[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-titan-king-ascension-of-the-giant":3,"chapter-titan-king-ascension-of-the-giant-titan-king-ascension-of-the-giant-chapter-660":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Titan King: Ascension of the Giant",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},244780,518,"Chapter 660: All benefits and power are built upon strength","titan-king-ascension-of-the-giant-chapter-660",660,"\u003Cp>Mornings in Stoneheart City, besides the fresh air, featured rows upon rows of merchant caravans, quite a sight to behold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over time, under the meticulous development by various merchants, the outer city's districts and roads became more and more numerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Main streets and alleyways, exotic beasts and carriages, slaves and vendors, coming and going, gave the city more of an atmosphere of daily life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's go, time to set off!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Orion knew very well that the current Stoneheart City definitely couldn't be considered a golden age.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At most, it could only be described as thriving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Orion leaped up onto Thunderhawk Rayden's back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rayden, this fellow, seemed to have recently become a father, having conquered several female thunderhawks and produced a good nest of little thunderhawks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master, when His Highness the Prince grows a bit older, let him sign a contract with my offspring.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We'll talk about it when the time comes. It depends on Pallas's own attitude.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Orion didn't immediately agree to Thunderhawk Rayden; it was too early to talk about these things now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neither Pallas nor Rayden's offspring had grown up yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, for such matters, it was best if both parties were willing, a mutual commitment being more reliable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind Rayden, Ursa and the four guards—Dace, Otho, Beyn, and Torba—leading a hundred squad mounted on various flying creatures, also took off one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following them was a combat team of five hundred harpies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This harpy unit was specially transferred by Delilah from the Sentinel Corps. Their existence wasn't for actual combat but more like the Giant King's honor guard, a show of the Stoneheart Horde's prestige.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To the blood elf race's territory!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thunderhawk Rayden received the instruction and led the way, flying towards the City of Blessings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before heading to the dragon race territory, Orion planned to first visit the blood elves' City of Blessings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the North-South War, the blood elf race's Elf King Anasterian died in battle, and Elf Prince Rommath succeeded the throne. Orion had not yet met this Elf King.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now was the time to meet this neighbor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the ground, a large group of flying mounts taking off from the city attracted a lot of attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lord Orion is personally leading a long journey; something big must be about to happen again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the Colosseum, Nico and Kadir stood on an open-air balcony of the main building, watching Orion's departing group, Kadir frowning in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No matter how big the matter, it's not as important as us earning Blackstone coins for the Horde, and for ourselves.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fatty Nico withdrew his gaze, glanced at the Colosseum where spectators were already entering, and his mood brightened considerably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few days ago, Orion had casually said a word, and the Colosseum had given out quite a few tokens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, it was time to earn it back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My friend, some matters are not for us to participate in right now. Not knowing is most likely better than knowing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What we need to do now is to openly and honorably win all the Blackstone coins from the hands of everyone in Stoneheart City into our own.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kadir nodded. Since participating in the defense of Lysinthia City, he found that Nico had changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This fellow had become more timid, more cherishing of his own life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, he had also become shrewder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Within three days, we need to come up with a new gimmick, a new way to play that will make those duelists' fighting spirit surge and make those gamblers willingly offer up their Blackstone coins.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My friend, on our shoulders, we still bear the monthly performance assessment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You used to be nobles; you wouldn't want to bear the bad reputation of being incompetent and perfidious, would you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't know where Lord Orion learned this set of practices, but I feel like we're locked in.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kadir shook his head; he knew his friend very well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nico's current garrulousness was actually an expression of excitement and joy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earning money was Nico's hobby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this hobby could simultaneously bring Nico status and power, it would be a perfectly wonderful thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, Nico was enjoying it; he relished all of this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We can't possibly leave now. This counts as taking root in the Stoneheart Horde, right!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the north, while defending Lysinthia City, Nico and Kadir had learned many things about the Stoneheart Horde, either directly or indirectly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both Nico and Kadir knew clearly that unless they died, Orion would not possibly let them leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miles and miles away, while Orion was rushing to the City of Blessings, Soaring Bird City was also undergoing changes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These changes stemmed from shifts in power and authority.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Speak... Speak up... Who... Who was it exactly?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a very bloody scene. Torin, holding a leather whip, was publicly flogging a guard of Soaring Bird City outside the palace gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This guard was the one who had demanded an entrance fee from Torin at the city gate back then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, this guard had been miserably tortured and had his tongue cut off, completely unable to speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Torin, the city lord, acted as if he didn't know, continuing to flog the guard while loudly interrogating him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the city center, within a magnificent building, was the headquarters of the Golden Apple Chamber of Commerce in Soaring Bird City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Henrik angrily pushed open Mateo's door, ignoring the latter who was in the middle of making love, and loudly questioned him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mateo, our man has been taken! That damned Baron, he's retaliating!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His interest interrupted, Mateo pulled up his trousers and waved away the two human female slaves beneath him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Henrik, can you knock first next time?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Didn't Sebastian teach you manners and a sense of shame?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mateo was very calm; compared to the hot-tempered Henrik, he appeared more composed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sense of shame? You're talking to me about a sense of shame?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where is this? This is a branch of the Golden Apple Chamber of Commerce!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What was that just now? Female slaves! Sex slaves for you to vent your lust on whenever you want!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mateo, the enemy is bullying us right at our doorstep, and you still have the nerve to talk to me about a sense of shame here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mateo shook his head, took out a goblet, and filled it for himself and Henrik.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Friend, let me ask you, where is this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Soaring Bird City!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then whose territory is Soaring Bird City?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That damned Baron!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Henrik downed the wine in one gulp, but the anger in his heart still hadn't subsided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hehe... You see, you said it yourself, this is Baron Torin's territory.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Killing a mercenary who offended him in his own territory—where is Baron Torin wrong?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Henrik abruptly looked up, staring incredulously at Mateo who had said this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Man, have you forgotten?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All benefits and power are built upon strength.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Baron Torin is now an Alpha-level powerhouse; he already has the ability to share benefits.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Besides, this is still his territory.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mateo swirled the goblet in his hand, as if everything was under his control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We should be thankful that when we controlled Soaring Bird City, he didn't have his current strength.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mateo wasn't wrong in saying this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In human kingdoms, every noble who advanced to Alpha-level strength was a pillar of the kingdom, considered an upper-middle-class figure with real power.\u003C\u002Fp>",1221,"2026-05-29T15:49:29.113Z","2026-06-01T04:29:39.741Z",1,"novelbin.me","bdaed6782455793f7107f3d979756602259e15c3b7206ed314c16c8b357e63ad","titan-king-ascension-of-the-giant-chapter-661","titan-king-ascension-of-the-giant-chapter-659",1606,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ftitan-king-ascension-of-the-giant-cover.jpg"]