Chapter 667

The giant leader's enormous eyes fixed unblinkingly on the Emperor of Greece atop the city walls.

Would killing him truly win them their freedom again?

He did not know whether the newly enthroned Ottoman king could be trusted, but he knew he had no choice.

His people had been penned up, forced into heavy shackles, treated like livestock. Unable to defeat the Ottomans, if they wished to survive, they could only obey orders.

He looked toward his clansmen and uttered several syllables only giants could understand. Of the dozen or so remaining Sand Giant warriors, half broke away and charged forward on all fours.

Their speed surged to its limit in an instant, like small mountains crashing recklessly ahead.

"The giants are Your Majesty's servants! Make way for them!"

"With the giants leading the charge, we will surely take this city today!"

"The Holy Fire burns eternal, supreme and boundless!"

The Ottoman soldiers all cried out. They were Zoroastrians exempt from paying the jizya tax, the head tax imposed on unbelievers. They had the means to arm themselves and possessed fiercely strong fighting spirit, firmly believing that dying in holy war would send them to Heaven.

Like a black tide, the Ottoman army raised banners bearing a yellow crescent and holy flame upon red fields, following close behind the giants.

By comparison, the slender female knight standing beneath the city wall looked like a lone boat amid towering waves, about to capsize at any moment.

Her platinum-blonde hair and black-and-white battle attire fluttered in the howling wind, revealing the deep crimson colors beneath her black cloak.

The Greek soldiers atop the walls could not help crying out in alarm.

Though they all knew that this female knight, who had somehow arrived in Constantinople and somehow become His Majesty the Emperor's