"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...?"
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?"