[Revive...]

[The Titan...?]

"Yeah."

Lee Shin-Woo’s nonchalant response made the Giants freeze. They focused on the now exposed core; it was quite memorable to see cold air forming ice all over the core despite the circumstances.

[As expected, it takes a human to say something so impious with such ease.]

[The Titan passed away. If a human could revive it, it would've risen long ago.]

"Mm, you still don't get it even when you're looking right at it."

Lee Shin-Woo stared at the Titan's Heart...or more precisely, the Titan Golem Core, as it drew in heat from its dented side nonstop. He let out a wry laugh.

How long had it been since the core’s creation? He thought about how the story of a giant Golem had morphed into the legend of the Titan. He was certain it must have been more than a couple centuries. Moreover, there were no traces on the core indicating that it was made by a Steelworker! That meant the core hadn’t been made by the Empire!

"Do you still think the Titan is a god?"

[We will tolerate no more disrespect. I acknowledge that you're strong for a human, but the penalty for looking down on the Titan's Pride is death.]

"Is that so?" Lee Shin-Woo replied apathetically.

They remained frustratingly...