Limitless The Strongest Revenant

As the world went black, a message came to my mind.

{{Recursion} order "Kill the motherfucking demon." has been fulfilled. Ending routine.}

{Recursion}. My fifth {Fate} as a Reaper and my second as a Phantom. For lack of a better word, it was like a conditional {Rewind}. {Recursion} would force a {Rewind} with no limit as long as the condition was not fulfilled.

In this particular battle, my condition was until Andromalius was dead. This means that anyone under the power of {Recursion} would keep coming back until I die or the condition is fulfilled.

It might sound stupid, because similar to {Rewind}, it does not help my combat power. But what made it worthy of being a Phantom's {Fate} was that it forced recursive resurrection not only on me, but on everyone I brought with me.

This meant that until the condition was fulfilled, each of my "Wards", were effectively immortal.

{{Recursion}} Deactivated. Total cost in souls consumed. 54,242,126.}

'Well shit.'

Unfortunately, {Recursion} had no cost, instead it accumulated the cost and charged for it later. It was a good deal because I could use the souls I got after the battle to pay for the loan.

{Available souls... 4,043,202... Total loan balance. 50,198,924.}

But of course, if the cost was going to be a few hundred people dying over and over again, it was bound to be expensive as hell.

'Just how much is that in dollars? Fuck! Isn't that like my entire winnings from the pot?'

Still, when you think about it, I won the battle without a single casualty. To me, It was worth every soul.

{Warning, soul deficit will be deducted from {Relive} potential.}

'What? What does that mean? And who are you? Exa! Are you there?'

I tried to speak but no voice came out. I tried to turn my head and open my eyes, but I couldn't feel anything. It was as if I was paralyzed from the head down.

{{Rewind}} Not available. [Autoload] Artificial {Kismet} unavailable. {Replace} 2 charges remaining. Lives available 2.}

'Well fuck,, that means I died a total of four times after Andromalius arrived. {Rewind}, [Autoload], and 2 {Replace} stacks. I should have bought 5 more before they deducted all my souls for my account.'

{2 Lives consumed. No stacks left. Total deductible remaining: 49,998,924}.

So a single stack was only worth 100,000? Not a bad deal considering the first and second {Replace} were only worth 500 and 1000 respectively.

{Checking Kindred...Seven Kindred candidates found... Evaluating compatibility.}

'NO! You are not doing this you fucking piece of shit! The cost will be shouldered by me alone!'

'{Request acknowledged. Do you wish to bear the remaining soul cost as judgment or malice?}

'What? What the fuck are you?! Who are you? Judgment? Malice? What the hell?'

{Do you wish to bear the remaining soul cost as judgment or malice? If no answer is given, the reaper's Kindred will be called upon to pay the cost.}

That fucking system or voice or whatever it was knew how to get under my skin. It planned to call the Sirens for my soul debt if I couldn't pay. Who the fuck was this guy? Some kind of income tax IRS from Hellsgate or something?

'I'll pay! I'll pay! Pay it in damages!'

{Understood, you will now experience being killed 49,998 times.}

'What?'

{Judgment begins.}

'What are you goi...….AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'

A pain that went beyond the physical attacked my soul. It was like the pain I felt when Caroline broke my heart, but a hundred times worse. Like all the negative feelings I had been holding in all this time ripping my insides to shreds.

My envy. My greed. My anger. Exhaustion. Lust. Sorrow.

My grief. My despair. It was as if I suddenly remembered every bad thing that happened in my life and then suddenly my heart was crushed by the emotional trauma.

'Make it stop....please.....I can't hold on anymore.....I beg you...'

I began to whimper in defeat not even a minute after this "judgment" began. Dying was better. Anything was better. I would rather be hanged and burned alive than endure one more second of this.

I wanted to die.

I wanted to die.

It hurts so much.

Why do I have to suffer like this?

Who am I suffering for?

{This is what you wished for, John Smith. Recursion prevents your wards from dying. Instead, you will die in their place. For every life you have saved.}

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{Do you want to pass the pain on to another?}

'YES! Pass it on to them! I don't care who it is! I don't want to feel like this anymore.'

{Then choose. From the following.}

'Who is it?! Just hurry!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!'

{Liv Ivaldi.}

Liv. My headstrong but gentle Valkyrie of the North. The one who carried the weight of an entire continent on her shoulders. The woman who cursed herself for a mistake she didn't make. I would never pass it on to her.

'NOOOO!!! AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!'

{Lilly Browning.}

Lilly, my noble pervert from America. She lived a life where she felt unwanted and hid herself just to survive. Even among her family and friends she remained alone. They forced her to do their dirty work against her nature. Like hell I would add to her burdens.

'YYOUUUUUUSSSSSSIIIIICKKKFFFFFUCCCCKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!'

{Robyn Lithgow.}

Robyn, my spunky kitten from Australia. One who was denied a happy childhood, all because of someone's greed. She led a life of death and destruction and has only recently begun to heal. I was a horrible human compared to her; I would rather suffer.

'FUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!'

{Josephine Benelli.}

Jo, my hyperactive lunatic from Italy. A kind girl forced into a life of hardship, all to become a better Reaper. They took everything from her and then left her to die, all because she was found formless. Her smile, I would never let anything destroy it.

'UGH!!! I CAN DO THIS ALL DAY YOU FUCKING SADIST!'!

{Isabella Taurus.}

Bella, my annoying but devoted honey from Brazil. Because of some assholes her future was stolen. Forced to grow fangs, she fought tooth and nail to gain her power. She deserved better. I owe her everything. To hell with this.

'HAAAAAAAAAA!!!! BRING IT ON!

{Jasmine Denel.}

Jas, my soft-spoken yet lusty chocolate-skinned wifey from Seychelles. She had protected Jo all her life and had to bear scars she had no reason to. But instead of blaming anyone else, she fought on without complaint. I would not be worthy of her if I fell here.

'Huff…huff….huff….'

{Aki Miroku.}

Aki, my seductive landlady from Japan. A woman wronged by her own family. Forced into a life of murder and lies, all to save her brother. She has suffered so much already. What kind of sick bastard would I be to subject her to more pain?

'.....'

Slowly developing a tolerance, I finally began to resist. As I thought about what my girls had been through, I quickly gained a new perspective. So far, even though I feel like I want to die. I didn't.

Rather than put any of the girls through that kind of hell, I would do it in their place.

{You seem to have incredible resilience. And you value your harem quite a bit. Shall we continue?}

'Who are you?'

{I have been here since the beginning of your journey. And I will be here at its end.}

'What the fuck does that even mean? Are you like paid to be an asshole?'

{Hmm, it seems you are being brought back. I only have one piece of advice for you. Trust no one, not even your precious women.}