Limitless The Strongest Revenant-Chapter 659: How deep [2/2]

I said nothing but turned my neck, Liv understood my intention and answered me with a kiss. Of course, Jas and Lilly who were by my sides also tried to reassure me with their affection.

"You sure about this George? This bastard doesn’t even a hair on his face. He looks green to me."

"And he here flirting with such pretty women. Ain’t he just a pimp of some sort?"

"Who the fuck wears a suit in Hellsgate. All he has for armor is a pair of armlets. This boy would die out here."

Funnily enough, Liv, Lilly and Jas turned to them with hostility pouring out of their body language. The ones who knew how dangerous my girls were naturally stepped between our groups.

"My ladies… Please forgive their ignorance. I will straighten them out!" Nyda stammered while waving her arms in a panic.

Meanwhile Leo just advised in monotone, "Everyone, if you do not stop insulting the lord, not even Pixie can save you. I advise to shut up and keep such thoughts to yourself."

"Yep. You bastards keep talking shit, and there won’t be enough of you left to save. He is the real deal. The group we got is strong. They are going to 32 to save Evelyn," George added.

"Evelyn? Evelyn Flowers? The chick from Nightdarts? Wasn’t she already dead?" one of them babbled.

Surprisingly, the one who defended Evelyn was someone from the defenders who got healed.

"Nah man, Evelyn is gone but not dead. She is a vampire now, I think. I saw her a few months ago chilling around my zone. I think the missing female reapers were all turned into vampires. The rumors were true."

"Then the war with the 32nd?"

The Iron Wolverine made a sad face before confessing of what happened.

"The five of you didn’t know as you didn’t join the 30th floor strike team. The 32nd guys were telling the truth. They didn’t take Abigail, she hid in their storeroom and tied herself up. She was already no longer my Abigail, I-I… just didn’t believe it. She did it to kill off the defenders for the duke."

"That’s…I am sorry for your loss, brother…"

"What about the guys who went with you? I remember only a few of us stayed. What happened to them?" another asked.

"I checked the logs of the current battlefront. It says none of zones from the 30th, 31st and 32nd floors have fallen in the last year. They were probably like us. Stored in vats and shit."

"Vats and what?"

"How is that possible? The 31st floor was in ruins even before you guys left!"

"I know, anyway look at this. This is what you bastards look liked before we found you, I took a video."

As George brought the others up to speed, additional information about the war of the 30 and 32nd floor surfaced. I didn’t add anything and just allowed them to talk it out.

I did remember something I was curious though. What the fuck was the water the defenders were submerged in? Was it some kind of super soup that kept people alive?

’Lilly, the water from the tanks…’

Before I could even finish my sentence, a water bottle appeared in her hand. The liquid inside it was the shit that George was submerged in.

"Exa, if you please."

[Yes, my lady. My lord, the fluids where the defenders were submerged in contain an unknown microscopic parasite that stops cellular degeneration. At least that is why I guess them to believe. The parasite does not exist on earth and may itself be a monster from Hellsgate.]

"What the fuck is it even for then? You mean these bastards make you live forever?"

[Yes, my lord, it converts soul on an atomic level and uses it heal the cells around it. Why it didn’t heal the body parts of the Defenders I do not know. But it is safe to say anything dumped in these waters will never die.]

Hearing such an explanation, I didn’t think of using this water to heal my people. Instead, it sounded like the perfect torture tool. In the hands of someone like Aki, this vampire liquid would be put to good use.

"Okay, from now on, we will refer to this fluid as vampire piss. If possible, I want to stock up on this thing for Aki."

"…" x3

[…]

"What?"

[The name aside, I do not believe Lady Aki would want this.]

"Just be grateful I haven’t dumped what I took for that comment dearest."

"Hehe…Thank you Lilly."

"Hmph! What a savage, making you woman hold monster urine."

"Pfft!" "Hahahahah!"

Laughing a bit at how silly my naming conventions were, Nyda then approached solemnly.

"My lord, the defenders are ready for you."

"Okay, then let us talk to these bastards. Everyone please stay here. Nyda you too"

"Yes." x3 "Thank you, my lord!"

I walked towards the defenders who had most of their bodies back. The problem was all of them were but naked. I drew a bunch of towels I kept in storage and threw It to them.

"Welcome back. So? Want to join me?"

"Yes." X4

"Good, now tell me what you all know."

The defenders shared their stories for the next half hour. It was basically the same thing that happened to George. Female vampires impersonated their lovers or seduced them. Then the same women caused rifts between them and their allies from other floors.

This culminated to the defenders of the 30th floor cutting all ties with the rest of the floors. Eventually the kidnapping was the final straw which caused the 30th floor to attack the 32nd floor in anger.

’I see, because of months of preparation, the defenders were already so isolated their allies believed the lack of communication was them being belligerent. Thus, when they actually lost contact, no one even noticed the difference.’

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[Indeed, my lord. Oddly enough if you looked at it, even the 24th floor was in a similar situation. We actually do not have any proof that David Thomas gave the command to abandon the 24th floor. What if the traitor just made it look that way?]

’True, the traitor already had the authority to stop the reports from revealing the true situation. And no one would ever question a Revenant. Fuck just how deep does this rabbit hole go?’

[However, if that is the case, why didn’t the Vampires prevent Gareth Faesten from asking for help like what they did with the others?]

’Ugh. Can you ask the Siren’s instead Exa? I ain’t paid enough for this shit.’

Rather than waste time thinking about future shit that hand yet to happen or past shit that I could no longer change, I preferred to focus on the present. I then motioned to the rest of the defenders sitting on the ground.

"Well, I am sure you bastards feel like crap. But I do not have the time to coddle you. As George mentioned, I am revived you 5 as he told me you bastards hate the bloodsuckers as much as he does. You are free. Do as you will."

I then stood up and dusted my pants. George said nothing and followed. Before we could leave the five men all similarly followed. Unfortunately, they still had nothing but the towels I gave.

"Uhm, maybe we should get you bastard dressed first," I said.

"What boy, you afraid your girls might fall for my manly charms?" one joked.

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I felt my blood boil and my vision narrow, but in the next moment the one who made the comment was smacked by the five others he was with.

"Ignore him my lord, he is just jealous."

"Can we return to our forts? Our armor and clothes are over there."

George then approached me and asked politely.

"Son, open a few of those doorways for us. They might be a whinny bunch, but they fight good. We got a few more people on the 31st floor. If you can spare the time, I promise they will wreak havoc on the bloodsuckers."

"Okay. We will go one by one. You have ten minutes to gather your stuff."

’Exa, can you help me with the brain processing for the locations?’

[Of course, my lord. I have sent you a video of the location. This should help visualizing it.]

"Thanks Exa. {Portal}."

The defenders went back to their forts and came back fifteen minutes later clothe and armed with new soulgears.