"Morticia, why don't you control those elves and force them to attack Guznader? As long as you can contain him for a long enough time, it will be enough for us," Delilah suggested.
"I wish it were that simple," she replied.
"Even if they are not your believers, as Elf God, you should at least be able to exert some influence on them."
"Unfortunately, these elves are the descendants of High Elves. You also know that in that tragic battle that year, they completely severed all blood ties with me. Therefore, even if there is still an extremely thin bloodline left in their bodies, I can no longer influence them at all."
Delilah frowned, recalling that something similar had indeed happened that year. "What about you, Isambard?"
"I refuse."
"Why?"
"I would never do such a cruel thing to my race," the Dwarf God replied in a deep voice.
"Now is not the time to be emotional," Laifu said coldly. Unfortunately, humans are an extremely special species, and they are not bound by blood at all; this is one of the reasons why a "God of Humanity" has never been born. Even he himself, although he was once a human and has now arrived in Godhood, cannot control humans through blood.
"This method won't work anyway. Dwarves in this galaxy is just a mere Seventh Tier civilization. Guznader can easily wipe them out from the universe."
Isambard has his own bottom line, and his race is one of them.
Delilah frowned, knowing very well that the other party was just making excuses.
"What about you, Ganar?"
"The orcs are like a piece of scattered sand, not even a decent racial civilization. Moreover, the strongest among them is only Sixth Tier."
Delilah's frown deepened. In this galaxy, they didn't even have a single believer left. Guznader had obviously deliberately targeted and eliminated them.
"In that case, let's use Machinist Tribe."
"You want me to take over their technology network and then manipulate them to attack Guznader?" Isambard asked. As the god of technology, he does have the ability to do this, which can be called a miracle.
"That's right."
"This method may be feasible, but you also know that after Guznader launched 'Darkfall', they have completely fallen apart. It will take a lot of time to reunite them."
"Approximately how long will it take?"
"About a few decades. During this period, I can also secretly influence and push their technology tree, forcibly raising it to the Ninth Tier position."
"It's perfect. Just follow this plan."
Milky Way Galaxy, Solar System, Earth, Arcane Palace:
Ian is sitting at the dining table, enjoying an extremely luxurious dinner. In order to make the ultimate optimization of Floating City, he has suffered in Time Acceleration Chamber of Secrets for more than thirty years. In the outside world, only one month has passed.
"Here, try this," he said, handing a novel delicacy to the person next to him.
"Thank you, Uncle Magic Emperor," Charmy closed his eyes and took the food with a look of intoxication. "The new food in this world is so delicious; there are many ingredients that I have never seen before."
"I can completely understand how you feel. In this Empire, countless new recipes are created every day. Who would have thought that even slime can be made into a delicious food," Ian also enjoys this rare leisure time.
Halfway through dinner, Amelia walked in.
"Who is this?" she asked, looking at Charmy.
"This is the Charmy I mentioned to you before."
"Is that what you call... your adopted daughter?"
"Adopted daughter? I think you are right, but I have never thought about this before," Ian answered, then turned to look at Charmy.
"Do you want to be my daughter?"
"As your daughter, will I be able to eat such delicious food every day?"
"Of course, you can eat whatever you want anytime, anywhere."
"Okay! Then you will be my Magic Emperor dad from now on," she answered vaguely while chewing on some of the latest broiler breeds developed by the Empire.
Ian was amused by the new name she invented, and patted her head lovingly, then continued to deal with the dinner in front of her. Amelia shook his head helplessly and sat down next to Charmy.
"Since you are now a member of the Imperial Family family, you must learn how to eat with etiquette consistent with your status."
"What? That sounds too boring."
"It's really boring. But you still have to learn."
Charmy pouted and looked at Ian with an extremely pitiful look asking for help.
"You can eat whatever you want at home, but you must learn these rules to prepare for attending certain formal occasions in the future."
Charmy Although his face was full of reluctance, he still obediently put the oily piece of barbecue in his hand back on the plate and picked up the knife and fork.
While teaching Charmy dining etiquette, Amelia sent a top-secret document to Ian.
"What is this?"
"Your Floating City upgrade bill."
Ian While flipping through the data, he was still wondering why he was shown this. However, when he saw the total, he almost spit out all the food in his mouth.
"How come there are so many?!"
"Yes. In order to meet the horrific resources you consumed for upgrading, you almost completely brought down the entire Empire economic system."
"Where did we get so many resources?" Ian quickly scrolled down the screen to view the complete report.
