The Reincarnation of the Kingmaker

As they were going to report an important matter, Maria led Kayn straight to the headquarters of the Freedom City to meet up with Chief Kylo and the rest of the higher-ups present in the territory right now.

"May I know who we will be meeting?" Kayn can\'t help asking.

"I believe it would be Chief Kylo, Wesley, Christopher, Canaan, and Hassan"

"Canaan and Hassan?" Kayn was familiar with these two names. "Are they the third and fourth Assembly Knights?"

"Yes," Maria confirmed.

"Are they the only ones?" Kayn felt that it was strange for only Chief Kylo\'s subordinates to be present and no one else.

"Well, there is also the guild leader of two other allies, Abram and Gustavo," Maria mentioned two more names. "Abram is the guild leader of the Forest Bandit Guild and Gustavo is the guild leader of the Spiderweb Guild. Both Guilds are involved in illegal matters, that\'s why they joined the Assembly of Freedom,"

After all, Villains can\'t possibly join the Green Horn City\'s side since it conflicts with their interests. Not to mention, there\'s no way that Old Mayor George would accept them. He\'ll most likely just suggest that they don\'t involve themselves in the war.

However, there\'s no way that they\'ll do that as they can already guess that the moment the Assembly of Freedom falls, there would be no one else to step forward to be at the forefront to contest against the Green Horn City.

That\'s the exact reason why they are joining this war.

It didn\'t take long for Kayn and Maria to arrive at the penthouse of the headquarters. It was where the meeting would be held.

"There\'s a guest lounge over there, you stay inside and just behave,"

"I thought that I can only be five meters away from you?"

"Not in this part," Maria shook her head before stepping inside the penthouse.

Seeing Maria leaving, Kayn has no other choice but to go to the guest lounge.

As he walked inside, he was instantly greeted by a tavern-like atmosphere.

A bar counter with a bartender.

Wooden table and wooden barrels as chairs.

And some bar games like darts and billiards.

Additionally, the interior was really boisterous and loud, seemingly imitating a bar.

"A tavern?"

That\'s right! The guest lounge is a tavern.

Nevertheless, the loud noise caused by the tavern doesn\'t escape the room, evidently because of a magic spell that\'s been cast to isolate any sound inside.

"This is great," Kayn smiles. Just like every tavern, this place is going to be a good source of information for him. He finally understood why Maria left him here.

"Now, where should I begin?" Kayn started looking around, searching for a way to pass his time while waiting for Maria to return.

As he doesn\'t want to get the attention of people here, he didn\'t stay long at the entrance and went to look for a seat.

He spotted a seat in an inconspicuous corner, so he quickly made his way over there.

Along the way, he can\'t help but eavesdrop on the conversation of some groups, making him slow down as he approached.

"Did you hear, the Slumber Village is as good as gone,"

"That quick?"

"It isn\'t officially destroyed yet, but the soldiers of the Green Horn City is already at their gate yesterday,"

"We haven\'t heard a single news from them yet, so I guess they\'ve already been defeated?"

"Most likely,"

"How about the Dormant Village?"

"They\'re still holding on. But until our side provides reinforcement, it wouldn\'t be long until they follow the Slumber Village,"

"I wonder when our main force would leave,"

"It seems like there\'s still no news about the Drowsy Village,"

"Is that even important? The Slumber Village would long already be gone if they don\'t move soon!"

"If it\'s okay to interrupt," Kayn finally decided to butt in.

"Who are you?" A bearded man looks at Kayn suspiciously.

"I am Nyak, one of the secretaries that work in the headquarters," Kayn chooses to hide that he works for Maria as he doesn\'t want to implicate her and cause her trouble again. "I can\'t help but be intrigued about your conversation, so I hope you don\'t mind that I listen a bit,"

"It\'s alright," The bearded man sees no problem with it.

The rest of the men nodded and expressed that it wasn\'t a problem as well. They then motioned their hand for Kayn to sit along with them.

Seeing this, Kayn quickly abandoned his thoughts of sitting over the corner as he sat and join the group.

"If it is okay to ask, are you guys one of the Assembly Knights men?"

"No, we are Abram\'s personal guards,"

"I see, so you\'re members of the Forest Bandit Guild,"

"Heard about us?"

"Of course," Kayn\'s eyes lit up. "It was said that you\'ve been terrorizing the forest all over \'The Bridge\' for a very long time now,"

"I know right? It\'s very great what we are doing!"

"Exactly!" Kayn pretended to agree.

"Anyways, what do you want to tell us?" The bearded man no longer desires to beat around the bush and waste time in useless pleasantries.

"I don\'t know if you\'ll believe me if I tell you this piece of information," Kayn made it sound interesting. "But I\'ve heard that the Assembly of Freedom already decided to abandon the Slumber Village,"

"Can this information even be trusted?"

"I got this information from an insider, one of the elite members under Sir Christopher,"

"Do you know why they decided to abandon the Slumber Village?" The bearded man doubted it.

"I don\'t think that\'s true,"

"Indeed. If the main force can\'t provide reinforcement, then they can just make the Freedom City fly over there and assist personally instead of sitting on the backline,"

"Oh," Kayn realized. "It seems like you haven\'t heard yet. The Assembly of Freedom can no longer make the Freedom City fly,"

In an instant, the bearded man and the rest of his companions became shocked.