Limitless The Strongest Revenant

While I did fight against 200 Reapers, they were mostly Wraiths. And I basically just shot them all to death. However, the three Chasers had no such advantage and went up against 200 Summoners.

Depending on how many they summoned the Chasers would have been even more outnumbers. Neither Herman nor Carlos mentioned of the ranks of those involved in that battle. A quick look at the fear in the Specter's eyes tell a different story, however.

It probably went beyond just the difference in ranks. As someone who fought with similar odds, the sheer grit needed on the side of the Chasers would have been incredible.

And hearing about the result of that unyielding will, it must have manifested either as inhuman brutality or terrifying cruelty. Otherwise, the "trauma" evident in Carlos would not make sense.

It was kind of funny. Carlos was a powerful Specter. Yet he looked like a terrified child just from the mere memory of that fight long ago. Under the current circumstances, he probably could never fight a Chaser again in the future.

Even among Reapers mental issues were a thing. Sadly, I had neither the patience nor duty of fixing Carlos up. The best I could do was change the topic. Luckily there was one particular point that caught my interest.

"Summoners, Shifters and Enhancers in particular are weak to Chasers. Keepers, Linkers and Rulers can manage but they would need a lot of support. Thankfully due to the extremely scare population of Australian battlefront it is rare to meet one anyway." Explore more stories with My Virtual Library Empire

In Video games and manga, elemental or weapon rock-paper-scissors was a trope used for balance. This basically meant that in any battle it was common to be disadvantaged to one side and be superior to another.

Like with the game rock-paper-scissors, there was no one hand that would win you every single match. I used to believe this was to prevent the battles in such media from getting stale.

But considering that IRIS meant these lessons to teach something, I believed it must have been related to something like the Reaper classes. Or to a lesser degree to stop thinking anything was invincible.

Summoners who called on Champions, Shifters who changed forms and Enhancers who casted buffs. It made sense for them to be weak against Chasers. Specifically, they would be near useless against Limit Chasers.

In an anti-soul field Champions and the buffs from Enhancers would evaporate. For Shifters it would probably be along the lines of suppressing them from even changing forms. This was reinforced by what the two South American's said earlier.

"This is the same reason why his majesty the Merciless is by far the most feared of the Revenants. Many believe it would take their majesties the Invincible, the Virtuous and the Unbreakable to even attempt to restrain him."

Funnily enough even though Simon Guevarra the Relentless was a Legion Summoner he alone would not be helpless against the Merciless. Simply because his Champions had physical bodies.

"Unlike others who merely create undead. His majesty already dabbles into pseudo- resurrection. He is able to raise a body, bind a soul and turn it into his Champion. To put it into context, even if Simon Guevarra dies, his Champions will not."

I didn't know if it was a lucky coincidence or intentional, but Simon's foresight protected him from Limit Chasers. Just from this bit alone, I understood that the Revenants were really prepared to fight with each other.

It should probably be the same with Hannibal. If the norm was for Chasers to be strong against Shifters, he must also have some way to fight them. They kind of glossed over it earlier, so I probably needed to specifically ask for information about the Revenant of Africa.

It would at least allow me to plan ahead. I wasn't sure if we would need to butt heads, however given that he was a Revenant knowing in advance would help. And much like Clive, Hannibal and I would never see eye to eye. What he did to his family was something I could never accept.

"Carlos, Herman. You already taught me about Simon and Erik. What about Hannibal? What does he do?" I asked nonchalantly.

"This cocksucker, while are you calling Revenants by their first names? Are you crazy? You think your equals or something?"

"Shut up Herman. You can grovel at their feet all you want. I will do as I wish."

"This arrogant piece of shit…"

Carlos looked at me with an intense gaze. It was as if he was trying to read my mind from my facial expressions. "Why do you wish to know?"

"Because I will be heading to Africa after things calm down," I confessed.

"Huh?" "Why?"

"I am going there to kill a demon. As a favor to one of Hannibal's sons."

"Oy, Limitless, didn't you intentionally placed us on the African border because you know they are coming? And you are helping them?"

"Herman, you are not helping. Ehem, His majesty the Immortal has an extremely large bloodline. What is the rank of the son you will assist?"

'What was it again?'

[Amari Soldat is the 34th prince of the African battlefront.]

'Ah right, Thank you Exa.'

"34th."

"34th would be Amari Soldat. I am surprised you are willing to fight a demon for him."

"Wow, you got them all memorized or something?" I commented impressed.

Carlos chucked as he scratched his beard, "Only those that matter. I was part of South America's version of Adventurers. Specifically, the intelligence division. You could think of it as the Reaper equivalent to the CIA."

I see. The Battlefronts used their resources not only for Hellsgate but also for other countries. It was a simple truth, but I never thought about using Adventurers for actions against another battlefront.

'This would be a good mentality to have. While we will focus most of our Reapers in Hellsgate, we would need to form a CIA like organization to protect us from invasions.'

Carlos's voice called me back to reality, I lucked out to have someone from South America's version of the CIA as a teacher. No wonder he knew of things most would not know.

"Amari is from the Soldat clan; his mother is one of the many women given to his Majesty the Immortal to forge family ties. His case is quite infamous as he sold himself as a slave despite his pedigree. But still, are you close?"

"It's complicated. I owe him. Amari saved two of my wives when Clive Zanardi tried to have them executed. I may forgive but I never forget. I will stand by him until he betrays my trust."

"So that rumor also turns out to be true. Color me surprised," Herman remarked before pouring himself more beer.

"Then will you serve as his sponsor for the throne?"

"I do not know yet. Right now, he asked for my help to kill a demon. And so, a killing a demon would be the only thing I will do."

That technically wasn't a lie but In truth, it wasn't the whole truth either. Amari shared a lot of secrets related to his continent to us. Specifically, about their Revenant.

"Hannibal Mandela is not a reaper. He is the {fate}."

"The "King" of the African battlefront is the one who inherits the {Fate} of a Revenant. The qualifications to do so must be that he has the blood line of the original Hannibal. That means only those of his lineage can become the next Hannibal Mandela."

Hannibal Mandela basically uses his sons as extra lives. To keep Africa running the Immortal raises princes, snatches their bodies then killed them. Once his current body closes to its limit, he will simply restart the process.

I could understand it intellectually, but morally I could not. I understand the concept of using a single life to save an entire continent. But to deliberately use your children was wrong. I would much rather kill everyone else than let my own flesh and blood to die.

"Then Limitless. Do you know how a Revenant can exorcise all the malice he has accumulated?"

"He cleanses them with his blood."

"Rather than pass the malice to another the best way for a Revenant to cleanse the malice he holds is to die to purify it."

"When "The Immortal" comes to the end of his era, Demons invade en mass. All eager to slay him. Their goal is to evolve from the malice he holds. My father intends to choose a successor before that can happen."