The Reincarnation of the Kingmaker



Chapter 272: The War that Decides the Fate of 'The Bridge' Part 75

In response to Wesley's reaction, Kayn deactivated some of his charm on the former. Just enough so that he can regain control of his mind, similar to what he did to Seven back then.

"Where am I?" Wesley muttered as he looks around his surrounding with his eyes.

"Maria?" Wesley instantly recognizes one of his comrades who is currently standing just a few meters in front of him. "What's happening?"

"Why can't I control my body?"

"Did you use your telekinesis on me?" Wesley asked as he looks at Maria's hand, immediately noticing that she isn't using her Gift. Instead, he noticed another figure.

"Who are you?" Wesley asked as he looks at Kayn.

"Wait… Aren't you one of the personal chefs of Maria?" Wesley swears that this man was the personal chef who cooked that delicious sweet and sour fish.

"You've already been tricked by this before, yet you still fall for it again," Kayn slowly removes his disguise.

"Kayn?!" Wesley was rendered shocked. "Maria! What are you waiting for? Kill him!"

"I am afraid, I can't," Maria shook her head.

"You…" Wesley quickly observes Maria from top to bottom, thinking that she has fallen into the same state as him. But he failed to see any signs of that. "You can kill him! Why are you not doing it?"

"That's because," Maria looks at the <<Kingmaker>>, hoping that she can use it as an excuse to explain why she can't harm Kayn. But realizing that it would be a bad decision, she finally admitted, "I have proposed an alliance with Kayn,"

"An alliance?" Wesley finally understood. Maria's considered a traitor now. That is why she doesn't want to kill Kayn. "Since when?"

"Just yesterday," Maria no longer choose to hide.

"What did he offer you that made you betray us? We can definitely offer you more, so think about it and capture Kayn!" Wesley still chooses to continue persuading Maria to reconsider.

"That's no longer an option," Maria sighs heavily. "I honestly don't want to betray the organization, but I found out that they are part of an even bigger organization back on Earth,"

"In that case, wouldn't that be better?"

"It's an organization that wants to rule the world and destroy it afterward,"

"That…" Wesley was shocked.

"It is called Circus,"

"Circus?!" Wesley was familiar with it. This was an organization that's commits even more grievous sins than criminals. As a matter of fact, their members are beyond the definition of Villains. "That's great, right?"

Contrary to Maria, Wesley was delighted at that discovery.

Wesley always wanted to join Circus. In fact, that was his dream. He never truly expected that the Assembly of Freedom is a part of it.

"For you, it might be. But not for me," Maria expresses. "The main reason why I joined the Assembly of Freedom was because I can freely do whatever I want. But once I join Circus, it would be no different from being in a cage where I am limited from doing anything,"

"But everyone would fear you! Hence, you still can do it,"

"You'll be hunted by Heroes more powerful than you,"

"Then you run, and the next day do it again!"

"What if there's no longer a next day?"

"That…" Wesley realized. "It shouldn't be possible, your comrades would not let that happen,"

"Are you sure?"

"Look here, I don't know why you are hesitant in joining Circus, but for people like us, that's the only paradise we can go,"

"That's because your Gift can be misunderstood as what Villains use, while mine isn't. And I am not as grief-stricken as you that I've fallen to the abyss of purely believing that I can only do bad things and nothing more,"

"Isn't that the truth?!" Wesley started laughing. "You, me, and practically everyone else in the Assembly of Freedom. The reason why we joined the organization is because our Gifts are meant for evil!"

"No," Maria disagrees.

In the first place, telekinesis is not a Gift for a Villain, rather it depends entirely on the user herself.

"I became a Villain because that was the only choice I had at that time,"

Kayn remained silent as he wants to know what made Maria choose to become a Villain.

To tell the truth, in the past, he only believed that Villains became Villains because they are driven by their own self-interest. But when he was joined by a bunch of Villains in his last attempt to enter the 'Tower', he realized that there actually exist some Villains who were driven to a corner until they reached a point in time where they so desperately want to save themselves or to save someone else that being a Villain is the only choice they can pick as becoming a Hero was no longer an option for them to choose.

"Unlike you who went the wrong way and came to the Tenderfoot Village, I was one of the lucky individuals that choose the correct path and later on arrived at the Green Horn Village," Maria reminisced to her happy memories. "I met plenty of kind and good-hearted people over there who taught me how to use my Gift to help others and to find a way to escape from this god-forsaken place,"

"We traveled together, slain monsters to become stronger, and discovered brand new lands across 'The Bridge'. But…" Maria reached the part of his memory that she doesn't want to bring back. "In one of our missions, we were set up by our client because of greed. They desired one of the items we possess, and so they want to kill all of us. In our desperation to escape, our leader chooses to stay behind so that he can buy enough time for the rest to escape,"

"Unfortunately, it still wasn't enough as they were still able to catch up on us," Without noticing it, a tear fell from Maria's right eye. She continued. "Because I was the youngest and the person who holds the most potential in our group, everyone decided that it is better to save me,"

"Simply put, the only reason why I remained alive until today was because my comrades believed and hope that I can save everyone from 'The Bridge' someday,"