Grim Reaper in the Apocalypse: Reaping Immortals

"Atlan! You seriously aren't thinking about accepting the mission, right?!" Lizzie looked at Atlan as if he was insane. In her opinion, no amount of rewards could make up for the fact that he could lose his entire SoulTime in this mission.

"What do you require?" asked the bearded old man.

Atlan stayed silent. He didn't want to show his hand quite as easily as that. If he told them what he wanted right away, then he'd be shutting the doors for any kind of reward that they might offer.

"You need me more than I need you. I'm the one that needs convincing, so you tell me what you're prepared to offer."

Atlan's bold strategy horrified Carmine and impressed the Elder Heads. By letting them offer something first, then Atlan would be sure that he could negotiate much more than what they're currently offering.

After all, he didn't even know what kind of rewards they could offer. If he simply asked for more SoulTime or a better house, then he could be missing the chance to get something that he never even thought of in the first place.

It was better to let them speak first so that he could gauge the possibilities.

The Elder Heads looked at each other and nodded silently. They didn't even need to 'silent talk' to themselves as if they already knew what they were going to offer. Read latest chapters at empire

"1000 years of SoulTime," the bearded old man said.

The Specialist Saviors watching on the sidelines envied the Star Porter for being offered that much SoulTime so early in his career.

Sure, as Specialist Saviors, they could get that much SoulTime with only a few missions with ease, but that was only because they were already thousands of years old at this point.

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If they were given 1000 SoulTime during their novice years, then they could have advanced to the Specialist realm at least a few hundred years earlier! On Student-realm missions, Canzers were so weak that they'd only do a few months or days of damage. Having 1000 years meant that Atlan would be unbeatable in the novice missions.

And since lost SoulTime would get compensated after the completion of the mission, Atlan would slowly grow his SoulTime and continue to be even more unkillable.

The Specialists thought that Atlan would surely accept this offer. Instead, he simply shrugged. "I don't need that."

The bearded old man looked at Atlan with a serious look. "You don't know how valuable SoulTime is in this current era."

Of course, Atlan knew what they were talking about. He knew that immortality was long gone, along with the Angels that protect humans from death at all times. SoulTime was the only thing protecting people from dying. Having more meant you'd be much safer from harm than others.

But Atlan had his Photosynthesis mutation that allowed him to gain 1 year of SoulTime for every second he spent under the sun.

It would only take him a thousand seconds for him to get that much SoulTime, given that he could activate his mutation that long.

"That is not nearly enough to offset the risks of this mission," Atlan explained. "I need something a little bit more tangible—something that can help me right now."

The Elder Heads saw the unwillingness in Atlan's eyes. He didn't even flinch when they offered him so much SoulTime for a novice.

He's a greedy one, they thought.

"If you want something that can help you right now, then we are willing to provide you with 5000 experience points. Of course, this is just an advance payment. By getting 5000 experience right now, you won't be getting any experience points at the end of the mission.

What do you say? It will allow you to advance to the 4th stage Student realm right this instant and increase your survivability by a large extent."

Even Ninth and Carmine couldn't help but show their shock when they heard the Elder Heads' offer. They weren't given this option even once in their entire lifetime, yet now, they were giving it to a novice like Atlan.

For Student-realm Saviors, 5000 experience points was a lot; usually, a mission only netted them a few hundred experience points. The reward for this mission was equivalent to about 50 missions altogether! It was a lucrative offer for any novice Savior.

But Atlan wasn't just any kind of Savior. Five thousand experience points was nothing to him. Cheap change.

"Not enough." Atlan crossed his arms and faced the Elder Heads with an unyielding look.

The old men and women looked down at the Star Porter and wondered where he got the confidence to refuse their generous offer.

"Since you have just visited the Vineyard and obtained a new Genus for yourself, we cannot give you another entry ticket. It is not good to obtain a new one without consolidating your new mutation, whatever it was that you got.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

I am guessing that you have no idea how to progress your mutation, is that right?"

As much as Atlan didn't want to agree with the old man, he was right. Atlan had no idea how to advance his mutations past their base form. His 'training' yielded only a few seconds of usage with his mutations. He didn't know if that was slow or not.

"Is there a way to advance your mutation?"

"Yes. Mutations are a vital asset in a Savior's repertoire. It usually serves as a second LifeSkill for most Saviors and allows them to double or triple their powers even while staying in the same power realm.

However, they do not increase in power even if a Savior goes from 5th stage Student to 9th stage Student. The Mutation will eventually be left behind.

What you don't know is that Mutations have something called 'mastery'. By increasing this 'mastery' you'll slowly be able to unlock the hidden potential of mutations and increase their power!

Usually, you will only be taught this knowledge once you have reached the 5th stage Student realm, but we are willing to let you learn the secrets of mastery!"