Rebirth as a Time Dragon: A DND Chronicle

"With the fourth type of authority, God Garon will soon be promoted to a medium divine power."

Deep within the Eternal Hall, Garon withdrew his gaze, silently pondering in his heart.

Currently, among the entire Dragon God lineage, only the Metal Dragon God and the Immortal Dragon Queen possess medium divine powers. The other Dragon Gods are at the peak of lesser divine powers, but breaking through to the medium level seems indefinitely out of reach.

God Garon is the greatest beneficiary of the War of Glory.

Having ascended to godhood, he immediately reached the peak of lesser divine powers. Now, with the birth of the Dragon Demon Network, barring any accidents, he will break through his current level and advance to medium divine power.

"Becoming a medium divine power is easy because it's merely a recovery from a fall from medium divine power."

"However, achieving a greater divine power, that I do not know how to accomplish."

For Garon, the ideal future would be for both himself and God Garon to reach the level of greater divine powers, securing a top position among the myriad deities, with both his original form and divine avatar capable of holding their own.

Garon is confident in his ability to become a near-greater divine power and will soon surpass God Garon.

But for God Garon, it's more challenging.

Unless there are several more events similar to the War of Glory, and significant gains can be made from them, there is a chance to break through to greater divine power.

"But it's not impossible."

The silver dragon's gaze shifted slightly, reflecting his contemplation.

"Resonance casting, and the heavy magic power mentioned by Ioreum when leaving the Netheril Empire. Bringing all these good things to the main timeline and letting God Garon handle and improve them could potentially create more authority for God Garon just like the Dragon Demon Network did."

"Even if resonance casting and heavy magic power are not enough, countless similar artifacts are buried in the endless timeline."

"The more I travel through different timelines and collect, the sooner God Garon will also gain the potential qualifications for greater divine power."

Thus thought Garon.

However, he would not act immediately.

These plans would wait until he was sufficiently powerful, and when God Garon could no longer keep up with his strength, then he would implement them.

Garon could clearly distinguish priorities; for him, the most important was his original body, to sort out his affairs first and then, when he had spare capacity, to nurture his divine avatar. That would be the more appropriate approach.

Shifting his body, Garon glanced down at his body.

Beneath layers of gold and silver jewels, Yuna lay asleep, breathing evenly with her eyes closed, motionless, her breath becoming more stable.

Yuna was adjusting her state in her sleep.

As time passed, her spirit, will, and physical body were developing towards the most perfect and peak condition of the current phase, preparing for the upcoming Star Core Refinement.

From Yuna's descriptions, Garon had a basic understanding of Star Core Refinement, but it was neither specific nor detailed.

Seeing Yuna's earnest preparation, it was clear that Star Core Refinement was not a task to be taken lightly.

According to Yuna, there would be a powerful force dragon secretly supporting her during the process. Garon felt that there should be no major problems, especially considering the small episodes that occurred to Yuna during the War of Glory, which indicated the likely presence of a near-greater force dragon.

Looking at the quietly flowing River of Time, the silver dragon's gaze softened.

Garon invested his spiritual will into the River of Time while bursting forth with the power of time, infusing it into the river bit by bit, integrating it, and deepening his connection with the River of Time to better influence and even control part of it.

The power of time is a special kind of divine power formed by Garon drawing on the intangible waters of the River of Time.

In Garon's understanding, it is essentially a refinement and purification of the waters of the years.

In the River of Time itself, there is no power of time.

The effect of the power of time, however, allows him to influence the River of Time in return, achieving incredible feats.

For a long period, Garon's power of time could only cover a specific area of the river, accelerating, slowing down, or stopping the flow.

In Garon's view, the qualitative change in his influence over the River of Time lies in the ability called the Barrier of Years, because the Barrier of Years can bring forth a faint tributary of the river, surrounding Garon and forming a powerful defense.

This makes Garon speculate.

Since he can control a tributary, then, as long as he is powerful enough, he will eventually be able to freely navigate the entire River of Time.

What he is doing now is turning his power of time and spiritual will into

 anchors, into brands, infusing them into the River of Time, plotting to completely master this incredible creation.

However, even for the current Garon, the River of Time, which encircles countless planes of existence, is still overwhelmingly vast.

Even if he exhausts all his power of time and spiritual will, the imprints he forms are merely a drop in the ocean, completely unable to shake the River of Time itself.

