Fairy Tale: Little Red Riding Hood's Wolf Mentor

Chapter 168 Pure Spring
The giant's feet stomped heavily on the castle ground.

In an instant, the earth shook, rocks flew, and a huge cave was broken open, but there was no trace of Lake. Under the effect of the invisibility cloak, Lake quickly disappeared before being attacked.

"Come out! Weak insect, come out—"

The giant opened his eyes wide and cursed loudly, but the next moment, a bright sword arc shot out from behind him again!

In an instant, blood splattered.

The giant was totally unprepared for such an attack, and the eyes on his abdomen suddenly tightened.

The next moment, the gloomy storm intensified from all directions.

High in the sky, the cracks in the black abyss also expanded rapidly. The corpses of the angels fell rapidly, bringing with them a storm of decay and darkness.

While the strong man was being attacked, those deformed angels seemed to sense something.

And Lake's attack, with the help of the invisibility cloak, was even sharper. Most of the giant's neck was cut off by the first blow.

"Hehe—what a jerk..."

The strong man turned into a giant and fled forward in pain, no longer having the desire to be king.

With one hand, he took out a golden egg and was about to put it into his mouth——

The second sword followed closely!

The huge head flew out, and thick black juice spurted out from the broken end.

Before the golden egg was put into the mouth, the third sword came flying and the golden egg fell to the ground with a few fingers of the giant.

"Killed him... No, that's not right—"

Lake narrowed her eyes, dodged the corrosive juice flowing out of the giant's neck, and leaped back.

But under her observation, the headless body of the giant in front of her still did not stop moving!

At his broken wound, the filthy liquid condensed into dirty feathers—

No, not only that!

The giant lost control of his head and seemed to become even more deformed!
Black clouds began to ooze out of the giant's body, and the clouds condensed into wings. The aura of the giant began to connect with the black hole in the sky.

The pollutants from the Fallen Paradise seemed to be attached to the inside of this giant's body!
Immediately afterwards, the giant's headless body moved again. It waved its winged body and was about to smash towards Lake.

Also attacking were the feathers growing from the surface of the giant's skin!

The invisibility cloak can only make you invisible, but it cannot stop these dense attacks——

Just as Lake's figure became invisible again, green and red vines emerged from the ground under the feet of the deformed giant and coiled around the giant's legs.

The magic of the Blue and Red Witch has already shown some signs of decline in the Kingdom of Boren.

Ordinary giants can easily break free from these ordinary plants summoned by magic with their physical strength, and they can only serve as "obstructions".

But this time, something was different.

Poro took a deep breath, and a page emerged from the book—

[Return of the Loop: Jack and the Beanstalk: Vines into the Clouds]

[A golden bird stands above the shadows, dancing in the ethereal melody, and clouds and mists cover the abyss hanging high in the sky]

[Fairy Tale Power: You can cause a vine to grow explosively out of thin air, but their power is limited and they will wither within three days. Only one vine can exist at a time.]

[Description: Emerald green vines pierce through the clouds. Looking through the snow-white mist, towards the shadow beneath the sun, there is a towering castle, majestically standing, and the sound of a piano is ethereal.]

The next moment, the green and red vine suddenly began to grow like a blowout!
In the blink of an eye, it became as thick as the giant's arm, and its length had already exceeded the limit, climbing and wrapping around the body of the corrupt giant.

Black feathers and thick juice flowed on the vines, making a sizzling sound.

But with the blessing of the circular return, the surface of the vine was hovering between rapid corrosion and withering, and rapid growth.

Although the rate of decay began to rapidly outstrip growth.

But the time the giant was controlled was enough for Lake—

In the gap where the vines blocked the flying feathers, the figure of the girl in red appeared in front of the eyeball in the giant's abdomen, and the sword light that followed her pierced into the eyeball filled with malice.

At this moment, everyone on the top of the castle heard a creepy phantom sound coming from the sky and from all directions.

It was like a sound made up of countless wailing and screaming.

The deformed giant fell down, and black water began to ooze from his body.

"Quick, wake up the Giant King... He should know what to do!"

Although the strongest enemy seemed to be dead, Lake and Poro knew that more difficult things were ahead and it was far from over!

The appearance of this sturdy giant seemed to become a bridge connecting to the fallen paradise.

