Star Forge Titan

Chapter 257 Target Hell

"Bye-Bye."

Even as they walked a long way, the little Lalamini people waved goodbye. And even further away, the melodious sound of a zither played.

"Music is such a wonderful thing." Frey smiled and hummed a similar melody, but gradually she stopped and no longer walked with Ivan.

"What's wrong?" Alvin turned around and looked at the girl in surprise.

"Nothing, I just remembered the words carved on the stone platform just now." Afrediya's expression gradually became serious.

"Oh, that, I was just kidding." Ivan was still a little puzzled. The stone platform itself was empty, but out of a playful mood, he casually carved the prophecy "Whoever draws this sword will be king" on the side.

Ever since revealing his origins to Afrediya alone, Alvin no longer tried to hide his past life experiences. Occasionally, he would take the initiative to talk about the past with the girl, and the latter always showed great interest and listened patiently.

"Come to think of it, it's been a while since I skipped work to play. It's almost time to go back to work seriously." Afrediya stared into Ivan's eyes and said these words slowly.

"..." Alvin was silent for a moment. Personally, he really wanted to continue traveling with Frey, but someone had to do some things.

Although Ostolfo could help, he was still a child after all, and the responsibility of a king was heavy and important, not something that could be easily taken on.

A country, dozens of provinces, tens of millions of people, the dignity of the crown is incomparable to gold, and the weight of the crown is also incomparable to pure gold.

We can't really have an offline monarchy, right?

Similarly, as a Titan, Alvin also has his own unique responsibilities to fulfill.

There were things, very important things, that only he could do. Things like the Four Gods, Hell, and the great enemy destined to descend in the distant future.

"With such a strong sense of responsibility, Frey will definitely become a super strict housekeeper in the future." Alvin said in a teasing tone, with deep affection in his eyes.

"What do you mean by housekeeper? She sounds like an old woman who is thousands of years old." Frey's eyebrows raised, and she immediately rushed over and pinched her boyfriend's cheeks and pulled them to the sides.

"Hehe, it's the housekeeper, that's it." Alvin made an unclear sound, and the two of them laughed and made a mess.

When they came to their senses, they were lying on the spring grass, with the bright moonlight above their heads. The surroundings were silent except for the chirping of insects, and each other's heartbeats became the most direct expression of their love.

"By the way." Frey suddenly spoke up, breaking the charming atmosphere.

"Ah?" Alvin was a little confused, but the words that came into his ears next made his expression freeze.

"There is also the issue of heirs." Fleur leaned close to the boy's ear, her face red like a ripe apple, revealing a bright color.

"Wait, wait a minute, why did we suddenly get to such a heavy topic?" Alvin seemed to be under a spell, and at the same time, he felt a smooth, white little hand touching him closer.

"Huh? Heavy? Are you dissatisfied with something? About my weight?" Frey's eyes suddenly became sharp.

"Absolutely not, but it's a bit early to say that now."

"I see, you don't understand what I mean at all~"

"Wait……"

"Let me tap into Titan's power!"

"Crush the dragon!"

Thus, in a corner of the island where even the celestial detectors could not find it, the honeymoon ended with the victory of the terrifying dragon. Of course, it could also be considered a win-win situation, a win-win situation in every sense of the word.

A few days later, on the deck of the Voyager, Ivan stared into the distance with a dull expression and a lifeless gaze. Beside him stood a cat-like sailor, who walked with deliberate caution. As for the Demon King, Frey had already returned to the Northern Kingdom of Elrond yesterday, accompanied by Ostolfo. She had much to do next, both in her personal life and at work.

Likewise, Titan has a lot to do, such as going to the heavens to retrieve the last fragment of the holy sword.

But when Alvin returned to the battleship hovering in low-Earth orbit, he saw the Seraphim Lucifer, whom he hadn't seen for a while, waving at him with a familiar look on his face.

"Wait, could it be..."

"Hi, hi, hi, long time no see." Lucifer came skipping closer. The Seraph's hair, made of a strange crystalline material, was now revealing a pink-gold color that symbolized happiness and other emotions.

"I always feel like I've been tricked again." Alvin muttered to himself.

