Limitless The Strongest Revenant-Chapter 870 : He can be a duck for all I care [1/2]

Despite being in the same body, the woman in front of me was not my {Kindred}. Ethereal, mysterious and powerful beyond belief, she walked. At her every step, moss or something grew like a verdant carpet. It was as if Vela's very feet gave the ground life.

With the battle over and the demons gone, I canceled {Day by day}. I thus focused on the one before me. A powerful being who somehow felt familiar but at the same time alien. Feeling drawn to her; I moved to meet the Astral possessing my Italian lover.

Seeing my reaction Vela smiled, "Darling, I hope you liked my gift. I have gone a little overboard and must rest. During this period, please take care of this child. She gets lonely quite easily."

'STUPID VELA! You are the one who tried to show off! And now your hurt!'

Finally hearing my {Kindred} I felt relieved, only to grimace at the last part of Jo's statement.

"Vela, you are hurt? Are you alright? What can I do to help?"

"Hehe, how nostalgic. No. Darling, this is the natural rules of this world. Jo becoming a Specter unlocked my memories. Astrals are forbidden from manifesting without paying the appropriate price. Forgive me, it felt so good to be able to move again I grew excited."

"But I…"

The Songstress of the Harvests placed her finger on my lips silencing me. She made a radiating smile that was as dazzling as the sun. Yet her eyes seemed to show an emotion I often saw in Jo. Loneliness.

"Darling, if you wouldn't mind. Can I ask for a kiss as a reward?"

'Stupid Vela! You are far to brazen! Darling is mine!'

"You ungrateful brat. The price of my help. Did you forget already?"

'Yeah, yeah. I won't interfere with you and Darling! But fucking is off limits! I HATE YOU! STUPID VELA! I HOPE YOUR BOOBS SAG AND TURN INTO PRUNES!'

"So, she says Darling. Of course, she can't actually stop you, if you wanted me," Vela teased.

Wordlessly I took the Astral into my arms and gazed into her eyes. Admiring her beauty, I leaned in and took her lips. She in return surrendered her weight to me and wrapped her arms around my neck. Our kiss was blissful yet pure. There was no lust only affection.

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As we parted I whispered to Vela softly like pillow talk, "Thank you for saving us Darling. I will handle the rest. Rest. Then come back to me as soon as you can, okay?"

Vela made a smile full of happiness as she answered, "Quite the demand but I will try. I love you, Darling."

Leaving such words, Jo's body abruptly went limp. As if rebooting, her body then jerked awake. When it did, naturally the woman's eyes were now green. Telling me that my Italian lover had returned.

"Welcome back, Jo."

"Hmph! Stupid Darling!"

Understanding why she sulked; I gave Jo another kiss. Midway she melted in my embrace and began to passionately play with my tongue. After a few seconds we parted. Feeling the insanity of it all we both began to chuckle.

"Darling. My body is sore. Can you please carry me?"

"Of course."

My Shooting star beamed as I picked her up in a princess carry, "Grazie, Darling! I love you!"

Despite the sweet moment Jo and I shared hardly anyone paid attention to us. They were all much more focused on the surroundings. Everyone was rendered speechless by the sheer wonder of what we witnessed.

"Fuck. That's insane? How the hell does she grow and wither vegetation on command? I mean {fates} defy common sense but what the hell?" Bella commented.

Robyn on the other hand was busy picking her ears, "The giant-ass holes aside. Anyone understand the crap the Nutjob was saying? I think {Interpret} is broken."

"No, I didn't either. But as Jo is the owner of {Interpret} maybe she can disable it too? Anyway, it is a shame most of the demon corpses turned to dust. Robyn, help me pile the ones still around." Already recovered, Aki began salvaging the demons for study and loot.

"Choco! Did you see that? That was Astral Possession! She really did it! It's something only the best Accept Linkers can do! They said you needed to use {Soul Breaker} at least once to use it. This is complete bollocks!"

"Calm down Fluffy. Still, Limitless now has two Specters with him. At the rate they are going the Sirens may all become Specters before they even leave Africa. But seeing the destruction we caused; my brothers might get angry."

I looked around and couldn't help but nod in agreement to Amari's assessment. The city of Kismayo was totaled. Between the demons and the number of bullets we shot there was hardly any building left standing. I couldn't even see any corpses of humans left.

The holes caused by Vela's tree left the roads full of gigantic sink holes. Rubble and broken-down pieces of concrete were the only evidence of civilization that remained. Rather being destroyed, it would be more accurate to call the city as reclaimed by nature.

Apart from man-made structures the place was still very much fine. If anything, the ground changed color to a muddy brown. It was as if the soil suddenly grew healthy. The air which smelled foul earlier now smelled of salt from the sea.

"Songstress of the Harvest huh?"

"It was really weird, Darling. When I ascended to a Specter, Vela seemed to remember lots of stuff. She was originally just like a blank canvass. Apart from fighting she didn't know anything. After her memories came back though, her personality changed."

I leaned in and kissed Jo on her forehead, "Its fine. Do not worry about it, Jo. We will find out together. For now, let's decide what to do next."

"Okay."

'Exa, show me the city.'

[Understood.]

Making my way to the others, I once again got a good look of the surrounding areas. I had Exa show me a bird's eye view of the city as we moved. While Kismayo itself was reduced to ruins the surrounding areas were just as devastated.

While the malice in the air was gone, I still couldn't feel Liv, Lilly and Jas's links. And with Vela also asleep neither was the cause. Still, I couldn't stop just because of that. Seeing the number of demon's just around this city alone, was telling of Africa's situation.

Aki who noticed me approaching, quickly stopped what she was doing and ran towards me. She made a pouty face when she saw Jo in my arms, but quickly recovered. Pulling out what looked like a human corpse from her inventory she began to speak.

"Shujin. I found this person hidden in a pocket dimension. Jo left a soul trail which led me to him. He seems to be a Phantom. His body was riddled with injuries and on the verge of death. I have stabilized him with {Restore} round."

"I see. Thank you very much Aki. Are you hurt?"

"No, Anata. I am fine. Your protection was perfect. Thank you. [Defender] is really powerful in defensive battles."

I tried to look at the Phantom but didn't get much. He looked like an average man with light olive skin, like a Latino. He had brown curly hair, full lips and a narrow nose. He looked like someone from Europe.

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Name: Pierre Lemoine

Race: Reaper | Class: Shifter | Origin: Human

Fate: {Enlightenment}

Danger Rating: E

Combat: E | Assassination: E | Support: D | Defense: E

"Why would a Frenchman be here?" I asked upon seeing his name.

"Ah, he isn't French, Darling. He's African, he was speaking Mauritian Creole. I saved him earlier. If he was French, I would have shot him instead."

"He is? How? He isn't even black?"

"Hehe, Darling is so silly. He is from Mauritius so that's a given."

"Exa?"

[Mauritius is considered part of Africa, located in the Indian ocean. It has a history of French and British colonial influence, as well as a diverse population of Indian, African, Chinese, and European descent. Pierre must be Franco-Mauritians.]

'In English?'

[Mauritian's are part of Africa but do not look like your typical Africans. They are a mixed raced that has African traits but are predominately Creole, Indian, Chinese and French.]

"Well, he can be a duck for all I care. Jo, did you have confirmation that he is the contact by the Astrologer?"

"Ehm. Not really. But he is the only one left! So Zanardi's slut must have given the one-week deadline for him," Jo explained.

"Huh? What do you mean?"