Limitless The Strongest Revenant

It was one of the things that made no sense to me. While I did expect my preparations to help, I overestimated the battle with Gaspar. I mean who wouldn't, his entrance rescuing Evelyn and in the {Advent} vision were terrifying.

I knew I had to shape up in order to win. And George was kind enough to take the time to spar with me. I prepared [Dual Pilot] and [Combat Shadow Silhouette] for him. However, the entire battle with him while troublesome was... quite easy.

Forgetting the fact that I used every trick in the book, I expected more. He was strong, much like I expected even with my {Fates} each of his attacks hurt. He was able to rip my arm off with ease despite being in [Knight Lord].

I haven't tried going all in speed while fighting him, but he already lost. Just by borrowing Jas and Bella's abilities I was already running circles around him. I remember telling myself repeatedly why this fucker seemed way weaker then when I first saw him.

'For one he seemed like a completely different person.'

The final nail in the coffin was when the Vampire army around us refused to listen to him. If Gaspar was truly the one orchestrating everything, he should be able to command even the Rank Bs. But even though they all came here, the Noble Vampires had ignored his words.

There was only one explanation for such behavior. They did not come here because of Gaspar. And it shouldn't be also because of Stefan either. The ones I thought were the masterminds were nothing but pawns.

"Close but not quite. Pleasure to meet you Limitless. I am Bifrons. You seem to have taken care of Andromalius before. Well done."

The being that wore Stefan's face bit my neck and invoked an unfamiliar {fate}. But that was not the main issue at the moment. It was that this bastard had the name of a demon.

I didn't know if it was IRIS's intention, but as someone who read Anime and Manga I knew the name Bifrons. Just like Andromalius it was a name from the Lesser Key of Solomon. The Ars Goentia.

It was a group of 72 demons who were the upper echelons of hell. The number of fictional works that used the Ars Goentia increased over the years. Both from the east and the west, if you wanted your work to be edgy as fuck, put a demon in it.

If you really wanted to dial it up to eleven you needed to include the Ars Goentia. Gremory, Belzebub, Aamon, Astaroth, Baal, Paimon, Asmodeus, Barabatos and many others. Whether as clans, mechs, waifus, weapons or techniques, weeb culture used them everywhere.

So much so they would be familiar to the common weeb, even if they didn't know what the Ars Goentia even was. The story was straight forward. Supposedly one of the kings of Israel from the bible was so smart he outsmarted demons. Discover exclusive tales on My Virtual Library Empire

The said king was Solomon. Both history and religion have evidence that King Solomon really did exist at some point. But among his tales, he had one story which everyone knew but didn't believe.

It was that he had a ring that he sealed 72 demons within it. The demons varied in strength but were all powerful as fuck. The story goes that this ring granted authority to the one who wore if dominion over the demons.

While the story was about a ring, in reality it was one of two grimoires or spellbooks compiled from ancient texts. The books themselves were about magic and sorcery but most of the modern world considered it bullshit.

I used to think the same. At least that was before I had to begin fighting these bastards in the flesh. The history of the demons aside. I knew the one before me was the real deal.

For one similar to the first time I met Gaspar, my body now trembled at the mere gaze of duke Stefan. Much like Andromalius it was the feeling of being stared at by a predator. The feeling of when your body knew instinctively that it needed to run or hide.

'Exa!'

'Exa?'

'Exa! Where the hell are you?'

And right now, I was in a crisis. I was bitten by Stefan and had a {Fate} called {Erase} applied on me. The feeling I now had was similar to the time when Aki purged all my {fate} loans. It was as if my body once again lost all the {fates} I had.

'Hmm. If this is similar to before, it simply meant that I lost Exa. But as I still had {Limitless} because of skill download I should still be okay. The question would be how long would this {Erase} last.'

I quickly blink my left eye twice to active [Filter]. [Filter] was one of the earliest {Programs} Jasmine made. It changed my vision to either X-ray or Thermal if I blinked twice with either my left or right eye.

My vision suddenly was able to see the bones of insides of Stefan's face. Going past his skin, I could mentally change my vision to set how depth I wanted the X-Ray to be. When I blinked my right, I saw the world in color from thermal readings.

'Okay, so I still have {fates}. That should mean while I no longer have them on me. I can still use those downloaded by {Limitless}.'

It was lucky that I already was quite experienced at having my {fates} purged. The first one was from Aki while the second was the blood rain from the Slayer. In both circumstances, I lost a significant portion of my power due to the {fate} loan mechanic.

Although technically since I was married to the girls, I was no longer loaning their {fates}. Much like Isolde, even if the girls all passed, I should still have their {fates} in my system. I didn't know if Bifrons knew about that or believed it just wouldn't matter.

"Haha, I don't know if your stupid or insane. It seems that despite knowing that I am an Archdemon you do no plans to back down," Bifrons continued with a smile.

"Why? I already killed one of you. I can kill all 72 of you over the coming months."

When I tried to check my {Kindred} links, I noticed they were once again cut. It wasn't like I closed my side, or the girls closed theirs, the links themselves were absent.

'Hmm. Did I lose my links because of {Erase}? Just how comprehensive is this fucking ability?'

"You are quite bold. The {fate} I used just now is one of my favorites. {Erase} deletes your loaned {fates} and locks your main one forever. I wonder how you plan to beat me in your state."

'Forever? I call bullshit. There is no way something that overpowered can't exist. He must be bluffing. But I can use this as to my advantage.'

"I'll manage somehow."

"Haha, your face makes for a good joke. You are thinking I am bluffing, aren't you?"

"No, I am not. Anyway, what the fuck do you want Bifrons?"

I tried to resist The Noble Vampires who held me all began to retrain me roughly. The Rank C vampires from the ground all began to leap up like grasshoppers. Their target were of course me. But before they could reach me, Bifrons, moved.

Faster than a bullet he moved and struck all the Rank C's that leapt for me. I could hear the crunch of bones breaking along with the sound of blood erupting from their bodies. Completely unlike Stefan, Bifrons movements had no waste in them.

He was like a seasoned warrior that had the regenerative abilities of a Vampire. And if this fucker was a really a greater demon, he also would have hundreds of {Fates} in contrast to the tens a Noble Vampire would have.

"Do not interrupt me you worms! {Stomp}!"

A felt a large number of souls rouse in the air. In the next second a crushing force passed by my body. It was like being forced to carry the weight of a mountain. But while I only felt uncomfortable, I heard disgusting sound of flesh exploding.

I looked down and there was a giant round chasm to the floor. Red and white fluids mixed and filled it up like a giant swimming pool. Oblivious to what just happened more and more Ghouls, Zombies and feral Vampires began to enter the depression.