Limitless The Strongest Revenant

"If Roach died, would you be willing to fashion weapons and armor from his corpse?"

[I would.]

"Why?"

[Because it would seem as if he is still fighting with me. Death is a natural part of life. If I die and my corpse can help my child or others, I will give it. Willingly.]

Well, can't say I didn't expect that one. I forgot that monsters had no sense of morality. To them, so long as it helped with survival, who the fuck gave a shit. I guess I couldn't fault them. For one mankind only developed a sense of morals after they managed to no longer struggle to survive.

[Exa has showed me. Do Reapers not bury your bodies to restore the soil for the harvest? How is that any different from salvaging a soulgem? In fact, the latter is more personal is it not?]

It seemed that Juno was rapidly learning about human and reapers because of Exa. I couldn't even refute what she said. As Pixie much like I arrived to the same conclusion. Which was you needed to be alive first before you debated morals.

"I guess you are right. In truth for a Reaper to grow stronger, we are to disregard the parts of ourselves that make us human. Ironic don't you think."

[Ironic…I see, thank you, Exa. Yes, it is. You Reapers cast away your humanity for strength, yet you deemed me among the Awakened for finding it. Perhaps the goal for Reapers and Awakened is somewhere down the middle?]

"Somewhere down the middle huh?"

[My lord, Delroy Baxter has met Pixie Richards. Do you wish to hear their conversations?]

'No need. Give them some privacy.'

[Understood. My lord, please be aware that the time limit set for exploration has expired. It would be wise to have the seven groups reconvene.]

"Got it. Thanks Exa."

I cycled through my Avatars and notified everyone that it was time to head back. As the other Awakened ignored my attempts to talk with them, I just left them. Without us carrying Sacreds they would just be massacred anyway. I hoped the other Awakened were like Juno and knew how to think.

I returned my mind back to Sunday and stood up. Of the many cocoons created by the Awakened only one was fertilized. After growing to an enormous size, the cocoon popped and left a large egg the size of a school bus.

The malice in the surroundings slowly dissolved as Juno and her sister incubated the egg. I didn't know what they were doing but the stuffy feeling that bothered me initially faded over the course of the five hours.

"Juno, are you done?"

[Just about. Today is truly a wonderful day.]

Crack. A loud crunch filled the air, then the school bus egg began to slowly break. Large lines began to run across the surface of the egg. Slowly but surely the new Lizardkin Dragon was waking up.

"Rooooarrr…"

Soft cries like those of an animal resounded. Along with increasing cracking from the egg. Fluids that looked similar to soup dripped out as the protective covering of the Lizardkin dragon finally broke. Find your adventure at My Virtual Library Empire

Granting the size of the egg, the monster inside was about as large as fully grown Lizardkin. It was a miniature version of the Lizardkin Dragon. Much like a baby elephant or rhino, it still did not have its scythes, but its shell was already intact.

The Awakened beside Juno moved towards baby monster and nuzzled it. Despite not being human, the monsters began to make sounds like monsters purring. This thing had a face only a mother would love, but insulting a newborn in front of its mother was a dumb way to die.

[Limitless, I thank you. My Sister has shared that she will return to our home with her child. Please allow her.]

"Sure, I don't mind. You are the leader of the Awakened Juno. Do as you please."

[Thank you.]

"BROAAAAARRRRRRR"

"BROAAAAARRRRRRR"

Juno and her sister made loud roars like a couple of dinosaurs however her sister then turned towards me and spoke for the first time.

{Warmblood. I thank you.}

It was incredibly short. But somehow, I could feel the magnitude of her emotions. Was being able to give birth that big of a deal to the Lizardkin?

"You are welcome Awakened. I hope he grows up well."

The 50-ft behemoth said no more and began to move away. It would be dangerous for her to separate from us, but what I considered common sense for human might not be for the Awakened. Thus, I consulted the expert.

"Juno, where is she going? As there is one corridor, wouldn't it be wise to go with us before separating? Wouldn't it be bad if a Vampire found her and her child?"

[Our kind has the ability to hide under the soil. She will choose a safe spot and hibernate with her child for some time. I would have either come back for her or died before she wakes.]

"Ah right! Juno you said when we arrived that your eggs were here. Did you find them?"

[I do not know yet, I will know once my sisters return.]

Juno and I waited for the others to return. The Lizardkin armies who noticed the absence of the Hellsend reapers and my avatars, turned around. They were now charging towards Juno and Sunday's position.

In about 45 minutes, the massive armies regroup. Along with them my party. Leo and Nyda greeted each other with a hug. D and Pixie arrived holding each other's hand. My {Kindred} who technically never even separated from me began to eat a quick meal. I also unsummoned my avatars to rest my mind.

I walked up to Juno and tried to listen in among the Lizardkin Dragons. Due to being surrounded by hundreds of beings even since we joined forces, I had Exa turn off the translations of the smaller Lizardkin.

It was done partly for my sanity and because they were incredibly noisy. I had to find a way for Exa to choose the targets of {Interpret}. I almost went insane last time hearing hundreds of them talk at once.

'Exa, I want to hear only the Lizardkin Dragons.'

[Understood. I tweaked [American English], passive omnilingualism will now be based on species and rank.]

'Perfect,' I then turned to Juno who was busy talking to her sisters. To anyone else it would appear like dinosaurs at war. A few of the Lizardkin Dragons were stomping their feet and making gargling sounds. Others were striking their scythes together or stood up on their hind legs.

{Are you all sure? Do you think they are still on this floor?}

'I told you they are not.

The eggs hatched!' 'We searched all over, there are shells, but nothing more.' 'We found the same.' 'How can we stand for this!' 'My child…my child might already be gone.' 'You don't know that!' 'Let's go and take their children too!' 'Vampires do not give birth; they turn Warm bloods.' 'But the vampires are too strong!' 'The Warm bloods with us are stronger!' 'KILL THEM ALL!'

{I hear all of you. Then we fight. If our children are dead, we will avenge them. If they are alive, we will save them.}

Juno must have been using soul so I could understand the plan. But the way the Awakened talked was fucking chaotic.

The Lizardkin somehow had a way to understand each other even when more than ten were talking at once. It was chaotic but Juno didn't seem bothered.

"How the fuck can they even understand who is talking?" I whispered under my breath.

[My lord, humans talk in a similar manner though. It is like a chat room with everyone typing at the same time.]

"Well, I can't argue with that. But that's why chat rooms have IDs to separate who is saying what. And reply threads show who is speaking to who."

[Indeed. According to Juno. The chat and reply functions of online chat rooms are done telepathically by the Awakened on instinct. I even believed that the concept was copied from them due to the extreme similarity.]

"Well, whatever, it seems that they choose to go to war anyway."

[Indeed.]

This should be interesting. We were finally heading to the 32nd floor where Gaspar and Evelyn reside. It seemed that fate willed Juno to fight with us in the next floor no matter what.

The coming battles might have been something to be feared if we immediately rushed towards them. But because we spent some time training and liberating some fallen zones, my party learned how the Awakened operated. With them by our side, we had a chance at victory.