Limitless The Strongest Revenant

Chapter POV: Aki Miroku Smith

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[SiliconeChipDiva: I feel like it's even stupid to be surprised at this point.]

[ChainsawsAndPropane: Haha! I wonder how Jailbait compares to the other people from Australia?]

[HaveYouMetMyFish: Stories of the sheer heroism of Australians are tales shared among my clan. In terms of individual power, no other Battlefront even comes close.]

The Australian battlefront had the lowest population among the continents. Even among humans the wildlife, climate and geography among the Oceania countries was incredibly dangerous.

Australia in particular had a chaotic climate. In its northern regions tropical cyclones were a common hazard, thus heavy rain and flooding were the norm. Contrastingly its southern and interior regions had intense summers, that created massive devastating bushfires.

Robyn's country was also among the countries with largest number of venomous spiders, scorpions and snakes in the world. The isolated nature of their cities contributed to this danger as readily available medical supplies and personnel were not always scarce.

My clan was knowledgeable about this battlefront because for a variety of reasons. Firstly, because the same factors that cause Australia to be inhospitable were perfect for training assassins and Reapers. Where else could you simulate the chaotic nature of Hellsgate on Earth? Lack of supplies, dangerous wildlife and climates were everyday norms for Reapers.

The Asian battlefront unofficially trained regularly on this continent. Their large numbers and combat doctrine caused them to not have enough places to train in Hellsgate. In contrast, Australia had the perfect training ground but lacked the numbers to sustainably create Reapers.

They would instead do the unthinkable all in the name of survival. The creation of child soldiers for Hellsgate. A fact not known to many; Combat Joeys were not only merely child soldiers. They were in essence first generation Reapers ascended from kidnapped children.

Australia needed Reapers. But rather than wait for them to be born and created by chance, they opted to manufacture them. It took time for people to live, gain regrets and die. But what if it was possible to give them regrets from childhood? Then that would shorten the time needed immensely.

But who in their right mind would honestly decide to have their own children subjected to such cruel fates? This was why the other continents considered Europe worse than barbarians. They sacrificed their own. Robyn's battlefront didn't. Instead, they chose to steal from others.

Every year thousands of children were kidnapped by human terrorists and crime syndicates. Majority of these came from the countries in my continent, Asia. Yet my battlefront turned a blind eye to our young being kidnapped and forced into a life battle.

All because of the prospect of gaining help from the tyrannical Australian Reapers. As neighbors on Earth and in Hellsgate, the tacit agreement allowed both Battlefronts to benefit from the arrangement. Although it came at the cost of the shattered innocence of children like Robyn.

'This is why no matter how hard the world tried child trafficking could never be stopped,' I lamented inwardly.

I originally loathed the idea of Combat Joeys. They were something I was often blackmailed with. My clan, the Miroku were among the several Asian Reaper clans that had conditionally offered their children to Australia. If during one of my missions in the sun I inadvertently died, Haru would have been sold to Australia as a Combat Joey candidate for souls.

It was a incredibly efficient tactic. Haru much like me had a horrible life, upon dying it was practically guaranteed that he would have become a powerful Descendant. Something Australia desperately craved. Asia, specifically China and India had incredibly large numbers of children to spare.

These children upon being taken would be given Reaper blood and trained until they died. They would often foster regrets that dwarfed even adults due to their savage upbringing.

And those that manage to survive to 23 years of age would become Reapers of immense strength upon ascending. Those that do not, would be worse off but would often still be stronger than at least half of the Reapers of Asia.

[SiliconeChipDiva: Tsk. I originally thought only Europe and my continent was full of selfish bastards, but it is the same everywhere else! Even seeing the results, I will never condone Combat Joeys! To hell with Asia and Australia!]

When the Sirens and I first came together we began pooling all the information we had. Bella, Jo and Jas grew livid upon hearing the darkness that surrounded Australia's Combat Joeys. Lilly and Liv who knew the burdens of Hellsgate while more understanding shared the same sentiments.

