"————You. Seek. DEATH!!!"
A roar of pure rage soared into the sky!
Like rolling thunder, it echoed across the cliffs!
The giant Gorgo's eyes looked ready to spit two balls of fire.
His chest heaved violently, emitting a crimson glow.
Like a small living furnace, he looked so enraged by Ethan that he was on the verge of awakening his primordial bloodline.
"As expected of Ethan."
Luna's ethereal voice drifted from behind Hagrid.
Hagrid jumped, trembling in fright.
Terrified, he twisted his head to look at the girl who had appeared like a ghost amidst the storm.
He saw a look of yearning on her pale face.
She murmured with a sigh:
"He really can hit it off with anyone. What an inclusive person."
Hagrid: "..."
By "hit it off," you mean physically beating them into a pulp, right?!
Ethan, just what kind of strange ideas have you been feeding your junior?!
Ah!!
While they were speaking, the Giant King Gorgo suddenly spun around.
His arms wrapped around a massive boulder nearly ten meters high.
Muscles bulged, veins popped!
"ARGH!"
With a loud roar!
The incredibly heavy rock was slowly pulled from the earth!
The bottom was still clotted with soil and grass clippings.
In its place, a pit large enough for an adult man to lie in remained!
"OHHH—————!!"
Seeing their leader so powerful, the strength-worshipping giants immediately erupted in howls!
They jumped up and down in excitement, shouting "Smash that brat!", "Kill him!", "The Chief is a beast!" and other cheers.
A proud and arrogant grin spread across Gorgo's sweaty face.
"Farewell, wizard who doesn't know the height of the sky!"
Gorgo looked down at Ethan with a grunt.
Muscles swelling, he hurled the rock with all his might!
Straight at Ethan!
"Ethan!"
Hagrid shouted urgently.
He lifted his foot to rush over and protect him, but was stopped by Luna.
Luna frowned, speaking reproachfully:
"Do you want to interrupt Ethan's playtime? It's summer break, let Ethan let loose a little!"
Hagrid: ???
Playtime? Wrestling with giants?
And come to think of it... isn't the usual Ethan already "letting loose"?!
If he lets loose any further, the Wizarding World is going to be invaded by giant octopuses and red skeletons!!
In that split second of distraction.
"BOOM!!!"
The boulder crashed down onto exactly where Ethan was standing!
The massive impact made the earth tremble instantly.
A flood of dust exploded outwards like a dam bursting.
"No—Ethan!!!"
Hagrid roared in grief, dropping to his knees with a thud.
He slumped forward in defeat, wailing:
"No—————— the Wizarding World is saved... ah no, the Wizarding World is doomed!!"
"Ethan, you aren't the type of species that hatches from a stone!!"
Giant King Gorgo: "..."
Before seeking cooperation with the giants, humans should really get their brains checked.
He waited nervously for a moment.
Under the boulder, there was no movement.
Gorgo let out a breath of relief.
...Right, even a wizard who knows magic couldn't withstand such a heavy boulder!
That little bug is definitely dead!
Victory belongs to the Giants!!
Gorgo raised his arms high, shouting to his tribe: "Nothing can stop our march!"
"We will continue the glory of our ancestors, using absolute power to crush those weak wizards!"
"The Giant Race is the most powerful existence!!!"
The most powerful—————
The most strong————
The most—
The impassioned roar echoed between the cliffs.
Torches flickered in the wind.
However.
There was not a single response.
Only a few awkward "Caw——————— Caw———————" cries from mountain birds echoed from the forest.
Gorgo: ?
"Are you all deaf? Is the blood of your ancestors not burning in your hearts?!"
Gorgo asked in angry embarrassment.
What met his eyes were the frozen, terrified faces of his tribesmen.
One giant, trembling, raised a hand and pointed behind him:
"Y-Y-You... behind you...!"
As soon as the words fell.
Snap.
An iron claw clamped onto the top of Gorgo's skull from above.
[Ah...]
A rough and heavy breath washed over him from behind.
It made Gorgo's heart skip a beat!
He was supposed to be the apex predator in these mountains.
But at this moment.
Like a rabbit facing a male lion.
