Chapter 11: The Giant's City
Trials Space, Hanoshima.
This secret realm perfectly simulates the strange environmental characteristics of the wind elemental realm.
The islands of ice crystals, cilia, charged dust, and a large number of flocculent complexes float like a giant gray feather.
In the middle of the island, there is an ornate domed palace.
In the eyes of those who don't know, it looks incredible!
The "ground" of Hanoshima is like soft snow.
It seems that as soon as you step on it, you will sink into it, until it penetrates the entire island and falls to the earth.
How can such a floppy structure support a magnificent castle?
In fact, the gravity of Hanoshima, like the Wind Elemental Realm and the Star Boundary, has no fixed direction.
The residents who live here can adjust the gravity direction at will by their own subjective will.
Alien trialists, who have mastered this technique, can also walk in the clouds without relying on flying spells.
As for the castle in the clouds, it is the residence of Kalida, the hostess of Hanoshima.
The castle gravity points and follows the will of the hostess to float like a feather in the clouds.
Kalida is a wind djinn.
In the mortal world, the Wind Djinn also has a more widely known colloquial name called the "God of Lights".
It is said that if you make a wish to the god of lights, your wishes will come true.
This legend is half-true and half-true.
Not limited to the "god of lights", the four giant spirits of water, fire, wind, and earth do have the magic power to fulfill wishes, so much so that they are comparable to gods in the eyes of mortals.
However, only the giant spirits above the seventh order can initially awaken this magical power, and within a limited range, realize the miracle of creating something out of nothing and changing reality.
The hostess of the Featherland Island, the noble Lady Khalida, is unfortunately only a sixth-order wind djinn.
Currently, he does not have the ability to perform the 7-ring "Limited Prayer Technique".
Otherwise, she will definitely use this ability to get herself out of trouble!
Over the island, the storm roars and the thunder and lightning roar!
A big war is underway!
Both sides of the battle use qi skills.
On the island of Hae, qi magic and martial arts have been strengthened, increasing their power by 50% and doubling their range.
It is equivalent to automatically attaching two super magic effects: "Powerful" and "Increasing".
Kalida, the wind djinn, looks like a giantess with royal blue skin on her upper body.
The figure is enchanting, the face is gorgeous, and the long hair is fluttering.
On his forehead, he wears a Mithril forehead ornament that enhances mana.
Because of excessive overdraft of magic power, the wind magic stone inlaid in the center of the forehead ornament and eyebrows has already appeared fine cracks, and it may shatter at any time.
Below her waist, Kalida transformed into a blue whirlwind.
It is completely in line with people's general impression of the "god of lights".
Harnessing storms and summoning thunderstorms is what Calida relies on to rule the island of Featherland.
It's a pity that the thunderstorm on the opposite side that exudes the evil aura of the bottomless abyss is also good at summoning lightning and controlling the storm.
Calida remembers that the blonde girl who claimed to be Pamela.
Looks like a noble lady.
But he acts in a barbaric and rude manner, like a bandit!
This witch broke into Hanoshima with three companions.
Fight along the way!
Kalida's Wind Elemental Guards couldn't stop these four bandits at all.
After breaking into the castle, Pamela asks Calida on the throne to go head-to-head.
Kalida was initially dismissive.
Pamela's cultivation has just been promoted to the early stage of the sixth order.
Kalida's strength is comparable to that of a late sixth-order wind elemental warlock.
Of course, she has reason to think that Pamela's challenge is too arrogant!
The enraged Wind Djinn rose from his throne, which resembled a giant oil lamp, and turned into a whirlwind and pounced on Pamela.
I'm going to rip off all the blonde hair of this arrogant chick and torture her hard!
Let's see if she can still put on this unstoppable look when she wails and begs for mercy!
And then...... Kalida was tragic.
Pamela's rank is indeed inferior to her.
However, the strength of a warlock does not depend entirely on rank.
Skipping challenges is a common occurrence for a talented girl like Pamela.
When she turned on the Sixth-Order Atavism and transformed into an abyssal storm that shone with blood-colored lightning, Kalida regretted it.
Compared to the massive storm clouds, Kalida was too small, and in the blink of an eye, it was engulfed.
