His twenty-five-meter-tall body towered above Dawn City's walls.
Everyone in Dawn City could see his absurdly massive upper body, especially that bloodthirsty face, which sent chills down their spines.
Clang!
Clang, clang!
The alarm bells, which had not been rung in who knew how long, echoed through Dawn City once more.
Only then did the terrified people seem to snap out of their stupor and begin fleeing in every direction.
Some city guards were among them.
Fewer than a third of the city guards barely managed to carry out their duties.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
From atop the walls, a rain of arrows and crossbow bolts descended on the giant who had appeared without warning.
But those attacks were utterly useless. The seemingly formidable projectiles simply bounced off the giant's body.
They did not inflict the slightest injury on him.
Instead, they only enraged him further.
Roar!
With an enraged roar, the giant brutally rammed into Dawn City's walls.
Thud!
The incredibly sturdy walls, over ten meters high, immediately gave a muffled boom.
The violent shaking knocked the soldiers on the walls off their feet, while visible cracks spread rapidly with the tremors.
Dawn City, supposedly impregnable, was on the verge of collapse after a single blow from the giant.
But the giant was not satisfied.
He shook his head, took two steps back, and braced himself to gather strength.
Clearly, he intended to charge straight through in one go.
At that moment, inside Dawn City's archer towers, ballistae that could rightly be called engines of war completed their final adjustments.
Thump!
Creak!
The sound of the triggers being stamped down was followed by a series of teeth-grating twangs from the mechanisms.
Then...
A chorus of howls!
Enormous bolts flew toward the giant, each as thick as an adult's calf and