Chapter 561: Era of Giants

Together, the two mighty men dragged the heavy stone golem away with ease.

The stone golem seemed to realize that it was in a bad situation, and grabbed the carpet with both hands and struggled vigorously. However, the smooth floor had no way to rely on it, and the carpet was wrinkled in vain. After all, it was dragged to the edge of the pit, and was eventually lifted up by the frost giant. He kicked it down.

The stone golem fell into the pit with a thud, knocking down the companion who was still circling in a daze at the bottom of the pit on the spot, and countless rubbles splashed out of the wellhead with the collision and roar.

Qiao An probed towards the bottom of the well, and saw that the two stone golems overlapped and rushed to the street, almost filling the entire pit. Judging from the broken bodies after the collision, even if the "pit-making technique" exhausted the magic power, the two stone golems The stone golem returned to the surface, unable to move.

After clearing the four golem guards guarding the lobby on the second floor, Joan and his companions sat on the carpet to rest, drinking water and eating dry food to replenish their energy.

After resting for half an hour, everyone regained their energy and continued to explore the third floor.

There is a "wind-moving ladder" in the corner of the hall on the second floor. Qiao An first used the "detection trap" to investigate the magic elevator up and down, and then walked in after making sure there was no trap.

Clark, Shrek and Casio also followed into the elevator and pulled down a silver lever.

The "wind element" bound in the stairwell was then awakened, and it worked hard to set off a tornado, generating a strong updraft, pushing the stair cabin up slowly, reaching the third floor in less than a minute, and automatically opening the hatch. It is a wide corridor that spirals upwards, and it does not know where it leads.

Joan was not in a hurry to leave the "wind ladder", and wanted to wait for the stair cabin to continue to rise. It would be best to send them directly to the top floor of the castle, which would save a lot of trouble.

After waiting for two full minutes, the "Pneumatic Elevator" finally started again. Unfortunately, instead of continuing to rise, it descended back to the second floor, and the lever also automatically reset. building.

Joan and his party were disappointed, so they had to pull the lever again, return to the third floor, leave the stairwell, and walk into the corridor.

The corridor was empty, with beautifully framed oil paintings hanging on the walls on both sides, most of which were landscape sketches, and occasionally there were scenes of heavily armed giants fighting dragons. Joan guessed that these oil paintings were the epitome of the real history at the end of the "Era of Giants".

At that time, the giant race's long rule over the world of Valeth was coming to an end.

The main reason for the decline of giant civilization is undoubtedly internal fighting. In this society that advocates the "caste system (order system)", class solidification is very serious. A giant's social status mainly depends on what kind of family he was born in and what kind of family he is. Caste, a high caste rogue is also more noble than a low caste war hero.

Such a system will undoubtedly arouse strong dissatisfaction among the low-caste giants. The dissatisfaction has accumulated for a long time, and finally erupted violently at the end of the giant era, leading to widespread rebellion and conflicts.

Strangely enough, the radical scholars and leaders who led the rebellion who provided the theoretical weapons for this revolutionary movement, whose platform was against the caste system, advocated that people should be determined by their virtue and ability-rather than blood-determined social status. Most of them were not from low-caste backgrounds, but more were high-caste aristocratic young masters who were born with gold spoons in their mouths. For example, many were cloud giants and storm giants. Most of the revolutionaries inspired and led by them were from low-caste backgrounds.

Revolutionary leaders collectively betrayed their class and family, and engaged in a social movement aimed at abolishing their own privileges at the cost of bloodshed. This is really an incomprehensible thing. , an idealist who pursues justice and freedom wholeheartedly.

Although this vigorous rebellion ended in bloody suppression by the "Royal Court of Giants", these pioneers are all well-deserved great men.

Their blood was not in vain. The giant society in Vales today still adheres to the conservative tradition of the caste system. In fact, except for those old-fashioned, most open-minded young giants have long since disbelieved in this.

For example, Clark, as a frost giant, never felt that he was inferior to fire giants, cloud giants, and storm giants, nor did he feel that he was inherently nobler than stone giants or hill giants.

According to the traditional order concept of the giant race, ogres like Shrek belong to the "untouchable pariah" class, and "decent people" even feel that their eyes are dirty when they look at an ogre, but Clark is still equal to Shrek When interacting, regard each other as his "iron buddy", otherwise he wouldn't drag Shrek to help him hunt for treasure.

The revolutionary movement demanding to break the caste system, while popularizing new ideas, also destroyed the old order, shaken the originally conservative, backward but stable social foundation, and objectively destroyed the cohesion and combat effectiveness of the giant group.

Just at the moment when the building was about to collapse, misfortunes never come singly. The giant dragon clan descended on the world of Vales, challenging the giant clan's dominance far more violently than internal disputes.

The war between giants and dragons lasted for thousands of years, and finally ended with the defeat of the giants. The crown fell to the ground but no one picked it up.

When the war ended, the giants were forced to sign a humiliating armistice agreement, which was actually a surrender. The "Royal Court of Giants" also declined from the power center of the world to a small court on the Genting Highlands of the New World. Handing over the ruling power of the world to the proud dragon, the world of Vales has thus entered the "Dragon Age".

The murals in the corridor on the third floor of the castle depict the battle between giants and dragons.

Judging from the content presented in the picture, the owner of this castle, the cloud giant archmage Vavrunil, has witnessed the end of this peerless war. As for whether he himself participated in the war against the dragon, Joan would not No way of knowing.

Perhaps because he was too focused on these magnificent paintings, Joan unknowingly fell behind his companions. It was not until Clark and the others had reached the end of the corridor that he came back to his senses and ran forward at a faster pace.

The end of the corridor leads to a hall, the hall door is unexpectedly open, and the furnishings in the hall can be seen from a distance. There is a long row of weapon racks against the wall, including knives, spears, swords, axes and crossbows, all of which are surprisingly large in size, presumably specially designed for the cloud giant.

On the side of the hall is a ring surrounded by columns and ropes. Boxing gloves and fencing protective gear are placed on the table next to it. Not far away is a skinned wooden target for boxing practice, depicting the direction of human organs and blood vessels. Tall clay puppets, and fitness equipment that resembles "dumbbells".

Obviously, this hall is the gymnasium of the cloud giant's castle.