Grim Reaper in the Apocalypse: Reaping Immortals

Atlan immediately puts his foot down on the next wooden log, but the arrows pierced through his arm, finally destroying the first layer of his chitinous armor.

The cracked chitinous armor peeled off in a matter of less than a second and disintegrated into nothingness. It only left behind a new set of chitinous armor on Atlan's battle suit.

But his troubles didn't end there. Because of the arrow's momentum, he was forced to move to the left, effectively making his movements into a diagonal shape.

That was one of the only rules of this game, and he broke it.

Immediately, the arrows from behind him and in front of him converged in his direction, bombarding him with arrow shots. Thankfully, these arrows were not as strong as the Huntsman's attacks, and they bounced off his new chitinous armor and only left a small scratch.

"This is the first rule you've broken, so the punishment isn't that severe. But you only get three chances. Once you've blown all three, the barrage of arrows won't stop and continue to hit you with full force. It will be comparable to the Huntsman's attacks."

Atlan knew that he had to be careful, but the situation didn't let him have the time to be. He should have expected his battle suit to be too heavy for these wooden logs, but he thought that the Huntsman would have been a lot fairer and constructed better wooden logs.

As soon as he stepped foot on the second log, his feet started sinking into the water again. He didn't have another second to think about his movements and just walked over to the next log, hoping that he wouldn't get hit by the arrows.

Thankfully enough, he seemed to be lucky this time. The arrow whizzed past behind him just as he moved forward again.

Now that he'd made good progress, he was able to stop panicking and think about his situation.

As long as he didn't step backward, he could do anything. That meant that he could continue to step left or right endlessly and make time for him to think about his next moves.

He stepped to the left log just as his foot was about to sink again.

He was able to save himself for now, but he had to move his feet again after another second because this wooden log was starting to sink too.

He looked to the side and saw the previous log he stepped foot on was rising back to the surface!

Atlan stepped foot back on the log.

Once that log started sinking again, Atlan stepped foot on the right log to save himself from sinking.

He continued this cycle and found that he was able to juggle the wooden logs for a second each time. Thankfully enough, the logs started floating up again as soon as his leg wasn't stepping on them. This meant that he didn't have to wait for a long while before he could step on the logs again.

Using this time, he was able to plan his next five moves without much trouble.

Now that he'd had enough experience in dealing with this game, he started to get a hang of it.

He thought he'd have trouble balancing himself on the logs, but surprisingly, his SSS class Physique allowed him to have complete control over his movements. As soon as he felt himself tipping over to the other side, he would raise his arm and change his center of gravity.

"That's it! Just continue forward. You're doing great."

Carmine was very impressed with Atlan's quick thinking. Other people would have drowned by now when they found themselves sinking because of the battle suit, but Atlan was somehow able to keep his calm and think of an ingenious solution.

Atlan continued crossing the lake and was able to make good progress. He could see the halfway point just up ahead.

But suddenly, he heard the Huntsman's words echo through the body of water.

'You have done well. I always appreciate a prey that can challenge me. I hope you'll keep that up.'

Suddenly, the air changed and became even heavier. The arrows whizzing back and forth suddenly glowed different lights.

One of the arrows that was glowing red blinked in and out of existence as soon as it fired right in front of him.

Without any warning, it exploded into a fiery explosion that caused a huge wave through the already turbulent waters. Atlan had to use his hand to balance himself on the log.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

"I can't get close to those arrows…"

"The explosive arrow is not the only arrow you have to be careful of. Some arrows can send—"

Just as Carmine was about to warn him about something, another arrow whizzed past right in front of him.

It carried with it an intense wind that was so powerful that it sent the wooden logs out of their position! They were no longer running in parallel but were now floating all over the place.

And before he had a chance to think about anything else, he saw that the wooden logs around him were getting further and further away from him. The explosion and the huge gust of wind were enough to cause this disruption. Discover hidden tales at empire

Atlan immediately walked over to the nearest wooden log, almost splitting his legs in the process.

'How about another explosion?' whispered the Huntsman.

And just as he said, another red blinking arrow shot past behind Atlan and exploded.

But because he was able to understand the Huntsman's words, he was able to prepare himself and move out of the way just in time.

Atlan was able to stabilize himself by walking left and right through the logs.

Thankfully, the Huntsman never got rid of its habit of speaking out its next moves. Thanks to that, Atlan was able to anticipate whenever the arrows would suddenly become special arrows with abilities.

"Amazing! I don't know how you're doing it, but you're dodging those arrows like a champ!