The ensuing battle was nothing more than a one-sided ravage.
Pamela's three companions, Am, Phil, and Sean, also opened the fifth-order atavistic form.
With their arms crossed over their chests, they stood on the outskirts of the battlefield, quietly watching Pamela beat the Wind Djinn.
These three warlocks, who were also from the Randolph family, had not only improved their cultivation but also their bloodlines after this period of trial.
Earth Elemental Warlock Am, promoted to Earth Djinn bloodline, late fifth order.
It looks like a sleek stone giant with eyes that sparkle like agate.
Phil, a fifth-order early fire elemental bloodline, advanced to a fire djinn warlock.
Phil's Fire Djinn form, which looks like a demon.
The skin of this sturdy giant is like red-hot coals.
There are a pair of short black horns on the top of the head.
The lower half of the body was a burning flame emitting black smoke with a strong sulfur smell.
The water system's Sean cultivation is also in the early stage of the fifth order.
After being promoted to the Water Djinn Warlock, he still maintains a handsome and elegant appearance, as well as a narcissistic personality.
The cyan skin is smooth and delicate, the eyes are like sapphires, the teeth are as white as pearls, and the long cyan hair hangs down to the waist.
From the waist down, it transforms into a liquid state, like a surging fountain.
All three of them successfully advanced to the Djinn Warlock with the help of Pamela.
The Djinn bloodline has more potential than ordinary elemental creatures.
Normally, you can ascend to the seventh order and awaken the "Limited Prayer Technique".
It is said that there are also a very few lucky Djinn Warlocks who can ascend to the ninth order and comprehend the legendary "Prayer Technique"!
Pray for magic, it's magical!
The range of uses is too wide to mention.
One of the most important uses for a warlock is to emulate other spells.
"Limited Prayer Technique" can simulate any magic that does not exceed 6 rings.
"Prayer Technique" can simulate any magic that does not exceed 7 rings.
You don't need to know much about the simulated object.
Just see someone cast it once, and you can perfectly simulate the same spell!
With the Prayer Technique, it is equivalent to learning most of the magic in the world in advance, beyond the limit of the Warlock's bloodline!
That's why mortals compare djinn to gods, believing that djinn can grant all wishes!
Amm and the others, who had successfully advanced to the Djinn bloodline, were already satisfied.
However, they didn't understand why Pamela was not satisfied.
Obviously, there was an easier way to advance the Wind Djinn, but she insisted on going her own way and chose the more risky bloodline fusion.
With a mournful roar, the hostess of Hanoshima finally died at the hands of Pamela.
All over his hair was brutally ripped off and flew all over the sky.
Syllable!
The forehead was shattered, and a cloud of blue smoke wafted out.
This is the elemental spirit of Kalida, the wind djinn.
Pamela turned back into her human form, holding up a walnut-sized Wind Demon Stone in her hand.
Recite a spell and absorb the spirit of the Wind Djinn.
Wind magic stone, full of blue flocculent texture, like a cloud pattern.
Having absorbed Khalida's spirit, she has been transformed into a soul jade.
Pamela smiled.
Then he swallowed the soul jade into his mouth.
Grunt and swallowed.
After devouring the soul jade alive, you can try to devour the wind giant spirit spirit sealed in the soul jade in a special way.
If the devouring is successful, the Wind Djinn bloodline can be fused.
But what if it fails?
It is reasonable that one's own bloodline cannot be reconciled with the bloodline of the foreign wind giant spirit, and it is reasonable for rejection and even collapse.
Pamela is well aware of the risks of blood fusion.
Some preparations were also made beforehand.
For example, to increase the rank, inject holy medicine, and strengthen attributes.
Even so, the theoretical success rate of bloodline fusion is only fifty percent.
Is it necessary to take this risk?
Am, Phil, and Sean don't understand.
They also tried to convince Pamela that they were not willing to gamble with their future.
Pamela, however, was unmoved.
"I chose to merge over advance for a simple reason."
"The Wind Giant Spirit bloodline can only be compatible with the storm elemental bloodline, but it will repel my abyss bloodline, I can't bear it!"
Pamela's reply sounded reasonable.
But there's another problem.
