The Reincarnation of the Kingmaker

Chapter 101: The sword that can make Kings

Kingmaker.

It was a weapon that not a lot of people knew about, even in the future. The reason being is that it is a soul weapon. Meaning, the person who becomes its owner is the only sole person who could ever use the weapon and know its information. Moreover, the moment the owner dies, the weapon would die along with him. Simply put, the future of the weapon solely depends on its owner.

In the future, the person who became the owner of Kingmaker was just an unknown ordinary person with no renowned background whatsoever who just happens to be lucky enough to pick it up at the perfect moment. Even though he has such a powerful soul weapon, it didn't make his life any better. As a matter of fact, his life became worst instead since a lot of people felt jealous of him after he told them about the ability of Kingmaker. And because of that, the potential of Kingmaker was never shown on Earth.

However, unlike the people of Earth, Natas has witnessed the power of Kingmaker countless times already on the other planets that the 'Tower' had visited in the past.

Every single time Kingmaker is used by someone capable, it would always bring about a favorable or catastrophic influence on the entire world.

The simple reason being is just like what its name suggests, it is a soul weapon that can make Kings.

"The Kingmaker?" Kayn wonders. He had heard some rumors about this soul weapon back then from the future. But because he has never personally witnessed its strength nor were there even any videos that show what it's all about, he doesn't understand the exact reason for Natas' reaction.

"The maker of Kings,"

"Does it make its owner a King?" Kayn whispered while slowly taking a step back so that he can continue talking with Natas with no one disturbing him or getting suspicious about who he is talking to.

"That's just one of its functions,"

"What are the others?"

"It can make other people Kings and Queens too,"

"I thought that soul weapons can only be used by one person,"

"The owner is the one who makes them Kings and Queens,"

"What do you mean exactly when you said that it can make them Kings and Queens? Is it about the noble rank, or is it about strength and power like the title Emperor of Sword and Sword Emperor,"

"Both,"

Kayn instantly felt speechless. That implies not only can the owner of Kingmaker make individuals powerful, but they can also command a huge army from multiple different Kingdoms.

"But that's not the most dangerous and sought-after skill of Kingmaker. The reason why I want you to close the entrances of the domes is that whoever swore loyalty to the owner of Kingmaker can never betray him,"

"The moment they do, they would become a living puppet to the owner of Kingmaker until they die,"

"Meaning…" Kayn can't help glimpsing at the hundreds of people inside the domes right now.

An enemy army right in the very center of the army of the Green Horn Village.

What does that mean?

It means that a catastrophic event is about to go down soon!

"Rest assured, as long as one is only a wielder of Kingmaker and not its owner yet, then they'd only be able to command a limited number of people,"

"Now that I think about it, it wasn't Chief Kylo who became the owner of Kingmaker," Kayn finally remembered the owner of Kingmaker. That individual was just a weak and incapable person with nothing great under his name. "So, how many people can its wielder control?"

"A thousand,"

"A thousand…?"

That number was more or less the total number of soldiers in the army the Tenderfoot Village has brought. And probably more than a third of them have volunteered to surrender and are staying in the domes right now.

"Were we just playing in the hands of Chief Kylo all this time?"

"I am afraid, but it seems like it,"

"Is he perhaps planning to use this war as something like the official debut of Kingmaker?"

"No," Natas shook his head. "The reason for this war should be because Chief Kylo is trying to become the owner of Kingmaker,"

"What do you mean?"

"One of the requirements to complete before becoming the owner of Kingmaker is to win a war, and not just any war, but a world war,"

This means that right from the very start the exact reason for this war was neither because of the difference in ideologies between Chief Kylo and Old Chief George nor because the Assembly of Freedom simply wants to cause destruction and bring anarchy to 'The Bridge', but rather it's because Chief Kylo wanted to stage a war so that he can win it.

Of course, simply starting a war wouldn't be enough to meet the requirement of the Kingmaker because it has to specifically be a world war. But, it just so happens that every floor in the 'Tower' is considered a world of its own, including 'The Bridge' itself. So, Chief Kylo's exact intention is not just to start a war against the Green Horn Village, but to start a war with everyone in 'The Bridge'.

What's happening right now is technically the beginning of the war between the Assembly of Freedom against the entirety of 'The Bridge'.

"What are you going to do with that humongous sword?" Friedrich can't help smirking at Chief Kylo.

"You can barely even carry it!" Gilbert can't help adding.

"I am guessing that you can't swing that sword more than once!" Cedrick exclaimed.

Unlike the others, Old Chief George turns to look at Kayn who is now standing considerably far from them as of this moment.

He had heard Chief Kylo saying that someone seems to know of Kingmaker. And the only person he could think about was Kayn.

"Tell me about that sword!"

"Kill everyone in the domes!"

"That…" Old Chief Kylo felt surprised.

"You have to do it now before it's too late,"

"What do you mean?"

