[A gentle smile ~ a hearty ugh ~ your sweet smiling face ~

  The silver heart and the golde ~ I'll give them all to you ~

  Alchemi ~ Alchema ~

  Clutg the golden star ~

  Off to dreamnd ~ off to dreamnd ~]

  "Strange, is that a lulby?"

  Listening to the pleasant singing, Thor tilted his head, full of curiosity.

  "Bzzz…" A fsh of electricity sparked in midair.

  Just as the giant ntern fish was about to dive, Thor went straight into its mouth in one leap.

  Right afterward, that colossal hunter—bearing the giant "ntern" on its head—sank into the depths of the sea.

  "Wow, so this is the ntern fish's stomach? It's as bright as daytime…"

  All around, stomach acid ed. Not far away y a patch of "nd," her te nor too small. Ten or so fierce dinosaurs were running around on it.

  Thor flew along the esophagus and reached this pce. It wasn't nearly as dark as he had imagined. On the trary, it was bright as day.

  "And it's just like a small isnd in here. The ntern fish swallowed the whole isnd but 't digest it?"

  Thor's t figure stepped onto that "nd." Three T-Rex-like dinosaurs were so terrified by his er-tall frame that they trembled, not daring to attack.

  He looked toward a rather bloated figure draped in dinosaur hide. "So there are two people here?"

  "The one who was singing just now isn't here. Are there other stomachs?"

  "And you are…?"

  The disguised figure emerged, trembling. Seeing Thor's massive, youthful form—fiery fmes dang behind his head and wings on his back—he was utterly astounded.

  "My name is Kukulkan Thor…"

  Thor khat most people were unfamiliar with the Lunaria tribe, so he expined suctly, "I'm half Lunarian and half Giant, so I'm a bit big. o be nervous, sir!"

  "Lunaria…?"

  Myskina Acier was filled with surprise. He had heard of the Giants, but never of the Lunaria.

  "Anyway, it's a rather special, rare race!" Thor said nontly. "My dad told me our tribe was once hailed as the 'race of gods,' living atop the Red Line, until we were driven out by the Wover and persecuted for turies. It's normal if you haven't heard of us!"

  "But things are different now. My father, Kukulkan El, brought together strong warriors from various races and fouhe Totto Land Kingdom in the New World. Even the Wover doesn't dare provoke us recklessly!"

  "The race of gods… Once lived on the Red Line?"

  Myskina Acier's pupils shrank. To establish a kingdom in the New World that even the Wover wouldn't dare attack—his background must be truly immense.

  He didn't linger on the subject for long and introduced himself. "Hello, I'm Myskina Acier, a stist…"

  "Eh? A stist, sir?" Thor excimed, looking at him curiously. "But how did you end up in this ntern fish's belly?"

  "Well… I've been trapped here for over a hundred years now," Acier stated pinly. "Back then, the isnd I lived on was attacked by this ntern fish, and I was swallowed."

  Being a stist, he had carefully kept track of time each day. He had a good idea of how long he'd been trapped.

  "I see…" Thor was suddenly enlightened, but then he realized something and bristled with crag energy, gring at Acier. "Wait, did you say over a hundred years? You think I'm a toddler? You're not a Giant—how could you still be alive after all this time?"

  "I'm telling you the truth…" Acier jumped in fright, worried Thht attack. He quickly expined, "And about how I'm still alive—that's aory!"

  "My daughter, Olga, tracted a strange illness. There was no medie that could cure it. After p through notes left by my predecessors, I mao refine a metal called 'Pure Gold'!"

  "Pure Gold?" Thor was taken aback; he had never heard of such a thing.

  "Yes. Pure Gold emit a special light that greatly slows the loss of vitality in a person. In other words, it grant loy…" Acier nodded. "But while it saved my daughter's life, it also attracted greedy pirates. They attacked my home—the Iron Isnd Alchemi—hoping to steal the Pure Gold!"

  "Even though I used traps to kill them, my wife was killed in the flict. My daughter, Olga, bmed my insisten researg 'Pure Gold' for her mother's death. She's never fiven me…"

  At that, sorrow and remorse filled his eyes. With a bitter smile, he went on, "Then one day, the light from the Pure Gold attracted this giant ntern fish. It swallowed up most of the isnd in one go!"

  "And in history, there have been stists who discovered Pure Gold before. People called it a 'curse,' but iy, they were simply attacked by this ntern fish. All the Pure Gold that gets swallowed ends up ihe ntern on its head!"

  "That's also how I mao survive ihis creature: the light from the Pure Gold shines within it, keeping me alive. By disguising myself, I avoided being attacked by these dinosaurs."

  "Ohh, I get it now…" Thor said in realization. Then he asked curiously, "So, was the person singing earlier your daughter?"

  "Singing…?"

  Acier's eyes went wide. Looking at Thor's t figure, he asked excitedly, "Are you saying Olga is still alive? Where is she?"

  "Mm-hmm. Not far from here, actually—just door," Thor replied, pointing.

  "I see. She's been living iern fish's sed stomach all this time. No wonder I couldn't find her!"

  Realizing the truth, Acier was overjoyed to the point of tears. "That's wonderful, Olga. I thought I'd never see you again!"

  "Thor, could you take me to her?" Acier asked expetly, practically pleading. "I'm willing to give you all the Pure Gold if you do!"

  "Sure, but you really mean it—givihe Pure Gold?" Thor blinked and peered down at him. "I'll hold you to that."

  He wasn't stupid. From what Uncle Afar had said, he could guess that the Totto Land Kingdom had been searg for the ntern fish precisely to find the Pure Gold hidden i.

  If he could bring that Pure Gold bae, his father, mother, and Mama Linlin would definitely be pleased.

  "Of course! It doesn't mean anything to me anymore…" Acier said without hesitation. "As long as you help me see Olga again, all the remaining Pure Gold is yours!"

  "Heh heh, all right!"

  Thor beamed happily.

  Bleam