"You'll get used to this kind of thing." Lucifer patted the boy's shoulder sympathetically, then took out the things in his pocket and handed them to him.

"Here, I give you this, and my mission is accomplished."

"What is it?" Alvin took the thing casually wrapped in oil paper and felt like he had received an ordinary express delivery.

When he tore open the messy packaging bag, as expected, the item that came into his sight was the last piece of debris.

A sword tip that is only the size of a palm, completely black but emitting a burning aura.

As Ivan subconsciously removed the other two pieces of the holy sword, they automatically clung together. Thus, the immortal-level weapon, the Burning Demon Sword - Revatin, was completely reunited.

Without any exaggerated special effects or any extraordinary phenomena, the three fragments simply combined into a complete sword. Instead, the dark red light that had once lingered at the fracture gradually faded, and Revatin's appearance became even more ordinary than before.

Looking at the burning magic sword Revatin lying quietly in his hand, Alvin felt a sense of unreality.

But he was sure that beneath the ordinary calm appearance, the soul of the magic sword was singing with all its heart, singing a crackling rock song of death heavy metal.

She was shouting for battle, summoning fire, eager to transform herself into a weapon of destruction, to burn the atmosphere and burn out the stars with the brilliance of flames!

"Don't be so extreme." Alvin muttered to himself.

"Let's burn two hells to celebrate."

"Great!" Before the magic sword could say anything, Lucifer, who was standing on tiptoe and watching, jumped up to express his agreement.

"Which one should we burn first? I personally recommend the Garden of Eternal Wounds. Ugh, that place doesn't even deserve to be called a garden." Seraph deliberately made a nauseous expression.

"No." Alvin shook his head.

"Let's burn the one with the most books first."

"Huh?" Lucifer was stunned, not understanding the reason for a moment.

"Come to think of it, that guy has been the least active since I came to this place." Alvin rubbed his chin and recited a newly-made proverb circulated among players in his previous life.

"The little bird is so quiet, it must be causing trouble. Why would the conspirator be so quiet? There's obviously something wrong here, a big problem!"

"It seems... to make some sense?"

So it was decided. In the third hour after obtaining the immortal weapon, the Burning Sword, Alvin launched a deep attack on the Deep Hell - the Transforming Sky.

On that day, the flames of the demon sword ignited the entire asteroid, and the Titan's authority was fully demonstrated to the surrounding universe.

Chapter 258: Silent Book Tomb

“What a disgusting color.”

Looking down at the planet ahead, Ivan unabashedly delivered a blunt insult.

In the past, whether it was driving a Colossus to bomb (self-destruct) Hell, or taking on missions deep into the outer realms in Virtual Palladio, he would enter the deep Hell through portals or ultra-long-distance space transfers.

But now it is different. Relying on Lucifer's guidance, Alvin directly transformed into a giant god and traveled to the location of the deep hell.

Thus, for the first time, he saw the entire panorama of Deep Hell with his naked eyes. It was not some alien plane or bubble universe; Deep Hell was essentially a satellite orbiting the planet Palladia.

In terms of size alone, the celestial body where Deep Hell is located is slightly larger than most asteroids, but it does not reach the category of dwarf planets. Therefore, it can neither rely on its own mass to overcome the gravity of solid bodies to achieve a hydrostatic equilibrium shape (close to a sphere), nor can it clear the other celestial bodies in its orbit.

In short, there are now four asteroids in Alvin's field of vision that are similar in size but very different in appearance. They are arranged in a row and revolve around the planet Palladia in an elliptical orbit.

This immediately gave him a clue. No wonder the frequency and intensity of Hell's intrusions fluctuated in a regular pattern. It wasn't due to some mystical reason, but simply due to the changing distance between the two sides. It seemed likely that the many celestial legions on the Fire Realm front had relied on the simple advantage of the star ring's proximity to the planet Palladia, allowing them to maintain their defenses for such a long time.

"The one that's changing the sky in the deep hell should be the blue one, right?" Having said that, Alvin turned his gaze towards the blue asteroid.