Her storm elemental bloodline comes from the Randolph family.
However, how could she have an abyssal bloodline?
I haven't heard of Pamela's immediate family, and they have a relationship with the Abyss Demon.
What's more, it wasn't until four years ago that she inexplicably awakened the abyss bloodline.
At that time, she was over 16 years old.
Generally speaking, at this age, it is unlikely that the recessive bloodline will awaken.
The abyssal bloodline of unknown origin has always been a mystery that has shrouded Pamela.
She refused to explain, and others did not dare to inquire.
"Miss, I wish you success in fusing the Wind Giant Spirit bloodline."
Phil was the first to break the silence.
"Are you going to retreat for a while?"
"Of course not."
Pamela straightened her sideburns and looked indifferent.
"Tomorrow morning, the Dragon Realm and the Plateau of Power will go to war, let's all go and have a good time and find a chance to make some gains."
"Miss, are you going to join the giant camp or the dragon camp?" Amm asked.
"Dragons, of course!" Sean hurriedly said, "In this way, the eldest lady can use the power of the dragon clan to hunt the storm giants and obtain the bloodline essence, which is very beneficial to strengthening her storm elemental bloodline." ”
"Hehe......"
Pamela shook her head and chuckled.
"You guessed it wrong, I'm going to join the giants."
"Huh?!" Sean froze.
Amm and Phil also looked at each other.
What are the benefits of joining the giant side?
"There are two reasons for this."
Pamela explained lightly.
"First of all, the dragon vein warlock of the North Island Academy will definitely join the dragon clan camp tomorrow, I hate those northerners and don't want to be with them."
"In addition, I heard a message from a friend that joining the giant camp has a chance to obtain an extremely powerful bloodline essence!"
"What bloodline?" Phil asked curiously.
"Titans!" Pamela said in a deep voice.
……
The next day, early in the morning.
Alan and Tanya, teleported to the Plateau of Power early in the morning.
This secret place is a simulation of Jotunheim, the "land of giants".
A cross-sectional view of the plateau, resembling a stepped pyramid.
Giants of different orders (castes) inhabit different classes of the "pyramids".
Geographically, it reflects the caste system of giant society.
The division into different residential areas also implies the solidification of class and even the prohibition of interracial marriage.
At the bottom are the subspecies of giants that do not enter the stream.
For example, trolls, ogres, minotaurs, the untouchable class of giant society.
The farms and pastures higher up are home to the Hill Giants.
The living environment, even worse than the untouchables, can only be described as dirty, messy, and smelly!
The giants of the hill are nothing more than a bunch of idiots who are full of ideas about eating, drinking, and mating, and their bad habit of defecating in the open is disgusting!
Therefore, in the eyes of the high-caste giants, the hill giants are nothing more than the bigger ogres.
Further up, there is the middle layer of the Power Plateau, which is also the most densely populated residential area.
This area is divided into three main settlements.
The golems live in caves or crypts.
The dwelling is not seen by day, but it is clean and tidy.
Stone Giant, is a craftsman and artist of the giant society.
Dark and smooth skin without a single hair.
looks burly and clumsy, not good at words, but in fact, the heart is delicate and willing to think.
Golems are rarely active in the sun.
Or hide in the depths of the cave and meditate, pondering philosophical questions about life and death, time, and eternity.
Or patiently polish the fine stone tools.
These stone works of art were very popular in high society.
Frost giants, who inhabit the bitter cold land in the northern part of the plateau.
These big, white-skinned men with blue skin have a lifestyle similar to that of the medieval Vikings in Allen's previous life.
Rough, brutal, but also innocent and simple.
In the giant society, the frost giant is the best source of soldiers.
The fire giants who live in the volcanic zone in the southern part of the plateau are also a violent and martial people.
However, in addition to being a soldier, the fire giant also has a way out, which is to become a blacksmith.
Using the abundant iron ore and natural volcanic furnaces in the area, the weapons and armor were not very beautiful but durable.
Further up, at the top of the plateau, is the royal city of the cloud giants.
The cloud giants are the de facto ruling class of the giant society.
From military generals to internal affairs officials, most of them are held by cloud giant nobles.
