An awkward vibe filled the area between King Sarge and the Oldman, with the two beening extremely cautious.

He continued to rock steadily wearing a deceptive smile, his head was covered with ash grey locks while his eye were golden brown and carried a fearsome gaze. Just like Bla-ou he bared two pairs of horns, the stone like parts upon his joints unlike the other two had resemble that if crystals. He also wore very little clothing which seem too be a theme over here.

Though he was not as large as the blue or red one in size, and his skin was normal brown, just like those of other clans and tribes,

he stills seemed too completely eclipses them in a matter of power. Just looking at him you could see his true from.

"he's a monster." King thought.

"You stare quite a bit." the old man said with smirk as his voice shook the area around them, causing King and Sarge to activate their Knights Arts out of fear.

"Shittttttt....we both took a combative stance out of fear." King thought,

"Oooooo...now now, that won't do."

The Oldman calmly spoke instantly ceasing his rocking and then began emitting an enormous stream of pressure engulfing the two, pinning them too the ground.

"Let's start over. I'm Ashen The Mountain, head of the Giant Clan, and you are?" He asked,

Suddenly the sudden pressure had vanished allowing King and Sarge to speak freely,

Looking at each other the two decided that their best chance of survival would be too not piss of the elderly man. Not too mention that he merely emitting a fraction of his strength which left them helpless against him.

"My name is King, a commander from a foreign country." King stated praying the old man would die off old age.

Sarge also gave his name and unwanted information since he was terrified if he lied that Ashen might know and kill him,

"Foreign country.......so this would be the second time that someone from a foreign land came here, and what makes it even more ridiculous is that you share a similar aura with her." Ashen mention as his demeanor began to soften,

"Did one of the enemies of the church already tried positioning themselves here on this savage country?" Sarge whispered to King,

"I doubt it. The Church has the backing of the Lesser Moons, and they aren't any living beings in our world that could challenge them...well expect the Divines, but it would take an entire squad of them to even scratch a Lesser Moon. Still this old man.....though he's not on the level of a lesser Moon, his strength is on the same or even higher than a divine." King thought to himself,

While King and Sarge ponder on about Ashen and what he had said, Ashen was more interested in King's aura. It had similarities with that of the mountain but King however was unaware. Ashen now becoming bored by the bickering of King and Sarge interjected,

"King. What's that power that sleeps within you?, mother became quite happy once after you entered." Ashen mentioned,

Instantly King felt an overwhelming surge from within himself, like if a part of him was reaching out. "Arrgggghhh.....this again? Hell is it?" He thought. Then King felt it, a sensation that resonated with him as if it were kin,

"I..I know you." King said as he kneel down too touch the ground,

"King? what are you doing? Are are you caressing the ground???? The fuk?" Sarge asked as he began too believe that he would have too ditch King in his attempt to escape.

"Mmmmmm....I was going too kill both of you after I've finished had my fill of watching you panic, but it seem you have some sort of connect too mother." Ashen said, Grinning from ear to ear.

"Mother?" They both replied.

Confused as to what or who Ashen could have been referring too.

"Ashen...tell me about Mother and why is it that your clan has be ostracized by the other Clans and Tribe." King asked, seeing this a the most optimal opportunity too gather information.

"You're pretty clever, such information could be useful too you if you were to make it back alive." Ashen stated bareing a smug look upon his face,

"Are you saying we won't make it back? Do you still intend on killing us?" King asked,

"Oh no no no, Mother wouldn't be pleased. So I've decided too let fate decide. At this very moment my boys are battling against allied Clans and Tribes on both the west and north side of the mountain, and to make the situation worse I've been infromed that the heads of the alley forces are already making their way here. So this maybe the very end of the giant clan." Ashen infromed them without even seeming worried about his situation,

"End?" The two asked.

"Well...yes and no. It no use too you but I've already made plans for this moment, in time a new race of giants will emerge and take back this mountain." Ashen proclaimed proudly while looking at Tye.

