Meika showed an expression that made Tendou's spine tingle. Just by looking at his gaze, Tendou already understood that Meika was very serious.
But why was Meika just standing around in front of the castle and looked at them straight without doing anything?
Without thinking, Meika took the stance with his sword. One of his foot kept a distance from the other, and he pulled back the sword in his hand as if he was going to pierce Tendou and Kyosuke.
But Tendou and Kyosuke were quite a distance away from Meika, so why did he mount the stance as if he was going to attack them? Did Meika expect Tendou and Kyosuke to attack him?
No, that was wrong and Tendou had already realized it.
Tendou felt the air pressure around him become dense reminiscent of the first time they met or even more frightening than that. The wind around the castle also blew strongly, disrupting various things there.
"This is bad, Your Highness Meika is about to launch his attack!" Someone in the crowd said.
They were obviously panicking, because if Meika succeeded in launching the attack, it would be headed towards the fence gate where the people were standing behind it. Because of the panic, the people standing behind the fence rushed to escape, knowing Meika was about to unleash the attack.
Not only those who had difficulty escaping the attack, even Tendou and Kyosuke who should have been very easy to dodge -because Meika was still putting up his stance-, they were unable to dodge.
No, but there is another reason: Their legs, too, felt very stiff.
Was that one of Meika's powers? Or was Tendou just intimidated? Since fear would make the person weak, and the body would not even be able to move as desired.
In fact, that fear spread to his heart and mind messing everything up, to the very core of Tendou's being.
Would this be the end of Tendou? If so, this would be no different from his previous life. All his hard work...
Always ended because of fear.
Fear of loneliness. Loneliness that created weakness, a sense of dependence and a need for the existence of others.
For no matter how strong a person is, no one can survive on their own.
Just like his current fate.
Alone...
In the end... He knew that he would definitely end up alone. Dying all by himself.
"SLAVE 1"
Yet it was all wrong. Kyosuke's shout woke Tendou from his fear as if to remind Tendou that he was not alone.
What he went through in this new world, he was not alone. Sir Jun, Kyosuke and a few others were always doing their best for him.
"I will not let all my hard work go to waste," Kyosuke then drew his sword, "If I die... I will die without regret... All that matters is that I did my best."
Without realizing it, Tendou also did the same. He drew his sword and tried to move his legs to dodge.
However, it was too late.
Meika moved his hand forward, indicating he had launched a massive attack. Tendou could see it, the airflow that should have been invisible to the naked eye was surrounding the sword, and was pushed like a cannonball towards Tendou and Kyosuke afterwards.
At that instant, Tendou thought that this was what was meant by focusing energy towards his body parts. Because he was trying to see Meika's attack, he focused his eyes and it resulted in him being able to see Meika's attack that should not have been visible.
"Phase 2: Wind Pressure. Technique: Cannon Wind." Meika said.
When the wind cannon ball headed towards Tendou quickly, Tendou realized he could no longer dodge. But since he knew the distance of the attack he would get, he only had one idea.
If he were to block the attack carelessly, the sword he was using would definitely receive excessive pressure, making the defense extremely fragile.
"SLAVE 2! Use your sword on the count of 3."
"HAH? WHAT DO YOU MEAN?"
"1"
"HEY EXPLAIN!" Kyosuke shouted.
"2"
And when he saw Tendou's serious face, Kyosuke prepared to do Tendou's bidding.
"3!"
Parrying attack. A parry is a fencing bladework maneuver intended to deflect or block an incoming attack and also they did not realize that they had focused their energy throughout their body in order to withstand Meika's attack.
Jun, on the other hand, was the one who realized this. He realized that they had been balancing the power in the back of their bodies because when someone blocks an attack, they will inevitably lean on the back of their body to avoid losing their balance which results in a chaos of power from the body.
Seeing their rapid progress, Jun smiled happily.
And in the end, the parry that Tendou and Kyosuke had performed ended in success. All of the Vedic people present there witnessed the power of Meika's two newest slaves, seeing the vast difference in their strength.
Especially when they saw the traces of Meika's attack that destroyed everything behind Tendou and Kyosuke except Tendou and Kyosuke themselves, they were still standing upright after withstanding the attack.
The Vedic people realized that the two slaves were no match for them and they finally learned why Tendou and Kyosuke were chosen to be the king's direct slaves. While they ran away in fear of Meika's attack, the two slaves withstood the attack like real men.
"I am hereby the king of Veda, Meika Zuvarist Ilion! Appoint them Tendou Zuvarist Ilion, as Slave 1 and Kyosuke Zuvarist Ilion, as Slave 2!"
Hearing the announcement from the king made the people of Veda shout out cheers happily welcoming the king's two new slaves. They began to accept them as part of the Vedic people and of course seeing this, Tendou felt touched. This was the first time he had been accepted by someone and of course it made Tendou want to give more and the best for them.