The Storm Giants, as a priestly caste, are the least numerous and have the most exalted status.
They did not care much about mundane life, entrusting military and internal affairs to the management of the cloud giants, either traveling far and wide or hiding in monasteries to study ancient texts.
Every festival, he comes forward to preside over the celebration ceremony.
The Storm Giants who stayed behind and dwelt at the highest point of the Plateau of Power.
Located on the top of a high mountain behind the Giant King's City, there is a temple built.
For most of the day, the temple is shrouded in white clouds, looming over.
It was clear at noon, cloudless, and only for a brief time to see the temple in its fullness.
This cloud temple is the monastery of the Storm Giants.
In the temple, it is said that a colossal statue of the golden Titan is enshrined, which is the idol worshipped by the giants, the "God of Giants" Annan, the primordial Titan born with the universe.
With one rib of his own, Annan created his sister and wife.
The couple gave birth to a total of twelve children, the original twelve demigod Titans.
Twelve demigod Titans, men and women, start a family, and have children.
These tall and handsome children are the Shining Titans.
As the group expanded, so did the strife within the Titans.
The factional contradictions were irreconcilable, and finally evolved to the point of division.
Some of the Titans have embarked on the path of betrayal and depravity.
These rebels who turn to the evil camp are the so-called Dark Titans.
Despite the fall of the Dark Titans, overall, the Titan nation of the primeval era flourished.
After that, there is the long war between the Titans and the Dragons.
The ancestors of all ethnic groups on the earth saw the giant wearing golden helmets and golden armor, fighting the evil dragon in the clouds, and called him the "golden giant god" in awe.
This was the "Golden Age" of the Titans.
Even the noble and great Titans cannot escape the law of prosperity and decline.
As a people, the population of the Titans continued to multiply and expand.
However, there are also signs of deterioration in the bloodline.
Among newborns, the number of golden bloodlines is decreasing.
The second-class Silver Titans gradually became the mainstream.
This was the "Silver Age" of the Titans.
Later, the Bronze Titans, who had a worse bloodline, became the majority of the group, ushering in the "Bronze Age".
The Titans of the Bronze Age were no longer able to sustain their lives high above the clouds.
In order to obtain the resources for survival, they had to condescend to move to the land.
Gradually, the Titans were influenced by the tribes of the surface and political necessity to continue the tradition of prohibiting intermarriage with foreigners.
The Titans married the ancient elemental djinn and gave birth to the ancestors of the giant races of stone, frost, fire, clouds, and storms, which have multiplied to this day.
What's more, driven by perverted lust, he made peace with monsters and gave birth to inferior offspring such as the Hill Giant, which damaged the dignity of the Titans!
This is the creation myth of the Titans and the Giants.
Titanization is divided into three classes: gold, silver, and bronze, as well as the caste system of giants, all of which can be found in the creation myth.
However, Alan feels that another possibility cannot be ruled out:
The above-mentioned creation myth is actually a rhetoric invented by later generations of Titans and Giant scholars, based on the original documents.
The aim was to preserve the caste system that already existed at the time, to justify its legitimacy by inventing a set of mythological traditions.
……
Early this morning, the Cloud Temple sounded the alarm.
Warn the major giant tribes that the dragons living on the other side of the "Hunting Bow Strait" are about to invade the Plateau of Force!
The giants who heard the bell immediately put on their armor, took up their weapons, hurriedly climbed the mountain, and rushed to the Giant King City to assemble.
Take part in the holy war to defend the royal city and the Temple!
In the crowd of people who were hurrying, there were two thin figures.
Alan and Tanya.
The two sisters and brothers, the teleportation point is located halfway up the mountain.
The road up the mountain is crowded with giants.
According to their respective castes, they climb the mountain in a procession.
The crowd is dense, the giants are big, and their temper is not good, so it is inevitable that there will be bumps and bumps.
Scenes of quarrels and even fights can be seen everywhere.
Tanya covered her ears, her face full of depression.
The giants are too loud.
Hundreds of giants quarrel together, and the terrifying noise is a hundred times noisier than that of the vegetable market!
She and Alan held hands, neither could hear each other.
had to yell close to each other's ears.
In this kind of environment, there is no way to chat well.
