Chapter 134: Snow Globe (3)

Kim Woojin, ‘place’ Woo [宇] and ‘true’ Jin [眞]. I told the giant my true name, a melody that I hadn’t spoken in a very long time.

—…

The giant smiled, looking down at me without a word. His silence was not threatening but had a warmth to it that contrasted sharply with the cold.

—Human. This is a graveyard, not a prison or a cradle.

The giant first solved the question I hadn’t asked but had been running around in my head.

—The cemetery prepared for me.

I had read the giant setting once before. They were a race that crossed the continent and the Great Sea to see the ends of this vast world. They were wise people who knew nearly everything and possessed a profound insight. Therefore, humans, as seen by giants, were not so different from how ants were seen by humans. Still, it was thanks to the giant’s wise and benevolent heart that he didn’t trample me.

—Human… when I see you, I know that there is a world I don’t know yet.

“…Is that so?”

-Yes.

His voice shook my soul violently.

—This is my fault for not hiding the cemetery properly.

“…”

—The passage leading to the outside is here. You can open it at any time, but you won’t go out alone if you do.

The giant read everything in my mind and gave me the right answer. But I picked out a very awkward word from the giant’s explanation.

“By fault, you mean it’s not a mistake?”

—…

The giant smiled again.

-Yes. I expected this kind of meeting someday. Thousands of years, tens of thousands of years, however long it required, but at least once.

“…It’s amazing.”

The wisdom of giants transcended humanity. If so, did he foresee my existence? Also, did he understand? That from the world called Earth, I was incorporated into the world of this game.

—It is too early to find an answer. The human race collapses the moment it reaches the end. As our giant race collapsed before in a greater time…

He meant for me to find the answer myself. I nodded; this was nothing new. It had always been that way since I became Deculein.

—The height of this cliff is tens of thousands of meters high. It will be difficult for a human to bear because it is the end of the world I have created.

I paid no attention to the giant’s warning, taking out the wood steel and jabbing it into the ice wall.