Chapter 2005: The Hammer -Part 4
Chapter 2005: The Hammer -Part 4
"Unless you can come out with a better name yourself? Or just call you Ham or Mer or Hamm or...Mmer? How about Ammer? Muahahah!"
"I would rather be called the Hammer than all those nicknames," The Hammer sighed, acknowledging the fate that he had gotten into. It was either taking this name that Jin had bestowed or arguing with him non stop and risked not being picked up by this owner.
Although the chances were extremely low because Jin had acquired a special class because of the Hammer, this particular universal adjustment tool was not going to have any chances since he had already been staying put for 2000 years.
Jin chuckled as well, knowing that without the original System to keep track of names for him, he would not be able to remember the names so it was better to keep it simple.
It was ironic that Jin was able to keep details of what had happened in his head so easily but when it comes to names, he just could never remember them clearly. He prided himself on having a good memory but just not for names.
Perhaps that was why he always gave weird names in hopes that he could remember them but even that had failed multiple times for him and he decided that giving generic names would be much easier. Hence, the hammer had no choice but to accept that it shall be called the Hammer.
"So, dear Master. What are you going to do now?" The Hammer asked and Jin was perplexed.
"What do you mean?"
"Maybe you did not notice because of the contamination of 'malice' energy from me but there are a dozen mages standing right outside attempting to understand the situation from within after being alerted by that old servant who panicked." The Hammer replied.
"Oh yeah, I noticed, but I don't really care. If they treat you as an infamous relic, they are afraid that I cannot contain you. That's all. In fact, if I hurl you out of the door, the mages would probably run." Jin explained. "Besides, they made me King, no? Should not be much of a big deal.
With you around, they would not dare to make a move so easily."
"That is true, although without me, you could do the same too," The Hammer thought for a while and decided to chill. It seems like this outsider not only has the power to back himself up but also the skills to make people bow down to him if necessary.
"Blah. You can do stuff others cannot. You think I can make things out of thin air?" Jin said but in actual fact, he could almost do that with the dungeon instance capabilities but right now without the original system by his side, there was no way he could do that. And even if he could do that, those items were only in the dimensional instance itself. He could not possibly bring them out to reality.
And unlike the previous so called 'trial' that he was in, the Synthesis World is a virtual reality, allowing him to still bend the rules of physics and reality to a certain extent. That was why Jin was actually really glad that he was able to not just meet this hammer but to do things despite the loss of the original System.
"Unless that original System of mine is mimicking this System as how it had done so in the Synthesis World." Jin's eyes narrowed for a while as if he had some suspicions.
It was then, that Jin had decided not to worry too much. Perhaps this was the special gift that Kiyu had mentioned since she previously said that she decided to give all her System points to Baal so he had enough energy to 'bless' Jin. And whether that blessing would be useful to Jin would be an entirely different issue.
"In any case, let's get a grip of this kingdom's situation before we can plan our revenge against the impending doom that has beset upon us." Jin said and the Hammer looked at him with suspicion as well.
"I don't think so. I have a feeling you just want to see how sturdy I am when it comes to making things, right?" The Hammer queried and Jin could not stifle the corner of his lips.
"You seem to be getting better at reading me. Good on you!" Jin chuckled before walking out of the door to see magic circles appearing right in his face. "Where is that old servant? I did not catch his name."
"I am here, this humble servant whose name is Ham is here to serve." That sentence alone was more than enough to almost let Jin and the Hammer laugh simultaneously. They never expect to have an inside joke to appear so soon.
"Guess it should be grateful that I called it the Hammer." Jin said in his thoughts, partially believing that his 'loaned' weapon could read his mind. And its reply back in telepathy had proven that theory in the next second.
"Yea yea, whatever. the Discarded King," the Hammer decided to go casual as well with the naming convention which Jin did not mind at all.
"I am guessing you did not tell me the whole story," Jin replied and Ham quickly (as fast as he could for his age) to kneel down and beg for forgiveness. The rest of the mages also bent their knee as they saw their supposed new king standing right in front of them with the rumoured hammer in his hands. Check out m_vl_em_p_yr stories
All of them knew how dangerous that particular hammer was and some had bad memories of it due to its reputation for being an infamous test of courage during their study days.
"So, now that we are done with the killing of kings portion, shall we get to the actual stuff? What's the fucked up situation that requires this kingdom a king not by standard criteria but to actually 'summoning' a random person like me?" Jin asked and the rest got even more scared as the hammer was instinctively pouring out some malice energy on cue.
