Star Forge Titan

Seeing this, Diana touched the girl's head with very skillful hands. The latter instantly calmed down and even tilted her head to let the older sister touch her.

Afrediya looked on with great envy. While she herself was popular with children, it wasn't the kind of child who relied on gentle elders. Instead, she was easily mistaken for a child her own age. It could be said that she had a kind of innocent beauty.

"Let's continue talking about the Great Beast God." Before the Demon King extended his claws towards him, Alvin instinctively changed the subject.

"Okay." Marian nodded and imitated the tribal elders in her memory, telling the legend seriously.

"Speaking of those twelve steel beast gods, each has its own unique skills, and each has extraordinary talent. When combined, they can control all the iron beasts on the earth, the ocean, and the sky at the same time. Moving mountains and filling the sea is no problem for them. It's like, like they were man-made..." The little girl secretly glanced at Ivan, and seeing that he didn't react, she mustered up the courage to continue her remarks.

"It's like a man-made giant god."

"That's amazing." Alvin exclaimed.

Hearing his words, Marianne secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and her expression became more serious.

"But the Great Beast Gods are much smarter than ordinary Iron Beasts. They initially didn't want to work forever for the Imperial Tribe, so they gained the right to work six days and rest one day."

"Then, the Great Beast God refused to submit to all the tribesmen, so only the chieftains and elders of the Imperial Tribe had the authority to order them to work."

"Finally, the great beast gods began to compete with each other, wanting to know who was stronger, who was tougher, and who had the most powerful abilities."

"The Battle of the Broken Sun happened just like that."

"That sounds like a pretty random excuse." Afrediya spoke her mind directly.

"Well, but they are iron beasts, so it's normal that they are different from humans, right?" Marian nodded in agreement, and then gave a very childish but very convincing reason.

"Why is this war called the Sunshattering War?" Alvin asked the question from another perspective.

"You'll know when the sun rises tomorrow." Marianne didn't answer immediately, but kept it a secret.

"Well, let's just look forward to it." Afrediya nodded enthusiastically, leaving Ivan, who wanted to ask a few more questions, to shrug helplessly.

"In that devastating battle, the sky was pierced by the Great Beast God's roar, the earth was torn apart by its sharp claws, and the ocean was completely transformed into undrinkable poison due to the blood flowing from its body."

"The leaders and elders of the Imperial Tribe attempted to stop the battle between the great beast gods, but were all killed. Ninety-nine percent of the remaining tribesmen also perished. Only two pairs of men and women, who hid in a large cave deep underground, survived. They are the common ancestors of all the tribes today."

Perhaps it was too tiring to say so many words in one breath, coupled with the excitement of having her arm recovered, Marianne yawned loudly, and her little head moved in steps like a chicken pecking at rice.

"I roughly understand. You should rest first." Ivan whispered and gave Diana a look.

The silver-haired girl reached out and carried Marianne to a warm place near the campfire.

The three of them sat together and began to communicate silently using communication magic.

At the beginning, Alvin points out a very important message.

"Marian said the Great Beast God was established eighty years ago."

"Obviously, this is not the world of Palladia."

Chapter 192: Jealous Tyrannosaurus

"It may take longer than expected to go back." Alvin sighed as he fiddled with the campfire out of boredom.

According to Marianne, the end of this world occurred more than eighty years ago, while the civil war in the ancient empire of the Palladian world broke out hundreds of years ago.

The inability to match historical records indicates that this place is most likely not on the planet Palladia at all.

After obtaining the complete blueprints for the Pluto Project, Ivan gained a unique perception of time and space. He was certain that the ancient tower ruins had only activated spatial shifts. This meant that on the absolute timeline, no time travel had occurred.

So, he began to suspect another possibility.

"I guess that the ancient empire also came here through the ruins of the ancient tower, and then completely cut off contact with Palladia for some reason. As to whether this severance was active or passive, we need to obtain more information to confirm it." A thoughtful look appeared on Ivan's face.

"In other words, the local civilization is the result of hundreds of years of development of the ancient empire? No wonder the magical engineering technology here is so advanced." Afrediya nodded in sudden realization.

Indeed, in a world like Palladios, where powerful individuals exist, even if the kingdom itself experiences major unrest, as long as there are no irreconcilable differences among the top combatants, it is unlikely that the entire country will fall into complete destruction.

It is like the ruler always has a powerful and absolutely loyal central army in his hands. Even if the local areas are in chaos, the worst that can happen is that he can conquer the world again.

Therefore, the demise of the ancient empire could not have been due solely to internal strife. The only possibility was that problems arose simultaneously with the empire's high-level combat capabilities and core technical personnel, which would have indeed brought irreversible consequences.

The ruins of the ancient pagoda, interplanetary teleportation, and completely severed circuits...

Alvin pieced together all the information, allowing him to vaguely guess part of the truth.

