Titan King: Ascension of the Giant-Chapter 303 Rebirth Stone

Jarod finally broke the silence with a heavy sigh.

"I know that giant is trying to sow discord among us, but the question is: how should we respond?

Do we surrender?

Or do we gather our forces and fight back?"

Goblin Murktooth took a fierce swig of liquor, then roared in righteous anger,

"Let's take them on!

Mobilize your troops. With three of us against two of them, I refuse to believe we can't win if we go all out."

Shield Warrior Caleb exchanged a glance with Jarod, and both of them showed a strange gleam in their eyes.

"I agree. We'll risk it all and fight them to the death!"

Caleb's calm, steady tone seemed to carry a surge of battle spirit.

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"All right, Caleb. Gather the army. We'll settle this once and for all!"

That decided, Caleb headed out to rally the troops. Inside the wooden cabin, Murktooth and Jarod stayed behind a while, whispering who knows what. Murktooth finally emerged long after.

Early the next day, Murktooth dragged Caleb aside, murmuring in hushed tones about unknown schemes.

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Murktooth City, its battle over, held both joy and sorrow for different people.

"Don't blame me. Back then, the only reason I supported Delilah was because she was more suited to be chieftain than you.

Looking at it now, I made the right call—you're nothing like her, and your personalities naturally led you to different paths.

I'm already old and well past my prime. I thought maybe this time I'd find a chance to break through. But…

What a pity. I've let Lord Orion down—and wasted a precious Alpha-level resource from the Horde."

Inside a tent lay the dying elder succubus, Desdemona.

She'd already been hovering between hero level and Alpha level; during the siege, she'd challenged an Alpha-level goblin and lost, suffering terrible wounds. Had Lilith not intervened in time, Desdemona would have died on the spot.

"I never blamed you," Lilith said softly, gently holding Desdemona's pallid, wrinkled hands. "And I won't blame her either. It's all in the past now."

"Good... that's good…"

"Remember… our succubus clan… is already… tied to the giants. Even if you die, don't betray them… Betrayers never come to a good end… and they won't be truly accepted anywhere."

"Lilith, work hard… keep up with Lord Orion…"

She still had more to say, but she was out of time. Her life slipped away completely.

Thus died Elder Desdemona, one of Stoneheart Horde's eight council elders, killed in action during the cross-realm invasion.

"Lady Lilith, Lord Orion sent me to tend to Elder Desdemona's body. We'll carry her back to the Horde for a proper burial."

Thundar entered the tent and explained, bowed low. Lilith nodded and helped prepare Desdemona's remains.

"All right."

Once Lilith finished dressing Desdemona's body and combing her hair, she stepped out of the tent.

Outside, Orion had been waiting. He reached out and gently took Lilith's hand, speaking in a low voice,

"I learned a saying recently: death comes when it will. Perhaps this is her release, in a way."

Lilith merely nodded, saying nothing. She and Delilah had grown up under Desdemona's guidance. Before the two sisters ever rose to prominence, it was Elder Desdemona who led their small succubus tribe in the Black Forest.

"I'm not truly sad. I'm just realizing that if we don't keep striving for a higher life form, we'll all grow old and die someday."

Ever since Orion advanced to Legendary level, everyone in the Stoneheart Horde sensed that his existence had become fundamentally different. Put plainly, Orion would have little trouble living for over a thousand years—assuming nothing catastrophic happened.

But as Orion's women, Lilith, Lysinthia, and Delilah all worried that one day they'd wither and die, losing their beauty while he endured.

So each of them seized every chance to sleep with Orion, hoping to bear his children. Thankfully, they were still young, with plenty of time to try to change their fates.

"Lord Orion, who's this?"

"She's my wife, Lilith—one gorgeous succubus!"

Orion introduced Lilith to Rumbold.

"So this is Lord Orion's lady!"

"Lady Lilith, please accept this small gift. It's not much, but I hope you like it." Continue reading on novelbuddy

Rumbold extended his hand and offered her a bone bead.

Orion recognized it—it was the Ghostbone Armor in its initial form, which could be extremely valuable to anyone outside undead race.

"Mr. Rumbold's gift is quite good. Go ahead and take it."

At Orion's prompting, Lilith nodded and received the bead.

"Thank you, generous Mr. Rumbold."

Rumbold gave a cheerful laugh, shrugging it off.

In truth, he was curious about the scheme Orion had pulled against the trio of enemy lords, and he was more than impressed by Orion's combat skills and potential in the prior battles. Between Orion's mastery of the trident, Titan Form, and the Eightfold Spear Barrage—plus his balance between close-range and wide-area attacks—Orion seemed to be in a league of his own at the Legendary level.

That alone was reason enough for Rumbold to give Lilith a small token of goodwill.

Just then, Thundar, who had finished preparing Desdemona's remains, walked over.

"My lord, the little spiders discovered some unusual ore in an underground structure!"

Orion's eyes lit up, clearly intrigued.

"Bring me a few samples. I'd like to see what's so special about them."

"As you wish!"

A moment later, Thundar returned with two pieces of ore, placing them in Orion's hands. Before Orion could react, Rumbold let out a soft exclamation.

"Huh! This is… Rebirth Stone?"

Orion frowned, no clue what that meant.

"Mr. Rumbold, what exactly is Rebirth Stone?"

Rather than answering right away, Rumbold took the ore from Orion and channeled some transcendent power into it. To Orion's surprise, that unbreakable energy didn't destroy the mineral but was instead absorbed by it.

"From death comes life. It is reborn from nothing—that's Rebirth Stone."

Rumbold sounded thrilled. He knew how rare Rebirth Stone was. His master, Arch Lord Arthas, had invaded countless godforsaken lands and never found many chunks of it.

"Mr. Rumbold, is this stuff really that valuable?"

Rumbold grew more excited and placed the Rebirth Stone back in Orion's hands with the utmost care.

"Lord Orion, Rebirth Stone won't do much for you, but it's exceptionally rare. You could trade it for wonderful treasures.

To us undead, Rebirth Stone is the foundation of hope.

The hope of being truly reborn!"