Klein retracted his gaze and looked at the forest behind him, which was so dense that almost no light could penetrate. He roughly understood his current location.

This is the "Decay Forest" that Groselle guarded when he was in the "Giant King's Court".

The trees in the forest were dozens of meters tall and so thick that they required several giants to surround them, but their bark was mottled and had many spots of rot, while their branches and leaves were all dry, drooping and entangled with each other, like dark clouds floating in the sky.

Groselle and several giants like him stood guard at the edge of the forest, some holding axes, some holding swords, concentrating on guarding in different directions.

"According to Groselle, the father and mother of Giant King Olmir are buried in this 'Decay Forest'. No one except this ancient god can enter, including the guards like them... Well, Giant King Olmir's parents should be the so-called first generation giants, the craziest, fiercest, and cruelest ones, probably... Hey, why did Groselle have such a dream?" Klein was thinking, and suddenly realized something was wrong.

According to what he had just learned from chatting around in Pesot City, the current Groselle was a giant who was born and raised locally and had no connection with the "Giant King's Court".

So, now this dream seems quite abnormal!

"From the theory of psychological alchemy mentioned by Ms. Daly and Miss Justice, perhaps when the world in the book creates characters, it will use or copy the subconscious and collective subconscious of the original characters, and then make slight modifications to make the conscious mind meet the needs of the current setting. Therefore, Groselle is now affected by his own subconscious in his dreams and recreates his life in the Giant King's Court... If this is true, I can only say that this book is written by a cruel writer..." Klein thought of this and suddenly felt that this was an opportunity to obtain information related to the Giant King's Court.

He had intended to ask Groselle directly about this matter, but the giant guardian died in a battle with the "King of the North" Jurisian in order to fulfill his promise. His spirit quickly dissipated after leaving the world in the book, leaving no chance for communication. Now he finally had another way, which was to explore Groselle's dream.

Certainly some of this will be ridiculous and exaggerated, but the rest must be a reflection of reality, and it is not impossible to tell the difference if you study it carefully.

“Groselle has never entered the ‘Decay Forest’. Even if there are scenes inside, they are from his imagination. There is no need to explore…” Klein slowly turned his gaze towards the mountain where the royal court was located.

It is not high, which means that the "Decay Forest" is located on the mountain quite close to the royal court. There should be a road from here directly to the residence of the ancient god.

Klein didn't waste time looking for him. He walked straight towards Groselle, pretending to be familiar with him. He asked calmly, "What's the matter with you?"

"How should I return to the royal court?"

He knew that Groselle was an honest giant, and he must be even more honest in his dreams.

Groselle raised his hand and scratched the back of his head, then lowered his head and smiled in confusion:

"Aren't we going back through the 'Desolate Tunnel'?"

He pointed to the side and added:

“You can see it just by going around that boulder.”

“Thank you.” Klein said with a sigh.

After watching his back go away, Groselle scratched the back of his head again and muttered to himself in confusion:

"Who is he? Why do I feel familiar with him..."

After walking around a huge rock protruding from the mountain wall, Klein's eyes suddenly opened up and a huge cave at least thirty meters high appeared.

There is a stone tablet outside the cave, on which is carved a vertical single eye, a tall nose and thick lips, as if a giant's head was forcibly pressed in with only the front part exposed.

As soon as Klein approached, the mouth on the stone tablet opened:

"Why did you return to the royal court early?"

"Summoned by the king." Klein said calmly. Anyway, the IQ of all the creatures in this dream is basically equal to that of the dream's owner, that is, Groselle.

The lips on the stone tablet opened and closed unsteadily, making a buzzing sound:

"Please answer one question for me, or you won't be able to pass."

...At this time, if I bring the "Magic Mirror" Arrodes, something interesting should happen... Klein muttered in his heart and nodded calmly:

"good."

The lips on the stone tablet closed for three seconds and then opened:

"If your wife, your daughter, and the woman you covet asked you to judge which of them was the most beautiful, what would you choose?"

This is completely different from the style of the Magic Mirror's questions... Klein's mouth moved, his thoughts raced, and it took him nearly ten seconds to answer:

"I am not wise enough to judge this matter. I will appoint a wiser person to give the answer."

How could I possibly answer such a life-threatening question? He added, gritting his teeth.

"...Who is the wiser person?" The giant face on the stone tablet said in a daze for a few seconds.

Klein replied solemnly:

"Of course it's our king."

