The Reincarnation of the Kingmaker

Chapter 45: Finding the assassin part 2

"Hey, are you sure about this?" Selina can't help but ask as she felt worried about what her father would possibly do to Kayn if whatever he is planning on doing didn't work.

"Do you trust me?" Kayn smiled at Selina.

"Yes, but…"

"Then just watch your boyfriend," Kayn assures Selina before walking toward Mayor Sebastian.

Along the way, Kayn heard Selina and Leah having a conversation about him.

"What do you think is your boyfriend planning on doing?"

"I honestly don't have any clue. But I hope he succeeds,"

"Seriously?! what the hell is going on inside of his mind right now?!"

"That's why I am worried…"

"Hays… How about we go to that shade over there while watching them?" Leah pointed towards the small wooden courtyard.

"Alright,"

At this moment, Kayn, Selina, Leah, and Mayor Sebastian are standing outside the mansion.

After hearing Kayn's assumption just now, Mayor Sebastian decided to consider his words very seriously. So, he told the chef to delay their breakfast for some time so that he can confirm whether the assassin is really hiding outside of his mansion or not.

"You are aware that if your assumption is proven false you will suffer the consequences of your actions, right?" Mayor Sebastian said sternly.

"Yes,"

"This might cause me to no longer view you in favor of becoming my son-in-law,"

"I can earn that back again,"

"You're that confident, ha?" Mayor Sebastian felt a bit surprised at the way that Kayn is acting. If this was someone else, just this brief question-and-answer portion would have been more than enough to lower their confidence.

"Why would I dare to propose this idea to you if I wasn't confident in the first place?" Kayn smiled positively. He might not know which blade of grass exactly the assassin is disguised as right now, but as long as Mayor Sebastian cuts all of them, then he is sure that his plan would come to fruition.

"Let's see about that!"

In the next moment, a chilling and sharp aura could be felt coming out from Mayor Sebastian.

"How familiar," At one point in time, Kayn was ignorant of how Mayor Sebastian was able to hold his position as the Mayor of the capital city of the Dragon Beast Republic. It was only when he fought seriously with the latter that he understood that this man was actually the one who holds the title 'Sword Emperor'.

Evidently, like father, like daughter.

If Selina is the Empress of Flames, naturally her father would hold something even grander to that.

Unlike Selina's title, which simply makes her one of the many candidates for becoming the 'Flame Empress', Mayor Sebastian's title is formally recognized by the entire world as the one and only Sword Emperor.

That's right! Having the word 'Emperor' or 'Empress' after and before one's title actually means different. If one of those two words is right at the start of the title, that only means they are a candidate for possibly holding the said title in the future. Whereas if one has those two words at the end, it means they are the one who is sitting on the throne as one of the true kings and true queens of the world.

The main reason why there are candidates already for the said title is that there are over seven hundred more floors left in the 'Tower'. With that many floors, it isn't impossible to believe that there would be someone to suddenly and unexpectedly replace one of the kings or queens overnight. As a matter of fact, that already happened in the past with Nicholas. Back then, someone else was holding the title 'Martial Emperor', but in just one night, that great person was defeated by Nicholas fair and square and got replaced. It obviously shocked the entire world, and from then on, candidates of the current kings and queens were introduced. This also serves as a reminder to the current holder that at any point in time, if they start slacking off, they could get replaced.

The feeling that Kayn is sensing right now was the same as what he felt back then when he was fighting against Mayor Sebastian in the second life.

It's like the feeling one could get when being pointed at by an actual sword to their head.

"As expected of the Sword Emperor," Kayn murmured. The only way for one to become a candidate of the Sword Emperor, thus earning the title 'Emperor of Sword', is to first become one with the sword. And not in a sense where one merely treats the sword like a part of their body, rather they, themselves, become a sword.

Mayor Sebastian ignored Kayn's words as he closed his eyes to focus on his surroundings.

Unlike everyone who would see nothing after closing their eyes, in his case he sees an image of a black-and-white world. In this world, he controls and has a complete grasp of everything.

From the direction of the wind to the movement of the ground.

Everything in his surroundings is within his view, including the view from the back of his head.