As a form of returning the favor.
Meika then asked the two slaves to give a word on their first day as the king's official slaves.
But when they wanted to move towards the king, their bodies were unable to move. No, it wasn't that they couldn't move because their bodies didn't obey the orders of their brains, but because their bones were gradually disintegrating so they couldn't move the joints in their bodies.
Naturally, their bodies were receiving enormous pressure and it was bound to take its toll on them.
Seeing them in such a terrible condition, Jun used his heal to heal all the bones that were almost destroyed within them.
And when Tendou realized that he was able to move again, he knew it was Jun's doing. However, when he set his eyes on her, she averted her gaze not wanting them to know that it was her doing even though they already knew.
Kyosuke then hurriedly walked over to Meika and stood in front of her, "I WILL BE THE STRONGEST!" he shouted enthusiastically.
And after that, Tendou with his expressionless face gave a speech so stiffly that the Vedic people who witnessed it felt sorry for him.
But seeing these developments, Meika was very proud. She smiled again before she put her foot forward to walk towards the two slaves.
However, Jun and Kirara stopped Meika.
"Your Highness, I know you want to prove to the Veda people that they are strong slaves. But aren't you being too soft on them?" Kirara said.
"That's right. If so, wouldn't the people be disappointed if they later found out that the two slaves were not as strong as they thought? Besides... Why did you only use 1 percent of your power?" Jun continued.
It was the first time Jun and Kirara agreed with each other.
Meika was a strong, charismatic and mighty person. It was certainly not easy to withstand the king's attacks, and as Jun said, it was only a fraction of the king's power.
"They, will be strong. Maybe even stronger than Kirara and Jun. Although..." He then stepped away and left Jun and Kirara to stand between Tendou and Kyosuke, "...they will not be able to surpass me" he whispered.
Everyone knew, even Kirara and Jun themselves, that Meika was an anomaly of the world. He was the strongest of the strongest. Even among the Kings of the Five Great Nations, they were no match for Meika.
Hujsaend the Bullseye of the Boldstaat Kingdom, Alessa the Comet of the Twin Kingdom, Vindy the Apex Predator of the Sussy Kingdom, and Vlawawoski the Vile King of the Mwosky Kingdom all recognized that Meika was the number 1 king of the world even though they hated his arrogant behavior in front of them.
But that's what makes him a very feared leader in that world.
And usually, a feared leader like that is precisely what many other people want to annihilate, eliminate.
Not only once or twice, Meika received assassination attempts many times. Those who tried to kill Meika, wanted various things, such as the treasure of the Veda country, or the status where they would be known as the assassin of the most feared man in this world, or even.... Money.
Yes, even though he was not a fugitive or a criminal, the charismatic king like Meika also had a price on his head, and he was known as the most wanted man in the world.
Those who put a price on Meika's head were those from The Z Factor, an underworld organization that did illegal business in the world. They not only put a price on Meika's head, but also several other Kings or even bodyguards like Jun and Kirara.
And since they were an underworld organization, it was a sign that they were not bound by any country's rules, so... they were free to enter any country as they pleased.
That was why, somebody took the opportunity on the day of the two slaves' arrival -the news of which had already been heard around the world-, to accept the Z Factor Organization's offer of assassination.
Of course, it was not easy to kill Meika even though they were always trying to kill him at close range. "Meika has Phase Power: Wind Manipulation. It's very difficult for someone to kill him even if you point a gun or point a knife an inch in front of his face." One of the Z Factor members said.
"Then how do I kill him?" Said the one who received the offer for Meika's assassination attempt.
"It's your job to solve it."
And back in the current timeline, the person who accepted the offer was carrying a sniper. Given what the Z Factor member said, he only had one answer. That was... Trying to kill with a surprise attack.
"Phase 1: Eye. Phase 2: Eagle Eye!"
He took the opportunity to use the power he was proud of. He was able to see even 100x the visibility of a human because of that no one was able to realize the existence of Rei, the Hunter.
Yes, with this tactic, Rei was sure, even someone like Meika would definitely not realize that he was being hunted.
"Fufu, the head of Meika Zuvarist Ilion the Anomaly Knight is mine!"
And in an instant, the bullet from Rei's sniper was aimed directly at the forehead of Meika who was giving a welcome speech to the Veda people.
"ALL HAIL VEDA!!!" Was the last sentence before Meika fell to the ground, leaving Jun, Kirara, Tendou, Kyosuke and even the people of Veda shocked.
"Yo-Your... Your Majesty?" Jun and Kirara were speechless as they saw their king fall to the ground.
And on the other side, Rei The Hunter smiled, "Mission accomplished~"