Chapter 1055: Battle for Survival

"Not bad!"

"This is a good lute!"

After bidding farewell to the paladins, Aaron stroked the lute in his hands, a look of delight spreading across his face.

He plucked a few notes and found them all to be quite excellent.

Although it felt a bit heavy in his hand, this was because his Strength was only 12, but that did not matter.

Once the Gauntlets of Ogre Power +1 were crafted, he would be able to use this Legend item without any hindrance.

Luisha was beside him, her expression very strange, carrying a hint of fear: "This white dragon lord... must have been instigated by Kumokong, but I didn't expect it to lose its own life instead."

Here, the earth shed its paleness, revealing its true earthy-yellow self, even carrying a bit of green vegetation.

Within the shadows, Luisha's figure appeared, and a sharp dagger stabbed fiercely into the frost giant's back!

Unaccountably, thinking of tomorrow's great battle, he actually felt some anticipation.

Hmm, as the racial god of the "Gimo," their natural level of trust in him was extremely high; they revealed their secrets proactively without him even having to ask.

"Kill all these monsters!"

For example...

He suspected that the Saint form of the 【Morning Goddess】 was nearby in the camp!

Even for the god least skilled in combat, a Saint form is quite powerful, only stronger than an adult silver dragon!

And with this trump card, Grace still thought about equal communication.

Aaron made a gesture, and Luisha snuck over.

Possessing strength that could not be ignored, coupled with Aaron, an acquaintance, acting as a go-between, the two sides finally did not fight, but were able to sit down calmly to discuss cooperation.

Two ferocious heads were staring at him.

"Regarding that frost giant tribe..."

Aaron took the initiative to speak: "I think I can provide some help..."

This dagger strike caused the frost giant to bleed profusely, possibly even damaging its spine, and it knelt halfway on the ground, causing the nearby earth to tremble as if triggering a small earthquake.

Once a frost giant rushed into the encirclement, the sound of crossbows firing in succession rang out.

"Yes..."

The war between races for living space is just this cruel!

Aaron did not care how they were negotiating; he went outside and tanned the leather in his hands.

"Hmm, after the paladins leave, it will be our time of greatest Weakness..."

Aaron had to give a thumbs-up to this mutated two-headed frost giant.

The Gimo behind him were also in an uproar.

A slender silver dragon suddenly emerged from high in the sky and exhaled a breath of dragon fire.

The two-headed frost giant let out a roar, challenging the silver dragon in the sky to a fight.

Pfft! Pfft!

Suddenly!

"A silver dragon!!!"

When Wendy and the others recovered from the effects of the time stop, this was the scene they saw!

"Legend..."

Suddenly!

Aaron smiled: "I wonder what misunderstanding there is between you?"

The villagers might dare to risk their lives against the enemies opposite them, but facing those large giants, they were Innate-ly weaker in courage by more than a notch.

"Attacking the frost giant tribe together and living together is certainly fine, but the Gimo are not your vassals."

It was indeed not large there, with a few young giants playing by the hot spring.

It was dead!

Looking at the experience point notification, Aaron wiped the bloodstains off his weapon casually: "As expected of a Legend weapon, it's just powerful enough!"

Wendy held a huge shield, charging on the front line with a cold face; he had to prove the bravery of the Gimo.

After the flying silver dragon exhaled a breath of dragon fire, its figure rose nimbly, clearly not wanting to fight too hard and put itself in a dangerous situation.

Aaron and Luisha, along with a few rogues acting as scouts, scattered around the perimeter of the team.

The frost giants that had been playing let out sharp screams and beat their chests.

Grace lowered her head even further: "Actually... that was just a small frost giant tribe; there are no more than six adult frost giants... Sorry, I exaggerated my words before."

Grace shouted and charged down, leading the way.

Wendy let out an exclamation.

"Attention, ahead—frost giants!"

The group confronting him was clearly better equipped, and they wore the Holy Emblem of the Morning Lady on their chests!

The high-ranking female priest leading them, holding a nine-section whip, was someone he actually recognized as well—it was Grace!

The steel-crafted arrowhead easily Rend the fur on the frost giant's body and drilled deep into its flesh.

He might not be able to beat a local Legend-rank professional yet, but if it were a Legend under the 【Vairocana】 system, he would have quite a bit of confidence.

For the two sides to cooperate, they must have equal status.

Aaron shouted and rushed over.

