"Was the wiik-bat able to find the knight's territory? if it did, then we could use this to our advantage. If the knight is inviting us so graciously, then we should attack him and be done with it."
Mark spoke with the wiik-bat and it sent back a message that it already found the knight's territory. The knight's territory was only a few kilometers away from Tokyo Bay, along the Arakawa River. It was a stone's throw from the place where the knight wanted to have the meeting.
Once Mark told this to Merlin, Merlin nodded and then gave his own opinion about the situation. It was going to be easy to simply launch a powerful enough attack from far away to take the knight out at once. They knew where the knight was, and they knew he was not in his territory. That was enough information to launch a preemptive attack.
Merlin said this to Mark and was stunned when Mark did not respond for some time. Mark looked to be deep in thought and after some time, Mark looked towards Luna.
"I want to go and meet the knight."
"What? Why!?"
Merlin suddenly shouted in annoyance. He was not having any of it! Why would Mark want to risk his life like that when he could just launch an attack from far away and deal with the knight without putting themselves in danger at all? Luna also seemed to be having the same thought as she calmly asked Mark why he wanted to meet with the knight.
Mark explained his thought process.
"I want to hear what he has to say. Since we are all going to be outside our territories, it is at least going to be a fair conversation. Besides, if a fight were to break out, I would be close to the territory of both the knight and the queen. I don't think I can have a better advantage than that."
Merlin and Luna both gained looks of realization as they saw the sense of what Mark was saying. Since the queen and knight territories were merged, that means that Mark will have the power of both the queen and the knight if he goes into the knight's territory.
Mark continued.
Who's to say the other servants can't avoid a massive fireball the same way Mark was able to? If they attacked the other servants and they evaded it, then the other servants would join forces and make things more difficult. It was better to just hear what the knight had to say while preparing for a fight.
Mark was the one fighting for them, so it was only right that she paid attention to his requests. Since he wanted it, she was going to give it to him.
"Alright, we can go, but we need to come up with a plan. In case things go south, how are we going to deal with the master of the knight?"
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Vroom!
A police car zoomed down the road with its siren blaring and the woman driving the car could feel sweat traveling down the side of her neck as her hands tightened on the wheel.
"You shouldn't honor that invitation. It'll be a waste of time since they are probably planning to attack you."
"You know nothing of true honor, girl, do not speak to me about such a thing if you wish to continue talking. Warriors do not lie."
"Hrk... Alright fine, but you know this could be a trap! What happens if they attack you in the middle of the meeting!?"
"If such a thing happens, then it happens. We are meeting for the sake of our individual desires, so a clash is imminent. This Knight is a man willing to look into the eyes of his enemies, that is someone I can respect. Now, stop talking and focus on the road. I did not hire you to talk."
"Hire me!? I'm a police officer and you're forcing me to drive you to Tokyo Bay like a damn taxi driver for some meeting that I don't even want anything to do with! This is forced coercion! It's kidnapping! If you let me go now, then I won't call the rest of the forces! Just let me go!"