Limitless The Strongest Revenant

"It's a common story after the 30th floor. I served as defender and manager. I did my job well. One day a vampire came and tried to bribe me with a deal. I killed the messenger. Sometime later, a bunch of reapers ambushed Abigail and me in the sun."

When he got to this part of the story, I could hear the sound of George grinding his teeth in anger.

"The bastards knew our schedule. They deliberately attacked us on the one day Abby and I were separated. The anniversary of our daughter's death. I didn't know who had taken her. One day a letter arrived on my doorstep. It said that my {Kindred} had been kidnapped by the manager of the 32nd floor to blackmail me into doing something.

"We investigated and found it to be true. When we confirmed that my wife was being held hostage, I stormed in and killed everyone there and got her back. All the while, the defenders on the 32nd floor said it was a mistake. But in my rage, I didn't listen to anyone.

"After a bloody war, we killed all the defenders of at least 10 zones. When I rescued my wife, she... she was already... Abby was..."

Hearing George become emotional, I said nothing and waited. Until I heard the end of his story, it was better to remain silent. Enjoy more content from My Virtual Library Empire

"Huff...turns out my wife was already gone. After we rescued her, my wife stabbed me in the back with a poisoned dagger. As I collapsed to the ground, she then bragged about how she had personally manipulated the Reapers into waging war against each other.

"It was to earn the Duke's love. Her irises were already demonic. I belatedly realised they were using a device to mimic a reaper's soul signature. The thing in front of me was no longer my {Kindred}, but a monster in her skin. I have no idea what happened after that."

'My {Kindred}, did you hear everything?'

'I have beloved. My heart grieves for this reaper. He willingly betrayed his duty and killed the defenders of the 32nd floor for his woman. His cause may have been noble and just, but those who were wrongly slaughtered would say otherwise.'

'And like a fool, he was played. Because of his lapse in judgement, two floors murdered each other in vain. I have heard tales of the Iron Wolverine, and I am very disappointed in his stupidity. Dearest, he should be executed for treason.'

'He cries like a victim when it is all his fault. If the Zones had been attacked afterwards, they would all have fallen for sure. If we assume that there is a traitor who has isolated these floors, then it makes sense how no one knew what happened until now. Husband, this is bad. We must let North America know.'

'Such vile tricks. If these are the results of the vampires, they are far more dangerous than I could even imagine. But I still cannot understand how a war between Reapers could break out without anyone knowing! Beloved, we must find out, lest they do the same to Hellsend!'

I answered Liv's questions with my knowledge of manga and anime. Once again, the media I had read in the past had depicted such a situation in one form or another.

The quickest way to ensure that an alarm did not go off was to cut the trigger or fake the signal. And seeing George's condition earlier, the reason why they bothered to keep him there came to light.

'They are using the vats to keep the defenders alive. Each zone would be attacked and its defender would be stuffed into these containers to prevent the zone from 'falling', which would minimise the instances the traitor would need to block the signal,' I surmised.

'Indeed. That makes sense. But then the question arises, why go through all this? I have never heard of monsters attempting such an elaborate ruse. Why are the vampires trying to hide the real situation in the zones? It's not like they can do much with them.'

Lilly's questions were very valid. If the vampires simply wanted to get stronger, they could just devour the Malice and move on. But like a jigsaw puzzle, the pieces of information I had collected from various sources began to fall into place.

{If you help me kill the vampires. I can become king. Once I am, I can force all lizardkin to stop attacking humans.}

{Relatively. I am strong to the weak. And weak to the strong. The vampires enslaved my people because we were weak. If we can become stronger, we can free ourselves from their power.}

{I would believe so. My elders say the vampires come from a deeper place. They shouldn't be in our homes to begin with.}

The monsters followed the rule of the strong. This Duke was, naturally, part of that hierarchy. This meant that if he was not strong enough. He would be forced to continue the cycle in order to survive.

"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."

But that only mattered if they were in Hellsgate. It was only because they were in Hellsgate that they had to go through all this nonsense. So if the rules of the monsters said that they could only control a few floors, it was impossible to get stronger quickly.

But what if, instead of trying to overtake the stronger ones, this Duke power levelled his entire power? And what if, instead of following what they had always done, they chose to focus on the Reaper lines?

'Fuck... they want to force their way out of the battlefront.'

'But my father is there! No matter how many vampires come, he would be able to handle them all. Dearest, what you are saying makes no sense.'

Right, the human weapon called a Revenant. so long as he was there, nothing they would do matters in the slightest. But what happens if he wasn't present?

[In the unfortunate event that these undead legions do not attack South America, Europe or North America would experience the floor break in their place].

[Yes, that is the case. David Thomas does not usually get involved in defenses or attacks because he has to be on standby for such instances. The last time was during the July enlistment].

The 1st way to get him out was for another battlefront to cause a man-made disaster. The other was for him to move himself.

[As for the Revenants of the other zones. I expect to receive your payment soon or otherwise I will be coming for it. I vow this on my name.]

'I see. The monsters intend to strike while the reapers fight each other. Husband, his Majesty the Invincible, has personally said that he will claim what is due to him for your seeker war. If they are waiting for that opportunity...'

'Wait! I don't understand! Beloved, how would the monsters know what is happening between the battlefronts? Do they also know about the armies that will come for us in three months' time?'

My stomach began to twist in knots. The more we tried to understand it, the more it made sense. The monsters were preparing.

That was why they had to keep the zones from falling. Unlike before, they were orchestrating a massive attack to coincide with something. What it was, I did not yet know. But it was coming.

And I inadvertently found out because I was trying to save Evelyn. My decision to save a Reaper and forge our image exposed a massive conspiracy.

"Fuck! I 'm not paid enough for this kind shit!"