"What? Just you two?"
Golden Lion's face was filled with disdain. Although these two captains had once enjoyed illustrious reputations, they clearly meant nothing in his eyes.
Defeating Giants whose reputations exceeded their abilities would take no effort at all!
"As far as I'm concerned, all the Giants here put together aren't enough! Only Newgate is worthy of being my opponent!"
Golden Lion's words brimmed with dominance. His reputation preceded him, and only two people had defeated him over the years.
One was Rocks, and the other was Shane.
Who hadn't suffered a few defeats? Yet who dared claim they could make a comeback like Golden Lion?
"Our race has merely suffered a temporary decline!"
"But even now, we still have more than enough strength to fight!"
Dorry raised his longsword. Atop the Giants' altar.
Three long-bearded elders stepped forward, each setting a longsword or great axe beside the Sun God's Flame.
"We are the elders of the Giants. All these years, we have waited for a new king to be born, but the Sun God has yet to return. It is time to settle some internal strife."
"Today's victor will become the Giants' new king. We will use all our strength to search the world for the Human-Human Fruit, Model: Nika, and help him become this era's new Sun God!"
Boom!
The flames of battle burned!
The Giants all beat their swords against their shields.
Their eyes were filled with blazing torchlight!
"While Giants remain, the torch burns on! By our strength, deepest winter shall be gone! The sun's radiance celebrates all life!"
The Giants spoke words that others could not understand.
Golden Lion watched it all, but his commentary was decidedly rude.
"Sun God Nika? Do they still believe in that ridiculous legend?"
"How stupid. I heard the