After get off work, I started speedrunning through the other world

Two days later.

Ryder City.

This is a city bordering the Kingdom of Giants, wrapped in a huge invisible barrier, rejecting the intrusion of giants.

However, it would be wrong to think of this city as a city struggling to survive under the threat of giants.

The city is famous for hunting giants.

"Although the giant's meat is not delicious, there is a lot of meat." Ximu looked at the giant's corpse being dragged on the carriage on the broad avenue.

He turned his head and explained to Leticia.

"The giant's carcass will be sent to a specialized slaughterhouse, classified according to the price of different parts, and sold to different regions."

"..." Leticia pursed her lips. In the past, she only knew from books and word of mouth that there was such a thing as hunting giants in this world. Now that she saw the corpses of giants with her own eyes, she felt disgusted. feeling.

It's not that I'm disgusted by giants, but it's disgusting to think that giants similar to humans will be dismantled into commodities and eaten by people.

They were so similar that she had the illusion that they were cannibals.

"Don't worry, most people can't eat giant meat." Ximu comforted Leticia and led her into a weapons store.

"Are you two foreigners?" The shopkeeper came over, looked at what Ximu and Leticia were wearing, shook his head and said:

"If you want to become a hero who hunts giants, then I advise you two to give up. It is difficult to kill giants without special training."

"Is hunting giants a heroic deed here?" Leticia asked, and the shop owner smiled and came to the shelf nearby.

He touched the nearly two-meter-long spear on the shelf.

"Don't think that we are bad guys just because giants are too human-like. Just change the rhetoric slightly and the situation will be completely different."

"In order to protect ordinary people from being threatened by giants, we killed the giants near Ryder City in advance and protected most of the ordinary people."

"Giants can also eat people. We just ate the giants in advance."

Leticia: "..."

She did not refute. Regarding the matter of humans and giants hunting each other, a palace instructor had already told her that the killing of humans and giants should not be regarded as cannibalism, but as a natural ecological relationship.

It's like a wolf eating a rabbit, so natural.

Because of territorial issues and lack of resources, humans and giants began to hunt each other tens of thousands of years ago.

However, because she has always been in the country of iris, her impression of giants is limited to knowing them, but she has never had personal contact with them.

That's why I felt...uncomfortable when I saw the giant's corpse for the first time.

"I want to buy a giant hunting spear." Ximu spoke concisely and stated his needs. He was not interested in discussing the relationship between humans and giants with the shop owner.

In order to highlight the cruelty and depth of this world, the game officials created a setting where giants and humans fight and hunt each other. It was completely... meaningless to him. Anyway, he only needed to know how to kill giants and gain experience points.

As for why humans and giants have evolved into the current situation, that is completely meaningless.

Just go on a killing spree, there's no need to worry about game settings.

"Although I'm open for business?" The shop owner asked seriously, touching his unshaven chin.

"Are you sure you want to do that?"

"Just to ensure safety." Ximu said nonsense seriously. He was purely trying to catch up with the progress of the plot and kill a few giants along the way to increase his experience points. He was not trying to ensure his own safety.

Otherwise, his first priority would be to take a detour.

"Then you should find some guards." The shop owner persuaded, but seeing that the customers in front of him were unmoved, he gave up his desire to help others and chose to respect the fate of others.

He touched the giant hunting spear on the shelf.

"Seven hundred and forty-five gold coins, quality guaranteed, don't think it's expensive."

"Okay, give me two." Ximu nodded without any bargaining, although he knew that bargaining could get him five gold coins cheaper.

But he really had no interest in bargaining.

"It's refreshing." The store owner smiled widely, took out two giant hunting spears from the shelf, and handed them to Ximu and Leticia.

Ximu checked the spear. It was made of giant bones and had magic incantations written on its surface. As long as enough magic power was poured into it, it could be shot like an arrow.

But that alone wouldn't be enough to kill the giant.

"You have to buy the toxins yourself." The shop owner started to explain, but saw that the two customers had already turned around and left.

