After walking for about ten minutes, Leon and the others successfully arrived at the First Church of Malika.

The church was built in the shape of a normal person, with Malenia barely able to bend over and barely enter, with Ratarn reaching for at most an arm.

Fortunately, it's so dilapidated that it can't stop anyone.

The walls on both sides collapsed completely, leaving only a few stone pillars.

Once Ratharn was inside, he threw the dragon corpse aside and found a clean place to sit down.

"I can finally get some rest."

Leon looked at the statue of Marika sitting on the side of his eldest brother, and suddenly shouted with an excited expression:

"O warriors of the king, annihilate the giants on the top of the mountain, and seal the flames!"

"In this way, the glorious era can be kicked off - show the Elden Ring and welcome the beginning of the Golden Tree Age!"

Malenia stepped forward and touched his forehead: "Sick?" I wasn't so excited to see my mother. ”

Ratarn leaned against the ruins behind him: "I must have been frozen by the blizzard." ”

Leon took the Valkyrie's hand away: "This is Queen Malika's proverb, you are her heir, haven't you heard it?" ”

"Those who like to recite proverbs are not there, and I will do it for you, so that you too can bathe in the glory of the Queen."

Maleia covered her mouth and chuckled, "It's true that I rarely listened to my mother before, only my brother. ”

Ratarn didn't care: "Don't take me, I'm not her child." ”

"Stepmom is also a mom." Leon blew the whistle and summoned the Niu Ma brothers, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

As soon as Torrett appeared, he began to hit him with his head, and he seemed to have a little temper.

Li Ang could only take out the dried fruit, and while calming the spirit horse's emotions, he said to the Valkyrie: "There are pots and seasonings in the backpack on the horse, you can help get it." ”

Being often in the field, Torret was very well prepared for the mess on his body.

Although he doesn't need it most of the time.

"Okay." Marlenia stepped forward and began rummaging.

Leon took the iron pot she handed over: "Metret and I used it to stew broth back then, in Nimgefo. ”

After remembering the past, the pot was set on the fire, and it didn't take long for the hot fish soup to come out of the pot.

Leon served two bowls to Malenia and his uncle before it was his turn.

"Ah~, it's so comfortable to drink a bowl of hot soup in the ice and snow!" Ratarn drained the bowl of soup in one gulp and continued to fiddle with his charcoal-grilled dragon legs.

Maleia took a small bite of the delicious fish soup, which perfectly showed the proper manners of the aristocracy.

Leon looked at the giant cauldron that had already shown its outline in the distance, and thought to himself what fish soup was, and at this time shabu hot pot was a beautiful thing.

After eating and drinking, the three of them discussed the vigil.

Don't look at Maleia and Ratan are both demigods, but they still need to sleep and rest every once in a while, but because of the black light, as long as he ensures adequate nutritional intake, he can sleep for a long time.

So in order to maintain the physical strength of the two gold medal fighters, he directly took over the vigil.

"I slept every day (with the teacher) some time ago, and now I can't sleep at all."

"I can't sleep either." Marlenia picked up a twig and stirred the fire in front of her: "After all, what we are going to do tomorrow is too shocking for normal people to sleep." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a rhythmic snoring sound sounded from Ratarn's side.

“.” Maleia's expression froze for a long time before returning to normal.

The heartless uncle fell asleep, while Leon and Valkyrie chatted all night around the fire, accompanied by snoring.

The next morning, as soon as the sky was bright, the three of them set off again.

With the death of the ice dragon Bolerius, the howling blizzard in the frozen lake and the surrounding area has completely subsided, so they choose to fly straight over.

Head south along the Snowridge Route on the shore of the lake, past a fortress of the Flame Monks, over a canyon connected by chains, and finally reach the top of the flames———— your destination.

The trio landed in an open field.

The first thing that catches your eye is the countless ice-like corpses of giants, the number of which is too large to count.

They all knelt on the ground in a gesture of submission, their colossal bodies pierced by the branches of the Golden Tree, the tombstone of the Flame Giants and the symbol of the Golden Dynasty's might.

And not far away, on the top of the mountain, the sacred relic of the Giant Clan [Flame Cauldron] stood quietly, emitting a faint light.

"It's my first time here."

Ratarn's gaze swept over the dense ice corpses of the giant in front of him, and even for his size, he needed to look up.

"A cruel and spectacular sight that is hard to forget once you see it."

Marlenia couldn't help but nod, on this point she and her eldest brother had reached a rare consensus.

Leon stretched out his hand and patted the ice corpse next to him: "Then you are blessed, and then you will witness the last glory of the Giant Clan." ”

"By the way, it is said that all the redheads in the Junction are because of the Flame Giants."

"What do you two think?"

Rataon kicked his brother-in-law hard, don't you feel uncomfortable?

