Valyra stood up as she was sitting all this ti. Then, she reached for the cord of the bell and started using it to ring the bell. After that, she picked her bone instrunt and used her Air Mana to make so air pass through its holes to make a sound.
"By the power given to by mistress Sisver, I grant you entrance. May your deaths be swift." [Valyra]
What she just said surprised Shingi. Not about granting them entrance and their death, but the one that gave her that power was a mistress and not a master. There were female Giants, but Shingi never had ever heard of one becoming their leader. But it was a possibility that would happen at so point.
Without Valyra even touching them or using any mana or secret switch, the doors opened on their own.
They could see the room behind those imnse doors, which was a vast throne room. There were gigantic pillars of at least 5 ters in diater that kept the ceiling, as next to each pillar there were so armored Sky Giants. On the other side of the room from the entrance, there were so steps, and over them, there was a huge throne and a female Sky Giant sitting on it.
She was actually smaller than most of the giants they had t, and her muscles seed smaller. But Shingi could tell that her power wasn't on her muscles but her magic as he could tell that she had the Storm Mana and probably had perfected it; that's why she is the Boss.
There were so statues in the room at the sidewalls, most of them being of other giants, with their nas written at the statue's base, but in the language of Giants. But there was one statue that wasn't of a giant, and it was actually in the middle of the room and was currently surrounded by a few, not armored giants, who were kneeled in front of it.
The statue was of Aella's, as Sky Giants worshiped her, especially those who had unlocked the Storm Mana. So said that Aella was actually the mother of the Sky Giants, but if asked, she denied being the mother of anyone saying she was too young to be a mother, even if she was tens of thousands of years old.
Though stories were saying that Aella actually had discovered the first Sky Giants or even helped in their creations sohow, and together with them, she created her Storm Mana.
When the door opened, the guards turned towards Shingi and the rest and drew their spears but didn't move from their spot. As for the giants who seed to be praying on the statue showed no sign of noticing Shingi and the rest.
Finally, the Boss seed bored as she rested her face on her right hand, which had its elbow resting on the throne's armchair. She had clearly noticed them but didn't think they were worthy of her attention.
Shingi didn't expect the room to look like that. The size and the pillars were the sa as he rembered, but it never had statues of other Giants or Aella, and it was the first ti this floor had armored Giants. They had t none like that outside the throne room.
There were armored Giants like that in the Tower, but at higher floors normally. It seed like they had developed more than expected.
As they fully entered the room, the door behind them disappeared, leaving just a wall in its place. There was no escape unless they defeated the boss or the boss allowed them to leave.
The guards seed to wait for a command from their leader, and their leader seed to be too bored to give any orders, so there was silence in the room, except for the prayers of the Giants to Aella.
Shingi and the rest walked slowly but soon stopped as the Boss shot a lightning bolt right in front of them, using just a finger.
Her power wasn't even close to Aella's, but it was stronger than any Sky Giant that Shingi had ever encountered. Yet, she continued speaking in an unknown language or unknown to everyone but Shingi.
***Intruders aren't welco here. Drop your weapon, and will give you a painless death.*** [Sisver]
Shingi could understand her since he knew Giant, but he ignored her. Instead, he signaled the others to stay behind as he continued walking forward.
Another lightning headed towards him, and this ti it was aid at him and not at the place in front of him. Shingi summoned his staff and used the bottom part of it to split the lightning in half.
He had made a Light Blade, which would be way weaker since he didn't do it in an actual blade, but with the benefits of his staff, it was close in power to what would be with his sword. So he used the Light Blade to start the split of the lightning, but at the sa ti, he used his MANA MANIPULATION to get a hold of those split parts and keep them in place and pull to split them even more and break the lightning.
He had enabled his Blessing's effect to boost his INT the mont they entered the room; otherwise, he wouldn't be able to do sothing like that without the lightning reaching him.
***I had heard of the Sky Giants, not like guests, but maybe ask a na first before trying to fry soone.*** [Shingi]
A smile appeared on the face of the female Giant, as Shingi had intrigued her. Guards were ready to charge at him, but they stopped when they saw a ball of lightning appearing a few ters from Shingi.
The sphere expanded as it ford Sisver, but not a lightning version of herself but the actual Sisver. She had developed her Arcane Arts to the degree that she could cast a similar spell to Shingi's LIGHT FORM, but turned her body into lightning, instead of just light.
She released a wave of lightning when her form finished, which took just a few seconds. After that, Shingi dealt with the wave heading towards him the sa way as with the previous attacks.
"Little fork interesting. Na?" [Sisver]
It surprised Shingi that she spoke the universal language, but it wasn't unheard of since Sky Giants were very intelligent. Still, it was clear that she hadn't used this language a lot in the past, it could even be her first ti using it.
"Na is Shingi, mistress Sisver." [Shingi]
He gave a little bow. Even if he wasn't one of her followers, she was the leader around here, and he had to show her at least so respect.
"Little folk have manners. Very good. Why are you here, one called Shingi?" [Sisver]
"We are here looking for the mistress. We would like your help." [Shingi]
Before entering the room, Shingi's plan for the boss was to kill it to get the exps for him and Dark Shadow, but after seeing the changes, a new plan got ford in his brain.
It was clear that Sisver had outside help as Sky Guards couldn't have made the equipnt that the guard ones wore. The existence of the Earth Giants on the floor could an that there were a few Earth Giant artisans. Earth Giants weren't supposed to be on this floor, so Shingi was certain that sothing brought them here. Or soone.
Mikhail or one of his n could be behind it, but Shingi didn't know or could understand why.
"Help? Why Sisver help little folk?" [Sisver]
"To get yourself free from Mikhail." [Shingi]
Sisver's eyes widened at the ntion of that na as his right hand went over her right side of their neck, where she had a familiar burnmark. Mikhail had left his mark on her. Shingi wanted to bet that she didn't like to work for Mikhail. Sky Giants were all about freedom and were never enslaved like that without trying to get themselves free.
"You know of the old man? You can deal with him?" [Sisver]
"It is on my plans to deal with him, but for now, I can weaken his mark. If you allow ." [Shingi]
Shingi used most of the power of his eyes to persuade her, as allying with her would be a gigantic step.
Sisver wouldn't join him on his trip towards Mikhail's place, but she could know a few things. Even if she knew nothing, freeing her would ss with the plans of Mikhail.
He and Syra had spent so ti studying the burnmark rune, and even if they hadn't fully understood it, they had so theories on how to block it. It was similar and also different from what they tried last ti.
Instead of just making a field around the burnmark, they would also try to ss with the elent of the rune itself. It seed to be Spirit Based and actually was feeding by the Tower's Spirit Energy, aning that while in the Tower, this Rune worked all the ti.
He had gotten that idea from Dark Shadow after understanding what it was doing in the Mana Gems it fed itself with.
Sisver trusted them and picked up Shingi and put him on her shoulder so that he could see and be closer to the burnmark. Syra hovered the way there, and Shingi had to tell Sisver that she was a helpful Spirit.
He needed the expertise of Syra, as this would be the first ti he would try to ss with that Rune.
His Blessing to boost his INT was already active, so he closed his eyes and started focusing.
**** is for the language of the Giants
Reviews
All reviews (0)