Why is there an illusion that they are very skilled.

…

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Adventurers Guild.

Ximu issued a mission, which required the hired adventurer team to have a high-speed moving fleet and be familiar with the road to the Sky City.

As for the hiring price, he deliberately raised it a little bit.

As expected, a group of senior teams immediately took over the task and sent people to contact them.

"..." Ximu looked at the girl with wheat-colored skin in front of him, carrying a giant hunting spear, and nodded slightly.

"Walk."

"Hey, why don't you ask more?" The girl was stunned for a moment, but the boss was too straightforward and set off directly.

Ximu turned around and walked towards the convoy not far away, and said casually: "No need, I am an astrologer and can see through the trajectory of fate."

"Oh, is this true?" The girl widened her eyes in surprise, and glanced at Leticia who was also surprised beside her, feeling as if she had been cheated.

"Boss, can you tell me when I will get married?" She followed Ximu's footsteps with curiosity in her eyes.

The astrologers in this world are a group of very capable people. They can push a mortal to become a legendary hero, or they can let a country decline naturally.

"I didn't expect that Mr. Akhtar would also have a joking side." Leticia shook her head, and a smile appeared on her delicate face.

For Akhtar's lie without changing his face, she felt... relieved. People who are too perfect sometimes make her feel that she can't get close to them.

...

...

Not long after.

A team of more than a dozen adventurers drove five carriages out of the city, and they quickly went away with smoke and dust flying.

"Boss, can you calculate the trajectory of my destiny~" The wheat-skinned girl sat cross-legged on the floor of the carriage.

Her cheeks were slightly puffed up, looking at the silver-clad knight sitting by the window of the carriage.

"When can they get married?"

"Miss Zedd, please don't embarrass Akhtar." Leticia explained to the girl with puffed cheeks.

"That was just a joke."

"But I don't think he was joking." Scratching his cheek, Zedd looked at the silver-clad knight by the window.

She felt like she was being seen through, which was obviously not the state of someone meeting for the first time. Maybe he was really the legendary astrologer.

Leticia's emerald eyes revealed a little helplessness. She gave up the idea of ​​persuading Zedd. This girl was a bit stubborn.

She knew Akhtar. He was born in poverty, joined the duel field to fight, obtained the method of magic training, and quickly grew into an upright knight.

The plot was like an epic story. Most people would think it was unreasonable in reality, but it was indeed a real thing.

Even the dragon-slaying hero Siegfried was attracted by Akhtar's talent and took the initiative to accept him as his apprentice. In addition, he met a poor princess passing by and embarked on a journey to help the princess restore her country.

Why does Akhtar really look like the protagonist in the legend?

The atmosphere fell silent.

"According to observation, you will be single for life." Ximu suddenly spoke, making Zed's cheeks swell up even more, obviously dissatisfied with what the silver knight said.

She is not bragging, an adventurer like her who is powerful and can make money to support her family will definitely not lack suitors, not to mention that she is not bad looking.

No matter what, it is impossible to be single for life.

"Boss, believe it or not, I can get married now!" Zed raised his chin, but saw Ximu glanced at her.

"If you don't believe me, you'll be single for life."

"I'm so angry!" Zed's eyes widened, and then he burst into laughter, "Boss, you're not an astrologer."

Ximu shook his head and said to Zed, "You were struck by lightning before and didn't die. You come from a single-parent family."

"How did you know!" Zed was really surprised and began to panic. Could it be that she really had to be single for life?

It doesn't make sense for a lively and beautiful girl like her.

"Because I'm an astrologer." Ximu chuckled, teasing Zed with unexpected patience, and very skillfully teasing Zed's emotions.

If it is a normal player, it is very easy to encounter Zed when going to fight giants in the early stage. Although his ability mechanism is very ordinary, he can accompany the player to open up the wasteland, and he is lively and righteous.

If he encounters danger, Zed will really risk his life to protect the player, which makes the player like him very much, but it's a pity that Zed's ability mechanism and level are not good.