As for the teleportation device that the ancient empire had been unable to repair despite hundreds of years of developing magical technology, Alvin also had some speculation, and it was one with a very high accuracy rate.

This was most likely Titan heritage, and not just any Titan heritage. Thinking of this, Ivan couldn't help but curl his lips. He still remembered the escape device in the Golden Knight's core, the emergency teleportation backpack that carried him through interdimensional space. As a Titan descendant, he'd feel dizzy and nauseous from the series of space jumps. This could only be military equipment that prioritized user experience over performance.

It’s amazing that even the relics collected by the Third Heritage Management Agency of the Giant Kingdom are mostly just civilian items.

To give an inappropriate example, when an expedition team conducts a field expedition, they may not mind leaving behind daily necessities such as shovels and soup spoons, although this is also against discipline, but they will never abandon computers, assault rifles or even special vehicles on the spot.

Regardless of the value of the items, the potential impact on local civilization cannot be ignored.

Given the moral standards of Titans, they would not normally do such a thing.

Unless something unexpected happens...

"I'll go take a look at that thing." Diana suddenly said, pointing at the mountain spider lying in its nest not far away.

"Be careful." Ivan nodded. Although he said so, he had already dismantled the core power supply device of the Mountain Spider Magic Furnace. It was an electric vehicle with no "electricity" at all, so there was no need to worry too much.

Before leaving, Diana winked at Afrediya, and the Demon King, who was sitting still, nodded slightly with an indifferent expression.

As the silver-haired girl's back disappeared into the night, the evil dragon began to smile at Alvin, the kind of smile that made people feel creepy.

"Very proud?" Afrediya stood up and muttered softly.

The beautiful ancient dragon girl, standing with her back to the bonfire, appeared exceptionally tall even in her human form, even possessing a terrifying majesty. Not far away, Marian, already drifting off into a dream, couldn't help but tremble slightly. Although she didn't wake up immediately, she instinctively curled up into a small ball.

"No." On the other side, calm and composed Ivan answered without hesitation.

"Hmph." Frey crossed her arms and looked away unhappily.

As a result, before Alvin could figure out how to convince (coax) his girlfriend, His Majesty the Demon King sat down next to him, and then grabbed her with his two arms using the power of a dragon. If it were an ordinary person, this would be equivalent to murdering her husband.

"How did it come to this?" Ivan sighed, seemingly oblivious to the powerful attack. He truly didn't understand why things had turned out this way. He had clearly only ever seen Diana as...

Forget it, there's no point in lying to yourself.

A slap on the forehead made the boy quickly realize his true feelings and make a decision based on them.

"Fleur, I want to say I'm sorry."

"I'll beat you to death!" Without waiting for Alvin to speak, Frey snorted coldly and began to grind her golden curls with his bulletproof face skin.

"You still have the mood to be jealous? It seems you are really not in a hurry to go back." Ivan, whose mouth was twisted by the golden horn of the dragon lady, sighed incoherently.

"Because a certain playboy is also around." This straight shot made someone want to slap himself twice.

"To be honest, I've basically finished everything I could do in the past year or so. I can take care of Elrond's side, and dad and the others will check on him regularly." Afrediya counted on her fingers one by one, then looked straight into Ivan's eyes.

"Then, as the Demon King, my most important task is to resolve...resolve the issue of succession!"

At this moment, the girl's face was so red that blood was about to drip out, but she still gritted her teeth and finished speaking.

"At worst, we can just build a nest right here. Before we find a way back, we can just give birth to a few more babies. Then we won't have to worry about being too lonely."

Alvin was stunned, like a wooden chicken, and kept chirping.

Finally, he couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.

"Using an entire strange planet as his lair, he's truly a demon king and a dragon, quite overbearing indeed."

"Huh? Do you have any objection?" Afrediya's eyes widened and turned into vertical pupils.

"No, not at all, absolutely not. It's better to say that you are quite welcome." Having said that, Alvin faced his true heart and stopped pretending to be a gentleman.

"What do you mean by 'very happy'... wuwuwu." Before she could finish her words, Afrediya's panicked voice was blocked in her mouth.

Using the same direct attack method to strike the Demon King head-on, Ivan was kicked and kicked away by the Demon King, saying, "Didn't you see there were children here?"

Then, he walked happily towards the mountain spider whose key parts had been dismantled with his bare hands not long ago.

This engineering golem is quite large, and even its internal maintenance passage is large enough for two people to walk side by side.

He followed the armored hatch he had pried open with a crowbar and walked all the way to the clanking engine room. He saw Diana sitting there with her back to him, apparently trying to figure out how to operate the magical device.

The special extraordinary job allows Diana to communicate with the magical machinery in a certain way. The ultimate sublimation direction of this sequence is the fifth-level giant spirit driver, which is to pursue the synchronous fusion of a powerful transcendent soul and an even more powerful magical mechanical body, in order to achieve the ideal result of one plus one being greater than two.

