Star Forge Titan

It looked like a trembling little flame, or rather, it was indeed trembling slightly. Considering that as long as it didn't expand beyond a certain size, it was even less dangerous than a common wildfire, the dwarves stopped attacking after confirming that the enemy was unable to stop it.

"It actually makes me feel a little pitiful." When passing by the flame, Afrediya suddenly took out an empty can of fruit. As for where it came from, all we can say is that foodies don't need to be so clear about it.

"You don't want to take it home as a pet, do you?" Although he said that, Alvin didn't stop him. It wasn't dangerous anyway.

"After all, the material world is not the elemental realm where environmental magic is more active. Naturally born elemental life still has certain research value." Afrediya said this in a tone full of magic.

As if sensing danger from these words, the remaining fire element immediately wanted to make a strategic shift, but the Demon King had already reached out and grasped the can. With a slight exertion of the ancient dragon's grip, the opening was squeezed to a mere crack, preventing the fire element, whose body was partially solid, from completely escaping.

He put the empty can of fruit that sealed the fire element into the small bag he carried with him. Through the zipper gap, Alvin vaguely saw that the space inside was much larger than it looked, but the things inside were rather messy. Snacks, documents and even spell scrolls were piled together randomly, which was very consistent with the stereotype of dragons piling up treasures into mountains.

"Capture completed." Afrediya made a victory gesture to Ivan. The action was a little childish but very cute.

"Okay, okay?" The latter's mouth corners rose unconsciously. The surrounding temperature was obviously hot enough to soften the asphalt, but these two guys were like a young couple walking on the street in spring, without any tension at all.

The surrounding dwarves couldn't say much, only sighing that this was probably the margin of strength. In short, the minor incident with the elemental lifeforms didn't pose much difficulty for the exploration team. Instead, the increasingly complex mechanical structures surrounding the World Forge formed a natural barrier, making the team feel like they were in a steel jungle, significantly slowing their progress.

Fortunately, the dwarves were very familiar with the outer area after years of exploration. Coupled with the reference material written as "Golden Scroll" and read as "Simple Maintenance Manual", after another period of trekking, the expedition team finally crossed the outer area and arrived at an extremely tall metal wall.

"It's so high." Afrediya exclaimed, and only when she raised her head as high as possible could she see the top of the wall.

"Indeed." Alvin looked around and found that this wall was actually the curved outer shell of the World Forging Furnace. It was only because it was too large that it gave the appearance of a flat wall in some local areas.

"Sir, this is the limit of what we dwarves can reach." Oriogo sighed and pointed at the 'wall'.

When he was young, like many of his younger kin, he resented the Titans' restrictions on the dwarves, believing it was a sign of distrust. But thirty years ago, after witnessing the astonishing changes brought about by the unrest in the World Forge, he realized with uncanny clarity that the Titans who descended upon Palladia so long ago had established the restrictions out of protection and favor for the dwarves.

As a race savvy in technology, the dwarves understood the dire consequences of an uninitiated person tampering with unfamiliar machinery without understanding the underlying technology. Imagine if the Titans hadn't forbidden them from entering the World Forge, the machinery would have spontaneously mutated within thirty years, and some clumsy, self-righteous fool would have shaken the Lonely Mountain Kingdom and even all of Palladia.

Every race has idiots, not to mention that the dwarves are also full of drunkards and wives driven crazy by drunkards.

Oriogo was very self-aware of this. After all, before he became the Dwarf King, he was a young drunkard who was a master of drinking and a strong advocate of drunk driving.

These were all mistakes I made when I was young. I can only say that the past is too painful to look back on, too painful to look back on...

As Oriogo sighed, he saw Ivan take two steps closer to the metal casing. Not to mention the unlocking device, there wasn't even a crack in this 'wall'.

"This, this is a piece of metal as big as a mountain. How was it made?" He gently touched the smooth surface of the 'wall', and his words revealed a strong sense of disbelief.

Almost instantly, the answer to this question came to Alvin's mind.

[Reshaping the World]…

The huge furnace in front of us, buried deep underground and running through the entire lonely mountain, was cast in one piece by the Titans using the power of [Reshaping the World]!

Chapter 72: Inside the Furnace

"It's hard to imagine, isn't it?" Oriogo's voice came into Ivan's ears.

"This object is larger than Lonely Mountain, yet there are absolutely no seams anywhere. It's as if it was formed naturally."

"Honestly, even if you were standing right before me, I still find it hard to imagine that those stories passed down orally are not just legends, but real history."

"Coincidentally, even as a descendant of the Titans, I have had similar thoughts."

Ivan smiled, expressing his understanding of the Dwarf King's frankness. The Titans had left behind so many incredible deeds on this planet, so exaggerated that it was difficult to even associate them with the word 'reality'.

