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Chapter 9 - Chapter 9 - The Lineage of Giants

In the Central Land, the Fourth Era of Earth (The Era of the Primal Human), also known as the Pre-Flood Era.

The first human was Adam, who committed a sin in Paradise, leading to his and his wife's punishment of being sent down to Earth.

Adam carried with him all the knowledge and powers that had passed through the world since the First Era. Within his body, he also held all the different bloodlines.

These powers, bloodlines, and knowledge were automatically distributed among his children as they were born.

Some of his descendants inherited the knowledge of medicine, others acquired the sciences of nature, and some learned the arts of magic.

Among all of them, there were a few born with the bloodline of giants. These offspring were born as giants, possessing terrifying physical strength from birth.

One of these children, bearing this terrifying bloodline, took his wife—who possessed knowledge in engineering, medicine, and astronomy—to Kemet at the command of his father.

"If you wonder how someone could marry his sister..."

"This was a different situation. They were the ones who populated the Earth. Every time Adam's wife gave birth to twins, one was a boy and the other a girl."

"The boy would marry the girl born with the next set of twins, and the cycle would continue with the next generation marrying across the pairs."

After arriving in Kemet to cultivate the land, they marveled at the towering three pyramids.

Since one of them was a giant and the other an engineer, their descendants inherited both strength and knowledge. Together, they built a civilization meant to last until the end of time.

But human nature took its course. After their ancestor died, their descendants became arrogant with their strength and grand structures, eventually forgetting God and disobeying their prophet, Hud. God destroyed those who disobeyed and spared the ones who took heed, allowing them to continue building the great civilization of Kemet.

In the Central Land, the Sixth Era of Earth (The Era of the End of the World)

"Huh? It seems these fools have forgotten the greatness of this place… or has someone intentionally driven them away?"

Standing before the three pyramids, Jowalin gazed in wonder. The pyramids were abandoned, with no one tending to them or marveling at the astronomical genius linking engineering with the stars.

"Sigh… Nothing in this world truly lasts. In every past era, various creatures revered this place as the center of the Seven Realms."

"Everyone believed that these structures stabilized the Earth. Some even saw them as a source of immortality… but now…"

Jowalin sighed sadly, realizing that the descendants of Kemet had become foolish.

"Well, this works in my favor. At least no one will interrupt me."

Jowalin smiled and stepped toward the Great Pyramid, saying:

"I wonder if its power remains intact or if it will fail to contain the effects of awakening my bloodline..."

Entering the pyramid, he admired the ancient Egyptian inscriptions adorning the walls.

"No matter how many times I see them, I never tire of this beauty."

Jowalin wandered in awe through the intricate designs until he reached the heart of the pyramid, where the Source Energy resided.

Sitting in a lotus position, he took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and began chanting mysterious hieroglyphic phrases:

"𓅱𓃀𓇋𓇳𓇋𓏏𓏛 𓋴𓅓𓀀𓏏𓏥"

"𓅓𓂝𓏏𓏤 𓎛𓃀𓏲𓆭 𓏠𓈖𓃀𓄿𓀁"

"𓏠𓈖𓂋𓏏𓏏𓊛 𓊨𓏏𓏛"

"𓎛𓏏𓃀𓂻 𓅓𓋴𓅱𓈖𓅓 𓂋𓇋𓇋𓇳"

"𓅱𓈖𓎛𓏏𓂋𓏛 𓆷𓇳𓈖𓅱𓏥 𓂡𓅓𓏏𓊖... The hidden current reshapes existence at every moment..."

With every word Jowalin uttered, countless chains shattered within his body.

"Drip… drip…"

Sweat trickled from his forehead as his body trembled, his face contorted with pain.

"BOOM… BOOM…"

The sound of breaking chains transformed into deafening explosions. With each burst, his body swelled briefly before returning to normal.

"BOOM…"

"Aaah…"

The final explosion was so intense that Jowalin's body expanded to three meters, forcing a scream from him as the pain overwhelmed him. His body continued to grow rapidly.

"Ugh… This awakening is even more painful than before. Is this my true form?"

Jowalin's growth halted at 150 meters before his body quickly reverted to its normal state, though his face still reflected the lingering pain.

"Now… Open!"

"BOOM!"

A terrifying wave of energy burst from Jowalin, shaking the entire pyramid.

Outside the Great Pyramid

The entire First Earth, the Central Land, trembled violently.

"Damn it! What's happening? Is this the end of the world?"

Everyone on Earth was gripped with fear, for the unknown is always the most terrifying.

In a sealed chamber beneath Kemet's main palace, a figure cloaked in darkness stirred, his face obscured. Suddenly, his eyes snapped open.

"What is this?"

"This feeling of dread… I've felt it before, but when?"

"Yes… Yes… It was in the presence of the Immortal Emperor who shattered all our hopes of conquest and even subdued our leader."

The voice trembled with fear, strange and clearly non-human.

"Has he awakened again? Damn it… That cursed immortal just won't die! But…"

"If this is only his awakening, he is at his weakest now. I must seize this opportunity, or everything we've built over the past era will be lost…"

Elsewhere, in unknown places, similar voices could be heard—some welcoming the awakening, others cursing it.

Inside the Great Pyramid, the energy radiating from Jowalin was so immense that the structure seemed on the verge of collapse. But suddenly...

Energy surged from beneath the pyramid into its walls, illuminating the inscriptions. The images of the ancient kings emerged as powerful energy beings.

These energy-formed figures extended their hands, creating a massive cocoon around Jowalin.

In an instant, the tremors ceased throughout the First Earth, even within the pyramid.

But had the process truly ended...?