Lloyd's Quarter, Lloyd's Building, top floor offices.
Half past eight in the morning.
Tommy Lloyd had just sat down when he immediately received an intercom call.
"Yes, I'm Lloyd."
This strong man, who was over two and a half meters tall and taller than many male elves, said in a deep voice.
He is waiting for good news.
Elves are usually thin and thin, but President Lloyd's whole body is full of strong muscles. He is so huge, and his fingers are equally thick. He can't use a human rotary phone at all.
The phone he uses is a model customized by the phone company. Just like the black suit he wears and the furniture, tables and chairs he uses every day... the food that ordinary people can hold with their hands, he can only pinch with his fingers.
President Lloyd would have a lot of discomfort when using any product developed for humans. Only genuine elf products could satisfy his needs to a certain extent.
But no matter how inconvenient his daily life is, it is only a small problem after all.
What really concerned him was the racial discrimination he received on a daily basis.
In other words - to express anger.
Avalon is, after all, the realm of humans and elves.
Here, not to mention the ignorant and uncivilized trolls and lizardmen living in deserts and swamps, even goblins and dwarves will be expelled. Not to mention a hybrid giant like him.
After the Avalonians won the victory, almost all the giants in the giant kingdom were killed - this move did not meet any resistance at the time. Because all the giants were warriors, and every giant had eaten humans.
That was a hatred that had been passed down for countless generations, but it just broke out at that time.
But what really makes Tommy feel puzzled and angry is that those who can leave behind the blood of giants are all hybrid giants who once supported Avalon... In other words, these hybrid giants are not the blood of giants, but the hybrid giants.
Bloodline, they should not be discriminated against.
He even once wanted to leave Avalon and go to the far north.
It is said that there are still remnants of the giants - a heresy that existed when the giant kingdom still existed.
They are giants on the path of wisdom.
Giants are different from those trolls on southern plantations. Giants have brains and are easy to use, just like Tommy today. Pure-blood giants have higher IQs than humans, but they are only driven by never-ending rage.
Confused and choose not to use it.
Those giant philosophers who had embarked on the path of wisdom went to the far north, relying on the cold outside to suppress the furious instincts in their bodies.
They gave up eating humans and instead chose to eat fish, seabirds and seals. They became smaller in size, thick white hair grew on the outside of their dark red burning skin, and their tempers became gentler. Day and night they fell into esoteric chaos.
Among the philosophical thoughts, there even emerged a great philosopher's apostle.
Tommy also wanted to go there, at least it was quiet there.
And the giants who live in cold areas will also accept the half-giants who come to seek refuge. The only problem is that Tommy doesn't know if he can calm down.
When he gets old, he may move there to take care of himself. He sometimes thinks so.
But before that, he still wanted to give it a try while he was still young enough.
After the path of power became the path of authority, the remaining impulses of the path in those giants who did not turn to the path of wisdom naturally turned into the path of authority.
Some giants used ambition to resist this impulse, reverse it and move towards the path of transcendence - they are the top leaders of the Noble Red Society. They embarked on another path completely, and they are different from those giants who are still addicted to the pulse of blood.
People parted ways.
But even if Tommy accepted the "Sons of the Snake" ritual and was added with the ability to transcend the path... he did not have the talent to transcend the path after all. He always had a heart of authority, which is what flows in the blood of giants.
Instinct.
For him, transcendence is just a tool, and authority is the goal.
Tommy could not restrain the desire for power that was always boiling in his heart... and for this reason, although he was also a hybrid giant, his status in the Noble Red Society was not high.
——Even his compatriots look down on him.
They could completely resist the "false call" of the authoritarian path in their blood and choose another path. But Tommy couldn't.
He actually wants to do it too.
That's why he gradually gave up the management of Lloyd's. By gradually distancing himself from the center of power, he gradually adapted himself to the purest desire for transcendence. Just like the practice of those monks - through the study of wisdom
Practice the Tao to get rid of your desire for authority.
But he obviously failed.
When Tommy sat down on his seat again, he couldn't help but let out a sweet sigh. It was as if he had drunk a very strong wine, and the fragrant and fragrant breath filled his brain.
He is an alien after all.
Whether it is among humans or among giants; whether it is at Lloyd's or Noble Red.
But so what?
Those giants looked down on him, so how could he look down on them?
No culture, no brains. Giant's plan to restore the country - have you restored the country?
The giants participating today simply do not have enough population to support the restoration of the country. With the development of the times, human technology has been able to partially ignore the talent gap between humans and giants... and the most important thing is that their god, the Supreme Heaven, is no longer among them.