Not caring about the reclaim mountain part, Sarge had already began marking out and preparing his own grave, while King started questioning his life choices.

Ashen began to laugh uncontrollably at both King and Sarge in their distress,

"This ain't funny!" Cried out Sarge while sculpting a tombhead for his grave,

"Ashen, tell me everything." King firmly asked with conviction knowing he may not make it off of the mountain alive.

"Mmmmmmm.....what's the harm in it anyway, I've missed telling the history of our clan, plus Tye her is still too young too understand...soo...maybe you will have too tell him...fine." Ashen stated as his eyes teared up as he look at Tye,

Ashen then began to tell King his Clan's history, he first began by explaining what mother was and how she became connected with the giant clan.

The giant clan has always passed down the history of our oringines to preserve the knowledge of how we came too be. More than two hundred year ago my ancestors came too this mountain, years after settling here a chosen few were able to here her voice.

At first they thought it was some sort of madness caused by eating the mushrooms on the mountain.

"Wait so are those mushrooms on the mountain arent editable?" King interrupted,

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".........no they cause your genitals too swell. Now don't interrupt me again."Ashen replied with a fearsome gaze,

"Anyway as I was saying only a certain few had be chosen by Mother to hear her call, and after realizing that they weren't mad they followed her orders too a hidden location that leads too the inside of the mountain where she had been resting." Ashen told them,

"Is Mother still within the mountain?" King quickly asked,

"Only her spirit.....and tell your friend to stop. He's been digging that grave this whole time and I'm getting the urge to put him in it." Ashen infromed King,

"SARGE!!! get your shit together." King quickly said, to then asking ashen to please continue.

"........hmph. upon entering the mountain they came into a hollow space covered in gem stones, crystal and Ords. But within the mist of it all laid a giant woman, over the years the details of how she had looked may not be as accurate but it is said she was cloaked in gem stones and bor a crown of horns upon her head with two pairs of arms and long flowing black hair."

"My lord..Damn!" Sarge blurred out.

*Ashen glares savagely at Sarge* ".......the chosen few were dumbfounded not by her image but her outrageous beauty, but she had been heavily injured and slowly fading. The reason she had called for them was too purpose a deal in which they would become her vessels in exchange for strength and protection. Though there were also two rules, which was too never forsake her or the mountain and no other besides those of our clan were allowed in. Thus the deal had been made." Ashen said taking a slight pause too catch his breath from the story telling.

"That's why you'll rather die that leave this place, and the reason why they are so welcoming too outsiders......" King thought too himself as he now understood their resolve,

"Upon accepting her deal the selected chosen immediately felt themselves becoming Imbued with her power, by taking her power they now shared similarities with her. Her horns, gem coated skin and size, upon returning too the clan, they were in disbelief at the sight of the chosen new appearance, they were now towering over the trees, mere swings of their arms could cause fearsome air currents and each one of them carried the strength of a small entire clan."

"I see now that's why the two we encountered had almost the exact appearance, except for the size, though they are much bigger than normal, how you describe it they seem somewhat small now." King said, showing his interest,

"Mmmmmm.... yes they are small compared to our true forms, yes beginning that big had its advantages but it took up too much space on the mountain as the clan grew in size, but then mother again showed her power by increasing the size of the mountain itself, this was amazing at first but now the mountain was stretching into neighboring Clans and Tribes territories. Which started too cause conflict", Ashen stated.

"So....this being called mother, pushed onto other territories which is why everyone hates you?" Sarge asked,

"No...that wasn't the actual reason, though the mountain was now much bigger that before or clan still was big enough to maintain it so the heads of the clan began sending out members to find suitable partners to increase our numbers.

This strategy worked for some time but then other Clans and Tribes started to become aware of our growth, this caused our first battle against a neighboring clan.

They were crushed within seconds, only needing three of our clansmen too achieve it."

"Monstrous." King muttered,

"Yes. After that incident several other Clans and tribes that were near to us all tried sucking up too us, eventually the heads of our clan formed an alliance with a small tribe call the Crimson Moon, along with several other smaller clans.

