#194
White Giant (1)
In fact, even as I followed Geos to this rural estate, I was also prepared for the possibility that this might be a wasted effort.
The greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment.
I was willing to invest my time in coordinating the party’s schedule, but isn’t it too much to be certain that the other person is an Earthling based solely on Geos’ testimony?
I was just thinking that if he really was an awakened person, it would be great, and if I could get even a little bit of information, I would be satisfied···.
‘The harvest was much bigger than I expected.’
Not only did I meet Chehai, a true settler from Earth, but he also readily provided me with advanced information that was not easily obtainable.
What more can I say, since he even taught me separately and developed his own unique skills!
‘Thanks to that, I ended up staying longer than expected.’
But the party of warriors, including Heinrich, could not remain stuck in this rural area forever.
In fact, it was quite unusual for such a long delay to occur.
“See you next time, Uncle Geos!”
“Sister! Be careful!”
“Hello~!”
Although the group had only been living between the hilltop villa and Chehai’s orphanage for a few days, the children had grown quite attached to the place, and they came running out to the door to say goodbye to them.
To be honest, except for Geos, if we parted ways like this now, there was no telling when we would meet again, it was just a very brief relationship…
The faces of the children waving their hands in cheerful voices were bright and cheerful, without any trace of regret.
‘You’re all strong. …Better than me.’
He could not even dare to guess how much pain was hidden behind the smiles of the children who survived in this cruel world that even adults had a hard time enduring.
Perhaps he is able to act like that because he has a few adults who have embraced his wounds with love and friends who have always been there for him.
The group left the daycare after saying a brief farewell to the children.
And as they were walking along, Chehai, who had been accompanying them for a while to see them off, approached Heinrich.
“I tried my best to help in my own way. I don’t know how it helped. I wonder if I was just wasting the time of people who are busy.”
“What are you talking about? You have really helped us a lot. Now, please leave the rest to us and Chehai, please protect this place as you have been doing. Aren’t the children the future of the world?”
“Hahaha, you are right. That is what I am most confident in.”
Two people shaking hands with smiles and exchanging pleasantries.
After exchanging a few short words with the others, Chehai turned to the last person left.
“Geos.”
At his soft call, Geos looked at him quietly.
I thought he had gotten better while he was at the orphanage, but when he left, his expression was filled with gloomyness again.
“Why don’t you just relax now? If you stay stuck in the past like that, nothing will ever start.”
“I don’t want to start over. Because that day, my world ended.”
“···Anna and Nia wouldn’t want you to do this either.”
“Well, that might be true.”
But since we will never see each other again, all such assumptions are meaningless.
He just stared blankly into space as usual, as if he didn’t care what others around him were saying.
“ha-.”
Chehai, who had been looking at the sight with concern, could only sigh in the end.
In fact, it was obvious that he would have acted the same way if he had been in a similar situation to Geos, so he felt that even his own words were not convincing.
After a short while,
They finally arrived at the mansion on the hill, a suitable place to prepare for teleportation, and immediately prepared a magic circle in the backyard.
“I’ve been using this magic circle so often lately that I can draw it with my eyes closed. I used to specialize in elemental magic… especially ice magic. I think I’ll have to change my major to spatial magic now.”
“Isn’t that how versatile you are, Master! How about trying out other schools of thought as well? There’s a school of thought I’m interested in, so how about we…”
“Hmm···.”
As Isiah grumbled while setting up a magic circle with materials taken out of the subspace magic tool, Hesperon, who was next to her, quickly injected her with a breath of air.
Even though he could get help from Hans, wouldn’t it be more efficient if he could butt heads with her when learning other systems?
‘By the way, you’re really amazing.’
These days, it seems easy because it is so commonplace, but in reality, teleportation is a high-level magic that cannot be attempted without considerable skill and preparation.
Even on the Magic Tower, it is only possible with the help of large facilities, many materials, and the cooperation of many magicians.
That meant that Isiah was a great person who could do that on her own.
Hans was an exception, of course, since he was the immortal king.
And when the preparations for space travel were almost finished.
“We will always be in perfect condition and thoroughly prepared so that you can come back and rest whenever you want. Please remember that.”