In the fleeting battle time, the sky had become a whole, with only the infinite distance, where the dark clouds had not yet reached, still emitting a dim light.

Around the castle, the shriveled corpses of angels hovered in the air around the castle.

Cracks appeared on their abdomens, and one after another, winged eyeballs emerged from them, looking at the people in the castle.

At this time, the mercenaries and hunters who were thinking of "killing the Giant King" were already terrified and unable to move.

They didn't even have the strength to stand up.

He just huddled in the corner, staring at the Poros.

"The Giant King's essence was stolen quite a bit. Normally, he would have woken up after sleeping for about three days, but this time, he might not be able to wake up for a while..."

The golden bird jumped down from Jack's head and flew slowly to the top of the Giant King's head.

She placed her head on the surface of the Giant King, sensed something, and her expression became more solemn.

"In that case, is time really running out?! Is it really impossible to lock the Fallen Heavenly Gate?..."

The golden bird took a deep breath and looked at the increasingly dark crack in the sky, as well as the eyeball monsters that were slowly closing in not far away.
"No, I must try it—regardless of death or the end."

“You can take these humans and escape. With your strength, you can definitely leave safely.

Tell the rest of the Biwei Kingdom about the disaster..."

The golden bird murmured, turning to look at Lake and Poro, but there was a hint of determination in his eyes.
"But I still want to try. The Giant King and I have been holding off these guys for a long time. I don't want to give up just like that.

At least it can buy more people time to leave."

But Lake and Poro did not leave.

Poro looked at the Star Killing Sword in Lake's hand. The sword body, which was originally as calm as water, was now emitting brilliant starlight. At this moment, he understood what the girl meant.

"How long will it take you to awaken the Giant King?"

Poro spoke, pointing to the swarming eyeball monsters in the distance, "If you can't finish within half a minute, you will be torn to pieces by those monsters."

Lake also added:
"We can buy more time to get these guys to the ground. Even if the people of Biwei Kingdom evacuate, not many people will be saved!"

Jinniao was stunned for a moment. She looked at the Star Killing Sword in Lake's hand, and the expression in her eyes was replaced by a sudden realization:
"Okay, buy me some time and don't let those poor... dead guys come over here."

As he spoke, the golden bird slightly raised its wings, and the golden egg dropped by the strong man not far away floated up, and under his control, it turned into a golden light and merged into the body of the Giant King.

The Giant King's body remained motionless, like a dead sculpture.

The golden bird did not stop. The golden light on its body began to emerge from the surface and poured towards the Giant King. At the same time, Poro discovered... the body of the bird was becoming darker little by little, although very slowly.

Is she using some kind of root power of her own to make up for some of the losses suffered by the Giant King?
"Puro, how about we block those eyeballs?"

Lake's Star Killing Sword glowed with starlight and floated around her body. When the first eyeball monster reached the ground of the castle, Lake's figure disappeared.

"Uh, I mean, my mana might not be able to sustain it... Never mind."

The Poro looked at the other side, at the approaching eyeballs, a light flashed in his eyes, and many vines grew out from the ground of the castle, winding into a green barrier, blocking the flying corrupt feathers.

But this is not a long-term solution, and the time when the golden bird will replenish the origin of the Giant King is not certain.

On all sides, the withered corpses of angels fell from the sky—

Looking up, those cross-shaped black dots were as dense as raindrops and impossible to count!

Deeper still, Poro even saw...

It seems that there are some beings that are far beyond human form.

"I can't go on like this. I think... I can do something else..."

Poro felt vaguely aware of some revelation deep in his soul. He raised his head and saw a golden light on the ground next to the tower not far away.

It was a golden harp!
In Poro's mind, he instantly thought of the scene where the Giant King played the harp with cloud silk.

Maybe, I can too?
This is not overestimating one's own capabilities or a lucky coincidence -

Poro did think that he might have some possibility to change the situation!

Poro thought about it, gritted his teeth, and released the magic power accumulated in his body in an instant. The dense vines instantly forced back several approaching eyeball monsters, allowing Lake to slowly kill them.

Then the Poro stepped forward, raised his claws, and touched the harp.

"That wolf, what are you doing—"

Not far away, the golden bird above the Giant King's head saw the Poro's movements from the corner of its eye and shouted in astonishment, "Don't move! That's not an ordinary harp. You can't use it without the power from heaven!"