Over the year those clans and tribes became incredibly strong, now that they shared our strength and durability, and as for mother her voice became faint.

Worried about her, the direct offspring of the chosen went too see her and what they saw was painful. She was slowly become a crystal, she said it's the only way for her to full recover and with the passing year mother's voice had fully vanish and that's when everything went left."

"Oh damn." King replied, leaning In more as he was deeply engorged by the tale,

"Ey....mind your language I'm front of Tye." Ashen sternly said before continuing,

"With her presence now gone a shift in power began too arise, because of the vast size of the mountain our clan had been spread out. Which lead to there being five branch heads and the main clan. Of those five, one had been offered powered by an unknown entity, his name was OU-RUK he head of the Giant Clan Crimson Moon branch. His new found strength was now on par with that of the Main clans head, and eventually he separated from the mountain breaking mother's rule." Ashen infromed them.

Ashen then went on, on how because of Ou Ruk actions that other branches also left. Giving rise to several clans and tribes thatbare presents now, but eventually they realized that because their blood wasn't as pure like our of the Main clan( direct descendants). This cause them to now seek out the females of the Main clan or lure in the younger males in hopes of breeding and producing stronger members for their own gains." Ashen stated as he took another short pause,

"That why so many of these clans and tribes have such huge warriors, not to mention they're all highly resilient." Sarge added,

The history of the Giant Clan had King completely engulfed, so much so that he was forgetting that they were in the mist of a soon all out war. Cries of battle could be heard roaring across the mountain with sudden out burst of immense strength causing small tremors. As the skirmishes grew more intense, Sarge became more worrisome for Luetinante and Q as they were probably still making there way up.

"Seem things have heated up....mmmmm." Ashen mention as he continued on with his tale,

Ashen explained that after they were betrayed by those allied Clans and Tribes that ever so often been force to engage against them as they alway tried to renter the mountain. The only plus too all of this was that the Main clan still were superior in terms of strength and durability, but we were still at a disadvantage in terms of speed because of their size.

Though it was helpful against the dragon clan, but it wasn't as effective against Ou-Ruk and his tribe who possess not only similar traits but now also possess several unique abilities.

"Soooooo basically they were much faster allowing them too take full advantage of the speed gap, not too mention Ou-Ruk being a former head would also know your disadvantages more clearly." King said,

"Wait, besides the constant clashes. The giant clan was never able to increase their number because of the lack of trustworthy partners?" Sarge asked,

"Those within the main clan were all closely related, we had to increase our numbers from other sources, but whenever one of our males went out they would either have been captured, kill, some did manage to make it back but they would have always been heavily injured on the journey back and as for our females.......it was worse,

The reason they were always injured was because they either had to engage against their partner's clan when attempting to leave. Most of time the reason was that the partner had been taken hostage, which cause my kin to taken on small forces in attempt to save them.

Eventually we told them if they did manage to find a partner that they were to stay hidden until the child was born, then they would make the trip back with only the child while the other stays hidden."

"Waittt. Won't it be more dangerous traveling with a child?" King asked.

"Children of the Giant Clan all are born with hard gem like skin, making them highly resilient. So the journey back would be somewhat easier."

"Wow...." they both said staring at Tye.

"Anyway years passed and our numbers were still drastically dropping. The Clans were placing more and more pressure upon us, this is when mother intervene. She knew that our large size had slowed us and so she gifted us with smaller frames, though we had shrunk in size we still had the same strength and durability of a giant and as a bonus she gave us another ability. 'Mountain Ash' and 'Mountain Armor' with those we had became unstoppable." Ashen stated,

"Mountain Ash?, Armor?" King asked, trying to learn more about the Clan's abilities,

"I'm old but not a fool too disclosed my clans secrets, but you knowing won't change anything either. Mountain Armor give us higher durability making use almost impenetrable, while Mountain Ash increases our mobility." Ashen infromed,

"Ooh so that's what Bla-ou used, it had made his skin completely black." Sarge replied,

After hearing sarge a look of confusion came upon Ashen's face. He then proceeded to educate him that what he saw wasn't 'Mountain Ash', nor 'Mountain Armor' but that is was an advanced from which he said he wouldn't disclose with them.

