The interior of the forest, which should have been dark and decaying, was now filled with orange-red light from dusk. Its intensity was like a burning fire, but it inevitably brought with it a sense of irreversibility as its glory was about to end.

Derrick Berg was holding the "Darkless Cross" formed by pure light, walking slowly in front. Behind him on the left was the gray-haired "demon hunter" Colin Iliad, holding two straight swords. Behind him on the right was Haim, holding the "Thor's Roar" giant hammer. This two-meter-tall "half-giant" was ready to exchange the seal he held with Derrick at any time.

The light emitted by the "Darkless Cross" became increasingly dimmer here, as if the sun had set to the horizon, leaving only a hint of golden afterglow.

Of course, no one in Silver City had ever seen a similar scene. They could only imagine it based on the descriptions in ancient documents. Similarly, today was also the first time they had seen what dusk was.

Woo!

As the exploration team went deeper, the sound of wind began to be heard in the decaying forest, which was so quiet that it was almost frozen, as if countless creatures were crying in the depths.

However, Derrick and the others did not feel any wind blowing on them at all.

Woo!

The sound of the wind became more and more intense, shaking his soul. Derrick suddenly felt a chill on the back of his neck, which made his hair stand on end and his body and mind shiver.

Normally, the human instinct at this time is to shrink the neck, raise the arms, block backwards, and half turn the body to observe the situation and prepare for the attack. However, Derrick did not do this because in a dangerous environment, reckless turning of the head would often lead to extremely terrible things. Moreover, he had the chief and teammates behind him. He fully believed that they could respond in time and put his life in their hands.

With a whoosh, the silver-white blade wrapped with tiny electric snakes flew past the side of Derrick's neck, evaporating in the dusk light with a blurry and distorted figure.

At the same time, the "No Dark Cross" was stimulated by something and suddenly got rid of its drowsy and dim state, making the light it emitted become bright and pure again.

Dawn suddenly arrived in the surrounding area. One after another, indescribable black shadows appeared in the morning light and then quickly disappeared.

When everything calmed down, Derrick stared ahead and asked doubtfully:

"What are these? They don't look like wraiths, shadows, or evil spirits..."

Demon Hunter Colin looked around and spoke slowly:

"Some kind of residual aura... They seem to have combined with the power of dusk, causing some abnormal changes."

I've never seen a monster like this before... Derrick tightened his grip on the Darkless Cross and moved the other finger that had not been pricked to the thorn.

Relying on the targeted ability of "No Dark Cross", the exploration team moved forward smoothly. Before long, they came to the depths of the decaying forest. Through the trees, they could vaguely see the cliffs and orange clouds in the distance.

The damage here was not serious. The branches and leaves were hung in mid-air, blocking the frozen dusk and making the environment suddenly dark.

After carefully bypassing this place, Derrick's eyes suddenly lit up and he saw two standing, gray, mottled stone tablets.

Before he had time to take a closer look, the rays of dusk shining through the gaps between the branches and leaves refracted strangely at the same time, interweaving together to form a huge figure nearly ten meters tall.

The figure was very vague, and contained a sense of eternity, like a reflection from the mythological era.

Its skin was grey-blue, and it wore silver-grey armor stained with blood spots. There was a glow on its face that looked like the setting sun, which seemed to be the manifestation of eyes. Its mere existence caused the surrounding trees and the void to bend, causing all things to begin to decay uncontrollably.

Witnessing this scene, without any reason, everyone present had a thought in their mind:

"Giant King, the ancient god Almir!"

The skin of Joshua, Haim, Antina and other members of the exploration team began to show particles, and a gray-blue color gradually appeared. Flesh and blood were wriggling between their eyebrows, as if some monster was about to emerge.

They simultaneously entered a state close to being out of control.

They hadn't even seen the form of the mythical creature yet. Just by getting close to the figure, they began to show signs of losing control one after another, and their symptoms became increasingly severe.

Derrick Berg was relatively okay, because the pure light of the "Darkless Cross" enveloped him, bringing a warm feeling and allowing him to temporarily resist the erosion of decay.

At this time, Colin Iliad had bent down, holding two straight swords coated with ointment, and ran towards the terrifying figure at a speed as fast as a hurricane.

However, this "demon hunter" did not charge in a straight line. He used strange steps, causing his body to sway left and right, approaching the enemy in a wavy manner.

The huge figure standing in the dusk watched everything with eyes like the setting sun, without the slightest emotion, like a carved stone statue.

Suddenly, the light on its face flickered.

