The Reincarnation of the Kingmaker

Chapter 93: The Crazy Friedrich

The Mages and Priest started panicking the moment they understood their predicament.

With the dense black smoke covering their surrounding, they have no way to find Kayn and Gilbert anymore. And with the two being assassins, it instantly made them fearful for their lives.

The only hope they have left is the wall that protects them in the center and the barrier they have conjured behind the walls.

While waiting for Kayn and Gilbert to reveal themselves, the Mages continued shooting light rays everywhere and hoping that it would at the very least hit one of them.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Clang!

Two daggers shoot out from the gap in their wall.

Luckily for them, they have conjured a barrier to protect them from such a surprise attack.

However, the next moment…

Boom!

One of the daggers suddenly exploded and releases ice spikes everywhere inside their mini-fortress.

There was no way for them to escape, so they could only rely on the barriers to shield them from the seemingly endless barrage of ice spikes.

"What the heck!"

"Quickly, try to conjure more barriers!"

"Buy me some… Ahhh!"

Before the Priest could finish his line, a dagger shoot out from the gap in the wall straight toward his shoulder.

Because the barriers were preoccupied with the ice spikes and had their mana slowly being drained as time continues to pass, plus the walls around them has been proven useless, the Mages and Priest no longer had any means or alternatives to protect themselves inside their mini-fortress.

Whoosh!

A round object was thrown inside the gap between the walls.

"A smoke bomb!"

"Oh no!"

Boom!

Using the smoke bomb as cover, Kayn and Gilbert slipped inside the walls.

"Argh!"

"Ahhh!"

"Save me…"

As the smoke bomb died down, the lifeless bodies of the Mages and Priest could be seen lying on the ground with Kayn and Gilbert wiping the blood off their weapons.

"You should have told me that you carry a smoke bomb with you all this time," Kayn can't help berating Gilbert. If they have used a smoke bomb from the start, then they wouldn't have gone through such trouble.

"I can't possibly waste such precious items when there is a perfect alternative, right?" Gilbert rolled his eyes.

"Now, let's move out…"

Before Kayn could finish his line, the wall around them suddenly got blasted into pieces and above them, they saw the huge arm of Adolfo.

"It seems like Adolfo is the first one to go back with the Guardian Duel," Kayn muttered with his body now ducking close to the ground. Fortunately for him, Natas was able to shout a timely warning. If it wasn't for that, he would have gotten blasted along with those rubbles. He had also pulled Gilbert down along with him to keep the latter safe.

"How'd you know?" Gilbert felt surprised.

"I have sensitive ears,"

Gilbert nodded his head before pushing Kayn to the gap in the wall, "Let's quickly get out before this min-fortress starts to fall down,"

Just when Gilbert finished his line, the wall starts to fall down.

"How'd you do that?" Kayn jokingly asked.

"Probably common sense,"

Kayn and Gilbert both chuckled.

"It seems like we are about to enter the final showdown," Kayn pointed in the direction of Friedrich and the squad leader.

The fight between Friedrich and the squad leader is finally coming to an end after the latter's buff disappeared when the Mages died.

"It was an honor fighting and exchanging swords with you," Friedrich complimented the squad leader.

"I am also glad that I had this kind of fight before my death," The squad leader smiled.

"It's really unfortunate that it's going to end up like this,"

"That's the consequences of war,"

"Rest assured, I'll bury you along with your sword,"

"Thank you,"

Whoosh!

With a swing of his sword, Friedrich took the life of the kneeling squad leader.

"You guys done?" Friedrich waves his sword.

"We've been waiting ages ago for you to end your fight," Gilbert responded.

"I got pulled into the fight,"

"We understand,"

"Now," Friedrich looked at Adolfo. "It seems to me that you dishonor the Guardian Duel first,"

"We you even planning to honor our Guardian Duel in the first place?" Adolfo smirks.

"I guess you're right,"

"It was just a matter of time for the Guardian Duel to get interrupted,"

"How long have you been aware of that?"

"From the start," That was the reason why he immediately smashed the mini-fortress the moment Kayn and Gilbert got inside. It was so that he could get the first strike. Unfortunately, his plan failed as the two were able to duck from the range of his arms.

"You got quite the strong arms. But I wonder why you still can't overwhelm Roshan? Is it because he is stronger than you?"

"He is, I can't deny that,"

"Well, well, well. All those arrogance from the start only to turn out like that? How disappointing. I used to hold so much belief in you," Roshan smirks.

"At least I am fully aware of the reality of my situation, unlike you,"

Boom!

Adolfo suddenly threw a punch at Roshan's shield, causing the latter to stumble a few meters away.

