Limitless The Strongest Revenant

With the advent of smartphones, preserving memories has never been easier. Almost everyone has the ability to capture life so effortlessly. This was because the current technology was so advanced that it took some effort to purposely find and use a smart phone that didn't have a camera.

While there were high-end phones that had cameras that were amazing, to the average person like me, they didn't matter. I only thought that way because I had very little in my life that I wanted to remember.

But these days, I no longer thought this way.

I finally understood why some people took pictures of everything. It was directly related to happiness. The photos and videos were not important because of what they contained; it was more about what the person was feeling.

These days I used {Code} to take 8k pictures and videos of the Sirens. Sure, they were beautiful, but there were so many beautiful people in the world. That was not why I wanted to have pictures of them. No. Beauty was not what made them special.

Seeing their pictures of my girls just sleeping soundly made me happy. It didn't matter what they were doing. Eating, laughing, or just sitting still.

Seeing them reminded me of their affection and the stories we share. And those were the ones that made me fill joy.

The pictures allowed me to remember the emotions of the moment I took them. Therefore, people took pictures of what gave them hapiness. For others it was their spouses, for some it was their pets.

There were more than a few who wanted to capture the majesty of the universe or nature. While just as many took memories of their toys, cars, or anything else they made them happy.

This was the case now as it had been for centuries.

In the past, paintings and letters were the only means of creating media to preserve a person. The former for his image, the latter for his will. This was because people's memories fade with time. Along with them, the emotions tied to those memories.

Letters could tell you how a person thought, but in the end they were lacking. The voice, gestures, and manner of speaking were lost. Of course, seeing a picture of a man's face would be as lacking compared to watching one on video.

Movies, the natural extension of pictures, even allowed you to create entirely new experiences through someone else's eyes. Many have been called masterpieces because they allowed their audience to feel emotions they would not have felt otherwise.

Such was the power of images, video, and emotion. Unfortunately, just as it is possible to remember something that brought you joy, it is also possible to capture something you feared.

The video I was watching now was the same.

D's {Advent} allowed me to relive the memories of the dead reaper. Unlike normal movies, I not only saw and heard what happened, I even felt the emotions and heard what the reaper was thinking.

Without Exa and D, I would have just shot the bastard. [Analyze] did not allow me to see her name. I wouldn't have even questioned it. No one expected a ghoul to have a soulgem.

There was nothing to tell anyone that this creature was nothing more than a monster. But what I saw now said otherwise. This ghoul was indeed a reaper. And now I saw the nightmarish experience it had to endure.

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(Nameless Reaper POV)

It's all over...this is going to be how I die. After all I suffered. All the sins I had to commit. Fate has now caught up with me.

"Line up over there if you please..."

A breathtakingly beautiful man nudged us all along. My mind went foggy just looking at him. If I had met him on Earth, I would have given anything to sleep with him. But for all his beauty, his soulless eyes filled me with nothing but terror.

Suddenly I felt my hand being pulled forward. We were stripped naked and bound. Somehow, despite the heat of this floor, I felt cold. Was it because I was afraid of dying?

As far as I could tell, those with me were all the defenders of the various zones for the 30th floor. I knew some of them.

Both men and women were being led into the wilderness like sheep for slaughter. I had no souls left.

If they killed me now, even if I was a Phantom, I would not be able to regenerate.

'I tried and fought so hard, was this really my fate?'

"Brother, cut me some slack, okay? I don't have anything with me right now, but I can give you anything you want! I'm rich back on earth. You want chicks? Cars? You got the face of a stud, surely you are tired of banging the same women?"

Despite the Phantom's attempts to sway the vampire guarding us, he just looked at the Reaper and asked coldly.

"Please refrain from speaking. I have no interest in anything but serving the Duke. You have nothing to offer me. So please just accept your fate."

"Come on, brother. That can't be real. You vampires want blood, right? Then I'll get you whatever you want! A, B, AB, and O. Earth has every blood type you can think of.

Think of me as a blood sommelier! Humanity is truly advanced! Whatever you could ever want, we have it! I'll be your dog and get it for you, just don't kill me."

Somehow, the shameless reaper suddenly had a reaction. Against all reason, the handsome vampire answered his crazy ramblings with a serious question. "Then can you allow our kind to see the sun?"

"Huh?" Your next read is at My Virtual Library Empire

It was not just the loud reaper. All of us stopped in our tracks. This man wanted to see the sun? Didn't sunlight kill vampires? At least that was what I knew from the movies.

'No one could really test it, because who the hell could bring sunlight into Hellsgate?' I quipped to myself.

When the Phantom couldn't answer, the handsome vampire continued.

"The Duke has one simple wish. To walk out of Hell and see the sun... but the Reapers have blocked our way since time immemorial. They even spread lies that vampires burn from sunlight and are traitors hated by the heavens. Reaper, if you could grant this wish right now, I will release you and every present at once."

"I-I, um... Maybe we could get you some coats and sunscreen or something. With enough SPF, you should survive! Yeah! I'm sure we can grant your request!"

Hearing his stupid reasoning, I shook my head in disdain. This bloody idiot was stupid as hell. He hadn't even discussed the most pressing matter. But unlike me, the other phantoms clung to the hope the vampire offered.

"Mr. Vampire, Earth has many ways to make you see the sun! We have cameras, video, even VR! Getting the Duke to see it won't be a problem!"

"I agree! I have a pharmaceutical company under me! We can definitely make a powerful sunscreen for you! Your request is simple!"

"YEAH! YES! Mankind has all kinds of crazy inventions! There is nothing we cannot do!"

At that moment, I felt the bonds on my hands suddenly fall to the ground. The hope that I could somehow survive began to make my heart beat like a drum.

'Bennett. My love, if I somehow survive today. I accept your offer of marriage. I will hide on Earth and use the rest of my days to make you happy...'

As the Phantom's celebrated, a single sentence extinguished the small chance of our salvation.

"Then lead the way, Reaper. I will make way for the Duke. Show me the way back to Earth."

"..."

Immediately, we all felt a shiver run down our spines. The vampire's voice had no emotion, but we could all feel that we were standing on the edge of a knife. The next words spoken would determine our fate.

"Brother, we must go through the battlefront. Warps to Earth are forbidden. We would have to..."