The Admiral of Hogwarts

In reality, Richelieu and the others weren't human supremacists. At least, as far as the ship girls were concerned, they saw little difference between any creature other than their comrades and their admiral.

The only reason they had gone on a killing spree, wiping out these ogres and giants, was because these fellows had actually chosen to feed on intelligent beings, crossing their bottom line.

After all, they were ship girls, and the warships that were their original forms were the crystallization of human wisdom and civilization. Therefore, their moral inclinations weren't much different from those of humans. Naturally, they couldn't accept such barbaric behavior.

Of course, there was also an objective reason for them doing this. That was that both giants and ogres were warlike and easily angered, so once a fight started, it would be to the death, and there was no possibility of prisoners.

After confirming that these giants and ogres were all killed, Hugo walked towards the female giant who was tied up on the ground. Because of the battle just now, the female giant was covered in foul-smelling blood, making her look even more disheveled.

"I—good person, good person." Seeing Richelieu holding a military saber and approaching her step by step, the female giant's face revealed a look of fear, and at the same time, she kept shouting in French.

However, Richelieu didn't use the saber to chop at her. Instead, she walked to her side and used the saber in her hand to cut the ropes binding her one by one, and then let her sit up.

"Huh?" Just as the giant sat up, letting the flames illuminate her face, Hugo made a surprised sound. Because this giant's appearance was completely different from what he had imagined.

As everyone knows, the biggest characteristic of giants, the reason they are called giants, is their enormous size. Male giants, after reaching adulthood, are about 7 to 7.5 meters tall, while female giants are shorter.

Apart from that, with the exception of those who are mixed-blood with human wizards, the biggest characteristics of giants are their rough skin and ugly faces. Even in terms of appearance, they don't particularly resemble a giant version of humans.

But the female giant in front of him was completely different. She had long hair like flames scattered over her head, and beneath her long hair was a face that was rugged by human standards, but definitely not ugly.

More importantly, her body wasn't as deformed as that of a real giant from a human perspective. On the contrary, she looked very strong, and overall, she looked like the female barbarian in Hugo's previous life's game Diablo, only much bigger.

Honestly, if she didn't look at least 7 meters tall, Hugo might have suspected that she was a mixed-blood giant, not a real giant.

In addition to her appearance, this giant's skin was also obviously smoother. It wasn't as rough as stone like other giants, but had a bronze sheen.

The bronze color here isn't just a description of color, because under the illumination of the flames, this female giant's skin really emitted a metallic sheen. "An ancestral giant, these giants really exist!"

Richelieu also noticed the metallic luster on this female giant's body, and stepped forward to stroke the giant's skin.

Seeing Richelieu's actions, Hugo's face showed a nervous look. Because giants usually might start fighting just by glancing at each other, let alone touching them directly like this.

But unexpectedly, this female giant didn't show any anger at all. On the contrary, when Richelieu reached out to try to touch her, she obediently knelt down, and then stretched out her arm to make it easier for Richelieu to stroke her.

Seeing this scene, Hugo realized that in addition to their habitual rage, giants had a tradition of the strong being king. For example, the leaders of their tribes are basically the biggest and strongest in the tribe.

Therefore, a strong person like Richelieu, who had easily killed two giants in a very short period of time using pure physical attacks, would naturally gain respect, and would even be regarded by the giants as an object of worship from the bottom of their hearts.

"This giant is different from normal giants." After a simple examination, Richelieu came to a conclusion. "The touch of her skin is close to that of a human with rough skin, rather than rock. But it is more tenacious in terms of strength."

"What does this mean?" After hearing Richelieu's conclusion, Hugo asked, "I just heard you say something about an ancestral giant, can you tell me what an ancestral giant is? Why haven't I ever heard of this before."

"General, it's normal that you haven't heard of this, because these things have been hidden by the wizards." Richelieu looked at Hugo and said, "If it wasn't for Javelin entering training early because of her outstanding performance, we wouldn't know this—"

As Richelieu explained, Hugo also understood the secret behind this. The so-called ancestral giants can be regarded as the most powerful group of giants. They are naturally considered to be the leaders and elites among the giants.

Different from ordinary giants, these giants, in addition to being superior to ordinary giants in terms of physical strength and power, have a clear advantage in intelligence, and also possess the inheritance of the giants.

Moreover, they can also be easily judged from their appearance. Compared to other strangely shaped giants, ancestral giants look more like enlarged versions of strong humans, and are much more beautiful than ordinary giants.

Just like what was said before, giants are not ogres, they are a standard civilized race. So naturally, there are some unique knowledge and civilization inheritances that belong to them.

The reason why giants are becoming more and more barbaric now, and even degenerating to the point where they are not much stronger than ogres, is also related to these ancestral giants, because they were wrongly involved in the internal wars between wizards.

Because these ancestral giants have a way of thinking that is closer to humans, they naturally have various complex ideas and * * . As a result, in the two wizard civil wars, they were easily bewitched by black wizards and joined the war.

Although giants can't cast spells, under the command of these ancestral giants, those giants still caused great damage to the wizards in the war with their powerful magic resistance and equipment.

But in the end, the black wizard they supported still failed, and then they were strictly controlled by the wizards of the entire wizarding world until today. Even more because of this failure, ancestral giants suddenly changed from giant leaders to public enemies of giants.

"This is also one of the reasons why this White Deer lady was almost killed." Richelieu pointed to the female giant who was kneeling there nervously. "They are now considered by many giants to be a symbol of disaster."

"So that's how it is." Hugo nodded, and then asked further. "Then why do they call them ancestral giants? Is it because ancient giants all looked like them?"

"Of course not, if that were really the case, it wouldn't be humans who became the most powerful creatures on this earth." Richelieu smiled and shook her head. "This is just the name given to them by the wizards, their own name should be Great Giants."

"The reason why wizards call them ancestral giants is because early giants were even regarded as gods by ordinary people in the era when the magical world had not separated from the ordinary world, but in terms of name, they certainly cannot be called God Giants."

For the giant race, big is beautiful. So from this naming, you can see the respect and envy of ordinary giants for these ancestral giants.

But because these ancestral giants have almost completely disappeared in wars and civil strife, and coupled with the fact that wizards' original human supremacy itself is unwilling to admit that there are giants as smart as humans.

So after the end of the Second Wizarding War, the wizards slowly erased the traces of their existence in the wizarding world. Only those Aurors who are considered elites and some Ministry of Magic staff know of their existence.

"If that's the case, I have a question." After listening to Richelieu's story about ancestral giants, Hugo asked. "Then what exactly is going on with our Miss White Deer? Why would she appear here alone?"