The day passed quickly.
The giants had not yet discovered the matter of the magic vines, but a hunting campaign that frightened the giants occurred on the continent of Gantowa.
Some giants who were hunting and going out on this continent were suddenly attacked fatally without their knowledge.
Some arrows falling from the sky would suddenly hit their bodies, sometimes in the legs, sometimes in the back, and sometimes directly through the throat.
The enemy attacking them was a human being who could fly in the sky.
Yes, humans.
It has been almost a thousand years, and humans have actually appeared on the Gantuowa continent and in their territory.
This guy who appeared, um no, the two guys who appeared, instead of being afraid and running away when facing the giants, took the lead in attacking, which made the giants quite angry and felt insulted.
However, the arrows they shot were so powerful and accurate. The arrows were made of steel and possessed extremely strong power. They were completely different from the archers they encountered on the ground hundreds of years ago. They easily pierced their muscles and destroyed their ability to move.
The human who shot the arrow was merciless, and when facing a lone giant, he would often shoot the giant's vitals with one arrow and kill the giant.
However, when facing multiple giants, this human would injure but not kill them. Often the first arrow would hit the giant's leg, making it unable to move and slowing down the actions of other giants who wanted to rescue them.
Then, he would begin to torture all the giants with arrows one by one, leaving them all with only pain and angry curses, until only the last giant was left with wounds all over his body. Then he would let him go, allowing him to escape successfully and spread this fear to other giants.
It's not that there were no giants resisting, but that human was controlling a flying prop that flew several hundred meters in the sky with extraordinary agility. The things they threw could not hit him at all. Even if they were lucky enough to throw an object to his side, the object would be directly knocked away by a huge force and would not be able to hinder the human at all.
On the contrary, giants like this who dare to resist will be prioritized by humans and killed first. The one who is able to escape is often the most timid and cowardly.
In just one day, almost thirty giants died from that man's arrows. In addition, six or seven giants with wounds all over their bodies were let go and asked to go back and report the news.
The most terrifying thing is that even the bodies of the killed giants would disappear magically and quickly without any signs of dragging, as if they had been eaten, leaving only bloodstains on the ground, which made the giants who later found clues and came to investigate even more terrified.
The next day, Wayne took Princess Elizabeth and searched in the sky for a long time. He also asked some birds that could fly in the sky to act as his secret sentinels to help him search, but still no trace of the giant was found.
This made Wayne guess that it was most likely the huge bell sound that came from the center of the continent yesterday that summoned all the giants over.
Only when someone gathers them together can there be no lone giants on the entire continent.
But he didn't care about it. It was a good thing this way. Only by conveying the fear of killing to more other giants could his conquest go more smoothly.
Wayne had no pity for these killed giants. They were all man-eating monsters. It was normal for murderers to be killed by humans.
The early morning sun shone on the campfire lit by Wayne, and the pot of steaming broth he cooked was emitting a rich aroma.
Princess Elizabeth came out of his magic tent and her eyes naturally fell on Wayne.
The girl sniffed and was immediately attracted by the rich aroma coming from the pot on the campfire. Although it was just a simple mushroom, vegetable and meat soup with some baked bread, the aroma they exuded was more appetizing to the princess than the feast carefully prepared by the royal chef.
"Mr. Wayne, thank you for your hard work last night."
Princess Elizabeth performed the ladylike courtesy to Wayne and gave a slightly flattering smile. After spending a whole day hunting giants with this powerful warrior yesterday, Wayne's strength had been deeply imprinted in the princess' heart.
As a demon hunter with the ability to attack from a lower dimension, he is the most powerful human the princess has ever seen. No other warrior can compare to him. The princess even feels that if Wayne is willing, he can even defeat an entire kingdom by himself.
Even when facing those ugly and terrifying giants, Princess Elizabeth no longer felt fear. They were also living beings, just taller and stronger. They would die if hit in the vitals. They were not invincible.
Wayne nodded to the princess, poured a bowl of broth from the pot and handed it to the princess, and also poured a large bowl for himself. Then the two of them drank the broth with the fragrant baked bread and chatted casually.
Elizabeth was obviously very interested in Wayne. She had been carefully asking various questions since the two of them flew together yesterday. The princess had the same adventurous mentality as the boys and was very curious about anything new.
A powerful and mysterious man like Wayne has an unimaginable attraction to the princess who has been imprisoned in the palace.
However, there was nothing innocent between the two of them, and nothing unpleasant happened.
In the first half of yesterday night, he took out the Gwent card game and taught the princess how to play for a long time to gain some experience. Then in the second half of the night, in order to prevent a surprise attack, someone had to be on duty in such an unfamiliar place.
Wayne guarded outside the magic tent for a whole night and did not encounter any enemy attacks. It could only be said that the giants were too cautious or frightened, and all the traps he set were wasted.
After the two finished eating, Wayne took away the magic tent and luggage, drove the magic carpet, stretched out his hand to Princess Elizabeth, and said, "Let's go, Princess, we are going to the giants' lair now. I want to go there and see what these giants are capable of."