On the other side, Afrediya, who was listening to the conversation between the two, was very relaxed.

When capturing elemental life just now, Alvin spoke about matters related to the World Forging Furnace in a very relaxed tone, which immediately made the Demon King fall into deep thought.

Afrediya didn't know why Ivan trusted the dwarf so much.

Is it because of the almost childish arm wrestling match earlier? Or is it because the dwarf ancestors once pledged their loyalty to the ancient Titans?

But she was certain of one thing: the current Dwarf King, Oriogo, was a highly qualified and excellent politician. Faced with the grave threat that threatened the destruction of the Lonely Mountain Kingdom, he would not have taken such drastic action over an ancient artifact whose exact function and value were still uncertain.

"Anyway, let's solve the problem at hand. I have a feeling there's something incredible hidden inside."

As he spoke, Ivan quickly activated his core talent, [Reshaping the World]. This power alone, he supposed, was the only thing that could allow him to successfully enter the inner area of ​​the World Forging Furnace without destroying its outer shell.

But then, the dwarf king standing nearby in heavy armor was suddenly shocked, his eyes fixed on the dark golden light in the hands of the Titan descendant.

The powerful intuition of a high-level warrior and the keen perception brought by years of professional training made Oriogo unconsciously tense his muscles.

At the moment when the other party mobilized his magic power, a strong impact swept through his body without warning.

At first, it felt a bit like the instinctive reaction of ordinary people when encountering lions and tigers, but Oriogo quickly rejected this idea. High-level warriors can control their bodies with near-perfect control, even their innate fear can be used as a weapon or a stimulant.

Therefore, what really made him unable to control himself was not fear.

It was after witnessing the collapse of mountains, hearing the cracking of the earth, and facing the surging waves that I felt deeply the insignificance of myself as an individual and the vastness of the world, and instinctively felt awe for the huge gap between the two that was beyond description in words!!!

Ancestors, I finally understand why the people of the earth have sung the deeds of the giant gods for thousands of years, and why they have upheld ancient promises and loyalty for ten thousand years.

This is because the other party is like the world itself, and its mere existence will exude an incomparable power!

At this moment, Oriogo couldn't help but shed tears of emotion.

And now Alvin's attention is completely attracted by the scene before him.

Just by activating the talent, before he could exert any intention to reshape matter, the World Forging Furnace, which was larger than the mountain, had already roared and changed.

The indestructible shell was like a disturbed surface of water, rippling across the cold, hard metal surface. Then, hundreds of tons of metal instantly liquefied, plummeting like a torrential waterfall.

"Get out of the way!" Oriogo shouted, a hint of nervousness in his voice. The dwarves instinctively wanted to disperse, but the sheer weight of so much metal falling from the sky was enough to crush anyone into pulp.

However, the worst situation did not occur. The flowing liquid metal seemed to be unaffected by gravity. Although it was flowing continuously, it was confined to a fixed range.

Just like a river flowing vertically on the ground, it is hard to imagine that its material is actually indestructible metal.

Gradually, a vortex emerged in the center of the Steel River, and the liquid metal rotated and retreated to the surroundings, revealing the entrance to the passage connecting to the deep area inside the World Forging Furnace.

The interior of the furnace was dim and nothing could be seen. It even gave off an almost icy loneliness. It did not look like a machine located in the middle of a high-temperature environment and using geothermal energy as energy.

Ivan tried to release the power of [Reshaping the World]. As the dark golden light in his palm died down, the liquid metal gradually solidified, and the vortex that revealed a channel in the center returned to being invisible.

It seems that [Reshaping the World] is the method to enter the deep areas inside the World Forging Furnace, or in other words, the certificate?

Ivan vaguely thought of something.

So, he activated his core talent again, and nodded slightly to Oriogo and others.

"Combatants, move forward and prepare to enter." The Dwarf King immediately understood and gave the order.

Researchers such as rune blacksmiths and engineers continued to stay where they were, while the vanguard explorers, mainly composed of warriors, tried to approach the vortex channel.

However, when the first dwarf approached the vortex, an accident happened again.

"I, I can't go on." The expedition members made surprised sounds.

"My legs seem to be out of control." After trying again, he added to his previous words with extraordinary calmness.

The dwarves' professionalism prevented them from showing any panic. Those at the back also stopped, reached out to grab the person in the front row who had lost the ability to move for unknown reasons, and dragged him to the back.

Less than half a second after he left, before the dwarf who knew medicine could come over to check, the vanguard explorer who had the accident spoke immediately.

"Wait, my legs are normal."

"This... is some kind of restriction?" The dwarf with the medical staff emblem embroidered on his arm frowned and asked:

"Is it aimed at dwarves or all creatures that approach?" A rune scholar then proposed another possibility.

"It seems that the current situation cannot be tested."

"Well, that's true."

The scarcity of clues quickly left the dwarves looking at each other in bewilderment.

