Steampunk Era: Mad Abield

Before leaving, Malin glanced at the half-blood, who still seemed not to have recovered from his brother’s death. Malin tapped his shoulder with spiritual energy, and only then did the big fellow come around.

He seemed unsure of what to do. This lad wasn’t a Frost Giant, but likely a mixed-blood from the giants of the southern regions of old Europe, his eyes full of grievance as he looked at Malin: "Sir, you might as well kill me."

Malin shook his head; the gnome who was already raising his pistol saw it instantly disintegrate into a pile of parts in his hand.

"Why, Sir, do you need me to pick up the gun from the ground before you’re willing to kill me?" The half-blood seemed so aggrieved he was close to tears.

Malin still shook his head and after a moment’s thought, he spoke in the language of giants: "Lord Ingram and Scholar Heinstant sacrificed themselves for the good of the Guild, do you not wish to bring them back to their homeland, or would you rather leave them and yourself in a graveyard of this strange world, making it difficult for those who come after to find you?"

Malin’s words in the giant’s tongue indeed stunned the big fellow, who struggled for a while before finally nodding: "You... you are right, I... I cannot let Master Ingram and Scholar Heinstant rest as strangers in a foreign land, may I know your surname, Sir?"

Malin smiled and gave his name. As before, the half-blood did not catch the name Malin gave. He looked confused, until the half-human from the Assassin’s Guild shook his head: "Big guy, don’t you know the most famous law of the Transcendent?"

His exclamations and questions earned a nod from the half-blood: "I... I haven’t been with the Church for long, I didn’t know."

"Then listen well and remember, the true pinnacle of the Gaiates and Haus families has never had their name identified, it’s been six centuries since the Origin Serum was created, millions have been fortunate enough to return to the Great Ruin and have seen the pinnacle of the Gaiate and Haus families, yet no one has ever confirmed their names, whether it’s the pinnacle themselves or from their ancestors, their names are unconfirmable. So, when you go back, tell those who ask that you saw the pinnacle of the Gaiates, who came from the past of the river of time, witnessing the scene of his descendants’ revenge. If you need a witness, you can come to us."

After the half-human explained, the half-blood looked at Malin as if looking at a deity walking on earth.

Eventually, the big guy drove over his pickup, and with Malin’s help using spiritual energy, they loaded the motorcycle and the bodies of the two knights into the back of the truck.