The exterior of this planet emanates magical energy so intense that it's almost solidified. On the surface of the atmosphere, constantly changing blue cyclones swirl, which are also vortexes of highly concentrated magical power. From time to time, you can see sky-high flames transforming into poisonous snakes, flying birds, and other shapes, leaping out of the atmosphere, drawing an unstable and changeable trajectory before falling back into the planet.

This is the deep hell - Chuanbiantian, ruled by Xin Liezhi, the lord of conspiracy and lies, the one who whispers under his wings and twists the rules, and who was once nicknamed "Little Blue Bird" by players.

"Be careful. The magical protection of Chuanbiantian is the most bizarre in all the deep hells. Its outer layer is composed of countless spell energies that form a super-large composite maze. There is no fixed spell effect at any position. It may be a simple force field isolation in the last second, and it will become a high-temperature trap filled with flames in the next second." Lucifer solemnly introduced the known information.

"Well, I do have some ideas about this." Ivan, who had transformed into the form of Pluto, raised his hand and pointed at the celestial body below. The iron-gray armor around his body unfolded, revealing a golden frame underneath that gradually lit up with dazzling light.

There was no sign at all, not even the slightest fluctuation of magic power. With space as the medium, the boundless power of the giant god descended in an instant!

The originally changing blue cyclone suddenly spread out in all directions, as if an invisible giant hand had forcibly penetrated into the atmosphere with an unstoppable force, and then stirred it unreasonably!

Instantly, tiny specks of blue light scattered in all directions, like the splash of dirty liquid from a flushed toilet. Those were actually the frantic escape of Xin Liezhi's demons. God only knew how such an unimaginable turn of events could have occurred; not even the Whisperer's grand plan mentioned this!

Chirp, quack, quack, quack.

The devil's shrill screams turned into painful soul screams, which could be heard even in outer space.

"Well done! That's how you beat those despicable bastards. I told you not to plot! I told you not to use tricks!" Lucifer, who was straightforward (stubborn?), obviously hated the devil Xin Liezhi the most. At this moment, she was flying around Ivan's head without any concealment, or in other words, dancing like an angel?

When the waves subsided, the originally intricate and ever-changing compound spell maze in a large area below had of course disappeared. It was indeed expelled thousands of kilometers away by Alvin using the simplest and crudest method. It would take at least more than seven days to gather and repair it again.

"Angel, I'm going to go to the surface and I'll leave the rear support to you."

"no problem!"

Even though this was only their first collaboration, Lucifer felt a strange sense of familiarity, as if they had worked together hundreds or thousands of times.

Perhaps this is compatibility? With a subtle feeling in his mind, Chi Tianyi nodded vigorously, then watched the massive Titan head towards Hell and leap straight into it.

Due to its size, the asteroid also had a certain degree of gravity. However, Ivan relied on his control of space to indirectly affect the gravitational pull on himself, and his landing caused almost no smoke or dust.

Just as I remembered, the surface of the Deep Hell Transmutation was covered in a variety of twisted, terrestrial corals. They were blue or pink, each one unique, and their appearance was completely different. It was like taking a series of photos of a blazing fire; the flames appeared completely different in each photo.

In addition, there are various books and papers scattered throughout the planet, containing a large amount of knowledge and information written in various languages. Some are priceless, while others are worthless, but Alvin did not pay any attention to any of them.

This is also a trap. As long as you have any curiosity about the scattered books, you will be attracted to read the whole book, and then your consciousness and soul will be polluted, and even your body will be horribly distorted, turning into a terrifying appearance like a demon.

"Heh, nothing new." Ivan chuckled and said something that would make any Xin Liezhi demon jump up and down, while stretching his right hand under his left arm.

The iron-gray armor opened, revealing a hidden storage space underneath. A flash of red light fell from it, and when it landed in the palm of his right hand, it had already transformed into a giant sky-burning sword that matched the giant god's form.

The pitch-black sword blade emitted a faint smoke, which was the ashes left after the material it came into contact with was completely burned. As Ivan moved forward, a red-gold flame that was more brilliant and bright than the surrounding blue-pink magic flames emerged silently. Books recording blasphemous knowledge were burned, corals filled with twisted magic were ignited, and even the surrounding atmosphere began to emit bursts of red light.

