Seeing that the sun was about to set, the clouds were not too thick, and the whole sky and the ground were reflected dimly and drely, as if a snowstorm was about to fall.

Lilian rode her horse and galloped, could it be that this girl who kept saying that she wanted to kill William still cared about him in her heart? But it may be too late, perhaps by this time they have already been eaten by the giants, and there are no bones left. Orlan knew that these giants were still very difficult to mess with, after all, they had been neighbors here for a while.

There were so many giants, and Orlan could feel the slight vibration of the ground.

"Looks like we'll have to catch up and see, at least we can't let this woman die. After all, I promised the knights......"

But Orlan was surprised by the giants he saw, as if they had changed a lot from before, first of all, the rock-like appearance of their bodies, which is a characteristic of dying giants in their twilight years, and when the giants were completely dead, they would even turn into real stones.

And these giants in front of them, who are clearly still in action, are accompanied by the traces of death for a long time. In particular, their eyes glowed red, the result of the crystallization of the dead giant's eyeballs.

Oran refers to giants by "they", not "them". Because of his knowledge of giants, he regarded the giant race as equivalent to the intelligent species of humans.

Just as humans know that the Protoss who live in Godland, they also recognize humans as intelligent species, although they usually refer to humans as "dwarves".

The sapient giants have lost their minds, but remain the corpses that act instinctually, and this seems to have spread to most of the giants.

Is it a disease, a plague, an alchemical product, magic, a spell, or some unknown power?

It seems that Orlan must find the "Giant King" and let him answer these questions. But the key now is to rescue Lilian, who has been besieged by three giants.

Lillian was gradually cornered by the giants, and although her riding skills were superb, she dodged most of the giants' attacks, but the terrain did not allow her to escape.

Just as her whole body was caught in the giant's fingers that were about to close, and her greatsword was knocked to the ground, Orlan descended from the giant's head with a sword.

Her beautiful silver ponytail swayed in the air, her gaze was firm but gentle, and she was fearless and unrelenting in the face of giants. Simply cut off the giant's finger, and she saved me like a Valkyrie. Maybe that's what I want to be......" - that's what Lillian remembered at the time, though she did regret it later.

It didn't take much effort to save Lillian from the dying giants' "corpses", but he found that individual giants were still very mobile. Lilian's horse was quickly divided by the giants, so she had to carry her on her chest and flee on horseback.

Not far ahead, Orlan didn't even plan to go in, as he knew it was a "graveyard of giants". If the dead giants are resurrected, it means that it will be the most dangerous place. Let's hope they don't die there......

"Hold on."

"Hmmm......"

Lilian, who was leaning back against Oran's chest, looked unusually well-behaved and reassuring, no longer with her teeth and claws and thorns like when she faced William.

Orlan didn't think much of it, just thought of it as a girl who was scared stupid by the giant. Although this girl's combat power is definitely above that of Knight William......

"Sure enough, the heart of a woman is fragile and fickle," as the old hunter told him. Even the most powerful women will be easily defeated, and sometimes they can say and do the exact opposite.

"You, you can let me down...... I had to go and save him. Idiots like him...... If I don't do anything, he'll die. ”

"Maybe he's dead. There are already too many giants. ”

"You! You just curse your master like that? Though...... He's not a good thing, indeed. ”

"Master? No one can be my master. The knights hired me, and then I helped them find the giants, and the hire ended. ”

“…… Then why did you come to save me? ”

"For the knight hired me again, and gave me all the gold he had left."

“…… Let me go, I still have the strength to save them. After a brief moment of silence, Lillian's tone softened.

"No, at least not yet. We have more important places to go. ”

……

Orlan and Lillian had taken the opposite path to William and the others, and he hurried towards the almost rocky forest.

"I said, why do you know so much about this place? It's like the indigenous people here. ”

"Why do you say that?"

"In the ice caves, you're as skilled at rummaging through strange things as you would in your hometown. Why do you know how to keep the spiders away and dig up the burning eggs...... You know, I haven't seen any of these in the biology encyclopedia of the Imperial Royal Library......"

"Maybe you just didn't find it." Oran understated.

"I don't know where else to find this other than the most authoritative encyclopedia in the Empire. Also, why do you know so much about giants......"

"I've just dealt with them, but I think they're getting weird now."

"Then you know, why there are two giant races here?!" Lillian voiced the question in her mind.

"No, as far as I know, there's only one group of giants here."

"No way, do you know what kind of giant we just got here and wiped out our army? It...... Compared to the stone man I just met, it was too tall and too strong! Its surface has a frosty blue vein. You tell me, this is the real frost giant, right!? ”

“…… You're not wrong. I know who attacked you, the king of the mountains and the entire group of giants, and the only pure-blooded Frost Giant. You may be disappointed that none of the giants you have seen are frost giants except him. ”

"Hehe, then William didn't even know that they were wrong from the beginning, and even the real Frost Giant wouldn't be found. It's ridiculous...... I thought I could end this trial before he did, or at least save the idiot, but in the end I was just an idiot. ”

Lillian didn't reproach Orlan for lying to William, after all, if William had found the real Frost Giant......

"If the Giant King is found, maybe he will have a way to recall all the giants, and then William and they can be saved." But Oran didn't say the next sentence.

If the Giant Kings all become "living corpses"......