The faint words echoed in the room.

Lin Zhongtian's face froze, and then he looked a little embarrassed.

Indeed, this is the heart of a volcano. Who would fly in directly from the crater?

Looking at Lin Zhongtian, whose expression looked slightly embarrassed, Hephaestus suddenly remembered a key issue.

"……Who are you?"

Hephaestus asked with a frown on his face, his lava-like arms glowing with golden-red flames, clearly ready for defense.

Lin Zhongtian smiled and said, "I am an old friend of your father. During the ancient war, I also secretly helped him. I wonder if he has mentioned me to you..."

"No."

Hephaestus said without hesitation.

Lin Zhongtian shrugged: "It seems that your relationship with your father is not very good."

Hephaestus said calmly, "When I was born, Hera threw me off Mount Olympus because of my ugly appearance. It was the sea goddess Thetis who adopted and raised me. To me, Zeus is just the king of Olympus!"

Lin Zhongtian looked at his face and instantly understood the cold relationship between him and his parents.

Because this guy's appearance is really horrible.

The upper half of his face was like that of an underdeveloped primitive man, with thick eyebrows, small eyes, a short and high nose, and an extremely large mouth that occupied his entire jaw. His dark red lips were thin and long, and contained sharp and short teeth like those of a wild beast. If one was not careful when closing his lips, his lips would probably be bitten through.

Looking at the facial features that were scattered as if after a volcanic eruption, Lin Zhongtian thought about it and could only use the word "wonderful" to describe it.

Even if Zeus casually made a clay doll, it would probably be three times more handsome than him. No wonder Hera disliked her son so much.

If Hephaestus did not have powerful divine power and the forging ability that was indispensable to Olympus, he probably would not even have been able to sit on the position of the Twelve Gods of Olympus, let alone hear Zeus telling the secrets of the ancient war in the ** like the Queen of Amazon did...

Fortunately, Lin Zhongtian didn't care about his appearance, and immediately said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if you don't know me, as long as I know you!"

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Lin Zhongtian. I come from the future. I am here to exchange knowledge about forging with you. If possible, I would also like to invite you to leave this world with me..."

Lin Zhongtian's few short sentences contained a huge amount of information.

As a result, Hephaestus was unable to react for a while.

He was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but confirm: "Are you from the future?"

Lin Zhongtian nodded with a smile: "Yes."

Hephaestus frowned and asked, "Then how dare you meet me and tell me this news?"

Lin Zhongtian smiled and said, "Don't worry, since I dare to do this, I am absolutely sure that I will not disrupt the long river of time."

Hephaestus stared at Lin Zhongtian in a daze, and suddenly asked, "Who are you?"

Lin Zhongtian said leisurely: "I am currently living in Paradise Island. The Amazon Queen Hippolyta calls me the God of Time and Space, but I think I am just an ordinary time and space traveler. At most, I have a little more insignificant time and space power than you..."

As he spoke, Lin Zhongtian raised his hand and pinched his index finger and thumb together, indicating that there was indeed only a little extra.

The corners of Hephaestus' mouth twitched slightly, and for a moment he didn't know how to respond to Lin Zhongtian's Versailles words.

After a moment's silence, Hephaestus shook his head and said, "No matter how powerful you are, as long as you take me away, it will inevitably change the future. Since you can travel through time and space, you should know what harm this will cause to reality, right?"

"Of course." Lin Zhongtian smiled, "But you don't care about this reality, right?"

Hephaestus fell silent. Ever since the Ragnarok and the fall of the god of love, he really no longer cared about this world. He only wanted to live in seclusion in Mount Etna and spend his days with forging.

Looking at the silent Hephaestus, Lin Zhongtian smiled slightly.

"It's okay. You can take your time to think about this. We have plenty of time..."

Before he finished speaking, Hephaestus suddenly asked, "Where are you going to take me?"

After these words were spoken, Lin Zhongtian was stunned.

He didn't expect that things would go more smoothly than he expected.

Hephaestus seemed genuinely interested in the idea of ​​'leaving this world'.

After a little thought, Lin Zhongtian smiled and said, "Go to the heavens and myriad worlds, see the endless rare ores, and hone your forging skills to perfection."

After that, without waiting for Hephaestus to answer, Lin Zhongtian added: "You don't have to make a decision now. Like you said, I can't take you away now. If you are really interested, wait for me here."

"I will appear again thousands of years later. By then, if you make a decision, I will take you away..."

Hephaestus's mouth, which had just opened, closed again, his eyes moved slightly, and he seemed to be really moved.

