Chapter 25 The Big World Is Not Home

The giant's statue stretched for 500 or 600 meters. Even if it lay on its side, it was as tall as a dozen floors. It was just like a falling skyscraper. Most of the city wall was this huge stone statue.

The city wall was built against this statue. Humans used the giant's statue as a part of the city wall.

Moreover, the giant's expression was incomparably distinct. His limbs seemed to be struggling forward as if he was suffering something. The giant's expression and muscles were lifelike. And the carving technique was simply highly skilled.

"It's magnificent, isn't it? I've watched it for a long time when I first saw it." Bhakti rubbed his aching thigh.

"Do you know the origin of this statue?" Neigher asked.

"A corpse." Bhakti answered.

Neigher blinked.

"Rather than calling it a statue, you would say that it is a corpse of a giant that has been petrified." Bhakti continued, "No one knows where he comes from. Maybe he lay here before the human came to this land. Otherwise, this city would not be called 'the Giant City'."

"It's a fantastic world." Neigher thought to himself.

The bald man boasted. "I'm here on behalf of this country and to assist the princess on behalf of the Bordo United City-State."

"Oh? The princess?" Neigher asked.

He repeated the last few words and asked in a questioning tone all the way. In this way, Bhakti would answer his questions automatically. Or he was afraid that some common sense questions would expose that he was not a human. Usually, he would make the other party think that he was a good listener. In his previous life, Neigher was a smart man. So he was familiar with these means.

"Princess Isabella, you must have never heard of her." As expected, Bhakti explained subconsciously. "She is the youngest and favorite daughter of the king. She just arrived today and was sent to rule the city."

Then Bhakti pointed at the city wall in the distance. Neigher then noticed the crowd in front of the gate.

"It should be the team that welcomes the princess."

The red dragon still had good eyesight even if he had transformed into a human form. Neigher saw the carriage in the distance, a variety of people, and armed guards maintaining order. The person who entered the city seemed to be asked about his identity.

Neigher regretted it again. He came to the human world without any investigation. What if he was stopped by the guards? What if there was magic in this world that could make him show his real form.

"Are you okay?" Bhakti suddenly asked. The expression on Neigher's face just now betrayed his nervousness.

Neigher quickly changed the topic.

As the two of them walked slowly, they gradually approached the crowd outside the gate.

There was a gap between the knees of the giant lying on the side. And it was dug out as a city gate.

The princess's troop was moving slowly because of the crowd. Those dressed commoners seemed to want to see the princess's face, and want to make acquaintance with the princess who would rule the city in the future. The princess was surrounded by armored knights, struggling to separate the crowd from the carriage.

Neigher walked closer and saw the face of the princess.

The princess seemed to be in her teens. She looked very beautiful in exquisite clothes.

In the carriage, she looked a little tired. From time to time she waved perfunctorily to the enthusiastic public and looked listlessly at the front of the carriage.

The next moment, she seemed to feel something and suddenly looked up at Neigher.

Then she smiled.

Neigher guessed that she must have found Bhakti. That was why she looked here. However, Neigher had a feeling that the princess took a look at him at that moment, not the bald man beside him.

"She is loved by the people, isn't she?" Bhakti interrupted Neigher's thoughts. "Unfortunately, the Dragon Hunter beside her is too annoying. Look, it's the one in black armor riding behind the carriage."

"She is indeed very popular... Wait! What did you just say?" Neigher was taken aback. "There are also dragon hunters?"

Bhakti's understatement refreshed his worldview.

Were there the Dragon Hunters in this world?

"Yes, of course, there are dragon hunters here. Otherwise, what about the execution ceremony of the giant dragon?"

"What?"

Neigher wasn't sure if he had heard it. Wasn't giant dragon the top creature in the world? Why were they executed by humans? Why were they hunted and killed by humans?

Noticing that Neigher didn't hide his astonishment, Bhakti scratched his head and said. "I thought you came to the Giant City at this time just to watch the execution ceremony of a giant dragon, didn't you?"

He then pointed to the front of the princess carriage, where a wooden platform was built.

Neigher narrowed his eyes and saw the crowd walking around under the platform.

A blue giant dragon, which was tied up, was half the size of the dragon mother. At this time, it was lying there with its neck on the execution rack.

The blue dragon didn't struggle at all because it was in a coma.

Looking at the giant dragon in the distance, which had blue scales and was now motionless. The inherited memory told Neigher that the giant dragon had many colors. The habits and abilities of the giant dragon in different colors were very different. At this time, the Dragon Hunter was walking through the crowd towards the blue dragon.

He was a strong man in black armor, and his horse was much larger than others. His armor was covered with rivets. It was obvious that he was not someone can be trifled.

Especially his name, the Dragon Hunter.

Neigher had never heard of this word from his inherited memory.

He had never known that there was a special title called "the Dragon Hunter" in this world.

He must be the person who knew very well about the habits of dragons and lived by hunting giant dragons. Thinking that the dragon mother was so afraid of humans, Neigher felt that this name was not random.

No, calm down. Maybe the name was just a symbol.

"Is that Dragon Hunter powerful?" Neigher asked.

"Well, it's not easy to deal with the Dragon Hunters. They not only kill dragons but also will show no mercy to other races," said Bhakti with a smile.

"No... I mean... Did he kill a dragon?" Neigher stammered.

"Of course. Otherwise, why is he called the Dragon Hunter?"

Hearing Bhakti's answer, Neigher became more nervous.

The Dragon Hunter was real... Maybe in this world, the giant dragon was just a scum. They could only be chased and killed by humans. If they were found, there would be Dragon Hunters coming to kill them immediately. Just like the blue dragon on the execution platform.