It immediately bent down and pounded the ground with both fists.

Bang!

The ground shook violently, creating a crack that made Derrick and the others unable to control their balance any longer. They staggered and were about to fall.

However, the "Demon Hunter" Colin jumped up first, leaped to a height of more than ten meters, and swung the two swords in his hands from a condescending posture.

At this moment, a figure that seemed to come from a myth or legend pulled out an illusory giant sword made of dusk light from the crack in the earth and swung it forward fiercely.

An orange-red storm of light suddenly took shape, sweeping towards Derrick and the others who were following behind Demon Hunter Colin.

Wherever this vast expanse of light passed, trees withered, soil turned to sand, and everything irreversibly entered the path of decay.

Bang!

The storm brewing at dusk was blocked by an invisible wall, causing the entire forest to shake.

At some point, the "Shepherd" elder Lovia appeared beside Derrick, with a tall, illusory figure covered in silver armor in front of her.

The figure with blood-red eyes knelt on one knee and inserted an illusory giant sword into the ground, creating an extremely solid invisible wall.

when!

At this time, the two straight swords of "Demon Hunter" Colin also slashed at the surface of the nearly ten-meter-tall huge figure with the aura of an ancient god, sparking countless wanton electric lights.

Amid the silver-white scurrying, the terrifying figure was not harmed at all, except that the silver-gray armor covered with blood-stains had dimmed a little.

Colin used the force of the rebound to rise again, flipped in mid-air, and launched another attack.

In the realm of decay, he did not dare to release the mythical creature form, because it would most likely be irreversible.

Seeing that the phantom from the myth and legend had been blocked, Derrick hurriedly followed the sudden vibration and burning of the "Darkless Cross" in his palm and pressed his finger hard on a sharp thorn.

His blood flowed into the cross along with the pain, and a vigorous and clear light rushed out, flew into the air, turned downward, and instantly enveloped the figure in silver-gray armor whose eyes were like small setting suns.

In the sacred, solemn and pure light, the huge and illusory figure stopped and froze, no longer moving, as if it had encountered its natural nemesis, and the silver-gray armor stained by the dusk light even showed signs of melting.

Seizing this opportunity, the Ghost Rider in front of the "Shepherd" Elder Lovia pulled out the illusory giant sword that was inserted into the ground, and with silver gaps that appeared and disappeared from time to time, he instantly slashed at the enemy.

The two straight swords of Demon Hunter Colin stretched from top to bottom, like the rising sun bursting with light, covering the head of the ancient figure.

Joshua, Heinm and others did not hesitate and launched their strongest attacks.

After three rounds, the illusory figure that seemed to have traveled through time and space finally began to disintegrate and broke into orange-red spots of light like fire.

Demon Hunter Colin fell to the ground, looked at the scene, and said after a moment of consideration:

“It should be the Giant King’s remaining protective will that has merged with the environment here over the years, and has acquired a certain amount of power and form, making it a kind of evil spirit.

"What secrets are hidden here..."

After hearing the chief's words, everyone turned their eyes forward, towards the place that was blocked by the terrifying shadow just now. The atmosphere became quite solemn for a moment.

Fortunately, it was just an evil spirit, restrained by the "Darkless Cross"... It was just a little bit of will left, almost no power. After thousands of years, it was still so terrifying. What would a real ancient god look like... Uh, why did He have such a strong will to protect this place, because it was His parents who were buried here? Derrick breathed a sigh of relief, and with confusion and curiosity, he followed the Chief and others to approach the two tombstones.

Phew... I don't have to take action... I have to say, this "Darkless Cross" is really useful in the "Giant King's Court". It's so useful that I even doubt whether this is Adam's purpose... Above the gray fog, Klein also breathed a sigh of relief and lowered the raised "Poseidon's Scepter" a little.

He then turned his gaze towards the place that the Giant King's will had to guard after thousands of years.

The first thing that caught his eye were two mottled ancient tombstones, on which were written the words "father" and "mother" in Giant language.

They contain the mystery of mobilizing natural forces. When people see them, they can intuitively feel an emotion that is a mixture of nostalgia, sadness, pain and guilt, which can infect them unconsciously and make their spirits depressed.

Behind the stone tablet was a tomb, but it had been destroyed, revealing two dark coffins underneath.

Someone opened the lid of the coffin, as if confirming something, which allowed the two gray corpses lying inside to be bathed in the light that penetrated the branches and leaves, dyed with an orange-red color like blood.

Both skeletons were in human shape, one no taller than 1.9 meters, the other no taller than 1.8 meters.