Demons? There were no demons at all. Flames spread from the northern hemisphere to the southern hemisphere, and the demons fled frantically towards the two poles, not daring to participate in a fight of this magnitude.

In the distance, Ivan spotted a floating silver palace. Logically, that was the lair of the Whisperers, constantly shifting locations.

"The whisperer, Xin Liezhi, get out here!" The visor opened, and the giant god's cold and hard platinum face uttered a scolding.

However, even though the bird's nest was burned to ashes and the sword was thrust into hell, the evil god who was supposed to rule this place did not react at all.

It's as if... he has passed away?

Chapter 259 Solidifying Destiny

To be honest, the deep hell that I saw before my eyes did not match my memory.

Apart from the atmosphere, which is rare for an asteroid, and the huge amount of chaos magic mixed in it, the interior of this celestial body seems unexpectedly lonely. There are neither the distortions and horrors that should be in the residence of an evil god, nor any bizarre wonders.

It makes people start to doubt whether they have entered the most terrifying deep hell in the legend?

Gazing at the eerie silver castle in the distance, Alvin didn't rush in immediately. He knew it was the residence of strategist Xin Liezhi, a magical fortress known as the 'Nexus of Change.'

It is said that it contains all the magic ever invented, from ancient times to the present day, and for millennia to come, along with the myriad changes and possibilities born from that magic. These near-concepts together form the entire castle, resulting in its extraordinary size and unusual shape, as if the laws of physics no longer exist.

At this moment, Alvin saw that the main entrance appeared to be strangely small in the distance and large in the near. Even he himself in the form of a giant could enter directly through the door.

Out of caution, he not only did not choose to enter the 'Hub of Change', but instead directly opened the castle.

The Titan, clad in iron-gray armor, waved forward seemingly casually.

Boom! In an instant, an immense force was unleashed, sending the top of the castle, along with a third of its area, shattering. Amidst the scattered debris, one could even see the screaming demons and the quiet Devil-chan.

These creatures normally hide within the castle, launching various attacks on intruders. Using the castle's mysterious powers, they can even summon their past or future selves to join the battle. These phantoms from the other side of time sometimes belong to demons, sometimes to intruders.

If it is the latter, then regardless of the outcome of the battle, the remaining survivors will suffer huge damage due to the paradox of fate, and death is usually the simplest outcome.

Seeing the exceptionally smooth outcome, Ivan frowned beneath his armor. The castle itself could transform, even bending its towers to dodge incoming projectiles. Countless defensive spells adorned its walls, allowing it to resist any external attack even without human intervention.

But just now, this castle known as the 'Hub of Change' did not respond at all to his attack.

Like a dead person...

Considering the power held by the Darkspeaker, Ivan didn't dwell on it for long. That wasn't his forte, but rather the opponent's area of ​​advantage. Holding the flaming sword, Ravatin, the Titan stepped into the ruined Nexus Castle.

Following the towering main gate, although only half of the door was left, and a corridor covered with curved mirrors, the mirrors there were now covered with cracks and could only reflect thousands of figures of intruders, but would not summon the other party's phantom in other parts of the long river of time. Alvin entered the most central and important Hall of Destiny in the entire castle without any hindrance.

This is the place where the evil god and the great devil use their amazing wisdom to plot and steal the world. It is also the place where the evil god's whisperer appears most often besides his private study.

But today the Hall of Destiny was exceptionally quiet. There was no shrill laughter like birdsong, nor the accompaniment of broken glass. In the air, there was only pale loneliness wandering along the relief walls.

Alvin stopped and stared at a corpse sitting slumped at the entrance of the hall, the corpse of a great demon.

This creature stood several dozen meters tall, its body covered in mirror fragments and blue bird feathers. Its left foot was deformed and atrophied, and two arms strangely extended from beneath its wings. Nine fingers wrapped around a blue quill, stained with bright blue ink and bright red blood. The most peculiar part was its neck, which, as long as an osprey's, split in the middle, each sprouting two bird heads. Its four eyeballs were pale, necrotic, and turbid, seemingly unable to see.

The cause of death of the corpse was obvious. A pen was stabbed into the neck and then pulled out, and then it died. The death did not look like that of a demon at all, but more like that of a mortal.