Limitless The Strongest Revenant

"..."

Silenced by my answer, Nyda and Leo obviously held their tongues. It was as if they desperately wanted to say something to me. Since I was a bit hungry, I pulled out another Big Mac and continued my meal.

"Limitless, to tell you the truth, we want to ask for your help," Leo confessed.

I ignored them and concentrated on the meat of my burger. Nyda, originally stoic, slowly became emotional as she tried to convince me.

"My... sister. My sister has been kidnapped by the vampires on the 32nd floor. Please help me save her!"

"Why should I?" I replied coldly.

"Because you are powerful! It is your duty! We cannot come for them because the journey is too far! It is dangerous to use the warpgates beyond the 30th floor. Our supplies will not last long enough to make it to the 32nd floor!"

I felt like getting a migraine listening to Nyda. Wasn't she wrong about something? Why did she think I would help her just because I could? Funnily enough, it was Yvonne who challenged her.

"Hypocritical words from an Adventurer. How many requests have you turned down because your clients could not pay? Why should Patron risk himself for a fool's errand? If your sister was kidnapped by vampires. She would either be a blood bag or a common ghoul by now."

"You don't know that! That is why I need your help! The longer we take, the less likely she will survive!"

"Ms. Nyda. I want to make something clear. There is no we. There is you and there is Hellsend. My master has no obligation to you.

The authority you should be talking to is none other than Adventurers' Headquarters. Why are you here asking us to mount a rescue mission?" Phillip explained brutally.

"I guess she already asked, and no one from the Adventurer's Party cared. There are intelligent undead and champion-rank monsters beyond the 30th floor. Unless her sister is at least P1 or Named, they would not move." Our resident dwarf added.

Ho? So while the 10th floor gave you tainted undead, the 30th floor gave you intelligent ones? Interesting.

Cynthia scoffed derisively, "How ironic, the same bastards who weighed lives by payment are now here begging for help. If you were in our position, do you think any of us would help you? How much are you willing to give in return?"

Nyda then began to remove her cloak, Yvonne and Cynthia, who was scared shitless, quickly rushed over to cover her.

"BITCH ARE YOU FUCKING CRAZY! DO NOT STRIP IN FRONT OF LIMITLESS!" Cynthia yelled!

"Patron, close your eyes! Lady Vela would kill this woman if she took offense!"

Suddenly, a pair of giant hands covered my eyes along with a female voice.

"Ami, we are doing this for your own good. Being beaten by your lovers is unpleasant. But they will help me with my wedding if I guard you. So sit still."

Hearing the girls' overreactions, I began to wonder what the hell the Sirens were doing behind the scenes. Leo's voice echoed as I heard him put a bunch of things on the table.

"We are well aware of the rumors surrounding Limitless. In fact, that was part of the reason we volunteered to be part of the 24th floor coalition. Nyda is not undressing to offer herself, she is doing so to hand over her equipment."

"These items are our most precious possessions. Nyda's cloak was made from the wings of a blaze dragon, it significantly shields her from fire damage and heals burns as a side effect. Everything here would be worth 250,000 souls. We offer them as a deposit."

"Hombre, 250,000 souls is peanuts for Hefe. It will not be enough to make him move. Why not hire a bunch of your amigos, you two seem like strong people."

"You think we haven't tried! Everyone keeps telling me to give up!" Nyda shouted hysterically.

Joshua's deep voice answered her. "Then why do you come here thinking our answer will be any different? Rushing headlong into a middle level floor for a rescue mission is suicide. You don't even know if the vampires stayed on the 32nd floor. Ms. Nyda, I am sorry, I really am.

But no one here is going to risk their lives for a stranger."

Then I heard a girl suddenly start to scream as if the world was collapsing around her. Her heartbreaking cries sounded so painful that even I felt a pang in my heart. But in the next second, that feeling disappeared.

While it was sad to have your people kidnapped by monsters, it was also a common plot point in anime and manga. The person who was kidnapped had to be relevant to the plot, otherwise the character was as good as dead.

The main problem was how did the person get kidnapped? I didn't know how adventurers worked, but realistically, I think it was stupid to go on a rescue mission.

North America's front line was on the 52nd floor. Floor 32 was supposed to be a defended floor with only the wings exposed. What were they doing to let someone from their group be taken?

'Was that the main difference of having intelligent undead?'

At the moment, I was only fighting dumb zombies, but in the future, I would have to fight those with brains as well. Vampires, even in fiction, were usually immortal, intelligent, and powerful beings who used the power of blood and endless armies.

Nyda said it was not a good idea to use the warp gates beyond the 30th floor. The only reason to do so was if the enemy could intercept the warps. Warps were basically like elevators. You got on a car and went to your destination.

But on the off chance that something happened to the car, you would be thrown to an unknown place or die with the car. Was the Adventurer implying that something could attack you from the 30th floor?

'Note to self investigate this point.'

Not that I couldn't sympathize with her. If one of the Sirens was kidnapped, I would do the same. But putting yourself at risk was part of the job. That was why the more dangerous jobs usually paid more.

Wanting to check myself, I asked Isolde as I finished my burger. "Isolde, can you let me go now? She's not stripping, is she?"

"Ah! Sorry, Ami."

With my eyes free, I looked at Nyda, who was crying like a child in Leo's chest. Her husband said nothing and stroked his wife's back tenderly. It seemed that we were her last chance to save her sister.

And I agreed with that assumption. Rescuing a single person behind enemy lines was something that required a lot of planning and resources.

The chances of her sister being alive were slim, and that chance was slowly vanishing the longer she isn't rescued.

'[Analyze]'.

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Name: Nyda Flowers

Race: Reaper | Rank: Phantom | Origin: Human | Battlefront: NA

Soul Capacity: {Fate} 4/4 | {Kismet} 1/1

Experience more content on empire

Available Souls: 1,315,748 | To evolve: 750,000n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

{Fate}

1. {Heart of Thunder} Lvl 6 | Cost: 2 | Owner: Self | Sub: {Thunder bolt}, {Thunder Cage}, {Thunder Storm}, {Thunder Form}, {Dawn of Lightning}

2. {Man of Steel} Lvl 6| Cost 2 | Owner: Leo | Sub: {Borrowed Strength} , {Durable}, {Blade Tornado}, {Siege}, {Knights Valor}

{Kindred}: Leo Armstrong

{Kismet}: {Man of Thunder}, {Heart of Steel}

Soulgear: {Powercell}

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Well, that was impressive. It was the first time I had seen two Phantoms on the verge of ascension. From the list of {Fates}, it looked like they were used to fighting.

'Unlike Joshua and Angela, these two were created by two {Kismet}. Their abilities seem to revolve around electricity and metal. Although I still have too little information to deduce what their abilities do.'