Limitless The Strongest Revenant

This was not done out of convenience though. It was done out of necessity. The human body was like that. Its priority has always been and always will be survival. And much like how it subconsciously hates risk and danger. It deliberately forgets details it never saw as important.

"Haaa… The price of power is steep," I ended up blurting out loud.

However, while it was steep, the results of having power were truly outstanding. Right now, the army brought here to kill me was already destroying itself. In order to live, they abandoned the notion of killing me. Instead, they went after those they knew were weaker than them.

'Truly monsters. Even Juno and her kin knew the concept of loyalty. These bastards would hardly make good subordinates.'

[I disagree my lord. Having a group of Rank B monsters, especially ones that need blessings to kill are incredibly useful pawns. For one, aside from Hellsend, hardly anything outside of Specters would be even able to take them down.]

'So, you are saying I should turn them into slaves?'

[Yes. Much like Roach and Juno having them fight for you is a way better option than simply killing them.]

'They might betray me though? And go after my family or subordinates. Having snakes around me is exhausting.'

[My lord, stop trying to label them as black and white. They are gray. Most of them came here because they had no choice. The ones that will manage to get ten hearts are the most useful of the bunch. Thus, I suggest binding them with a seeker vow or your blood.]

'I will think about it.'

As the Rank B's fought against themselves, I tried to regain my focus. What I was most worried about where the girls. They have been fighting towards the corridor, but I have yet to hear much from them.@@novelbin@@

When I checked my links, I belatedly noticed that they were closed off from the other side.

'Exa, are the girls, okay?'

[Yes, my lord. They are. They closed their links to not worry you. Considering what you have them do, they are arrived at the corridor a while ago. We should see the results of their labor soon. For now, I suggest we focus on the biggest threat.]

'Indeed.'

From the corner of my eye, I saw an enemy approaching at breakneck speed. When he finally arrived, I saw the veins on his temple pulsating violently.

"WHAT IS GOING ON? YOU ARE ALL SERVANTS OF THE ONE WITHOUT END! WHY ARE YOU AT EACH OTHERS' THROATS?"

However, despite his fierce shouts, none of his former subordinates paid him any attention. Amused I added my two cents.

"What about you try licking their balls? Maybe someone would listen to you then, Gaspar."

"You! This is all your doing! Just what happened while I was away?"

"Damn right it is. I am quite proud of that fact. I killed them until their minds broke. Someone suggested to give me Vampire hearts. And I agreed."

"What? Why would they do such a thing?! You are a fucking bastard! You would not spare any of them anyway!" Gaspar roared in frustration.

Amused at his accurate assessment, I laughed loudly.

"Hahaha. Just how do you see me, asshole? I intend to spare some. Besides more are coming as we speak. Haven't you noticed?"

While I did cause some of the Noble Vampires to attack their allies, the chaos already spread outward. As more and more reinforcements arrived the cycle of betrayal did not stop.

The weaker Nobles did not try to explain but instead attacked the ones who still didn't understand the situation. As the ones who just arrived lacked context, they barely had time to ask for any explanations before they got killed.

Those that managed to survive the first attacks fought back. Some even used the Rank C vampires and Rank E Ghouls under their command. Soon I wasn't even part of the reason, the even Noble Vampire far from we already began to kill each other.

'While I did try to cause some havoc this already goes beyond what I intended,' I confessed inwardly.

This was intentionally why I kept using {Replace} to kill off the first Vampires. The ones around me then saw the vast distances I could travel. More than ten of them tried to run. And I kill them by shooting them from behind.

There was no chivalry or honor in the way I fought. Just the desire to kill. And they felt it. Thus, rather than try to risk dying to me, the weak willed opted to try to please me instead. And they in turn caused the cycle to go beyond me.

Right now, the only one who could take back control was Gaspar. But given that his shouts right now were being ignored, it didn't seem like he held as much sway as I thought.

Seeing the chaos among his ranks he was about to shout again when I interfered.

'{Blink}.'

I appeared behind him and stabbed the Barrett M107 muzzle into his back.

"Stop trying to ruin the fun Gaspy. Just die instead!"

"You are a fucking asshole!"

Unlike before, Gaspar was able to sidestep and kicked the M107 away. Before he stabbed me through the heart. He smiled elated. Despite seeing him do this, because of combat clairvoyance, I let him.

"HAHA! At the end of it all you are just a stupid blood bag. After I kill you, I will parade your corpse from here to earth! Is that so?"

'{Save}.'

I then hugged him before whispering to his ear.

"Good luck."

'{Rewind}. [Inventory] Raging Hunter.'

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I rewinded onto Gaspar vanishing from in front of him and appearing by his side. In one swift movement I aimed my revolver to his head. The hammer of the Raging Hunter slammed into the firing pin sending a 500 grain Smith and Wesson bullet across his temple.

Before he could recover, I pinned his right arm behind him and placed my weapon under his chin. Another Sacred ripped his face up from below. His body much like a Reapers could still move despite even without its head.

But unlike a Reaper, I noticed Gaspar had a brief delay before his body moved. It was as if he was rebooting. From Exa's explanations I understood it as he had too much soul that I needed to bless away.

So, I continued to use {Replace}, {Rewind} and stuck to him like glue. Slowly whittling down against his immortality. And unlike most Reapers, I would never stop until he was dead.

With my constant pressure, Gaspar was not able to take command of the Vampire army. They on the other hand similarly began to rip each other apart due to the orders of their Nobles.

I don't know, how many times it took, but eventually Gaspar no longer came back.

"What? Thats it?"

I felt let down at the sudden death of this supposedly super vampire. My last shot was to his chest. And instead of coming back as he used to, he just stayed dead.

[My lord, considering the amount of times you killed him I wouldn't be surprised.]

"Haa. I just expected more. The Gaspar when we arrived was quite powerful. It just feels like such a letdown."

As I was lounging about in the air. A few of the Nobles came to me and presented the hearts I asked for. There were about ten of them. I was about to shoot them when all of a sudden, my vision blurred.

[My lord!]

And immediately the ten vampires all then grabbed my limbs and restrained me.

'You fucking bastards are so dead!'

But before I could invoke rewind, I felt a pair of sharp fangs bury into my neck.

"{Erase}," a voice whispered in my ear. Along with it was a face I didn't think I would see.

"Stefan?"

He smiled before tracing my face with his finger. From the way he smiled and moved, it was like a completely different person. If the earlier Stefan was faking his confidence, this being truly was.

"Close but not quite. Pleasure to meet you Limitless. I am Bifrons. You seem to have taken care of Andromalius before. Well done."

'A fucking Archdemon. Well shit…'