An indescribable fear permeated Gorgo's very soul!
...W-What happened?
Gorgo's throat bobbed as he swallowed hard.
Eyes wide, he trembled as he looked back.
Then.
His gaze rose higher, and higher...
He froze completely in place.
[ROAR!!!]
A roar loud enough to make every living creature in the mountains tremble rang out between heaven and earth!
Pitch-black bone wings unfurled, instantly blotting out the night sky!
Two blood-red pupils, like burning fires, flickered in the darkness.
Coldly and indifferently looking down at everything on the ground.
It was truly the look one gives to a bug by the roadside.
The ruler of the world——————The Dragon!!
"Guh... Guh-ah..."
Giant King Gorgo began to shake.
Unintelligible gasps escaped his throat.
His face turned ashen grey.
He felt the iron claw on his skull digging deep into his head.
Scalding liquid flowed down from his scalp.
His previous fury vanished like sand in the wind.
Replaced by a trembling that came from his very soul!!
———————On this day.
The Giant tribes finally recalled.
The fear of being dominated by Ancient Dragons in the primordial era.
They had no claws to tear steel, no breath to melt stone.
They didn't even have the ever-advancing wisdom of humans.
Ah! It turns out that the Giant Race, from ancient times to now, has never been the master of this world.
"I told you earlier, didn't I..."
A clear voice rang out from mid-air.
Ethan, robes fluttering, wearing a top hat and holding a gold-tipped cane, hovered there.
A smile played on his face.
Like an elegant and majestic monarch, he floated in the air.
His cobalt-blue eyes looked down at the giants as he spoke:
"You should have knelt and begged for mercy while I was purely using magic."
If he had to get artistic...
Then it wasn't a question of "dying," but a question of "how long it takes to die."
In the dead silence.
Thud.
An elder of the Giant tribe, facing Ethan who commanded the Ancient Dragon, was the first to kneel.
"There is... no chance of victory anymore..."
The elder murmured, sighing deeply.
Then.
Thud, thud.
One by one, the giants fell to their knees.
First the elders, then the deathly pale younger giants.
Some stubborn ones were simply knocked unconscious with a club.
"Physical" kowtowing.
Within minutes, looking out, one could only see a sea of hunched backs across the cliffs.
Those jagged, protruding spines also showed that there really wasn't much to eat in these treacherous mountains.
Hagrid watched all this in astonishment.
It was only after leaving the school, leaving the Hogwarts that had long been "marinated" by Ethan, that he could intuitively feel...
Just how powerful and terrifying Ethan's existence was in the outside world!!
———————Thank goodness, deep down, Ethan is still a good boy.
Thinking this, Hagrid chuckled naively.
All the giants.
They all surrendered before Ethan's absolute power—
Oh, except one.
"N-No... you can't kneel... This is the best chance to restore our ancestors' supreme glory!!"
The usurper, Gorgo, who had seized power through a sneak attack, shouted tremblingly.
He looked at his clansmen with despair and rage.
His eyes were bloodshot.
"You bunch of idiots!"
He spat.
Not daring to yell at Ethan, he cursed his own tribe instead.
"As long as we unite, they are just a bunch of fragile wizards after all! I did this all for you———————Guh-ah!!"
A miserable scream.
Accompanied by a sickening crunch that made the giants shudder.
Gorgo's eyes rolled back, and he went limp, falling from the dragon's claw.
Blood flowed freely as he convulsed painfully on the ground.
Ethan looked down at Gorgo, speaking with a voice that was both pitiful and cold:
"The stupid one is you, actually."
"If you had led your tribesmen to charge down, you would have faced a completely hostile me."
At that time.
It wouldn't just be gathering material for painting.
It would be directly painting the giants into the artwork.
Hmm~
The theme "Hell Pot Stew" sounds nice.
Thinking of this.
Ethan licked his lips with desire.
He looked at the giants pressing their foreheads to the ground in submission.
He sighed with regret.
Giants: QAQ
This human... why is he more terrifying than a demon?!
Has the wizarding world outside evolved into this?
It's simply the underworld...
The giants wanted to cry but had no tears, shivering in fear.