Limitless The Strongest Revenant

[Lady Robin, begged the Sirens and I to keep it a secret. She believed you would forcefully try to control her due to your overprotective tendencies. She promised us she would not go overboard and would tell you eventually.]

'…Fine. I will sit down with her once she returns.'

[I deeply apologize, my lord.]

I couldn't help face palm as Death Resonance leaked out of me in frustration. Herman and Carlos who noticed stayed silent and just waited. The way I was feeling now, I would shoot the next motherfucker who even looked at me funny.

After calming myself down, I gestured for Carlos to continue, "I'm sorry I just received some concerning information, please continue the lecture."

"Okay. What was I saying again? A right Shifters. Unlike normal Reapers, Shifters are able to redefine the amount of souls their bodies can absorb. This allows them to artificially raise their physical attributes beyond that of normal Reapers.

"The only other class that a can overpower Shifters are Chasers. But we will get to that later. A common misconception is that a Shifters soulform is set once they gain a form. Nothing could be further from the truth."

At his words I drew a blank. But wasn't that the case? Amari and Mia who turned to King Kong and a bunch of werewolves shouldn't be able to suddenly manifest different animals. At least that was I think.

"Say a Shifter turns himself into a Lion, while this may be his base soulform it is not permanent. As the Shifter grows additional abilities empower his soul form. He maybe could gain elemental abilities like fire or ice. He may evolve to gain extra appendages or even increase in size.

"Suffice to say so long as the Shifter manages to tie the abilities together in one form, the {fates} would all compound and built on each other. That is until the Shifter reaches the ranks of the Specters."

Listening to Carlos, my mind wandered to the only Shifter I cared about. Jasmine Denel. While I originally thought she was not a Shifter that changed when she manifested a third eye upon ascending to level 5.

"Carlos, one of my girls is Formless, but then when she ascended to a mid-ranked Phantom, she suddenly manifested a third eye. Is she still Formless? Can it still be considered a soul form when she is just a regular human with an extra body part?"

"This woman, does her {Fates} have something to do with her eyes?"

Amazed that he was able to deduce that much on his own I nodded.

"Yes, she would a Shifter. Her progress would mean all her {Fates} were slowly changing her eyes. And when that specific body part grew saturated, her body redesigned it self to accommodate her request. Having humanoid soulforms is not uncommon."

"But is my woman still Formless?" I asked earnestly.

Surprisingly the one who answered was Herman.

"Normally a Reapers body cannot withstand invoking {Fates} on itself, thus the {Fates} must manifest as a physical object outside the body. Shifters are the natural opposite of this as rather than creating a separate object, the Reaper reshapes his body to create a new form instead.

"But it is a different matter if rather than a new form the {fate} is manifested inside the body! The pure soul derived by a Reaper ascending to a Wraith, is too powerful. Said body part would explode. The fact that your woman still has her eyes despite ascending would make her an extremely rare Formless Shifter."

"I agree with Herman. You seldom hear of Formless Shifters. While manifesting extra limbs is quite common, only manifesting a new body part at Level 5 is practically unheard off. It should have happened before she even became a Phantom." Carlos added.

He pondered for a moment as he took a sip of his drink. Herman was noticeably quite sullen as we were discussing Shifters. I wondered if he may have beef with them as South America and Africa were neighbors on Earth.

"You should care for that woman, I believe she will be extremely powerful in the future, Shifters usually become their idealized versions of themselves. Similar to Summoners the mental image of a Shifter influences what they have to work with. Example, if they feel small, their Soulform would emphasize height or bulk. You get the point.

"They may sometimes become beasts then gain new attributes or they may begin as attributes then turn into beasts. The common themes for Shifters are living organisms, elemental properties and concepts."

"Concepts?" I parroted in confusion.

"Monsters from fiction are standard. You also got Reapers that go beyond that and turn to steam, dust, sound, light, bacteria, diseases, stars, black holes and all kinds of crap. My personal favorites are catastrophes. By that I mean they turn into avalanches, tidal waves, wildfires and hurricanes."

Hearing the possible soulforms made me gasp in awe. A Reaper could turn into a disease? Anti matter? How the fuck would they even transform back to humans when they do shit like that?

"Of course, the main benefit of turning into living beings is that the adjustment of consciousness is easier. There are many who turn into concepts and come back as either vegetables or retards. It's not the norm but there are plenty of stupid people."

I see. Becoming something without will would do a number on one's mind and soul. As I have confirmed that Jas was a Shifter, I needed to take into account what her ideal was or what she pictured her Soulform to be.

"For Shifters their domains fall into two pathways. First are the Tyrants. These are the Shifters who focus on purity of concept. Meaning they strengthen their mental image to the limit and perfect it. The second are Hybrids who mix and max ideas to create out of this world soulforms tailored fit to their desires."

The more I heard about the classes the more I felt like I needed to talk with my girls. Liv being a Keeper meant I needed to know what her Soul Oaths were. For Jas I needed to understand what she pictured as her final form.

'Come to think of it, I wasn't able to think about Bella's Champions. Does hijacking machines count? Or was our Children her version of Champions.'

After I shared Bella's situation with the two of them, they looked at each other with exasperated expressions. Herman gasped in surprised while Carlos just accepted it with a wry smile.

"First a Formless Shifter, now a Formless Summoner! Where on Earth to did you find them? The odds of both happening are like a million to one!"

"I never thought it was possible by Bella is definitely a Summoner. But I am quite shocked on how her Champions turn out to be digital AI. As I know little about the subject I cannot comment. But her {Fate} is definitely Formless."

"Ugh, and we still have four more to go through. I wonder what the end for my case would be?"

"Well, who knows. I didn't believe it at first, but it seems you really do have a woman from every continent. We still got Linkers, Enhancers, Chasers and Rulers to go."

"Can we talk about Chasers first?"

"Sure. But why them specifically? Did something happen to your Aussie?"

Nodding, I couldn't help but feel anxious as I spoke.

"My girl seems to be getting weaker physically with each Ascension. She was an extremely powerful and healthy combat joey. Now my adjutant says that my girl's body has the capabilities of a senior despite not even being 20 years old."

Carlos then brushed the back of his head as he looked up.

"Not much I can do about that Limitless. Most people from Oceania have Zenith constitutions. Being Chasers is like the only avenue available to them. Her getting weaker physically would be the tradeoff for her {Fates} growing at a staggering pace."

[I can confirm that with Lady Robyn's latest Ascension, the power she could display even surpasses that of Lady Lilly who is a rank above her. It is not because he controls soul much more efficiently, it is purely the amount of soul Lady Robyn can command.] Enjoy new adventures at My Virtual Library Empire

'I guess that should make me happy at least,' I murmured in resignation.

"Yeah. I think you already met her. Small build, white hair and curses like a sailor."

"AH! The white devil! My men got throw into the air by the hundreds whenever she was around! No wonder she was so powerful. So that lady boy was a Chaser?" Herman yelled in surprise

"Lady Boy? Fuck you! She maybe a bit flat, but Robyn is as sexy as a succubus! And yes, she is a Chaser."

"I know I am going to regret this but is this woman…also formless?"

"She is," I answered Carlos like a good student.