His red-haired hair was inherited from his father, Radagaon, and he had three siblings, and how could his father, who was a golden 'hero', have anything to do with giants.

"What do I think? I think you're trying to get beaten! ”

Li Ang hurriedly hid behind the Valkyrie: "Just kidding, the other party didn't say anything, didn't he, Lianlian?" ”

"Huh?" Malenia came back to her senses: "I didn't hear what you just said. ”

"I've been looking at that pot, are you going to burn the Golden Tree with it?"

Li Ang saw that the eldest brother was just talking and didn't really want to do anything, so he walked out from behind the Valkyrie.

"It's not the pot that's important, it's the fire."

With that, he took the lead through the crack in the rock wall, and the only remaining seedling of the Giant Clan was in front of him.

The Golden Dynasty has shown mercy and tolerance to all species in the Borderlands, but it is the only one that has always pursued a strategy of exterminating the Flame Giants.

Because this group of extraordinary races with low intelligence, even if they do nothing, may pose a threat to the stability of the Golden Dynasty.

Nothing else matters, without you, it's important to me.

So the Golden Dynasty put away all its mercy and brazenly launched the War of the Giants.

However, even after exterminating the giants, the cauldron could not be extinguished, and Marika cast a curse on the last giant, punishing him for eternity to extinguish the forbidden flames.

Surrounded by the corpses of compatriots, driven by the murderers of the extermination, it feels extremely ironic.

"Miserable fellow." Leon looked at the flame giants wandering on the hillside from afar.

A true behemoth, the mountain demon is a dwarf compared to him, with fiery red hair and beard covered in ring-shaped decorations, looking like a Viking barbarian from a movie, holding a pot lid that can be used as a weapon and shield in both hands.

Even more striking is the fact that he has another face on his chest and abdomen.

The closed one-eyed dwells the power of the Flame God.

"There really are giants who survived, I always thought it was a rumor." Ratarn, who had followed, sighed at the majesty of the giants.

Malenia also observed the lone giant with a little surprise: "He has a wound in his left leg. ”

Ratarn looked at the giant's splinted left leg and nodded, "I didn't expect to have the opportunity to fight such a legendary creature in this life, it's really worth the trip!" ”

"Legendary? The real legend is yet to come. Leon left a word, and then quickly approached the Flame Giant.

"You guys just watch the battle later, I'll deal with him!"

Hearing this, Ratan immediately pulled out the Shattered Star Broadsword: "Don't even think about it, he's mine!" ”

Marlenia didn't join in the fun, because she had already seen that although the Flame Giant had demigod-level strength, it was a relatively weak demigod, and his old injuries had not healed.

The pair of in-laws in front of her can easily solve it with any of them, and if she makes another move, it will not help but add to the chaos.

At the same time, sensing that someone was approaching, the flame giant, who was still confused a second ago, instantly fell into a rage, and forcefully inserted the lid of the pot into the ground, setting off a wave of snow tens of meters high.

Leon was about to draw his sword, but when he heard a commotion beside him, Ratan, who had turned into a star, smashed into the snow wave and headed straight for the flame giant.

The two collided, like thunder hitting the ground and fire, and the earth shook in an instant, and the wind and clouds changed color.

After a series of pure brute force battles, the Flame Giant was defeated, revealing his decline, and was knocked on by Ratarn.

Seeing this, Li Ang hurried to the scene with a long knife that burned blood flames.

Several red blades were slashed at the bone splint of the giant's ankle.

Fight the lame leg of the lame.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he shattered the splint, a sudden purple ripple pushed him away from the giant.

Li Ang looked at it fixedly, and it turned out that his dear uncle did it.

"Ratarn, you're too mean!"

Ratarn laughed a few times, and wrestled with the giant who had already gotten up again: "It's okay uncle, it's okay Ratarn, you are much more despicable than me!" ”

The Valkyrie, who was watching the battle from a distance, couldn't help but laugh when she heard this.

She's the adjutant of the lieutenant, but sometimes she's really shameless.

In contrast to the light-hearted playfulness of the trio, the Flame Giant struggled and retreated under the onslaught of Ratarn.

The thick flesh cracked in pain under round after round of gravity.

The left leg, which was deprived of the protection of the splint, had an old injury that recurred, and he could no longer support his heavy body.

Eventually, the giant fell.

With the click of a broken leg bone, the indelible pain of extinction gushed out with the memory, and the seal left by the Eternal Queen was quietly loosened.

He ripped off his torsioned lower limb and held it high above his head, chanting an ancient incantation to awaken the evil god with an angry cry.

The evil god accepted the sacrifice and the severed limbs ignited ferocious flames.

The huge one-eyed eye in the middle of his chest slowly opened, and the bloodshot eyeballs surged with orange-red flames.