Lin Zhongtian smiled slightly, walked to the side of the stone cabinet, picked up a piece of dark golden ore, and said with interest: "If I'm not mistaken, this thing should be the material for forging the Sword of the God of Fire!"

Hephaestus suddenly came to his senses, ran over and snatched the ore from Lin Zhongtian's hand, and then said unhappily: "Since you can see it, how dare you do this to it?"

"The gold from Mount Etna is very precious. I have lived here for thousands of years and have only dug out three pieces..."

Lin Zhongtian asked with great interest: "Mount Etna gold?"

When talking about his expertise, Hephaestus changed his previous taciturnity and chattered on and on: "This is a rare treasure that can only be produced by the continuous activity of the core magma of Mount Etna for millions of years. It is a magical metal that only exists in theory!"

"I searched the entire earth and only found its traces on Mount Etna, so I named it after the mountain, and named it Mount Etna Gold..."

"Although the hardness of this metal itself is not top-notch, it is the best quenching agent and blending product in the world. Just add a little bit of it when forging a weapon, and the hardness and sharpness of the entire weapon can be improved by more than one level!"

"The Vulcan Sword you saw on Paradise Island is the sword I forged with [Adamantium] and [Volcanic Gold]. Its sharpness surpasses all my previous works and can chop at the subatomic level..."

Hephaestus chattered endlessly to Lin Zhongtian about the properties of Mount Etna gold.

That horribly ugly face seemed to become beaming with joy and radiance.

Seeing Hephaestus talking about his areas of expertise, Lin Zhongtian finally understood why he was able to pursue the goddess of wisdom Athena...

Lin Zhongtian looked at Hephaestus with great interest, and asked a few key questions from time to time when he paused.

And Hephaestus seemed to like to be a teacher in this regard, and he patiently explained each problem to Lin Zhongtian.

The two chatted for three whole days and three nights.

After talking until they were exhausted, Hephaestus warmly invited Lin Zhongtian to visit his forge room.

Lin Zhongtian readily agreed, and then went to the forging room at the bottom of the volcano with Hephaestus.

This place is located below the lava lake at the bottom of Mount Etna. The ground was hollowed out around the central lava lake, and then such a spacious and luxurious forging room was built according to the terrain.

The place in the center that is spewing out countless hot magma is a natural furnace.

It is bound and interspersed with many thick iron chains and reinforced stone pillars, connecting this natural furnace to the surrounding mountain walls, supporting the entire interior space with its exquisite structure.

Many holes were punched in the rock wall of the furnace.

Streams of hot magma flowed out of the hole and fell into the large metal cauldron next to it.

In the forging room, there were men wearing silver-gray full body armor and closed helmets busying themselves.

Some pushed mine carts full of raw ore, some were responsible for pouring the minerals in the mine carts into the big cauldron, and others stood on the edge of the cauldron holding a thick metal stick and stirring it constantly.

These people are the followers of Hephaestus, that is, the Amazon men who were abandoned by Paradise Island.

Lin Zhongtian looked at them thoughtfully, and suddenly an amber cup with white steam coming out of it appeared in front of him.

The wine in the glass is golden red in color, just like the hot magma that is constantly rolling and bubbling.

Lin Zhongtian took the amber cup and took a sip, and found that it tasted good, but the temperature was a little high.

Hephaestus drank it all in one gulp, then laughed and said, "It's been a long time since someone could communicate with me about forging skills like you did. Many of the techniques you mentioned are not even mastered by me. Don't blame me for speaking frankly. These techniques should not be your original creation, right?"

"Yes, I learned them all from other worlds."

Lin Zhongtian smiled and nodded, looking very calm.

Hephaestus did not look down on Lin Zhongtian because of this. Instead, his eyes lit up and he seemed to be even more moved by his proposal.

After three days and three nights of conversation, the two sides' understanding did not deepen, but their friendship seemed to have become even deeper.

Lin Zhongtian also admired Hephaestus' character and decided to stay here for a few more days to show him some real things.

Soon, half a month passed.

Lin Zhongtian has been staying at Mount Etna, exchanging forging skills with Hephaestus. During this period, he also took out many minerals such as Mithril from Middle-earth, Uru Metal and Vibranium from the Marvel world to share with him.

Hephaestus was worthy of being the god of forging. He quickly mastered the properties of these metals and created many magical objects based on them.

As the time for his return approached, Lin Zhongtian had to say goodbye to Hephaestus.

Hephaestus was very interested in the endless precious minerals in Lin Zhongtian's hands. The two made a thousand-year agreement that when they met next time, they would formally talk about leaving this world.

After leaving Mount Etna, Lin Zhongtian hesitated for a moment and finally returned to Paradise Island, preparing to say goodbye to little Diana formally before leaving.