Strongest Superhuman System - Chapter 258

Chapter 258: So That Is Your Endgame?
Merlin was also battered and bruised from the scuffle that he had with Mark. Even though Merlin had very high defensive magic, his trait as a bishop prevented him from using them properly, so he got some injuries from Mark’s physical attacks! Merlin decided that he would not let that happen again! He would have to keep Mark at a distance from now on!

Mark put his hand out and he didn’t even try to hide the smug look on his face as he activated his innate spell.

[Void Slash]!

SPLURT!!

Merlin was immediately thrown back from the slash!

‘Huh… So that’s what my blood looks like now.’

Merlin’s eyes were wide as he watched his green blood splash across the air from a large cut that suddenly appeared on his body. The cut ran from his right shoulder down to his left hip. From how much blood was in the air, it was obvious that it was very deep!

How did he hit me? I have enough defensive spells over my body to block even the attack from a minor god. There shouldn’t be any magic spell that can get through my passive defense. No, that isn’t true. He didn’t get through my passive defense, he ignored my passive defense! It’s almost like that attack doesn’t recognize mana as a proper form of defense! It just bulldozed through and attacked my main body with the slash!

A physical attack that ignores all forms of magic.

“Truly fearsome.”

SLAM!

Mark kicked Merlin in the stomach and Merlin flew through the air before he slammed into a building on the other side of the prefecture! Mark appeared there as well and he put his hand forward for a second time.

[Void Slash]!

[Void Slash]!

[Void Slash]!

Two more slashes appeared across Merlin’s chest and a third one cut across his shoulder, almost severing his arm from his body as a massive amount of green blood splashed into the air from the attack! Mark grabbed Merlin by the face and he threw him into the air before appearing above him and slamming a piledriver into Merlin’s back!

BOOM!

Merlin was sent reeling down to the ground and he slammed into a building and then through it as the entire building came crashing down on him at once!

…

Luna was smiling widely as she saw that Mark was winning against Merlin. She could feel her heart rate spiking at every second and she knew that if Mark didn’t end this soon, she might have a heart attack from the tension she was feeling!

“Your idiot fights well.”

But a voice from behind her suddenly spoke up and Luna turned around in shock as she saw Morgana standing there. Luna blinked and looked towards the other building that was on the other side of the prefecture. How did Morgana get across? Don’t tell me she actually walked through that battle just to get here!?

Luna was immediately on the defense! There was no rule that a master couldn’t kill another master, so Luna knew that she had fucked up by not paying attention to what Morgana was doing. But Morgana just waved her away calmly when she noticed that Luna was being defensive. If I wanted to kill you, you would already be dead.

“I’m not going to attack you. I’m just here to tell you something before I go. Your idiot fights well, but you shouldn’t try what you just did ever again. Those things on your hands, they are command seals, right?”

Luna’s face scrunched up in confusion. Idiot? Was she talking about Mark? Why was she calling Mark her idiot!?

Wait, does Morgana think that I’m in a relationship with Mark!? A small blush rose on Luna’s cheeks but she tried her best to ignore the happy feeling in her chest as she eyed Morgana in distrust! After a while, she hesitantly nodded and Morgana continued.

“You should be careful of how you use them to pass around your orders. Those aren’t just tools for telling your idiot what to do; they are mythic codes that can rewrite the world’s natural order to achieve a goal. Your idiot was able to survive your last order because the game saw your command as rectifiable. But if you give such an ambiguous order again, you could cause serious damage to both of you. Imagine you give an order for your idiot to not have any injuries from an attack that Merlin dishes out. Instead of simply blocking the attack, the game could transfer all the damage to you instead, and that would be the end for both of you. Do you understand?”

Luna looked down at her hand in shock as she understood what Morgana said. That was something that Luna never even thought about! She thought that the command seals could just give orders regardless of what they were and the game would accept it! She had to be more careful when using them.

Luna looked back at Morgana cautiously.

“Why are you helping me…?”

Morgana scoffed at her before looking back at the fight that was happening between Merlin and Mark. Morgana’s eyes stayed on Merlin for some time before they softened.

“Your idiot isn’t going to kill my idiot. He would have done it already if that was his end goal. And besides, I’m tired of this whole shit and I want to go home, but my idiot doesn’t.”

Morgana’s lips curled into a small smile.

“And I love my idiot, so I figured I would lend a helping hand.”

Mark tossed Merlin towards the roof and Merlin landed harshly before rolling to a stop beside Morgana. Morgana only gave him a side glance before turning away while clicking her tongue at him. Mark landed beside Luna and he used the back of his hand to clean the blood that had splashed on his face during the fight. Luna gave Mark a worried look, but Mark just smiled at her to tell her not to worry about him.

“Groan~”

Merlin groaned in annoyance as he flipped himself over and sat up calmly. There was a pool of blood staining the ground under him and Mark noticed that there was far more blood than any one person should have in their body. Merlin had already lost a lot of blood and he still had this much. What the hell is this freak of nature?

Merlin held his head tiredly before he put his hand on his raised knee with a tired look on his face. He looked up at Mark and saw the fire that was still burning in Mark’s eyes and Merlin knew at that moment that he had lost fair and square. If the fight went on, they would only be postponing the inevitable.

“Alright, I concede. This one just wasn’t right for me. Damn, you hit like a runaway truck.”

Mark put his hand forward and activated Void Slash and Merlin waited for the finishing blow to hit him. But a black mark suddenly glowed on Morgana’s face!

[Void Slash]!

SPLURT!

Merlin felt blood hit the side of his face and he rose a brow as he noticed that it wasn’t green blood. It was red. Merlin turned and saw Morgana with a large gash running across her body.

Huh, so that was his endgame?