– Volume 8, Chapter 3
178. The world of arrogant giants (4)
“…enough.”
Umberrak nodded belatedly.
“That’s… enough.”
“That’s it.”
Taesan went back to the village.
After taking care of the wounded, Umberak returned to the territory with the soldiers. Due to the threat
posed by the suddenly stronger monsters
and the resulting aftermath, Umberrak stayed awake all night.
And when everything was sorted out to some extent, he went to Mount Tai.
“hmm. I’m sorry. I was so embarrassed at the time. That’s why I couldn’t pay my respects.”
Umberrak bent his mighty body.
“Thanks to you, no one could have died. Thank you.”
Judging from the strength of the monsters, it was not strange even if a giant died on the battlefield. However, thanks to Taesan, everyone saved their lives,
so as a lord, I was very grateful.
However, his eyes looking at Taishan were complicated.
“Can I talk to you for a minute?”
“as you please.”
The giant sat down. Even so, because of the size difference between the two, Taesan had to raise her neck to see them face to face.
“We are… giants. I believed there was no one stronger than us in the world.”
Taishan was strong, but they thought that their strength was not up to them.
That’s why I was thinking that I should protect them when they take me to the rift.
“But it was a futile idea. It was a stupid decision.”
Umberak smiled bitterly.
“First of all, if you are strong enough, you are qualified to meet our king. As I said before, closing the rift is impossible without the power of a great warrior. You have shown such strength, so now it must be my turn to help.”
Taesan nodded. Umberlaq continued.
“It will just take a little while. The royal castle is far away and the king is busy too.”
“doesn’t care.”
Waiting a few more days was expected from the beginning.
After a moment of silence, Umberrak spoke.
“How are you so strong?”
“Because I kept fighting and winning.”
Taesan replied. Umberak gave a complicated look and asked again.
“Are there many people out there with as much power as you?”
“There aren’t many, but there are quite a few guys stronger than me.”
Umberak’s eyes widened.
“Am I stronger than you?”
“Not yet.”
One day he would catch up, but at this point, the leader of the guide had a power he could not match.
Umberrak let out a hollow laugh.
“What are we for?”
collapse. And the shock of the world he knew and believed in was shattering.
He stared blankly at the floor before opening his mouth.
“There was a giant who went to the labyrinth in the distant past. He was a mighty warrior, stronger than anyone else. He went to the labyrinth and no news came for a long time. We thought he’d conquered the Labyrinth… but
Umberak smiled bitterly.
“If what you say is true, that is not the case. He fell in the labyrinth
.”
“I was surprised too. I heard you fought the gods too.”
Compared to that story, the giants of today were only those who were too weak.
“We know the story. It is a story about how giants from all over the world gathered to defeat the Transcendentalist who tried to trample the world.”
If it was the power of the transcendent that Taesan knew, that would be close to impossible. It was ludicrous that
the descendants of those who had accomplished such a feat could not even deal with a B-class monster .
“Everyone thought that story was just a legend. No one really believed. But if it’s true… it would mean we forgot something.”
Umberak, who was stroking his chin, asked.
“You said you were brought to our world by the God of Magic.”
“okay.”
“But we don’t know about magic. Not just me,
most giants are like that. It’s kind of weird when you think about it.”
Umberak frowned.
“A long time ago, I read an old book that was almost completely destroyed. There it was written about a giant who uses magic.”
I had forgotten about it until now, but after hearing Tae-san’s words, I could barely remember it. Umberrak realized something was wrong.
“The fact that such ancient books exist means that we also dealt with magic in the past. But now nobody
knows about magic. Why G’?”
Umberak was taken aback, but Taesan could guess why.
‘Every time I cast magic, something has a negative effect.’
smart.
At that moment, someone knocked.
“Come in.”
A maid with a very embarrassed face entered the room. Umberrak stood up.
“What is going on?”
“That lord.”
The maid swallowed and said.
“The great warriors have arrived.”
“hmm’?”
Umberrak looked visibly flustered.
“It’s only been a day since we contacted you, already?”
It was too fast.
The messenger probably hadn’t even arrived at the castle yet. It was an incomprehensible speed.
The maid nodded.
“yes. Not just one, but four.”
Umberak’s eyes widened.
Umberak ran out in a huff.
As I followed him to the reception room of the lord’s castle, I saw four giants.
The giants were all blindfolded. Seeing them, Umberak hurriedly bent his knees.
“Great warriors!”
The blindfolded giants looked at Umberak for a moment, then looked away. Although he was wearing an eyepatch, he did not feel any discomfort in his eyes looking at Mount Tae.
“human. Our King has called you.”
Taesan nodded.
The great warriors prepared to leave for the royal castle, leaving Umberrak’s hospitality behind
. Umberrak had no choice but to soothe his regret.
“Sorry about this. I couldn’t even treat a great warrior properly.”
Umberak handed a small ore to Tae-san with a sad face. Of course, it was small from his point of view, but it was the size of Taesan’s torso.
“It is a precious ore that only comes from our world. It can be alloyed with any ore and is harder than steel, but it also has elasticity. Take it.”
“Can I take it?”
“You saved our lives. At this level, it’s cheap enough to eat.”
Umberak grinned. He saw off Taesan as he left.
“I wish I could see you. little warrior.”
Daejeonsa and Taesan left the city behind.
“How long will it take to reach the royal castle?”
“Does not matter.”
