Chapter 327

Not long after sunrise, Hagrid and Mrs. Maxim had to be "forced" to wake up.

The reason is very simple, and it makes people laugh and cry, because the snoring voice of giants eventually caused a small-scale avalanche on the mountain.

But fortunately, at least Maka found some signs in advance, allowing them to avoid the impact of falling snow.

"When it was just dawn, I counted 82 giants... The one lying by the lake at the bottom of the valley should be the 'Guge' among them." when the galloping snow stopped gradually, Maka said to the other two.

In the giant community, the leader is generally called "Guge", and the way that belligerent giants choose Guge since ancient times is naturally fighting.

The giant is a kind of creature with the intention of war flowing in its blood. Even the battle between the same race will be merciless.

Although this kind of infighting will always be regarded as barbaric and rough by wizards, in any case, the strong combat effectiveness and vitality of giants must have a lot to do with their habits.

Only in ancient times, when giants were still active and free, the change of ancient Ge was extremely frequent. At that time, ancient Ge always represented the highest combat power level in the giant community.

But now, the world's largest giant community is only left in the valley. Even if they are still aggressive, they will inevitably lose many potential fighting objects.

Just now, Maka had seen the Guge by the lake at the bottom of the valley. However, he was a lazy guy.

Perhaps when he first ascended the throne of Guge, he was more powerful than other giants - as can be seen from his obviously tall body - but not now.

"Eighty two... There's only a little left! There were a lot of them before..." Hagrid sighed as he looked at the valley below. "At first, it was said that there were more than 100 tribes in the world, but now..."

Hagrid and Mrs. Maxim are people who have deep roots with giants. Even Mrs. maxim, who refuses to admit it verbally, is now complicated.

To put it bluntly, this is the result of the surge in the number of wizards and Muggles.

Although wizards have hardly launched a large-scale war against giants, with the continuous expansion of the wizard's activity area and the fact that wizards are always ensuring the isolation between Muggles and the magic world, there are fewer and fewer places for magical creatures to live.

However, creatures like giants always have a great demand for living space. They need not only a place for daily survival, but also a relatively free individual space.

Giants not only hunt other creatures for survival, but also often trigger fights because of their natural fighting spirit. When they live together as they do now, infighting occurs very frequently.

"Dumbledore and I talked for a while before departure..." Hagrid said softly, staring at the sleeping giants below. "Dumbledore said it was our fault. The wizard forced them together. They had no choice but to live like this..."

"If I say, it's not clear who is right or wrong," Marca shook her head. "Many magical creatures have been extinct in history. Since they will be extinct, it means they can't become more powerful like wizards -"

"In ancient times, our wizards seemed to have experienced struggles. Our present life is the result of the efforts of our ancestors."

He thought for a moment, then turned his eyes to Hagrid and Mrs. Maxim.

"Just like you two, you have the common blood of wizards and giants..."

"I just --"

Mrs. Maxim seemed to want to deny it with her old theory of "big skeleton", but Maka shook her hand.

"In fact, I occasionally wonder how our wizards were born and how they evolved into what they are now..." Maka said in a deep voice, "maybe our blood is mixed at all, isn't it?"

Just as witches will occasionally awaken, like "Yirong mags" like Tonks, the blood of witches has always been mysterious. In other words, it has always been "suspicious".

"Don't talk about this," Marca took the initiative to put aside the topic for a moment when the three were more or less daydreaming. "Hagrid, I remember Dumbledore should have asked you to bring some gifts to their Guge before you set out. What did he bring?"

Speaking of this topic, Hagrid obviously came to the spirit.

As mentioned before, giants hate wizards and even more the magic of wizards. But in fact, what they hate is that wizards use magic to harass or deal with them.

And their favorite gift is magic.

"This is the gublesin fire, which Dumbledore made himself."

Hagrid pulled out a rather large torch from the package placed aside. When he took off the metal cover on the top of the torch, a rather beautiful blue and white flame immediately jumped up.

The brightness of this flame is not high, and it has no temperature, so it has no practical value. But since ancient times, it has another name - eternal fire.

This is a magic flame made of an ancient magic cracked by scholars. That magic inherits the consistent impression of "complexity and difficulty" given by ancient magic, and requires a very high level of magic to complete.

The reason why this magic is not included in the Hogwarts course is roughly based on the above two points.

The reason why it is called "eternal fire" is precisely because this flame can burn forever. Even if the caster dies, it will not affect its magic effect.

But Maka knows that, in essence, this thing is not a "magic flame" that burns magic, not even a "flame".

Because the "burning" of gublesin fire does not need any fuel, but a magic only related to light.

"Is there anything else?"

This first gift immediately dispelled most of Maka's interest, but to be honest, the giant really liked this "flashy" magic item because it looked very "beautiful".

"And this --" said Hagrid, taking out another large package. "The helmet made of goblins is said to be indestructible!"

Like the gublesin fire, this helmet is also a "first-class visual effect" thing.

But at least it's much better than the useless flame. Those who take the word "goblin product" will not be ordinary goods.

Of course, if it falls into the hands of giants, it is actually an ornament - they can't wear it anyway!

After that, Hagrid took out several gifts one after another, but they were obviously more common than the first two. There was nothing to say.

They stayed on the ridge until near noon and finally found a good time.

To put it bluntly, that Guge finally got up!

Negotiations with giants need to be gradual. Those big guys are naturally impatient, so the three agreed to send a gublexian fire first. After agreeing to send the next gift the next day, you should leave the giant tribe immediately.

Then Hagrid, who looked the tallest, held the gublesin fire high above his head and walked to the valley and depression below.

When several giants first noticed their "malnourished little guys", the atmosphere of the giant tribe became depressed with a roar.

"Hold high the gift and stare at Guge's position. Other giants don't have to look."

This is the custom of foreigners wishing to meet Guge when they step into the giant territory, just as Maka and other three people are doing.

When they really stand on the same plane, they can finally feel the most intuitive sense of oppression from their body shape.

Here, of course, Maka is the shortest. He is less than six feet tall.

When he walked among the giants who often rose twenty feet, even though he didn't need to be afraid of his strength, he couldn't help feeling a little dignified.

Because they didn't come to fight this time. It's easy for giants to fight with them, but if you want to be friendly with them, you have to spend more time.

Fortunately, the giants still understand the rules handed down from ancient times.

When the three of them went all the way to the valley lake, even if the giants on both sides were restless frequently, the traditional customs deeply branded in their bones still forced these "violent maniacs" to restrain the war in their hearts.

"Roar -"

Mrs. Maxim trembled with a howl from a nearby giant at them.

Finally, they finally approached the lake at a steady pace, not far from the Guge. At the same time, the restless giants gradually quieted down.

Close, Maka found that thick ice had actually formed on the surface of the lake, but it was broken by the giants with great force.

The Guge of the giant tribe was lying on the edge of the lake. When Maka and others arrived here, he was roaring and asked his people to feed him.

Unlike other giants who only use rough large animal skins to cover their private parts, what the ancient Ge wears is obviously a set of old leather armor inherited from the previous generation.

Giants have lived in poverty since ancient times, but in ancient times, when wizard wars were frequent, giants also participated as mercenaries.

Maka knew that this set of equipment should have survived those chaotic periods.

"Albus Dumbledore, a gift to Guge, the giant family, to pay tribute."

Hagrid put the gubresian fire at the feet of the giant Guge and said dryly in as simple words as possible.