"Stop, how dare you act before His Highness?" Beside the hill giant, a storm giant swung the twin swords in his hands, slicing the hill giant's wooden club in half with a single stroke.

"I..." The hill giant's face flushed with anger. Then, he dropped the half of the club remaining in his hand and knelt in front of Muria. "Your Highness, I never meant to offend you."

"But," the hill giant raised his head, glaring fiercely at the cloud giant leader who had mocked him earlier, "I cannot tolerate his contempt for us hill giants."

"I didn't disrespect you hill giants," the cloud giant leader sneered. "I was just speaking the truth. You hill giants wield the power of earth elements, capable of condensing hard rocks to build caves quickly, but do you know how to build castles? And not just any castle, but a grand castle befitting His Highness Muria's status?"

The hill giant was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head in shame, saying nothing.

"Enough, Dix," Muria stopped the cloud giant leader, who wanted to continue. "The respect of the hill giants for me is evident to all. They only want to serve me."

"You don't need to argue about who will build the castle. All of you giants will participate in the construction of Tai Chi Island," Muria stood up, announcing the decision he had been thinking about for a while.

"The storm giants have the fewest numbers, but the strongest strength. You will be responsible for surveying the terrain of the island, measuring its area, and also counting the number of giants. I still don't know how many giants are following me so far."

"As for the cloud giants, you will provide me with a design for a grand castle, and then come up with a plan to build a city around the castle. Remember, prepare multiple plans."

"Then it's the tidal giants. You will search the endless ocean for treasures to adorn my castle. My castle must not be too shabby."

Muria looked at the three hill giants who had come to discuss matters representing all hill giants, their faces filled with disappointment. "Finally, you, hill giants. The castle I reside in cannot be as luxurious as my mother's, built with magic crystals. Therefore, I need a large amount of stone, enough to build a giant city. Can you provide that?"

"Of course, Your Highness Muria."

"You can count on us, Your Highness."

"We will definitely accomplish this for you."

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The three hill giants' disappointed expressions disappeared instantly, replaced by vigor and spirit. They patted their chests to assure Muria, "Concrete is our innate ability."

"Don't be too hasty with your promises. What I need is not ordinary stone. The stone I need must not only be hard, but its color must also be as white as the clouds in the daytime, pure and flawless. Can you produce such stone?"

The three hill giants looked at each other, and one of them stepped forward. He raised his hands, and green light spots appeared in the air, rushing towards his hands. Then, a huge stone brick appeared out of nowhere.

But Muria frowned at the four-meter-long, two-meter-wide, and one-meter-high stone brick. It was yellowish in color. However, he soon relaxed his brows. The color of the stone brick started to fade rapidly until it became as pure and white as a cloud in the sky, without any flaws.

"Your Highness." The hill giant raised the pristine stone brick to Muria, who took it and examined it carefully. Then, he exerted force with his hand, but the brick didn't change or crack. Considering his current strength, he could easily crush ordinary rocks with just his palm.

"The texture is hard, the quality is fine, and it's crystal-clear white. Very good," Muria nodded, satisfied with the stone created by the hill giants' innate ability. Then he hesitated for a moment. "This kind of stone shall be named: White Jade Stone."

Muria had initially wanted to use another name, one similar to a type of pure white marble in his previous life that had properties very similar to this stone, but he abandoned the idea. The word "Han" had no meaning in Eralcia.

"Thank you for giving us a name, Your Highness. We hill giants will start producing White Jade Stone for you from now on," the hill giants said gratefully, accepting the name given by Muria. Concrete shaping was their innate ability.

"Don't rush to agree. I don't need ordinary stone. The stone I need not only has to be hard, but its color must also be as white as the clouds during the day, pure and flawless. Can you condense such stone?"

The three hill giants looked at each other, and finally, under the gaze of the other giants, one of them stepped forward, raised his hands, and green light spots appeared in the air, rushing towards his hands. Then, a huge stone brick appeared out of nowhere.

But Muria frowned at the four-meter-long, two-meter-wide, and one-meter-high stone brick. It was yellowish in color. However, he soon relaxed his brows. The color of the stone brick started to fade rapidly until it became as pure and white as a cloud in the sky, without any flaws.

"Your Highness." The hill giant raised the pristine stone brick to Muria, who took it and examined it carefully. Then, he exerted force with his hand, but the brick didn't change or crack. Considering his current strength, he could easily crush ordinary rocks with just his palm.

"The texture is hard, the quality is fine, and it's crystal-clear white. Very good," Muria nodded, satisfied with the stone created by the hill giants' innate ability. Then he hesitated for a moment. "This kind of stone shall be named: White Jade Stone."

Muria had initially wanted to use another name, one similar to a type of pure white marble in his previous life that had properties very similar to this stone, but he abandoned the idea. The word "Han" had no meaning in Eralcia.

"Thank you for giving us a name, Your Highness. We hill giants will start producing White Jade Stone for you from now on," the hill giants said gratefully, accepting the name given by Muria. Concrete shaping was their innate ability.

"Thank you for your efforts. You may leave now," Muria dismissed the hill giants.

Shortly after the storm giants left, Muria, accompanied by several dragons wandering on the island, was intercepted by a group of cloud giant leaders.

"Have you completed the design for the castle?" Muria looked at the cloud giant leaders, all of whom were fifteen meters tall.

The eighteen cloud giant leaders answered Muria's question with their actions. One of them took out a miniature castle model and a stack of design drawings for Muria to examine.

"You're very fast!" Muria exclaimed sincerely, looking at the castle models in the cloud giants' hands. The castle models were downsized versions of what the castle would look like once built, based on the design drawings. This allowed Muria to choose a design more intuitively.

Muria glanced over most of the design proposals, and finally, his gaze settled on two castle models.

The castle models he ignored with just a glance weren't because they weren't beautiful. In fact, all of them met Muria's aesthetic standards. However, they were irregular and asymmetrical, appearing messy compared to the two castle models Muria favored.

The castle models Muria chose were symmetrical from all directions, a symmetry that Muria particularly liked.