This dragon girl raising system is a bit strange.

The vast, empty muddy ground seemed to stretch endlessly, and on the distant horizon, the sun hung in the sky, its warm rays bathing the earth.

The air was filled with a faint, fresh scent of earth.

On the soft soil, surrounded by weeds, three rows of clear footprints, bright and vivid in the sunlight, stretched into the distance.

At the end of the footprints were Thor and his companions.

Thor brought the two dragon girls to the outskirts of the city.

The destination was Roland Cave, mentioned in John's journal.

Once we reach that cave, everything will become clear.

Along the way, Yulia repeatedly confirmed that no small animals were indeed watching them again.

Isera was really hiding in the hospital; she wasn't faking her death to secretly follow them.

As the three walked, Yulia glanced at Thor beside her.

Approaching quietly, she then said in a soft, gentle voice:

"Young Master, I can't walk anymore."

"Can you carry me on your back...?"

"No." Thor rolled his eyes at her and answered on the spot.

Thor didn't even want to bother with such a lame excuse.

The naive Lillian was still kept in the dark.

"Young Master Thor! How can you have no empathy at all?"

Lillian immediately bent down, taking the initiative to share the burden with His Majesty.

"Your Majesty, let me carry you."

Yulia was somewhat disheartened by her failed plan in the face of her good intentions.

She wasn't actually tired from walking.

She just wanted Thor to carry her.

"No......"

She didn't want Lillian to carry her; that wouldn't be fun at all.

"All right."

The group walked on the muddy ground for a while longer, and Thor was actually quite tired.

However, there is nowhere to rest here.

Looking around, all that could be seen was an empty, boundless expanse of muddy land.

There wasn't even a tree stump to lean on, and sitting on the ground would get your pants covered in mud.

Thor slowed his pace slightly for a few seconds, which was keenly noticed by Julia.

A sly glint flashed in her eyes as she came up with an idea.

"Young Master, if you're tired, shall I carry you on my back?"

"Or you could sit on my lap and rest for a while, okay?!"

"How is it?! How is it?!"

After saying that, she squatted down, indicating that Thor could sit on her lap.

"Your Majesty, what nonsense are you spouting again!" Lillian exclaimed.

Thor really didn't want to communicate with these two silly dragons.

"Can you two just act normal for once?"

He kept a straight face and didn't say anything more, silently walking forward.

In the distance, the outline of the mountains can already be vaguely seen.

Upon spotting their target in the distance, Thor quickened his pace with the two of them.

Finally, we arrived at the foot of the mountain before noon.

The rugged, towering cliffs resemble a city wall, and at the bottom of the cliffs lies a dark and deep cave.

The cave is quite spacious, but because it is not in the sun, it is pitch black inside except for a faint light at the entrance, making it impossible to see inside from the outside.

Thor had two dragon maidens stand guard at the door.

He lit the magic lamp, and carrying it alone, he walked inside.

A damp, musty smell wafted through the air, and footsteps made a crisp sound as they landed on the hard rocks.

The interior surface of the cave is uneven, and occasionally bats flutter their wings and fly out in fright.

He soon arrived at the depths of the cave, the place he had expected to be.

He used magic to blast open the bricks and stones on the ground, revealing an old treasure chest.

He opened the treasure chest and was very surprised.

Inside the treasure chest, a familiar sword, along with countless scattered papers and props, came into view.

Thor recognized the sword; it was the very same Thunderfire Sword he used.

He took out the Thunderfire Sword stored in the ring to compare them, and sure enough, they were two identical swords.

He then looked through the other items in the treasure chest, almost all of which were system rewards he had previously received.

Including those scrolls of dark magic and potions that cause unconsciousness, they all came from John.

Thor suddenly realized something.

The so-called system rewards are actually just your future self receiving these things and having them transmitted back to you through the system.

Thor found one of the books that wasn't in the system.

The book contains this passage.

"I've been here for quite some time now. Unfortunately, the era I traveled to is too ancient. There's still some time before the story truly begins."

"I only know the storyline of some countries in the prequel."

"My kingdom rejected reform, which is why I joined the Kingdom of Lancelot. Unfortunately, reform aroused the hatred of other countries and led to war."

"During the war, I killed millions of people."

"I admit that I am a sinner, but even if I didn't do it, millions of people would still die."

"I used the souls of millions of people to finally develop the black magic of time travel, but unfortunately, by then I was already exhausted."

"I lied to them and said that hundreds of years later, I would be reborn as a person named Thor, and that they would treat you well."

In other words, John knew that Thor in the future was also a time traveler?

Why?

"Thor, you and I are both high-dimensional beings. We both volunteered to participate in the experiment of being born into this world."

"Do you remember me? I'm Fang Zihan."

Fang Zihan...

This is a familiar name; Thor's best friend before he traveled through time.

"Unfortunately, according to the original plan, I should have descended into Roger's body. Roger Ota Rivers, you should still remember him, right?"

Thor certainly remembered that this was his classmate and only best friend.

"We were supposed to save the world together. We would divide the work: I would be in charge of researching magic, and you would be in charge of planning and handling events."

"Unfortunately, my arrival went awry; I not only traveled to the wrong era, but also to the wrong person."

"In fact, I can indeed allow my soul to linger on for a hundred years, which is your era."

"Under normal circumstances, I would try with my broken strength at that time."

"If I fail, I will use the power of the millions of souls that are gathered together to turn back time, back to the moment when you began your journey."

"If I succeed, I will personally tell Enor about you and me, and then you won't see this notebook."

"By the time you see this notebook, I will have already failed."

"My soul is too fragile; a single instance of regression is enough to shatter it."

"So, I'm sorry, I can't say goodbye to you, my best friend."

This concludes the text.

In other words, I am now in my second playthrough.

The power to rewind time was used by John in the first timeline and connected with Thor in the first timeline, thus creating the so-called system.

Thor began to understand why the diary had told him not to trust Enor.

In the previous playthrough, Enor must have genuinely believed that Thor was the John of yesteryear.

As a result, without the system's support, Thor not only chose to be sacrificed, but his true identity was also discovered by Enor.

That's why Thor was "betrayed" by Enor in the previous playthrough.

Without the support of a system, yet being coveted by the most powerful woman in the kingdom, the outcome was predictable.

But will the story really be the same this time around?

Just as I was thinking this, a huge sound suddenly came from a distance outside the cave.

He quickly ran out of the cave.

Yulia and Lillian, standing at the cave entrance, gazed curiously into the distance through the woods.

In the distance, in the heart of the city, a golden pillar of light suddenly rose.

The location of the golden pillar of light should be the castle where Aynor lives.

Is this the Pope's doing?

"Young master, what is this?" Yulia asked, puzzled.

Thor voiced his conjecture.

This golden light likely represents the reaction initiated by the Church's long-standing dissatisfaction with Princess Aynor's reform policies.

In other words, there are currently two forces within the kingdom.

The Church and the Royalist Faction.

"What should we do, young master? Should we run away?" Yulia asked.

"Let's go back to the city and take a look first."

If you want to escape, you'd better retrieve Lillian's Transformation Orb from your home.

Taking Lillian, who can transform into a dragon, with you would make escaping much more feasible.

Moreover, Thor had not yet decided what he wanted to do.

Which side should we help?

Or should we stand idly by?