Chapter 19: The Giant King Kudelt (3)
Lillian was reluctant, but when she saw Orlan rushing towards the giant, she knew that this battle was no longer hers. She is not the kind of person who knows right and wrong regardless of the occasion, and it is not in the glory of knighthood to intervene in other people's duels at will.
She led twenty-three soldiers, and even used what she had learned over the years of fighting and learning to the extreme, but she was still mercilessly defeated by this giant like a chicken. And she could only run away with her injuries and her subordinates.
In the end, she is only a defeated subordinate of the giants, and those who flee are not even qualified to challenge again. And the silver-haired woman in front of her (Orlan: Meow Meow? Lillian's courage and strength are trusted, if even she can't stand up to giants...... Then let's die in this land with William.
Oran didn't know that he had tried his best, and he had already taken out his housekeeping skills to drag the crazy giant king, but the girl behind him was exuding such a "brain hole", and even wanted to find the person who was bent on death. If Orlan knew, well, he would have said, "I'm not going to do this job!" ”
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Orlan held the greatsword in both hands, because it was a weapon he had a good eye on. He now felt more and more that his short sword was not enough, although he was usually good at killing wolves, hunting bears, and slaughtering people. But when it comes to giant prey, it's a drop in the bucket.
It is only in certain situations that it is good to use the short sword to launch a fatal blow, otherwise it is easy to be hit while injuring the opponent.
Orlan is fast and incredibly powerful. That's why the old hunter Morgan comforted him as an "ordinary boy" like a dragon cub.
With his legs, he can jump up to 10 yards on the spot, and with his feet, he can overtake the knight's charging horse. His arms were still no match for the giant, but his swift form was able to cut through the giant's defenses with a heavy blade.
This was something that Lillian could not do on her own, she could not hurt the giant in the slightest with her greatsword. Because her current strength is at most at the level of Astra's superior knight. And the person who can deal with this kind of legendary giant, has this silver hair reached the legendary level?
If she had asked Orlan that question, he would have said no. Because the Giant King is far from playing to his strength as a legendary creature. As the giant king Kudelt himself said, he is dead...... Now he is nothing more than a corpse that uses special means to maintain his mind.
Oh...... The giant's roar echoed across the sky, and every blow he struck with an icicle in both hands destroyed the stone forest.
Orlan swept the ground with his greatsword for some distance before leaping to his feet, then landing on top of the giant's smashed arm, and then rushing towards the giant's shoulder. As the giant straightened up, Orlan even ran close to his arm at a near-vertical angle.
Orlan was aiming at the heart of the giant. And this great sword is also long enough to pierce the vital points of the giants.
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Kudelt has produced many children and descendants in his long life, but perhaps just as the entire Frost Giants have been spit on and cursed by the gods, those children are not as powerful as him. They're more like a mix of rock and frost.
Just like the frost giants at the end of their lives, whether it is blood or flesh, will condense into ice crystals. And his descendants were reduced to stone-like things.
When he sensed that the flames were about to be extinguished, the curse began to appear. It was something that even the gods would fear, and he himself was not immune. The curse allowed him to sleep in the middle of the giant's graveyard, and after unaware of the hunting of other sapient species, he possessed black crystals to restore his mind, which he called "humanity".
He knew that the world was about to be in turmoil, starting with the most powerful intelligent species, and all the way to the world of dwarves (humans).
More and more people will die, then they will be resurrected, and then they will lose themselves and become living beings. Only a strong, strong-minded person can find "humanity" and use "humanity" to restore his appearance and reason.
But this method does not free them from this curse at all, not even the amount of humanity.
Now he felt that his inner self was slowly starting to condense again, and the power was surging away like a tidal wave. He'd been holding out long enough to finally wait for the person he wanted to wait.
It is not impossible to sleep in the hands of the people of destiny.
Orlan tensed up, channeling the force of his entire body through the blade of the greatsword to the tip of the sword, and then pushing it into the giant's heart. You can feel the coldness of stabbing into the frozen lake, and the cold air that spreads through the metal blade to your hand.
Orlan glared at the giant's chest with his foot, and drew his greatsword with all his might, for he even suspected that if it had been too late, the sword would have been frozen in the giant's heart forever.
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The giant knelt down, and his body began to crystallize from the inside out, until it became a huge statue made entirely of translucent ice cubes.
Not far away, Lillian finally breathed a sigh of relief, though the aftermath of the aftermath of the thrill soon made her knightly heart feel ashamed and guilty. From the time she decided to come to this place to complete the so-called trial, she didn't seem to have achieved anything.
Neither beheading the Frost Giant, nor saving the stupid William, she sacrificed all her subordinates, and her own life was at stake. Relying on a complete stranger, she barely avenged them, maybe her strength is still too weak.
Whether it was in front of the giants, or in front of the entire decaying Janos, she seemed so weak and powerless. "Perhaps only like that silver-haired woman, silently overcoming obstacles and sweeping away all difficulties, is the real life, the dream that should be pursued." She told herself in her heart.
Oran had no idea that he had inadvertently created an admirer, even though that admirer might have completely misunderstood him in some ways.
"You...... Please tell me your name. In the name of Lilian Annos, I guarantee that you will receive the glory and rewards you deserve. Not only did you avenge my soldiers, but you also saved me three times. ”
"Oran." Feel free to reply.
"Yes, Lord Oran. But in the end, can you still ...... Help me get William back. I will promise you a more generous reward. ”
It seems that this Janos, like the other Janos, likes to draw you a beautiful big cake first, and then let you work hard.
"Well, it's a rare weapon." Orlan swung his sword, which was still cold, and this was the first time Orlan had learned to speak in a roundabout way.
“…… This, it's a standard Astra Knight greatsword, but it already has my signature on it. If you need other ......"
"No, I don't mind, this one is good."