Qi Yan had seen quite a bit of the world this past year, considering himself well-traveled and knowledgeable. He had witnessed the hundreds-of-meters-high walls of Sobea and danced with demons.
However, the high walls of the Kingdom of Sobea were dwarfed in comparison to these; Qi Yan estimated these city walls were at least 300 meters tall.
Besides the high walls, what also astonished Qi Yan were the guards at the entrance. They must have been twenty to thirty meters tall, standing there like a mountain.
Just as Qi Yan was in a daze, he was suddenly grabbed by a large hand.
"What?!"
The sudden surprise left Qi Yan no time to react. Just as he was about to use Take Over Magic, he heard a tender voice.
"Mom! Look what I found?! A little midget!"
Qi Yan looked up and saw a giant child, nearly ten meters tall, with snot running down his nose. As for why he was a child, one could tell from his innocent face, the large snot, and several missing teeth.
"Billy, what are you doing? Let him go quickly!"
A woman over twenty meters tall, seeing Qi Yan grabbed by her naughty child, quickly said.
"I'm sorry, are you alright? Billy is such a naughty boy, he doesn't know his own strength. I'm truly sorry."
The female giant squatted down and apologized to Qi Yan.
"Billy, apologize quickly!!"
"I'm sorry!"
Qi Yan patted his clothes and said, "It's fine."
"That's good! Hello, I'm Ella, and this is my child, Billy. You're a human, right? It's really rare to have a human come to the Albaf Kingdom."
"Hmm, why? Do humans rarely come here?"
"Yes! On one hand, humans are afraid of giants, and on the other hand, there's the great canyon of the Transverse Mountain Range. Very few people can pass through there."
"Indeed, that's true."
Qi Yan had also seen it when Ulquiorra flew over from above. Besides its treacherous terrain, the great canyon also had countless magical beasts, making it genuinely difficult to pass through normally.
"Do you have something you need in the Albaf Kingdom?"
"I am a Mage from Fairy Tail, and I've come here on a mission."
"A Mage?! Is it a Mage who can unleash fire and lightning and such?"
The little guy, Billy, immediately brightened up when he heard Qi Yan's words.
"Hmm... something like that!"
"Wow—! So amazing—! Can you show me?"
"Billy, don't be so rude."
"Then I'll give you candy, can you show me?"
The little guy said, pulling out a basketball-sized candy. Qi Yan's mouth twitched involuntarily at the sight, thinking he would definitely get diabetes if he ate that candy.
"No need, don't you just want to see magic? I'll show you."
Qi Yan looked at this big kid and thought of himself. If someone had performed magic for him when he was little, he would have been incredibly happy.
"Full Body Take Over · Ace!"
Qi Yan used Take Over Ace, transforming into Ace's appearance.
"Oh, oh, oh! Transformation!!"
Ella and Billy looked at Qi Yan's transformation with astonishment. Although Ella was older, she had only seen a few humans and had never seen what magic looked like. The magic Billy knew was what she had told him.
"Fire Fist!!"
Qi Yan's right hand transformed into a giant flaming arm, and he punched a large rock not far away.
Boom—!!
The huge rock was instantly shattered by the Fire Fist.
"Wow ah ah—!!"
"So amazing—!!"
Ella and Billy cheered at the sight.
The commotion here naturally attracted the attention of the guards.
"What's going on here?!"
A guard came over and asked.
"Nothing, this human Mage just performed magic for us."
"Hmm? A human Mage? This is indeed a rare visitor. Human Mage, welcome to the Kingdom of Giants. Do you have something you need?"
"Hello, I am a Mage from Fairy Tail, and I've come here on a mission from the King of Giants."
"A mission from His Majesty the King... could it be that one?! Respected Mages, please come in!"
The guard seemed to have realized something, his expression subtly changed, and then his attitude became very respectful, allowing them to pass directly.
Soon after, Qi Yan passed through a passage about eight hundred meters long. After exiting the passage, the view suddenly opened up, and a world magnified dozens of times appeared before his eyes.
On the streets, people came and went, all of them super tall giants. Qi Yan felt like an ant in front of them.
Ella said to Qi Yan, "Are you going to the palace? I'll take you. Otherwise, you don't know how long it would take, and it wouldn't be good if you got lost."
"Then I thank you."
Qi Yan nodded at her words. To be honest, he did have a way to get there, but it would be a bit too showy. If he walked normally, he wasn't worried about the distance; he was worried about accidentally being stepped on by a giant like an ant.
As his magic power increased, Qi Yan's physical fitness also greatly improved, making him much stronger than other Mages. However, in front of giants, his physical fitness was nothing; if he were stepped on, he would either die or be severely injured.
Ella placed Qi Yan on her shoulder: "Don't be so polite. After all, you showed me what magic is, and that fulfills a childhood wish of mine."
Sitting on Ella's shoulder, Qi Yan's only feeling was bigness—super big, incredibly big. Not only were the giants big, but the buildings and things in the Kingdom of Giants were also very large.
For example, an apple was bigger than him. He felt that after eating one, he wouldn't want to eat apples for a month.
"What? You haven't seen magic either?"
"Yes! This place is quite remote after all, and humans rarely appear. Even if a Mage came, you couldn't just grab them and make them perform magic for you, haha."
Qi Yan chuckled: "Heh heh, that's true. What are you doing in the capital? Are you here to shop?"
Ella shook her head: "No, we came to the capital for refuge."
"Refuge? Is there anything that even makes you giants feel dangerous?" To be honest, even though Ella and Billy were a woman and a child, even if they knew nothing about combat, their powerful physiques were enough to contend with any enemy.
"No, it's not that. Recently, a guy who specializes in kidnapping children appeared in the Kingdom of Giants. Dozens of children have already gone missing. To prevent the situation from worsening, His Majesty the King ordered all children in the country to come to the capital for refuge."
"I see!"
Hearing Ella's words, Qi Yan roughly understood that the King of Giants must have asked him to help rescue those children.
Next, Ella and Billy chatted with Qi Yan along the way. They were very curious about what the outside world was like, and Qi Yan answered each question. About half an hour later, Qi Yan arrived in front of the palace of the Kingdom of Giants.