Strongest Superhuman System - Chapter 295

Chapter 295: Do We Have A Problem?
“I don’t understand your question.”

“It’s a simple question, boy. Sozin grabbed you up from right under our noses before anyone else could do anything about it and gave you some power, but are you happy with the sort of power he gave you? Doesn’t it feel like party tricks compared to what the other superhumans can do? Don’t you want to have some real power behind those punches of yours?”

Mark stayed silent as he listened to what Ares was saying. He did not know what Ares was trying to get at, but Ares could tell that Mark was slowly getting the picture from his words.

Ares put his hand on Mark’s shoulder again, and this time, Mark only grunted in slight exertion as he felt the mountain land on him once again, but he did not stumble. He kept his eyes locked on Ares’ eyes and waited for Ares to finally say what he wanted to say.

“I won’t skim words here, boy. Abandon Sozin and come over to my side.”

Mark’s eyes narrowed.

“What?”

Was something like that even possible? Could a superhuman just abandon their patron god and move to another one like that? Ares saw the confusion in Mark’s eyes, and he slapped Mark on the shoulder with a grin. Mark felt his heart leave his body immediately and he had to struggle to not wheeze in pain!

What is it with this bastard and hitting me!?

“You heard me, boy. Abandon that pesky rascal and come over to a true god. I hate to blow my own trumpet, but I am one of the true gods of Olympus, one of the great seven. I have more than enough power to grant you the very world that you live in. There is nothing Sozin can give you that I can’t, so won’t you just leave him and join me? And don’t think this is a test, or maybe even some sarcastic joke meant to test your allegiance. I have no need for something like true allegiance; I simply love people who have power. I wouldn’t even mind throwing away some of my children and granting you their powers since they are not using them properly.”

Ares was dead serious. After watching Mark in the game, Ares could tell that Mark had unbelievable potential. His learning rate and use of strength were beyond anything a normal human could do. Even if Mark did not have his system, Ares still had no doubt that Mark would be able to win against those servants. That was how impressed Ares was. Ares wanted Mark on his side.

Ares already had a lot of children and he had some really strong superhumans that he blessed, but he knew that it was only a matter of time before Mark surpassed all of them and became the strongest. Why would Ares allow Sozin to hold onto someone like Mark? No, Sozin did not deserve Mark. Mark needed a true god as his patron.

“I’ll have to say no.”

Ares’ eyes narrowed as he heard the quick answer from Mark.

“And why not?”

Mark’s eyes were staring right into Ares’ eyes with an unbelievable amount of resolve. Ares could tell that Mark was feeling the strain from his hand on his shoulder, but Mark was trying his best not to let it show at all. Mark’s answer was unprecedented.

“Because unlike you, I care about allegiance. I already have a god I swore my allegiance to, and even though he can be a bastard at times, I kinda like him. Besides, I wouldn’t bother joining a god that could abandon me at any point because they are unhappy with something I did.”

Ares tightened his hold on Mark’s shoulder as the first traces of anger started to appear in his eyes.

“You little brat. You think I am giving you a—”

Woosh!

All of a sudden, Ares was no longer in front of Mark. Ares blinked in shock as he noticed that he was standing in the sky with a wide blue horizon in front of him. The air was calm and tranquil, but Ares could feel that there was something here.

Something dangerous.

Ares felt his hands tighten involuntarily as he craned his neck around to look at the boy sitting cross-legged in the air behind him. Sozin looked like a demon.

“Oi, Ares, are we going to have a problem?”

Ares grit his teeth as he half-turned to look at Sozin. Sozin was smiling widely, but there was an empty look in his eyes that made him look like a demon! Ares waved his hand calmly to try and calm the god of games.

“Now, why would we have a problem? I’m just talking to a mortal. Should you be this concerned about that?”

Sozin floated closer to Ares, to the point that the two of them were face to face. Sozin was still in his child-like appearance and it was almost funny to see the child-like body staring down the much larger and tougher-looking Ares, but from the look of apprehension on Ares’ face, you could tell that he was prepared for the worst.

Right now, something like this shouldn’t be possible at all. For a god to take someone into their domain, they would need to be stronger than that person and it took a great amount of power to keep the other party in their domain since they were basically encroaching on reality with their own dimension.

But pulling another god into your domain was something that even the most powerful gods found hard. It was difficult because of the amount of power you would need to use to pull them in.

But right now, Sozin did something even more unbelievable. Not only did Sozin pull Ares into his domain, Sozin pulled Ares out of his own domain as well. That is the reason why Ares was immediately on guard. Ares knew that Sozin had been growing exponentially since the start of the technological age and he had a lot of power because of how quickly technology became the center of attention in the world. But he never thought that the difference in their power would be this much!

Ares suddenly realized that it would be a bad idea to leave Sozin to keep doing whatever he wanted from this point forward. He was growing too quickly. Wasn’t it just a matter of time before he was more powerful than all the other gods?

Sozin came really close until he was basically glaring down at Ares and he spoke with a playful tone in his voice!

“If you touch him again, I’ll erase you~”

Woosh!

Ares shook his head and he was suddenly back in his own domain. Mark was still glaring at him and they were still in the same position that they were in just before he left. Ares looked at the hand that was on Mark’s shoulder and he closed his eyes and sighed as he slowly took it off Mark’s shoulder and folded it across his chest.

Well, I guess that’s enough for now.

Mark raised a brow curiously as he wondered what happened. To Mark, Ares suddenly changed his entire demeanor. Mark didn’t know anything about what just happened between Ares and Sozin.

Ares glanced down at Mark curiously and sighed before talking proudly.

“We are done here, boy. Get out.”

Ares wished that he was the one that found Mark before Sozin, but now that Sozin had his claws in Mark, there was no other god that could get him out. If Sozin was a weaker god, then Ares would have simply taken Mark without caring about what Sozin thought, but Ares had to be careful around Sozin.

Mark was stunned by the sudden dismissal and he didn’t even get to say anything before he was suddenly thrown back from his chair and out of Ares’ domain!

[The User has been granted a blessing by Ares the god of war]

[The user has gained the [Aegis of Ares]]