"Yes. That is what a Chaser is. Because they have Zenith constitutions you get to see the best of both worlds. There are Chasers who have bodies that are indestructible but lack soul energy for {Fates}. And you have Chasers who have extremely weak bodies but have near infinite soul energy."
[I see. That is why Lady Robyn who once had a well trained body turned frail. With her soul capacity increasing her body could no longer keep up.]
’I see. It would have been the equivalent of putting a powerful engine in a tiny car. The car itself could not handle the horsepower and would breakdown as a result.’
"You said your Aussie lover was a combat joey. Then her body slowly turned frail. That means her Zenith constitution has yet to stabilize. It will only do so once she becomes a Specter. Her body will have three chances to decide.
"If her body has deteriorated it means her soul won at least twice. The third ascension would complete the process. There is no way to overturn this process. Or rather it would be dangerous to not allow the Phantom to Ascend as soon as possible."
"Dangerous? Dangerous how?"
Herman made an exaggerated sigh as he spoke, "Limitless for all your competence in combat you become an incredibly stupid motherfucker when your harem is concerned. How would you fair if you have the equivalent of nukes rampaging inside you?" Discover exclusive tales on freewebnovel
"…"
"What he means to say Limitless is that unlike the other Classes, the Ascension of Chasers posses significant danger. Unfortunately, It is quite normal for them to die without being able to stabilize. Summoners by comparison have it easy. Chasers are the class with the highest rate of non-combat related deaths in Hellsgate."
Motherfucker just how much did this world have to punish Australians! Was it not enough they had to protect an entire battlefront with their limited numbers?
"Fuck…"
Not minding my state, Carlos continued his explanations.
"A human’s body and soul have their own instincts. Examples would be hunger and mental trauma. You body uses Hunger to warn you of dying from starvation. Mental trauma on the other hand is your soul’s way of reminding you to either avoid or forget something that almost killed you.
"Most of the time the body follows the soul. But when they fight each other it often drives a person insane. Reapers are no different, but rather than your mental health, your body breaks down or your soul energy dissipates. Neither are good for you."
’Exa.’
[My lord, I will try to research as much as I can about Zenith constitutions. As for rapidly ascending to a Specter, it would require…]
’I know. It would require Robyn to forget her memories,’ I inwardly whispered.
Fuck. Fuck. Fuck! I though I already prepared myself for this when I saw how desperate Aki was. But Robyn similarly was pulling out all the stops.
I have seen terminally ill characters in anime and manga. Suddenly thinking Robyn would need to go through that made my heart hurt. Why? Just why did she had to go through this?
Bewildered, I couldn’t help but ball my fists and began thumping them against my head. Once again I was force to just sit on the side as my girls took risks all because they wanted to follow me.
"There is one thing I need to reiterate, Limitless."
I looked up towards Carlos as he continued.
"While average Chasers die or hurry their ascensions. There are those who force themselves to prolong the process. This extremely minute group intentionally endure the suffering all to gain more power."
"What do you mean?"
"I will preface this by saying that any Chaser who ascends prematurely gets stuck in a middling state between a Phantom and Specter. Put simply they become invalids unable to get stronger."
Not really surprised there. As with cultivation manga and anime, if you did not work on your foundations rapidly gaining power meant nothing. Laddered ranking systems slowed the progress of people in order to avoid this exact same problem.
"For those who manage to stabilize their Zenith constitutions however, they unlock power that dwarfs all other classes by a fairly wide margin. This is the secret of why no one can beat a Chaser Specter in single direct combat.
"This is the same reason why his majesty the Merciless is by far the most feared of the Revenants. Many believe it would take their majesties the Invincible, the Virtuous and the Unbreakable to even attempt to restrain him."
"What?"
"It’s why no one dares to stop him when he regularly goes to Antarctica to blow off steam," Herman interjected with a frown.
[This is a well-documented fact. His Majesty Peter Vujicic is known for bunny hopping to Antarctica and demolishing the polar ice caps. The sudden decrease in their mass was largely because of his rampages not because of global warming.]
"…"
My brain now hurt for a completely different reason as I tried to massage the bridge of my nose. Ignoring the stupid ass way the strongest Chaser threw tantrums in someone else’s continent, I took deep breaths to calm down.
"Anyway, the two schools of thought for Chasers are Limit and Infinity. Limit Chasers develop bodies immune to soul. Simply put, their mere presence causes {Fates} and soul in general to be suppressed. Only {Fates} that do not manifest outside of your body would still work.
"His majesty the Merciless is a Limit Chaser with a documented anti-soul Domain spanning almost ten kilometers. In contrast mine is not even a tenth of that. If I was to fight him, my Champions would die just from trying to get close."
[6.21 miles, my lord.]
’Thanks. But still, isn’t that fucking insane? How the fuck do you fight someone who can suppress {fates} just by breathing? Would I still be able to {Rewind} in that scenario?’
"In contrast, Infinity Chasers are like stars on the brink of exploding. I told you that Specters draw souls from outside of their bodies, right? Other classes need a Domain to ensure they have an environment that gives them sufficient souls. Infinity Chasers do not."
"Huh? That makes no sense. What do you mean they do not?"
"Infinity Chasers have no needs for Domains. Due to siphoning all possible souls from their bodies they become living soul reactors that never run out of soul. Stamina costs for {Fates} are overturned and paid for with soul energy.
"Provided they can handle the malice, they can pull big moves for eternity without stopping. In large scale combat a single Infinity Chaser could out gun and out last even the largest mage battalions."
I began to imagine who would win if an Infinity Chaser and a Limit Chaser fought. It would be like pitting the strongest shield to the sharpest spear. However I did learn one thing.
From how Robyn’s body was behaving she must already be on the Infinity track. Once she ascends that would mean she will no longer have stamina problems in the future.
"Truthfully if Australia had just twice the number of Reapers, they would have conquered the whole world already. While they are extremely reliable allies there is nothing scarier than an angry Australian."
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I noticed that Carlos shuddered a bit as he remembered being hunted by an Aussie. Herman similarly made a face that looked absolutely distressed.
"Summoners, Shifters and Enhancers in particular are weak to Chasers. Keepers, Linkers and Rulers can manage but they would need a lot of support. Thankfully due to the extremely scarce population of the Australian battlefront it is rare to meet one anyway."
"But both of you looked like you fought a Chaser before. What is the story with that?"
Herman cleared his throat as he explained, I noticed that Carlos seemed anxious. His eyes were one of fear.
"It occurred many years ago. We were once sent with a division of over 200 Phantoms to try and establish a beach head in New Zealand for an invasion. We encountered three Chasers returning from Hellsgate. And well, it didn’t end pretty."
"Basing from his face, I can safely say that it must have been the absolute opposite of pretty. How did the battle go?"
"Battle? What battle? There was no battle. It was a one-sided slaughter. Our group was annihilated by three reapers. Two Limit Chasers and one Infinity Chaser.
We were left half dead as a warning. The unlucky ones had their spines ripped out repeatedly as punishment."
At Herman’s grim retelling I couldn’t offer words of comfort. It was wrong for them to try and invade Australia in the first place. But still three Phantoms against two hundred was fucking awesome.
’I wonder how I would fair?’ I thought absentmindedly.