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Episode 16: The Birth of the Giants - Previous

A cave ahead that took the Riole Valley back.

It is over ten meters tall and wide enough to live in the Giants (Titans). In fact, the giants in the Riole Valley lived based in caves. Usually I spend most of my time sleeping in a cave, and on an empty stomach I go out and procure food.

That was the life of the Giants.

"I was going to sneak in..."

"You can't do this anymore."

Sylvia grins bitterly when she breaks in without being enlightened by being in a state of secrecy.

Too many flashy attacks to reach the cave. Apparently, the Giants can exchange information in some way, and when they noticed our visit, the two Giants stood in front of the cave like gatekeepers.

But even if you approach the cave, the gatekeeper will not attack you.

I know that they are instinctively no match.

"Don't worry. We're just here to investigate."

A giant tribe standing to the left and right of the cave looks at each other.

I can communicate my intentions. However, we cannot speak to the Giants.

- Please come in.

……

Waiting for the gatekeeper to respond, an unexpected reply came from the back of the cave.

No, in this case it is strange in itself to have a response in words.

I don't know if it was what was expected from the beginning, or if he was really instructed to let it pass immediately, but I urge the gatekeepers to free up space and enter the cave.

"Let's go"

The cave was surrounded by watery, glowing rock walls, and the reflective sway of the puddle had become a fantastic space.

"I heard in the Adventurers Guild that this cave seemed to be in an environment rich in magic and prone to precious herbs."

However, the easier it is for demons to live in places like that.

It is very dangerous depending on the situation, so it is only close to the adventurer, but very rarely does a highly-ranked adventurer come to pick it up to a place like this.

That's the situation five years ago.

"The Giants weren't supposed to be demons."

"They're not just sleeping here for another purpose."

A little further down the cave is the vast space.

By the time Sylvia tailed him, this square was bedded by giants, most of whom lay down and slept.

But now they're all up and paying attention to us.

The center of the square. A large rock was placed, and there was one giant tribe sitting on its back.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Mars the Adventurer. Leader, let me speak for you."

"I'm not Janni, the representative of this settlement."

Giants with white beards in white hair. Because the voice is somewhat reminiscent of the old man, it is also convincing that he is a representative.

"You can speak the language, right?"

"Is it the one called Yearly Kung Fung? It took a lot of months for me to be able to talk, but now I can even talk to this body."

Giants don't have vocal cords. However, when I was a human, I couldn't speak in the same way because I had deformed my muscles.

Humans, unconsciously stained sensations are not easy to get out of.

Considering that, the giants seemed heterogeneous who were incomplete but able to talk.

"We are adventurers sent here to investigate everyone who seems to be a giant."

"... I thought one day this would come"

Turn your neck slightly down.

It is also difficult to drool in giant bodies.

"Why are those who are outside alive? Tremors have been transmitted even in this cave. If you all look intact, you could afford to deal with a giant like this, couldn't you?

"Yeah, I could afford it if I knocked it down"

There are those who hurt but haven't defeated them completely, because they may be able to return to their original appearance by eliminating the cause of becoming giants.

"Can you tell me what happened?

"... I don't even know how familiar I am with the eagles. The eagles were those who originally lived in villages near here. But now, five years ago, the village was suddenly attacked."

Five years ago.

Raids by demons.

"All the demons did was smash the village flashy and kick it out. But I just remembered it later and realized it."

When I was attacked, I fled with selflessness anyway.

Monston was the one who chose to escape. Demons were also approaching from the front as they were desperately running in a certain direction in Monston. In fact, they were just chasing other people who were fleeing, but the people who were fleeing the demons just saw the demons and fell into a state of panic.

That's how I chose a new escape destination: the Riole Valley.

I tried to escape into this cave and endure, but a few days later the demonic raid killed everyone without exception.

- I remember when we were human.

"You are human beings."

"Maybe he's really human. But we can't think of ourselves as human beings when we're like this."

The next time I woke up, I was in a severe pain that hit my whole body.

Evidence that feeling pain means being alive. But it's also a difficult condition to open your eyes and check your condition by severe pain just because your consciousness has awakened.

I have memories of when I died. I don't even know what causes me to feel pain in a situation.

I spent a few days in anxiety.

"I guess that intense pain was caused by the giant body."

Maybe it's like too intense a growth pain.

"He looked like this when he realized it."

When I pulled my heavy body out, I checked my body against the water.

It was a situation where everyone cried out in despair at what they looked like. However, you can only scream like a beast in a body that has changed from a human being.

"Some of them were desperate to choose death. But I couldn't die by being this body."

In a muscular body, death cannot be chosen by half-life force.

Whether it's the effect of choosing to starve to death or replenishing magic has made it possible to sustain a minimum of life. And when you run out of energy, you start to fall asleep automatically, minimizing drain.

The unacceptable body of choosing death ourselves.

"If I can beg you, could you slash the heads of the eagles?"

That was the last option they would choose, desperate to be alive.

"... wait a minute"

I found out how ordinary humans became giants when I listened to them.

The cause is that the demons of the labyrinth caused a massive outburst of magic within the Gardis Empire, which affected them. They were dying. They were affected because they strongly wanted to live.

I know similar examples.

"Hey, what's this..."

Noel, who is in close proximity to the party, first noticed.

It's just cruel to make her say that out of her mouth.

"Do you guys know how the Beast Man was born?