"...Truly, we are grateful for your grace from the bottom of our hearts."
In front of Lith, four Giants were kneeling, with two being ladies and two men.
Watching such a scene, anyone would be embarrassed and ask the elders to not bow like that.
Humility and modesty were virtues most people with common sense had. Lith wasn't an exception to it, but being of nobility, he was trained to not feel embarrassed over such matters.
"Please lift your heads," Lith said in a calm tone and got the formalities over with.
Nika, her aunt, her father, and grandfather stopped kneeling and got up to see Lith.
They were all smiles and felt not the slightest bit of shame for thanking him like that.
Lith was in the living room of Nika's house.The size of it was as much as a five-storey tall building. It's no wonder why the Giants made everything out of stone cheap materials.
Making shelters as big as these with expensive materials was surely not the way. Being frugal in such matters took off some economic burden from everybody.
Everyone sat around a round table with Lith sitting on a high chair to match these guys' height.
He made use of Earth element and made a temporary chair.
Nika's aunt had golden locks like her while her face radiated as bright as a lily. Her complexion was much better than the last time Lith saw her.
"...So, savior, what brings you to our humble abode?"
A man with a long beard and bald head asked. There was a scar on his face and he appeared more like a Giant-sized dwarf with all those muscles on him than a Giant.
This was Nika's father.
"Just to have a chat." Lith said casually and turned to look at Nika's aunt.
Nika's aunt, as if knowing what Lith wanted to ask, nodded her head.
"If it's the backstory you want to know, then it went like this…"
Nika's aunt began narrating the past events. There were a lot of details in it, but the notable information was highlighted in Lith's brain.
There were cloaked figures that attacked them. One of them had burn marks like snake scales on their hands, and one possessed a helical inflamed bump, as if something was underneath their skin.
That's all the lady knew of.
Lith chatted with them some more and the conversation steered from their past to their current occupation.
These guys were apothecaries. It was like alchemy but more magic oriented and less cultivation type.
Potions and magic spells were their main elements, and the only cultivation related thing they followed was the grading system. Saint grade, King grade, and so on.
When the conversation came to an end, Lith was given a few potions by Nika's family as a token of thanks and sent off.
Lith appreciated them for it, and after leaving their place, went straight for the hunt of the cloaked figures.
…..
"Yes, Your Highness. I can see her."
Sitting on a bench by a cobblestone path, Sylvia said softly on the phone while staring at a Giant sitting under a tree and writing.
Sylvia appeared no less than a small bug on this big bench and her aura was retracted, making her appear harmless and invisible to everyone around.
The person she had just described was a lady wearing a plain white and blue tunic, typical for adventurers and the people of the Giant kingdom. Nothing particularly stood out about her, except for her arms which were covered in burn marks.
-Continue to keep a watch on her and let me know if something suspicious happens.
Lith's voice rang in Sylvia's ears.
"Is His Highness not coming?"
-No. I'm in a bit of a—
-BANG—!
-Tch. I'll call you later.
Beep.
Sylvia stared at her phone as Lith hung up and wondered what trouble her Prince had gotten himself into.
…..
BANG—!
An earth-shell shot towards Lith like a bullet. It was one at first, but halfway through, split into two, then four, and by the time it reached Lith, the numbers reached in hundreds.
With his magenta-flamed dark sword, Lith cut the shells as if it were tofu and charged towards the person caster, a Giant with helical marks on his hands.
"Mother's embrace — descend!"
Ripples in space formed due to the Giant's roar, and a black aura rained down at Lith, crushing him.
He may have evaded the shells, but this aura was unavoidable.
The Giant ran towards Lith after pinning him down. The ground rumbled but there was not the slightest crack on it, making it evident just how proficient the other party was in Earth Path.
The pressure on Lith was heavy. The power did not belong to this world!
Clicking his tongue, Lith willed the Space elements around him to cast Short Jump.
It was met with failure.