Limitless The Strongest Revenant

The girls started to make fun of me as I vented on the cockroach.

"HAHAHAHAHAHA! POSSUM REALLY DID IT! THAT'S SO COOL! I should try that sometime!"

"Robyn, stop putting weird thoughts into Shujin's head. Look at the Alpha! I think it's already dead."

"Nah, it's okay! I can hear its brain. It is still alive!...ish. I think? It got tired of crying, so it just shut up and is waiting for Darling to quit."

"Husband, looks like he is enjoying himself. I can feel his link feeling extremely refreshed."

"The first case of an undocumented champion, and our man's first act upon its surrender is to beat it up with a tank. How typical of Honey..."

"Isn't such barbarism practically his calling card by now? Even Connie's drone was accidentally destroyed earlier. More than six times, if I counted correctly? Apart from us, Dearest hardly shows any compassion for anyone. Let's just be happy that he didn't blow himself up today."

"Doesn't Beloved's acrobatics with Bella and Sabel count? He was caught in the blast from the switchblades, right? Or did he use {Replace}?"

{Sonar} picked up the arrival of a large group of Phantoms. I recognized them as Cynthia and the Ten Graves. They must have started working on the loot. Meanwhile, I sensed Garreth and a number of defenders standing in orderly lines behind the Sirens.

Due to the speed and accuracy of my movements, the one hundred strikes were over in less than thirty minutes.

Fortunately, the four ripsaws lasted long enough for that many blows. I wiped my forehead on my sleeve in satisfaction after my brief tank-bashing session.

Aki approached me with a towel and began to lovingly wipe my face.

"Anata, please be careful not to overdo it. You are enjoying yourself way too much for a pointless endeavor."

Meanwhile, Jas came up beside me and held out a water bottle.

She got the plastic straw into my mouth just right. Pleased with her thoughtfulness, I slurped the drink she brought.

"Ignore this harlot, Husband. Do as you please, I will shoot anyone who tries to shame you for enjoying yourself."

Liv and the others came forward and placed a chair in front of me. She secretly intertwined our fingers and sat on the seat before pulling me towards her and sitting me on her lap. Her other arm went around my waist like a seat belt.

Amused by her possessive gesture, I didn't resist. Robyn and Jo then approached the half-buried head of the Alpha. Suddenly they pulled out what looked like baseball bats made from the Alpha's shell and began tapping the monster's head as they bullied it.

"I can read your mind Alphy. If you don't behave, Darling will kill you for real."

"You can try being an ass too, you cunt. I am more than happy to beat the crap out of yah, in Possum's stead."

Lilly and Bella stood to my left and right. Aki and Jas added a small table with a beach umbrella. Then they stood off to the side like maids, waiting for my instructions.

The Sirens followed only their own insane beat which made me chuckle. I released death resonance and spoke to the Alpha again.

"Congratulations on your survival, bastard. Let's talk."

The massive eyes on the Alpha's head opened and looked around. When it saw me, it focused as it replied.

{Yes.}

"Let's start with something simple. Why did you come here?"

{To eat.}

"To eat what?"

{Black smoke.} The Alpha grunted.

Black smoke? The only thing that came to mind was the malice radiating from the soul crystals. The monsters deliberately came here for those? But didn't Gareth say the opposite? Instead of eating them, they contaminated the soul crystals.

"The latest missive spoke of the Alpha traversing each fortress, tainting the very essence of soul crystals with its own hand. Though I fashioned mine castle to stand as the ultimate refuge, its endurance wanes sans reinforcement."

"Why? What does the black smoke do?"

{I eat, I grow. I grow, I get stronger.}

"Okay, then what are you?"

{I am I, I live, I eat, I die.}

It was like talking to a fucking retard. It had understanding, but its vocabulary was like that of a child.

"Okay, let me change the question, why did you come to this floor leading an army? Who sent you?"

[Pale ones. They strong. I weak. They say. I follow.}

"What the fuck are pale ones? So you were ordered to come here, do monsters have their own hierarchy?"

{Don't know, strong say, weak follow.}

"And the lizardkin you brought with you?"

{My dogs. I strong, they weak. I say. They follow.}

"Talking to this fucking bastard is giving me a headache," I complained.

Then Bella addressed the monster.

"Now that you have failed, will the pale ones come as well?"

{You weak. I say. You follow.}

Unable to hide my displeasure, I gestured to Jo and Robyn. They loaded {Crush} into their bats and began to bludgeon the Alpha's head. It seemed to be effective as it began to open and close its eyes rapidly as it roared.

{IT HURTS! STOP!}

I raised my hand and the two thugs stopped beating the shit out of the Alpha. The two of them had mischievous smiles on their faces and looked like delinquents bullying kids for lunch money.

"Listen, you fucking piece of shit. These seven women are my harem. If you talk down to them again, I will kill you."

{I weak. You say. I follow.}

Then Bella repeated her question.

{No. Pale ones stay. Below. Cannot come up.}

"Then why do you follow them? If they cannot come up, do you still have to listen to them?" Lilly added.

{Don't know. Strong say. Weak follow. I fight. I die. I follow.

I live.}

"How many of your kind are there?"

{Many as dust.}
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The moment the Alpha answered Bella, I felt all the girls grow fearful. One Alpha had nearly destroyed the 24th floor. And that bastard said there were thousands of them?

Even the A's like Liches and Death Knights were considered so rare that there were only a few hundred of them.

I thought, considering that we haven't explored the entirety of Hellsgate yet, it makes sense. What if rank A's were considered grunts in the 90's.'

Liv then spoke to the monster while hugging my body.

"Monster, do you consider the undead to be allies?"

{Smelly ones? Ally? No. They weak. But do not follow. They die.}

"Then why are you fighting them?" Lilly asked.

{They follow. But do not. They are weak. But the black smoke needs the smelly ones.}

The black smoke needs the undead? If I understood correctly, that bastard was saying that the monsters were not allies. It was just that the undead were how it got its food. If the black smoke it ate was really malice, isn't that thing basically a reaper?

"What the fuck are we supposed to make of that? What do you mean by serving me?"

{I fight. You say. I follow.}

Jo bashed the Alpha again before adding her own thoughts.

{OUCH!}

"Are you fine serving humans? My abilities do not work on you. You wish to follow us of your own accord?"

{I live. I fight. I die. You say. I follow. I grow.

I strong. I fight again.}

Well, this bastard just shared his future mutiny plans. Should I just kill him now? But before I could decide, Jas asked a similar question.

"You say you will serve us. But will your kind not kill you if you change sides?"

{I am I. They are they. I follow. They follow.}

Hearing his words, I became excited. So this thing was okay with killing other monsters?

"Why do you want to follow me? Would you just switch sides if someone stronger came along?"

{My dogs. They no longer follow. They fought. They die. But they change. You reason.

You strong. Like pale ones.}

"And how sure are you that I am better than those pale ones you are so afraid of?" I asked mockingly.

{You are warm blood.

The pale ones fear warm-bloods. Others think lies. I know. Warm bloods strong. I search for warm bloods. Warmbloods kill pale ones.

I follow warm bloods.}

"Well, would you look at that..."