According to this Giant, the truth was that their ancestors had been brought to this paradise hidden from the world by a divine envoy, and there had been no reason whatsoever for the envoy to do so.
When they first arrived in this paradise, they knew nothing of farming. They could only search the ruins of the Divine City, abandoned for who knew how long, for something to eat.
It was not until they had eaten everything edible here and their clansmen were on the verge of starving to death that they thought of leaving this place and going outside.
"My ancestors believed this was a secret place no one could find. Our race could use it as a base, searching for food and developing in the outside world."
Chen Cheng snorted after hearing that.
"Don't make it sound so nice. With Giants' appetites, you probably weren't going out to look for food—you were going to plunder and rob other races of theirs."
Chen Cheng had read historical records as well. Back then, the Orc race had chosen to raise Humans rather than Giants not because Giants were much stronger than Humans, but because these fellows were nothing but a pack of uncivilized bandits.
They never engaged in production, only plundered. Wherever they plundered, not even a blade of grass was left growing.
So later, even after the Human race had mastered Transcendent powers such as witchcraft and become stronger than the Giant race, the Orc race still chose to wipe out the Giants.
"Cut the nonsense. What happened next?"
The Giant shrank his neck in fear, then continued.
"Afterward, my race searched the entire secret realm but could not find a way out. At that time, our race was already on the brink of extinction, so we had no