"It doesn't matter!"

A voice immediately called out.

The adult males in the camp who could fight gathered together, silently putting on armor and picking up weapons.

Wendy tapped her shield while leading the Frost Giant toward the encirclement.

Seeing this, the warriors of the deity camp were greatly encouraged, charging into the Frost Giant camp and slaughtering the young giants.

"The Goddess watches over us, for the Goddess!"

At this moment, a lady walked over—it was Grace!

"It's Mr. Aaron!"

Everyone lost the ability to move, like statues, as if the entire world had pressed the pause button.

……

The next day.

A voice came from Grace's camp.

"No!"

"Stop!"

But Aaron was not a Gimo, nor was he one of those commoners at the bottom.

"There is no misunderstanding, they occupied our ancestral land!"

Sure enough, as soon as he mentioned this, the arrogant fat man behind Grace exclaimed and became much calmer.

A group of the Goddess's last believers cheered, highlighting how out of place Wendy and the others were.

Grace cried out, almost wailing: "A Legend mage?"

Seeing this, Grace hurriedly continued: "We are preparing to attack that Frost Giant tribe. I think we can reach an agreement; if you are willing to join us, we can live here together..."

Grace also donned her armor and loudly gave a pre-battle mobilization speech.

The other party had slightly chubby cheeks and rather ornate clothing; he seemed to have been either a merchant or a noble before.

If they were slightly more Evil Domain, they would certainly have exterminated all the Gimo to obtain a legitimate claim to the land.

Aaron smiled while looking at the pitch-black environment nearby.

【Frost Giant (Mutated)】

She had cast 'Detect Lie' and knew these Gimo were telling the truth, but she clearly would not agree to let the Goddess's believers be displaced again or live under others.

Aaron ended his stealth and appeared directly in front of the Frost Giant, expressionlessly swinging his Lute +3...

【Divine Attribute: Strength 25, Agility 15, Constitution 20, Intelligence 26 (Two-headed), Perception 11, Charisma 17】

The injured Frost Giant let out a heaven-shaking roar, but it was useless!

Roar roar!

"Where are we going next?" She looked around, her movements revealing a sense of terror, as if she were afraid that the Spider Demon would jump out from somewhere the next moment.

With a few rogues working together, Aaron and the others quickly cleared out the Frost Giants on the periphery, arrived near a small hill, and saw the Frost Giant tribe.

"For the Goddess!"

Even the wind stood still.

Aaron thought for a moment and said earnestly: "The Gimo Land Deed has the Secret Dharma Seal of a Silver Dragon; I think we might be able to summon the help of an adult dragon when the time comes!"

"Awoo awoo!"

"Kill them all!"

"I came with these Gimo."

Wendy and the others were unable to decide for a moment and looked at Aaron.

Because last night, through the Secret Dharma Seal on the ancient Land Deed, they had indeed contacted a Silver Dragon!

The other party promised to provide help in the battle!

The group marched out of the camp in a mighty force, gradually approaching the activity range of the Frost Giants.

The other party's body was split in two, and blood splattered across the sky.

She did not understand why these villagers would trust a bard so much.

Not long after.

His vision went dark, and he couldn't help but look up.

"Big dummy, come here!"

Wendy said angrily.

He picked up the Lute +3 again and found it felt much handier, the kind that felt like it could be swung to smash an enemy's dog head!

"Sorry..."

This ferocious display made the few rogues of the Lady of Dawn feel their scalps tingle...

Aaron, through the Divine Duty of the 'Gimo', suddenly sensed something and spoke.

"Then... where are we going next?"

It stretched out its hands, grabbed Kuen's body, and tore it directly!

Rip!

That was a two-headed Frost Giant!

The other party had two heads growing on its shoulders; one had light blue hair, and the other had earthy yellow hair.

Aaron reached out his hand in vain; he had already seen the data of this Frost Giant:

When approaching Dachan, Luisha clearly felt the temperature around her rise.

In the Divine Attribute column, the parentheses next to Strength had indeed changed to +2!

"Mr. Aaron..."

Bang!

The tall Frost Giant fell straight down, turning into a corpse.

"It's our dragon!"

That silver dragon seemed overly arrogant, diving straight down, preparing to breathe a blast of dragon breath.

"A Legend warrior moonlighting as a Legend mage... that's damn impressive!"

A snowflake suddenly froze in mid-air!

Wendy cheered loudly.