The warrior wearing an eyepatch reached out
. A mysterious aura began to surround them.
It was magic.
The Great Warrior clenched his fists. Their bodies leaped through space.
“Arrived. human.”
The scenery around me was completely different.
The place Taesan arrived was inside a building so huge that he looked like an ant.
Taesan frowned.
“I heard you forgot magic.”
According to Umberrak, the king and his domain were quite far away. It was an instant leap over that distance.
It was a leap in space that was incomparable to Taesan’s Blink. The Daejeon company replied indifferently.
“We paid for it. I’m blocking my interference by covering my eyes and limiting my senses.”
The warriors began to withdraw one by one. Before they disappeared, he left Taesan his last words.
“Our King
is waiting for you inside.”
Taesan was the only one left in the wide hallway.
muttered the ghost.
[Be quick. It looks like you’re in a hurry?]
“There’s nothing wrong with me.”
Taishan approached the huge door and pushed lightly.
ripe.
Inside the door, which was pushed back with a loud sound, was a large palace.
At the end of the throne was a decrepit giant.
It was a giant with a very tired face. However, the mighty power that could not be hidden from his body was filling the battlefield.
Taesan knew instinctively.
The giant in front of him was an immortal.
Naturally, Taesan took a combat stance. It was a natural preparation for him, who had bad memories of immortals.
The Giant King, who saw this, spoke softly
.
“I have no intention of doing anything to you, so there is no need to be vigilant.”
He licked his chin tiredly.
“Rather, I am grateful to the God of Magic for giving me this opportunity.”
The Giant King showed no sign of hostility towards him. When Taesan relaxed, the giant king continued.
“That gauntlet looks familiar.”
His gaze turned to the gauntlet Taesan was wearing.
It was the gauntlet that released the mysterious seal, saying that
the god of magic had used it .
“lang syne. There was the strongest man in our world. He was more savage than anyone, but no one thought to fight against him.”
The giant king spoke like an old man reciting an old story.
“And there was Little Tooth, the weakest of us and even the size of a man. Everyone mocked him and mocked him. But he didn’t give up and went on and got stronger. At last he defeated the tyrant and shattered his gauntlets,
forging them as his own trophies. It’s all a thing of the past now.”
I didn’t know who the stronger one was. However, it was possible to guess who the weak one was.
‘God of magic.’
The god of magic was a giant.
The giant king muttered as he stared at Mount Tai.
“As expected, you are the representative of the gods. If it wasn’t for that, the God of Magic wouldn’t have sent you here.”
“deputy?”
“Gods have their own realms. Even for gods, it’s not easy to interfere with other realms. Especially if they are gods nestled in the labyrinth.”
It was a fact Taesan knew. It was because the gods of the labyrinth left the gods of the outside world alone until Taesan conquered the battlefield of the gods.
“I heard it disappeared since it happened once a long time ago, but I never thought it would reappear. It seems that those picky beings quite like it.”
The Giant King stood up.
“Are you curious? why did we become like this Why did we, who once defeated even the transcendent, become so weak?”
Taesan nodded.
The giant king left Daejeon and headed somewhere. Taesan followed suit.
Although there was a huge difference in height between the two, Taesan was able to easily pursue the giant king, as if something magical had been done in the castle.
said the giant king.
“We were mighty beings. Not only was it physically strong, it was also close to mystery. It culminated when the smallest giant became a god of magic.”
The magic possessed by the god of magic was a power that was different in itself. You could tell by looking at the magic that the self-proclaimed wizards were dealing with in Beguesetta
. Their most outstanding magic was organized in the beginner magic line of the labyrinth.
“We were strong. Even the Transcendentalists who once tried to trample on us and make them their own were defeated by our power. But you know very well what we are like now.”
“enough.”
Strong enough to barely overcome even B-class monsters. Certainly not weak, but never up to the feats of the past.
“We have lost magic.
Only a part of you who are born can dedicate all your senses and receive my protection to stop meddling.
“The old gods.”
Taesan murmured. The King of Giants, who was advancing, smiled bitterly.
“Gosin is cunning. Judging that it would be difficult to destroy us with force alone, they made us forget the power we possessed for over a thousand years.”
Before long, the two arrived in front of a transparent curtain located deep within the royal castle.
“Look here.”
A huge black orb was visible inside the veil.
Numerous tentacles attached to the sphere were swaying, creating a disgusting appearance.
[A monster??? has appeared.]
“That monster itself is not that strong.”
said the giant king.
“But the problem is the waves the monster is emitting.”
The Giant King frowned as if in pain
. From the shimmering monster, a subtle power was spreading through the transparent membrane.
“Thousands of years ago, that monster descended on our world. Since then, it has been influencing the entire planet and preventing us from using magic.”
The giant king, who was talking, suddenly turned his gaze to Taesan.
“The closer that monster approaches, the darker the wavelength it draws out. All giants, no matter how strong and outstanding they were, collapsed when they approached this far except for me. But you are fine.”
“I don’t mind that much.”
At Taesan’s words, the giant king laughed.
“Our ancestors sealed the monster with magic and built a castle on top of it to manage the monster from generation to generation. However, even in a sealed state, the monster’s wavelength could not be completely eliminated. It’s best to suppress even me, an immortal, by force. But don’t you think it’s strange that you, a human, who haven’t yet cast off your mortal status, aren’t affected by this wavelength?”
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