"There is a way," the Undying Phoenix said, then paused. "But you are too weak." It let out a long sigh. As an existence of its rank, it naturally did not want to remain sealed for another few hundred years, only to wither away in the end. "Not just you," it continued calmly. "Even if the strongest of your human race were here, they might not be able to help me." "Let's hear it anyway," Aiden said casually. "You never know." The Undying Phoenix sighed again. "This seal has already been worn down by me over the years. There were eight layers in total. Only the last two remain. Helping me is actually quite simple. Break the remaining two seals." "Two seals?" Aiden asked. "How?" "Do you see those two marks flickering with black energy?" the Undying Phoenix replied. "As long as you shatter them, the seals will be lifted." Its tone was indifferent. It had no real expectations.After being trapped for so many years, and because Aiden had saved its offspring, it was willing to talk a bit more, if only to pass the time. "Sounds like it's not that hard," Aiden said. He looked around and indeed spotted two marks, separated in different directions. "Do they require very high damage?" "Damage?" The Undying Phoenix chuckled softly. "Your understanding is still limited to that level. That's normal. Humans have no access to things like divinity." "Divinity?" Aiden froze for a moment. The word sounded strangely familiar. "Yes, divinity." The Undying Phoenix nodded. "The core of this seal lies in the divinity infused within those marks. To break the seal, you must erase the divinity bound to them. But…" Its tone shifted. "For humans, this is fundamentally impossible. This is the domain of the gods. Only the power of the same level can erase divinity.""Hm…" Aiden thought for a moment. Then he grabbed the Ravager Horn of the Destroyer hanging on his chest and pulled up its Attributes Panel in front of the Undying Phoenix. "Take a look at this," he said. "Doesn't this thing happen to erase divinity?" The Undying Phoenix glanced at it casually, then its eyes locked in place. "The Destroyer's horn?" it exclaimed. "Where did you get this?" "Got lucky," Aiden said, scratching his head. "It dropped from a boss." "A boss?" The Undying Phoenix was stunned. "Impossible. Even if it was only a pseudogod, what kind of boss could ever touch those traitors?" "That's not important." Aiden waved his hand. "Just tell me whether it can erase divinity or not." "It can," the Undying Phoenix said, nodding. Then it sighed again. "But it's still useless. The remaining two seals must be shattered at the same time. And do you have two identical items?" "Two identical items…" Aiden murmured.He thought for a moment. "I don't have that, but this should work." As he spoke, he pulled another item from his inventory: Cooldown Stone. By sheer coincidence, three days had just passed since the last time he used the Cooldown Stone. That meant the Ravager Horn of the Destroyer could activate Might of the Destroyer twice in a row. "Where do you keep getting all these bizarre items?" the Undying Phoenix said blankly. It never would have imagined that a mere human could keep pulling out surprise after surprise. Boom! Before Aiden could respond, a deep, thunderous roar spread across the sky. "Wretched human! The great Hephaestus has descended! Prepare to receive my wrath! To be torn apart by my own hands is the greatest honor of your life. Your divinity, and that beast, are destined to become my nourishment! Hahaha!" Hephaestus was closing in fast. Aiden could already hear the howling wind. Once again, he was locked on. This time, the falling shield points totaled a full one million. Even worse, the shockwaves kept spreading. '-300,000' '-500,000' Each hit dealt several hundred thousand damage. At this rate, even though Aiden still had shield points in the eight-digit range, they would be wiped out in just a few minutes. The safest option right now was obvious. Put all his gear back into his inventory, deactivate shield points, die, and respawn in the city. At most, he would lose twenty percent of his attributes. But Aiden ignored all of that. He picked up a stone and began scribbling calculations on the ground. Hephaestus had been acting high and mighty from the very beginning, screaming about tearing him to pieces. Fine. Before, there was no way to deal with it. But now that there was, did he really think Aiden would let him keep running his mouth? Aiden was genuinely furious. I've already died once. You think you can still threaten me? Even if my shield points drop to zero right here, even if I lose everything I own, I'm still going to find a way to kill this show-off. "The distance between Point A and Point B is three hundred feet… the activation speed of Might of the Destroyer is… the skill travel speed is…" Aiden muttered as he wrote. "So if the first skill is released at distance x, the second at three hundred minus x, then…"