But Garon is not discouraged.

He is just beginning.

As an immortal dragon, he has endless time to advance towards his goal.

In the tranquil dragon's nest, Yuna continues to sleep to adjust her state, while Garon is fully engaged in deep communication with the River of Time, extending his power of time like a spider web, expanding his sphere of influence.

Time flies by.

In the blink of an eye, more than two months have passed.

Pan Heng in the nest, the serious and solemn silver dragon's expression shifts slightly as he slowly opens his deep, starry platinum dragon eyes.

"My Lord, the information on the demonic fortress controlled by the Lord of the Shadow Shoals has been fully gathered, and the mechanical legion is ready, ready to launch a war against the demons and draw the snake out of the hole," the cold, metallic voice of the Grandmaster echoes in Garon's ears.

"Good."

"Wait for now, hold your forces, wait for my command."

"I want to set a trap for this hunt first."

The dragon curled the corners of his mouth, revealing his sharp, glittering dragon teeth, cold and sharp.

"As you wish."

After speaking, the Grandmaster falls silent.

Garon stretches his robust, intricately patterned dragon wings, flexes his body, and moves about a bit, his silvery-grey dragon scales muted and filled with a sense of stable years.

Muttering a spell, Garon casts a spell.

Eighth-circle spell: Demon Transformation.

This is a transformation-type spell that allows the caster to take on a demonic form for a limited time. While not a high-level spell, it is very suitable for what Garon plans to do next.

The charm of magic lies in this: sometimes, a not-so-advanced spell can also have unique effects.

In an instant, twisted, evil patterns crawl over Garon's scales, adding a layer of chaotic and evil demonic aura to him.

Using Demon Transformation, while shrouded by the abyssal power condensed by the spell, Garon also uses the high-level transformation technique naturally mastered by his dragonkind, transforming into the form of a spider demon.

Since he has seen the most spider demons, the transformation is more intuitive and easier for him.

Then, the River of Time begins to fluctuate.

After casting Time Teleportation, Garon, now in the form of a spider demon, gradually vanishes from the dragon's nest and descends into the bottomless abyss using the River of Time as a medium.

The first layer of the bottomless abyss, the Plains of Abyss.

In this land devoid of morality and ethics, where betrayal, evil, and war never cease, and where the landscape is filled with blood-red light, hot winds laden with the scent of blood whip up dust and sweep across the barren, cracked ground. Dry, blackened bloodstains, weathered bones, shattered armor, and silently towering fortresses dot the desolate plains.

Shadows of demons committed to death and destruction flicker in and out of visibility.

In a barren area not occupied by any demonic fortresses, the figure of a spider demon gradually emerges.

Garon lowers his head to examine his current body.

His spider legs, like black spears due to their multiple joints, can deftly stab in all directions, and his body is covered with a thick, armor-like carapace, making him look like a formidable foe.

Among all the demons of Tanar'ri, spider demons hold a mid-to-upper tier status, yet they are not at the pinnacle.

This status helps avoid unnecessary troubles while also not drawing too much attention.

The bottomless abyss is not a place of goodness.

Arriving here without any disguise, a being of Garon's strength would instantly attract the scrutiny of numerous demon lords, putting him in a passive position.

Shifting his gaze, Garon looks toward the nearest demon fortress.

His super-distance vision spans the spatial distance, bringing into view a fortress—or rather, a demonic city—covering thousands of square kilometers. It's called the Blood Shadow Fortress.

This is the largest demonic fortress under the command of the Lord of the Shadow Shoals, robust in strength, home to many demons, and also representing the face of the Lord of the Shadow Shoals in the blood battles of the Plains of Abyss. Although it is not among the very top of all super-large demonic fortresses, it is not too shabby either.

Such super-large demonic fortresses contain structures like demonic egg incubation chambers and breeding grounds, capable of mass-producing low-level demons for the blood war.

After only a brief glance, Garon withdraws his gaze.

Then, he selects a location and calmly moves towards it.

During this time, several low-level demons emerge from the cracks in the surface of the Plains of Abyss, glance at Garon, and, recognizing the form and stature of a spider demon, fearfully divert their gaze and quickly burrow back into the ground.

Quickly.

Garon reaches a region almost completely covered in dried blood and bones, stops, and, like an ordinary spider demon, burrows into the ground.

