Mystery: She came from the Chaos Sea.

Chapter 76 The Prelude to Growth

A remote corner of the land of giants.

In the continuous drizzle, a Cyclops fled in a panic.

But in the next second, his legs were severed by a transparent, invisible force.

Amidst the spray of blood, the massive body crashed heavily to the ground.

His single eye was filled with madness and terror, and he even temporarily ignored the pain.

He gripped a massive broadsword, brandishing it as he roared in a gigantic language: "I am a giant! We are noble giants! Those humans are nothing but lowly servants!"

The towering figure of "Light Slayer" Milgongen shattered the rain, and under the gaze of His vertical eyes, the arms of the Cyclops who had fallen to the ground were torn into minced meat by invisible blades.

The minced meat flowed with the rainwater to low-lying areas.

Completely incapacitated, the Cyclops struggled to look up at the silver-armored giant, gasping in pain, "Mirgongen..."

Facing death, His tone softened, rain streamed down His grey-blue cheeks, and He pleaded, "Spare me...please, spare me."

In the rain, Milgongen silently picked up the giant's broadsword that had fallen to the side, approached the giant, raised the weapon that belonged to the warrior before him, and whispered, "For the survival of my people..."

The giant blade mercilessly severed the head of the giant who had begged Him.

Mirgongen stood guard beside the corpse.

Soon after, a young girl dressed in a black nun's habit arrived in a carriage, her black habit adorned with orange-red patterns resembling fiery clouds.

The girl inside the carriage was holding up a statue about half the height of a person with both hands.

That is the statue of the "Lord of Twilight".

The statue's eyes seemed to possess a spiritual quality.

Milgongen quickly bowed his head and whispered, "Praise be to the goddess."

He picked up the extraordinary properties condensed from the Cyclops's corpse, bent down, and handed them to the girl in the carriage wearing a black nun's habit.

Inside the carriage, the nun prayed fervently: "O Lord of Twilight, who is more eternal than eternity, you are the symbol of power and glory, and the queen of calamity and fear... I pray that you purify the extraordinary qualities before me."

Clusters of extraordinary properties split off as Selena prayed.

When the prayer ended, Selena skillfully and discreetly placed these extraordinary qualities in various specially made hidden compartments within the carriage.

After doing all this, she coldly looked at the silver-armored giant in the rain outside the carriage and said, "'Light Slayer,' you have done well... Do not betray the title that the goddess specially reserved for you. This is your honor, and also the goddess's mercy to the giant."

Mirgongen kept his head down until the carriage was gone.

Although He was second only to the giant race, who were second only to the gods, the girl had not even stepped into the realm of demigods.

But when faced with those girls who could beckon the "Lord of Twilight" to look upon him, he had no choice but to lower his head, especially that girl named Selena, who made no attempt to conceal her hatred for the giants.

Since the war with non-human races turned into small-scale conflicts, a self-purification movement has taken place within the giant race.

Giants like Him, who had completely sided with the two human gods, the "Sun God" and the "Lord of Twilight," began to follow the divine pronouncements of those special girls to slay giants who had committed evil deeds and eaten people, and who had been passive and inactive on the battlefield, in order to reclaim the characteristics left behind by those giants.

Milgongan was keenly aware that with the spread of the names of the two human gods, the glory of the giants had faded, and only by completely integrating into the order made by humans could the continuation of the giant bloodline be preserved.

"May the goddess protect you..." With a sigh, Milgongen dug a grave in the ground with his broadsword and buried the giant's corpse.

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On the ruins of the Giants' Court, the majestic Temple of the Sun stands beside the Twilight Temple bathed in eternal orange light. These two magnificent structures, facing each other, embody the faith of all humans and giants today.

An unassuming ossuary sits between the two.

Every day, different extraordinary properties are transported here and categorized for storage. The powerful aura of the "Lord of Twilight" keeps these extraordinary properties inactive, awaiting them to be crafted into potions or other magical items...

Ouroboros resided in this church of bones for a long time. Unlike his people who converted to the "sun god" or the "lord of twilight," he chose to become a priest who served the "human sages."

His duty was to guard this church of bones.

This ossuary contains not only extraordinary features, but also numerous stone tablets, some of which are in the original language of humankind, as well as eight new large stone tablets.

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

These new stone tablets record, in sequence, the potion recipes and corresponding rituals for Sequences Nine through Four, including "Dreamer," "The Hanged Man," "Sun," "Mistake," "Twilight," "Darkness," "Mother," and "Moon."

Ulorus will distribute these potion recipes and potion materials to the corresponding meritorious individuals according to the merit system established by the council headed by the "Humanities Sage".

"Give me the extraordinary traits of the 'Darkless One,' along with the corresponding potion recipe and ascension ritual." A handsome man with blond hair approached Urolius, beaming with a sunny smile.

Ouroboros silently deducted the merit points accumulated under Ocycus's name, copied the recipe and ritual of "The One Without Darkness" onto parchment, then turned around and found the extraordinary property that shone with light, and handed it to the other party.

Osekus watched the silver-haired boy's methodical movements.

After receiving these things, he didn't rush to leave, but smiled at Urolius, who had grown even taller:

"That guy Leodorus actually managed to forcibly ingest the extraordinary properties of the Sequence Four 'Calamity Priest' without the potion recipe, and he actually succeeded..."

"You don't intend to change your approach? Or are you planning to follow Leodorus's example? I heard that the 'Sage of Humanity' obtained an extraordinary trait from the elves, a trait from the monster path."

Ulorus said calmly, "I will follow the guidance of fortune and wait for the right opportunity. My sister Hermaine will protect me."

Despite being a priest who was supposed to be a "human sage," he was one of the few people who retained this humane title, and Ocytus sometimes found it difficult to tell whether Urolius was truly devout.

"Then good luck." Osekus received the recipe and properties, a sunny smile on his face, and turned to leave.

With his silver hair falling down, Ulrich nodded and closed his eyes, continuing his devout prayer.

Inside the Twilight Temple, Hermaine, dressed in a two-tone archbishop's robe, floated beside Amanisis's illusory divine form and laughed:

"It was originally just a test, but I didn't expect the elves to actually be willing to erect statues of the two gods and spread their faith. It seems that returning home has become an obsession for those ancient elves."

Amanisis's gentle yet helpless voice came through: "Back then, I almost thought you were going to get a beating."

(End of this chapter)