Book 1 Chapter 663
“ROOOOAR!”
The Giganto roared towards the sky.
“Argh!”
Arhi’s party members clutched their ears and staggered.
“Fear…!”
Ar gritted his teeth and inhaled.
“Khaaaawww!”
Ar’s howl canceled out the Giganto’s fear.
“Kraaaahaaaha! There’s a spirited little one!”
The Giganto smirked ferociously at Ar, who had canceled his fear, and then crouched down.
He charged at Ar with incredible speed.
Seeing this, Ar’s eyes flashed.
Flash-!
A fierce light glinted in Ar’s eyes, and he then began to sign.
“Huh?!”
The Giganto’s eyes widened in disbelief.
“You’re signing even though it’s not a full moon?!”
As the Giganto let out a cry of shock, his eyes filled with exhilaration.
“Interesting! Very interesting! You look quite delicious!”
The Giganto licked his lips.
“I’m going to eat you up!”
“Who are you calling delicious right now!”
Ar, with his eyes blazing, stomped on the ground.
Ar, now a golden flash, charged at the Giganto with immense speed and kicked him squarely in the forehead.
KWAANG-!
The Giganto’s neck snapped backward as if broken.
Swoosh-! Ka-ga-ga-gang-!
While his neck was bent, the Giganto’s wild punch devastated the surrounding area.
Ar, who had already predicted and dodged the attack, was now behind the Giganto.
BAAK-! Ka-ga-gack-!
Ar kicked the back of the Giganto’s head.
The Giganto, falling forward, plunged his face into the ground.
A terrifying destructive power.
However, the Giganto sprang to his feet.
“Kraaaahaaahaaahaaaha! I like it! I really like it!”
KU-GU-GU-GU-GU-NG-!
As he rose his massive body, dust rained down.
Kal looked at the Giganto, who was laughing madly, with a look of utter disgust.
“Not a scratch?”
“My name is Giganto! I am the vanguard captain of the great Giant King’s army! I shall remember your name!”
“Ar Tune. One who inherits the will of a hero.”
“Hero? Was there anyone called a hero?”
“You insolent brat! You’re disrespecting Lord Arion! Is that oversized head of yours just for decoration?!”
Ar, agitated, hissed.
“Arion? Who is that?”
It was then, as the Giganto looked bewildered.
“Now is not the time for idle chatter?”
Pajijijijijik-!
Golden lightning swirled down from high above.
Durran, enveloped in an aura of lightning, was swinging his greatsword with both hands.
The Giganto swung his fist towards Durran’s greatsword, which was aimed at his neck.
KWAANG-! PAJIIJIIJIK-!
Lightning crackled in all directions.
The Giganto’s face contorted viciously as he blocked Durran’s sword.
“You’re interesting too!”
Flash-!
His other fist, not used to block Durran’s sword, swung towards Durran.
PABA-BABBAT!
Sparks flew, and Durran’s body scattered.
Leaving behind an afterimage, Durran suddenly swung his greatsword at the Giganto’s ankle.
KWAK-!
Durran’s greatsword dug into the Giganto’s ankle.
Durran’s eye twitched.
While it had dug into flesh, it hadn’t reached the bone.
Durran, trying to retrieve his sword, frowned as it remained stuck.
“A sharp sword.”
The Giganto curled his lips.
“But its durability is like a toy!”
Flash-!
The Giganto’s massive palm swung down as if to crush Durran.
KWAAAAANG-!
The ground shook violently.
Durran, dodging the attack, drew his longsword from his waist.
The Giganto, gripping the ground, squeezed his fist with a CRUNCH-! and then opened it.
Hudududuk-!
Durran’s greatsword, Lightning Storm, shattered into pieces under the terrifying grip and fell.
“My country’s national treasureeee!”
Kal shrieked, clutching his head.
Lightning Storm.
It was the sword used by the first king who founded the Kingdom of Moira.
It was the symbol of the founding king and the number one national treasure of the Kingdom of Moira.
Kal could only cry out in shock at the sight of the sword shattering before his eyes.