Here, he spends several days setting up a Reverse Flow Formation without alerting the demons, quietly deploying his abilities in place for use when the Reverse Flow Formation activates.

For Garon, the longer the time interval, the greater the energy consumption of time reversal.

That's why he sets up the Reverse Flow Formation right before he's ready to attack the Blood Shadow Fortress.

At the same time, Garon issues a command to the Grandmaster.

"It's time to begin."

Ding!

Scattered across various mechanical bases, the eager Mechanist players receive a system notification that the mission has officially begun.

[After years of development, the Mechanical Legion has hit a plateau, stagnating and facing bottlenecks, with several large bases destroyed by demon lords.]

[The arrogance of demons grows daily.]

[To change the status quo and restore the prestige of machinery, in accordance with the orders of the Grandmaster, all players are asked to prepare for battle, targeting the super-large demon fortress, Blood Shadow, to destroy the fortress and slaughter the demons, reminding them of the power of the Mechanical Legion.]

[The Fall of Blood Shadow—the mission officially begins]

This mission has been in the pre-launch phase for two months but hadn't officially started. Due to the substantial rewards, all Mechanist players have been preparing, recalling forces targeted at other demon fortresses, ready for battle.

Around the Blood Shadow demon fortress, a thousand kilometers in a circular perimeter, space distortion devices and demon communication blockers have been quietly deployed, ready to teleport large forces at any moment and sever the Blood Shadow's connections with other demon fortresses.

The scale of the Blood Shadow demon fortress is massive, but it is just one demon fortress.

Once the Mechanical Legion is mobilized, in the absence of a demon lord, it has the power to conquer such a demon fortress.

Click, click.

Around the Blood Shadow fortress, every few thousand meters, square metal pillars engraved with mechanical and magical runes break through the ground, then light up with a pale blue glow, shooting out lines invisible to the naked eye that interconnect and intertwine, forming barriers with a unique frequency.

In the war against demons, as research on demons progresses, more and more specialized mechanized devices have been developed.

The demon communication blocker is one of these.

The remote contact between demons is primarily mediated by the power of the abyss, forming a kind of wave signal carrying messages through the spells mastered by demons. However, the blocker, with its unique frequency, can distort this signal, thereby disrupting communication.

Moreover, the demon communication blocker is not an invention of the Grandmaster.

Even with the Grandmaster's immense computational power, he cannot cover everything, which is why Mechanist players are brought in.

Thanks to unlocking various building units including the Mechanist Technology Laboratory, Mechanist players can create mechanized gadgets in these units with smart assistance based on their ideas. While there are many failures, there are also excellent results.

The blocker was initially produced by a small guild player.

While blocking the signals, spherical metal orbs also fly out from underground, then stretch out, forming regular square planes that shoot beams of light, interlocking and enclosing in the vibrating spatial fluctuations, forming a visible pale blue screen.

Just like that.

Surrounding the Blood Shadow fortress, space gates gradually open.

Undoubtedly, this catches the attention of many demons.

One by one, demons look towards the distance, seeing the continuously unfolding, countless space gates, and their expressions change dramatically.

Boom, boom!

After a moment of silence, the roaring sound of engines roars from behind the space gates.

Boom!

Leading the charge, steel behemoths fly out from the large portals set up in the sky.

A series of hundred-meter-long, variously shaped mechanical dragons burst through the air, with dark red glows pumping from the True Dragon Engines encased within their metallic armor, spreading across their bodies like magma.

Among them are the Tyrant True Dragon controlled by Garon.

Also, subsequent creations from the same series developed by the Grandmaster, all bearing ostentatiously arrogant names, such as the blood-red painted Slayer True Dragon, the gold and silver intertwined Glorious True Dragon, and so on.

Following these ferocious mechanical dragons are a number of Mechanist Angels.

And, similar in appearance to the Mechanist Angels but equipped with demonic horns on their heads, floating dark energy wings on their backs, loaded with demon engines that can wield the power of the abyss, perfectly adapted to the abyss

al environment, is the new series of demonic machines.

The three types of mechanical units that appear first total about twenty.

Mechanist Angels are the most numerous, followed by demonic machines, and then mechanical dragons.

These are the highest combat power units currently possessed by the Mechanical Legion, created from the advanced resources obtained in the abyss over the past few years.

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