The Illumination group chasing after me is helpless against the power of an elder giant. The spell that is supposed to harm us is like a fly landing on his skin. Maybe he felt pain, but as a warrior and the strongest of his tribe, he wouldn't let his enemy humiliate him! So cool! That's the way Nar and Sas fight! They always face the enemies head on, and the enemies feel fear in return! And since Elder is a giant, the fear factor is multiplied! I can see the regret on their faces when they think that they can face an elder giant!
"Are you okay?"
"Are you hurt?"
"Are you coming to play?"
"Diana, want some meat?"
"Want some alcohol?"
"Hey! I told you a human child can't handle alcohol yet!" [Elder Giant]
"Sorry Elder..."
"Oh wow! You actually communicate using human language! I'm impressed!" [Diana]
"Thanks to you coming over and playing, they feel motivated to learn. Now, what did you do, and why are you carrying a corpse?" [Elder Giant]
"Well..." [Diana]
The Giant Group does not like humans to classify them by name or group. They're also mostly nameless, and usually only the elder can speak human language. They are usually nomadic, traveling whenever they feel like it. When there's a conflict between two groups of giants, there's an all-out war, and the loser is absorbed into the winning group. I'm not sure how common this is, but it's said to be one of the reasons why their numbers are so low.
"Bad group hunting?"
"Saintess Maria? Who?"
"Empire?"
"Don't rush in if you don't understand a single thing!" [Elder Giant]
"Hahaha..." [Diana]
The Elder Giant of each group is indeed knowledgeable about history, culture, and surprisingly, human politics. Their subordinates? Not so bright. All they care about is food, places to sleep, and what to do when they're bored.
"That's a bad guy too?"
"Huh?" [Diana, Elder Giant]
"Meow!" [Fie]
"Shit!" [Valdrid]
Valdrid somehow managed to sneak in without any of us noticing. How? Did THE THING give him new abilities? No way!?
Fie quickly reacts by biting his neck, but Valdrid is quick to dodge. He takes the resurrection orb back and slashes the saint's left arm. Blood spurts out as if the saintess is still alive, and I quickly take care of her corpse without thinking.
"How dare you!" [Diana]
"SHUT UP! You are blessed! How do you know my feelings?" [Valdrid]
I feel the same anger that Valerie once projected on me, but this time he's unreasonable. Miss Valerie can be reasoned with, and now we're close, she even treated me like her own daughter, but this guy, I feel like he's the opposite of Nar and Sas. Nar and Sas lose their parents and still try to become a better person, and him? I don't know how to explain it, but I feel like he doesn't want to listen to me.
As the older giant keeps hitting his cub to hit Valdrid, Valdrid keeps dodging. Fie and the other giants help as well, until
"GOD? Is that you... Eat this orb... Yes... YES! YES! I want to meet them! I'll do as you told GOD!" [Valdrid]
Valdrid swallows the resurrection orb, and suddenly, a slash to his throat, and Mr. Alaric, the vampire from Special Knight of Amleth comes in. I told the giants that Mr. Alaric is an ally, so they didn't try to hit him, but
"TOO LATE! THANK YOU GOD. THANK YOU!" [Valdrid]
Valdrid... What happened to him? He grew an extra pair of arms, his brown hair became a long silver hair. His eyes, they became six in number. He's also grown a horn on his back, and there's a screaming head coming out of his stomach, and with it, a miasma of poison as the head continues to scream. THE THING has definitely taken over him!
I quickly set up a shield for all of us, even using a detox spell to be safe.
"WONDERFUL. Wonderful. Holy spell: Excalibur" [Valdrid].
Using Saintess Maria's hand as his wand, he uses the holy spell and tries to hit all of us. Maybe because this is his first time, his aim is not great, but the power behind it cannot be underestimated. Mr. Alaric dodges each of them while the older giant uses a metal spell to harden his body to shield me, and when the spell is over, I use a short-range teleportation and try to get THE THING away from him, and still
"She will one day interfere with your plan GOD? Well, I'll kill her myself right here and now" [Valdrid].