Strongest Superhuman System - Chapter 524

Chapter 524: I Need A Ride
The general quickly got the full picture from Pat’s desperation. Even though it seemed like a long shot, it was better to try something than to not try anything at all. Even if they were not able to get the monster to stop, maybe they might be able to get it to just change directions and move towards another city instead.

The general quickly started to put out calls to the various guilds around, and Pat also started to try and calculate the optimal path that the monster would take so that there would be the least number of casualties. But as Pat was doing this, he suddenly got a call from an unknown number. Pat narrowed his eyes in confusion and he almost ignored it, but something told him not to do that. There were a very limited number of people that knew his number and one of those people was Mark.

Pat picked up immediately, and once he heard the voice on the other side, Pat felt like falling to his knees.

[Pat, it’s Mark. I need a ride.]

…

Mark had arrived in the real world in the same place that he left. But since The Red Lotus Hotel had been completely destroyed by the anima invasion, there was only a large pile of rubble where the once-majestic building had been. When Mark appeared, he looked around and managed to find one of the survivors who was hiding in a broken-down apartment opposite the hotel using his [Achelllies Heel] and put a call out to Pat using the woman’s phone.

There were no anima on the street since they had all hurried to go and meet with the Armageddon, and Mark jumped to the top of a building to try and see just how much damage had been done to the city in his absence.

Mark’s face remained stoic while he looked out over City A, and anyone who saw him would think that he was not affected by the sheer destruction that he was seeing in front of him. But by the time the helicopter arrived to take him away, Kevin’s two legs had been broken.

Now, Mark was walking out from a military base in City A. Pat sent a helicopter for Mark, and Mark first had to land at the military base since he needed to drop Salazar off and they were still trying to think of the best way to handle the Armageddon that showed up in City G. City A was miles away from City G, so it was better for them to use the military helicopter here to get to City G faster. Mark used the brief moment he had before getting into the military helicopter to change his attire to a new one since his previous one was destroyed in the ALTERWORLD.

[The Artefact [Armor of Ares – S] has been severely damaged and will not be at full capacity until it is repaired.]

[Does the user wish for the system to begin the repair sequence?]

Mark chose yes, and the system brought up another prompt.

[Repair Time: 48 hours]

[Armor of Ares – Current Rank: A]

Mark turned away from the system and moved toward the military helicopter. He wore a black t-shirt and military cargo pants with black combat boots that made him look a lot like one of the soldiers on the base. Mark thought it was cool, but he didn’t have time to think about it any more than that.

While Mark was doing this, Patrick was calculating the best possible way for Mark to help out in the battle. Patrick knew that Mark was strong, but Patrick did not know if Mark would be able to handle a monster of this level. Patrick started explaining to Mark about a plan involving Mark helping out in moving the Anima to a different part of the country, but Mark shot it down.

“I’ll kill it.”

Pat was stunned as he heard this. Was Mark not the one that struggled against Eldritch Monsters just a month ago?

[Mark. Are you sure? This isn’t just a regular anima. It’s an armageddon. I know you’ve fought against one before, but didn’t you say you lost your powers? You’re going to have to make sure it doesn’t get to City S. A lot of people could lose their lives if you can’t handle this.]

Mark put his Armor of Ares on his chest, and it transformed into the usual bulletproof jacket before he started walking out of the base. Even though the Armor would not be at its peak condition while it was being repaired, it was still better than using one of the military issues jackets.

“Trust me. Just drop me right on top of it, Pat. I’ll end it.”

Mark’s tone left no room for debate, and Patrick immediately decided that he was going to give Mark the benefit of the doubt. If Mark says he can kill an Armageddon, then Pat is going to believe him. And besides, Pat knew Mark had done it before, so he trusted that Mark could do it again.

The military base that Mark was in was mainly filled with regular human soldiers who could not go out and join the battle against the Anima, but even they could feel the tension in the air as Mark walked out from inside the military base. Mark looked to his right as he saw someone approaching him, and the woman stepped in front of him and blocked his path.

She was rather beautiful, with a somewhat masculine face that made her seem very tough. She had straw blond hair that was tied in a bun behind her head and deep black eyes that seemed to be permanently narrowed in a condescending look. She was wearing a military uniform as well, but it was different from the military uniform of the other soldiers there, and it had a German flag embroidered on the right shoulder.

“So you are the Mark Vanitas I hear about so much. You are surely a powerful one.”

The woman smiled in a coy way as she looked Mark from head to toe. There were other soldiers behind the woman, and they were all wearing the same military garb that she was. Mark could only guess that they were reinforcements sent in from Germany to help during the crisis.

They came in very late, didn’t they? Almost suspiciously late.

Mark’s True Sight came on instinctively.

…

Name: Ida Hoffman

Race: Human

Rank: ELITE RANK II

Potential: S

Description: A commander in the German army and one of the major contractors of Geb, the Egyptian god of the earth, who grants her the ability to manipulate and bend gravity around her body to her will. As a member of the German military, she had to fight her way up the ranks against some of the strongest soldiers in the country, and that has given her a tough and almost impenetrable character that sometimes makes her seem too overbearing.

Affiliation: Chaotic Good.

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She’s strong.

Mark was surprised by how strong the woman was, especially with how low her potential was. Getting to ELITE Rank II with only an S rank potential was undeniably impressive. That just meant she had one hell of a work ethic and trained like her life depended on it.

Mark glanced at her shoulder again and saw that there were four diamonds on it denoting her rank.

What rank was that? Was it a captain? I know it’s not a corporal or a general. Well, regardless of her rank, I know she’s the highest-ranked soldier here.

Mark wondered how strong the German forces really were.