Chapter 479 I'm dead? [1/2]
'Exa.'
[Yes, my lord.]
'Give me the top five things I need to address.'
[Understood. Compiling now.]
Although I worked hard during my first week, it was only one week. By not reporting to Hellgate during my entire honeymoon, I thought the hype around me should have died down.
[Top 5 things to deal with, in order of importance.
1. Tell Graveyard you are not dead.
2. Address the new reapers who wish to join under your banner. Count: 719 (Including 5 spies)
3. Amari Soldat and Mia Flair have arrived at the battlefront and wish to speak with you.
4. Tension is brewing between the Deryck family and Hellsend, specifically the Ten Graves.
5. Representatives from the 24th floor of the NA Battlefront has arrived and have been requesting reinforcements for the past four days.
]
"They think I'm dead?"
[Yes, my lord. Since the videos of your survival after the demon attack have not been circulated, the other Battlefronts are using your death as an excuse to cancel the Seeker War Wager. His Majesty has remained silent on the matter, leading to the suspicion that you were killed by the demon.]
"What? Why do they think I died?"
[My Lord, considering your almost impossible daily killing record, the fact that you suddenly stopped made many believe that you were already dead. Although Hellsend vehemently said that you were indeed alive, the world as a whole believed that they were simply trying to cover it up].Nôv(el)B\\jnn
"..."
[Even the presence of the General Manager from the 24th floor had yet to meet with you, giving more credence to the rumor. Respecting your wishes, no one from Hellsend leaked the fact that you were married and, on your honeymoon,].
"Show me the latest articles in The Graveyard."
[Understood, showing trending articles in the graveyard network]
[News - Revenants
- WHERE IS HE? - Limitless dead! Thousands Mourn! Details inside!
- Death of the Symbol - Disappearance of the Formless Messiah! What happened?
- NO COMMENT! - Hellsend is still unable to say where Limitless and his Seven Sirens are!
- Prayer Vigil in the Name of a Hero! - Limitless still missing after 7 nights!?
- DEATHFALL GOES BANKRUPT! - How the loss of a Formless shook the Annihilation rankings!
- NA Floor 24 GM Gareth Faesten: "I have yet to meet Limitless after waiting for 3 days."
... ]
As usual, the Graveyard would be the Facebook or Tiktok equivalent of the Reaper's social media. Specifically, the ones that made people's brains rot. If you just read those articles, you would think I was really dead.
"Still, why is even Deathfall affected by my disappearance? Didn't they just bet on people who killed zombies? "
[My Lord, it seems that due to the success of Limit Royalty, many decided to stop betting on champions and instead wait for cases similar to yours. The movement in general has greatly reduced Deathfall's income. It made them extremely dependent on your records.]
"Sounds a bit far-fetched, something must have happened."
[I think it also had something to do with the last Seeker war. While David Thomas personally paid the winnings of those who bet on you, it seems that Administration taxed Deathfall heavily for trying to manipulate the odds.]
"Tsk, then they will go bankrupt for being greedy assholes, trying to blame me for this is stupid."
[I agree, my lord.]
"I wonder if I should have a press conference or something."
[Personally, I do not think you need to respond to them. You are going to leave the NA Battlefront anyway. It would be better to just focus on the other things].
"Right? Where did the 719 Reapers come from?"
[They come from a hodgepodge of groups. The most prominent are rogues, slaves, and other professions. It seems that Krishna Sangan, fighting by your side, called all the Rogues in hiding to join you. Pixie Richards and Delroy Baxter functioned similarly for the slaves.]
"How is Hellsend dealing with the rogues? Isn't the Administration's treatment of them extermination? How many are there, exactly?"
[Yes, Phillip Scrivener made the call to temporarily house all the rogues. All one hundred and fifty of them. Some became unruly and were beaten almost to death by Vela's wolves].
"And the slaves? How can the slaves come forward on their own?"
[The slaves are made up of groups who bought their freedom or ran away from their owners. Both have difficulty finding work because of the stigma of their caste. Compared to the rogues, they are much more docile and wait quietly. They also number over a hundred.]
"I see, then what about the other professions?"
[The former associates of Terence Anvil and Van Micron have come forward and expressed their desire to join Hellsend. They number over two hundred and twenty wraiths, both Formless and Manifested. All part of either the Fortification or Academics.]
"That's barely over 450? What are the others?"
[They are Adventurers, my lord. Nearly 250 Reapers from the Adventurers have applied to join Hellsend. They are led by a Priority 2 Adventurer couple named Leo and Nyda. Their ranks include adventurers formerly assigned to Tildi and Wilfred.]
"Hmm. I see. I guess that was expected. That leaves the Mercenaries as the only group not to join me. Anyway, has the main production building harassed Helsend? they tried to harass the LLG before."
[None that we know of my lord].
"Your memo says you found 5 spies? Explain."
[Delroy Baxter and Pixie Richards have been stationed at the Simmons residence. Lucrecia Deryck has been using both of them to keep track of events in Hellsgate. When she heard about the large groups of people, she suggested that Pixie use her {Fate} {Compass} to track down the spies.]
"Oh? So, this is like Jack Sparrow's compass? Well, what happened to the spies?"
[They were taken by Eva Baker and used as training material for Inari's Kitchen].
"What? What do you mean?"
[My lord, each of the Sirens has been preparing her group for battle. Lady Aki's training for Inari's Kitchen is to learn how to kill a man as slowly as possible. Eva Baker's {Fate} {Blight} allows the Kitchen to reuse nearly dead Reapers as both training and practical research.]
"... how many Reapers are used by Inari's Kitchen as training."
[There are currently only 25, consisting of spies and test subjects donated by the Deryck family].
"I see..."
I didn't even mean to, but it seems I've created some good synergies.
As someone who fought Aki personally, her fighting skills and ability to use poisons were terrifying. And if she could teach such skills to the Reapers in Inari's kitchen, they would soon become a force to be reckoned with.
Even finding spies became a lot easier with Pixie. If we could use her {Fate} ability to answer in a seemingly omnipotent manner, we struck gold!
But I had bigger problems in mind. For one, Amari and Mia seemed to have come here looking for me.
"Exa, did Amari and Mia mention why they wanted to see me?"
The girls told me that they had rescued Jo and Jas earlier as payment for their debt to me. With the debt paid, what else could they be here for?
[They are currently waiting for you at Arcus Kiss. The only message they gave to Cynthia and Yvonne was that they had a proposition for you.]
"Hmm. I guess I had to talk to them to find out more."
The Deryck family and Hellsend being at odds was to be expected. But I didn't have the bandwidth to deal with them right now. Once the Derycks became Reapers, it should take care of itself.
The next pressing matter was the last one on Exa's list. I saw that the bastard from the 24th floor was waiting for me. Besides, with his stupid interview, he had directly contributed to the rumors that I was dead.
"Exa, what does Gareth Faesten want?"
[According to Phillip, all support for the 24th floor was cut off immediately after the announcement of the Invincible. They are currently in need of medical supplies and defenders. The 24th floor battle line is crumbling and under attack from the undead].
"Why am I not surprised. David fucking sucks as a boss!"