I could have used my [Blood Elixir] to treat them to full health, but I thought better of it. The risks of having that information come into circulation was too great of a risk. All of their wounds were stabilized and would heal naturally if left alone.
They slowly began to lessen their caution around me as I continued healing them. They probably assumed that I was an Ogre Mage, entities known for their great power but almost never attacked humans.
The fact that my killing intent was so powerful also further served to deter thoughts of attacking me.
I was asked what happened to the corpses, and I simply fed them a lie that I had used a magic item to store them.
In the circumstances, there was still a risk towards my own survival, even though the party is still weak, the fact remains that the Youthful Swordsman could still fight me evenly. I wasn't willing to become greedy for several items at the cost of my life, so the next best option was to win them over to my side. Some of them were still not fully convinced, but for the moment, they didn't make any moves on me. The tension slowly fell.
I was also tempted to take the women for myself, but I quickly dismissed that thought due to the risks involved with capturing the beauties. It would certainly put me at odds with the Young Swordsman. After I finished healing them, I was asked why I went out of my way to help them. My response being that I was in the area and was interested in gathering the materials. Since they were about to be wiped out, I made my decision to stop waiting and took my chances.
The group was pretty suspicious of my story, there were quite a few points that I'd have suspicions with if I had been on the receiving end. Though everything I had said was more or less true, I did want the materials, and only acted once they were about to be destroyed. The only one of the party that could accept this was the Youthful Swordsman who bowed his head and gave me his thanks.
The great build up of tension was broken with that sign of good will from the Youthful Swordsman. I hadn't gathered up all of the materials from the Fomorians, so I set out to take care of that as well.
While I was doing that, I decided that since we were on a mission, it wouldn't be best to bring more hands with us, putting the risk on our group. So in the end, we went our separate ways, I passed up on several parts of the Fomorians and that was the end of it.
I quickly made my way from the area since the time was running short on my ability to eat my prizes. My anxiety was still present because when I begin to eat, I would become open to attack and would risk losing my prize in a bad situation.
I spent roughly ten minutes at full speed to find a safe place to begin eating my spoils.
Although the head was gone, the body of the beast was quite large. It would take me far too long to ingest the entire thing, so I decided It would be time to test out one of my theories. With that I turned my body into that of a massive slime using [Metamorphosis]. I wrapped the entire body of the Giant King in a layer of my body to absorb the materials. The body was unreasonably large to begin with, and it would have taken hours to eat normally, but this way proved perfect for experimentation.
In the end, there was no problem and I absorbed the corpses with ease:
Ability unlocked [Deadly Evil Eye]
Ability unlocked [Obliterating Strike]
Ability unlocked [Giant King's Heroic Strike]
Ability unlocked [Giant King's Dignity]
Ability unlocked [Wisdom of the Giant King]
Ability unlocked [Flesh and Blood of the Giant King]
Ability unlocked [Body of the Giant King]
Ability unlocked [Vitality of the Mysterious Giant]
Ability unlocked [Giant King's Iron Hammer]
Ability unlocked [Giant Slayer]
Ability unlocked [Language of the Giants]
Ability unlocked [Left Hand of the Raging Storm]
Ability unlocked [Right Hand of the Roaring Thunder]
Ability unlocked [Complete Frost Tolerance]
Ability unlocked [Complete Lightning Tolerance]
Ability unlocked [Complete Evil Eye Tolerance]
Ability unlocked [Complete Earth Tolerance]
Ability unlocked [Titan's Strength]
Ability unlocked [Tyranny of the Giant King]
Ability unlocked [Lesser Giant Generation]
Ability unlocked [Aspect of the Giant's]
Never before, have I gained so many abilities from a single species; over twenty abilities were gained in one go.
I can't say that I could have hidden my surprise even if I wanted to.
To imagine that these creatures were so powerful, but for now, I needed to calm myself and return.
I want to spend some time with my children, so it is necessary to call my hunt to a close here.
On my way, I decided to test several of my abilities as I walked. Once, there appeared a snow rabbit and I chose [Giant King's Iron Hammer] to use against it. In a flash, there was an illusion of something massive in my arms. When I swung, the rabbit formed a flower of red blood and disappeared. Quite the scary weapon, but it is quite usable.