Old God Star, inside the Giant Beast God's palace.
"You've arrived?"
A desolate, distant voice seemed to drift over from the horizon.
Suye gazed doubtfully at the empty divine palace.
It was completely different from what he had imagined.
The outside was magnificent and resplendent, but the interior was dim and lightless.
Rusty bronze patterns coiled across the gray-white stone surfaces.
Through the faint, hazy glimmers of light, one could vaguely see the splendor this place had once held.
Now, the several-kilometer-long divine palace—the residence of the Giant Beast Titan—was utterly empty.
"Who are you?"
The voice sounded again.
Suye suddenly understood. The Giant Beast Titan did not know who had arrived, but believed that a descendant of the Titans would eventually reach this place, so it had left behind a power.
"Magic philosopher Suye," Suye said.
"A mage? What a pity. Still, some Titans said that the future of mages might be even more glorious than that of the Titans. After all, the gods dislike mages."
After the voice finished speaking, a huge throne appeared in the deepest part of the palace.
A translucent giant far larger than the throne appeared before him.
The giant's upper body was almost identical to a human's. It had curly hair, a thick beard, and eyes filled with white light.
Its arms hung at its sides, while the muscles of its chest and abdomen looked sculpted—powerful and rounded.
Only, its skin was covered in an exceptionally dense layer of fine hair.
Below its waist, it had not a human body, but three enormous beasts.
A giant elephant's body occupied the center, with a giant tiger and a giant lion on either side. The three bodies separated below, then joined together at the waist of the upper body. Altogether, twelve legs stood upon the