The Strong Emerge

Bang!

A dull, heavy sound rang out as the gates of Black Fortress, crouching on the ground like a colossal beast, slowly opened.

Led by Kailon, over a hundred tall, immensely burly giants filed out. The moment they appeared, their formidable presence swept across the entire scene like a hurricane.

"Gasp..."

"Thunder Giants, Flame Giants, Strength Giants, Cyclopes... Where did Roland get so many mid- and high-level giants?"

"It is said that Roland spends resources worth tens of millions of gold coins every year to help the Earth Giants under his command undergo Bloodline Leaps. That is how he acquired so many high-level giants."

"Heh, that is utterly foolish. Investing tens of millions of gold coins in other races? Does he not know that the moment the Titan Emperor issues a summons, these giants will abandon him and return to the Giant Kingdom?"

"Who knows? Maybe he is just a fool with too much money."

"Haha, exactly."

At that moment, hundreds of gorgeously dressed, extraordinary-looking nobles gathered on the broad platforms along both sides of Black Fortress's walls.

Every noble qualified to stand there and observe the ceremony came either from an old, powerful noble house or represented a kingdom. Yet even they, despite their lofty status, could not help crying out in surprise at the sight of so many mid- and high-level giants. Among those exclamations, however, there were also quite a few disdainful snickers.

Although several hundred great noble houses had come to observe the ceremony, that did not mean they all shared close ties with Roland. On the contrary, only around thirty percent of them had cooperative relationships with him. The rest had come merely out of respect for the Arcane Empire, and quite a few among them were clearly hostile toward Roland.

After all, during the