The stone tablet was silent for a moment, and after a while it spoke:

"Okay, even if you answered, you can go through."

Klein immediately passed the strange stone tablet and entered the cave ahead.

The floor of the cave is paved with large, weathered stone slabs, with murals painted on the sides and top, telling stories of giants fighting dragons, magic wolves, alien species, demons, and phoenixes. The painting style is rough and the colors are dull, but extremely vivid.

As Klein walked forward while examining the mural, he discovered clumps of withered weeds and a lot of rough gravel between the stone slabs and underneath the mural.

The feeling of water draining away and life declining here becomes more and more tangible the deeper you go.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, Klein saw an open gray-blue door. On each side of the door stood a giant four or five meters tall.

The giants guarding here were different from Groselle and his men. They wore hard and gorgeous iron-black armor and sturdy helmets with unique shapes, like two huge statues.

They did not stop Klein and allowed him to pass through the door and enter the hall.

This hall is not very wide, and the edges on all sides are clearly visible. It can accommodate about fifty or sixty giants.

Klein was observing the environment when his feet suddenly shook. Then the entire hall seemed to be pulled by an invisible hand and quickly climbed upwards.

He steadied himself after a slight shake, and saw the gray-black stone wall at the gate flash by and continue to sweep down.

After about ten seconds, a clanging sound was heard and the hall stopped moving upward.

At this time, outside the door was no longer a cave tunnel, but a magnificent hall supported by stone pillars.

Klein quickly left the hall and looked around with interest.

"Is this the Giant King's Court version of the 'elevator'? This seems to be where the guards live. Outside is a long table taller than a human, and a row of oversized chairs. On both sides are rooms with large beds neatly placed inside..." Klein's eyes swept over the various things in the hall, and finally stopped at a mural.

The protagonist of this mural is a giant wearing a silver full body armor. Since there is no comparison, Klein has no way of knowing how tall he is.

The giant stood on the edge of the cliff, with the sword in his hand pointing diagonally upwards. A clear light emanated from his body, illuminating the surroundings like the rising sun.

Many giants knelt on one knee around, as if praying and worshipping, or waiting for a gift.

The eldest son of the Giant King, "God of the Dawn" Badheir? Klein looked at the face of the protagonist in the mural in thought. He saw that it was blocked by a mask, and only the eyes showed a group of morning light.

Just like the "God of War" statue in Backlund's underground ruins, the face is completely hidden behind the mask... Haha, the "Mysterious Queen" said that the current "God of War" is a giant who survived from ancient times, so the headquarters of their church, the "Twilight Palace", is very similar to the "Giant King's Court"... Could it be that the eldest son of this giant king, the "God of Dawn", escaped the destruction of the King's Court and took back the authority that belonged to his father at some stage? Klein made a bold guess, but there was no evidence or clues.

Based on the correspondence, he looked at the other side of the wall, where there was also a mural, but the protagonist was no longer "God of Dawn" Badheir, but a female giant wearing leather armor on the upper body and a long skirt on the lower body.

The female giant stood sideways, with soft facial features, her single vertical eye staring down, and her long dark brown hair draped down to her vest.

She spread out her right hand, holding wheat ears, fruits and other items. She was surrounded by golden fields, clear lakes, fruit-laden trees and brightly colored mushrooms.

"Giant Queen, 'Harvest Goddess' Omybella?" Klein looked around but couldn't find the mural representing the Giant King Ormir.

This is a remote guard residence, so there are no images of ancient gods? Then, if we go out from here, we should be inside the "Giant King's Court"... Klein walked towards the door cautiously and used the method he had used in the dream world of the God War Ruins before to falsely activate the "Creeping Hunger" and rely on the power of the "Zombie" to open the door.

However, outside, there was no palace frozen in the dusk as he had imagined, but instead a gray world. The front seemed to have turned into a cliff, with no bottom visible at all.

"Based on Miss Justice's previous experience, this should be the boundary of the dream. The only thing left is to go down, into Groselle's subconscious, and finally reach the collective subconscious ocean... Miss Justice discovered a giant dragon of the mind in the human subconscious ocean in her area. So, in this book world created by the Dragon of Imagination, what exists in the subconscious ocean?" Klein's mind moved, and a staircase leading down appeared in the gray mist in front of him.

This staircase is not vertical, but twists and turns, going deeper into the gray, deep, bottomless and unclear details of the spiritual world.

PS: There will be an extra update today, at the usual time.