Chapter 311 - Heavens Gaze Within The Faded Darkness (1/2)

”Oh fuċk.” Laz had no idea why this giant noticed him since he wasn't really standing out or trying to stand out. For the most part, Laz had just been observing around the corner of a red brick building while keeping himself mostly hidden.

How was he to know that his power and his bloodline stood out like the sun in a clear sky?

”Hello there!” Laz figured there was no sense in hiding anymore since he had been noticed and instead stepped out into the street. Laz wasn't sure the giant understood English considering it wasn't exactly an old language, but he had to try.

As Laz figured, the giant had no clue what Laz said. Instead, it closed it eyes and turned away from Laz, seeing he wasn't a threat to it.

While Laz watched on in wonder, specs of green and brown light seemed to rise up from the earth and began floating to the giant. Every time the giant took great, big breaths, the energy would be suċkėd into it's nose and mouth. When he exhaled though, none of the energy came back.

”So weak... maybe it would have been better to sleep longer?” The giant said out loud in it's native language that Laz somehow understood.

”So many years... so much time... wait....” The giant's eyes grew small as it suddenly stared away to the east, it's entire being focused on something that only it seemed to understand.

”Those damn tree fairies are actually back? No wonder... HA HA HA.... NO WONDER!!!” This revelation excited the giant causing it to hop around in delight while Laz felt the earth around him shake.

Despite being ignored by this creature, Laz couldn't help but hoped that it kept talking. Perhaps he would be able to reason out the answers to some questions that had long plagued him. Sadly though, as this giant continued to do it's little dance, it didn't speak anymore.

Just as Laz was at a loss as to what to do, a large caravan of military vehicles and transports appeared down the street while racing along towards the giant. Seeing this, Laz decided to make himself scarce but wasn't going to miss out on what was going on. As such, Laz bounded to the top of the building by sinking his fingers into the brick and climbing his way up. Just as he got to the top, he huddled down into a corner and calmed his breathing while slowing his heart beat. Laz planned to use just his spiritual sense to watch this meeting and therefore decided to make himself as non existent as possible.

”Eh?” The giant turned to look, feeling the changes happening to Laz before he disappeared all together from his senses, leaving nothing but a faint energy trail. Laz had no clue that his actions would cause the giant to lose track of him as well. But there was another hidden bonus Laz did not expect.

Within the golden drop of blood that was sealed near Laz's foundation, a slight burst of light formed and disappeared within moments, but in that burst of light was a technique that drilled it's way into Laz's head.

'Faded Darkness... Combines with Heaven's Gaze. Disappear into nothingness while seeing everything?' Laz said to himself, almost causing him to jump in surprise. He hadn't had a chance to practice Heaven's Gaze, but now there was a complimentary skill that appeared in his head. Despite it not being the best of time to try this, Laz felt that something was better than nothing.

'The first line of instruction was to imagine nothing, empty the mind. Slow the heart. Release the breath. Fade to black. Only the eyes see while the body dissolves away.'

While Laz embraced this, focusing on using the two techniques at once, his overall presence actually completely vanished, causing the bronze giant to be even more surprised.

Just when the giant decided to walk over and take a look for this little creature that smelled like his foes from the past, he noticed the line of vehicles approaching and put up his guard. After sensing the strange, metal creatures, he was actually able to determine that they had god's blood within them which didn't make any sense until the vehicles came to a stop and everyone riding inside got out.

The first ones to file out weren't the various armed troops. Instead, everyone who could be considered a chosen seemed to run out and gawk at the giant in awe, their eyes lit up like birthday candles.

Everyone, that is, except for Tommy.

He got out with the rest, but he didn't look at the giant with awe and that actually confused him. Like the others, he could feel a connection with this big, bronze colored giant. But unlike the others, his feelings towards the giant was almost one of... disdain.

'Why do I feel like... I'm insulted by this creature?' Tommy was having a hard time with his feelings while the others had to stop themselves from practically bowing down.

”Eh?????” The giant seemed really excited to see this tiny people with which he suddenly felt a certain closeness with. After a moment though, there was a rather peculiar feeling coming from one of them who, unlike the others, was looking at him with a strange gaze.

The giant couldn't help but return the gaze and step closer. Before the eyes of all of the shocked observers, the giant's body shrunk down to a much more manageable ten feet tall. Although still bigger than anyone else on Earth, at least now he could get a better view of these strange little people. Especially the one giving him the funny stare.

”Lord...” Although the giant couldn't speak English, Tommy understood what it was saying.

”Lord?” Tommy asked.

”You... your bloodline. You have a Lord level bloodline.”