Limitless The Strongest Revenant

Natural disasters were things anyone would recognize. Regardless were you lived in the world, even if you lived in civilization or not. It was something that transcended even time itself.

Something that remained the same no matter how many generations have already passed. So long as you lived on Earth, you would have seen or heard of them. Mother nature for all her beauty and grace was a fucking bitch when she got angry.

Forest fires that refused to be snuffed out. Hurricanes that terrorized everything in their path. Tsunamis that bitch slapped mankind for its folly. Earthquakes that shattered even the ground one stood on.

Although they were diverse and occurred all over the play there was a single constant. They always made man feel insignificant and powerless.

That was why they were feared. You could kill a person and a beast. But if a natural disaster takes what you love what could you do? It wasn't like you could kill something sentient. The personification of such things to me was incredibly arrogant and cruel.

"Arrogant motherfucker," I couldn't help but murmur.

I supposed his regret must have been related to them. But there was a fucked upside to the way Shifters and Summoners fought. {Fates} were in essence abilities Reapers gained in exchange for their regrets.

Thus, to Shifters and Summoners they basically killed people using what they most feared. But I guess the same could be said with the rest of the classes. My {fate} was probably an exception as it had zero combat potential.

"Right…Anyway. His majesty the Immortal is known for being the personification of nature's wrath. Unlike most Shifters who stay away from non-sentient forms, his majesty is perhaps the only one who can exert will and capable thought while being in his soulforms."

"Wait…he can think even as he becomes a calamity?"

"Yes, unlike the few the normal Specters who use non-sentient soulforms, his majesty does not only control himself but can perform complicated combinations. It is almost as if he the will of what seems like thousands."

Hearing such am observation I began to feel it was onto something. The Immortal was technically not a single person. But a clan of thousands all forged together by a single will. At least that was how I understood it.

"Explain."

"It is like this, normally once you become a non-sentient force you use the laws of the universe to guide you. For example, a Reaper who chooses rain as his soulform, can influence were it would appear and when.

"But the moment he becomes the rain, his will ends, and he must follow gravity, Bernoulli's Principle, and the water cycle. It's not like he can decide to stop water from evaporating or decide to ignore gravity and float."

I see that does make sense. Since you chose to become rain, you must follow the rules of the world about rain. Just as you surrender yourself to instincts if you shift to a beast soulform.

"His majesty the current Revenant is a genius in this regard. He is the only Shifter than can retain his will even as a concept like rain, wind or earth. As the King enthronements of Africa are a messy affair, it has become a tradition for Demons to crash the party.

"Thus, the coronation itself has become a wild event of sorts. The new and old kings would defend against the demons on the night of the coronation. It slowly shifted to a battle royal of sorts."

"A battle royal?"

Furrowing his brows Carlos looked at his cup with a complicated expression.

"Yes. Originally the New king would be chosen before the demons arrived. However, since the coronation of his majesty the Immortal, the rules changed. Now everyone who wishes to battle for the crown must be fight both the demons and each other."

"I am guessing, not many have survived. How long as Hannibal been king?"

"Well, I am not sure. He preceded me, but according to reports he became the king of Africa around 1560. As for the ones that followed, they war all hush hush, so I don't know. What I do know is that the African battlefront under his leadership, no longer tried to push forward in Hellsgate and just protected their lands."

If that was the case, then Carlos doesn't know that the kings do change. But it's just that they all take on the mantle of Hannibal Mandela. It was like the concept for taking on superheroes in comics.

"Anyway, I am sure you are not particularly interested in African Politics. As a Tyrant Shifter his majesty the Immortal followed purity of concept. Meaning he doesn't try to create new forms but rather adopts ones from nature."

Right, that was what I was interested about. He briefly touched up on the Shifters because I was concerned with Bella's situation. The two Shifter Doman schools of thought, Tyrant and Hybrid seemed simple enough on paper, but I doubt that was the case.

"The current king, his majesty the Immortal is a rare genius who can transform into multiple none-sentient soulforms at once. As a Tyrant he doesn't change the nature of his forms allowing him to draw power from Mother Nature."

"Wait, back up. Can you elaborate on that further?"

"I told you before that Shifters slowly change their {Fates} and their original Soulforms right? The primary benefit of Tyrants is the ability to draw strength from mother nature. Unfortunately, this means you must also follow her rules when you do so.

"Living creatures grow based on their environment, a shark in a pond will grow in accordance with the limit of its surroundings. Such rules guide mother nature. And this rule penalizes beast soulforms who chose the tyrant paths.

"Let's use Prince Amari as an example. His {Fate} is called {Primate} that turns him into a Gorilla. However apart from his size the essence of his form is still pure, which is why he remains weak," Carlos explained.

"What do you mean? You make it sound like that the fact that he is 'only a gorilla' is a problem."

"Carlos' point is that Amari's thinking can be considered shallow. If you were asked what animal you considered the strongest, nine times out of ten, you would answer a dragon, phoenix or some other mythical creature. A gorilla is a pathetic choice when you consider that there was a potential for something more."

"Right. Herman's point is correct. Thus, Shifters who notice this discrepancy, infuse legends and myth into their forms. Some even add body parts from other animals or better yet infuse elements or other components into the concept to further strengthen it. The fact that up till now he still remains as 'just a gorilla' is quite lackluster."

"Through my years on fighting shifters I got plenty of experience fighting primate-based soul forms. There hardly any Tyrants. They were all hybrids. Those that used fire, ice or lightning. Some had six arms, four hearts, multiply, fly or turn into steel. Tyrants work for concepts but are not a good match for beast soulforms."

I see. So not unless your concept was a dragon, pursuing a Tyrant path would be hard as a beast Shifter. Hannibal Mandela who instead used elemental disasters on the other hand, would greatly benefit from this rule.

"Then Hannibal is strong because he leverages mother nature?" I asked as confirmation.

"Yes, basically hurricane, wildfires, tsunamis and earthquakes can be explained by science. So long as the factors needed to make them happen, they should occur. But natural disasters follow the will of nature, they begin and stop at her instruction.

"By surrendering himself to the concepts he gets the blessing of mother nature. Yet his majesty the Immortal, can somehow control his forms and manipulate them against mother nature's will.

"Some of his powerful moves are combinations such as hurricane and wildfires to create flame tornados. Landslides with wildfires creating Lava surges. Mixing Blizzards with volcanic eruptions to create thermonuclear explosions."

My brain began to hurt from trying to think up of a counter measure for the Immortal. He was just as if not more ridiculous that the other Revenants! It suddenly made sense why the Merciless and his anti-soul domain would be powerless against the Immortal.

'How the fuck would you even beat the weather? Unlike a living organism, how could you fight a concept?'

Probably from seeing my exhausted face, I felt Carlos pat my shoulder as if he was consoling me.

"The road is long my lord. But do not worry. Much like the Summoners, even the Shifters have match ups that are unfavorable to them. His majesty the Immortal in particular has trouble fighting their majesties the Invincible, the Peerless and the Virtuous."

Hannibal had trouble fighting, David, Li Wu Di and Clive Zanardi?