the moment it shows any sign of movement. But Atlan needs to get closer. I need to see its face to confirm this suspicion of mine."

Since they were ordered by the overseeing Specialist Operator, they had no choice but to follow Carmine's words.

Atlan walked over to the Canzer without a speck of fear in his face. After encountering multiple Specialist-level Canzers, he somehow got a feeling for their presence. He knew immediately if there was a dangerous Canzer nearby.

And the cowering Canzer in front of him showed no sign of being monstrous at all. It was even weaker than some Student-level Canzers he defeated back then.

He had no reason to fear the Canzer.

And as he approached the Canzer, it looked like it was the one fearing him instead!

'Please, don't come near me! I'm a civilian?'

Civilian?

Atlan thought to himself.

But since this was not the time to ask questions, he kept his thoughts quiet. He let Carmine observe the Canzer through the camera in his battle suit.

"It's as I thought,"

Carmine said through the speaker.

"What is it?" Ninth walked over closer to Atlan, scaring the poor little Canzer into retreating further away from the humans.

"Don't come any closer, Ninth and the rest of you. You're scaring her."

"Her?" Ninth asked. "Why do you care if she's scared? She's a Canzer. She should be scared."

Ninth was flabbergasted with Carmine's words. It was as if he treated the Canzer as something more than a monster. He treated it as if it was a human.

She walked closer to the Canzer, scaring her further away.

"Stop what you're doing! Your power as Specialist Saviors is overwhelming the Canzers. You'll kill it with your aura at this point."

Ninth gritted her teeth. "And so what?! Canzers should be killed!"

She usually wouldn't explode by something so trivial, but the thing with the Dragon changed her outlook on Canzers.

She wanted to get rid of all of them. Her fear of the Dragon was manifesting as an extreme hatred for all Canzers.

If she couldn't kill the Dragon, then she would make sure that she killed every other Canzer she came across.

The fact that Carmine was trying to protect the Canzer as if she was the evil one in this scenario irritated her to no end.

"Ninth, please back down. Don't worry, I got this."

It was only with Atlan's words and his extremely alluring face due to his mutation did Ninth finally retreat away from the scared Canzer. If it weren't for him, she would have drawn her sword and sliced the Canzer in two by now.

Once it was just him and the Canzer, it finally stopped whimpering and looked him in the eyes.

Even though Canzer eyes only had whites and no irises, he could feel as if the Canzer was observing his face.

"This is good. Since you're not as powerful as Ninth and the rest of the Specialist Saviors, she is not scared of you. We can use this to our advantage."

"Mind telling me what's going on?"

"Do you remember what I told you about Canzers and their weaknesses?"

Atlan learned a lot about Canzers from this mission alone. He was able to see firsthand how a Canzer's history and background greatly influenced their weaknesses.

The Huntsman was weak against a boar's heart because it was a symbol of him breaking his code.

The White Canzer was weak against the poisoned apple because it was the only failure in her plan and led to her being on the run her whole life.

It didn't matter if it was a regular object with no powers or magic inside it, as long as it conformed to the Canzer's story, then it would work against them.

"Most weaknesses of Canzers are objects with historic significance. But there are a few exceptions."

"What do you mean? Does this Canzer have a weird weakness? Is it something I can't make with my battle suit?"

"No. It isn't anything like that.'

"Then what is it?"

"...this Canzer doesn't have any weakness."

Atlan couldn't believe it. He almost took a step back away from the Canzer in fear. After all, a Canzer with no weaknesses meant that it couldn't ever be killed by human hands. If that was true, then this Canzer might even be more terrifying than most Specialist-level Canzers!

"That can't be possible! So what do we do if it tries to fight us? Do we just run away, or do we fight till we die or exhaustion?"

"Just listen to me. You don't have to worry about fighting it. You'll have to do the opposite."

"What?!"

"You'll have to protect it. This Canzer is the weakness of a very monstrous Canzer."