291 A Violent Family Reunion Part 2 (2/2)

”KNEEL TO YOUR KING!” Said the Ruler with a domineering tone, forcing Kennah over an imaginary platform above which he could not help but kneel down to.

At the same time, the upper body of an enormous old man in merchant's clothes had appeared around the Rich Man. This old man kept his hands opened, and with his palms facing upwards..

On one of his palms, was a copy of Kennah's figure.

This ability was different from the scale that he had used against the Shadow during their first encounter. Instead of destroying his enemy with the weight of a better offer, this ability allowed him to increase the price on one hand of the merchant, to a point where the enemy would not be able to match.. Forcing him to give up other things of value..

Kennah was unable to understand this at first, but after one of his arms was ripped off in order to match the offer of precious stones placed by the Rich Man, an idea of how the ability worked made its way into his head.

He was still unable to stand up, and he knew that his companion was having problems against the third of his brothers, so without waiting any longer, he turned towards the Ruler, and said ”The nobles are plotting against you.. They will try to overthrow you.. They will kill your family, and destroy your family.”

The expression of the Ruler turned from one of dignity, into one of confusion, rage.. And finally, paranoia. He then turned to look at the Rich Man with eyes filled with hatred.

While the state of mind 0f the Ruler changed, Kennah turned to look at the Rich Man, and said with a tone of complicity ”Your king is trying to eliminate the nobility.. He will take your money, turn the army against you.. He will frame you, and call you a traitor.”

Similarly to the Ruler, the expression on the face of the Rich Man became one of paranoia and anger. He then turned to look at his companion, and said ”After all of the support that I have given you! How could you do this to me!!”

The abilities that were keeping Kennah in check, were quickly dispelled, and the two former companions began to fight against each other.

Since he would not be able to break through the defences of the two in a short amount of time, the only Kennah had, was to poison their minds.

The gifts of the Ruler and the Rich Man were powerful, but they also had a clear weakness. Just like a person immune to all poisons would not need to fear Kennah's gift, and someone without karma would not need to fear Daniel, all of the other systems had their own weakness.

To be betrayed was the fear of any king, while the fear of a Rich Man, was for someone more powerful than them to unfairly take away their wealth.

Once free, Kennah pointed his bow at the sleeve from which the sword that had pierced his companion's chest had appeared, and with it, he shot a single arrow as thin as a needle.

This arrow pierced through space like a comet, and after it made contact with the sword, a few small beads of blood began to come out of the shadow within the sleeve, and float in space aimlessly.

Forced to retreat, the Shadow let go of the sword, which was immediately dissipated by the light reflected by the planet's atmosphere.

A big smile formed on Kennah's face, but just as he was about to look for his next opponent, numerous small hands holding small knives came out from every tiny shadows formed by the crevices of his clothes.. And in a matter of instants, pierced his body.

The elite member of the Garden of Death, now free, used his comprehension of healing essence to cure his deadly injury.. He then looked around in search of Daniel, but the moment he saw him in the distance, he noticed a small piece of stone coming at him at an incredibly high speed.

This stone was the size of a fist, and it was thrown by Daniel by using all the power he possessed.

The appearance of three more children of Iewah, and the idea that his failure would mean the destruction of his faction, had already made the elite of the Garden of Death extremely anxious.. and Daniel's ridiculous attack was the straw that broke the camel's back.. So he said in anger ”Stop fighting! Do you think I-” However, his words were interrupted by a shocking event.

Just as the fist-sized rock was about to approach him, in an instant, it became big as a planet without losing any of its speed.

The jaw of the elite member of the Garden of Death dropped as he was smashed by it. The four other children of Iewah were barely able to turn around, before they suffered the same fate, leaving them as four bodies laying down on the planet's surface, as the planet traveled through space for hundreds of thousands of kilometers per second.

Unfortunately, that attack was not enough to kill any of the five..

The fastest ones to recover were the Ruler and Kennah, which after recovering from the shock, were easily able to teleport away and reappear where the battle had taken place..

When they arrived, they saw a human sized rift from which a thick reptilian tail came out of, and Daniel and Aeron ready to enter it.

”YOUR KING ORDERS YOU TO STOP!” Said the Ruler with a domineering tone in an attempt to prevent them from leaving.

At the same time, Kennah whispered ”If you enter that rift, you will never come out alive.. Your friends will betray you..”

Daniel's expressions began to change, and he were forced to kneel in submission.. But moments later, Aeron put an hand on Daniel's shoulder, and dispelled any form of mental control which the two had put on him.

The two then entered the rift, and disappeared into the void.