Despite terrorizing a few people, our al ended on a good note. Of course, being a man, I picked up the tab. I didn't even worry about the cost, I just sent the money via digital paynt.
Lilly, seeing this, ridiculed with glee. "How quaint. Are you still using mobile paynts as a reaper, Dear? Why didn't you order a soul card?"
"A what?"
"Ignore the smug heiress, honey, it's basically a credit card for reapers. Everything you buy is deducted from your soul account. They offer an automatic soul conversion service for free."
"Oh? How handy! Does everyone already have one?"
At my question, the girls all pulled out a black credit card with a reaper image on it. Liv handed hers so I could get a better look. It looked like any other credit card, but sohow it felt like it had a soul.
The na "Freyja" was embossed in gold letters.
"Lilly, can you get one?"
"I already have, dearest. As your kindred, how could I allow you to endure such inconvenience such as mobile paynts."
The untad then took out a small envelope containing a soul card. She handed it to with a smile. I examined the card and noticed that it had the word "Limitless" in elegant script.
"Honey, note that this card automatically hides in your GRI when not used.
It serves as a reaper's identification. It cannot be forged or imitated. When there are no more souls in your account, the card will turn white."
"I see. Thank you both for this."
When the topic of finances ca up, the girls made grim faces. It didn't take a genius to understand why.
The bet David had made was, of course, on everyone's mind.
In a best-case scenario, enough people would bet on that the Seeker War would begin with the Sirens already present. But realistically, that seed impossible. At worst, I would already be dead and the Sirens still wouldn't be deployed.
This scenario was beyond our control. No matter how powerful we were, the Reaper society as a whole was in charge. Even though the Revenants were not directly involved in the ga, it was a safe bet that their people were.
After all, when the other six battlefronts pooled their resources, it was hard to fight with just North Arica's finances. At least from my point of view.
I an, I had about 60 grand to my na. And I was a Reaper for barely a week. Given enough ti, anyone would be able to amass a significant amount.
That was assuming everyone fought like I did. Unfortunately, I was considered an anomaly. One had to rember that the norm in Hellsgate was for Wraiths to barely get by. Phantoms would use almost everything they had to defend themselves.
Specters, who should have the most money, would have already forgotten what the hell they were fighting for. That left only seven Revenants, who would care less about such trivialities.
"B-bella, I have a live feed to the numbers. Are these real?" Jo asked, her voice shaking.
"Fuck dead! These numbers are absolutely insane!"
"This is bullshit! How many reapers voted against this? The Revenants are probably giving their resources to their subordinates to indirectly increase the Savior pool," Bella theorized.
Jasmine frowned as she added.
"Well, the implications of owning a floor outside of your continent are great after all."
"Tsk. Everybody! Let's go to Hellsgate now! There is no ti to waste!" Liv bellowed.
I looked at the numbers and understood why the girls were wearing gloomy expressions.
My betting pool already had 4,350,000 souls, which was amazing in its own way. Unfortunately, it was a drop in the bucket compared to the Savior's pool. The total number of souls was already at 35 million.
And the total ti the Sirens were barred from joining was eight hours and thirty minutes. Since the Reapers fought at extrely high speeds, I would have either won or died long before that countdown expired.
But that changed nothing. The fight was going to happen anyway, so it hardly mattered to . From my point of view, I needed a healthy number of souls to keep for the battle. Putting them all into my pot and having nothing to use for the battle was stupid.
"Lilly-sama, your fortune should be considerable at this point, right?"
"Ara, aren't you just as well off as Aki? After all, you practically have the resources of an entire clan? Didn't you liquidate them for Haru as soon as you knew that he was still alive?"
The whole table faced Lilly Browning and Aki Miroku. I knew Lilly was rich, but it was surprising to hear that Aki was too. As much as I was flattered by what they were planning, I stopped them.
"Aki, Lilly. Its okay, please don't tr..."
"Dear, shut your mouth." "Shujin, be quiet."
Surprised by their violent reactions, I closed my mouth.
"Then you go first, Lilly-sama, how much have you accumulated in souls?"
"Provided I left the Browning family behind, my personal funds only amount to 10,000,000 souls. And how much do you have, sweetheart?"
10 million? Didn't that an Lilly had over $200 million in cash? Holy shit, my girl was loaded.
"7 million souls, though I sold everything at a loss."
Wow. That was still 140 million! With that kind of money, Haru would be loaded for life. That kind of money made sense if Aki managed to recover and sell the assets of over a hundred reapers.
"However, we are still short. Even if we add seventeen million to Husband's pool, the tir would still delay us by three hours, forty-seven minutes and thirty seconds."
"Maybe we should collect Devil's Remains and sell them. With the amount of zones we can clear, we should have enough, shouldn't we?" Liv suggested.
"Let's go already! We don't have enough ti! Get up you slaggers!"
I was about to voice my opinion when Bella suddenly took my lips. After passionately licking the inside of my mouth, her glazed eyes t mine as she spoke.
"Mr. Code. This is our fight. Your job is to ensure that you do not die before we arrive. How we get into the fight is up to us. Do not worry.
The Sirens are quite strong."
"Ahh! Bella! Stop stealing kisses from Darling!"
"Unhand my dearest, you big-boobed harlot!"
After getting the Siren's to calm down, we returned to our room and warped to Hellsgate ahead of schedule.
By the ti we got there, there was a huge commotion going on.
"GET YOUR ASSES IN GEAR! THEY WILL BE HERE ANY MINUTE!"
"CO AND GET YOUR SKEWERS! They are free all night to Infinity!"
"Okay, Yvonne, get your squad's tactics in order and keep it tight. This is going to be a race against ti."
Surprisingly, the large number of people were all related to my forces. Cynthia and Addison were organizing the Ten Graves.
Joshua was debriefing the 2nd Andnt and Vela's wolves.
Phillip, Wil and Tildi were eting with nurous groups of adventurers. Eva held her skewers out to the people running around. Terence and Freyja's Bulwark assisted the Ten Graves as strong n.
On the other hand, Van and Minerva's Wizards sat together and discussed sothing fervently. The mont our group landed. An extrely loud air horn sounded, causing everyone in the receiving area to look in our direction.
"THEY ARE HERE!" the voice shouted.
Phillip and Joshua walked forward along with the other leaders. Before I could say anything, my Exclusive Clerk took the point and gestured to our entire force.
"Esteed Limitless. Infinity is ready for battle."
"I see. I really am no longer alone," I exclaid overjoyed.
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