"Phantom!" the giant second-in-command shouted. "All adult giants, come gather!"
Unlike humans, giants considered themselves adults at the age of twelve.
At first, the humans who had just arrived thought twelve was far too young—they were still children at that age. Then they turned around and saw a twelve-year-old "child" twice their height, and everyone was stunned!
That twelve-year-old child stood before them like an iron tower...
At this moment, all the giants stopped fooling around and stood one by one before the royal palace... Calling it a royal palace was perhaps inaccurate. More precisely, it was the largest stone house in the village, though it looked more magnificent than any human palace.
Then the second-in-command spread his arms. "Phantom!"
"One hundred and thirty-two years ago, before the First Generation prophet passed away, he made a great prophecy. He said that one day, a friend from across the ocean would come here and lead us to defeat the Kingdom of Roosevelt and enter a new era. Now, he has come. Under his guidance, we achieved an unprecedented victory and gained some new friends. Giants, we have unanimously decided to make him our new king, so that he will never leave us again."
The giants went, "Whoa!"
Qing Chen was dumbfounded... Was he really being so blunt? That last sentence was the whole point, right?!
He had actually noticed it too. The former King of Giants, now the second-in-command, looked like a dignified elder, but he was actually extremely cunning.
He claimed to be stepping down for the worthy, but in truth, he wanted to bind Qing Chen, the Eastern Continent, and the giants' fates tightly together.
The next moment, the second-in-command took out a bone knife and sliced open his palm. Then he walked up to Qing Chen, bent down,