Limitless The Strongest Revenant

Weapons were incredibly powerful, but sometimes they just lacked the necessary punch. So, I had to be able to think on my feet. Just like my girls did. From Operation Paper, they showed me how powerful out-of-the-box thinking could be.

Because we were formless, we could not just ascend to get stronger. For example, I used {Recursion} when we fought the Alpha Raptor, but it was completely useless. On the other hand, if I had a Manifested soul weapon, it would have been able to upgrade itself the more I ascended.

The girls like me all suffered from this problem. But each of them was able to find an answer. They turned to physics, soulgears, or whatever they could. It was crazy how desperate we became in our search for power.

Lilly used her {Portals} and electricity to power her Railgun. Robyn drew from the energy realm. Bella and Jo utilized brainwashing and necromancy to make up for their lack of power. Liv focused on her body. Aki created synergies among her abilities. Jas turned to precognition and sheer brain power.

'But that is them. I cannot do all that! I don't even know how to fight without weapons! I don't think getting into fist fights at school counts...'

The sound of heavy footsteps echoed as the 8-foot tyrant slowly approached me.

"If this is all you have to offer, I am disappointed. While you could gun down a vampire, you require it not to move. Unfortunately, it would never give you that chance. Your army lies in ruins. Your weapons are unable to inflict any significant damage on me. What do you intend to do now, son?"

He was right. That was the limit of my hardware. My combat style relied heavily on weapons. If my bullets didn't work, I was pretty much fucked. I had to find different tactics. Otherwise, there was no way for me to get stronger.

But rather than getting discouraged, the desperation made me grin wildly instead.

"Oh? You smile despite your circumstances. I like your guts. But unfortunately, you are either stupid or insane. If you cannot beat me, you cannot kill a vampire. This is your limit."

"You obviously have no idea who I am," I retorted

"Huh?"

The Iron Wolverine froze in confusion. What I said probably made no sense to him. But it did to me. If my current hardware and fighting style could not win. So, I simply had to change it.

"[Inventory] Tomahawk."

I then summoned the ballistic shield Liv had given me. It was our couple arms and had not yet had the chance to enter battle. I loosened the arm straps and secured the shield to my left arm. I touched it as I invoked {Fates}.

"{Withstand}, {Endure}, {Block}, {Shelter}."

"A shield? I scrapped your tank. And you think a shield will stop me?"

"Then come at me!"

"I INTEND TO!"

He suddenly jumped into the air and brought his right claw at me.

'THIS IS GOING TO HURT!'

Despite bracing my body, I found myself flying. Not specializing in defense, {Primalist} lacked the weight to take hits. Unable to regain my footing, I felt my left arm tremble uncontrollably from the shock. This was despite having {Endure}.

My poor defense was probably not due to the shield. It wasn't penetrated, I just couldn't take the hit. That and my shielding skills probably sucked. I have seen Liv defend against tank rounds. Technique made all the difference.

'Exa, quickly google how to use a shield.'

[My lord, why not imitate Lady Liv instead?]

'Explain.'

I ended up falling more than ten feet away. I scrambled back up, barely able to brace my body when George appeared beside me; The bastard swung his claws and again sent me flying.

"FUCK!" I defended against his attack and a powerful shock rattled my entire body. Fortunately, the shield was still in one piece. I felt the bones in my forearm fracture from the defender's attacks.

[{Gather} gives you photographic memory. At present, I can command your soul avatars as long as you don't drive. With your permission, it should be possible to co-pilot your body to mimic Lady Liv's shielding abilities. We can use the principle of your other {Program} [Souls Player], but have it analyze allies instead of enemies.]

"{REGEN}! I AGREE! DO IT NOW!"

George then remarked in a bored voice, "Disappointing." Instead of using his big claws, he just kicked me away. I almost stumbled as his lighthearted tap still knocked me off balance.

"{Overdrive} Cancel. Setting: [Wizard], [Assassin], [Knight]."

Reconfiguring my body, I swapped the {Primalist} for an all-rounder. The tyrant then took a stance as he drew back his right claw. It was the same attack he used to take out my Micro tank.

"I grow tired of this. Go home, son. I thank you for what you have done. Even as cannon fodder you are useless. Do not waste your life."

I said nothing and just waited for Exa.

George roared as he lunged at me. The glittering steel of his claws was like Truck-kun's headlights. If I couldn't stop this, I would probably die from the blow. But I wasn't worried.

[{Program} [Dual Pilot] created. {Program} [Souls Player] upgraded to [Combat Shadow Silhouette] created. Silhouettes loaded: Liv Ivaldi Smith, Lilly Browning Smith, Robyn Lithgow Smith, Josephine Benelli Smith, Isabella Taurus Smith, Jasmine Denel Smith, Aki Miroku Smith.]

As the various new abilities came out. That's when I realized the one thing I had that the girls didn't. Funnily enough, the Sirens and everyone else had figured it out long before that.

"You have way too many tricks up your sleeve you bastard. You invoked like what… sixteen different {fates} in the short amount of time we fought?"

"This fucking cheater. While people struggle to have even one {Kismet}, Honey now has what? 99 of them?"

"Bella, your thinking is too rigid. This is husband's greatest strength. Even before he had {Limitless}, having access to all our {Fates} allows him to create {Kismet}."

"I know right? And that was before they made {Call my Name}! This thing is bollocks! I see farther, hear better and run faster! I can feel myself getting smarter and there is still more abilities under its wing! Just how in the world did they create it!"

'Dearest! How absurd! You are back to breaking common sense! I am starting to understand why Bella keeps calling you a cheater!'

I was Limitless. Rather than that fact that I never ran out of ammunition, it was more because of my abilities near infinity abilities.

My greatest strength was my ability to adapt to almost any situation. From using my {Fate} pool of eight different families, to Bella's {Program} and Exa. Unlike other people who hit roadblocks, I had the ability to overcome them by creating {Kismet} or {Programs}.

"[Dual Pilot]. [Combat Shadow Silhouette]: Liv Ivaldi Smith."
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"I have control," my body said autonomously.

My body began to move without any input from me. It shifted my weight and widened my stance, placing my feet shoulder width apart. My shield arm then shifted its angle slightly. George arrived within seconds.

His claw again slammed into the Tomahawk's ballistic shield. However, unlike before, instead of absorbing the energy and power with my body, my shield arm deflected the attack to the left. In the process, almost 80% of the tyrant's momentum was deflected away.

"What?!"

"[Combat Shadow Silhouette]: Josephine Benelli Smith."

Then I felt my body move automatically again. I had little knowledge of the Italian martial art of Kick Jitsu, but like a professional, my body twisted to deliver a full power "Vela Kick" to George's midsection.

It should have had no effect. But my body compressed souls into the soles of my feet and exploded them on impact. More powerful than even the 30mm autocannon, the "Vela Kick" blew George away.

"UGH!"

But Exa wasn't done yet. My body chased after my opponent, who was disoriented in the air.

"[Combat Shadow Silhouette]: Aki Miroku Smith."

As I leapt toward the Iron Wolverine, my body swung my front leg around his neck from one side. I then used the momentum to wrap my left leg around and cross my ankles, pinning his head between my legs.

'NO FUCKING WAY!' I cheered inwardly!

Exa then squeezed my legs together and used my hips to tighten the hold before twisting my abs to 'swing' my body around. Although George was much heavier, against {Pack} no resistance would be possible.

Completing the head scissors right out of a Marvel movie, Exa threw George to the ground before making me jump backwards. He fell with a mighty crash. Which marked my comeback from this duel.