Strongest Superhuman System - Chapter 262

Chapter 262: An Unexpected Broadcast
“You have quite a lot of mana, little missy. I don’t think I’ve seen anyone at your level with this quantity of mana. If you use it well enough, I think you should be able to manipulate your mana to heal yourself in the future, the quality is good enough for it. You see, where I come from, magicians whose mana is specific in their functions are usually very good at learning how to manipulate their mana. I’ll teach you one or two things if we have the time.”

Luna was stunned by the offer. The Merlin was offering to teach her himself! That was an amazing offer.

“R-Really? Thank you! I’ll gladly learn anything you can teach me!”

“Good, you should listen to anything I say. I’ve been told many times that I’m the greatest teacher that ever -”

“Alright, that’s enough of that. We are going way off-topic here. Since we have the advantage of numbers right now, we should try to find out more about the other servants.”

Mark suddenly cut Merlin off, and Merlin just sighed on the couch as he got interrupted. He was about to go into a long drawn-out explanation about his origin and how he became who he was, but it seems Mark just didn’t give a damn.

Mark continued.

“If you’re the bishop, then we can be sure that the other pieces are also pretty dangerous. Right now, I’m most worried about the queen. The game probably gave the queen a lot of power as well as high mobility, so they could be anywhere at any time, and we would be caught off guard if we don’t prepare for it. Another difficult piece is the king. We don’t know what sort of buff the system gave the king, but from what I remember about chess, it is likely that the king will possess an army.”

“Actually, I know who the king is.”

“Hah…?”

Merlin suddenly spoke up, and Mark turned to him in surprise as he heard what Merlin said. Merlin knew who the king was all this time? That changed everything! Why the hell was Merlin keeping something like this a secret!? He should have said something from the start!

“Well, who is it!?”

Merlin waved Mark down as he told him to calm himself. He was going to tell them anyway, so Mark didn’t need to shout.

“It’s someone you should know about. Have you ever heard of Joan of Arc? The mistress that was killed by fire after she was accused of being a witch.”

Mark’s eyes widened in surprise. He definitely knew about Joan of Arc. Joan d’Arc was a woman who lived in France during the early fifteenth century. She was seen as a prophet and seer since she claimed to be hearing the voice of the divine. The history books say that during the Hundred Years’ War against the English army, she led the French army into war, and many villages and cities surrendered to her without even putting up a fight, leading to everyone in France revering her as a true saint.

But that did not last for very long as the French parliament eventually started to doubt the legitimacy of her claims to be a saint. The French parliament took Joan to trial, and she was eventually found guilty of heresy and sacrilege before being burned at the pyre for her crimes. That was a story that Mark learned about early on because of how impactful it was.

It was so impactful that Mark did not even bother falling asleep during the class that it was told. He actually managed to stay awake for it.

“So she is the king. This could be problematic. Do you know what sort of buffs or disadvantages the game gave her?”

Merlin shook his head.

“Nothing like that. I only found out about her because I was looking for you. I had no interest in her, and from the way she ignored me when I was searching for you, I can tell that she has no interest in me as well. But her territory is pretty secure. She made her territory in the Tokyo Art Museum in Shibuya, some kilometers away from where we had our battle. There were many shadows moving around the museum, and I could feel eyes on me from a distance even though I never got very close. She’ll know you’re coming if you get near that museum.”

She was that close?

Mark scratched the back of his head as he realized that Joan was right on top of them during their battle, and yet she did not get involved in it. Was that some sort of strategy that she was using? Why wouldn’t she attack when we were both distracted trying to kill each other? Or wait, maybe it is not a strategy at all. Maybe it is some form of disadvantage that she cannot leave her territory or something. Knowing what the king is like in chess, that is a very high possibility. The king in chess is the most important piece, so it would make sense if the game put a penalty on her that reduced her power or the power of her soldiers if she leaves the territory.

But then, that means her territory will be the hardest to get into. Should we deal with the other servants first?

Luna suddenly spoke up when she saw how hard Mark was thinking about the king.

“I think it will be good for us to deal with the other servants first. Since we know that the king and queen will be the most difficult to handle, we can leave them for last. Right now, we have an advantage since we have two servants instead of one. They don’t know where we are, but we can find them using the wiik-bat and then ambush them.”

Mark gave Luna a look when he heard her plan. It was a lot more cynical than Mark thought it would be, but it was also the perfect plan right now. Leaving the king and queen alone might not be ideal, but it was definitely beneficial. They could simply get rid of the other pieces and then they could focus on the king and queen.

[This is a broadcast to all participants in the Game of Gods.]

[The master of Servant QUEEN [Julius Caesar], as well as Servant QUEEN [Cleopatra], has been eliminated from the game by Servant KNIGHT. Servant KNIGHT has gained a twenty-four-hour non-aggression benefit. No servant-master pair is allowed to approach or attack Servant KNIGHT during the non-aggression period. Servant KNIGHT is not allowed to approach or attack a servant-master pair anytime during the non-aggression period. If Servant KNIGHT attacks another servant-master pair during this period, the non-aggression benefit is revoked.]

[Servant QUEEN’s territory has been confiscated from her and will be passed on to the Servant KNIGHT as a spoil-of-war. The territory will remain as the QUEEN territory even after the exchange.]

[Due to the nature of the KNIGHT class, Servant KNIGHT is allowed to merge his territories into one. Merged territories will retain the properties of both the QUEEN territory and the KNIGHT territory.]

[Servant KNIGHT has merged the QUEEN territory with the KNIGHT territory, and all properties of the QUEEN territory have been passed on to the KNIGHT territory.]

“What the fuck?”