“Hmph. Old antiques have terrible durability.”
“Is that what you say when your family heirloom breaks! The King won’t let you get away with this!”
“I was going to inherit it anyway, so it doesn’t matter.”
“Wow… I’m sometimes envious of that personality.”
Kal shook his head in admiration of the strong spirit that remained unfazed even as the kingdom’s national treasure and family heirloom shattered before his eyes.
The Giganto slammed his chest with a BANG-! and his eyes sparkled.
“My body is the work of the world’s greatest blacksmith! My father, Gias, forged it with his own hammer! My body, the greatest creation of the Giant King, renders any blade meaningless!”
“Hmph! The world’s greatest blacksmith isn’t the Giant King Gias, but Lord Dweno!”
As Drianah reacted with a scoff, the Giganto tilted his head.
“Dweno? What’s that?”
“You don’t know the divine blacksmith Dweno?! Is that unnecessarily large head of yours just for decoration?”
“Calm down. Ar already said that.”
Kal grabbed Drianah’s shoulder as she growled, shaking her fist.
“Strange people. Heroes and divine blacksmiths. What are those things?”
The Giganto sneered.
“If you don’t know, I’ll split that head of yours and carve it into your brain!”
With a chilling voice, someone flew towards the Giganto’s head.
It was Artian, a woman of small stature.
“Ah! Professor Artian! It’s dangerous to charge in without knowing the opponent’s abilities!”
Kal urgently tried to dissuade Artian, but Artian’s eyes flashed as she shouted.
“Shut up! If blades don’t work, I’ll just smash them with my fists!”
Hoo-wang-! KWA-GA-GA-GA-NG-!
Artian’s fist struck the Giganto’s forehead.
KA-GA-GA-GA-GA-GAK-!
The ground around the Giganto’s feet cracked at incredible speed, and the earth began to erupt.
“Cough?”
The Giganto, who hadn’t flinched even from Ar’s and Durran’s attacks, suddenly staggered.
WHIRR-!
TAK-!
“HAAAP!”
Artian, landing on the Giganto’s ankle, grabbed it and let out a battle cry.
WOBBLE-!
The Giganto lost his balance and fell.
Hoo-ung! Hoo-ung! Hoo-ung!
“Neeeeaargh?!”
“Kuh-!”
Using her tremendous strength, the small Artian began to spin the Giganto around.
Ar and Durran, caught in the centrifugal force, retreated in terror.
“HRYAAAAP!”
FLASH-! KA-GA-GA-GA-NG-!
Flung by the centrifugal force, the Giganto’s body crashed violently to the ground.
“Kuh-!”
“Here I goo-! CRACK!”
“Khuk!”
As the Giganto tried to get up, Artian charged at him with incredible speed and rammed him in the abdomen with her head.
Hit by Artian’s charge, which came like a bullet, the Giganto was sent flying.
From the Giganto’s perspective, it felt like something hard, the size of a palm, had collided with his abdomen at tremendous speed.
“Hoo!”
Artian, with her fists pulled to her sides, huffed.
“I… I’ve decided. From now on, I will absolutely, absolutely, absolutely not argue with Professor Artian’s words.”
Everyone nodded as Kal mumbled, swallowing dryly, at Artian’s power that surpassed imagination.
KU-GU-GU-GU-GU-!
“Ufufufu! It’s been so long since my blood has boiled like this!”
“Huh? Laughing? Want another beating?”
It was when Artian’s eyes flashed.
“I’ll take care of this one. Professor.”
Artian glanced at Leo, who stood beside her.
“You were amazing?”
As Leo smiled and patted his own head, Artian squinted her eyes.
“It looks like the professor and the student have swapped roles?”
“Excuse me.”
“Hmph.”
Artian scoffed and crossed her arms.
“I’ll handle the others while leading the kids, so you deal with that brute.”
“I leave it to you.”
Artian returned to her party members, leaving Leo in charge.
KWOOOOAR!
Monsters began to crawl out of the hole the Giganto had dug.
