Grim Reaper in the Apocalypse: Reaping Immortals

Unfortunately, some of the black holes were able to pool their strength and were able to break through the golden dome and rush towards its target.

Hundreds of Atlan's clones and puppets were swallowed by the black holes, shredding them into nothing but their atoms, turning them spaghettified.

Even though both sides lost hundreds of their clones, Atlan and the Queen both felt nothing from the clash. After all, the Queen could spawn three more copies for each dragon clone that died. That was her inherent skill. Meanwhile, Atlan found that he could infinitely create clones of himself as well. There was no drawback or limit to how much he could create puppets of himself who could create their own puppets.

The battle of the two of them now became a battle of how fast they could kill each other's troops.

Atlan could double his current clones any time he wanted, which made his clones explode in numbers. However, it took a long time for this to happen because he needed the clones to summon their giant yarn and needle to create the puppets.

Meanwhile, the Queen could summon only three new dragon clones for each clone that died. However, they could spawn immediately. Also, one single dragon had enough strength to go against five of Atlan's puppets at the same time.

This led to a stalemate on both sides, with no side having the advantage over the other.

The original Atlan watched on the sidelines as his hundreds of puppets swarmed the hundreds of Dragons, with most of them getting demolished just to destroy the clones.

Just then, Atlan felt a touch on his shoulders.

He looked to the side and saw Tulip behind him.

'Atlan?'

Even though there were thousands of identical clones all around him, somehow, Tulip was able to figure out that he was the original one.

'How did you know it was me?' Atlan asked in perfect Canzer language.

This surprised Tulip. Back then, whenever they talked to each other, Atlan would still speak the human language and she would barely be able to understand him. But now, he was speaking in the perfect Canzer language that she spoke.

'Surprised?' Atlan asked.

'No,' Tulip muttered. 'I..I had a feeling that you could speak like me…there's something special with you…that's why I …. That's why I…'
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Tulip didn't continue her words and turned away from facing Atlan. The clueless boy would have never thought that a Canzer would have a little crush on him.

'I'm glad you're okay…' said Tulip.

'Yeah…the Queen trapped me, but she didn't kill me. If you ask me, that's her biggest mistake.'

They didn't know this, but the three good fairies were looking at the two of them and giggling to themselves. After all, they could see that the prophecy was coming true. The chosen one and the inheritor were in the same place. This meant that they had a chance to kill the Malificient Queen once and for all.

'My mothers told me about what happened…they told me that you were the chosen one…I don't know what that is, trust me. I didn't know you would get caught up in this just because you got involved with me.'

Even in this situation, Tulip was still worrying about other people rather than herself. It was as if she was more afraid of Atlan and the others dying than her.

'It's fine. I would have helped you even if I wasn't the chosen one.'

Tulip turned away again, hiding the bumps on her chitinous skin. She was lucky that Atlan didn't know much about Chitin physiology. If he did, then he would have known that Tulip was feeling embarrassed, shy, and a little bit excited at the same time. He would see that her chitinous body vibrated every time he spoke because she liked listening to his voice.

'By the way,' Atlan turned to the three good fairies watching by the sidelines. 'You say that I'm the chosen one. But how am I supposed to kill the Queen? She can't kill me, but I can't kill her as well. We are at a stalemate right now.'

The red fairy looked at the other three good fairies before floating towards Atlan.

'We don't know exactly how you will best the Dragon Queen Malificient. But it has been foretold in the prophecy that the chosen one and the inheritor would combine their powers to stab at the heart of darkness.'

Atlan looked at the enchanted sword in his hands. The 'stab' part was probably talking about the sword in his hands. He would probably need it for the final kill.

However, he didn't understand how he and Tulip were supposed to combine their powers.

After all, Tulip didn't have any sort of powers at all. She was useless on the battlefield.

If he were to take the prophecy literally, then it could mean that Tulip and he needed to hold the sword together as they pierce it toward the Dragon Queen Malificient's heart.

However, if they were wrong, it could lead to the worst outcome possible.

To stab the heart of the Dragon, he and Tulip needed to get close to the original Queen. The problem with this was that he would be bringing Tulip right in front of the Queen, giving her a chance to kill her.

Right now, he was protecting her with thousands upon thousands of clones. But if he were to bring her to the front lines, he wasn't sure he could protect her any longer.

'What am I supposed to do?' asked Atlan. 'This stalemate can't last forever. I don't know which one of us will reach the limit, but I don't like my odds.'

The three good fairies shook their heads. 'We do not know the answer, young man. You do, deep inside you. You are the chosen one, and you will know the right move at the right time.'

Without a proper clue as to how he was going to defeat the Dragon Queen, Atlan had to improvise.