While Old Chief George was still contemplating Kayn's suggestion, Chief Kylo raises the sword high up above his head, preparing to swing it.

"Start killing them now before Chief Kylo can swing the sword!"

"We can't possibly do that!" Natasha interrupted.

"You have no other choice. Even if you don't do it now, you'd still be doing it soon,"

"I reject your suggestion," Old Chief George doesn't even bother to consider it because it's foolish. He spent a lot of effort to convince those people to drop their weapons and volunteer to surrender. And now that they did, he would go back to his words? No one would trust him anymore once he does that.

"You won't be able to,"

Even if he tells them the truth, Kayn can already expect that they won't believe him. So, he's just dropping them the only choice they have so that later on, they won't have to think for long to find a solution.

Old Chief George turns his attention back to Chief Kylo.

"Before I swing my sword, I just want you to know that everything that happened from the start until now was all just a part of my plan,"

Hearing that, Old Chief George's face instantly turned ugly. He instantly had a premonition that something bad is about to happen and using Kayn's warning as a clue, it would be related to those soldiers temporarily imprisoned in the domes.

Just when he was about to order his soldiers to start killing them, Chief Kylo has long already swung the Kingmaker.

Whoosh!

A powerful gush of wind immediately forces everyone to retreat a few meters.

"It has begun!" Natas felt regretful that they are already too late.

"Was that all there is to that swing?" Gilbert felt that it was so anticlimactic. So much suspense was built up only for that swing to only push them away by some distance away from where they originally stood.

Contrary to Gilbert, Old Chief George's face turned ugly as he notices the soldiers inside the domes are now starting to act weird.

He instantly remembered Kayn's suggestion.

"Kill them, now!" Kayn muttered beside Old Chief George.

"Why?"

"They are no longer humans, but living puppets,"

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

In the next moment, some of the people inside the domes strangely started banging their heads on the walls.

"What the!" Gilbert felt shocked. "Have they gone insane or something?"

"Look at their eyes," Friedrich pointed.

Upon closer inspection, they instantly noticed that the eyes of the people inside the domes has now turned grey. It wasn't just any ordinary grey, but the color seems to exhibit lifelessness.

"Hey, what are you doing?!" Natasha exclaimed loudly.

A few of the soldiers heard her, but the moment they turned to look at her, they simply let out a growl as if they are wild animals before joining with the others to bang their heads on the walls.

Natasha felt speechless.

"Something is wrong," Friedrich concluded.

"No shit Sherlock! Everyone could see that," Gilbert rolled his eyes.

"Living puppets? Tell me more about that," Old Chief George finally understood that Kayn was telling the truth.

"It's hard to explain. But I'll just put it this way; the souls of those people still remain inside their respective bodies, but they no longer have the authority to exercise free control over it,"

"Is it something related to mind control?"

"Something similar to that,"

"Do we really have no other choice but to kill them?"

"We do have another choice,"

"What?"

"We simply kill Chief Kylo and give that sword to me,"

That was the other option that Natas had informed him of just now.

"To you?" Old Chief George felt suspicious.

"If you happen to know somebody else that you deeply trust who knows how to use Kingmaker, then I don't mind you giving it to that person. I am simply presenting myself as an option,"

"I'll give you my answer later," Old Chief George knows that he doesn't have to give an answer right away.

"In the meantime," He looks at Friedrich and the others. "You heard Kayn, right?"

"We understand," Friedrich and the others nodded their heads.

"I want you to bring me the Kingmaker. I don't care if Chief Kylo dies or not. And you have my permission to temporarily remove your limiter,"

Hearing the last line, Friedrich and the others immediately started removing one different piece of jewelry from their bodies.

"What's that for?" Kayn can't help asking Gilbert.

"Do you know why we are called Green Horn Knights?"

"Well, because you are the knights of the Green Horn Village?"

"Not entirely," Gilbert shook his head. "It's because we have limited our strength to the level of a beginner,"

"That's you being a beginner?"

"Why do you think you were able to sneak one on me? And why do you think we earned the trust of Old Chief George?"

"I thought you were just bad?"

"I admit, I was nothing compared to you when I was at your level. But I am no longer in the same league as you anymore,"

"No wonder," Kayn finally understood why Gilbert seems too weak when he was fighting against Scar and his squad. He had to be pushed around for quite some time before eventually being able to get back at them. Also, he has never seen him use any Active Skills and Passive Skills until now. And that includes Friedrich and the others as well.

The instant the pieces of jewelry were removed, a strong gush of power immediately exploded throughout the nearby surroundings.

"Now you're definitely someone in level 49,"

"Just wait here and let us do our job,"

"Good luck!"

"Let's go!" Friedrich muttered.

In the next moment, Friedrich and the others disappeared from their spot.

"They're finally acting like real capable people!"

"I heard that!"

"That was my intention!"