Grace was somewhat surprised.

That was a warrior.

The massive valley was like a wall, blocking the cold wind coming from the north.

Bang!

The sturdy harp body smashed into the frost giant's ugly face, causing half of its cheek to cave in.

Her expression turned solemn: "We indeed have not encroached upon your ancestors' land, because that place has already been occupied by a large frost giant tribe!"

In the ancient language of the Gimo, it means 'Promised Land of Divine Miracle'.

Dachan!

——Shadow Backstab!

Aaron took the opportunity to pluck the harp strings, granting Luisha a powerful buff.

Quinn shouted, pursuing a young frost giant.

"We didn't occupy your ancestors' territory... just pulling out a map as evidence, who would believe that!"

9th-Circle Spell——Time Stop!!!

In this frozen time, the mutated two-headed frost giant leaped up, and the massive siege ram in its hands smashed fiercely onto the silver dragon's head.

"Of course it's the Gimo's promised land—Dachan!"

However, no one present underestimated them.

One can only say... as expected of the Lawful Good alignment.

At this moment, however, they were roaring, even inciting those around them to take direct action and wipe out the Gimo on the opposite side.

"Hard to imagine... in the depths of the Far North Wasteland, which is practically a Forbidden Zone for life, there is still such a place..."

He learned many important pieces of intelligence from Luisha.

Aaron shrugged his shoulders: "However... it looks like the other party is very timid and didn't show up!"

Bang!

A large hole was blown open in the silver dragon's head, and the massive corpse fell from mid-air.

【Description: This is a mutated two-headed frost giant; the extra head gives the opponent a super-strong talent for learning Magic, and at the same time, it is also a Legend warrior!】

……

Even though they are believers of gods of the good alignment, when faced with a life-and-death crisis, what they display is just as ugly!

This is human nature!

Grace was in a very difficult position.

A snow-white glove was worn by him on his right hand, and a sense of power surged through.

Aaron said: "I have a premonition that the dreams of Wendy and the others will certainly not go too smoothly..."

"Retreat!"

"You don't need to tell me these things, my lady!"

The two-headed frost giant's two faces simultaneously revealed a ferocious smile, and the head with light blue hair quickly spat out a string of Incantations.

And inside the canyon, hot spring eyes emerged everywhere, bringing warmth and life.

Several adult frost giants rushed out; they wore the furs of Animals, wore metal helmets decorated with beast horns and feathers, and brandished massive metal clubs or wooden clubs, bravely meeting the enemy.

Then, she let out an exclamation.

Wendy and the others showed expressions of surprise, while Grace similarly called out Aaron's name, slightly suspicious: "Why are you here?"

'No wonder the other party was stammering before; it turns out she wanted to hide this Secret. Is she still carrying a refugee camp?'

"We took out two on the way; there are at most four adult giants left in the camp, attack!!!"

"Frost giant?"

Bang!

The next moment, several warriors were sent flying by the frost giant's sweep.

Aaron had seen the ancient map left behind by the Gimo and knew the specific location of Dachan.

"This should be a ruin left behind by a Divine War from some era... however, we should go find Wendy now; they have encountered trouble."

Although the Gimo had the Land Deed in their hands, and a Contract with a silver dragon!

He was the actual commander responsible for this operation, a battle-hardened warrior; he had already prepared to stay behind himself to delay the pursuit of this frost giant!

"No, we don't need to retreat!"

His 'Gauntlets of Ogre Power +1' were almost finished!

When he found Wendy, he discovered they were surrounding a temporary camp, confronting a group of people.

Aaron had a smile on his face: "I am already very grateful to be able to give these Gimo equal status."

【Challenge Rating: 21】

On the glacier continent of the Far North Wasteland, a valley hundreds of meters high, like a Divine Miracle, stood tall.

And equal status cannot be separated from the support of Wu!

"Dragon?!"

Luisha muttered.

A look of shame appeared on her face: "Mr. Quinn's words earlier were a bit... he meant no harm, he just wanted to secure a safe Shelter for his son and daughter... his wife has already..."

He could see that Grace wanted to recruit these Gimo, but he clearly would not agree.

Luisha murmured.

Grace's expression suddenly shifted, and a look of joy appeared on her face.

Immediately after, everyone saw a slender, beautiful Shadow descend, rushing agilely toward the Frost Giant.

That was the Saint form of the 'Lady of Dawn'!

(End of chapter)