Limitless The Strongest Revenant

The rest of the night passed, and the girls were still unconscious. While I could still hear their breathing and heartbeats, seeing them like this almost drove me insane.

'Why aren't they waking up?!' 'Did their souls get injured or something?' 'Is there anything I could do?'

I did not know what I could do, so the entire time I guarded my girls. My soul avatars watched over them like nurses. We checked them regularly with {Imaging} to see if there were any complications. Even though we were in an air-conditioned room. The girls continued to break out in cold sweats.

Of course, I wiped them down and changed their clothes every few hours. My anxiety caused me to fidget, pace, and kneel down to pray to God. It was funny. There were seven men in the room acting like morons, but they were all me.

When the sun came up and the Sirens still hadn't woken up, I couldn't stand it anymore. I got on the bed and hugged each of my girls. I didn't know if it made it worse, but if I didn't, I would lose my mind.

They were not fragile, so it should be okay. Exa kept giving me words of wisdom, but I ignored them. Despite having four brains, none of them could even think beyond what was happening.

Throughout the night, I had complicated feelings about the new {Kismets} in my possession.

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Name: Limitless

Race: Reaper | Rank: Phantom | Origin: Artificial Descendant

Souls available: 2,443,879 | To evolve: 75,000

{Fates}: {Auto} | {Save} | {Rewind} | {Reload} |{Regen} | {Replace} (7) | {Recursion}

{Limitless} Status: Activated (62 hours remaining)

{Kismet} 7/10: {Limitless} v.3 | {EXA} v.3 | {Armory} v.2 | {Bestow} v.1 | {Seal of Seven} v.1 | {Kill Switch} v.1 | {Call My Name} v.1

Skills: {Blink} | {Portal} | {Program} | [Vengeance] | [Strike] | [Inventory] | {Shelter}| {Flash} | [Analyze] | [Penetrator] | [Whisper].

{Programs}: [Autosave] | [Autoload] | [Filter] | [Reflection] | [Divided We Stand] | [Strip] | [American English]

Settings:

[Mind Slot]: [Wizard] | [Cyborg] | [Commander].

[Spirit Slot]: [Assassin] | [Sniper]

[Body Slot]: [Knight] | [Berserker].

{Kindred}: The Seven Sirens

Soulgear: {Day by Day} | Benevol: {Never Alone}

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The goal we had last night has been fulfilled. I gained three new {Kismet} that brought our vision to reality. They were {Seal of Seven}, the safeguard I requested. {Kill Switch}, the instant death option I would add into the {Kismet} I would share. And finally, {Call My Name}, the Hellsend version of {Limitless}.

But these {Kismets} were the reason my girls were all unconscious. What would I do if they didn't wake up? Losing my girls for this fucking thing was not even a trade! I tried to see the bigger picture while trying to keep myself busy.

'Exa, show me the information on my new {Kismet}.'

[Displaying]

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{Seal of Seven} v.1

- Kismet was created as a safeguard for {Kill Switch}. Seven keys are required to install or remove the seal. The keys are unique and cannot be replicated, forged, or altered.

- Cannot be used by anyone other than a keyholder.

- Keyholders are permanent.

Keys - Made from a combination of blood, soul and soul energy created to unique signatures that lock or unlock this {Kismet}. Default status is locked.

Registered Key Holders:

1. Liv Ivaldi Smith

2. Lilly Browning Smith

3. Robyn Lithgow Smith

4. Josephine Benelli Smith

5. Isabella Taurus Smith

6. Jasmine Denel Smith

7. Aki Miroku Smith

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{Kill Switch} v.1

- {Kismet} created as a means of terminating any being that has {Call My Name}.

- A collaborative effort of {Withstand}, {Store}, {Carry}, {Listen}, {Code}, {Perceive}, and {Eat}.

- Kill Sequence uses a three-step process that cannot be aborted once triggered.

- Kill sequence will continue firing until the target is terminated.
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- Has a built-in safety lock known as the {Seal of Seven}.

- Responds only to Reaper Limitless. Cannot be called by anyone else.

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{Call My Name} v.1

- Mass production version of the {Kismet} {Limitless} v3.

- Invocation keyword {In the name of Limitless}.

Built-in features:

EXA Integration

- Using the E.X.A. {Fate} combat system, some tasks can be delegated.

