The quiet Mountaintops of the Giants grew lively again.
This time, it was not because of war, but because of challenges to fight.
Bagralim ran into Old Man on the road and was rather surprised.
"You came back to life?" Bagralim asked.
Old Man rested his hand on his sword hilt. "Let's fight again!"
"No. I'm going to challenge Miquella's Knight." Bagralim could not be bothered to get tangled up with Old Man.
Rebuffed, Old Man asked, "You're going to the Mountaintops of the Giants too?"
"Of course." Bagralim nodded.
"Then let's go together," Old Man said. "I'm going to challenge Miquella's Knight too."
"Do you know who Miquella's Knight is?" Bagralim asked.
Old Man shook his head. "No, and I don't care."
Bagralim said nothing more.
On the way to the Mountaintops of the Giants, the two discovered that many others were heading in the same direction.
Some were ordinary people, while others also wanted to challenge Miquella's Knight.
There were familiar faces among them, such as Juno Hoslow and Theodoric.
Yuno's purpose was simple. "I heard Miquella's Knight has killed countless people. I want to see what he's made of."
Theodoric, meanwhile, had a sense of justice. "It's precisely because Miquella's Knight has killed countless people, slaughtering innocents everywhere, that I have to get rid of this villain!"
It seemed he had believed the rumors Rykard had spread back then.
Bagralim and Old Man, on the other hand, were going because their respective factions required it, and to challenge a stronger opponent.
Old Man and Yuno were enemies whose eyes blazed at the sight of each other. But Old Man kept his emotions in check and did not lash out immediately.
He intended to resolve the primary conflict, Miquella's Knight, before dealing with the secondary conflict, Yuno.
He