Fairy tale: Little Red Riding Hood's wolf mentor

"So, there was someone else who brought you the gem from the Kingdom of Bo Ren before us?"

Lake looked curiously at the giant-like figure before her, one hand still firmly holding the Star Killer Sword at her waist.

Now that she was truly face-to-face with the Giant King, her and Polo's special qualities allowed them to completely ignore the Giant King's pressure.

"Yes, before him, I gave another person the blessing of the Giant Chosen, that person seemed to be called..."

As he spoke, the Giant King tilted his head, as if carefully searching his memory, "Seven."

"So, the tragedy of the Kingdom of Bo Ren was still orchestrated by you?"

Hearing this, Lake's eyes once again revealed killing intent.

She remembered the Bo Ren soldiers who were torn apart, trampled, and chewed by the giants, and angrily questioned, "Just for one of your gems, you had to kill so many people?!"

"Uh, I need to explain this. It wasn't orchestrated entirely by me—to be precise, I didn't tell my Chosen to commit massacres or anything like that."

The Giant King shook his head, denying Lake's statement, but then changed his tone, "However, if you want to place the blame on me... fine, I'll accept it."

As if seeing the disbelief in Lake and Polo's eyes, the Giant King continued to explain,

"I don't care what my Chosen do with my power. The contract I give them is exactly the same as the one I gave you in the dream.

They will receive the blessing of the Giant Chosen—

And all they have to do for me is to bring me the gem within the time limit."

"The blessing of the Giant Chosen..."

Polo muttered the words, looking up at the Giant King, "What exactly does it do?"

"It's just having the power of a giant in a human body, and being able to command ordinary giants through the unicorn horn, that's all."

As the Giant King spoke, the clouds in front of him carried his golden harp towards the top floor of the castle.

The golden bird also chirped happily, then flapped its wings and landed on the harp.

After doing all this, the Giant King spoke again:

"So, whether my Chosen use their power to save the world, kill people, or seize wealth and power... it's all their own decision.

I give them the power only to bring the gem to me."

The Giant King's body slowly began to rise. He glanced at Lake. The remaining two gems were in the bag at Lake's waist, but the Giant King did not try to snatch them.

Only his voice became a little deeper.

"As I said before, I know what those who get my gems want, and I also know what to say to drive most people—

It's nothing more than power, longevity, wealth, and authority."

"So, you know what those people will do with the power, and you still gave them the blessing of the Giant Chosen?"

A hint of complexity still appeared in Lake's eyes.

Without a doubt, from the Giant King's words, what he did to humans was absolutely inhumane—

But behind his words, there seemed to be some kind of higher reason hidden.

Under this unknown reason, the Giant King's slaughter of humans didn't seem to be purely malicious like chaos.

"So, why are you doing this? What does this gem represent? And are those angels related to Heaven?"

The Giant King looked at the Star Killer Sword that Lake had drawn more than halfway, but did not explain immediately, instead continuing from where he left off:

"Yes, the reason I do these things is because even if those people didn't die, they would die sooner or later, just like this Heaven, it will soon be the human world's turn.

I am here, above the clouds, I saw that near future first."

The Giant King took a step and walked towards the steps of the castle. With each step, the stone castle vibrated slightly, and the clouds swirled away, following his figure.

Lake and Polo felt the mist around them, as if surging, pushing them to follow the Giant King.

"The reason I know the weaknesses of humans is because I was originally a greedy, selfish, and brutal guy, no different from the thousands of ordinary giants except for my intelligence.

I was defeated by the Star Killer Sword and arrived above the clouds.

I met a friend, he was a human, but not an ordinary human. At that time, he was a little guy... he taught me a lot."

As the Giant King spoke, it was as if he was recalling something.

Lake and Polo were surprised to hear that the Giant King's thunderous voice was no longer as cold and ruthless as a god, but had a hint of "humanity", with a touch of melancholy.

"Where is your friend?"

"Don't worry, I'll take you to see him."

The Giant King said, passing through several wide but empty rooms, to the back door of the castle... or rather, the mini-garden in the center of the courtyard-shaped castle.

Although it was "mini", it was only because the plants in this garden were the same size as the plants on the ground.

"Your friend? Does he live here too?"

"Of course, he has nowhere else to go, so he lives with me."

Speaking of this, the Giant King's tone seemed to smile a little, "But... my friend is dead.

He used to invite me to his home, do you know where his home is?"

Lake and Polo were stunned for a moment, hesitated, but had no clues to get the answer, "Where is it?"

"Heaven."

The Giant King said, "It's Heaven, the corrupt void you just saw in the clouds, the place where the answers you want fell first before everything collapsed.

I refused this old friend's invitation, but now, his old home is pressing down on me instead—

Hey, don't you think this is very dramatic?"

But at this time, Lake and Polo had no intention of echoing the Giant King's joke. The things about Heaven and the Giant King's "old friend" caught them a little off guard.

The Giant King, he knows the secrets of Heaven?

Who is that "old friend" who invited the Giant King to Heaven?

"Well, you should have also seen those eyeballs running out of the ruins of Heaven, right?"

The Giant King led the two through the trees in the garden, towards the center. His steps became smaller, and under the cover of the clouds, he even lightened to the point where the ground no longer vibrated.

Polo was surprised to find that the ground the Giant King stepped on did not sink.

He was consciously reducing the damage he was doing to this "mini" garden.

"Hey, those eyeballs, maybe they're all here to find my old friend."

The Giant King finally stopped.

Lake and Polo also opened their eyes wide to look—

In front, under a lush green tree covered with pink flowers, stood a small, raised mound, also covered with velvety greenery.

On top of the mound, a tombstone made of two crude branches nailed together was leaning diagonally.

The vertical branch was longer, and the horizontal one was shorter.

It was a cross.

"He seemed to be quite popular among you humans when he was alive, um, his name..."

The Giant King was silent for a while, then said, "Was Jesus."