20. Passing the Land of Giants (4)
“Are you going there because you want to see something?”
“For warriors, Seonghwangcheong is like the headquarters of the world.”
“How long are you staying?”
“It looks like it will be around for about a month.”
“Now that I think about it, what did they say their names were?”
“For girls, it’s Sign, and for boys, it’s Regin.”
Yulgeum said something next to me.
“I ask quickly.”
“is it? Well, it’s not like I’m going to interfere in their lives…
“They both think of Deus as their benefactor. “I heard that I will study hard and become a great warrior to help Deus.”
“It’s up to you to pamper yourself. You are the one who gave me my salary. “Whatever you do with that money is yours, so don’t implicate me.”
“You’re embarrassed again.”
Deus’ expression hardened slightly at Zeke’s words.
“You…
“Then I’ll be back!”
With a big smile, Zeke ran up the mountain ridge.
Sadimus followed him like a ghost, and this time Deacon Skatul also deployed to the right wing.
It was a party of a warrior, a warlock, and a magic warrior.
Only 3 people against 20 giants!
However, Zeke had more power.
Darkness fell and lightning tore through the ground.
Zeke’s strong shield deflected enemy attacks like a castle of fire.
There were parts of his power that couldn’t be explained simply by having good equipment.
Sadimus called it courage. Even though the giants, who had to tilt their heads and look up, pressed down with terrifying force, Zeke did not back down.
Instead, he counterattacked and exploded his magic, attracting attention.
Even while Sadimus’ terrifying magic was ravaging the enemy, Zeke attacked even more fiercely.
And there was a scatul moving like a shadow between Sadimus and Zeke.
There were many square gaps in the darkness created by Sadimus.
In a place that resembled a dense forest, the fairy Skatul used the art of stealth to disappear.
When the giant sensed his presence, the tip of his sword had already touched his lifeline.
The giants who came down from the watchtower with great force were all eliminated in just 10 minutes.
Even running away was impossible.
Deus summed up their bodies with this one word.
“Take what you need and throw away what you need to throw away.”
The group moved to the watchtower and decided to spend the night there.
The watchtower built by the giant was like a camping tent in human terms.
However, when humans saw it, it looked closer to a castle than a tent.
The neatly erected pillar was a beautiful old tree 4 meters high.
The largest tent made of stitched animal hides was 20 meters wide.
The watchtower blocked the harsh winds blowing from the mountains to the sea, making the inside quite cozy.
Except for the slightly unpleasant smell, I hardly felt any discomfort from the bivouac.
“How much is it all worth?”
“I think it’s worth about half a gold coin.”
“It’s more salty than I thought.”
Deus looked pleased as he looked at the
by-products of the giant that Skatul had organized .
“If two groups cost half a gold coin, then just 20 groups will be worth 10 gold coins. “I think I can handle that much.”
Yulgeum contradicted Deus’ words.
“Do it yourself? “Look at you, Zeke.”
Zeke was currently sitting by the campfire, dozing off.
“It will burn all the soup.”
“Are you worried about the soup when you look at that pitiful sleeping figure?”
“You cast a recovery spell, right? Then the wound would have all healed. My stamina will come back after a good night’s sleep. You’re 14, right? “This is the age where even if your finger gets cut off, it will grow back.”
“no it’s not? At the very least, let’s fight together starting tomorrow. Since we attacked the watchtower, news should have reached the Mountain Giants’ home base by now.”
“Okay, so it’s a giant. “It’s not a nation, it’s just a tribe of 1,000 to 2,000 individuals at most, right?”
“What if a thousand entities attack at the same time?”
“You will earn 100 gold coins.”
“Anyway!”
The moment when Yulgeum gets angry.
The ground shook.
It was a subtle vibration, but everyone here felt it.
Zeke was startled by the shaking, which was similar to an earthquake, and opened his eyes.
“uh? uh!”
“It’s soup.”
“sorry!”
Zeke moved his hand again and stirred the soup to the bottom of the pot.
“What was it?”
“It must be an earthquake.”
“Earthquake?”
“Oh, I guess there isn’t much here?”
Yulgeum responded to Deus’ words.
“Earthquakes are extremely rare on the Joseon continent. Even though the epicenter is quite far away, it feels like this. “It’s a pretty big earthquake.”
“Where is the epicenter?”
Yulgeum wrote down something in response to Deus’ question and began calculating.
“So… about 700 kilometers southwest? Somewhere in the center of the Jose Mountains? It won’t be far from Seonghwangcheong
.”
“Seonghwangcheong?”
Zeke looked at Yulgeum with a surprised face.
“huh. “You said Azik’s younger brothers are in Hwangcheong Province right now, right?”
“yes.”
“It will be fine. The Seonghwangcheong building is a huge stone building. “It doesn’t take any damage from most earthquakes.”
“I guess so?”
“If it bothers you, should we go toward Seonghwangcheong?”
“no. “I have to do my duty now
.”
Although he said it was okay, his facial expression showed signs of concern.
“What is the shortest distance from here to Seonghwangcheong?”
When Deus asked a question, Zeke waved his hand.
“It’s really okay.”
At the same time, Skatul spoke.