When the player reaches level 40 or 50, Zed will be a burden to stay by his side, and he can only say goodbye to the player with regret.

"Actually, I know a little about astrology!" Jed showed a mysterious expression, and Ximu also cooperated with a puzzled look.

She smiled cunningly.

"Boss, you are a fake astrologer."

"Is it so difficult to admit reality?" Shaking his head, Ximu said with a little helplessness, "My divination... never goes wrong."

"Then you divination, when will we be attacked by giants?" Jed asked with a smile, only to see Ximu turned his head and looked out the window and observed for a moment.

"We will definitely be attacked today."

"What if we are not attacked?" Jed slightly tightened his legs, with a slightly cunning smile, and asked Ximu.

"If there is no giant attack today, then the boss will treat me to a meal at the next stop."

"Okay." Ximu agreed with a smile, he raised his hand and pointed to the mountains in the distance, and saw several giants sticking out half of their bodies.

Most of them are more than five meters in size, and the taller giants are at least eight meters, looking at the convoy with ill intentions.

"Were we really attacked by a giant?" Zed twitched her lips, and quickly stood up to fight, but she suddenly stopped before she left.

"Boss, stay in the car and don't run around. Although I know you are strong, you still don't have enough experience in fighting giants."

She put her palms together and smiled sweetly.

"If you don't cause trouble, I'll treat you to a meal at the next stop," she said, and then she turned and left the car.

Not long after, she and several adventurers rode horses to fight the giant.

"..." Ximu watched the battle in the distance, and saw several adventurers riding horses, running around the giant, and throwing spears directly when they found the right opportunity.

Without hitting the vital part, but only piercing the thigh, the giant twitched and fell to the ground, and died soon after.

The hunting giant spear can not only be used for close combat, but also for long-range throwing. And because it is coated with poison, as long as the hunting giant spear pierces the flesh and blood, the poison can be injected into the giant's body, easily killing the giant.

And this is why humans can hunt giants.

However, the giants killed by the toxin have no value as edible meat and can only be abandoned in the wilderness.

"The efficiency of defeating giants is very high." Leticia observed this scene. She originally thought that fighting with giants was a very troublesome and dangerous thing, but the scene she actually witnessed was completely beyond her expectations.

The attacking giant was easily defeated.

"The terrain nearby is open, and the strength of those giants is weak, so it is normal to have such a result." Ximu explained.

"Those giants are considered beggars in the giant society, so don't count on their fighting ability."

"I see." Leticia nodded slightly, looking at Zedd who had already returned on horseback, and asked casually.

"Sir Akhtar, do you like people like Miss Zedd?"

"Why do you think so?" Ximu showed a thoughtful look, "If I really want to say, what kind of person do you like."

He said to Leticia's nervous expression.

"I hope she is a woman with long golden hair, gentle and independent. Of course, if she is strong enough, it would be even better."

"..."

Leticia raised her hand and gently gathered the short golden hair beside her ears. It seemed that except for her hair not being long enough, everything else could meet Akhtar's goal.

Or, she would grow her hair long in the future.

"I'm back!"

The door of the carriage opened, and Zedd walked in. She came to Ximu again and sat cross-legged, smiling brightly and confidently.

"Did you see me killing a giant before?" She made a throwing gesture, "Isn't it handsome?"

"I was taking a nap before and didn't notice." Ximu shook his head and asked Zed curiously, "Did you kill a giant?"

"Too much, it's so handsome~" Zed dragged out the tail tone and complained to Ximu, "I killed the giant with one spear."

"I saw it, it was really handsome." Leticia smiled and said, "Miss Zed, it's really amazing."

Zed's eyes lit up, his attention was on Leticia, and he started chatting with her enthusiastically.

The next stop, is it almost time for the giants to besiege the city?

Ximu looked at the scenery outside the window and fell into thought. Every step he took was stuck in time. If the game optimization did not change the progress of some plots, when he arrived at the next city, he would encounter the plot of the giants besieging the city.

At that time, he would have a chance to brush some... experience points.