Chapter 367 - 193. The Boundary Between Life And Death -3 (1/2)

Chapter 367 - 193 The Boundary Between Life And Death -3

Translated by A Passing Wanderer

Edited by RED

The Kingdom of Aihrance had fallen to the Jötnar

Its verdant terrain was now gone, replaced by shi+fting sands, thickat a barren planet with no lifefor on it

There was no point in eventhe current state of Aihrance's capital All the buildings there were covered in ed to one where no vegetation could ever grow

In front of the Aihrance royal castle was the Magic Giant, Utgar, grinning insidiously at his deeds

-If soes to lift this cat up, I shall let all of you live-

Utgar, boasting a physique around thirty ly roup of huicians who looked e around frozen in place

The icians, who had been pushed to the brink of insanity froar This little aniround At a casual glance, it didn't even look thirty centiered towards this cat and tried to pick it up However, it was like trying to lift a boulder; the dae from the spot

"H-how can it be this heavy?"

-Oops, ot to say this earlier All those who fail to lift the cat up- Utgar's insidious grin deepened -will becoic Giant raised its hand and lightly snapped its fingers

At his gesture, the body of the ician who tried to pick up the cat suddenly floated into the air

"W-what is going on?! What What are you?!" The asped out and stared at his own hands, then at the rest of his body

He was being broken down into particles of sand, only to be slowly sucked into Utgar's mouth

-You shouldn't fret, for you'reto the embrace of pure Mana-

"N-no, wait! Nooo!"

In the end, the ician was literally wiped froround in a heap

The other icians, currently bound in ropes as if they were slaves, stiffened up even further

-Ahaha! I really like this place Plenty of Mana, and that means lots of nourishment for me Mmm, I'll probably miss this place a lot when the world reverts to prihts aloud before shi+fting its gaze over to the other ht, next You, pick up the cat Then I shall let you live-

Just as thethem stepped out fro to deceive us all?"

-Oh? What do you mean?-

The old veteran, his face covered in cold sweat, pointed at the cat "Stop thinking of deceiving us That is no ordinary cat, is it not?"

-Oh-ho!- Utgar exclaietationup its face shi+fted around to create a human-like expression

-Yes, that's the correct answer-

The Magic Giant lightly waved its hand around

At that same icians stue coiled snake lying on its belly The creature was at least five th

This giant snake was constructed out ofbranches and vines As for the 'cat', it was e creature's tail

-You have ed to solve the puzzle of Hjorth, I see!-

Hjorth seemed to be the name of this snake

-As the reward for the correct answer- Utgar clapped its hands lightly, -I shall now grant you an opportunity-

Alic circle was drawn up all around the icians

-I shall warp you all out of here However- Utgar narrowed its eyes to slits -It all depends on you whether you can survive or not-

The ht particles, and their view instantly changed All they could see noas sand-covered terrain

"W-where is this?"

The old veteran ician hurriedly looked around and spotted the capital of Aihrance in the far distance

One of the icians cried out, "W-we are outside the city, Tower Master!"

The old veteran sighed in relief

Although he are of how unpredictable a Jötunn's whiined in his wildest dreao this easily

"Let's hurry and escape from here! We should head to the Theocratic Eo there, so we ician, referred to as the Tower Master by the others, issued new orders But just as the group began hurriedly h the desert

They all flinched in surprise and stared at the scene before their eyes The shi+fting sands were slowly gathering up and soon, morphed into a massive tornado

This sudden tornado's fierce winds then began ruicians

"R-run away!"

"But, to where?!"

The Tower Master looked around urgently, but there was no other place to go, except back toward the capital city In the end, the icians had no choice but to make the difficult journey back to the city

But then, their view suddenly changed once again

Utgar was standing before theic Giant pointed to a thin old ainst this old rant you all your freedorew deathly pale They already knew that the old iant that had been ar was continuing on with its pranks, sand began rushi+ng towards a spot Even the boulders rolled in and coiant alar!-

When its nahtly sullen expression on its face, -Been a while, Hrungnir Has it been around aare you planning to keep these insects alive?- Hrungnir pointed at the hu, hateful insects?!-

-What's wrong hat I' to keep around a few insects, after all-

-You fool, you are not sche behind our backs, now are you?!-

-No, of course not! Why would I?- Utgar dised its shoulders

-Because, you punk, you love 'nature', don't you?-

-That's right What I love is nature, not hunir

The latter was about to say soar to suddenly flinch and stop It raised its hand and stopped the Earth Giant fro

-Hold on Surtr's aura it has been severed-

-What did you say?!-

Utgar waved its hand in the air Sand swirled and spun around in a vortex before disappearing, only to be replaced by a lake filled with pristine water

The Magic Giant stared at the water's surface -Hm about?! You bastard, have you gone senile all of a sudden?! And you even said that Hrío, too!-

-Truly incredible! Could there be soainst us?-

-You were being truthful?-

Utgar's eyes treer than us, no less!- Just as Hrungnir grew rather confused, Utgar began tilting its head this way and that andseems to be unstable, inco about?-

-It's this one-

Utgar shuffled away fro the Earth Giant to peer into the surface of the lake and see a certain hu as if he had died already, while so down on his chest to perfornir asked, -Is he a Jötunn?-

-No, he isn't-

-Oh? Then, a very tall human? About thirty metres tall?-

-He's probably not even two ht-

The Earth Giant deeply scrunched up its face -An insignificant insect, then-