Grim Reaper in the Apocalypse: Reaping Immortals

"I was able to get the sands of time."

Technically, Atlan didn't lie. After all, he did get the sands of time, but he didn't tell Carmine how or where he obtained it.

"You are full of mysteries, Star Porter. I don't know how you're doing these things, but I guess it's the reason why you were the one chosen for this mission.

I'll interview you thoroughly after this mission, but for now, your priority is to catch that boar and get its heart before the Huntsman kills you."

But despite healing his body enough to stand up, it wasn't enough to completely heal him to what he was before. He'd need to gather more SoulTime and pour it directly into his body. Unfortunately, that would take a couple more minutes. If he waited that long, he was sure that the Huntsman would bury an arrow directly in his heart.

"Kugh!" Atlan forced his body to move faster towards the unsuspecting boar.

He had to keep his noise to a minimum or else the boar would run away from him. He didn't think that the Huntsman would allow him to run after the boar again after he cheated it's game.

With each step, he got closer and closer until he was only one step away before he could secure his target.

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Atlan spread his arms wide and leaned towards the boar.

He knew that he wouldn't be able to catch the boar using his speed, so he instead used the momentum of his body falling to accelerate towards the boar without it noticing.

KEEEK!

The boar squealed as it finally noticed Atlan's behind it, but it was already too late. He was already falling towards the boar with his hands ready to grab its entire body.

Even as the boar jumped away from him, Atlan's hands perfectly caught its head and stopped it from running away.

KEEEK...keeeeek!

Atlan fell on the boar and secured it by falling onto its body. And because his battle suit weighed greater than a ton, the normal boar was immediately squeezed to death. It wasn't able to handle his weight and quickly turned into mush.

"Damn!" Atlan knew the boar would die from the weight, but he didn't think that it would have been crushed so easily. Its bones and meat turned into nothing but a bloody mess.

Fearing that he would have destroyed the boar's heart, Atlan quickly moved to the side.

"Haaa…haaaa….."

Atlan took a second to take a deep breath before he turned to the dead boar beside him.

Its lower body had been completely squeezed in half, while its upper body was squished just enough to be deformed.

"Great job, Atlan. Now, you must be careful and extract the boar's heart without destroying it. This requires finesse, not force.

If the boar's heart is destroyed, then it will respawn in another location. You'd have to find it again, so be careful."

"Thanks for the reminder."

Atlan carefully moved his hands toward the boar's lower body.

Because it was mangled beyond recognition, it was easy to go from under and reach towards the boar's innards.

"You're searching for something soft. If you've reached the ribs, then you're searching in the right place. If you've touched its legs, then you've gone too far…"

Carmine did his best to guide Atlan through the boar's internal anatomy.

"You must get rid of the stomach first before you reach the heart. This is where you must be careful. You don't know if you're destroying the stomach or the heart. I suggest you slow down and take your time."

For other people, it would have been an extremely hard task. But Atlan was no normal guy. After all, he had something that would help him see through the boar's internal body.

He immediately activated his Thermal Vision and saw the world change. The boar was still glowing red and orange since it was still fresh.

And since each organ was made out of different flesh and anatomy, they had different internal body temperatures. It made it easy for Atlan to identify which one he was looking at.

"Found it."

"Did you find the stomach? That's good."

Atlan slowly pulled out his hand from the boar's body to reveal an organ still leaking blood.

"You! You! You got the heart?!"

Carmine was barely even done explaining the basic anatomy of the boar to Atlan, but he had already finished the task like it was nothing.

He didn't know if Atlan was just reckless or a genius. Perhaps, he was both.

"That's good! Now, you just have to leave—"

Just as he was about to finish his sentence, both of them suddenly saw the fog thicken around them.

Atlan looked around and saw that the shore from where he came from was already gone.

All he could see around him were dead, dark trees surrounded by a fog.

STEP STEP STEP

The dark silhouette of a creature slowly appeared walking towards Atlan. It was walking on two legs, with what seemed like a feathered hat.

It was holding a bow on one hand, and an arrow on the other.

This was the Huntsman, Atlan was sure of it.

Even if he couldn't see its silhouette, that aura and pressure it emitted as a Specialist-level Canzer was not something to be ignored. It was enough to make Atlan break in a cold sweat.

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Carmine's warning was quiet but full of haste. It was as if he didn't want to alert the Huntsman of their position, even if it was a fruitless endeavor. The Huntsman already knew where Atlan was even before it arrived in this place.

Atlan raised the boar's heart in front of him.

"I thought you said that if I have the boar's heart, the Huntsman would leave me alone."

"Yeah…that was before he arrived here. It will take one more chance to destroy that heart before you can escape."

WHIZZ

Atlan didn't even see the silhouette move, but he already heard the sound of an arrow heading straight for his head.

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