Limitless The Strongest Revenant-Chapter 670: Rise and shine [1/2]

"THAT WAS SO AWESOME!!!!!" Pixie chirped in excitement.

While she was high on Adrenaline the others weren’t. D in particular was kissing the ground and seemed to be praying or something. Leo and Nyda were both taking a moment to calm themselves as well.

My heart was beating wildly, despite knowing the plan, I was scared. What if something happened? What if Jas and Lilly encountered an enemy? What if Liv was not able to {Rewind} properly? Such thoughts plagued my mind as anxiety and terror drowned my heart.

When I found Liv beside me, I quickly embraced her. I then looked to see if my other girls were all okay. Lilly and Jas who saw my face and felt my fear, raced towards me.

Jas dove into my chest and wrapped her arms around me. All as she whispered. "Husband, relax. We are safe. We are here. What you fear shall not come to pass."

In contrast Lilly slowly kneeled by my side. The Princess made a smug face as she took my head and embraced it into her magnificent chest.

"Fufu, look at you, Dearest. It is as if you would go insane, if you could not see me. How adorable. There there…I am here…you can calm down now. You did well."

Liv similarly said nothing and just rested her head on my shoulder.

Feeling their warmth and hearing their voices finally allowed my emotions to calmed down. It was a first for me. To be in such a desperate situation and be unable to do anything about it. My entire focus was on making the {Shelter} platform stable.

Even a small disturbance in my mentality caused it to tilt. And as our survival was tied directly to something else aside from fighting. I couldn’t do anything but focus on my task. The feeling of helplessness was a bit too much to bear. It might be better to have someone else do such troublesome tasks in the future.

The warmth and affection of my girls drove the fear and anxiety away. Within minutes my breathing normalized, and I was at peace. I gave my girls a short but tender kiss soon after.

While their actions weren’t able to defeat the Tunneling Word, my girls were all very capable. They never despaired and thought of solutions even without me saying anything. Even Exa took some shots in my stead.

’Speaking of, didn’t she invoke a {Fate} on her own? I mean she normally controlled {Limitless} but that was probably the first time she did.’

While most would never consider granting full autonomy to someone like Exa, I didn’t. For one, she already had my trust. And she was my {Kismet}, something my desires gave birth too.

’Exa, you invoked {Portal} earlier. Explain.’

[Yes, my lord. I originally had no access to do so. But as you gave me a directive to command your UGVs which included letting them out of storage. I can now use the {Store} so long as its for the UGV’s.]

’I see, so which was how you could open a doorway for the Switchblades to use?’

[Yes, in the future, should you need direct fire support, I can now have Burger fire directly to a {Portal}. While it does nothing to improve the rounds fire power like Lady Lilly does, it should give you a new tactic to use.]

’Indeed. Thank you, Exa.’

Would it be better to similarly give Exa access to my other {fates}? If she had access to {Withstand} she could buff or strengthen me in combat. Hell, I could offload the troublesome stuff onto her, like creating {Shelter} constructs.

Why would I even doubt her at this point? Even [Dual Pilot] was risky as fuck. If Exa suddenly turned traitor, she was already in way too deep for me to do anything about it. As I didn’t want to have my girls hear, I used Technopathy to speak with Exa.

[Exa, I command you to speak truthfully from this point on.]

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[I understand.]

[Whose words do you consider your highest priority?] I asked curtly.

[Yours, my lord.]

[Can anyone order you to betray me?]

[No, my lord. I am no longer an AI, I am a being born with your Soul energy. Even if someone hacks my code it would no be able to do much. When commanded with death resonance, I can resist but shutting down my AI components.]

I see, so she was something that was between machine and reaper. Hearing her words right now I was reminded of a conversation I had with Aira.

[I don’t understand, my lord. Are you displeased?]

"Ah, no. Do as you wish, Aira, I never considered you a servant, so it doesn’t matter how you address me."

[Then how do you see me, my lord?]

"Hmm. I see you as family, maybe like a younger sister or daughter."

[Is that so? Would you like me to address you as brother or daddy?]

"NO! My Lord is fine. In fact, let us keep it that way, I beg you."

Was it from there? Exa felt like a friend that would always be in my corner. We had differences but she always did her best for me. And despite being angry with her in the beginning, she was now one of my trusted allies.

[I see. Thank you, Exa. I apologize for suddenly asking such things.]

[My lord, if I may.]

[Hmm?]

[My lord. Aira truly wanted to serve you. This I know as I read her memories. But she felt horrible that she betrayed you. I also carry this regret. The E.X.A.

{Fate} combat system was something born from that. Unlike Aira, I will never betray you.]

Hearing such straightforward words felt good. It didn’t matter if the words came from a machine, a monster or a person. Loyalty was always worth its weight in soul.

[Thank you, Exa. I will try to be someone worth such devotion.]

[You already are my lord.]

Before I could reply I felt the ground shake. As the Tunneling Worm already passed, I turned to my girls.

Jas murmured as she buried her face into my stomach.

"It’s Juno. They are coming here now."

Lilly and Liv separated from me and quickly stood up. They both offered a hand to help me up. Jas adorable tried to keep me down but relented with a kiss as payment.

The spot we were in was like a cave inside the wall. Vines and grass covered everything. It was like the entire thing was made from plants.

Jas and Lilly had large lanterns out which gave us some illumination. The darkness and eerie silence were enough to scare the crap out of most people. My mind began to imagine how normal people would traverse these floors.

Leo and Nyda were already up and were standing in front of what looked like a console. D and Pixie were watching behind them.

’Eh? How can there be a console if this tunnel is supposed to be nature and shit.’

The girls and I quickly walked towards the rest of my party.

"My lord, I am opening the door now. Outside this cavern would the 1-1 zone for floor 31. Normally a small heavily armed outpost defends the entrance. But as the Vampires have taken over this floor. We can expect heavy resistance," the Adventurer explained.

"There won’t be enough room on this clearing for Juno and her army. Let’s roll out the red carpet, shall we? Everyone, use {Rewind}."

"{Rewind}" x7

With everyone restored to their optimum efficiency, our preparations were complete. Nyda was about to open the door when Jas then shared the future.

"Husband. I used [Future Sight]. The opposite side is chaotic. George and his defenders are being overwhelmed. We can use the chaos to slip in while they are being killed."

"Beloved, can we please help them? These men are true reapers in every sense of the word. While they did not follow us earlier, their goals align with ours. Having them on our side would still be preferable."

"Indeed. As they abandoned us when we fought with the vampires, we do not have the moral obligation to save them. But their power would still be useful. Dearest, how should we proceed?"

As my girls gave counsel I began to ponder. I actually forgot about George and his merry band of Phantoms. Compared to Juno and her army they seemed weak. But as they were veteran defenders, they should have the skills needed to take down Vampires.