The giants who had died here had all been quite powerful in life. Even now, their remaining corpses carried a spiritual oppression similar to Dragon Might.
However, the Black Jade-like skeletons carried an extremely ominous aura. Shade even felt that the curses lingering on them were strangely familiar despite having endured for tens of thousands of years. Thus, neither he nor the Witches touched the remains directly. As for the hammerhead that had turned into a relic, they did not even dare approach it due to its unknown properties.
Yet the giants' souls were nowhere to be found. Perhaps before this tomb arrived in this wasteland, those ancient souls had already gone where they were meant to go.
Even Miss Violet clicked her tongue in wonder at what they had discovered. She had never encountered the remains of such ancient legendary creatures before:
"What a pity, though. I never learned any powers related to giants, or I might have made further progress on this trip. Shade, you have learned them. Hmm?"
She turned to ask Shade, only to find that he had already closed his eyes and extended his right hand toward the largest skeleton, which leaned against the wall.
His palm did not touch the skeleton directly. He was merely attempting to sense the bloodline power remaining within it. He had learned nonhuman knowledge from dragons, cats, and werewolves before. Now, as he approached the bloodline descendants of these legendary creatures from the First Epoch, memories surfaced of the times he had used Body of Courage to become a giant in battle. Thus, the quite gifted Shade gained some Enlightenment.
It did not take long. When Shade opened his eyes and withdrew his hand, "she" gave him a prompt:
``` Outlander, your thaumaturgy "Body of Courage" has been sublimated: