Chapter 255 (1/2)

A fight between a Gigant and a Puppet.

In both of the continent’s trade sphere, there had been constant controversy as to who might be stronger if the two sides collided.

Naturally, the traders of the Rhodesia insisted that a Gigant was stronger, and the merchants from the southern continent didn’t doubt that the Puppet would be victorious.

But in reality, no Gigant had ever gone against a Puppet.

200 years ago, the emperor of the southern continent wanted to test the power of the Puppet with two Gigants, but the emperor died from an illness before having the two weapons battle it out.

The one who succeeded was a scholar who believed in the traditional ideas of the southern continent.

The Puppet was the legacy of the first emperor, and yet it was thoroughly ignored, and after taking down a Gigant, they were made into farm equipment and was distributed to the people.

And the next successors and emperors ruled the empire very smoothly with its surrounding nations, so the southern continent was peaceful, not needing to go out into any great wars.

That meant that the Puppets had no role to play, so the two weapons didn’t have the chance to face each other.

Moreover, as the Puppet wasn’t a common weapon unlike the Gigant, the wizards of Rhodesia weren’t able to find them to test their ability.

No, even when found, they weren’t able to do proper research about them.

The Puppet was made with the knowledge of a system that was too difficult for the wizards to comprehend.

“We might be watching the first-ever confrontation of a Gigant and a Puppet for the first time in history.”

At the end of Luke’s words, all the Rakan Knights looked ahead with curious eyes.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

The two Gigants’ weapons clashed.

Wheeing-!

Kwang-!

The two Gigants, who both had the most skillful riders, began to battle fiercely right from the very beginning.

However, unlike the mercenaries and the Rakan Knights, Luke’s interest wasn’t in who would fall. As a wizard of the old times with unresolved curiosity, he stared at the Puppet’s movement.

‘The function itself is like a Gigant, but the mechanical structure and the power source are completely different.’

Even though they both could fly, no one ever considered that dragonflies and birds were the same.

Basically, Gigants used the core engine as energy to amplify the rider’s mana or aura.

But the Puppets were different.

It was as if a very rare energy was flowing all over its body, and the energy wasn’t mana nor aura, but it couldn’t be said that it was divine or spirit power either.

“Even though it was summoned not long ago, his ‘Zen Skill’ is amazing”

Zen Skill.

It was a power used by the wizards of the southern continent, which had been developed as primitive magic or technique used by the ancient shamans.

The shamans’ power or shamanism was a power that existed in the Rhodesia Continent.

However, its teachings vanished after being rejected and classified as a heretic act along with dark magic when the religious craze had begun in the early days. As shamanism meant communication with areas such as darkness, chaos, and vanity, religion denied it.

Now, not the humans, but the orcs and goblins were some of the intelligent monsters who used it.

But the southern continent was different.

Contrary to the idea of the Rhodesia Continent, which divided the world into good and bad, white and black, the southern continent saw everything as yin and yang.

If there was light, there was a shadow, and if there was day, then there was night.

Under such an ideological basis and foundation, those called heretics and warriors systematically refined and developed shamanism into a new system of power and energy. They called it the ‘Zen Skill’.

Of course, it didn’t flourish as much because theologians constantly shunned its methods.

However, the southern continent still had people who specialized in Zen Skill and researched about it. Among them, the Zegal Clan was the most famous for it.

‘The reason why the Puppet is made out of wood was maybe because wood accepts Zen Skills rather easily compared to iron.’

But that didn’t mean that any wood could be used to make a Puppet.

In the plateaus of the southern continent, Iron Core Wood could be found, and it could only be found at that place. The material was difficult to obtain that was why it was impossible to mass-produce Puppets.

‘How do you control it? Mute said that he didn’t know anything about it…’

Luke was constantly staring at the Puppet with curious eyes.

Kwang!

The sound of a huge bang could be heard in all four directions. Philip’s Marina got pushed back.

“Kuek! Dammit!”

There were a lot of curse words coming out of Philip’s mouth.

Dozens of attacks and tons of defenses, yet none of them worked.

Just when Philip thought that he had a chance, a fist came right at him.

‘Are all the warriors of the southern continent this strong?’

No, he was particularly very strong.

Philip shook his head and began to pull out his mana.

‘It is just a stiff wooden doll anyway. If I try to mix up my attacks…’