Limitless The Strongest Revenant

Chapter 546 Only shit reapers [1/2]

It was a problem that everyone saw and felt. But sadly, there was no easy solution in sight. The first time my forces fought as one, there was a glaring difference between my people.

Normally that would be fine, but it was hard to rely on those who could not keep up with you.

"Wow! The Sirens are all battle junkies, huh? Hey! Keep up, little sisters! You're too slow!"

"It seems that we need to augment our special forces. This is unacceptable."

"Tsk. The rest of the army can't keep up. For the time being this is as close as we can get, I guess."

They girls and I noticed immediately. This was why the U.S. military created the Special Forces. Totally different from the other branches of the military, they were trained harder, but were able to fight on a level beyond the ordinary.

Right now, Hellsend was hopelessly one-sided. Despite the best efforts of the reapers around me, they simply could not keep up with the Sirens and I.

And the sad thing was, I couldn't even blame them. I understood why they were having such a hard time.

For one thing, I was working with 8 different {fates}. This meant that I didn't even need to ascend to become stronger. If any of the Sirens did, then their abilities would trickle down to me. And since I enhanced this by updating {Limitless}, our growth rate was unmatched.

Everyone else, on the other hand, could only rely on themselves. For that reason, the Sirens quickly developed their own groups. With these special units under their command, they could use my girls' {Fates} more effectively.

Minerva's Wizards were excellent at communication and data analysis, and they could even use Switchblades if necessary. Their use of the {Code} family would be higher than mine.

Freyja's Bulwark supposedly had Liv's {fate}. But since we haven't needed defenders yet, we've only used them as strong men.

Robyn recruited aggressively for Rhiannon's Hellcats. I didn't know what their focus would be, but I suspected it would be a rapid response group similar to Jo's.

Inari's kitchen was little more than our cooks at the moment. But I didn't see them at all. When I asked Aki, she told me that they were still in training. With her tenure as the Bladed Kitsune, I began to worry for those Reapers.

Meanwhile, Lilly and Jas had yet to share any details about their personal units. But from what I heard, Jas' standards were so high that everyone failed. Even the commanders of the 2nd Amendment couldn't pass. It made me wonder what she had them do.

Perhaps the most active Siren Squad was Vela's Wolves. They were the only unit that could keep up with us. And that was because Jo saw fit to brainwash them repeatedly to remove their physical limits.

That might work in the short term. But I am sure that the wolves' bodies would fail at some point. While we were no longer flesh and blood, we imitated the human body to an extreme degree.

If the rest of my forces could fight as well as we could, there wouldn't be any need for the Sirens and I to split into two groups. Even though the eight of us were powerful, we couldn't be everywhere at once.

Rather than allow my girls and I to leave everyone in the dust, we had to change. In order for my Reapers to keep up, I had to strengthen the rest of my forces.

Otherwise, the same problem that plagued the other battlefront would occur. It was dangerous for one person to have all the power. People usually acted in one of three ways. Fear, worship, or dependence.

Fear will turn people away from the "One". People usually feared what they didn't understand. This created mistrust and division. Eventually it would lead to betrayal and strife.

Worship would give you the cult-like organizations. If this sentiment triumphs over logic, you would get brain dead groups of people. Taken to the extreme, this would produce cults that would commit suicide at the command of their leaders.

Finally, you have dependency. If the "One" were benevolent, they would not be afraid, but would treat the supreme being like a genie. They would cry and beg the genie for whatever they needed. The test would be how benevolent the genie was.

'Humans are selfish bastards. None of this is ideal. But if I had to choose, I would much rather be feared.'

That was why it was so difficult to become the perfect leader. People had different desires, so those differences created divisions. It was inevitable.

Despite all the good in the world, world peace was something that would never be achieved, no matter how hard people tried.

At present, the Hellsend saw me as their leader. But I was not perfect. And right now, they followed me because they felt they were getting stronger.

It was a mixture of dependence, worship and fear. This kept my people trying their best and struggling to follow me.

If I did not help them, they would give up. It was a given. Only the truly insane would strive for the impossible. Continue reading on empire

None of the officers could answer my question. Joshua, Mike and Santiago lead the army, while Cynthia, Addison and Yvonne lead our economy and industry.

Both needed to grow stronger. What they were doing was not enough for the battles ahead.

"My lord, I apologize, no amount of training can suddenly make soldiers stronger. Even with guns, we need time to move. And without being able to drill the basics into them, only the 2nd Amendment could be of any use," Joshua began.

"Boss, even though the 2nd Amendment is good by military standards, none of us could keep up with you. Your aim, the speed at which you move, think. The powers you keep pulling out of your ass. It is impossible. Most of us are formless, you know?"

"That's not counting the crazy things you and the señoras keep doing, Hefe. Even with {Rewind}, none of us can fight like you locos. It is pitiful, but none of us can back you up, all we can do is shoot zombies. Even running after you is too difficult. And you can even fly!"

I nodded but didn't answer. The production reapers went next.

"Patron, I noticed that the Sirens all have formless {Fates}, as part of Vela's Wolves I understand {Listen}. But that does not explain everything else you can do. It is as if you are using the {Fates} of your entire battle harem!"

"Aye, mythical aim, superhuman hearing, in addition to super strength, speed, and agility. Unlimited stamina, near indestructibility, and the ability to control 7 bodies. The ability to fly, summon weapons from thin air, and create portals. If we could get just a fraction of all that, we would be able to help."

"My Lord, Addison and I have quickly processed the soul gems from your war. We have already distributed them to the Sirens and the officers. At the moment, this is the only way we thought of to fight."

I remembered the girls saying that they had received their new soulgears. If it was anything like {Day by Day}, the coming battles should be exciting. But that was not enough.

Something the people here forgot was that it was not the weapons and soulgear that made them powerful. It was their {Fates}.

"These are all valid points. My question is, why haven't I seen any applications of everyone's {Fates}? You are all Phantoms, right? Why haven't any of you used them? Aside from the blessings of the saints. Why hasn't anyone used their {Fates} in a meaningful manner?"

"That..." "Um..." "You see..." "Well..." "It's like this..." "But..."

The reason the Sirens and I quickly grew in strength was that we embraced our {fates}. Even though we thought they were useless, we tried to understand them and shape them according to our desires.