Danmaku, my skills refresh weekly.

Alfia pondered for a moment, then sighed.

"It was a devastating defeat. The millennia of time built up by the Age of Gods vanished in that battle... No means were of any use against that 'Black Dragon.'"

A somber atmosphere filled the laboratory...

"The strongest hero, praised to the heavens, the man. The most arrogant and terrifying tyrant, the woman. They both coughed up blood, lost arms, cried out in agony, and finally fled in a miserable defeat."

"We cannot reach those wings that blot out the sky, nor can magic shake those thick scales. A simple breath was enough to crush the battle lines. Numbers are meaningless in the face of such a monster."

As if recalling the fear of being dominated by the "Black Dragon," her pupils contracted slightly: "Even if we use all our strength to injure it, its terrifying self-regeneration will render all our efforts futile. It is only at this point that despair truly crushes us."

"We also realized that with our current strength, we simply cannot defeat that thing."

A massive body the size of a mountain, unreachable flight capabilities, "magic immunity" to long-range artillery fire, and an unsolvable ability to regenerate.

There is only one way to defeat the Black Dragon.

That is a physical attack that can destroy mountains in one strike and instantly kill monsters of around level 10.

Or rather, you must first peel off its "shell" and then use magic to secure victory.

From Alfia's brief description, Sharl also realized how troublesome the black dragon was.

"After defeating Behemoth and Leviathan, Chardo and I, who were able to ignore levels and deliver fatal blows, are now seriously ill. The Empress and the Hero are powerful, but they are just 'ordinary' adventurers," Alfia commented regretfully.

Xia Er knew that when Alfia said "ordinary," she meant the stats of a "Hero" or "Ota."

There might be skills or spells similar to 'Beast Transformation' or 'Unleashed Ultimate Skill Chaos' that can temporarily increase an ability stat by one level, but that's about it.

Characters like [Gluttony] and [Silence], who can completely ignore the concept of levels, are extremely rare, even among the [Zeus and Hera Familia] who have ruled for thousands of years.

"If Chardo had been able to launch another attack back then, perhaps he could have replicated Albert's feat. Or perhaps, if I had been in my prime at the time, I could have achieved a similar result."

Charles sighed, "The difficulty lies in delivering a fatal blow... that is indeed a bit challenging."

He looked at Metluja: "So, knowing all this, will it change the course of the battle soon?"

Metluth shook her head blankly: "I don't know. But I'll tell everyone what I know, and Hippolyta and the others should be able to come up with a solution."

"It's no use... As top-level adventurers, we turned the unknown into the known the moment the battle began. However, we still didn't have much power to resist and were easily defeated."

Alfia sighed, "This is not a gap that can be bridged by simple intelligence; it requires targeted forces to emerge."

She looked at Charles: "The reason I have high hopes for you is because you have the ability to handle any problem."

"The black dragon isn't that scary; it's just that we happen to be unable to deal with all of its abilities. Like that giant octopus after the 60th floor, it's much stronger than me and has devoured multiple Great Immortals, but I can still easily suppress it. The problem is that it just happens to be unable to handle my abilities."

Ciel nodded.

In terms of threat, Kraken is in no way inferior to the three major commissioners.

However, considering that it took Zeus and Hera's kin being reduced to a minimum before they could barely kill the monster, it's somewhat underwhelming that Alfia alone could suppress it.

"I remember that when assessing a monster's potential abilities, various factors need to be considered. In the case of the Black Dragon, its advantage in the sky alone is enough to raise its level by two stages."

To be honest, even now, Orario's only means of dealing with aerial enemies are bows and arrows and magic. Given that the Black Dragon has "magic immunity", it is difficult to threaten its armor with bows and arrows alone.

The Empress and her allies could not have found Chiron at that time, or rather, Chiron at that time did not have the strength to participate in that kind of war.

"To gain an advantage in that battle, we at least need to tell the past Fels how to make the Boots of Hermes, the 'Omnipotent One'."

