Don't move, it's a robbery!

Let's rewind a little.

Just as Iro was controlling the fire giant to head to the upper city, I happened to arrive near the gunpowder warehouse and ran into Santors, who was waiting there.

This guy kept his promise. He actually stayed in the lower city before I arrived, guarding the gunpowder warehouse for me, while the people who came with him had all run away long ago.

It's hard to say whether he's lucky or unlucky. The city is in such chaos, but he's completely unharmed. On the contrary, his companions, who escaped back to the Noble Garden in the Upper City, are currently being given a loving education by the fire giant.

"Old Santos! Santos!"

In such a critical moment, I was naturally very happy to see an acquaintance. Santos was even happier, or rather, he regarded me as his savior.

"My lord, look! Over there in the upper city! There's a huge monster out there!"

I'm not blind. Santos can see the fire giant, so naturally I can too.

To be honest, my legs are a little weak right now.

What a joke! A 30-meter-tall giant! I couldn't even reach its knees if I jumped!

And this thing is actually made of fire! It's covered in a layer of yellowish armor. I don't know how hard it is, but just looking at how thick it is, my rabbit knife definitely can't pierce it.

If it can't pierce the armor, "Elegant Glacier" can't touch the fire giant's body, and without touching the fire giant's body, it can't absorb the opponent's energy.

In other words, I had absolutely no chance of causing harm to the other party.

Seeing my hesitant expression, Santos was somewhat incredulous, but he quickly understood the reason and asked me with a bitter look on his face.

"Sir, even you are no match for that monster? Are you afraid too?"

"Nonsense, everyone is born of parents. If others can be afraid, why can't I?"

"Uh, you're right..."

"Old Sang, sometimes we have to face reality. If you can't beat someone, you can't beat them. You can't just rely on willpower, awareness, or bonds and suddenly unleash your fighting power. You can only listen to stories like that."

"Um....."

"Cough cough cough, don't despair. Although we can't win by manpower alone, we're not the only ones who can fight."

My eyes lit up as I looked at the warehouse next door, and I couldn't help but start rubbing my hands together.

Look over here, there are several cannons!

Although this place is a bit far from the upper city, the fire giant is such a big target that even if you're blind, you might still be able to hit it.

"Santos, do you know how to fire?"

I turned to look at Santors, only to find that his face had suddenly turned pale, even paler than when he had just seen the fire giant.

"My lord! I dare not fire these cannons! I've heard that these dwarven cannons are just experimental products with serious quality problems. They're prone to exploding, which is why the dwarves were willing to sell them to our Southern Federation."

"But we need someone to fire the cannons now. Besides, what are we going to do? Old Sang, think about the old city lord, think about Kudu, they're all waiting for you to save them!"

"My lord, even if you mention His Highness's plight, it's no use! I've already repaid the city lord's kindness, and I have family who also want me to return alive!"

Seeing Santos's resolute refusal, I couldn't help but sigh.

That's right. Even Santosen has his own family. Although I don't have any family and don't understand what family ties are like, Santosen's family must want him to go back alive.

"Alright, I won't pressure you anymore. I'll operate this myself. You just need to help me load the gunpowder."

Upon hearing my words, Santos's face turned bright red.

"I'm sorry, sir, I... I'm a coward. I just want to get back alive."

"Who isn't? Don't even mention you, I'm also quite afraid of dying. If even cannons can't kill that monster, we'll have to run away together. Stop wasting time, hurry up and come help."

Santos and I carried the cannons out and aimed them at the direction of the upper city. Since there were three cannons in total, I tied them together with ropes to prevent the shells from scattering.

But when it came to loading the gunpowder, I had a small disagreement with Santos.

The disagreement arose because neither of us knew how much gunpowder to fill the cannon. Santos's idea was to fill it halfway, but I felt it should be filled to the brim.

The more gunpowder a cannon contains, the more powerful it becomes; otherwise, why would cannon makers leave such long barrels?

(ﾟωﾟ): "Pfft~, it's okay, you can continue."

Santos felt I made sense, so he and I filled the cannon with gunpowder.

Then we discovered that the shells couldn't be inserted.

"It's not a big problem, we can just scoop out some more gunpowder."

Just as Santos and I continued to work together, a loud bang suddenly came from the South District.

I quickly turned my head and saw that a sand dune monster more than 10 meters tall had suddenly appeared in the city and was wreaking havoc on the streets. Meanwhile, the fire giant in the upper city had conjured up another sand dune monster and was preparing to throw it down into the lower city again.

"Holy crap! Quick, quick! Light the fire! Hey? Old Sang! Where are you going?"

Watching Santos's retreating figure, I couldn't help but twitch my lips.

We should have tied him to the cannon earlier.

After forcefully jamming the shells into the cannons, I adjusted the cannons' orientation so they were aimed at the fire giant, then took out a flint and steel and lit the fuse.

Next, I'm going to run away too.

But at that moment, the fire giant threw out another sand dune monster, which happened to hit the vicinity of the warehouse area. After a violent tremor, the cannon was shaken off course and ended up upside down with its muzzle pointing to the ground.

Watching the fuse burn out, I gritted my teeth, pulled out a handful of Nightmare Pills, stuffed them into my mouth, chewed them haphazardly a few times, and swallowed them. Then I jumped onto the cannon and used my weight to straighten it.

Then the cannon exploded.

Although I had taken the Nightmare Pill beforehand, which prevented me from dying instantly, the enormous impact still made it take me more than two seconds to regain consciousness after the explosion.

"But! What bad luck!"

٩(◦`ꇴ´◦)۶: "Pfft~ Hahaha~ With so many flames stuffed in, it would be a miracle if it didn't explode!"

"Wait, why am I flying in the air?!"

(◦`ꇴ´◦): "It got blown away by artillery fire."

"Wait a minute! Shouldn't 'Elegant Glacier' absorb the impact for me?"

(◦`ꇴ´◦): "Do you think it's that smart? You're not a hero, you can't really activate it unless you use it actively, otherwise it won't work."

I was feeling incredibly frustrated, and then I discovered something terrifying.

I appear to be flying towards the upper city.

My frustration turned into terror, and then I discovered something even more horrifying.

The fire giant suddenly looked up and gazed in my direction.

"Mist...Mist Cloak! Full power!"

A cloud of mist surged forth, instantly obscuring my figure, leaving a long trail of smoke in my wake.

"You can't see me~ You can't see me~"

I prayed silently, but this time, I was not blessed by Lady Luck. The fire giant still found me and threw a sand dune monster at me.

No one knows how it did it, but halfway there, the dune monster suddenly began to split, turning into a meteor shower that illuminated the entire sky, and also illuminated the black mist giant dragon that was rushing towards the fire giant.

"Die, you Robin Hood!"

As the fire giant roared deafeningly, everyone in the city couldn't help but look up and witness this scene that resembled a mythical epic.