- Through the {Program} [EXA Network] anyone with this {Kismet} is connected and share information with the entire network.

Skill Download - Once activated, the abilities will last for 48 hours.

Class System

- Originally multiple {Fate} combos are now grouped by role.

- Individual abilities can still be used but will normally be used together as part of the class.

- There are six classes in total, divided into three types. Only one class per type can be activated at any given time.

System Skills - [Overdrive] | [Parallel] | [Share Vision] | [Analyze]

Available classes:

Mindset: [Mage] | [Technician]

Mind Setting: [Thief] | [Archer]

Body setting: [Fighter] | [Barbarian]

Cost: 3,000 souls

Limitations: {Rewind} Family incompatible. Once activated, all other {Fates} except the hosts will be disabled.

Hidden Function: Contains the {Kill Switch}. {Kismet} (Visible to Limitless only)

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The {Seal of Seven} and {Kill Switch} were exactly what I envisioned them to be. As for the third, while I wanted to have a weaker version of {Limitless}, the final product was a bit different from what I intended.

There were also two skills I didn't want to make. [Analyze], a vital skill was added as I had intended.

'Exa, explain the new classes.'

[Yes, my lord. Are you five?]

'No, I am not.'

[Understood]

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Mind Settings - Shared Ability - Omnilingualism and Photographic Memory ({Interpret}/{Gather})

[Mage] - Grants access to the Void space skill tree and can use {Counter} Reserves.

[Technician] - Grants access to the Technopathy skill tree and boosts analytical thinking.

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Spirit Settings - shared ability - Stamina Recovery and Poison Resistance ({Eat}/{Digest})

[Thief] - Grants extreme agility and detection abilities

[Archer] - Grants superhuman vision, accuracy and ballistic correction.

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Body Settings - shared ability - large increase to carry weight. Inherent ability to store kinetic damage as energy. ({Carry}/{Suffer})

[Fighter] - Grants inhuman resilience and immunity to blunt trauma before a certain threshold.

[Barbarian] - Grants inhuman pain tolerance and further increases carrying capacity.

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'Well, this kit is even better than what I had. The three new professions are more situational. Separating them from the groupings I made with my {Kismet} class improved their flexibility. Still. This is great!'

[Yes, I predict a more than 90% increase in Hellsend's performance when {Call My Name} is deployed.]

'And they can still use [Overdrive] like me, right? And go all in one class?

[Yes, my lord. This will allow Hellsend to adjust their settings according to the combat situations they find themselves in. This will allow them to pull power when needed, making it extremely economical.']

'Yes. With 3000 souls, it only costs 1500 a day. It is much cheaper than my class {Kismet}, because they can switch on the fly for free. But what are [Parallel] and [Shared Vision]?'

[[Parallel] and [Shared Vision] are the ideas of Lady Bella and Lady Jas, respectively. [Parallel] allows multiple users of {Call to Me} to combine their brains and perform tasks that they cannot normally do. ]

[[Shared Vision] is a degraded version of {Perspective}, it removes everything but sight but allows what is seen to be shared with anyone with {Call to Me}.]

'I can understand [Shared Vision], but how would they use [Parallel]? What does linking minds do for Reapers? I can understand why it is done for computers, but would we really need it?'

[Yes, Lady Bella's insight is really good in this regard. A good example would be Alfonso's micro tank, the Ripsaw M5. To put it in a nutshell, you would need three additional brains to control it for combat. That is if you were to use only technopathy without any computers.]

[With [Parallel], three Hellsend Reapers could control an M5 even if they only have one extra brain to spare each. By sharing the load, the requirement can be reduced.]

'Oh! I see, that is a good thing to be able to do. So you can hack shit you couldn't otherwise.'

[Yes, the same goes for using the {Store} family of {Fates}. If it is difficult to open a door larger than a human, multiple Reapers can use [Parallel] to expand the entrance or exit of the {Portal} to accommodate tanks or even aircraft.]

'Wow. That is handy! We should include that in the next version of {Limitless}.'

[Yes, the upgrades for the next iteration are already being prepared. In the next version, [Reflection], [American English], [Strip], and [Analyze] will no longer be separate, but will be a permanent part of {Limitless}].

'That is good. Then can the upgrades of {Limitless} be cascaded to {Call My Name}?'