Strongest Superhuman System - Chapter 278

Chapter 278: No Need For Words
Musashi gritted his teeth and tightened the muscles on his shoulder to prevent the wound from bleeding out anymore. Otsu suddenly appeared from the side with a cloth, and she ran up to her husband with a look of worry on her face as she started to tie his shoulder with the cloth.

Musashi glanced at her broken nose in anger, but he decided to ignore it for now as he thanked her quietly.

“Arigatou.”

Musashi was too complacent. He was so focused on the asteroid that he did not notice that there was another spell hiding behind that one.

Musashi might be a master at controlling mana, but he was still only a novice in the world of magic. He did not know how to distinguish the mana from one spell from that of another spell. If he had another day to really learn how mana worked, he might not have fallen for the trick, but Merlin learned from his fight with Mark and he put a countermeasure just in case the asteroid did not work.

Musashi finally looked towards where Merlin had been standing, and his eyes softened gently as he saw Merlin with his staff stretched out towards Musashi. Musashi brought his hand to his side and bowed to Merlin.

“It was a good fight, magician. You were strong till your dying breath.”

The body of Merlin had been standing in the same spot since Musashi slashed the air along with the asteroid, and after some time, a spray of blood burst out from the middle of Merlin’s body, right from his head all the way down to his feet before his body began to split apart and fell to opposite sides as he was cut in half.

Merlin’s body turned into golden dust before vanishing into the air to return to the cycle of rebirth.

“Darling, please stay still. I am trying to stop the bleeding, but your movement is making it hard.”

Otsu spoke up as she wrapped the cloth around Musashi’s arm, and Musashi nodded as he stood still and allowed her to wrap it. Musashi knew that it would be difficult for him to fight against Mark with this sort of injury, so he decided that he would retreat for now and heal up first.

After healing, he can come back and get rid of the pawn before finding the king and getting rid of them as well. Musashi looked at the injury on Otsu’s nose, and his eyes narrowed into a glare as he felt some anger rise inside of him.

Musashi knew that this woman was not really his wife. He had never met her in his life before coming into this game, and he did not know why she was so adamant that they were married. But even though he did not know her, she was loyal to him and he couldn’t bear to see her hurt so much.

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

[The servant BISHOP [Merlin] has been eliminated from the game by Servant KNIGHT. Servant KNIGHT has gained a twelve-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.]

…

[The servant ROOK [Hercules] has been eliminated from the game by Servant PAWN. Servant PAWN has gained a twelve-hour non-aggression benefit.]

[The territory of servant ROOK has been confiscated and will be passed on to servant PAWN]

…

So Mark defeated Hercules? It was expected. Musashi could tell that Hercules did not have the same level of skill that Mark had. This game is more dependent on skill and magic than on power, and in terms of skill and magic, Mark was far more advanced than Hercules.

Musashi spoke to Otsu quietly.

“We will look after your injury once we are safe. First, we must retreat and find a place to rest. We cannot fight in this state.”

Otsu looked up at Musashi in surprise for a moment. She didn’t think that Musashi would care about her enough to say something like that. She blushed heavily as she thought that Musashi really loved her before she nodded her head in agreement.

[Servant PAWN has revoked his non-aggression pact]

A black mark suddenly glowed on Otsu’s arm.

[Void Slash: Lightning]

Slash!

SPURT!

Musashi’s eyes widened in shock as he heard the sound of a blade flash across the air! Otsu’s eyes widened in pain as she felt something sharp pass through her waist. She held onto Musashi’s shoulder tightly and Musashi quickly tried to grab her by the waist to hold her up, but his hand only touched air and blood!

Musashi looked down and noticed that Otsu’s lower body had already been split from her upper body! The lower body fell to the ground with a wet thump and Otsu’s blood rained to the ground like a waterfall.

“M-Musashi…”

Otsu called his name one last time and Musashi made sure to keep his eyes locked on her own as her eyes clouded over and she lost her grip on him. The top part of her body fell from his shoulder and dropped to the ground.

[The Master of KNIGHT [Otsu Miyamoto] has been eliminated from the game by Servant PAWN. Servant PAWN has gained a twelve-hour non-aggression benefit. No servant-master pair is allowed to approach or attack Servant PAWN during the non-aggression time period. Servant PAWN is not allowed to approach or attack a servant-master pair anytime during the non-aggression time period. If Servant PAWN attacks another servant-master pair during this time period, the non-aggression benefit is revoked.]

Musashi’s hand tightened around his blade as his teeth clenched until they creaked! There was a deep, intense anger surging through his body and he felt like killing something at that moment! A tear tried escaping from his eyes, but Musashi easily killed it as his eyes started to turn red instead. Musashi turned to his right and glared at the man crouching on top of a building in the distance.

Mark was crouched on a skyscraper and looking down at Musashi with an impassive gaze that showed how little he cared about the woman he just killed. Did Musashi actually think that Mark would let her live after what she did to Luna? That was some bullshit. Mark already knew he was going to kill her no matter what, and it was only Musashi’s bad luck that allowed him to be right beside her when she died.

Shink!

Mark tightened his gloves properly as Musashi drew his sword, allowing it to echo through the burning city. There was no need for conversation between the two men. They understood that the only way to end this was for one of them to die.

Otsu’s death was not like Morgana’s death which was temporary. Otsu wasn’t an immortal mage that had been in the cycle of reincarnation for centuries. Now that Otsu was dead, she was never coming back and Mark knew that it was likely that Musashi would never see her again. That is why Mark was not going to bother asking Musashi to join him and Luna. Mark was able to get Merlin to join because Merlin knew that Morgana was not really gone, but Musashi was too angry and there was nothing that would make him agree to join hands with the people that killed his ‘wife’.

Mark stood up to his full height and the two of them suddenly vanished from where they had been standing!

Clang!