While in that state, Mayor Sebastian started locking on every single blade of grass that he could find in the perimeter of his mansion, may they be hidden under the rocks, growing above his roof, or even those that has just sprouted. Not a single blade of grass was spared.

Unbeknownst to Mayor Sebastian, Kayn actually knows more than him about what state he is currently in. Unfortunately, at this moment, Mayor Sebastian is in a bottleneck, and only if he breaks it, which he definitely would in the future, would he unlock the passive ability called 'Domain'.

That isn't important right now.

As Kayn continues to watch Mayor Sebastian, the latter eventually started moving his pointing finger seemingly making mad and crazy slashes in midair.

In every slash, a strong gush of wind could be felt that blows throughout the entire surrounding.

As the seconds continues to pass, the stronger the wind became.

Kayn, Selina, and Leah were helplessly being pushed back as time goes by.

Realizing that it is impossible for them to stay rooted in one spot, they decided to hide behind the small courtyard that Selina and Leah were using previously to get a shade away from the sunlight.

With the last flick of a finger, all blades of grass in the Mayor's Mansion flew in the air and were right after cut into multiple pieces.

As they dropped to the ground, not the slightest sound was heard from the rest of the blades of grass except for one.

In contrast to the rest of the blades of grass, this single blade of grass was tainted with blood, and the blood continues to slowly cover its entire body every time a cough was heard.

"All this time I expend so many resources to look for you in every corner of the world. I also searched each and every floor inside the 'Tower'," Mayor Sebastian muttered as he slowly walked toward the tainted blade of grass. "I didn't even care how many of my men dies just so that I could get even the tiniest information about you,"

"However, despite how much information I could get, it still leads me to nothing. Not a clue, a footprint, nor even just a shadow from you was found,"

"And because of that, my hopes of finding you was dwindling,"

"Just a few minutes ago, I made up my mind to finally ask other people to help me find you. But before finally doing that, I wanted to use my son-in-law as a stepping stone to conclude that decision and make him the prime example for those who are useless,"

"Can you believe that?! I tried to actually use someone close and important to me as a sacrifice for the little pride I have left in me as a husband!"

Mayor Sebastian suddenly stopped on his step. Right now, he is standing in front of a blade of grass that is fully tainted in the color of blood.

"If at that time I let my emotions control me and go into a rage, hence kicking out my son-in-law, then this moment right here wouldn't have come,"

Mayor Sebastian started laughing hysterically.

It was only at this moment that all the guards of the Mayor's Mansion started arriving one after another as they have noticed the commotion just now.

In front of them, they are watching Mayor Sebastian laughing crazily while a dying thin old man was lying on the ground that is now covered by blades of grass that were freshly cut by a sharp sword.

Seemingly in an instant, all guards recognized the man lying on the ground as none other than the assassin who killed Mayor Sebastian's wife.

It wasn't hard for them to recognize the man as everyone has multiple copies of what he looked like on their phones and even in their pockets in case they lost their phones. That picture haunts them down to this date as it serves as a huge reminder to them of every comrade that had died to look for that assassin and the fact that as long as that man is still not found they would be included in the list of sacrifices.

Unanimously, all the guards let out a sigh of relief.

Now that the assassin is going to be gone soon, they no longer have to sacrifice their lives to look for him, and the deaths of their comrades have finally borne a result.

The only question left in their minds at this moment is how Mayor Sebastian himself found the assassin first.

It isn't a lie that Mayor Sebastian is looking for that assassin. But the ones who are truly doing all the work for him were them. Yes, they indeed received a lot of resources, money, and other stuff, and since they are part of his private army, thus they are in fact just an extension of his arms and feet, meaning it is still him who is making a move. Regardless, it should still be them who find the assassin first before Mayor Sebastian.

It was a big question for them. Nevertheless, none of them made a single sound to speak their minds about it. If they are required to know who pointed out the location of the assassin, then they would come to know about it. But as of this moment, they should just let Mayor Sebastian enjoy himself. After all, this was the day that he has long been waiting for. If anyone dares to stop him from drowning himself with it, they would immediately stop that person even if that person is World President Nicholas himself.