Limitless The Strongest Revenant-Chapter 706: Lucky you. [1/2]

’Exa, can you communicate the plan to the Sirens?’

[Not in a manner that I find satisfactory.]

’What the hell does that even mean?’

[Its similar to asking me to describe a movie to you with nothing but words. I can do it, but compared to using pictures and sounds it is much more tedious.]

’You said earlier that the soul cage prevents technopathy right? But does not restrict vision? Isn’t that why I’m tapping away until now?’

[Yes. My current state is like cell phone without reception. In this case, I, the main Exa, am the cell tower. While the "Exa" that accompany everyone else are the cellphone users or my sub Exas. Together we keep each other updated. They have some autonomy but require syncing with me periodically.]

’I see. And you doing that using the Switchblade outside and my finger tapping Morse code?’

[Yes, that is one direction of the communication. That allows me to update the Sub Exas that we found Evelyn. For them to update me about their situation. They are using the Switchblades. Using a pair of them, the sub Exas dance Binary.]

’They dance binary? You mean ones and zeros?’

[Yes, and I decode the information. As I personally do not have eyes, I am using Thursday, Friday and Saturday’s visions to watch the dancing UAVs.]

’Sounds complicated. I am not sure I even want to ask how that works. But we need to tell them ASAP. I will begin on my end as well. How long do you think it will take?’

[I unfortunately cannot give you an accurate estimate my lord. I currently do not even have a good way to sharing the plan. All I know is that your choice will push everyone to the limit. Even with the best situation, you have a 75% chance of dying. I will do my best to prevent that, my lord but please be careful all the same.]

’I make no promises Exa. You basically need an upload, right? As to how to share the info, can we not use the GRI? Like a USB?’

[I do not follow. You mean to use them as couriers?]

’Yeah, if all you need to get to them is an update, then let’s make a text store it on a my phone and have Lilly pull it out from her side? Would {Store} skills still work?’

[I see. That is indeed feasible. The soulcage prevents Lady Lilly from casting a {Portal} directly here. But it should be possible to use a {Program} that connects to the shared space. While [Shared Armory] does not work for those on the 24th floor. It is possible to have the Sirens here to draw from your [Armory].]

’Yep. Thats the idea. Tell Lilly, Jas and Liv that they may take whatever from my [Armory] they need to accomplish their task.’

Even though I asked Exa to say my messages to Lilly, I was the one actually tapping away. I didn’t even know what I was tapping, I just followed the prompts Exa showed me.

[Your message to lady Lilly has been sent… And they decided to use the Flir Marsupial.]

’The what?’

[It is the small UGV that pops out the front of Burger. It has been deployed and stored in [Shared Armory]. If you draw it out here, I can sync with it in ten seconds.]

’Thank you, Exa. Have it pop out undetected. We need to make its arrival as low key as possible.’

[I would advise to summon it under the guise of a distraction. Gaspar might be able to pick up on it if we are careless.]

’Okay. I will try fighting him for real then. Make the ten seconds count.’

[My lord. Why not just try talking or threatening him? All we need is to mask the soul signature used when you open the [Armory].]

The perhaps biggest benefit of having {Code} and technopathy in general was the ability to converse at the speed at which machines do. While my entire conversation with Exa, felt like hours in my mind, in reality it was barely even 5 seconds.

So long as I had {Code}, and by extension {Calculate} rapid processing of information was possible. If machines really did operate at this speed, wouldn’t people be truly fucked if they decided to revolt?

"Gaspar. Where were you?!" Stefan growled. His hostility was palpable. Like a cat that curled its body and was ready to pounce.

From what I could tell, Gaspar was far stronger than Stefan. So, his threats no matter how loud were on the level of a whining brat. If I thought of him that way, what more about this bloodsucking bastard.

Gaspar made a smile before chuckling. His eyes slanted as if to show how amusing he found the duke’s demeanor. It truly showed how insignificant Stefan was in the grand scheme of things.

Even if he was a reincarnator, in reality he was nothing more than a side character. Meanwhile Gaspar reminded me of conniving masterminds in anime. I wouldn’t be surprised if he began guffawing out loud like some two-bit villain.

Contrary to my expectations. Gaspar made a respectful bow before he replied. Your journey continues with novelbuddy

"My apologies your grace, I was finalizing preparations for our feast."

"Our feast? What feast are you talking about?" Stefan asked in confusion.

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Gaspar then looked my way before continuing.

"The feast that we have been planning for over ten years. The feast of Limitless."

’Fuck. So I wasn’t imagining it. They really were planning all this to kill me. But why? At the moment I wasn’t a Revenant yet. Why go through all this for me?’

[I would argue that you are a target worthy of such preparation my lord. For one thing, in the face of Sacreds. Even Noble Vampires have become akin to ghouls. Among the B ranks the only reason for Vampires to receive that classification is their ability to resist lethal blows from Manifested soul weaponry.]

’Oh? So unlike Tainted undead like the Draugrs, even the Manifested cannot kill them so easily?’

[Indeed my lord. Draugrs behave like zombies in from of Manifested Phantoms. Once the soul power in their Manifested {Fates} or spells pass a certain threshold, their strikes invalidate the Tainted undead’s ability to revive.]

’Then why do Sacreds work?’

[That is because while the Manifested simple invalidated a Tainted undead’s revival a Sacreds with holy energy removes that ability entirely. Put into simple terms the if the Draugr is a cellphone it needs a signal to revive. The Manifested kill the Draugr by blocking its signal. Sacreds kill the Draugr by destroying its battery.]

’That doesn’t sound simple at all. What’s the difference?’

[The difference lies as it scales. Draugr are undead. Thus they do not posses much soul energy. Vampires on the other hand are monsters. They not only have soul energy but are able to cultivate it with enough time.]

’So? I still don’t get it.’

[Using our earlier example, as the Manifested rely on soul power to stop the Tainted undead from reviving, they have a basic requirement. And that is their soul power must be greater than the Draugr for it to work. This is why it is advised to at least be Phantoms first as that is the bare minimum needed.]

’Exa, this is getting too complicated.’

[I will add numbers to make it simpler. If a Draugr has a soul power of 10. Any Manifested Reaper that has a soul power greater than 10 can kill it. Vampires on the other hand have a soul power of 20. But unlike Draugrs they grow over time.]

’Oh! Then that is bad…’

[Yes. That means if left alone a Vampire that the Manifested might be able to kill today, would be unstoppable in 10 years. Vampires much like Reapers do not die of old age. So all of them, unless killed will eventually transcend the power of the Manifested Phantoms. And when that happens they would need Specter or greater.]

’I see no wonder they are ranked so high. Then what about the Sacreds?’

[The Sacreds work on a different principle entirely. If a Draugr has a soul power of 10. A single Sacred subtracts 10 soul power.]

’What? Subtracts?’

[Yes. With each Sacred a Tainted undead receives the soul power they use to revive is reduced. When that number reaches 0, the undead would die.]

’Oh. Then even if you have a Vampire that has 100 soul power, I just need to hit him with ten Sacreds?’