Chapter 155: Encounter with the Giants (1/2)
On the land side of Norte Boden, the largest city on the North Continent, there is a huge double wall.
This wall is to prevent the invasion of monsters and giants inhabiting the North Continent. Therefore, it is thicker and stronger than a general wall, and many guards are stationed there.
So, I was worried about how to get over it… but because the underpass extended to the outside of the ramparts, we were able to get out of the city without being noticed.
It seems that the necessary supplies bought in Norte were also carried out in this way. At that time, it was said that several men from the advance team would carry them out and load them on a sled.
When we went outside, the morning sun had already risen, and the trees in the forest and the snow on the ground were shining brightly.
We didn't take a break and continued walking in the woods. We were heading to the place where the advance team was based.
While walking, we introduced ourselves other than Snow and me.
When Chris and Liz were introduced as my wives, Ice said ”Yes”, she muttered without changing her expression. It seems that she was not very interested.
”Ice, do you keep track of the entire underpass?”
”No way. We only know a small part.”
As expected, it seems that the White Wolfs do not know all of the underpasses that have been repeatedly expanded.
”Lute-kun, look. Beautiful flowers are blooming even though it's cold like this.”
”Oh, that's true.”
The flowers that Snow found were squeezing through the accumulated snow and blooming beautifully. It looked like a lily of the Earth in my previous life.
As expected, in a different world, some flowers bloom in the cold season when it snows. I don't know why because I'm not a botanist.
”‘Snow White'. It's a rare flower that only blooms on the North Continent.”
”Snow White? It's the same name as mine!”
Snow smiled happily. Ice explained further.
”It's a flower that we, the White Wolf, rarely finds, and it's said, ‘I'll give good luck to those who get it.'”
”Well, but we are on the run right now… And I am a bit reluctant to pick a flower with the same name as me.”
”Ok, let's go.”
Ice didn't force her to pick ”Snow White”, she replied coolly and started walking again. We walked for about an hour while chatting and passed through the forest.
It seems that there was an advance corps base on a plain in the back of the forest.
”Stop! Get down!”
As we approached the border between the forest and the plain, Ice gave instructions with a sharp voice. We reflexively laid down on the spot.
After a while, I noticed something unusual.
A sound ”Zun … Zun … Zun …”. A tremor that was gradually felt like an earthquake. At the end of my line of sight, a group of giants appeared trampling the snowfield.
”That is a giant…”
I muttered alone.
The condition to become Adventurer Level V is ”Exterminate Dragon x 1, Giant x 1, etc…” In other words, the Adventurer’s Guild evaluates giants as having the same strength as a dragon.
Such giants moved in a group in front of us.
Although it is called a giant, you can tell at a glance that it is not a normal creature. It looked like it was made of stone. There were no joints, and it looked like a sculpture carved from a single stone.
It's a stone statue, a golem.
There were over 100. The size was about 15m, this is the average height. This group was a herd with members that went between 10m to 30m. The herd this time has a certain height difference of about one or two heads.