There was only one Siren who couldn't care less. It was the Combat Joey herself.

[MastiffKnight: No gives a crap about your opinion, Bella. My life as a human is the reason I can fight for Possum. If it's for him, I don't care what I am or what I have to suffer through! EXA!]

[Yes, Lady Robyn. Sending the coordinates of all Champions and Reapers along Point A and C.]

Using the feeds of multiple drones in the air, I watched in amazement. Similar to the move she did for Point B, all the enemies beyond the bridges on Point A and C began to levitate from the ground. With their balance thrown off, our enemies panicked as they shot up to the sky defenseless.

"HAHAHA! EVERYONE WITH A GUN SHOOT! KILL THEM ALL! HENRY, ALFONSO YOU TOO!"

[Alfonso|Henry: Yes, Aunt Jo!]

[SiliconeChipDiva: Sabel, I an opening a {Portal}, return half of your Switchblades. Prioritize killing the Reapers!]

[Sabel: Right away, Mother!]

Naturally my sisters would never miss such a chance given to them. Even from where I was, I could see Robyn's body begin to turn pale as her veins turned black from overdraft. {Crush} was already stamina heavy. I could only assume how much {Float} would cost.

Out of the four of us here, only Bella had yet to ascend. Jo, Robyn and I channeled our frustrations and created new {Fates} for the sake of winning this battle. Of course, Lilly-sama already shared the dangers of ascending. But after Millénia-sama's words we ascended without a second thought.

[Lady Bella, the artillery batteries have completed loading Sunset shells to their {Autos}. We can now resume artillery bombardment.]

[SiliconeChipDiva: Perfect! Aki. Wait for my signal. This will be a perfect chance to take the Specters by surprise. They will be too preoccupied with Robyn's antics to respond.]

[HaveYouMetMyFish: Okay. I will be ready.]

After replying I opted to use the time wisely and check on Inari's Kitchen. My personal squad now had an average level of 4. And while I still found them lacking, they were leagues above what North America had at the moment.

"Exa, please give me a status update about my squad."

[Lady Aki, they are assassinating the Phantoms trying to leave the pitfall traps. Over 90% the Reapers who fell to the traps have been terminated. Total losses of the South American Army is over 50% and rising.]

"Good. Tell them to act prudently once they finish with the ones in the traps. How many of the Phantoms have yet to move?"

[Of the original 498 Phantoms, 309 have died to Hellsend's attacks. 48 are engaged in battle. Only a little over a hundred still have yet to join the battle. 30 of them seem to serve as a guard for the Specter Commander.]

"Tsk. The two specters are already troublesome enough."

I cut off my feeds to the drones and mentally prepared myself. My sisters did their jobs admirably. Now it was my turn to do my part.

Jo and Robyn were Hellsend's sharpest swords. Their task was not to win, but to bleed the enemy out. In a battle of numbers, rather than going all out in one moment, slowly reducing your opponent's forces was the key to victory.

Bella served as our commander and shield; her priority was to ensure our home would not fall. Even now, she hasn't used all our cards to prepare for what came next. Unfortunately, the enemy seemed to be doing the same.

As for me, I was the poison coated dagger of Hellsend. I was the one who stabbed those that needed to die. Like most people in my profession, our first strike was our single most potent.

If I exposed myself and failed to kill my targets, getting a second chance would highly be unlikely. For that purpose, my sisters tried to ensure the enemy's focus remained on them. Should I fail Jo and Robyn would immediately try to brute force their way to kill the commander.

The greatest factors that could affect this battle were the two Specters. Thus, my assignment was simple. To ensure the two of them died as soon as possible.

"Fufu. I could only imagine the carnage they would create in doing so. Yosh! Do your best me!"

In this void space I hid in, I was alone, yet I didn't fear. My right thumb moved to rub the ring in my ring finger. A habit I picked up after getting married. My benevol, "Inari's Gluttony" gave me solace. I knew that somewhere in the deeper floors my {Kindred} was similarly giving his best.