Faint words echoed through the room.

Lin Zhongtian's face froze, and then he was slightly embarrassed.

Indeed, this is the hinterland of the volcano, and normal people who would fly in directly from the crater......

Looking at Lin Zhongtian, whose face was slightly embarrassed, Hephaestus remembered a key question.

“…… Who are you? ”

Hephaestus asked with a frown, his lava-like arms glowing with golden-red fire, clearly prepared for it.

Lin Zhongtian said with a smile: "I am your father's old friend, I also secretly helped him during the ancient war, I don't know if he mentioned my ...... to you"

"Nope."

Hephaestus said without hesitation.

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

Hephaestus said lightly: "As soon as I was born, I was thrown off Mount Olympus by Hera because of my ugly appearance, and it was Thetis, the goddess of the sea, who adopted and raised me, and Zeus was just the god king of Olympus to me!" ”

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

Because this guy's appearance is indeed the kind that is miserable.

The upper half of his face is like an underdeveloped primitive man, with thick eyebrows and small eyes, a short and high nose, a huge mouth that occupies the entire jaw, and dark red lips that are thin and long, with sharp and short teeth like beasts.

Looking at the facial features scattered randomly after a volcanic eruption, Lin Zhongtian thought about it, and could only use the word 'wonderful' to describe it.

Even if Zeus pinched a clay doll casually, it was estimated that he would be three points more handsome than him, and it was no wonder that Hera disliked this son so much.

If it weren't for Hephaestus' powerful divine power and Olympus' indispensable forging ability, I am afraid that he would not even be able to sit in the position of the twelve main gods of Olympus, let alone hear Zeus tell the secrets of the ancient war in bed like the queen of the Amazons......

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, I can just know you!" ”

"Let me introduce myself, my name is Lin Zhongtian, I am from the future, I want to exchange forging knowledge with you on this trip, and if I can, I would like to invite you to leave this world with me......"

In just a few sentences, Lin Zhongtian contains a great amount of information.

As a result, Hephaestus didn't react for a while.

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

Lin Zhongtian nodded with a smile: "Yes." ”

Hephaestus frowned and said, "Then how dare you meet me, and how dare you tell me the news?" ”

Lin Zhongtian said with a smile: "Don't worry, since I dare to do this, I am completely sure that I will not disturb the long river of time." ”

Hephaestus looked at Lin Zhongtian in a daze, and suddenly said, "Who are you?" ”

Lin Zhongtian said in a leisurely tone: "I am currently living on Paradise Island, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta, calls me the god of time and space, but I think I am just an ordinary time traveler, at most I have a little more power of time and space than you......"

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

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

After a moment of 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 kind of harm this will cause to reality, right?" ”

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

Hephaestus fell silent, since Ragnarok and the fall of Eros, he really didn't care about this world, only wanted to live in seclusion in Mount Etna, with the forge as his companion all day long.

Looking at the silent Hephaestus, Lin Zhongtian smiled slightly.

"It's okay, you can think about this matter slowly, we have time ......"

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

As soon as these words came out, Lin Zhongtian was a little stunned.

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

Hephaestus seems to be genuinely interested in the offer to 'leave this world'.

After thinking for a while, Lin Zhongtian smiled and said, "Go to the heavens and all worlds, see the infinite rare ores, and hone your forging skills to the extreme." ”

After speaking, 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." ”

"Thousands of years from now, I'll reappear, and then, if you decide, I'll take you away......"

Hephaestus' newly opened mouth closed again, and his eyes moved slightly, as if he was really moved.

Lin Zhongtian smiled slightly, walked to the side of the stone cabinet, picked up a piece of dark gold ore casually, and said with interest: "If I'm not mistaken, this thing should be the material for forging the sword of the fire god!" ”

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

"Etna gold is very precious, I have lived here in seclusion for thousands of years, and I have only dug up three pieces......"

Lin Zhongtian asked with great interest, "Etna gold?" ”

Talking about the field he is good at, Hephaestus changed his previous silence and chattered: "This is a rare treasure that can only be bred by the continuous activity of the core magma of Mount Etna for millions of years, and it is a magical metal that only exists in theory!" ”

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

"Although this metal is not the best in itself, it is the best quenching agent and blend in the world, as long as you add a little when forging a weapon, you can increase the hardness and sharpness of the entire weapon by more than one grade!"

"The sword of the god of fire that you saw on Paradise Island is the sword I forged with [King Kong] and [Volcanic Gold], and its sharpness surpasses all my previous works, and it can be slashed at a subatomic level......"

Hephaestus chattered about the properties of Etna's gold.

The miserable ugly face seemed to have become eyebrows and shining brightly.

Seeing Hephaestus' appearance when talking about his field of expertise, Lin Zhongtian finally understood why he was able to catch up with Athena, the goddess of wisdom......

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

And Hephaestus seems to like being a good teacher in this regard, and he takes the trouble to explain one problem after another to Lin Zhongtian.

The two chatted for three days and three nights.

After the conversation was dry, Hephaestus warmly invited Lin Zhongtian to his forge room.

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

Located beneath the lava lake at the bottom of Mount Etna, the lava lake in the center has been hollowed out of the ground, and a luxurious forge has been created according to the topography.

In the center, there is a natural furnace of scorching magma.

Surrounded by thick iron chains and reinforced stone pillars, the natural furnace is connected to the surrounding mountain wall, supporting the interior with an intricate structure.

There are also many holes in the rock wall of the furnace.

Streams of red-hot magma flowed out of the hole and fell into the metal dome next to it.

In the forge room, there are also men in silver-gray full-body armor and closed helmets.

Some pushed minecarts full of raw ore, some were responsible for pouring minerals into the tripod, and some held a thick metal rod standing on the edge of the tripod and stirring constantly.

These were the followers of Hephaestus, the Amazonian men who had been abandoned by Paradise Island.

Lin Zhongtian looked at them thoughtfully, and suddenly there was an extra cup of white amber in front of him.

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

Lin Zhongtian took the amber cup and tasted it, and found that the taste was not bad, but the temperature was slightly higher.

Hephaestus drank it down, then laughed and said, "It's been a long time since anyone has been able to communicate with me about the art of forging like you, and many of the techniques you mentioned have not even been mastered by me - don't blame me for speaking bluntly, these techniques are not original to you, right?"

"That's right, I learned them from other worlds."

Lin Zhongtian nodded with a smile, his expression was very calm.

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

After three days and three nights of talking, the understanding between the two sides has not deepened, but the friendship seems to have become deeper.

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

Soon, half a month passed.

Lin Zhongtian has been staying on Mount Etna, exchanging forging skills with Hephaestus, and during this time, he has also taken out Mithril from Middle-earth, Uru metal and vibranium from Marvel to share with him.

Hephaestus was a god of forging, and soon mastered the properties of these metals, from which he created many magical objects.

Until the return date was approaching, Lin Zhongtian had to say goodbye to Hephaestus.

Hephaestus was very interested in the endless precious ores in Lin Zhongtian's hands, and the two made a thousand-year covenant to officially talk about leaving this world when they met next time.

After leaving Mount Etna, Lin Zhongtian hesitated, but returned to Paradise Island, preparing to say goodbye to little Diana before leaving.

(End of chapter)