It was a giant with curly hair. He was enormous, lounging leisurely on the grass beneath the trees.
One hand was tucked beneath his head.
The other was wrapped around a tree.
Even smaller giants were clinging to his body.
The contrast made it clear just how massive he was.
"Look at that giant... He looks like he's resting leisurely... but his eyes are fixed on us..."
Ordinary humans could not stare without blinking like that.
Blinking was actually crucial to protecting the eyes.
The eyelids contained many thin striated and smooth muscles, with a complete network of nerve control, allowing them to open and close freely. Each blink squeezed the tear glands to secrete more tears, spreading the tear film evenly over the cornea, easing the discomfort caused by dry eyes, promoting the siphoning action of the lacrimal puncta on tears in the conjunctival sac, encouraging normal tear drainage, and preventing excessive tearing.
When exposed to certain external stimuli, people blinked reflexively. This was an instinctive response that could effectively protect the eyes from external harm.
Under normal circumstances, a person blinked around fifteen times per minute.
Yet that giant could stare at them without blinking. Firstly, it showed that a giant's bodily functions were indeed different. Secondly, it meant that giant was coveting them and keeping watch over them.
If anything happened—
The first to attack would definitely be that strange-looking giant.
"There are many smaller giants below too. They might not be difficult alone, but if they attack together, we'll be in danger as well."
Ymir pointed in another direction.
"There's another big one over there..."
That was a giant with a bizarre short-haired style.
Half of his body was hidden behind a tree trunk.
Yet like a peeping voyeur, he kept staring at them.
"He keeps