Oliver, the manager of the mansion who had brought in the packed snacks, bowed politely to Geos.
He also had the same concerns as Che Hai, but since he was employed, he could not dare to speak out, so he spoke indirectly like this.
Whenever things get really tough, come back here… to ‘home’.
“···Okay. Please take care of it.”
Of course, Geos only gave a dry answer to that question as before.
“We’re ready. Everyone, gather here.”
Now that everything that needed to be done in this town had been done, there was no reason to stay any longer.
Finally, the group that had said goodbye to Chehai and Oliver surrounded Isiah and waited for her to be sent off.
“Then let’s set off. As you all know, I will adjust my anti-magic power so that I don’t resist magic···.”
however.
Before she could even cast her spell.
Crackle! Crackle!
A strange sound that is hard to hear even once in a lifetime.
A strange noise, as if space were being torn apart, echoed throughout the area.
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“hmm···?”
“······!”
Everyone present’s nerves were on edge at the ominous phenomenon.
This wasn’t a phenomenon caused by Isiah’s teleportation magic.
The group surrounding her and Chehai’s head, who was seeing them off, turned to the side.
In the direction of the village they had already passed by.
“for a moment···!”
“Could that be?!”
And on the outskirts of town, where their gaze was directed.
A huge crack appeared in the air, and a pure white ‘hand’ emerged from within, slowly widening the gap.
As if trying to force your way out through a closed door.
If there’s one problem, it’s that the being coming out of the crack is really huge, given the size of the crack…
“no!”
It was said that Chehai’s orphanage was located near where the crack opened.
***
The being’s entire body, not just its hands, was covered in paint, a white color.
It took its first step outside, tearing the crack open with both hands and stretching out one leg.
Kuuung—!
With just that one step, a loud noise like a bomb exploding echoed, the ground shook, and deep footprints with five toes were imprinted on the ground.
And finally, the being that had pulled both feet and its entire body out of the crack straightened its back and raised its head.
Immediately after that—.
[———!]
A suppressed aura spread from that being, shaking the surroundings.
In that deep, resonant sound, like the cry of a whale, there was a deep sense of ‘ecstasy’ that could be felt clearly even though it was not a word.
A distinct feeling that if only there had been a little more consideration for it, it might have been a truly sincere congratulation.
Kukukung—!
But the listeners’ situation was not good enough to share in that joy.
Because the destructive energy that was thoughtlessly emitted from that overwhelming giant was naturally carried by sound waves and violently shook all directions.
The uprooted trees were torn off and fell, rocks were flying wildly in all directions, and all kinds of structures were destroyed.
The damage to objects was that severe, so it was obvious what would happen to a living being if it was directly hit by the wave.
And the village right nearby was…
“Ugh, ears… what is this all of a sudden….”
“Eww! Mom!”
“Eek? What, what is that monster!”
Fortunately, there was only a loud noise and damage to property, and no major casualties were immediately apparent.
“Haa, haa··· That was close···.”
Isiah took a deep breath and tightly gripped the staff she had received as a gift from the royal family.
Before I knew it, the blue light that had covered the entire village was shaking back and forth, blocking the torrent of evil energy.
Although her response was slightly delayed because she was preparing for teleportation, she was a great magician who had reached the pinnacle of magic.
As soon as the abnormality is detected, it takes only about ten seconds to grasp the exact situation, cancel the magic being prepared, and construct and activate a new magic.
However, covering the entire village, especially a place that was quite far from where she was, in such a short period of time would have been quite burdensome for her.
This was possible because it was not a planned attack by the opponent, but rather an unintended aftereffect.
“By the way, what the heck is that···?”
Isiah repaired the barrier that was constantly shaking due to its hastily constructed structure, and glared at the large, pure white being that seemed to ignore perspective.
A typical humanoid giant with a size exceeding 30 meters.
What’s unique is that the seven holes on the face – the eyes, ears, nostrils, and mouth – are all sewn shut with something black.
[———!]
Then, the giant let out a strange noise from his throat again.
But this time, unlike before, the feeling I felt was more of annoyance than joy.
Well, that can’t be helped.
The warrior Heinrich, the barbarian Harley, and the spearman Geos.