At this time, the flame giant can be regarded as truly awakened.

He roared in the sky, spewing out a large amount of hot lava boulders from the huge mouth in his chest, like a volcanic eruption, and the flames of the evil gods mixed with it, turning the snowfields of the hills below him into a sea of fire.

He's not so much showing strength as he's pouring out.

Pour out all your life energy.

Even if the body is shattered and turned into powder, the anger in your heart must ignite the flame of destruction and destroy the world with you.

It is the most instinctive force that a race bursts out at the moment of its demise.

The power is so intense that it can be terrifying.

But unfortunately, it could not be held for a long time, and under the afterglow of the huge golden tree overhead, the more crazy the Broken Leg Giant became, the more sad and desolate it became.

They were the oldest indigenous people in the land, but they were exterminated by outsiders.

Ratan did not continue to attack, but silently retreated.

He couldn't bear to erase the little spark left of the giants, even if it was so faint that it was nearly extinguished.

Leon chose the opposite, spreading his wings and flying straight towards the giant.

"He needs relief more now than pity."

The flame giant, already exhausted, was dragging its stump and struggling to crawl towards the cauldron at the top of the mountain, as if trying to do something before dying.

Leon folded his wings and landed in front of him, reaching out his index finger to hit the center of his eyebrows.

The black-red glow burrowed into the giant's brain, bringing him a message:

"The Golden Clan is not having a good time now, the gods and kings are imprisoned in the trees, and the dynasty is falling apart."

The content of the message stunned the flame giant for a long time, and then collapsed in the snow and laughed freely.

Tired of laughing, he prostrated in front of Li Ang and raised a palm: "Please take away my strength, burn it, be sure to burn it!" ”

Leon smiled, placing his hand in the giant's rough, thin palm.

The black light began to circulate, and in just a few minutes, it completely absorbed the flame giant who was willing to sacrifice everything.

In the distance, Ratan, who didn't know the inside story, asked in surprise, "What's going on?" What about the giants? ”

Maleia lowered her arms and looked at him, "You're asking me?" You don't think I'm going to tell you, do you? ”

After saying that, he walked away from him without hesitation.

Devouring others to gain power is unknown, so Maleia consciously kept it a secret for Leon.

"Please say thank you."

"Thanks, huh?"

Li Ang, who was struggling to digest, looked at the Valkyrie who came over suspiciously: "Why?" ”

Maleia paused for a moment on his pupils glowing with orange-red fire: "You don't care about this, you can say what you want." ”

Li Ang scratched his cheek: "Thank you." ”

"You're welcome." The corners of Maleia's mouth rose: "How is the golden tree going to ignite and climb onto the cauldron?" ”

Leon nodded, "Almost, but I need to leave for a while before that." ”

"Where are you going?" The eldest brother who came over slowly asked, "Do you have an opinion about me, and you will leave as soon as I come?" ”

Leon knew he was joking, but he explained seriously: "I still have something to deal with before burning the tree, it won't be long before I can come back soon." ”

Ratarn said magnanimously, "Then you go." ”

Maleia was concerned, "Do you need me to come with you?" ”

Li Ang smiled and waved his hand: "No, you can't go to that place." ”

"And the land where I can't go with broken stars." Before Ratarn could finish his words, he saw his brother-in-law disappear in an instant.

In about half an hour at most, Leon returned to the top of the Giant's Mountain.

Ratarn didn't seem to have moved in a while, touching his chin, his face full of confusion.

"What the hell is this place. I can't go? ”

Li Ang flew into the air and stretched out his hand to shake it in front of his eldest brother's eyes: "Don't guess, that place is called Great Blessing, but from now on, it will have to be renamed." ”

"Where's Malenia?"

Ratarn pointed in the direction of the cauldron of flames, and then continued to think, "Great blessing? A great blessing? I always feel like I've heard it somewhere. ”

Leaving him alone to rack his brains, Leon turned and flew towards the cauldron of flames.

Marlenia had climbed to the top of the cauldron by the iron lock that connected the cauldron, overlooking the royal city and the golden tree.

Leon landed beside her: "Why do you look more positive than me?" ”

Maleia chuckled, "I just don't want to be with him." ”

said that Cao Cao Cao arrived, and as soon as her voice fell, Ratann had already flown up.

The edge of the pot, which could accommodate four or five people side by side, turned into a slender steel wire when it came to the eldest brother, so he simply used gravity magic to fix himself in mid-air.

"What's next? Do you want to overturn the cauldron and crash it into the golden tree? ”

"Although this pot looks a bit heavy, I can try it."

Li Ang rejected the kindness of his eldest brother: "Don't worry, there is an easier way." ”

"Have you ever heard a word?"

"Those who go with the fire will one day meet the death of their destiny."

(End of chapter)