The giant’s body radiated a golden light. It was armoured very simply. A leather armour on this upper body with an iron hoop in the middle that joined the two shoulder pads.
On the shoulders rested the head of the giant with rigid face lines that looked like it was caused by the scrapes and slashes of weapons. The tangerine hair on top of its head looked like it was burning mightily.
[Beep! High energy species life form spotted, determined to be a Golden Giant, recommended to leave immediately!]
At the same instant, the A.I. chip displayed out of a red warning screen.
“Quick! Quick!” The old geezer’s voice was filled with urgency.
“I know a few energy concentration runes, hopefully, it is of use!” The other usually quiet Magus stood up and said. Following which he applied what looked like a mixture of circular and triangular runes on the Sentinel Slate.
After the rune was inscribed, it radiated brightly and suddenly a power energy surged out from the Sentinel Slate. This enormous energy fluctuated chaotically causing the Golden Giant to let out a roar and accelerate towards it.
“Nice! It grabbed the Golden Giant’s attention!” Lancey exclaimed happily.
“Let’s add this on top!” Leylin uncorked a red test tube and poured its content on the inscribed Sentinel Slate.
After the liquid from the red test tube assimilated fully into the Sentinel Slate, the Sentinels let out angry snarls and transformed to be bigger and with stronger limbs.
“Hopefully, this will help them hold out longer!”
Leylin tossed away the empty test tube. The energy propagating out of his body was reduced from that of an official Magus to a normal person.
This was done using the Transfiguration Spell. It diluted the level of energy propagating from his body.
After which, he went over to his Seated Lupin Wolf, placed a cover over the wolf’s mouth and gave it a pat on its head.
The Seated Lupin Wolf seemed to be aware of the presence of the incoming Golden Giant. It got low to the floor with limbs trembling and waited for Leylin’s command.
The other Magus followed Leylin’s action.
They also used the protection of the environment to conceal their whole body.
Finally, the Golden Giant was nearer to the camp. It was less than only 500 metres away!
At this sort of distance, Leylin was able to see clearly every single hair on the giant.
“It’s up to you now, babies, attack!”
“Attack! For our father!”
The burly and buffed up Sentinel Slates roared. Some of them rushed head on towards the Golden Giant while the others split up and ran in different directions.
Whether it was the brave Sentinels Slates who charged heads on towards the Golden Giant or the others who ran in different directions, their bodies carried a large source of energy which pulsated out of them. The energy was almost like that of a rank 1 Magus.
“kjfl” The Golden Giant let out an unknown type of shout as if swearing.
It stretched out its large palms in a posture like it was hiding the sky and covering the earth. It pushed against the ground and dredged up the earth.
A few of the Sentinels were picked up by the Golden Giant
“For glory! For protection!”
The Sentinel Slates roared as their little fists rained down upon the giant’s large arm.
“Creak Crunch!” The large Golden Giant placed the captured Sentinels directly into the mouth. It sounded as if he was chewing through biscuits.
After ingesting the Sentinel Slates, the Golden Giant let out a loud roar and chased after the fleeing Sentinel Slates with large strides.
“Now!”
The old geezer’s voice was soft. The six men covertly pulled the Seated Lupin Wolf and left the camp area.
Everyone was doing their utmost to contain the energy pulsating from their bodies. There was even a cover on the Seated Lupin Wolf’s body. Like moles, they stealthily left the area
The Golden Giant shouted at the fleeing Sentinel Slates and chased after them. It never gave the camp a second look.
“Run!”
Someone exclaimed softly after the golden glow disappeared. Without hesitation, everyone ran at the speed of light.
……
*Crash!*
The wolf pack ran past, kicking up a dust of sand and stones. The dust glittered a faint glow of gold.
Leylin and the party had been on the run without a break ever since he was disturbed from his rest state at the camp. This, coupled with the Golden Giant incident had caused Leylin to have an unhealthy complexion.
From the pitch black darkness of the night to a fully risen sun, almost half a day had passed while on the run.
However, the thought of the Golden Giant spurred the party on and nobody grumbled about the lack of rest.
“We were lucky the Golden Giant does not seem to have high intelligence! It only knows how to mindlessly chase after high energy life forms. If not, the stealth attempt yesterday would have failed. It was a really suspenseful situation…”
Leylin felt a lingering fear in his heart.