Elizabeth was surprised to hear this. She thought that it was thrilling enough for the two of them to hunt these giants in the periphery. She didn't expect Wayne to go to the giants' lair and deal with so many giants. She couldn't help but ask with some concern and curiosity: "Mr. Wayne, isn't it very dangerous to do this?"
"We can go back to the ground and cut off the magic vine. There is no need to venture to the giant's lair."
Wayne did not force Princess Elizabeth's idea. After thinking for a few seconds, he said, "How about this, Princess Elizabeth, if you don't want to go with me, I can send you back to the magic vines."
"The rescue team sent by your father should be almost here. You can go back to the ground with them."
However, perhaps it was the adventurous gene in her body that came into play, or some other reason, facing Wayne's proposal, the princess no longer worried about the possible danger, but reached out and took Wayne's hand, boarded the magic carpet, hugged Wayne's waist skillfully, and said stubbornly: "I don't want to go back now, I'll go to the giant's lair with you, Mr. Wayne."
Of course Wayne did not refuse the princess's choice. He quickly drove the magic carpet and took the princess to the place where the bell rang yesterday. That was probably the giant's lair.
After flying for about twenty minutes, they arrived at a canyon in the center of the Gantuowa continent. This floating continent was actually not very big, and it only took about an hour to cross the entire continent by driving the magic carpet.
However, this area is not small. It may be much larger than some small countries on the earth. Even in the ocean, it is considered a large island.
When the two flew over the canyon, a terrifying castle that seemed to be carved into the shape of a skull appeared at the junction of the cliffs.
Wayne, who had seen the movie, knew that was the giant's lair.
However, what made him feel a little strange was that the entire giant's lair was currently completely silent, and there were no patrollers outside the castle. It was as if all the giants had been gathered in the castle with almost no defenses. This phenomenon was quite abnormal.
But what does it matter? Master Wayne didn't come here this time with the intention of resolving the problem peacefully. No matter how the other party reacts, he will eventually have a big fight.
Such thoughts flashed through his mind, and Wayne flew to a high place. Then, under the curious gaze of Princess Elizabeth, he took out a large pile of potions, a total of six kinds, all of which were various witcher potions that enhanced physical functions.
Then, he poured all the strong smell of alcohol into his mouth, bottle by bottle, as if he was drinking to his heart's content.
Not long after, Princess Elizabeth let out a small cry of surprise, looked at Wayne's face with some fear, and asked:
"Mr. Wayne, your face has turned so pale, and there are black bloodshot veins, and the color of your eyes has also changed. What's going on?"
Upon hearing this, Wayne looked at the princess with his dark eyes and said calmly, "These are all wizard's magic potions that can make me stronger."
In fact, he still felt a little emotional in his heart. In just three years, his deformed organs had been able to drink six bottles of potion at the same time and had been strengthened in six directions.
I'm afraid that in just a few years, when his mutation skills are improved to a certain level, he will be able to drink all the demon hunter potions at once and gain all-round enhancement.
Facing Wayne's answer, although Princess Elizabeth did not understand what that meant, she nodded obediently and asked:
"What are you going to do next, Mr. Wayne? Are we going to sneak into the giant's lair and sabotage it from the inside?"
Wayne glanced at her calmly and said in a calm tone, "No need to sneak in. We will just attack head-on and beat them until they kneel down and beg for mercy."
After saying that, he flew towards the giant's lair with the princess, who was full of surprise.
This time, Wayne no longer chose to use a bow and arrow. Instead, he used his space bracelet and took out various alchemical bombs specially made for demon hunters. He prepared to transform himself into a bomber to let these giants who had never seen the world have a good look at human technology.
Soon, Wayne drove the magic flying carpet and flew into the eye socket of the giant's skeleton castle. However, the scene before him made him raise his eyebrows.
There were hundreds of giants kneeling densely packed in the hall of the Skeleton Fortress.
And in the place where these giants were kneeling, a human noble was wearing a crown and standing on a huge wooden throne with a smug look on his face, enjoying the kneeling of the giants below.
Next to this human noble, a giant with two heads, a somewhat treacherous look, and a tall stature was kneeling and telling something.
Suddenly, Princess Elizabeth behind Wayne cried out in surprise, pointing at the wooden cages beside the throne and the half-eaten corpses on the ground, saying:
"It was Captain Amont and his men, members of the Royal Guard, Mr. Wayne, they were captured by the giant."
"The person standing on the throne is Rodrick, and he has a magic crown on his head. Does he control the giant?"
Although Princess Elizabeth's voice was not loud and was not noticed by the giants, both Edmont and Roderick, who was looking directly at them, noticed the two of them.
Upon seeing this, Edmont immediately shouted, "Master Wayne, please take the princess away and tell His Majesty the King that Rodrick has betrayed us. He wants to take the giants to conquer the kingdom. He wants to rule Albilan."