He was so focused on Chamber of Secrets before that he didn't even realize how much appalling wealth he had squandered.
It was only now that he faced the reality that he suddenly realized that it was absolutely impossible for the Empire to provide such huge resources based on its current wealth alone.
"We took extremely decisive action. We dispatched the other two Floating City directly into the parallel dimension to carry out crazy plunder without a bottom line. Not only that, we also formed a task force equipped with World Gate and directly entered the Blank Domain. During this period, there were even many casualties."
"What went wrong?"
"It is true that Luna foresaw the unknown fatal danger through Divination and issued a warning to the task force. However, one of the Floating City was attacked by an unknown terrorist entity and was completely destroyed during the battle."
"Is everyone okay?"
"Don't worry. There are no casualties."
"That's good."
"I am telling you this to remind you that you must be more cautious when making such decisions in the future. In addition, you must have an idea in your mind. Our current resources have completely reached the bottom, and we absolutely have no financial resources to build another Tenth Tier ultimate weapon."
"I understand. It seems that it is indeed time for us to temporarily stop the expedition across Multiverse."
"This is a very wise decision."
"How is the current war situation going?"
"Guznader seems to be much busier than usual. His Undead Legion has significantly reduced the frequency of attacks."
"Is there anything that I need to resolve personally?"
"Yes. But before that, when do you plan to officially announce your return and start the new upgrade and update of Imperial Magic Knowledge Base?"
Once this news is made public, Arcane Empire will usher in a new era - a glorious era in which all citizens can perform magic without any barriers.
"Wait a minute. Universal Web has just been cut off by us. If I suddenly announce my return in a high-profile way at this time, those old foxes will definitely become suspicious."
"It's always good to be cautious," Amelia agreed. "Although we have completely cut off the connection between the outside gods and this galaxy on the surface, we must not take it lightly. They are very likely to have other unknown communication methods."
"This is exactly what I'm worried about. You just said that there is something you need me to do?"
"Yes. Luna conducted a Greater Divination. She foresees that you must go somewhere to meet an old friend. And that friend will become the absolute catalyst for Dwarves to surrender to us Empire."
"Old friend? Or a Dwarves?" Ian was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly remembered something. "Hu Ji Tie Yan?"
Many years ago, he and Pheobe accidentally met a Dwarves and an elf in a famous interstellar mercenary bar in Milky Way Galaxy.
The elf gave him a false name in an extremely arrogant manner, and acted arrogantly when Ian bluntly pointed out that Elven Enchantment was just like that.
"Luna did not reveal specific details to me. She just said that if you go to Thorpe Star in two days, you will meet a very special person. Then, the subsequent development of the situation will most likely lead to the merger of the entire Dwarves into the territory of the Empire."
"Okay. I'll go."
In the next two days, Ian racked his brains to spend more time with his wives, but they were all so busy that they had no time to talk to him.
So, he had no choice but to spend time with his parents and his newly adopted daughter Charmy.
The whole family loved Charmy, but the warm atmosphere was soon broken - because his mother started to bring up the past again and asked him when he planned to give her a grandson.
After some earnest explanations still failed to calm her mother's complaints, Ian could only apply oil on the soles of her feet and run away.
At the appointed time, he boarded an interstellar spacecraft and headed straight for Thorpe Star. As soon as he arrived, he immediately realized that this was a ruined planet that had just been brutally ravaged and plundered by the second god general Undead Legion.
Ian cast a perception spell, instantly scanning the entire planet, and easily locked onto Hu Ji's specific location. At this time, Hu Ji was leading a broken team of mercenaries, desperately protecting someone in the ruins. When Ian saw clearly the target they were desperately protecting, he recognized him at a glance.
A holographic light curtain unfolded in front of Ian, who quietly looked down at Hu Ji's team. He immediately understood the situation: the real target of the undead was the employer that these mercenaries were protecting, and, judging from the battle situation, they would definitely not last long.
'It seems that this is the opportunity mentioned in Luna Prophecy.'
Without making any sound, he directly tore through the space and instantly teleported directly above the group of people. His arrival without warning immediately aroused extreme vigilance among the mercenaries, and they even thought that another terrifying and powerful enemy had arrived.
"Hu Ji, is that you?" Ian asked condescendingly.
Dwarves, who had short fiery red hair and a stout figure, narrowed his eyes suddenly and stared at the person, trying to search for clues about this face in his memory.
"Ian·Bones?!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone present was as shocked as if they were Lightning Strike. They stared at Ian and carefully studied his face. Yes, this face was exactly the supreme being they had seen in the top-secret video!