Fairy tale: Little Red Riding Hood's wolf mentor

A long wind blew across the ground outside the city, stirring up dust that blotted out the sky.

The walls of the capital of Bo Ren stood silently, the specially installed "Giant Butcher" siege crossbows within the towers spaced along the walls were all cocked and ready.

Scattered Bo Ren soldiers stood on the towers, gazing into the distance.

The trees around the city had all been felled, leaving no cover to shield anything from the eyes on the walls.

In the distance, dark shadows appeared.

Saiwen and the giants made no attempt to hide; the combined strength of the giants far exceeded the limits that ordinary humans could withstand!

The shadows stretched long in the sunlight…

It was no longer eight giants, but—twelve.

The oldest of them, the giant guard, looked like a walking statue. He still wore his heavy armor, as thick as a city gate!

The rusted giant sword in his hand dragged behind him, leaving a long trench.

And the blade was covered in dark brown bloodstains!

"Boom—Boom—"

The heavy thud of the giants' footsteps came from afar, growing louder and louder.

The sound of twelve giants' steps overlapped, and even from a great distance, the Bo Ren soldiers on the walls felt the suffocating sense of an approaching storm.

Closer now.

Those on the walls could see the details on the giants more clearly.

Their tough bodies bore various minor wounds, and some even had broken steel crossbow bolts stuck in them!

"Why are these giants… different from the legends and books…"

On the wall, a young Bo Ren soldier, his hand holding the rune-carved spear beginning to tremble slightly, asked in a trembling voice as he looked at the twelve figures approaching like mountains,

"Isn't it said that giants are stupid, that even if they cooperate briefly, they will soon turn on each other… that their wild nature prevents them from having any discipline…"

Many of the veteran Bo Ren soldiers beside him were also unable to speak.

Only those soldiers who had come from Aimu City or other giant countermeasure legions and fought against Saiwen's giant army were psychologically prepared for this.

To make all the giants restrain their nature and march like soldiers—

This could not be achieved by lies alone!

"Is that armored giant the giant guard? A giant who has lived for nearly a hundred years!?

"Hold your weapons steady… there's nothing to be afraid of…"

The Bo Ren soldiers encouraged each other.

When these twelve giants truly appeared before their eyes, they were like a heavy mountain range.

They accounted for a full eighty percent of the recorded number of giants currently existing in the Bo Ren Kingdom!

Unable to launch a preemptive strike, they could only watch as the giants drew closer and closer.

Closer, closer…

Suddenly, a whistle with a certain intonation rang out from under the giant guard's helmet, and all the giants stopped in their tracks.

Those huge, bloodshot eyes stared hungrily at the soldiers on the wall.

A chill went down their spines!

At the same time, the giant guard slowly raised his other hand, the one not holding the sword, as if clutching something.

"Wait, what is the giant guard holding in his other hand?!"

A Bo Ren soldier's pupils shrank.

The other soldiers also felt a sense of foreboding!

The giant guard slowly opened his clenched hand, and under the gaze of everyone, two tattered flags slowly fell to the ground.

All the Bo Ren soldiers' pupils shrank, and a trace of blood-red appeared in their eyes!

Those were—

The military flags of the last two Bo Ren Kingdom armies still operating outside the capital!

"The Western Border Guard, and the Eastern Border Rangers… they were all… by the giants…"

There was no support.

This thought instantly arose in the hearts of all the Bo Ren soldiers, and their hands holding spears, swords, and bows began to tremble.

Before the giants, only this isolated city remained.

In the distance, the one-eyed commander Wode watched this scene in silence. He quickly walked down the city wall, only his trembling hand gripping the sword hilt betrayed the turmoil within him.

"Saiwen… the giants' chosen one?"

Commander Wode walked in a direction, into a street filled with special chains.

Inside an inconspicuous tower, a deep passage led downwards, while upwards, it offered an excellent vantage point.

"A formidable enemy."