Hearing Edmont's call, Roderick was not panicked at all. Instead, he laughed wildly and shouted triumphantly:
"You underestimate me, Emont. With this army of giants, how can the small Kingdom of Albieron satisfy my ambition? I want to rule this continent, I want to rule the world, hahahaha!"
After laughing wildly for a few times, Roderick suddenly pointed at Wayne and Elizabeth flying in the sky and shouted to the giants kneeling below: "Capture those two people, dead or alive."
Wayne, who was standing on the magic carpet, looked at Roderick expressionlessly after hearing his shout. He was too lazy to say anything to such an overconfident supporting actor.
Flash ability activated!
The figure instantly disappeared from the magic carpet and appeared behind Roderick.
Before anyone could react, the Statik electric blade hanging on his waist had already come out, and he grabbed Roderick's hair with one hand, and the sharp blade had already cut off his head.
And when Wayne sheathed his sword and faced the gazes of the giants and humans present, the chaos magic power in his hand quickly condensed.
When the ugly giant, who was kneeling under the throne, wearing iron armor, had two heads, and looked like a general of the giant clan, wanted to say something.
He pushed out the Igni flame that condensed a large amount of magic power with one palm. The dark blue flame flew over a distance of more than ten meters and instantly enveloped the entire body of the giant general.
With the blessing of his blood power and magic strength, the temperature of the flame reached thousands of degrees, which directly strangled the words that the giant general wanted to say in the bud, making him unable to help but let out an extremely shrill wail.
However, Wayne's Igni Seal at this time had more than just a burning effect. Before the giant general died completely, the flame of the Igni Seal suddenly shrank, and then suddenly exploded from the giant general's chest, directly blowing his flesh and blood body into pieces, leaving only the red-hot iron armor, which fell to the ground with a bang. A two-headed giant general who had led the giant clan for countless years had turned into minced meat and died in the hall.
For a moment, the entire hall fell silent. Everyone was shocked by Wayne's ruthlessness and power. The giants here had heard about people hunting giants, but they did not expect that this human who could fly in the sky was even more powerful than his companions described. Not only was he a master of archery and could appear and disappear at will, he could even use powerful magic and kill a giant with ease. It was simply amazing.
At this time, the five-second flashing interval had expired, and Wayne shook his head secretly in his heart. These giants were indeed a bit good-looking but useless.
Although they are tall and have an overwhelming advantage over ordinary humans, their bodies are too fragile to be compared with the Cyclops in the wizarding world.
If it were in the wizarding world, Wayne's fire would probably cause serious damage to the Cyclops, but it would be impossible to kill them instantly. There is also chaos magic in the Cyclops' body, which can effectively resist the damage of magic.
As for these giants before us, their physical strength may not even be comparable to that of elephants. They can only be regarded as slightly stronger humanoid creatures.
With this thought in mind, when everyone in the hall was hesitating about how to start, Wayne's figure disappeared in an instant and returned to the magic carpet.
Facing the hundreds of eyes looking up from below, Wayne reached out and grabbed the magic crown on Roderick's head, threw his head to the ground, then held up the magic crown, faced all the giants, and said, "My name is Wayne, and I am your future master."
"Although this crown can control the actions of all of your people, it cannot change your thoughts."
"So, before you pledge allegiance to me, I will give you a chance to change your fate."
"All of you can challenge me, one giant or ten giants."
"I will give you a chance to challenge me. The giant who can defeat me will get this crown and become the king of the giant clan."
"And the fate of the loser is only death."
"But after this challenge is over, if anyone still dares to resist my orders and has second thoughts, I will kill all of your giants. They will become a part of history and disappear from this world forever."
"Now, all of you, go wait on the ground above the canyon and consider your options."
"Go ahead, this is your only chance."
After saying that, the magic crown in Wayne's hand emitted a light, transmitting his orders to the minds of all the giants.
Regardless of whether these giants did it voluntarily or not, they immediately began to move towards the ground above the canyon like a tide, following Wayne's instructions.
Soon, the only people left in the hall were a few surviving humans and the corpses on the ground.
After all the giants left, Wayne brought Princess Elizabeth to the ground. He did not negotiate with the other humans, but left it to Princess Elizabeth to deal with, while he controlled the magic carpet and flew towards the giant's warehouse.
Although he has not yet completely conquered these giants, the magic crown is now in his hands, and the gold, silver and jewelry in the warehouse are already his property.
He wanted to check on these beloved little coins and repay the loan owed to the goddess of wealth first. As long as he borrowed and repaid, it would not be difficult to borrow again. Vivian once said that the loan amount standard for each user of the Cross-Dimensional Wealth Bank was formulated based on their own strength and financial resources.
If Wayne's financial resources and strength become stronger, his loan amount will increase accordingly.
In the past year, due to the growth of his strength, his loan amount has increased from 100,000 orens to 150,000 orens.
Although he doesn't like to live on loans, this wealth is a powerful force when necessary.
(Dear readers, please don’t be too ruthless with books. You may kill the book and cry!)
(End of this chapter)