Chapter 85: Warnings

Exhaustion hit her as she fell to her knees. She had never seen her rope break like that before, especially not from someone a stage below her. Atlan completely threw her basic knowledge about power realms and LifeSkills out of the water.

The only way that she could rationalize this situation was if Atlan had a LifeSkill greater than S class.

But if he had, then he would have been hailed all across the globe as an apex genius. She guessed that Atlan couldn't have a Physique LifeSkill more than B class.

This made her even more confused. She had an A class LifeSkill, which meant that her LifeSkill should have resisted the strength of someone like Atlan.

Who is he? she wondered.

The two Genesians behind Atlan were also amazed at his incredible feat of strength. However, they didn't have the time to question it. The two missile doves were still homing towards his body at whistling speeds. And it looked like Atlan didn't even have any intention of dodging it at all.

"Look up! It's going to hit you!"

The Olympians finally thought Atlan would be out of the race. At this point, the two doves rotated in a helix mere inches away from his chest.

But instead of dodging, he just stayed still and let it hit his armor.

And the most incredulous thing happened. The sharp-taloned doves made by a 3rd stage Student Olympian with an A class talent suddenly burst into nothing but feathers as soon as they hit Atlan's chestplate.

"WHAT?!" The Olympian couldn't help but express his disbelief in a shout.

They all looked at Atlan and saw that his chest plate had no scratches or dents anywhere. It was as if his doves were nothing more than air. Even his green battle suit was as pristine as it was before with no holes.

What is his chestplate made out of?! Did he steal that from Hephaestus' armory?!

The Olympians would have never thought that a mere porter would have armor with such quality.

But now that he knew this, then he wouldn't make that same mistake again. The Olympian conjured another pair of doves in his hands and threw them in the air.

And just like before, the two doves reached the apex of their flight until finally plunging towards their target, talons first. But this time, the man ordered his doves to target Atlan's face. That was the only part of his body that was not protected by any defensive equipment.

Atlan looked up at the two doves in the air. And with his imagination, he was able to put the image of the previous attack with the attack now.

He found that their trajectory, speed, and momentum were exactly the same as before.

With a plan in mind, Atlan took out his slingshot and used his condensed rock pellet to shoot toward the birds in the sky.

Unfortunately, the pellet went wide to the left and was a little bit short from the bird's position.

4 pellets left…I need to adjust my strength and account for the wind resistance…thankfully, I know where the birds are going…

He put another pellet in the pouch and stretched the rubber to his shoulders. Atlan then waited and took a deep breath.

The timing needs to be perfect…3…2…1…

The Olympian thought that Atlan's attempt to shoot his birds was a fruitless endeavor. After all, his birds were made out of his 3rd stage Student powers. Only an equivalent power from a 3rd stage student could destroy them.

THWACK

Atlan let go of the slingshot and it rocketed towards the doves at a strangely equivalent speed.

The Olympians were startled to find out that the rock pellet was going straight towards the doves in perfect alignment.

Somehow, the porter was able to aim perfectly straight!

How?! Tsk. It doesn't matter. There's a reason why my LifeSkill has two doves. It's fine if he takes out one of my doves, he won't be able to reload for a second time to try and hit the last dove.

PTOOOO

An explosion of white feathers filled the air, and nothing more.

Unfortunately for the Olympian, it seemed that Atlan wouldn't need another pellet. Both of the doves were taken out with Atlan's well-timed shot.

He was able to thread the needle at that moment where the two doves perfectly coincided with each other in Atlan's view.

Atlan hit two birds with one stone.

Both the Olympians and the Genesians were dumbfounded with this 'lucky' shot. Even though Atlan was a porter with no LifeSkill to help him with sharp shooting, he was able to somehow beat the odds at the perfect time to defend himself from the doves. S~eaʀᴄh the Nôvel(F)ire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

And before anyone could even process this, Atlan picked up the frayed rope from the girl's LifeSkill.

With all of his strength, Atlan pulled the girl's chariot towards himself, surprising her and everyone watching him.

Even the Canzer pulling her chariot could not overcome the pulling force from Atlan's grip.

She was alarmed. She didn't expect to suddenly be in close contact with Atlan, especially after he showed his explosive physical strength. Her LifeSkill offered her no help with close-contact fights, so she was helpless as Atlan moved closer toward her.

"Listen to me, something is coming!"

However, she didn't understand what he was saying. She was expecting him to fight her, but instead, he simply shook her shoulders to get her attention.

"What?"

"There's something wrong in the Colosseum. And it's coming towards us."

However, when the woman looked back, she couldn't see anything out of the ordinary. Why would she? She didn't have Atlan's acuity to feel the slight reverberations in the ground.

"Let her go!" One of the Olympians thought that Atlan was trying to hurt her.

He took out the gigantic spike maul hammer from his back.

"Hammer Cycle!" he shouted out his LifeSkill and struck the air with his weapon.

His hammer hit an invisible wall that glowed a faint golden glow. But he didn't stop there. He continued to pound this invisible wall with his hammer, and the wall glowed brighter and brighter until it manifested as a golden cone. Find more to read at m_v l|-NovelFire

And with this last strike, he would catapult this cone towards Atlan.

However, an unexpected bump in the road forced him to misplace his shot. He hit the hammer to the side and it deviated from his original target, Atlan.

Surprisingly, the golden cone shot toward the girl's mount. The attack grazed the top of its torso.

The cone passed by her steed, but unfortunately, it somehow took the Canzer's blinders with it.