Commander Wode walked to the desk, on which a defense map was covered with various shapes and intersecting lines.

On the other side, a larger map was affixed to the side wall.

It recorded the tracking and deduction of Saiwen's giant army's route.

Commander Wode picked up a pen and added the final lines, a chill running through him—

Saiwen's wisdom was not merely limited to crooked and deceptive tricks; his grasp of strategy was almost equal to that of a seasoned general.

It was precisely because of this that he was able to command the giants, break through the minimum time limit set by the giant countermeasure corps commander, and breach the defenses of Aimu City!

And now, Saiwen had seized control of the two Bo Ren Kingdom armies outside and—annihilated them!

Dropping those two damaged military flags in front of the city walls was a heavy blow to the hearts of all the defending soldiers!

Commander Wode had already guessed that despair would envelop the hearts of all the defending soldiers.

No reinforcements, no supplies, and when defeat came—

The number of collapsing soldiers would far exceed the estimated number!

Without hope, without a chance of survival, once the Bo Ren soldiers' courage disappeared and they fled, the entire Bo Ren capital would truly and nakedly fall into the ravages of the giants, unable to resist.

"Fortunately, I never expected to kill those giants with manpower alone."

Commander Wode's face was hidden in the shadows of the tower.

No one understood the Bo Ren soldiers of the capital better than he did—better equipment, more numbers, more training…

But those still had little effect against the giants.

Experience was the lifeline of the capital's soldiers—

Commander Wode understood that only by truly facing the giants and overcoming one's own physiological fear could one truly be considered… worthy of drawing a sword against the giants!

Reaching out, he took out another operational map, one concerning the deployment of troops.

"Heh, Your Majesty, strengthen the defenses… what do we have to defend with? Generation after generation, your royal family has kept the most core rune formations a secret, you should have thought that this day would come."

Commander Wode sighed deeply, leaned back in his chair, and looked at the city walls in the distance, where the horns were blowing urgently.

One team after another of Bo Ren soldiers stood in their predetermined positions according to his prior plans—

But these Bo Ren soldiers did not know that these positions were not prepared for them to defeat the giants.

But rather… to accelerate the process of their deaths.

These Bo Ren soldiers were divided into teams, and after the giants entered the city, they would charge up one group at a time, each group being large enough to be slaughtered by the giants as quickly as possible—

Commander Wode's arrangement minimized the survival rate of each group of Bo Ren soldiers as much as possible.

Each group would be separated by a certain distance.

After one group died, the horror of their deaths would be difficult for the next group of soldiers to know.

They would only charge up with high morale, draw their swords, and then—fall!

More importantly, such a formation, before the battle began, could never be detected by anyone who did not understand military affairs!

"The Bo Ren Kingdom will remember your sacrifice."

Commander Wode took one last look at the city walls in the distance, at the neat houses around him, and walked down the tower's hanging ladder, heading underground.

Light was swallowed by darkness, and flickering candles became the only source of light.

"This war, no matter the outcome, is already lost. Everything needs to be exchanged with blood and souls. This time, I need more chips—

In exchange for the qualification to survive!

Cut off a wrist to save a life."

…

Before the city walls, under the aim of countless crossbows, Saiwen's giant army was advancing step by step.

Saiwen's voice came from the top of the giants.

As an ordinary human, his voice should not have carried so far, but from the moment he began to speak, all the Bo Ren soldiers heard his voice:

"People of the Bo Ren Kingdom—are you all well?"

Saiwen's voice undoubtedly stirred up a chorus of abuse, but his voice became even more contemptuous, "Those who wish to surrender, please come down from the city and open the gates, kneeling to welcome your new king.

If you do that… I might consider letting you live—

After all, I only have giants under my command, and that's not very good."

Hearing this, the Bo Ren soldiers were even more enraged.

But they still maintained their spacing, simply holding their bows and crossbows, aiming at the approaching giants.

