Limitless The Strongest Revenant

"Welcome back, my lord! Thank you for efforts!"

The moment we got back I heard a familiar voice echo beside me. It was kind of nostalgic and one that belonged to one of the most reliable subordinates that were under my command.

"Yeah. Thanks for holding down the fort, Joshua."

"Should I give you a status report? The 5-year-old version?"

"The what?"

"It is a reporting methodology that Lady Bella has instructed the unit leaders to learn. Summarize the situation in extremely concise sentences for those with the attention span of a five-year-old."

The one who answered my question was a ginger who wore glasses and a professional looking maid uniform. One of the three clerks that followed me from North America, Matilda Cassidi or Tildi for short.

"Ho? I wonder how useful such a report would be. Lay it on me then."

"Sir!" Joshua saluted snappily before proceeding to explain, I noticed that most of the 2nd Amendment squad leaders, my {Vassals} D, Pixie, Gareth the leader of the former defenders, Leo and Nyda the adventurer representatives along with a bunch of familiar faces from our various groups.

Among the Sirens squads, Van from Minerva's Wizards and Terence from Freya's bulwark were the only one's present. This probably meant that the girls have yet to return. Connie our resident reporter, Krishna along with Amari and Mia were also present.

"Everyone returned to base when you guys entered the tent. The ladies took some squads to perform a specific task. Exa has shared that we will be having one last battle with the invaders. All groups are prepared to join it."

'Exa, how are we looking at supplies? Are the soulless back on their feet?'

[Our stock is near full. As you know anyone with {Rewind} cannot run out of supplies. Only the bullets and shells used by Sunset rounds are lost. As for the soulless the original weapon platforms are fine. But the {Replicate} units have been destroyed.]

Hmm. That significantly reduces our firepower. But right now, we would get reinforced by the Awakened so it shouldn't matter. I just needed a study wall to block the Champions as they got ravaged from behind.

I turned to the oddball with me before I continued "Okay. Roach, how many of those halberds can you give me?"

"The size of my scythes the first time we met."

Considering that Roach was the size of a fucking mountain the first time we clashed, if we could get anti-soul material in such significant quantities it would be a game changer. We would be able to adapt it to our forces on or vehicles, weapons and tactics.@@novelbin@@

"Cool, you mind giving me everything you can right now? If you can give them as usable weapons I would appreciate it."

Roach unceremoniously raised his hand, and more than a hundred halberds burst out of the ground. From how the weapons appeared you would think he just took them out of a mold of some sort.

Everyone who was on edge at his antics were making a fuss before Roach pointed to a spot outside the outer wall and again raised his hand. In contrast to the perfectly crafted halberds a large tower-like protrusion grew from the ground like a tree.

It was as if someone chopped up his scythe and buried it to the ground like a plant. The "Tree" was so tall it reached us on the ramparts along the wall. When I saw the size of the fucking thing, I grew pleased. Just how much could we make with this piece?

"That is everything for now. I will have more in a month."

"What?! You mean you can make these infinitely?"

*Nod*

[My lord, according to what I understood from Roach, this bone scythe is similar to a nail cuticle for him. It grows indefinitely so long as he remains alive. It seems that he would break them off and leave them even if we didn't ask for it.]

'So, my new secret weapon was lizard nails?'

[Yes.]

'WHO THE FUCK GIVES A SHIT!'

"FUCK!!!!! THAT'S AMAZING ROACH!"

Excitedly I could help but hug Roach and try to lift him up. But contrary to what I expected, despite his appearance of being only 10 feet tall, he weighed far more. I could barely lift him off the ground, and that was while I had Robyn's {Carry} family active.

My awkward act caused the people around me to stir. Roach still had the same half bored face and didn't comment. Separating from him, I couldn't keep my smile down and began to fashion a plan.

"Cynthia, Addi, Terence. I want you three to harvest that bone tree down there. Take it as your priority. I want that thing harvested and processed as soon as possible. Ensure your safety as you do so, coordinate with the Sirens and Joshua on what should be prioritized."

"Uhm, my lord? What do we do with it?" Cynthia asked with a puzzled expression.

Even though I have {Kill Switch} active, it would be best to make sure that the importance of this new resource was kept confidential.

'Exa, send my words as securely as you can to the Hellsend Office network.'

[Understood, please give me your message.]

'This material has anti-soul properties. Meaning anything reinforced with soul does not work against it. The halberd's I had Roach made can cut through all of defensive {Fates}, including {Rewind}. It is both incredible dangerous and useful depending on what happens next. Exercise maximum prudence in working with it.'

At my words the faces of the officers visibly darkened. I couldn't blame them as {Rewind} was something used by the entire army. They all used {Call My Name} to download base abilities before replacing it with {Rewind}. This ensured everyone functioned similar to the Sirens and I.

The problem with having {Rewind} was it tended to make people reckless. If people knew that {Rewind} would save them, I suspected that most people would prioritize results over caution. Unknowingly my family and Hellsend in general, already used a 2nd life as a measure of safety.

While it was inevitable for such things to happen, Roach's abilities served as a good reminder to never be too complacent. The world of {Fates} was just that insane.

'Cynthia, Addi, Terence, I don't care how you do it, but I want bladed weapons for the Sirens prepared before we leave for Africa. Obviously, I want bullets made from this too at some point. Shields would also be a valid option. You have two days. Use everything you have or coordinate with the Deryck if you need equipment from Earth.'

"Yes, my lord!" x3

Nodding at their reply I then turned towards Krishna.

"Krishna, do you know how to use a Halberd?"

"No Smith John, I do not. But Kalaripayattu does use polearms to some degree. So, we still can use our techniques there."

"That is enough. I want the Yuddha Rakshasa to wield these Halberds in the next battle."

"It will be done," he answered with a bow.

While Krishna and his guys were not as adept with guns, in terms of fighting in large scale wars they had no equal. Using them as our close combat infantry would be good to supplement our riflemen.

"My lord!" "My lord, can I please…"

Two people raised their hands and try to call my attention. One of them was Gareth Faesten the heavy knight who used to be the floor manager for my new domain. The other was Nyda Flowers one of the two head for the adventurer branches.

"Huh? What is it? Gareth you go first."

"My lord, there are a number of knights proficient in halberds among the defenders that stayed. I implore you to let us join this battle along with the new weapons."

I turned to Nyda believing she probably had the same request.

"Was your request similar?"

Nyda bit let lip before nodding. She must have known how shameless her request was. While Gareth and the defenders that stayed were a part of Hellsend, the Adventurers were not. Only Nyda and her husband were officially my people. But who could blame her?

Naturally anyone who saw the Halberds in actions would report it to their superiors. And in so doing would start a massive arms race just to not lose to Hellsend. But with the amount of shit, we had to deal through, I would never turn down the option of getting stronger.

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Due to breaking the treaty, the various Continents were already preparing for war. And unfortunately, if we didn't want to get caught with our pants down, we ought to use whatever we had at our disposal. Even if it would things worse for everyone else.