As soon as he got his footing, Roshan turns to look at Adolfo with some slight fear in his eyes. As someone who received the full brunt of that punch, he understood its severity more than anyone else present here.

"I was just holding back because I don't want them to see my true strength. Now that they are dead, let's see whether the Green Horn Knights truly lived up to their expectations," Adolfo charges straight at Roshan.

Roshan immediately readied his shield to block the attack.

Boom!

Just like the last time, he got sent stumbling tens of meters away.

"It seems like you knew about our identity from the start," Roshan was amazed. Since Adolfo knew from the start, then why was he holding back?

"Why wouldn't I? You guys are very popular within our Village, with bounties ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands. Just killing one of you would be more than enough for me to live a prodigal life for a year, not to mention having four of you here. That would set me for life in 'The Bridge', "

"So, you want all the profit for yourself from the very start?"

"Being strong like me warrants you such privilege, right?"

"Fair enough,"

Adolfo charges straight at Roshan once more.

Boom!

However, this time, Roshan only retreated a few meters.

"Were you also holding back like me?"

"All guardians do that, right?"

"As expected from someone who can stand toe to toe against me,"

Whoosh!

This time, it is Roshan that sent a punch to Adolfo's shield.

Bang!

"Unluckily for you, the stronger my opponent, the stronger I become," Adolfo smiles at Roshan.

"That was just a distraction though," Roshan smirks.

Looking to his peripheral vision, Adolfo soon saw Friedrich and Gilber charging toward him.

Before Adolfo could do anything, he realizes that a vine has now entrapped him on his spot. In addition to that, Roshan has put his shield in front of him to prevent him from turning around.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Two vines went tangling towards Adolfo's arms to prevent him from punching Roshan.

"There's five of you…"

"Always has been!" Friedrich brandished his sword at Adolfo.

"It's your mistake for thinking that we will also underestimate someone with your status," Gilbert threw two daggers at Adolfo.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Three wounds appeared around the arm of Adolfo.

The cut wasn't deep though because Adolfo has too much fat content in his body. With just a simple spasm of his arm, he could bounce the blade away.

"Surprise?" Adolfo mockingly chuckled at them.

"I never thought that being fat has its own advantage,"

"Being fat is life!" Adolfo proudly beat his chest, which weirdly made a drumming sound.

"If we have met under different circumstances, we could have become friends, you know?" Friedrich chuckled while brandishing his sword at Adolfo.

"Are you a psychopath or something?"

"Aren't we all?" Friedrich continued brandishing his sword at Adolfo.

"Ahhh!"

Finally, Adolfo started feeling pain.

"You psycho!" Adolfo felt enraged and started crazily moving around in order to get himself out of the vines.

Fortunately for him, after crazily moving around for some time, he was eventually able to rip the vines apart. However, Friedrich still continued slashing his body from left to right, totally not minding what he is doing.

The instant he ripped all vines apart, he immediately punched Roshan and at the same time he sent a kick to Friedrich.

Roshan and Friedrich simultaneously raised their weapons to block the attack on Roshan.

However, unlike Roshan who only retreated a few meters away, Friedrich, on the other hand, blasted away as if he was an arrow.

"Holy cow!" Gilbert was surprised as his eyes followed the trajectory of Friedrich.

Kayn, who was standing a few tens of meters to the side along with Natas, evidently knowing he can't help with anything against Adolfo, was shocked beyond belief. He can't help tapping his back in compliment for his choice of not going over to help Gilbert and Friedrich. If he had done so, there's no telling if he wouldn't be the one who got sent flying away by Adolfo. By then, he'd no doubt die instantly as soon as he hit the ground or whatever is going to stand in his path.

At the same time, he understood just how high Roshan's endurance and strength stats were for only retreating a few meters away after receiving Adolfo's punch.

"This ain't no laughing matter anymore," Kayn silently muttered.

"It always never was," Natas shook his head.

From the start, things were always very serious. It's just that, the squad leader and his squad weren't a threat to Kayn due to Gilbert and Friedrich's assistance.

"I guess I was being overconfident just then,"

"It's alright. I am always here to remind you when to stop being overconfident. Back then, it wasn't going overboard," Natas tapped Kayn's shoulder.

"How about now?"

"Are you thinking of going up against Adolfo?"

"Yeah,"

"How about you help set the stage for the others? Just like what you did back then with the Flame Gorilla,"

"Let's do exactly that!"

"Or you could just watch on the sideline," Natas chuckled.

"I was never the type to stay away from trouble, you know that,"

"That's why we choose you,"