Of course, in addition to the dwarves themselves, there was also a young girl whose name was Elrond and pronounced as Ancient Dragon, but the latter's identity as Lord Elrond made it impossible for the expedition team to take the initiative to let her take risks.

Just kidding. If something really goes wrong, it will turn into an extremely serious diplomatic incident.

Afrediya blinked, looking eager to try. However, Ivan didn't give her the chance; the black-haired boy took the initiative to stop the others from trying.

"Time is urgent. Solving the problem of magma rising is more important. I'll try to see if I can get in."

"Indeed." Oriogo nodded in agreement, then continued in a very sincere tone:

"Then, I'll leave the rest to you, sir!"

"Okay, I'll do it as soon as possible." After saying that, Alvin said no more. Maintaining the activation of his core talent [Reshaping the World], he walked towards the vortex channel in the center of the liquid metal.

When the Titan bloodline arrived at the place where the dwarves had arrived before, the abnormality that hindered their progress did not occur. Instead, part of the flowing liquid metal re-solidified, but this also did not cause any obstruction. Instead, it constructed a staircase extending inward.

Ivan raised an eyebrow, not particularly surprised. He continued forward, stepping directly onto the steps, passing through the furnace shell that had transformed into liquid metal. The vortex passage behind him automatically closed silently.

In the darkness, Alvin did not act rashly. He could feel some solid substance under his feet, but his golden eyes, which were not affected by illusions and could see things even in the dark, could not see anything at this moment.

Suddenly, a faint light appeared in the distance, sometimes far and sometimes near, as if the concept of space itself had been tampered with.

No, Alvin narrowed his eyes. After gaining the form of Pluto and beginning to have the ability to control space, he immediately realized that it was not an illusion.

The space inside the World Forging Furnace is indeed very different from the outside world!

what on earth is it?

While he was thinking about it, a prompt popped up on the Lingzi terminal as expected.

【Whether to take the contents】

Yes.

Just gave a positive answer with my mind.

The next second, the glowing object crossed the space barrier and appeared in front of the boy.

It was a golden bracelet shrouded in a dim glow like dusk?

Chapter 73: Golden Wristband

Gold wristlet, or gold bracelet.

The ornament in front of me has extremely beautiful curved lines. Although it is made entirely of gold, it does not look tacky at all. Instead, it shows a naturalness that seems to be made by nature.

There are no decorative lines or specific reliefs on the wristband, only a thin rotating metal ring. The surface of such a unique structure is shining with countless fine crystalline particles, which are the purest divine metal - Orichalcum.

In addition, there are four adjacent depressions on the golden bracelet, which seem to require specific items to fill.

This is almost explicit...

Alvin shook his head and guessed what the four depressions corresponded to without much thought.

Coupled with this thought-provoking time point a thousand years ago, he had no difficulty in guessing who made this bracelet and for what purpose.

Ishtarli, the last princess of the First Giant Kingdom and the first queen of the Northern Giant Kingdom, is said to have the Eye of Prophecy that can see through the long river of time. At the same time, she may also be his ancestor in the genetic sense.

At this point, the other party has made his purpose clear, or in other words, he has no intention of hiding it any further.

That is to let a true Titan be born in this world.

But why doesn't she become a real Titan herself?

Alvin stood there with a gloomy face and did not touch the bracelet immediately.

Speaking of talent, Ishtarli had already gained insight into the power of time at a young age and was able to see upstream and downstream beyond her own section of the river.

In terms of resources, even if the princess couldn't call upon the resources of the entire Giant Kingdom, at least she wouldn't be short of anything. Not to mention the vast amount of Titan artifacts stored in the Third Heritage Preservation Agency.

So, back to the question above. Why doesn't Ishtarri become a true Titan herself?

Don’t want to? Or can’t?

The former may be just a personal reason, but the latter means something deeper.

The feeling of being arranged by someone is getting stronger and stronger...

To be fair, while Ivan's talent and hard work certainly had a positive impact after his time travel, his Titan bloodline played a crucial role that couldn't be ignored. Genetic genes from higher beings were, to this world, like game modifiers, an invincible existence.

As the person involved, Alvin has a very clear understanding of this, so he keeps a calm mind.

Arrangements aren't necessarily all bad things. Just like your mother arranging for you to inherit the family fortune, any normal person wouldn't have any objection to it.

But what if the person who arranged this was not the biological mother, but a stepmother of unknown origin, or a monster who is not even a human being.

Then this wealth of millions of taels must be carefully considered. Is there any water in it? Are there more debts than millions of taels outside?

As for the method to dispel doubts, it is actually very simple.

Alvin suddenly smiled and reached out to grab the golden bracelet without hesitation.

Fighting Steel Armor——Form Transformation!

Pluto is summoned! The Titan is summoned!