Allen ordered Henry to take care of the camp while both he and Orion went to meet the giant. Allen also brought all the Forest Wolves and the majority of the Tree Wolves. Without any real preparation, the pair got on top of two wolves as mounts and started their journey to the giant.
Soon within twenty minutes, a hulking figure could be seen towering over the trees. The giant didn't even seem to fit in with the forest being a dark brown color almost a black color, like fertile earth. Thinking about how they might need to fight as soon as they arrived he quickly activated his only valuable skill.
[Bestow: +11 Agility to nearby troops (Time Limit: 9 min.)]
[Cooldown: 12 Hours]
Quickly all the wolves paused for a moment as most of them let out a painful growl. Even Orion let out a painful groan. Quickly Allen checked the status of the wolf under him that nearly took a full stop from the pain.
[Race: Tree Wolf]
[Type: Common]
[Level 3]
[Vitality - 11]
[Strength - 11]
[Agility - 21(32)]
[Intelligence - 6]
[Skills: Bite, Forest Movment]
[Loyalty - 100]
[Note: Stronger together.]
"Orion what happened?! I just cast a skill allowing better agility, do you know if that was the cause?!" Just as Allen started freaking out, the wolves suddenly stopped all signs of pain within ten seconds. Just as quickly they all began to run faster than before.
Orion also seemed to have woken up from his pain, "Lord I felt a powerful force flow through my body! I felt great pain for only a moment, but now I feel invigorated! Like I could run faster than any Human ever thought possible!"
After letting out a sigh of relief finding he hadn't injured his own troops, Allen quickly found himself nearing the giant. The giant also seemed to have noticed him as it slowly stopped its' slow walk and turned to face the incoming group.
"Hold!" Soon all the wolves stopped at the feet of the giant. It was only now that the giant could truly be seen without being mostly covered by the trees. The giant had a humanoid shape but with stumpy legs and a torso that made up the majority of the body. It also had arms that almost reached the ground and a head that seemed to be the most normal part of the giant, if one ignored the lack of hair.
Soon the emotionless face of the giant stared down at Allen while he did the same staring up at the emotionless expression of the giant. Seeing such a large being up close left one speechless. The giant's eyes seemed to come to life as it stared more intently at Allen and Orion.
The giant opened its' mouth as a voice appeared without its' lips needing to move. "H-hello- are you here to attack me too?" The voice seemed to belong to a female and had an almost ethereal echo to it. The voice seemed to come from a beautiful girl trapped inside the giant instead of coming directly from the giant.
Allen quickly woke up from his stupor and smiled at the giant that didn't attack first, "I would prefer if it didn't come to that! My name is Allen! I am a new Lord here. May I know who you are?"
"R-r-really? You aren't going to attack me?" The giant seemed to not be able to believe such a situation was happening.
Allen could only shake his head and give his best to not escalate the situation, "No, we simply came here to check what your intentions were! We also just wanted to know if you would be a mindlessly violent being or not! I am glad it appears you are not mindlessly brutal to even strangers!"
"Thank goodness~" The giant spoke as if a mountain just got relieved from her chest. "I had wanted to talk peacefully to a being with red skin and horns since I heard them talk before I hoped to speak peacefully, but they just attacked without a care! I got scared and hit him and accidentally killed him... I don't want to kill... I don't want to fight... But..." The giant spoke as if reassuring herself rather than telling him about her previous experience.
"You definitely won't do that since you are a Human! Just like I once was! You see my name was Addy, and I, well I am just so happy to meet another Human! Wait..." Addy lifted up her hands to her face and looked down slightly disappointed, "I guess I can't say another Human as if I am one now..."
"Umm... So Addy! I understand your predicament, but does that mean you have become another lord as well?"
"Ohh- YES! I have become something called a Lord. I also got these weird crystals that should make a few items." Addy put her hand forward as three crystals appeared to seep out of her skin into her hand as she showed them to Allen. The crystals weren't the fist sized ones that Allen had received, instead, each one was one-third the size of Addy's hand, making them the same size as a regular human is!
[Simple Giant House Creation Crystal]
[Creates a simple Giant home around the user after being crushed.]
[Special Effect: For 2 days after being placed it will scare all wild animals away.]
[Note: Once built it is (Upgradable) but (Immobile).]
[Storage Crystal]
[Will transform a space into a storage warehouse after being crushed.]
[Special Effect: All items inside the Storage warehouse will never spoil or degrade.]
[Note: You want an inventory? Here is a permanent inventory that stays in one place!]
[Earth Giant Summoning Circle Crystal]
[Will create a small summoning circle that will summon 5 Earth Giants every week]
[Note: Once built it is (Upgradable) but (Immobile).]
Allen this time wasn't very shocked at the size of the crystals, instead, he was shocked at the girl's straightforwardness. He had Edith's tricky and difficult personality fresh in his mind. "Addy, are you okay showing so much to someone you just met? I mean now I know you are an Earth Giant because of the crystal you just showed me! Just a few moments ago you had the utmost caution against me, but now you are showing too much aren't you?"
Addy simply laughed, "It's not like you could take it with you even if you wanted to! HAHA!"
Allen felt like he was talking more to a teenager instead of a towering giant that seemed to block out the sun. "Addy I could take it with the help of my wolves. Please understand you are no longer in the same world as before!"
Addy slowly calmed down as she put away the crystals, "Well looking at you... I don't think you are a bad person! So let me tell you I can enhance farmland making them more fertile if I want to, so why don't you just beg me to stay with you! I can make walls with my powerful control over the earth! So come beg me to stay with you!"
Despite Addy being smug in her power, her giant's face didn't allow for showing of emotions staying the same without her lips even moving. "Alright alright, Addy, I would love it if you and I could talk it over for you to stay nearby! We can also deal with all the things that would attack you! I would mostly like for you to tell me where the body of the being who attacked you before was!"
Addy didn't even hesitate and held out her hand again, "Sure! But you have to tell me why. After all, he was a sentient being and I would like to give him a proper burial even if he attacked me."
Allen quickly nodded as Addy's hand released the body of a creature with dark red skin and two completely black goat horns. Despite being naked, it was obviously badly mangled as if it was hit by a truck going 80.
"Well first of all I want to know what the race looks like so I know who will attack me even if try peace. The other reason, well, since you are so trusting of me I shall tell you a bit about myself, I have a talent that allows me to devour other's talents, but at present, it is completely useless as it needs to directly devour other Lord's talents."
"Wait! Does that mean you have killed others before?" Addy had fear in her voice despite carrying the body of someone she had killed herself.
"Umm... Well last night a Lord came in and tried taking over my camp to make us slaves to her, so I was forced to kill her, but please understand just like that being in your hand that attacked you, we only did what we had to. I even had this plan to talk about becoming allies, but unfortunately, it didn't work out obviously."
Addy pondered for a while before right next to the body a dark glowing crystal appeared next to the body. "Well, I already pulled out that crystal out of his head, I just got a pop-up and accepted out of curiosity... It was way too disgusting if you ask me... But I won't be giving it for free! I want you to accept me as a friend and neighbor without question! You must not be mean to me... and you have to talk to me as often as possible!"
Allen could only chuckle and wonder if this girl was even an adult before she arrived.
"I had planned to invite you nearby, but this makes it more official since you were the one who offered! I had even planned to give you better terms, but I will gladly take these you have set up!"
Addy's voice seemed to come out panicked, "No wait! Before you accept I want... umm... umm... OH! I know I want your terms as well!" The last sentence came out satisfied with her idea.
"Pff- HAHAHA!"