Limitless The Strongest Revenant

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Rather than once again try to fly on the middle, I imitated Juno. The last time we descended through this tunnel they simply ran alongside its walls. I stepped on the gas as I drove over the ledge of the passage towards the lower floors.

As we fell the vehicle slowly fell but moved towards the side of the gigantic hole. When Esca's tires slammed onto the walls of the passageway, the car pushed forward as if it was on solid ground.

And as if powered by {Carry} the vehicle pushed faster the normally possible. A few seconds more, Lizardkin and the Awakened all began falling towards the hole only to right themselves up onto the walls.

Similar to us they pushed even harder than before racing towards the 32nd floor. The way we traveled made absolutely no sense. But somehow this gigantic passageway or bridge had it own rules. And while it made absolutely no sense, we got to defy physics as we made our way down. Read latest chapters at My Virtual Library Empire

I actually got half an answer from Nyda. It was when we chatted out of boredom during the egg hunt by the Awakened.

***

"Nyda, how does adventurer parties descend between floors?"

"Ah, you mean without flying? It's a weird thing that no one can explain. Basically, gravity shifts when you go into the tunnel. There is something that pulls us along the walls. This allows us to run along with without issue."

"You mean like those on a space station?"

"Yes. No one tried falling down before as no matter what everyone did, they all stuck to the sides like spiders. You would be the first my lord. I am not sure how it words but the gravity towards the lower levels gets messed up. You only have 1/8 the weight you have when you run along the sides of the tunnel."

"I see, so that somehow allows us to defy physics and run as if we are standing up?"

"Indeed. And the gravity shifts along the entire passage. Its like the tunnel itself has its own gravity. Pretty useful. Otherwise, it would be impossible to descend on foot. It normally takes us a week to move in between floors."

"A week? Why so long?" I asked in confusion.

Nyda then looked at me in annoyance. It was as if she wanted to smack me in the head with a bat.

"My lord, shouldn't you know the reason? While you did manage to get us down in a matter of hours, you summoned the Rank A Tunneling worm. One that almost managed to kill us all. And as far as I know there are many as twelve housed between floors."

"I don't even know what I did to call it to me," I said in defeat.

"It's probably your arrogance my lord."

"My arrogance?"

"Yes, you normally ignore bugs or lizards hidden around your house, right? But if they suddenly get into your food, toilet, bed, clothes or shoes, the odds of you killing them out of anger is really high."

"So, I flew in its face, that's why it got angry?"

"Probably, I have traveled this path between floors for years now. Our biggest concerns were where to camp and to be wary of monsters along the way," Nyda nonchalantly explained

Remembering our encounter with the gigantic worm made me freeze up. It was so big and tough that we were helpless against it. At most we just gave it the slip.

"Anyway, do not worry my lord, the Tunneling Worms are basically gate keepers. Because of it, the stronger undead and demonkin from the deeper floors cannot pass. Thus, they send monsters to corrupt the zones and climb up via dungeon breaks."

"Wait. That makes no sense. The Lizardkin cleanse the malice from the crystal. They are not the ones who turn it black. How does the undead fit into all this? The monsters seem to have a hierarchy like those in dungeon novels," I reasoned.

"You are right my lord. I don't know really understand. But the truth remains that apart from monsters and Reapers. Undead and demons cannot pass through the Hellsgate Corridor."

"Hellsgate Corridor? Thats what the tunnel between floors is called?"

"It would be hard to call it dungeon stairs would it not, my lord?"

"Right."

***

As we barreled down beside the Lizardkin, I ended up asking Exa out of anxiety.

'Exa, can you detect anything?'

[No, my lord. Apart from the middle of the corridor, nothing can fly along the walls. This severely limits my ability to do reconnaissance as none of the drones can be used. {Sonar} and {Listen} do not detect anything.]

[Limitless, if you are concern about Tunneling Worm you can relax. We are too insignificant to call it out. Running like this is the best way.]

"What do you mean Juno?"

[So long as you run with my sisters and I, no monster would come near us. And if you do not try passing by the middle like last time the Tunneling Worms should ignore us.]

"Right."

After an uneventful drive the only other interesting event was when we reached the 32nd floors doorway. Gravity was all shades of fucked up as my car tipped down but somehow righted itself up the moment we left the corridor.

We all disembarked from Esca and began to stretch. Due to not needing to mind anything, I pushed the V8 engine of my SUV allowing me to leave the monsters in the dust.

'Whatever. Exa, how much longer till the entire Lizardkin arrives.'

[My lord, this waiting area is too small to accommodate all the Lizardkin, they must separate into waves. Keeping the doorway open for everyone to pass is also not possible.]

'More rules that do not make sense. Anyway, my {Kindred}, are you all ready?'

Jas once again walked towards the console, she had an absent-minded look on her face as her eyes glowed white. She was probably using one of her {Programs}. [Future Sight] allowed us to preemptively strike the welcome party.

Liv and Lilly stood beside her weapons out. Lilly wielded her Minigun while Liv had yet to go Asura and only had the M32 and her Tomahawk shield.

Suddenly I felt fear come from Jas. It was overwhelming and tyrannical. I quickly approached my Wifey and embraced her. Her body was trembling. I tried to soothe her both by brushing her back and calming her link.

"Wifey, what is going on? Talk to me."

"H-Husband. Behind this door is five Noble Vampires. It seems they wish to escort you to the duke. They do not wish to bring anyone else."

I knew that Jasmine Denel arguably one of the most experienced in war would get scared over such a thing. However, that assumption would change if she tried to use {Variance} and fight the Noble Vampires.

"Wifey, were you not able to do anything?"

She looked into my eyes and buried her face into my chest. Lilly and Liv who heard her words grimaced unsure how to proceed. While we planned to create a diversion, it hardly had any use if the enemy already knew what to expect.

And from Jas' reaction the Noble Vampires here must have acted the same as Gaspar. They had the initiative at this moment; thus, it would be hard to formulate any plans.

"I will go with them."

'Husband…'

Naturally my entire party tried to make a fuss. But I merely invoked my benevol.

"{Never Alone}."

I then raised the armlets to Liv and Lilly. Both who understood how I fought took a moment before nodding. My girls were really something. Even without words we were able to understand each other due to being so familiar with each other.

Liv and Lilly, both joined me in a group hug and sent their thoughts through our links.

'Be careful Dearest. I would say run away, if necessary, but you wouldn't be my {Kindred} if you did that. So instead, I vow to meet your expectations. You must call for us, okay? I will forever hate you if you suddenly die here.'

'Beloved I will forgo lamenting my weakness. In its place I will sharpen my will and fury like a blade. The moment you call for us, I will unleash all of it like a storm on these whoresons. And for each drop of blood you shed, they will pay with their lives.'

Wordlessly I smiled and nodded. My girls were just the best. With them behind me, I had nothing to fear.