ELECTUS 17 The Story Of The Giant Illustratio

"The staff...can only be used once. Every ingredient will be magically attached to you.

Meaning, even if we try... the staff on anyone else. It won't work. Since you obtained or at least... will obtain each... ingredient.

And about the source of power, well...it depends what power we want.

Guard Commander Chan replies with

"well that is a relief. No one can steal our staff.

About the power. Which one do you think is more effective?"

The King says

"The boy. The Electus, seemed to heavily rely on... his Fire Powers. He is so young... yet he casted Fire Tornados. Those are expert level spells. He is already... level four."

Guard Commander Chan replies with

"The boy took out half of your Kingdom. He is undoubtedly powerful. But fire has a weakness. Am i right Sire?"

The King says

"Indeed. The opposite of fire...is ice. But that of course makes everything...more difficult.

Each sort of magical power, has that special… item that grants a source of power for anyone trying to make a staff like this."

Guard Commander Chan replies with

"What do we need to provide the source of power for the Ice Controlling magical ability?

Surely it can't be an ice spike."

The King says

"Well...to obtain Fire Controlling powers... for example, you need a burning source of pitch Dark flame. Which is twice as hard to get.

But for Ice Controlling we need. A toe.

As funny as it sounds, it's almost... impossible to obtain."

Guard Commander Chan replies with

"I never heard of Dark flames before. And i don't even want to know how to obtain them.

But a toe sounds more doable.

Does it have to be a random toe or something specific?"

The King says

"Frozen Toe Kingdom. Which is located... on the edge of the continent. It has that name for a...reason.

It represents the "Frozen Toes" of the Giant ill.u.s.tratio. Once that toe is obtained, the staff...can be completed."

Guard Commander Chan replies with

"There is a Giant ill.u.s.tratio? I suppose i would know if i read more. Let me guess. To get the toe, i need to kill the giant ill.u.s.tratio?"

The King says

"Well you don't have to kill him. Mostly because he is... indestructible and almost...immortal. But his toes aren't indestructible. His toes are beyond frozen, hitting it... with a sword it's like hitting actual ice."

Guard Commander Chan replies with

"He sounds powerful enough to invade all of us. Why didn't he already?"

The King says

"He can but he also can't. His body can't stand warm weather...literally. His body... temperature is always scorching hot."

Guard Commander Chan replies with

"So if he walks anywhere warmer, his body heat can kill him?"

The King says

"Precisely. But His toes are not affected by that body heat. An interesting creature indeed.

He won't even feel it if you cut... one toe off. But of course... cutting it off is hard without being killed.

Even if he isn't doing anything, it's hard to cut it off."

Guard Commander Chan replies with

"How did this giant even appear?

Is he a magic spell gone wrong or just an ancient species."

The King says

"You don't read much... do you?

He is all of the above.

Way before... any other race existed, there were... only ill.u.s.tratios. We ruled everything.

Our numbers were small but were... on top of the food chain. The strongest….Unstoppable... We were around thirty foot tall.

But of course, evolution... did its part. And here we are now. Six foot tall people."

Guard Commander Chan replies with

"Sorry for my continuous questions sire. But how did the Giant ill.u.s.tratio, remain...well a giant. And how is he "almost immortal?"

The King says

"After you retrieve the ten foot tall Lava controller's heart... i will definitely lock you down in the dungeon... filled with books and you aren't leaving... until you read all of them.

Let that be a punishment...for letting a child shoot you down with a two foot wide fireball.

Even an ordinary guard could... s.h.i.+eld against that."

Guard Commander Chan replies with

"Yes sire. Indeed i need to learn more. I suppose that's the only way i would ever read."

The King says

"Indeed... you fool. However, i'll spare you the trouble on this topic. The Frozen Toe giant... discovered sorcery. After that, he did experiment after experiment. He wanted to... become immortal.

And he almost did."

Guard Commander Chan says

"Almost? But what does that mean sire?"

The King says

"The Frozen Toe giant, he accidentally….cursed himself. He didn't become immortal but he also did... in another way. He put himself in a constant loop of rebirth.

Every time his age gets the best of him, he casts a spell on himself.... Rather suicidal."

Guard Commander Chan replies with

"So he kills himself to be freshly reborn? But how does he get reborn? He...well he is a male. Isn't he?"

The King says

"You are able to think more…does fear equal intelligence to you? Yes he kills..himself.

His entire body disintegrates. It fades...on mid air. Except...his feet."

Guard Commander Chan says

"Its like his feet aren't a part of his body. Fascinating."

The King says

"Indeed. Once he fades. He reappears on his feet….literally. He is reborn.

He turns back to the age...the age he was when he first got the...curse.

Two hundred and thirty years precisely.

His body heat of course was also a...side effect. Frozen Toes and hot body. Ironic.

But his toe is what we need for you... to gain powers."

Guard Commander Chan replies with

"Please tell me you have a plan instead of just me hitting it with a sword.

I can't face a thirty foot tall giant and win."

The King says

"I know you coward. But fire. Fire can help you. But of course...you need to be a fire controller. Or not. I didn't wipe out all the Witches and Wizards….because….