Although she hadn't deliberately stepped lightly, Diana remained crouched there without a word. However, Ivan could clearly see the silver-haired girl's ears turning red at a visible speed.

Then, he noticed another thing. Although this engineering magic machine could not start the main system, the backup energy allowed the driver to run some subsystems at low power, such as the external sighting equipment with long-range vision, night vision, and magnification functions.

Ah, she saw it all!?!

"Diana, can you tell me what you think?" Ivan, who had sighed for the umpteenth time today, asked with his face covered, his voice filled with unconcealable embarrassment.

Bang! The silver-haired girl dropped the tools in her hands in panic, and squatted there with her head down and blushing, unable to utter a word for a long time.

With this socially anxious look, who knows how she turned into that cheerful and dashing white knight in the virtual world of Palladio? It's like she's schizophrenic, a completely different person.

"I just don't want to owe anyone a favor." Diana muttered in an almost inaudible voice.

"I didn't hear you clearly." Alvin took two steps forward, and the silver-haired girl subconsciously stepped back. As a result, because the engine room was too small, she immediately felt her back hit the wall.

"Originally." Diana took a deep breath and suddenly took two steps closer. Her expression became as cold and handsome as when they first met.

"I just wanted to say thank you." The silver-haired girl had a metallic smell on her body, but it was surprisingly pleasant.

"But, that's not enough."

"What's not enough?" Alvin was a little confused.

"It's not enough at all." Diana grabbed the collar of the person in front of her, and a faint white electric light flashed on her forehead until it outlined a pointed shape.

"Diana?" Ivan looked in surprise at the girl whose hair was floating against gravity.

Then, something soft took the initiative to attack.

Before Alvin could come to his senses, he felt a sense of majesty behind him.

"Hehe!" Afrediya, who appeared out of nowhere, was now facing the lights inside the maintenance passage. She looked ten or even nine times more terrifying than when she was facing the fire just now.

"You actually jumped the gun." His Majesty the Demon King puffed up his cheeks and spoke in a tone that was not bad. It was more like he was acting coquettishly or complaining than being angry.

"You did it first." Diana, who had returned to her usual stern demeanor, immediately fought back.

　 "Huh?" Afrediya walked over angrily, and using her weight advantage to squeeze in between the two of them, making the already small engine room even more crowded.

But from a certain perspective, this kind of crowding, ahem, is not unpleasant.

That’s what Alvin thought.

On the other side, Afrediya, who was glaring at her, withdrew her gaze from her boyfriend's lips and turned to look at Diana's lips.

"No." His Majesty the Demon King said firmly:

"Absolutely not without my permission!"

Hearing this arrogant remark that was almost like a child throwing a tantrum, Diana was stunned at first, then she suddenly laughed.

The smile doesn't disappear, but it shifts. The Demon King is currently the one who can't smile. It must be admitted that the silver-haired girl's smile is both incredibly handsome and incredibly smug.

She had just succeeded successfully, and now she felt a mysterious joy and calmness when facing Afrediya.

However, Diana's smile didn't last long.

"Give it back to me." Afrediya was so angry that her hair fluttered.

The possessiveness of the evil dragon plus the possessiveness of the devil made this woman lose her mind this time, so she decided to use the most direct method to emphasize her claim to the playboy next to her, and take back what she had lost in the way that belonged to the evil dragon and the devil.

So the evil dragon pounced, the evil dragon used the Flaming Red Lips, the evil dragon won, the evil dragon came to its senses, and the evil dragon self-destructed.

Anyway, what happened next scared Alvin so much that he raised his hands to cover his eyes. Of course, he covered his eyes with his fingers spread wide apart.

Chapter 193: The World After the Disaster

"I am such a sinful man."

Ivan Elian, the sinful instigator of the Shura Field, was looking up at the sky with a melancholy look on his face.

Marianne was curious about why her two sisters stopped talking to each other, but she didn't dare to ask, so she just fiddled with her new prosthesis.

Seeing the children having fun, Ivan's mood brightened considerably. When crafting this brilliant silver arm, he not only utilized the extraordinary combat technique of 'Elemental Shell' to shape its overall structure and transmission method, but also incorporated the secrets of the wind-controlling boxing techniques from the Lan Dou New Style.

As a result, the essence of this prosthesis quickly transformed from a medical device that helps disabled people resume normal life to a small self-defense prop that is essential for home, travel and killing.

The Brilliant Silver Arm automatically assumes the corresponding boxing formation and directs the flow of magical energy according to the user's will, unleashing the ultimate power of boxing. If Alvin hadn't been a Grandmaster of boxing, having ascended to Sky Warrior, he wouldn't have been able to create such a cutting-edge, fully automated prosthetic boxing limb.

At this moment, Alvin and Marian were sitting on top of the mountain spider nicknamed "Eight-legged Stone Chewer".