Bit.
The Noble Red's plan is just a castle in the air. They are just pawns used by the Star Antimony people, a group of consumables used to disrupt the situation in Avalon.
It is precisely because of this that Avalon has never worried about them... because no one would leave the knight alone and use it as food for the giants.
They have no power, but they are fundamentally unable to shake the foundation of Avalon.
And the strength is not enough at all... At least any one of Avalon's few strong men can make Noble Red extremely fearful.
What Tommy has to do is much simpler.
——He just needs to get himself on the throne.
Whether it's marrying a princess, usurping the throne, or serving as regent - it doesn't matter. Tommy doesn't care about his own race, or his descendants. All he cares about is himself.
Today, all Tommy's plans are developing smoothly - using Lloyd's to increase his voice and influence in the Noble Red Society, relying on the power of Noble Red to integrate those human businessmen, and then using Lloyd's
To influence the Round Table Hall, and then become the underground emperor of the entire Avalon.
Because his plan is highly executable, many smart people will be on his side.
And one day, the emperors of the underground will also come to the surface.
At that time, everyone who looks down on him will have to pay the price.
Now, he just needs to be patient and wait.
"……What?"
After hearing the message on the phone, Tommy was slightly shocked.
That was not the news he was waiting for.
But he didn't panic. He just pondered for a while and then simply replied: "Ask her to come up."
He straightened his clothes and poured two cups of tea. One cup was for himself, a large cup; and the other cup was for humans. This emphasized precision for him, but he had already trained a lot for this.
It's time.
Not long after, a cheerful old lady walked up with flying strides.
Her hair is silvery white, her cheekbones are high, and her face has clear wrinkles. But her back is straight, her arms are full of muscles, and her eyes are shining.
"Tommy!"
As soon as she entered the door, she let out an angry roar, which frightened the half-giant's hands to tremble slightly.
But Tommy didn't dare to make a mistake in front of her and could only laugh along with her: "Ms. Meg, what do you want from me..."
"——Don't fucking pretend!"
Meg interrupted him roughly.
She didn't use the power of Tao, but her piercing eyes were like the muzzle of a gun.
"Where did you take that Moriarty? Put him back!"
Meg ordered.
Tommy immediately thought that the attack he sent last night had been exposed. But he quickly realized:
...captured?
Didn’t I let them attack each other?
"I think you must have misunderstood. This matter has nothing to do with us at Lloyd's...at least I don't know about it..."
"[Tell the truth]." Meg ordered directly.
"I did not send anyone to arrest him. The Noble Red Society was dissatisfied with Aiwass joining Lloyd's Society, so I sent a group of people to kill him directly."
Tommy blurted out.
As soon as he said these words, his expression suddenly turned ugly.
"snort."
Meg snorted coldly.
This old lady, who was less than half his height, frightened Tommy just by looking at her.
"What about staffing? [Tell me everything]."
"Four demonologists, two second level, two third level. With a whip demon, a blade demon, and two demon dogs..."
"...Blade Demon?"
Meg sneered: "You really want him to die.
"Then, [if he dies, you will die with him]."
When she finished speaking, her voice rumbled like thunder. Silver-white runes were embedded in the depths of Tommy's mind like an illusion.
Tommy suddenly didn't dare to speak anymore. The intense fear made cold sweat break out down his spine.
"Listen, kid. You can't touch this person. Do you understand? I'll give you three days to put him back."
"I really didn't catch him..."
Tommy's voice almost became pleading: "You should be able to judge whether I am telling the truth..."
"Oh, I know it's not you. But this has to do with you sending people to attack him, right? Just because you didn't kill him doesn't mean you're innocent. You didn't do this, and it's also Lloyd's who doesn't agree with you.
I don't care if there are any other factions in it, or it's in the association. You are more familiar with it than me. You can handle it.
"I'll give you some information - the person who captured him should be a demon with a shadow demon, maybe named Aleister. In short, you go find him and take people to kill him. Then take Aiwass with you.
return.
"[If you can't do it, you will die], do you understand? They don't dare to touch you, but I dare."
Meg's words came down again and were engraved in Tommy's soul.
She held out three fingers and finally emphasized: "Three days, remember it. Don't think about running away, you can't run away."
"Yes, I know……"
The giant lowered his head humbly: "I will do my best for you..."
"Don't show your loyalty to me. Just fight for your own life, boy."
After Meg said this, she turned around and left without any fuss.