"If the Zeus and Hera Familia had been able to wait until our time, they might have won easily," Charles said regretfully.

"We couldn't wait. If it weren't for our battle, which depleted its immense magical power and temporarily prevented it from breaking through the barrier, the world would already be in 'the end.'" Alfia said with equal regret.

"The destruction of Zeus and Hera's retinue was an inevitable reality of the times. The world yearns for true heroes, not us, the flawed creations of the gods."

Charles shrugged: "Simply put, it was just bad luck. In this new era, no ship has emerged to carry the remnants of the old era."

Just like Gol D. Roger, the Pirate King, who reached the final island but failed to take the "One Piece" and could only laugh at himself for arriving too early. Therefore, we place all our hopes on the next generation.

However, theirs was much more tragic.

Three major commissions, 2.1 completed...

Hermes once said that Finn's era was the time with the most seeds of heroes, and also the time when the "last hero" was most likely to be born.

Charles licked his lips, his eyes sparkling with excitement: "Actually, I'm quite interested in helping the two former clans fight the Black Dragon."

“No, we can’t let Metluth be in danger. This amount of time isn’t enough for her to grow to that level,” Alfia Adam immediately retorted.

“But I want to help everyone…” Metluja’s eyes gleamed. “Never mind Alfia. You can help me, little brother Ciel.”

“I don’t like being called ‘brother’…” Charles pouted. “Well… offering some assistance indirectly isn’t out of the question, but we need to find Fels from that era first. Do you have any connections with the guild?”

Chapter 449 Logging into the 'Past'

"If it were now, I could think of countless ways to weaken the Black Dragon... It's a pity that the Empress and the Hero were born at the wrong time."

Her flight ability is countered by Yamato's gravity magic, her dragon breath can be sealed by Welf's [Invisible Ghost Fire], and her self-regeneration can be balanced by Aisfeng's output. With Haruhime's upgrade and the presence of many level 8-9 adventurers, she is not without a chance of winning the battle.

However, now, the magic of the Nine-Tailed Fox may not be able to be nurtured by Haruhime, and the strategy to defeat the Black Dragon may suffer a Waterloo. Therefore, we need to start from the past and further weaken the Black Dragon.

Thus, the plan to help the former 'Zeus and Hera Familia' defeat the Black Dragon was born.

In addition...

The reason why the heavenly fire destroyed the world was essentially because the ancient hero Abimeletheus was dissatisfied with the failure of the 'slaying of the black dragon', so he accelerated the process of the heavenly fire's corruption, causing it to erupt prematurely, in an attempt to kill the black dragon with the filthy fire that had been corrupted by the "lower realm".

To persuade Abbeymetheus to bestow the blessing of the Holy Fire upon Metlujah, one must give him faith that hope still exists in the lower realms.

Therefore, even if they cannot 'kill' the Black Dragon with Sharl's help, they should still cause enough trouble for the Black Dragon and preserve as much high-end combat power as possible. This is Sharl's goal.

"Let's start by replicating the Boots of Hermes. In the meantime, Metlujah, think about how to communicate with other factions."

“Hey, but I want to explore the world properly in the future…” Metluja clasped her hands together: “Please, I’ve finally got a healthy body, I want to try some things I never dared to do before…”

"For example?" Charles blinked.

“For example, going on an adventure with Alfia…” Metluja looked at Alfia cautiously.

"No, you're not good at sports at all... what if..."

“It’s alright, Alfia,” Charles interrupted. “This puppet has at least the same exceptional level 5 attribute as you. Even without magic or skills, it won’t encounter any danger before reaching the deeper levels.”

“Look, look, Ciel said it himself, Alphia, take me there, take me there! I’ve been wanting to see what the dungeon is like for ages!” Metluja shook Alphia’s arm, her eyes sparkling with anticipation.

"All right."

"Long live!"

It's unclear what words convinced Alfia, perhaps out of guilt towards Metluth, or perhaps because it was rare to see Metluth so happy, but Alfia nodded in agreement.