"Senior sister, let's teleport directly outside the gate of the royal city, it should be cleaner over there."
Alan took Tanya's hand and opened the "Thousand Miles Leisure Garden".
The figures of the two disappeared from the ground.
After a few seconds, it appeared outside the magnificent city gates.
When you get here, you are not allowed to enter.
Alan and Tanya must turn on their atavistic forms and show their respective giant traits in order to enter the outer city gate and register at the enlistment office.
Eren transforms into an ogre form.
Tanya transforms into a Bighorn Minotaur.
As soon as the two of them completed their transformation, the crowd around them suddenly dispersed with an uproar!
All kinds of giants are afraid of them.
The gaze cast over made no secret of his disdain!
"No way, we belong to the untouchable class, which is the so-called 'untouchable'."
Tanya shrugged and smiled wryly.
Alan frowned slightly, adjusting his appearance slightly.
Become a slender and handsome poison giant with blue skin.
However, the treatment has not improved.
As soon as the other giants saw him, they covered their noses and walked around the road.
As if there was something dirty on him!
Fortunately, the city gate guards did not embarrass them.
The two Frost Giant Guards covered their noses and waved their hands, signaling them to hurry into the door, don't hang around here, annoying people!
The siblings entered the city gate and were confronted by the signboard of the recruiting office.
As soon as he was about to walk over, he was screamed and stopped by the recruiter.
The recruiter is a female cloud giant.
The skin is gray, not very beautiful, and he has dark circles like pandas, and he looks overindulgent.
Seeing Alan and Tanya from afar, she was still pretentiously covering her heart, as if she was about to suffocate.
"You two just stand there, don't come near me!"
"Ma'am, we're here to join the army!"
Tanya's words couldn't help but bring anger.
"Look at the looks of the two of you, aren't you locals?"
"We are trialists."
"Humph! No wonder it looks strange, and I don't know what disgusting blood is hybridized, it's really spicy eyes! ”
The female recruiter held the roster and asked them from a distance what their names, bloodlines, and ranks were.
Tanya replied truthfully.
As for Allen, except for claiming that the pretty boy is reasonable and convincing, the other information is made up casually.
Anyway, it's just a formality, and no one cares about the authenticity of the registration information.
Although the attitude of the female recruiter is not very good, she is still responsible.
After signing up, instruct the sisters and brothers to go to the Cloud Temple and receive the dragon sealing spell.
If you learn this spell, you will be able to seal the dragon soul of the corresponding attribute with the magic stone and refine the soul jade.
After the end of the war, the proof of meritorious deeds is that you can save a few soul jades, and what level of dragon soul is sealed.
Alan took Tanya's hand and teleported directly to the top of the mountain.
The guards guarding the gates of the temple, twelve each of the stone giants, fire giants, and frost giants, were all dressed in ornate armor.
The Fire Giant and the Frost Giant, showing obvious disdain for them.
Golem was indifferent.
Glancing at the two of them, he turned his head away.
Through bloodline and identity verification, the two entered the temple.
The colossus statue of the Golden Titan on the opposite side is thirty meters high!
Tanya was amazed.
Alan didn't think it was a big deal.
He became a Behemoth, almost as tall as a Titan.
At the foot of the Colossus, there is an altar.
The violet-skinned female Storm Giant, dressed in sacrificial robes, is oiling a large lantern.
In the end, it is still cultural people who have self-cultivation, and giant society is no exception.
As the highest caste and the most revered priest class, the Storm Giant Lady did not show obvious dislike for Eren and Tanya.
With a polite smile on his face, he instructed the two to put the magic stone on the altar and sacrifice.
How much is the sacrifice?
There are no regulations.
It is a way of fundraising, just like entering the temple and donating some incense money, which is more or less a heart.
The priestess cultivated well, and did not put the snobbery of disliking the poor and loving the rich on her face.
After the donation, the two received a telepathic "dragon sealing spell" from the priestess.
Keep it in mind, thank you and leave.
Returning to the courtyard of the royal city again, a familiar call suddenly came from behind him.
"Alan! What a coincidence, you're here too! ”
……
Ask for a recommended ticket for a commuter pass
(End of chapter)