“The fastest way is to cross the northern plains past Evil’s Wall. However, since it is the territory of a giant, it will be that dangerous.”
“I guess we can just resolve it. “ Let’s eat
first and then leave right away.”
As long as Deus has decided, who can oppose it?
After downing the soup to replenish their stamina, the group immediately began driving the wagon west to Evil’s Wall.
Evil’s Wall began to appear in the distance.
Originally, this land was called Ground End Fortress.
The fortress was built by building a solid wall
in a canyon just a few tens of meters between the coast and the cliffs of the mountain range .
The last land of humans and the first land of giants.
That was Ground End.
500 years ago. In the war between humans and giants, humans were cruelly defeated.
The fortress built by humans became a wall and actually helped the giants.
A heavy log door made by tying together trees was serving as the main gate to Evil’s Wall.
In order for humans to attack the giant’s territory, they first had to break through that log door.
Deus arose in a place where the huge wall was visible.
“Maintain full speed, Butler.”
“Yes, master.”
Scatul whipped the carriage. Zeke, who was sitting clinging to the rickety carriage, turned his head and looked at Deus.
A damp darkness began to gather in his hands.
The distance to the door is at most 100 meters.
The giant sentries who had been guarding the castle walls until late at night were startled and
began to scream.
The distance suddenly shortened.
The remaining distance is 30 meters.
At the current speed of the carriage, it will hit the wall and turn into a bloody mess within 2 or 3 seconds.
At that moment, a black storm spread out from Deus’ hand.
A space of a dozen meters in radius, from the castle gate to the surrounding walls, turned into powder and scattered.
Not even fragments of logs flew. The giants who were watching on the castle wall have now disappeared somewhere.
The giant’s impregnable fortress, which had shed countless blood for 500 years, was breached in vain by just one carriage and one man.
After that, the carriage continued to run.
The giants were confused as to how to respond to the darkness that passed like a storm.
One of the giants on the wall was the commander of the fortress.
That command has now turned into fine dust, which has made the giants even more confused.
The carriage raced along the road to the west until dawn.
The road created by the giant’s footprints was as flat as the human trade route and was large enough for a carriage to run on.
They often encountered giants along the way, but they were defeated in one blow with Sadimus’ magic.
It was a shame that he couldn’t make money, but his rapid progress never stopped.
And at dawn, the group encountered a huge river blocking their path. Although it
was still flowing far away, they could already hear the rough sound of the rushing current rushing through the valley.
“It’s the Tigris River!”
Scatul shouted loudly from the coach seat.
“What is that?”
“I escaped from the giant’s territory. “Once you cross that river, the giants will no longer chase you.”
“Then go across.”
“By carriage?”
“Ugh.”
“It’s impossible. It is a large river with a depth of
up to 20 meters. “Even the giants can’t advance any further because they can’t find a way to cross.”
“I can’t. Sadimus.”
“yes.”
“This adventure is not profitable.”
“yes’?”
Sadimus, who was standing in the servant’s seat at the back of the carriage, tilted his head at Deus’ unexpected story.
“Anyway, our hero is a thin guy with a lot of hands.”
Deus grumbled and looked at Sadimus again.
“Are you confident in your magical powers?”
“I can’t say this in front of you, master.”
“Can you make a 20 meter giant?”
“ah!”
“Because there are enough ingredients.”
The wagon’s rooftop luggage compartment was loaded with the dismembered bones of about 30 giants.
If most of them were gathered together on the thigh bones, the limit would be to make two 20-meter-long legs, but that was enough.
“Attach a leg to the carriage.”
“I will try.”
“If you are swept away by the current and fall, you are already dead, but you will die to me.”
Sadimus’ face hardened.
I was a little curious about how that madman would kill the dead, but I had no intention of testing it.
The carriage arrived at the river.
There Sadimus looked back.
In a village near the river, several giants had spotted the carriage and were chasing it.
Any missing joint bones can be made up from there.
He stretched out his hands and took their frail lives and pulled out the bones from their corpses.
He began to create a huge leg by connecting the thigh bones and joints he had.
Meanwhile, Scatul loosened the reins on the horses and pushed them into the water.
Thanks to the magic that made them forget their fear of water, the horses bravely swam across the river and reached the other shore first.
The 20-meter long bridge was not an easy challenge even for Sadimus.
In about 5 minutes, he created numerous magic tricks to build the giant’s legs and load the carriage.
Zeke was just amazed by Sadimus’ magic.
Where else can you see this amazing magic?
The carriage walked into the water by itself.
The carriage stumbled under the powerful current of the Tigris River, but the giant’s legs eventually completely crossed the river.
At the last moment, the bridge tilted as if it would fall into the water, and the carriage ended up half submerged in the water.
The giant’s bones were shattered and swept away by the current, and Sadimus squeezed out the last of his magical energy to push the chariot into shallower water.
Scatul called out to the horse that crossed first. With the added strength of their horses, the two wizards were able to push the carriage back up the hill by the river.
A sigh naturally came out of the group’s mouths.
Dozens of giants gathered on the other side of the river
threw rocks, but the river was one kilometer wide.
No matter how strong the giant was, it could only fly about 100 meters above the rock at most.
