Defying the Fate of Beheading-Chapter 503 - 280: Troll Sacrifice, The Unforgiven Past_2

Chapter 503: Chapter 280: Troll Sacrifice, The Unforgiven Past_2

The creatures born from this plain naturally harbor a special power within their bones.

It is the power of the Giants and Titans, which are rare in the world today.

According to the future diary, about 10 years later, someone luckily obtained part of the potion formula from the remnants of the Giant Demon Tribe.

This unveiled the little-known secret of the Giant Demon Tribe.

This also fully explains why, despite originating from the same source, there is such a huge size difference between elves and giant demons.

Living on the Giant Plain for generations, they have absorbed the residual power of the Giants and Titans from the beast bones.

This has made their bone structure denser, muscles larger, and their bodies continuously grow taller.

Of course, externally the giant demon priests have always maintained a traditional yet ignorant image.

In many people’s impressions, giant demon priests always like to hold smelly cans, throwing various random herbs into the pot to make a thick soup, applying it to the young giant demons.

This seemingly low-class scene, when placed in the alchemist industry known for its meticulousness, labels them as pseudo-alchemists at first glance.

However, these very priests hold great prestige within the Giant Demon Tribe, further lowering people’s evaluation of the giant demons.

These years, while nomadically living on the Giant Plain, the giant demons have accumulated a vast amount of beast bones.

They refine and preserve the beast bones because they clearly understand that although these are now oversupplied, as the Giant Demon Tribe grows, or even establishes a nation, these will become an important resource.

However, hardly anyone in the entire tribe knows about this.

Even most of the giant demon priests do not know the truth, thinking that their kin simply recognize the priests’ identities for no reason.

In this scenario, for their own interests, the giant demon priests are even less willing to reveal their secrets.

But Nuke knows, the greatest value of the priests is serving as "tools" for brewing potions.

Yet such an important matter was easily revealed by Mr. Mayer.

A trace of murderous intent arose in his heart.

But soon it turned into gloom.

For them to say it in front of him meant they were aware of this long ago.

The other party is not foolish, telling him straightly indicates one reason.

They indeed do not have much intention to exploit wealth from the Giant Demon Tribe now, at least not now.

——This shows sincerity.

Nuke was moved.

"I am Nuke Long Xiao, the patriarch of the Dragon Roar Clan."

"Mr. Mayer, come back to the tribe with me. As long as I am here, you will be an honored guest."

Louis laughed heartily: "Impossible, I have an intimate relationship with His Highness Louis, taking me back would be no less than killing me."

Nuke frowned, but then snorted coldly: "Killing a merchant and being laughed at by all the continent’s races as not heroic?"

"Indeed, now that the tribe’s issues are unresolved, it’s normal for you to hesitate."

"Just continue watching, the Giant Demon Tribe will not be the loser in this conflict."

He said and then turned to leave.

Louis noticed his steps became more resolute, a slight smile forming at the corner of his mouth.

The seeds sown with their conscious push would soon ignite over some dark hands.

At least it shows now that the Giant Demon Tribe and those behind the scenes trying to have them attack him are not fully aligned.

The other party likely does not know Mayer’s true identity, but attacking him now apparently seeks to stir trouble based on his identity.

Mayer’s identity is special, as a semi-official glove of the Ense Empire, he holds a unique position within the empire.

But that may not be the reason for the attack on him.

"Could it be because of that proof of pureblood dragon lineage?"

According to the Gem Dragon couple, the Empire has basically finalized the matter of the Sapphire Dragon King back in the day.

No longer dwelling on past grudges, they have chosen to embrace the return of the Sapphire Dragon clan to the Dragon Empire.

Maybe they did not want the stigma of driving the Sapphire Dragon to extinction?

Under such circumstances, willing or not, if Mayer were attacked here, they would need to respond.

Involving the Dragon Empire complicates things a lot more.

"Are they trying to expand the conflict between the two nations to Ense and the Dragon Empire?"

He gave a slight smile.

This could indeed be possible.

He hadn’t figured it out earlier, but now thinking again, he understood the other’s intentions.

The attack was too sudden.

It probably wasn’t initially targeting him, but now killing him has become most appropriate.

He always regarded himself and Mayer as one, but in front of ignorant outsiders, they were clearly split.

If Mayer were killed in an assault by the Giant Demon Tribe, the Ense Empire would indeed attack the Tribe, potentially affecting the war between the giant demons and Tunisia.

But... from the Dragon Empire’s perspective, Mayer was ordered by Prince Louis, sent to the Giant Demons for peace talks.

Making peace is fine, but why sacrifice my kinsman?

For the dragons, the Ense Empire that sent Mayer, and the Giant Demon Tribe that killed Mayer, are not decent.

This kind of cognitive bias would lead to wars spreading outward.

"Do they want to drag the entire coast of the Fallen Star Sea into war?"

Louis hadn’t forgotten that a Gate of the Abyss was soon to open at the Fallen Star Sea.

The demons emerging there would sweep everything around with overwhelming force, giving Demon King Helmer an opportunity to emerge from the Underground City and ignite the world’s flames.

"Hopefully that kid Joseph can quickly break the deadlock in Tunisia, as the situation feels increasingly dangerous now."

...

Meanwhile, in the Tunis Royal Capital, within the Williams Family estate.

Joseph Williams knelt on one knee in front of Ken Williams, the family patriarch.

"Father, it is clear that there are other factions orchestrating this from behind, should we act, we would surely regret it deeply."

Ken Williams pinched his temples and said:

"You’ve been bewitched by that guy from the Mayer Commerce Association, and only now dare speak such nonsense to me."

"I absolutely will not stop the weapon preparations; you need to realize they are giant demons, and they deserve such treatment."

Joseph Williams said hoarsely: "I do not trust the Giant Race either, but more than this distrust, I can’t accept becoming a pawn used by others causing greater damage to Tunisia."

Ken Williams spoke heavily: "It’s because I don’t want the country to face such a tragic end, that’s why I disagree with disarming."

"The foolish one is you. Have you ever thought why the Giant Race has never gained recognition from the continent’s nations all these years? Is it simply because their ancestors were once ogres?"

Joseph’s anxious expression slightly froze.

The idea that giant demons are unfriendly to other races was instilled in him since childhood by his elders. But he had never delved into the details.

Similarly, the conflicts between Tunisia and Ense throughout history, the death toll was not small.

Yet now they unite for the national interest, so why not the giant demons?

Ken sighed and said: "You should recall the dungeon catastrophe earlier that killed most of the young adult geniuses of Ense."

"Most of the races on Star Continent are not indigenous, and among these non-native races, quite a number had settled here as the dungeon conquest concluded."

"The elves and giant demons both entered through this manner."

"But don’t you find it strange?"

"Why did the elves, after leaving the dungeon, integrate with the continent and thrive significantly within less than a thousand years to become dominant?"

He looked at Joseph coldly and revealed an unbelievable fact:

"Because during that century, no one conquered the Demon King; rather, they proactively replaced the Demon King."

"The Giant Race was the sacrificial filter for the Demon King’s power."

"Their existence is intrinsically the mark of the Demon King still living within them."