Chapter 294: Lady Calico and the Stone Giant
“Mountain God, please come out!” A clear and delicate voice rang out, but its tone carried a sense of solemnity and formality.
At that moment, a stone by the riverside suddenly trembled, as if moved by some invisible force.
“Mountain God, please come out!”
The voice remained as clear and delicate as before, but it had grown slightly heavier, as though the speaker was becoming impatient—or perhaps putting in more effort.
The stone trembled again, then a second time. Then, as if pushed by an unseen hand, it began to roll.
And it wasn’t just that one stone. The nearby stones also started to roll in succession.
“Clatter, clatter…”
The stones didn’t roll from south to north, nor from north to south—they moved from all directions, converging toward a single central point. The smaller ones rolled lightly and swiftly, while the larger ones moved more slowly, with some difficulty. Once they had all gathered, they began to stack themselves one on top of the other, rising higher and higher.
“Mountain God, come out!”