Sarge still had a lingering question with bothered him from the start, "why aren't you Red or Blue?" He asked, since both Rooi and Bla-ou were.

A smile came upon his face, "didn't know you were a colourist. So with colour would you have me be?" Ashen asked, too then have his skin turn blood Red like Rooi and then in the same instance he changed it to a Blue similar to Bla-ou.

"I get it, the Red from is Mountain Armor while the Blue one is Mountain Ash." King reckon,

*Rumbling*

"They're back." Ashen said with a slight sigh, immediately after erupting form the ground burst out both Bla-ou and Rooi, both smothered in blood, with pieces of flesh hanging from their horns and maces. Upon their sudden arrival the two didn't hesitate to instantly charge towards King and Sarge.

Boooosssshhhh!!!!

"Agggrrrrhhh!!!!", "Arrrrgggggghhh!!!!" They both grown out, as Ashen pinned both of them to the ground. With one arm around Rooi's neck and the other holding Tye, and both his legs locked around Bla-ou neck.

"Oh my....." sarge said as his heart could be heard dancing erratically, while King stood in shock watching sarge heart pulsate through his chest.

"You need to get looked at." King told him,

"These are our guest that mother has allowed too be here, so you two will show them respect. Am I clear?" He asked with his tone slightly changing giving off a more menacing vibe.

"Gramps! Why would mother ever allow such a thing?" Bla-ou asked while still attempting too crawl towards King and Sarge,

"Ge..Get....GET OFF!" Shouted Rooi, too then bite fiercely on Ashen arm,

It was an unusual sights too see, these two giants who had giving King such a terrible time were now like children trying to escape their father's hold.

After a short while of resistance the too finally submitted, they then infromed Ashen that heads of the ally clans and tribes had arrived causing them too retreat back into the safety of the fog.

"Gramps we've gotta go, mother can't hold them for long, staying hear is certain death, we can always come back an take the mountain." Bla-ou Saud trying to persuaded Ashen, but he was still stubborn in his own ways. This angered Rooi who then began to lash out, in his rage he darted at Ashen but only to be forcefully slam back upon the ground.

"So the fog is mother?" King thought to himself,

"Aaaaaaahhhh!!!!, fool!!. Do you want too die her that badly!" Rooi cried out as he struggled against Ashen. "At least allow us too take Tye, our Sister did everything she could to make it back with him. He's the last of the main line." Rooi begged with tears escaping his eyes,

Rushing in to assist Rooi was Bla-ou, but his efforts were in vain.

"We've already made allies with the Stallion clan and Oni race alone with other small groups too hide our kin. We'll be able to take the it back with time you old ass." Bla-ou said trying to give reason as too why Ashen should leave.

While watching them King had formulated a plan that would ensure the survival of his men, but for it too work he must attain the trust of Ashen.

"Ashen, I'll fight with you. Me and my remaining Knights will ally ourselves with you. Giving you an opportunity too escape with the child." King purpose knowing that Ashen wouldn't accept but would instead view him as an ally.

"You DARE!!.....our grandfather doesn't need help from ants." Bla-ou said In a angered tone.

"Hell do you think you are? Our old man ain't NO COWARD!!!" Rooi add as his full attention was know on King.

Both Bla-ou and Rooi felt deeply insulted by King's offer to help, too them it was the same as being spat on. Ashen however saw through King's plan but decided to use King's plan against him.

"Mother was right in trusting you, however I cant leave this mountain but Tye can. You, your Knights along with my boys will create an opening for and you too escape with Tye. Raise him and when he becomes a worthy man bring him back to this mountain. That's my deal, or you could die here along with me." Ashen threaten,

"We are screwed...." sarge stated tossing both hands in the air as he head towards the grave he had dug.

"I'll raise him well." King responded.