She could understand how easy and joyful it was to have a healthy body. She also seemed to understand how much the seemingly gentle and quiet Metlugh actually yearned for 'heroic' things.

In the past, the craziest thing Metlugh could do was to enjoy a proper romance before she died, to have her own love and a child.

The reason for choosing 'Crone' is probably because the weakest 'Crone' will definitely die before 'Metluja', so there's no need to worry, let him suffer alone.

After all, in Alfia's eyes, the red-eyed brat had no redeeming qualities whatsoever, was so lecherous, and had absolutely nothing attractive about him.

“Perfect timing, Alfia. You two must have a lot to talk about. Take this opportunity to have a good chat and do some things that you couldn’t do before. I also need to start moving some documents and research data. I’ll let you know when I need them.”

Xia Yan'er rested her arm on the table, seriously manipulating the puppet while copying down some research notes provided by Fels.

"Don't use the puppets recklessly," Alfia instructed, then turned back several times before leading Metlucia away.

……

After Alfia left, Charles and Fels exchanged a glance and smiled like foxes.

By projecting the consciousness of a puppet into the past, the scope of manipulation becomes incredibly vast.

Fels said, "While amnesia might occur due to the 'skill,' this effect should infinitely decrease to zero while the skill remains in effect. Events may lose their timeliness due to the butterfly effect, but 'knowledge' will not."

"So, why haven't you gone to replicate the [Hermes' Boots] yet?" Charles asked seriously. "The sooner I finish the design, the sooner I can replicate it in the 'past,' giving the Empress wings. Just thinking about it is exciting."

“Boss, what are you trying to do by sending us away?” Fels seemed to have discovered something.

"Ahem, I just haven't played 'games' in a long time." Ciel pressed the directional keys on the screen, controlling Metluth's body, running here and jumping there, occasionally rummaging through drawers and cabinets, looking for any "treasure chests" that might exist in the room.

"The puppet also brought its 'Development Ability' with it, boasting a level 7+5 ability panel. Leveling up will be a piece of cake, right? Of course, I want to have some fun too, and let Rabbit Mom experience the miracle of leveling up in a month... no, half a month."

"what……"

Ciel used the control buttons to display Metluth's current control panel to Fels...

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Metluth lv1

Ability value: I

Development Abilities: [Magic C] [Abnormal Resistance E] [Magic Defense E] [Healing D] [Overpowering Light H] [Steel Body H] [Healing H] [Player H] [Crush I]

"magic"

[The Demon King of the Other Species] [Silent Eden] [The Bell of Annihilation]

"Skill"

[The Price of Talent] [Double Fate] [A Melody of Light] [Level 8 Newbie] [Your Name]

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

"The powerful abnormal resistance can alleviate the illness in Metlucia's body. Combined with the C-rank magic and the D-rank healing, it is enough for Metlucia to unleash magic infinitely at this stage."

"With the addition of [Talent Calamity Cost] and [Level 8 Newbie], Metlujah will definitely reach level 5 or higher within a year. With sufficient durability and attribute support, even without going to the capital, Metlujah can survive until the Great Rebellion..."

While Ciel was giving his incessant explanation, he manipulated Metluth, pulled out Alphia's dress, put it on simply, grabbed an old wand and some magic items from the warehouse, and skipped all the way towards Orario Street.

……

Orario 10 years ago.

A peculiar sight has appeared today in the massive cluster of churches along Northwest Avenue.

The little princess of the Hera Familia, a delicate and graceful girl like an elf, hopped and skipped onto the street.

She would run, jump, spin in place, and brandish her weapon, looking strange and always seeming to be busy.

"Metlujah? You seem to be in a good mood today. How are you feeling?"

In the scene, Charles saw a kind-looking female NPC smiling and greeting him.

He quickly tapped the futuristic headset on his ear and said, "I'm fine, I feel great, thank you for your concern. Is there anything I can help you with?"