“How do you plan to entertain me!”
The Giganto’s eyes filled with anticipation.
Seeing the Giganto, Leo drew his sword.
“I might be entertained, but you won’t be?”
“Kwahahaha! I like spirited fellows! But!”
A sneer formed on the Giganto’s lips.
“A mere knight like you cannot defeat me!”
“Because of your aura’s ability to nullify aura? Knight Slayer, Giganto.”
“Ho? You know my aura’s ability and still dare to challenge me? A brave one!”
THUD-!
“……?”
The Giganto’s gaze shifted to the ground.
And as he saw his own enormous, wriggling arm, his eyes widened.
“Keeeeargh!”
The Giganto screamed, clutching the severed end of his arm.
Leo approached the Giganto and said,
“You did eat people 5000 years ago. Your ability was to nullify aura. Arion was also inexperienced when I first met you.”
Leo had defeated the Giganto just before Dweno joined Arhi’s party.
At that time, the Giant King’s army was moving to attack the fortress guarded by Dweno.
Giganto, with his ability to nullify aura, was a formidable foe.
Moreover…
“As you said, your body was indeed the greatest creation of Gias.”
His body, impervious to any weapon, also possessed strong magic resistance, making him highly resistant to magic.
Of course, Luna and Lisina were mages skilled enough to penetrate that magic resistance.
However, they had no time to spare to stop the Giant King’s army led by Giganto.
‘Back then, Arion dismantled you for the first time.’
Knights fighting alongside Arhi’s party had died.
Arion, faced with this fact, was genuinely enraged.
Remembering Arion, who resented his own inexperience, Leo raised his sword.
“What in the world is that sword?!”
The Giganto’s face turned to shock as he looked at the humble longsword in Leo’s hand.
“This?”
Leo pointed Posteritas, the sword in his hand, at the Giganto as if it were nothing special.
“Proof that Gias is not the greatest blacksmith.”
“That fiend! How dare you utter such blasphemy!”
KWAK-!
“Kuhuk!”
“There’s nothing easier to defeat than a knight who relies on a powerful weapon.”
Leo, who had severed his ankle, said indifferently.
The Giganto’s terrifying aspect was his strong body, impervious to blades.
It was the pinnacle creation of Gias, who had poured all his effort into forging fearsome weapons for his time.
However…
‘It’s meaningless before Dweno’s weaponry. Dweno is the world’s greatest blacksmith.’
Even what Leo held in his hand now was the only masterpiece Dweno had acknowledged.
Giganto’s body was powerless against Leo’s sword.
“You bastard! Do you think I became the vanguard captain of the great Giant King’s army with just my body alone?!”
KA-GA-GA-GA-GA-GANG-!
The Giganto slammed his fist on the ground.
Then, black lava surged up and washed over Leo like a tidal wave.
Leo chuckled at this, raising his palm.
A ring on Leo’s hand sparkled.
JJE-JE-JE-JEK-!
“……!”
The Giganto’s eyes widened to the point of tearing as he saw the instantly frozen lava.
“Hoo…”
Leo exhaled a puff of air.
“Spirit arts… and magic? You… what in the world…!”
“You were infamous for being a battle-maniac.”
Tuk-tuk-
Leo, with his sword resting on his shoulder, approached the Giganto with a grin.
“But at the moment of death, you let out a scream.”
Leo’s eyes turned gray.
As he met those eyes, the Giganto fell to his knees.
THUMP-!
In an instant, the image of a gray youth cruelly mutilating his own body flashed in his mind.
‘…What is this? A hallucination? The future? Or… the past? What in the world!’
The Giganto’s body trembled.
“It was entertaining to see you, who only enjoyed winning fights, beg for your life.”
Looking at Leo, who smiled gently, the Giganto asked as if squeezing it out.
“What in the world is your true identity!”
“Me?”
KWAK-!
In an instant, Leo’s sword gouged out the Giganto’s eye.
“Keeeeargh!”
“The great hero you feared most.”
The true nature of Kyle, who had once instilled terror in countless demons, awakened.