The retreat led by Gwalchavad was unexpectedly difficult. Five brave knights stepped up to block the Giant King on Golgoda Hill to buy time for their comrades. In addition, as all the fronts began to fight at once as part of the operation to subjugate the Giant King, the enemy should not have had any reserve forces to stop them from retreating. That should have been the case, but in front of them were a group of Giant warriors. Their inscriptions indicated that they were the direct guards of the Giant King.

"Where are you all running off to?" Ahltemin, the captain of the guard and a great warrior of the Giants, asked with a fierce smile.

Gwalchavad looked at them with a pained expression. "I thought we were clever, setting a trap, but we ended up falling into one."

"What do you mean, a trap?" asked Agravain.

“They baited us with the Giant King."

Otherwise, they would not have appeared in front of the knights with such perfect timing. Now that Gwalchavad thought about it, the plan had gone too smoothly. He didn’t know about anything else, but he knew that the number of guards around the Giant King was too small. Such a reckless plan could not have been implemented unless they regarded their lord as an absolute object of faith, not just someone they serve. They were not wrong in the end. The fact that the Knights of the Round Table were here was itself a result of their faith.

"There's a lot of you. One of you must be quite a quick thinker. Was it you? Knight of the Holy Grail?" asked Ahltemin, pointing at Gwalchavad.

Gwalchavad answered, grasping the situation. "If I was a quick thinker, we wouldn't be here."

Ahltemin laughed. "It seems that you were too slow, so you couldn't stay with those who are stalling for time against our lord. Yes, I thought you would have stayed on Golgoda Hill instead of leading this defeated group, so it was a surprise to see you here."

Ahltemin had clashed with Gwalchavad several times in the past. Gwalchavad clenched his teeth, recalling all the times he had battled against Ahltemin.

"We are not your target. Is the target … Caradoc? After all, the Giant King's attack was aimed at keeping us away from Caradoc." said Gwalchavad.

Ahltemin applauded with an amused look on his face. "That's correct, but Caradoc is not our only target. For you all will not escape this place alive either."

With that, the Knights of the Round Table and the guards of the Giant...