Agatha The Legendary Guild Master

The next day came fast and I felt like I never got the sleep I deserved. I yawned while walking outside the mansion while eating out some of my beloved blueberries as breakfast.

"They are lively today," I smiled in content while noticing the large number of people lining up in front of the library building. "They seem to take a long time to finish all of them."

I didn't stand there and decided to go out and walk a little. The talk with Meck about that valley piqued my curiosity. Besides I had nothing to do until the wheel kicked out and everyone started to work over their new path.

"Going somewhere?"

The giant welcomed me while I walked outside the heavily dense crowd at my village. They all cleared a path for me to walk and I didn't feel any hard to exit the village.

"Planning to have a walk," I said, "wanna come?"

"Like I have nothing else to do," he extended his gigantic arm, "jump on, it's easier to ride over me."

"Alright."

I didn't reject the invitation and next thing I rested over his shoulder. The scenery here looked quite strange, as everything seemed to be small.

Even that roaring river down there looked like a thin line at this moment.

"Where to?" he asked.

"Go to that direction," I pointed towards the direction Meck mentioned, "there is a valley a couple of miles there."

"I love valleys," he said before starting to move and I felt like the entire world was changing at a very fast pace.

Each step he took made him able to cross half a mile at least, and in no time I found myself away from the village and the bustling crowd there.

"It's so quiet here," I muttered, "I love this peace."

"What do you mean?" the giant said, "it's so noisy!"

"Noisy?" I asked in a loss, "are you joking? There is no sound here at all."

"There is a very annoying humming and buzzing sound coming from the direction we are going," he said before suddenly pausing, "wait a minute, you can't hear it?"

I nodded while trying to squeeze my eyes and see what he was talking about. The place beyond the village was no different than anything else… mountainous ground extended for miles while the river kept cutting it into two parts.

Yet at some point I noticed a depression and an extension of flat ground. "That's the valley he talked about," I muttered while noticing the presence of that valley, and it was really vast.

Spanning for at least hundreds of miles around, it was a perfect place to plant a large amount of fields here.

"But I can't see or hear anything of what you are speaking about."

"That sound… it's so annoying and you can't hear it… that means it's something very special, something only a unique race like me can hear."

He kept mumbling to himself like crazy. Frankly I didn't get what he was talking about and wasn't alarmed with it until I asked:

"What is this voice anyway? What possibly could cause it?"

"A hive of flying insects," he suddenly said, "no not one hive… this sound must come from a huge number of hives."

"Insects?" I couldn't help but feel a shiver down my spine, "what insects?"

"I feel like a race that might be similar to bees or wasps."

The more he spoke the deeper my shivers became. "Are you alright?" he asked and I tried to avoid answering such a question.

"Where can they hide?"

"Insects love damp shady places," he said before adding, "look around, everything here is suitable for them to breed."

His words started to alarm me and suddenly a flash of realization hit me. "Can you track that sound?"

"It's… coming from three different directions… at least," he paused a couple of times while thinking deeply about the answer, "but I can take you there if you want."

"Take me now," I dropped the idea of checking that valley, "let's see what that damn bastard is planning for me."

"Who are you talking about?"

"The hideous system of mine."

I was sure that was part of the plans of my system. I didn't like insects, but aside from my uneasiness with them, there was something very scary about them.

Their ability to grow and expand their numbers was really frightening. I didn't like the idea of having such mysterious power growing in silence beside my home.

And the fact that I couldn't hear them, or even anyone back at the village couldn't make me feel more dreadful towards these insects.

"I hope I'm not too late," I clenched my fists while thinking about my own forces. "Those two are complaining about being relaxed, I hope they will be more satisfied with this mission."

I knew my giant was strong, but these were insects. The main weakness of them was also one of their biggest strengths; their small sizes I meant.

Trying to kill them using such gigantic behemoth wouldn't serve me well. I had to face their numbers with an equal number, besides I had to look for their fatal weakness.

Each insect I heard of had one fatal weakness and it was usually an environmental one. Some were dreadful of fire, others had ice as their weakness. I had to know what would kill them best and use it for my advantage.

"Ding Dong! You should go back and watch out for your precious library!"

Just in half an hour the distasteful voice of the system rang in my mind. I totally ignored him as I said:

"We are drawing near."

"How could you tell?" the giant was surprised, "we are so close to one source of that sound. I assume we can see it from far away in less than five minutes."

"Good, just be careful."

"From what?" he sneered, "they are mere insects."

"And they can kill," I firmly said, "don't lower your guard and preferably you should find a weapon to use from now."

He stopped and seemed to think about my words. "Are you serious?" he said, "I'm a giant, what could possibly be rivaling me?"