Only an officer standing at the very front drew his sword and pointed it at the leading giant. He did not say much, but his words were powerful—

"Saiwen, your sins are countless and unspeakable. No matter what you say, you cannot escape the eternal suffering of hell!"

Hearing this, Saiwen's voice dropped several degrees, filled with a strong sense of provocation.

"Are you the only one refuting me? Are the others cowards?"

As Saiwen spoke, the giant guard beneath him also raised his hand, making a human-like provocative gesture towards the Bo Ren soldiers in the city!

"Have your king and commander not come?"

Seeing that no Bo Ren soldier refuted him, Saiwen's voice paused for a moment before sounding again, "Then it's a pity, I can only choose you to die in their place first!"

At the same time, the giant guard beneath him began to move, taking a huge rock from another giant's hand.

He lowered his waist and abdomen, his pillar-like feet braced against the ground, making a…

Standard exertion movement that even most humans would find difficult to make!

He spun and twisted.

The huge rock instantly flew out like a cannonball!

"Boom!"

A corner of the Bo Ren capital's city walls collapsed, creating a gap.

The location hit by this rock was precisely the corner where the only officer who had spoken loudly was located!

"If I can't directly kill those two old things in the city, then I'll really have to put in some effort. Although, I am very patient right now!"

Then, the giant guard took another rock and struck the throwing position—

"Release the crossbows! Release the crossbows!"

Seeing this scene, the Bo Ren soldiers on the city walls began to shout urgently!

The giant guard, who had begun to throw, could not dodge. This was the time to use the "Giant Butcher"!

If they could shake Saiwen to death inside the helmet… that would be even better!

But, reality, obviously could not be so simple.

Until now, most of the giants killed by the Bo Ren Kingdom were killed at close range by using the Giant Butcher multiple times to hit vital points while their bodies were restrained by chains and soldiers.

But this time, obviously, it would not work.

The eleven giants blocked in front of the giant guard at the beginning of the giant guard's throw. The steel crossbow bolts of the Giant Butcher fired from this distance could not break through the giants' defense!

"Boom—Boom—"

Several rocks, like cannons, accurately struck the nearest towers on the city walls!

Those fixed "Giant Butcher" giant crossbows were hit and destroyed by the rocks.

These war weapons, which the Bo Ren Kingdom had paid a great price to manufacture, became piles of scrap iron in a matter of seconds.

"Now, giants, it's time to charge. There is nothing that can stop us!"

The twelve giants all let out beast-like high-pitched howls, and strode heavily towards the city walls!

Their hands and feet struck the stone walls, creating cracks and dents.

Fingers clung to the dents, climbing towards the city walls.

The Bo Ren soldiers' rune arrows rained down on the giants, but those giants even closed their eyes, single-mindedly climbing!

Without siege-level giant crossbows like the "Giant Butcher", those feather arrows, which were like cow hair to them—

Seemed to be of no use.

The giants climbed onto the top of the city walls and began to sweep away the few Bo Ren soldiers on the walls. The buildings on the inner side of the Bo Ren capital were all connected by gray-white iron chains.

Like a huge spider web.

Inside the giant helmet, Saiwen held a slender beast horn in his hand, watching the distant capital, a twisted smile rising on the corner of his mouth.

"From now on, no one will—dare to laugh at me!"

He did not immediately order the giants to rush down the city walls, but used the height advantage of the city walls and giants to observe the distant city through the cracks in the giant guard's helmet.

Saiwen also had a map of the capital at hand.

He narrowed his eyes and looked carefully for several seconds, gradually drawing a twisted route connecting to the capital on the map at hand.

Saiwen understood the principle of capturing the leader first. Of the iron cables crisscrossing the city, only a small portion will probably work.

Twelve giants following one route will undoubtedly reduce the damage caused by being blocked by the iron cables.

If twelve giants attacked the city from twelve directions, under the combination of iron chains and the capital's "Giant Butcher" heavy crossbows, even if they could break into the palace, at least half of the giants would die.