But before she could finish her words, she saw the strings of the harp supported by the Poro's claws began to vibrate slightly.

An ethereal and crisp note leaped out from it.

"This sound..."

The golden bird swallowed back what he was about to say, a trace of surprise flashing in his eyes, "How could it be? It shouldn't be ringing, that's the immortal harp..."

After the first note leaps out, continuous music flows out like a clear spring.

A golden page appeared in Poro's eyes:
[Circular Return: Twelve Dancing Princesses: Curtain Call]

Every dance should have an ending moment. Eternity, in many cases, is not so beautiful. Now, you are here, and the curtain call will be played today.

[Fairy Tale Power: Within the musical notes, dispel the distortions you see and return to the original truth]

[Description: The princesses danced tirelessly in a never-ending dance party, and so did their partners... The passionate music gnawed at their sanity.]

You see all this, and you know that dance shouldn't be this magical.

Within the golden pages, a light that only Poros could see took shape in mid-air.

They were like invisible musicians, touching the golden harp before their eyes, and every golden string of the harp trembled and produced pleasant notes.

The music grew louder and louder - it didn't sound like a closing note.

But it is more like a sonata that is about to reach its climax!

The continuous notes come together, like countless bands playing the piano together, and the piano sound has a deep and illusory rhythm.

It has far surpassed the performance of the Giant King playing the cloud silk that Poro saw a few days ago.

"How...did you do that?!"

The golden bird was still injecting its power into the Giant King's body, but as she listened to this continuous sonata, she still couldn't help but ask.

"I think it might be the piano itself that's playing. I actually never learned how to play the piano..."

Poro was also a little surprised.

His hand merely straightened the harp, while the hand of the musician from [Circular Return: Twelve Dancing Princesses·Curtain Notes], after playing the prelude, sank into the harp.

As the piano music became more and more resonant, the pages of the book lost their luster and returned to the spiritual realm of the Poro.

In other words, now, this golden harp is playing music by itself!

Amid the sound of the piano, the fog that had grown dark in all directions quickly lost its layer of dark evil light!

They gather together like chains and pour into the air!

Intertwined and squeezed together with the black gas escaping from the cracks in the abyss, the angel corpses that fell from the hole in the abyss seemed to encounter an invisible barrier in the piano music.

The rate of descent slowed down.

Even in the sound of the piano, there was a trend of slow recovery!

But just when Poro showed a little joy on his face, he suddenly heard the whispering and howling filled with endless negative energy from inside the hole in the sky, suddenly sounded again!
At the same time, there was also a faint and eerie music!

This voice...

It was as if an unspeakable evil existence in the inverted bottomless abyss discovered the threat of the piano sound and wanted to fight against it!
Sure enough, the next moment, the expansion speed of the abyss suddenly increased.

It was as if he was trying his best to break through the curtain of the world before the harp music reached its climax!
What should I do...?!

Poro's face darkened.

But now, the sound of the harp rang out spontaneously, [Circular Return: Farewell Notes] seemed to have awakened a soul within the harp, the soul of the harp, which used its own lonely sound to fight against the collapsing sky.

But after this, Poro no longer had the ability or means to provide additional assistance.

At this moment, a dull voice sounded from within the clouds:

"Oh? This time when I slept... I think you hired a new musician?"

The voice of the Giant King!
Two pupils as big as stars opened behind the clouds.

Although he had just woken up, the Giant King looked at the gap in the sky that was bigger than ever before, and through the clouds covering the floating island, he sensed traces of the castle.

Looking at the bird in front of me, the golden light on its body dimmed and almost disappeared.

Within a few tens of seconds, he roughly understood the situation he was facing. In the end, his eyes looked towards the harp that was playing spontaneously not far away.

After hearing the increasingly high-pitched melody, the Giant King's heart suddenly rose from the bottom to the top.

"This piece of music... is it a complete piece? No! It's even better than the one that kid passed on to me..."

After the Giant King thought about it, an irrepressible ecstasy surged in his heart. The floating island with a radius of several thousand meters suddenly began to vibrate at this moment!
Countless clouds rose from the ground out of thin air and gathered into a large milky white curtain.

"This time, this time, it will be the real end!

But what is about to end is not this world, but——the broken gate of heaven above!"

　Happy New Year, brothers!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)