It was only natural that the three warriors in the vanguard of the party who had arrived in front of the giant were continuously attacking him in order to draw his attention and drive him away from the village.
‘Did Mr. Chehai… head straight to the orphanage?’
Almost at the same time that Isiah reacted, others immediately started moving to find something to do.
“···I also need to get a little closer to use my magic effectively.”
“Yes! I will escort you, Master! Just trust me!”
Except for the still incompetent Hesperon.
***
Divine power mixed with the Holy Sword energy flowed through Heinrich’s body, which had been trained to the extreme.
Thud—
His body, which had been strengthened with the “Great Blessing: Knight of Light” and “Blessing: Strong Body”, once again surpassed its limits, giving him superhuman strength.
He ran like the wind in that state, stepping on the giant’s feet, knees, and thighs and jumping high.
“Blessing: Light Sword” burned even more fiercely under the influence of “Blessing: Increase”, and it was contained in “Blessing: Holy Sword” and pierced the giant’s heart.
Guided by the “Logia Fighting Law” and the “Way of the Martial Arts”, he draws a very fatal trajectory.
Choaaaak—!
[———?!]
Pure white blood gushing out from the torn giant’s body.
However, because the creature was so large and had such a strong body, it was impossible to properly destroy its heart.
It was surprisingly agile and missed a few times.
Wiggle wiggle—
‘···And in the meantime, regeneration.’
Heinrich’s eyebrows twitched as he lightly landed on the ground.
The bastard’s gaping wound was wiggling and slowly but steadily closing.
Suppressing recovery power was one of the basic abilities of the Holy Sword, which had been hunting all kinds of strange monsters.
But if he can regenerate to that degree even after being hit by that sword, it means that it surpasses even Heinz II or Harley’s “super regeneration”…
It was a monster that was out of the ordinary in many ways.
‘What is this monster? The crack it came from must be the scar of the abyss.’
Although the giant was a naked humanoid, it did not display any features that could be used to identify its gender, including genitals.
A human figure that appears to have been roughly made of white clay, without a single hair, including hair.
Because he was completely white from head to toe, the black wire-like structures that sewed together his face stood out even more, emphasizing his grotesqueness.
‘Is this guy also one of those who drifted to the edge of the abyss like the Immortal Army?’
However, it is not clear why it suddenly appeared after being quiet until now.
And above all···.
‘The concentration of madness in your body is considerable. To this extent… isn’t it similar to Heratos, the mad dragon?’
If you are a being that has emerged from the scars of the abyss and has a body filled with deep madness.
‘···A monster that crawled out of the abyss.’
Heinrich frowned.
Likewise, the giant also looked at Heinrich with a distorted face.
As if he could see it, now he was exuding anger that was beyond annoyance.
“Saint! It’s dangerous to fight here any longer! There’s a daycare nearby! Now that they seem to have lost some of their attention, lead them to the back…!”
At that moment, Geos, who had been repeatedly stabbing the tip of his spear to attract the bastard’s attention, shouted sharply.
Isiah, who had come nearby, was busy helping to keep the giants in check, maintaining the protective barrier, and even assisting with the evacuation of the residents using magic—.
The sheer physical force from an overwhelming body of at least 30 meters tall was a disaster in itself.
Even though I fought while trying to draw his attention as much as possible, the village was in chaos, and there were even casualties that I couldn’t prevent…
‘To be blunt, even a slip and fall for that guy is a fatal attack for us.’
So now, I had no choice but to be careful even about knocking it down.
If I could just kill him in one go without him being able to resist, I might be able to figure out a way to do it.
“Understood! Since he seems angry at me, I’ll just slowly back away and get out of the village…”
Heinrich, who was answering Geos, suddenly stopped talking as a chill ran down his spine.
Because of the giant’s strange behavior.
‘No, wait. No way···!’
The giant, who had been frowning with an expression full of anger, tilted his head for a moment.
Soon, the corners of his mouth twisted into a distorted smile.
It only looked grotesque because of the black wire that sewed its face together—.
No matter how you looked at it, it was a smile that was full of anticipation for something.
‘Intelligence···!’
and.
The head of the white giant.
‘Did you understand our conversation?!’
They headed towards the orphanage they were desperately trying to protect.