But with a little thought from Seven.

Over ninety percent of the chains and ambushes in the city would lose their meaning!

"How pitiful, but this is what rebels deserve. I don't need anyone's approval!"

Seven muttered to himself, clutching the pointed horn in his hand, his voice changing back to that strange rhythmic speech.

"Unleash your beastial nature, my... servants!"

Subsequently, all the giants simultaneously chose a direction, a direction with the fewest chain arrangements, and jumped off the city walls, charging towards the palace!

Everyone knew that the real battle had just begun in the city.

Houses concealed soldiers and "Giant Butchers", while iron chains and pits dug in the ground restricted the giants' advance. Only in such terrain did humans finally have a chance to resist.

At this moment, in other directions, all the defenders began to move towards the direction of the giant invasion via pre-set routes.

Leake and others also headed towards the direction the giants were coming from the streets.

The Star Killer Sword in Leake's hand emitted a faint starlight in the shadows.

The ground trembled, and the sound of houses collapsing became clearer, like the drumbeats approaching hell.

"Poro, I feel... the Star Killer Sword seems to be giving me courage. I can sense more things from its hilt."

Poro was stunned for a moment, looking into the girl's eyes.

He was surprised to see that in the depths of the girl's clear pupils, the illusion of stars was actually lit up, a galaxy leaping out from within.

Starlight radiated from Leake's body—

They reflected on the girl's beautiful face, carrying a breathtaking celestial beauty!

At the same time, Poro also experienced a change through the induction of the [Spiral Beacon: Hunter] page on Leake's body.

He felt that the page seemed to be climbing along with the sword momentum of the Star Killer Sword—

"Leake, have you felt... your Spiral Beacon seems to be a little different?"

Hearing Poro's words, Leake's star-filled bright eyes flickered slightly.

She gently raised her other hand, and the golden page floated from her palm.

This earliest [Spiral Beacon] showed its changes on the golden page—

On the newly appeared picture, a figure holding a hunting knife in one hand and a hunting gun in the other stood in the dense forest, with star-like pale eyes densely packed in the shadows of the jungle in front of him.

Like countless... beasts devouring people.

[Spiral Beacon: Hunter]

[Ascension Ceremony: Hunting Ground]

[Hunting Giants 0/12]

[Ascension Tier: 1-\u003e2]

[Soul Anchor: After the Spiral Beacon reaches Tier 2, it will be completely bound to the soul and cannot be removed]

[Fairy Tale Authority · First Tier: Regarded as possessing all the experience of the killed in the way of hunting!]

[Fairy Tale Authority · Second Tier: Unknown]

[Description: The hunt is piled up into hills at your feet. Step on the hills, and all you see is the hunting ground]

"Is this the origin of the Spiral Beacon's Ascension Tier? Is it because of... today's battle?"

A hint of surprise appeared in Poro's eyes.

"I think it should also have something to do with the mastery of combat skills."

At this time, Leake had pressed the glimmering long sword under her hand, and the girl's voice became a little ethereal in the starlight.

"The Star Killer Sword seems to have allowed me to integrate all the combat experience from the witch hunter in a very short time!"

"I see..."

A smile appeared on the corner of Poro's mouth. "Isn't that even better?"

He and Leake joined the battle with the possibility of gaining nothing or even being seriously injured, but now, they have unexpected gains.

It seems that most of the time, kindness is not without any benefits.

A row of houses collapsed in the distance, after which a giant revealed its figure.

"Start your hunt, Giant Hunter Leake!"

Poro said with a smile.

"Don't worry, Poro, I will kill these hateful giants one by one!"

Amidst the starlight, Leake bloomed a smile even brighter than the starlight, and the long sword drew a crescent arc. "Poro, keep up!

I am very powerful now!"

Today, two chapters are combined into one. Sometimes, two chapters will be combined and sent together. The number of words will not be less every day, so don’t worry _(:зゝ∠)_