"You… are you really an Ancient Giant?"
Kenji turned his head to see Harald looking at him with a complex expression.
This King of the Elbaph had always been proud of his Ancient Giant Bloodline.
In fact, his ability to become the King of Elbaph was also due to the advantage of his Ancient Giant Bloodline.
This more powerful bloodline than ordinary Giants brought about an all-around improvement in height, strength, and so on.
Ancient Giants were too strong.
After all, the bloodline of ordinary Giants came from the Ancient Giants, which is why there was a chance of 'atavism' in ordinary Giants, awakening the Ancient Giant Bloodline.
"Did you really awaken the Ancient Giant Bloodline? This is truly…" Harald initially didn't believe it, but now, he wasn't so sure.
Harald, who had lived for over a hundred years, had never seen such a strange and peculiar case as Kenji.
Initially, he thought Kenji was a Giant who had blended into human society and experienced delayed development.
In a flash, he found that the situation was not right. The other party's development might not be delayed. He guessed it might be due to some special circumstances.
It was possible that this young Giant, who had just reached adulthood, might truly possess the Ancient Giant Bloodline.
"Your Majesty!"
"King Harald!"
Just then, a sudden, urgent, and tense shout came from behind.
Soon, fully armed Giant guards arrived in squads.
From the direction they came, they seemed to be the guards from Aurust Castle.
That is, Harald's personal guard, the strongest armed force in Elbaph.
"Is there an enemy attack?"
The Giant guards arrived nearby, protecting Harald while scanning the surroundings with solemn expressions, searching for traces of possible enemies.
At this time, the vibrations in the Sun World had gradually subsided. The guards searched very carefully but failed to find any enemy figures.
However, they still did not relax their vigilance, each performing their duties, surveying the surroundings with well-trained precision.
Clearly, this strongest army of Elbaph had rushed over due to the violent tremor that had affected the entire kingdom earlier, believing it to be a sudden enemy attack.
Harald did not say much about this. As the King, he did not need to explain anything, merely raising his hand to signal the guards to stand down from their alert posture.
Just as the Giant guards relaxed their vigilance, a dense sound of footsteps suddenly came from the end of the road in the distance.
Before long, a group of Marine personnel arrived.
During their stay in Elbaph, a portion of the Marine was dispatched by Kenji to return and guard the warships, while another portion remained within Elbaph, temporarily camping in an open area on the other side of the Sun World.
The Marine unit that had arrived at this moment was the one that had remained within Elbaph.
Led by Kuzan, the group consisted of veterans who had followed Kenji for many years, also serving as his personal guards.
"Oh dear, how did it get like this?" Kuzan exclaimed from a distance.
He had already seen several deep cracks in the ground where the Giants were gathered ahead.
It was as if it had just suffered a strong earthquake.
There was nothing to be done. After all, the source of the great tremor that caused the entire Elbaph island to shake was right there with Kenji, so the vibrations would naturally be more intense at the source.
Fortunately, this area was very close to the main trunk of the Adam Tree, and with the enormous tree trunk suppressing it, the impact of the tremor was ultimately limited.
At least those ground cracks and ravines weren't large enough to swallow a Giant, which, in the Giants' eyes, was still acceptable.
These cracks in front of them hadn't yet reached a degree that affected habitation.
"Kenji-san!" Kuzan waved his hand and led the team, jogging over.
The cracks that the Giants could cross with a normal stride were considerable ravines for ordinary humans.
Kuzan left most of the soldiers behind, leading only a few officers and the elite of the elite to approach Kenji.
A moment later, Kuzan and his group finally arrived near Kenji.
At this time, Harald had already arrived at the training ground, and the Giants present also gathered to salute him.
The guards that had rushed from Aurust Castle had already been ordered to retreat byHarald.
Kenji himself, after receiving the system reward, had put aside the idea of felling the Adam Tree.
"This time, I received a repeated mission reward… Is it because the mission was completed twice?" Kenji looked back at the mission content, nodding silently in his heart.
"It seems the system has judged that I have subjugated Harald, and also subjugated the Giants…"
"I just wonder if the more generous reward came from Harald or the Giant Race?"
Previously, Kenji had intended to fell the Adam Tree because he thought it would be difficult to subdue the Elbaph Giant Tribe.
Now that the system had judged the mission complete, and twice at that, it means that the Giants here and Harald have all been subjugated.
At least it met the system's minimum standard for judgment, and they would certainly obey commands to a certain extent.
In this way, by rounding up, the Adam Tree belonged to Kenji.
Since it was already his, why rush to "drain the pond to catch the fish" or "kill the goose that lays the golden eggs"?
Such a fine Treasure Tree, of course, should be used sustainably.
Gradually, cutting a portion of the trunk every so often, allowing this Treasure Tree to perpetually produce high-quality warship raw materials.
Wouldn't that be wonderful?
So now, Kenji, having made his decision, returned the two longswords.
"Your swords are quite good!" Kenji smiled as he returned the swords to Hajrudin and Gerd.
He wasn't exaggerating. Being able to withstand his Conqueror's Haki, these two swords indeed had something special about them. In terms of quality, even if they couldn't compare to some of the famous swords, they weren't far off.
Kenji guessed that it was probably because the Elbaph Giants revered combat, and thus the weapons they produced weren't overly crude or unusable.
Of course, if he wanted to forcefully destroy them with power, let alone these weapons from Elbaph, even Supreme Grade swords would not be able to withstand Kenji's Conqueror's Haki of the God's Domain.
At this moment, Hajrudin and Gerd, having retrieved their respective swords, wore varied expressions.
"Such power… When will I be able to reach it?"
Hajrudin gazed at the hole piercing the trunk of the Adam Tree in the distance, unconsciously tightening his grip on the hilt.
"I will definitely reach that realm and unleash the true power of this sword!"