Limitless The Strongest Revenant

"That is probably the same reason they didn't kill you."

"W-What?"

Gotcha. A reaction! Men had two dreams in this world. To be pampered by their lovers and to have a die in a heroic battle. I began to use {Announce} and [Whisper] to manipulate Stefan.

"Your final moment of glory. You got denied that, right? Knowing how much you loved your harem, you probably tried to sacrifice yourself for them. And it wasn't because you were scared. It was because it was taken from you. Dying would have been better, instead they forced you to live like a pet."

Stefan De Arno sat up while still looking at the floor. I didn't know what happened to him in that last battle, but I didn't need too. I could make it up so long as it allowed this moron of a Vampire to believe what he wanted.

But from what I know of this Japanese transmigrator, he would have tried to heroically die with his harem. Anyone who watched Anime would similarly wish for such an end. I know I would have. It was fucking cool.

"The Duke De Arno your people believed in wasn't a coward. He was the bravest and wisest vampire they served. And they as well as your wives loved you dearly as you were the one that would lead them in the future. Duke De Arno is not a coward. He didn't run away." Discover exclusive tales on My Virtual Library Empire

"Yes. That is true," Stefan said robotically.

While telling people the hard truth worked, it was difficult to do. And you needed to actually give a crap about the person otherwise it was not worth the effort. Helping people navigate through the issue of their own mind was hard.

Robyn did this for Alicia. Which was why Raymond's daughter loved my kitten as a natural consequence. I didn't like this Vampire fucker. I didn't even care enough about him to think what would happen to him afterwards.

I just needed the information about the Vampire conspiracy and Gaspar. I think I pretty much already got as much as I can about the Isekai thing. Thus, I wouldn't go through all the hassle. I would gaslight him instead.

I was no expert. But I have seen people who were when I worked for the department of transport. It was a skill that was extremely useful in weaseling out of responsibility and shifting blame. With {Gather} and {Compute}, I should be able recreate what I heard to some degree.

The fastest way to get someone to agree with your opinion was to gaslight them into thinking something else. In this context, I needed to make this fucker believe he wasn't a coward. That was the only way I could get him to fight again.

"Duke, your sadness has twisted your judgement. What you want is not to see the light of the sun. It was instead the light of your enemies burning in agony," I suggested like a scammer.

"Yes. I didn't run away. I was just confused. I was never a coward. Duke De Arno was no coward. I was mistaken.

I should not be going up. But I should have tried going down."

I didn't know if half the bullshit I was saying was true. It's just that for his forces to accompany him downward I wanted to believe they wanted to do it out of loyalty or love. Otherwise, if his entire force just used him, Stefan was more pitiful than I imagined.

The Noble Vampire stood up wobbly and sat back on the couch. His current harem along with Sebastian still said nothing. Feeling I could try giving him a new identity, I tried to separate Stefan from his old Japanese personality.

"Duke, you are Stefan De Arno. A Noble Vampire who once commanded one of the most powerful forces in Hellsgate. Whoever you were when you were still back in Japan as a human is dead. He was the coward. Not duke Stefan. Duke Stefan De Arno is brave, wise and strong."

"Yes. I am no longer, Sahashi Tsubasa. He was nothing but a coward. I am duke Stefan De Arno. Commander of the Dawn Bringer. I am no coward.

The dawn I see is the light of my enemy's corpses on fire."

"Exactly!" I praised while clapping.

I didn't know how my speech worked but it did. It may have been because I rattled the brains of this fucker from beating him. It might be because of my {Fates}. Or it might because I have a talent in gas lighting people. Or possible a combination of all three.

But whatever the case, Stefan was now at least a pawn worth using.

"Sahashi Tsubasa is dead! He was an embarrassment, and a virgin cuck. You are Duke De Arno! Commander of the Dawn Bringer! A brave hero destined to save the world! And I need your help!"

"Y-You need my help?"

"Yes. Please tell me mighty duke. Who created the massive army that you intend to use to breach North America. With your abilities we can instead take this army for ourselves and reestablish the Dawn Bringer! Fate has not abandoned us yet!"

An important factor in trying to gaslight someone was to make them feel that you were their ally. Including words like "We" and "Us" worked extremely well in this regard.

"You are right! The huge army is up for the taking! It was made by Gaspar's boss. He told me that they have been laying the foundations around the same time I was born."@@novelbin@@

'10 years. And Gaspar was already working under someone's orders. Then why did he try to save Evelyn. Why try to fake being the servant of Duke De Arno?'

Just then, I felt my entire body heat up. I was still using Robyn's shadow silhouette, so that only meant one thing. I was either in danger or it was the opportune moment to move.

[My lord, I have received word from the ladies. An extremely large army of ghouls has begun entered the floor. They seem to have come from both above and below the 32nd floor. The numbers according to the ladies will surpass tens of millions.]

'…'

[Along with them, tens of thousands of bats have taken to the air. If we use the abilities demonstrated by Evelyn, then the bats would be thousands of Vampires. The Switchblades have also detected the presence of Noble Vampires among them.]

'Well fuck.'

Suddenly I felt a chill climb up my spine. It was the same feeling I had when I first came to the 30th floor. All my avatars and I swung our weapons towards the source of the danger. And found the being I did not want to see.

[My lord I have good news and bad news. Which would you like to hear first?]

"Greetings, ladies and Gentlemen. I am Gaspar. Lovely night."

Arguably the most dangerous bastard I have faced up to date. The Noble Vampire with blood red eyes and black hair looked at me respectfully. He made no threats nor drew any weapons. Yet my entire body began trembling in fear.

'Good news.'

[The ladies and Juno have found the missing Lizardkin infants.]

'The bad news?'

[They infants were used as bait and lead our allies into a trap. The Awakened army along with our members have been surrounded by the Vampire army. Over a hundred Rank B Noble Vampires are present.]

'Fuck.'

[The rest of the Vampire army are all heading towards your location. Ghouls from the entire floor have begun to converge on Duke De Arno's castle.]

'Is it safe to say that the numbers we are seeing are the entire force meant to Invade North America?'

[Yes. Even with every weapon available to Hellsend. This army is comparable to a dungeon break in strength. And would most like overwhelm the entire North American battlefront. I currently am running all possible simulations for escape but all of them end in annihilation.]

"…"