The world was engulfed in darkness, as chaotic space rampaged about wildly.
Soon after, under the effect of the world's reparative energy, the collapsed space reformed, and an unscathed humanoid being tens of meters high vaguely came into sight at the center of destruction.
But before the space around the giant could fully heal, a resounding dragon roar shook the skies and rumbled the earth. An air of nobility spread out as a divine being was forcefully summoned into the mortal plane.
For the first time, the giant defended himself from an attack.
The golden dragon coiled around itself in the skies, and even then, its length surpassed three hundred meters.
The golden whiskers on its head fluttered slightly, as its silver eyes fixed on its target.
Without any hesitation, it descended on the earth, its twisted body uncoiling itself and revealing itself in its full glory. Its golden scales shone brightly under the sunlight, seeping through the clear clouds that had appeared after its noble roars dispersed the darkness that covered the skies.
The giant watched the divine existence falling upon it with a slight look of surprise on his face, yet he remained calm.
He was only able to cross his massive arms before himself as a form of defense before the golden dragon, still falling from the skies, was suddenly swallowed by a silver light and disappeared without a trace.
"True Dragon Spear!"
BOOOM!
The dragon appeared directly in front of the giant and slammed into him.
The giant was sent flying away yet he refused to fall on his back, as he grunted and exerted more force into his arms.
With a small cry, he planted his two huge legs back forcefully on the ground, as he tried to resist with all his might. Alas, his body was pushed for several kilometers as his two legs formed two ditches tens of meters deep in the ground.
An angry light suddenly flashed within the giant's eyes.
With a slight grunt, he shifted his arms from their defensive position and instead allowed the dragon's head to slam into his chest. Then he hooked his massive hands around the dragon's head, covering the creature's more than five meters-high skull easily. Then with a deep grunt, he mustered more than fifty percent of his body's strength and clenched forcefully.
The dragon's head exploded instantly like a popped balloon, and from its neck down, its more than five hundred meters long body dissipated slowly.
Finally, the giant was able to come to a stop, however, he wasn't relieved.
His pupils contracted when he heard a loud ringing sound, and he saw the golden spear twirling within the still-dissipating body of the dragon body.
'I have to stop it.' The thought immediately formed in his mind.
Alas, his opponents seemed to have no intention of allowing him to.
A small golden orb appeared directly behind the giant's head, and before he could even react, it slammed into him.
Countless golden patterns in the form of clocks suddenly spread around his body.
'What happen...'
The giant was astounded but before his thought could fully form, the numerous clocks released a small ticking sound, and immediately after, the giant froze in space.
Unlike before, when the Goldsborn Mages had deployed their magic and forcefully frozen everything in the surroundings in time, this time the giant could not even form any thoughts, as his entire body, spirit, and soul were frozen. Space fluctuated before the frozen giant once again, and soon after a white orb materialized in front of him. The surrounding temperature plummeted greatly as a chilling air spread out from the orb.
Then with a movement that was neither too fast nor too slow, the white orb smashed into the giant's chest.
Soon after, ice spread from the point of contact, and in less than a second, half of the more than fifty-meter-high giant was already encased in ice.
'...No...'
A red light suddenly sparked within the unfocused eyes of the giant.
'...How dare...' As the red light started intensifying, the giant's eyes started coming into focus.
Alas, the red light was forcefully erased as a gigantic Asura's head suddenly appeared before the giant before entering his mind.
His rapidly recovering thoughts were suppressed by a deep, suffocating killing intent, and the time spell cast on him took advantage of the opportunity to freeze his spirit once again.
At the same time, the ice spreading around the giant's body fully encased him. An ice sculpture tens of meters high and in the shape of a humanoid suddenly appeared before the rapidly twirling golden spear.
*WHIRR!*
The spear spun fiercely as it pierced into the ice sculpture before it, like a knife cutting into tofu.
.....
'Now is my chance!'
Immediately after launching all his spears and his team's spells, Arthur didn't even wait to see the result of their attacks, as he instantly teleported and appeared before the group.
Then he willed his mana, and silver essence erupted from his body greatly.
He quickly wrapped his team in his energy and ignored their questioning looks.
Just as he started breathing a sigh of relief, as their bodies faded away, two structures suddenly clenched his body from the sides, and a massive shadow engulfed their bodies.
"Just where do you think you are running to?"
Arthur's breath froze in his throat. He turned his head stiffly to see a massive eye right behind his back. He realized the structures holding him in place were actually two of the giant's fingers, and he didn't even doubt for a second that if the latter exerted just a bit of strength, he would be squashed into meat paste.
Arthur wasn't the only one who was frozen in fear.
Rita held her breath in fear, and Martin, Sophia, Brian, and the others had looks of despair on their faces as they gazed at the giant before them who had a quickly closing hole in his chest.
In less than two seconds, the hole healed completely, and once again, the giant appeared completely unscathed.
"Pl-dont-wai..." Arthur continuously stuttered as he gazed at the completely red sclera beside him that was almost his size. It didn't take a genius to tell that the giant was incredibly pissed.
"Hmm?" The angry giant suddenly shifted his head away as he gazed in a specific direction.
Then, against Arthur and the other's expectations, he let go of the former before taking a single step back. A step that brought him away for almost a kilometer.
Then the stunned Arthur and the others were awoken by the giant's next words.
"You must be Silvia!"
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AN: Sorry guys! A lot of things have been happening to me lately and I haven't had time to write much. But I promise to make it up to you all. Also, there will be less of action for a while, so I can build the plot.
Expect an extra chapter within the next 24 hours, and more within the week. Hopefully.