Limitless The Strongest Revenant

Chapter 1007 1007: Game-ending bug [2/2]

"Hmm… {Rewind} works by using alternate realities, right? At least that was the explanation I got. Since there was an infinite number of them, I didn't need to worry about running out of 'spares'. Wait… If that was true, can I punch in an alternate reality and bring the energy here?"

The main gimmick of {Rewind} was that it treated this reality and my {Auto} as different. This was why anything that happened to this reality could simply be replaced with my {Auto}. Injuries, buffs, and expendables were removed or recreated, based on my state.

"Hmm. Now that I think about it, it was always my reality that got replaced by my {Auto}. What if I do the opposite? I could punch in this reality and send it back to my…"

As I hammered my thoughts out, I gained a sense of enlightenment. {Rewind}'s power was not limited to going back. It also could be used to go forward. The power itself was at its core just switching between two realities!

"Fuck… Didn't I just unlock the game-ending bug or something?"

Immensely pleased with my epiphany, I called out to my {fates}.

'Masters, I want a Kismet that records my action and saves it for future use. I want it to be like {Rewind} that I can summon at will. Please. Help me, I need to grow stronger.'

I then felt a searing heat impale itself on my neck. Like someone took a branding iron and stabbed it down my shoulder blade. It scorched my insides. I felt like I was burning from the inside out. But somehow, considering the pain I felt in the past, this was nothing.

"Thank you," I murmured.

When the pain subsided, a felt a new skill added itself to my ability pool. One that was as powerful as my own {Fate}.

Quickly, I had {Code} bring up my status. Only for the contents to completely blow me away!

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Name: Limitless

Race: Arisen | Rank: Phantom | Origin: Artificial Descendant (9th Generation)

Souls Available: 2,547,691 | To evolve: 75,000

Malice Available: 953 | To evolve: N/A

{Fate}: {Auto} | {Save} | {Rewind} | {Reload} | {Regen} | {Replace} (7) | {Recursion}

{Limitless} Status: Activated

{Kismet} 7/10: {Limitless} v.4 | {EXA} v.4 | {Armory} v.3 | {Sins of Limitless} v.1 | {Call My Name} v.2 | {Fabricate} v.1

{Entropy}: {Record} | {Pause} | {Fast Forward}

{Programs}: [AutoRewind] | [MSG Blocker]

Disciplines: [Defender] | [Gladiator] | [Sky Sentinel] | [Heavy Gunner] | [Maestro] | [Executioner] | [Ninja]

{Kindred}: The Seven Sirens

Soulgear: {Day by Day} | Benevol: {Never Alone}

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"…"

What the fuck was going on? Why did I suddenly gain a malice counter? My {Kismet} remained at seven. I gained three new abilities. But somehow, they were not {Fates}, {Kismet}, {Programs}, or disciplines. Instead, I gained {Entropies}.

'Even my race fucking changed from a Reaper to an Arisen. What the fuck are those supposed to be?' I whined inwardly.

I couldn't help but massage my head in frustration. I called out to my trusty partner for guidance.

"Exa…"

[…]

"Exa?"

[…]

"Oy, say something, you shitty AI!"

[I-I don't know what to say. This is the first time I have heard of the term Arisen.]

"Well fuck. Even you're stumped?"

[My lord, much of the information in the graveyard is only partially true. Despite the length of time, the fields Academics have studied are extremely limited. Before Lady Jas acquired {Insight}, we didn't even know that the Reborn's abilities are called {Entropies}.]

"I know that much…"

[No, my lord, you fail to understand the gravity of what you have just done. By creating an {Entropy}, you now have created a way to use the malice in as an ability resource. It is unheard of! How many would kill for this information! How did you even accomplish it?]

"I-I don't actually know. I just had an idea and asked the Masters to make it."

[Masters? You mean the {Fates}? Did you reconstruct [Fate's Eden]? It kept getting disassembled for some reason. Maybe this is the reason why your ability to malice has been out of the norm.]

"Huh? What do you mean?"

[My lord, it's the ability you created for the benevol of the Sirens, {Rejuvenate}. I mentioned before that it offloads a portion of the malice to you. But that doesn't explain where the rest of the malice went. If we consider you to be among the Savages, it now makes sense.]

"I have no idea what you're saying…"

[Think back, my lord. It was when you tried to figure out how many rounds it took to kill a demonkin. Number 1 let slip that the Reborn call the Demonkin faction the Fiends. It referred to the zombies as Corpses while insulting Juno as your pet and part of the Savages.]

At that time, I tried using various rounds to check if human weapons could kill Demonkin. And I had Exa record how the demonkin's flesh responded to my attacks. During the same period, the girls used Jo's zombies and a bunch of monsters to cross-check the results.

It was how we figured out why Sacreds erase the members of the Corpse faction. Our combined findings explained why they were useful against Fiends but not against Savages. I tried to recall what Exa had said during that time about them.

[Monsters also contain many cores in their bodies, but they have a main core that grows as they develop. They also seem to store a great amount of malice in their cores. It's for their next evolution and reproduction.]

"Well fuck, you mean I was stocking up malice to create a core? A malice core much like a reborn? How did I even end up having one?"

[I do not know my lord. All I know is that this is uncharted territory. However, in typical fantasy worlds, monsters have magic cores. They follow the same logic. Eastern fantasy also has the same idea, where cultivators gather essence or soul to create manifest cores.]

"Fuck this crap, all I wanted was to vent on the pig! Now I have all this shit to deal with!"

[Well, at least you have three new abilities. The way they are used is like {Auto}, {Save}, and {Rewind}. Except rather than soul, you need to have malice instead to use them.]

"I have fewer than a thousand. Is that enough?"

[No it isn't. From what I can tell, a single use of {Record} needs at least 10,000 malice. {Pause} needs 5,000, and {Fast Forward} needs 1,000.]

"Ugh… what the fuck is even going on right now? JUUUUNOOOOOO!!!!"

At my abrupt shout, the Vithriss Nobilis with a beautiful face arrived.

"My lord, I have… you… you have become one of us?"

'Well fuck, even she can tell in a single glance.'

"Let's worry about that later. For now, can I borrow some malice?"

Juno stepped forward with a bit of hesitation.

"I don't mind. But isn't malice harmful to Reapers? Does this mean we're fired?"

"What the fuck are you saying? Of course not. And yes, I am an outlier. Do not mind me. Reapers do not suddenly have such things. Anyway, give me some."

The lizard woman nodded and approached me; she raised a single fingertip and placed it on my neck. Specifically my soulgem.

"As you command, my lord. Although I would advise you to hide your core inside your body. Exposing it so openly would only give you a vulnerability. How much do you need?"

"Give me a hundred thousand."

If souls passing into me were warm, the malice rushing to my gem was cold. However, when I felt my body grow heavier as Juno sent malice into my body, I ended up falling to my knees as I struggled.

"FUCK!"