Titan King: Ascension of the Giant - Chapter 482

Chapter 482: You think you can?
Of course, none of this is set in stone. These are merely some of the tactics Delilah orchestrated for the bigger picture.

What Delilah truly depended on were her own abilities, her mount—the Four-Winged Blood Bat—and the will force Orion had hidden within her.

“Your Majesty, we’ve received word from the Sentinel Corps. Everything appears stable in the other three directions, with only a small influx of dark creatures attacking.”

“As for that human knight named Godfrey, he’s fighting bravely and has shown no suspicious behavior.”

“Also, our logistical supplies are being transported as expected…”

Somewhere along the city wall, Godfrey thrust his lance into a dark creature about to climb up, neutralizing the crisis in that section.

“Human, your fierceness far outweighs that small frame of yours.”

“I’ll admit—you’re a real man!” A giant gave Godfrey a thumbs-up.

Godfrey nodded slightly without replying.

From the start of the battle until now, Godfrey had been restraining the aura around him, so everyone assumed he was merely a hero-level human knight.

Nearby, fighting alongside Godfrey, was a hero-level giant.

By participating in the defense of Stoneheart City, Godfrey came to understand that these Stoneheart Horde bloodline warriors were entirely different from the soldiers of the human kingdom.

In Stoneheart City, every bloodline warrior fought with extreme courage, treating every battle as if they had nothing to lose.

Here, apart from Orion—whom everyone revered like a god—Godfrey often heard other names in the bloodline warriors’ conversations, such as Earthshaker, Gronthar, and Dirtclaw.

In particular, whenever they mentioned Dirtclaw, their eyes lit up with excitement and a sense of anticipation for the future.

It was as though their gaze said to Godfrey: “Just watch. One day, I’ll become a powerful warrior myself—maybe even an elder.”

“You’re not half bad either. One of the bravest people I’ve met!”

For some reason, Godfrey blurted out these words.

“Hahaha… Human, that’s the kind of thing I like to hear!”

“Once we rotate out, I’ll buy you a drink!!”

“….”

—

Stoneheart City wasn’t the only place erupting into war. Battles also raged in the area where Orion now stood.

Three days earlier—Soraya City.

As soraya City’s walls rose bit by bit, a large fortress took shape at the heart of the city.

After Orion entered the fortress and placed a Lord’s Stone in the restricted chamber, the domed castle became the core of the entire Soraya City.

“From now on, this place will be called the Dusk Castle!”

Emerging from the restricted chamber, Orion came to the castle hall, standing by a window and pulling Soraya—who was gazing into the distance—into his arms.

“Dusk? What does that mean?”

“I just had a whim. The name seems fitting!”

In truth, when Orion envisioned the name, an image of a ‘desert sunset’ hovered in his mind.

“What about a building just for me?”

Soraya leaned against Orion, her tone full of eager anticipation.

“I’ll need a bit more time for that.”

“Once this war ends and Soraya City moves into the next planning phase, I’ll find the perfect place and design a beautiful sand tower for you.”

Orion paused, then added, “Tomorrow, I’ll head to the front lines. Soraya City will be under your watch!”

—

Three days later—Moonveil Plains, the front-line battlefield.

Skeleton warriors led the charge, small scorpions advanced behind them, and Dirtclaw and Drakthul commanded the cannon fodder troops. They split into small squads, joining the fight.

High above the battlefield, Orion hovered in midair, clad in ice armor and wielding a trident.

He was surveying the field when, without warning, two peak-level legendary slime molds monsters burst out from a layer of slime molds and lunged at Orion.

Boom!

Orion took a direct hit from this sudden ambush. The ice armor he wore shattered into icy shards and disappeared.

Fortunately, his reflexes were swift. A flash of lightning sparked around him, and he darted back a short distance to steady himself.

However, the two slime molds monsters shifted back into dark shadows, attacking from Orion’s left and right.

“Go to hell!”

Orion let out a furious shout. Two tridents formed from transcendent power streaked toward the shadows to strike them down.

Yet, after two swift swipes in the darkness, the tridents were shredded as though ice meeting blazing sun, vanishing without a trace.

Even so, that brief delay gave Orion the time he needed.

He triggered Instant Impact, and in the blink of an eye, his figure vanished from his original spot. A sharp sonic boom erupted in the surrounding space.

Bang!

It sounded like a house collapsing. Orion materialized behind one of the dark shapes, thrust out his trident, and a thunderous explosion echoed across the sky.

Yet despite such a sudden and fierce attack, Orion missed.

Eyes gleaming with battle fervor, Orion locked onto the monsters before him—large, bear-like beasts.

In particular, these bear monsters stood upright like humans, with terrifyingly long claws on their limbs. Each claw was nearly as long as the creature was tall.

Just moments ago, the bear monster had used its fearsome claws to block Orion’s attack head-on.

“Ugh… Orion… please help me…”

All of a sudden, from further back on the battlefield came the pained howl of lich Vexis, causing Orion’s heart to lurch.

“This is bad!”

In a flash, Orion burst into lightning once more, racing toward Vexis.

But the bear monster before him lashed out with blood-red light swirling over its body, its twin claws creating a makeshift cage of talons that trapped Orion.

Orion glanced over, his anxiety boiling into anger.

“I’m following the broodmother’s command. Today, I will kill you!”

An emotionless voice emanated from the bear monster’s mouth. As soon as it finished speaking, it charged Orion head-on.

Orion raised his trident and met the monster’s assault, activating his Eightfold Spear Barrage to parry the raining claws.

He knew that to rescue Vexis, he first had to deal with the bear monster in front of him.

“Kill me? Hahaha, you think you can?”

Brimming with murderous intent, Orion shifted into Titan form and launched Instant Impact, significantly boosting his speed and strength.

“Power Surge—Furious Bear Strike!”

It seemed the bear monster had already anticipated Orion’s full-force attack; blood-red mist swirled around its body, concentrating its bloodline power into its right arm.

Under this channeling, the bear monster’s left-claw shriveled, while its right arm accelerated and surged with multiplied strength.

“Die, you wretched blasphemer!”

The bear monster’s taunt was met with Orion’s unrelenting onslaught.

High above the battlefield, a blinding white light flared. Friend or foe, skeleton warriors, small scorpions, and slime molds mutants alike dissolved into ash beneath its brilliance.

Then, after the white light came an unparalleled shockwave blasting out in all directions.