"It's a long story sire, we asked that-" Before Ham, the Old Servant was able to reply, Jin interrupted him since he already got the gist from the Moon King's letter.
"Give me the short version in less than 1 sentence."
"But sire!" The old servant begged.
"Okay, that's one sentence. I am not interested in the history. Get me all the ministers to the throne room and only them." Jin said as he pointed to one of the mages to get him to the throne room which he quickly obliged.
"Already throwing your weight around?" The Hammer asked telepathically and Jin shrugged his shoulders just a tiny bit so that the others do not notice it.
"If you are here for 2000 years, the history of this kingdom would not matter. What matters is the current technology of this place and the relationship of this kingdom with the rest of the kingdoms. Whether it is a powerhouse as the Moon King had stated or it had degraded due to the switching of many hands." Jin said casually and the Hammer nodded its proverbial head a little.
"You mage, bring me not the throne room. I want to see the town from this castle. Where's the best sight located?" Jin asked and the mage once again obliged. He quickly showed the way as Jin told him to hurry up. Soon, he reached the top of a watchtower and the guards who were on duty were slacking. They thought that their fellow mage was bringing a new recruit around.
Yet, the current mage was like nudging them to the side to not play a fool. "Ehh, our dear mage is trying to look like a tough strict guy, eh? Relax man. Hey recruit, I bet you are here because you want to have a good view of the city, right?"
"Yes, Sir!" Jin decided to play along with them and the Mage instantly knew that those two guards would be in trouble and he would be strung along as well. All he could do was to not disturb the King's acting.
"That's a good shout." Guard 'A' said and they let him move closer to the edge of the tower to have a view of it. However, the moment Jin got near the edge, both of the guards pushed Jin off the cliff and held him up by the pinch of his shirt. The mage immediately panicked and wanted them to stop but Guard B pushed him away and told him to relax.
"We are giving him the best view of the tower, he should be thankful to us! In fact, he should pay us for giving him such premium services!" Guard B reiterated.
"How's the view, recruit?" Guard A 'cared' for the new recruit but suddenly he realised that there was no weight to the pinch. Only when he went over the edge to have a clearer picture, Jin was hanging there like a spider. His feet and palms were stuck to the wall using Maqi while he used his Inverse Eyes to have a quick look at the entire kingdom.
It did not take long to observe the setting of the area and it put Jin back to the pre industrial revolution period. "This place is the same as Goblin World when it comes to technology. How did they not evolve since 2000 years ago?" Jin said to himself, now understanding why this world needs to be annihilated. It's because it's stagnant.
"Oh, this recruit is trying to show whose' boss it is not?" The Guard now poured magic into his hands and grabbed Jin's shirt as hard as he could and pulled him up back into the tower.
"Do you really want to hit me, especially after what you have done? I will give you a chance to be forgiven. After all, I did follow through with your act." Jin asked and the Mage now exclaimed that he was the King.
"King? If he is the King, then he must be the new King's candidate. Those people are worth nothing in my eyes." Guard A said and immediately did not hesitate to bring his fist down to his face to scare him.
Yet, with inverse eyes on it, Jin could clearly see this guy was merely intimidating and did not make a single move after that. "So, you would not dare. How disappointing." Jin said as he got up from his current position and saw that there was an old mage standing right behind him alongside with the young mage.
"Wise choice for calling me." The old mage pats the young one's shoulders and the Guards immediately kneel down to greet the old mage.
"Royal Mage General Gara!"
"Do you need me to punish them?" Gara asked but Jin dusted off his shirt and shook his head.
"Nah, I did say to forgive them if they did not hit. I will keep my word. However, deduct this month by half as punishment." Jin said as he told the young mage to lead him back to the throne room."I can teleport you there if you want, your Majesty."
"Gara, was it? No thanks. And I am not fit to be your Majesty. Just deem me as your...newly appointed project manager for this kingdom." Jin smiled as he walked away with the young mage.
"Heh, this new king. Looks like someone interesting has finally come to become our king." Gara said as he used his magic to twist both of the guard's baby fingers. "Punishment by deducting from your salary? Looks like he might have already known the overarching problem of this kingdom even before consulting. But as for you two, be glad that you were not executed on the spot.
He could have burnt the both of you into ashes with a snap of the finger and I, Gara can attest to that. So take this additional punishment with gratitude."
The Guards kept their mouths mum and continued to kneel as the Royal Mage General teleported away, supposedly to the throne room.