3 months passed since Lucy returned from the past. Ben was glad that his arrival wasn't that long after Lucy returned. It would be a problem if he arrived years after her return because things might be very different.

Ben asked more questions because he needed information to start coming up with a plan. He didn't need to ask about the other members of the guild including his wife and in-laws. Wendy told him anyway. This time period's Mira, Elfman and Lisanna died after he was killed protecting them.

Although Ben's heart ached after finding out the ones he loved died here, he was very proud of them because they could protect these young children who will be this world's future. Now, he will make sure their deaths weren't in vain.

"Alright, now let's see how strong you guys are. I don't want to do this alone. I will help you kill all the dragons, but I need you to become stronger for your future. Jarvis, open my personal training room."

{Understood.}

They all head to a room deeper in the lab. It's a very big room that didn't contain anything, it's just an empty room. This was a room Ben built to train when he is in the lab. He needs to train every day, so he needed a training room everywhere.

"Come at me together so I can see your power. No need to hold back, this room is capable of withstanding even Acnologia's attacks for a while."

The others nod and start attacking Ben together. Wendy flew towards him really fast and threw a strong kick towards his face. Ben caught her leg and can feel the sharpness of the wind that coated her kick. Any normal mage would have their hand cut easily by this sharp kick.

"Good, you don't hesitate anymore."

"There is no time to hesitate. And thanks for the gift, by the way."

"Gift? Ah, the dragon lacrima, huh?"

When Lucy returned to the past, Ben gave her a dragon lacrima meant for Wendy. It's a Sky Dragon lacrima Ben made for his time period's Wendy. After learning about the situation here, Ben decided to give it to this Wendy.

Furthermore, this Wendy had her magic sealed by this time period's Ben to prevent Acnologia from finding her through her Dragon Slayer Magic. But she would be safe in this lab, so she could activate her magic again. Only Ben could unseal it though, that's why he gave her the Sky Dragon lacrima which won't only unseal her magic, but also increase her power.

"That reminds me. Why didn't this time period's me bring you guys here? At the very least he could've taken you to our home's basement which is also very safe."

"I think it was because we were very far away. The dragon's attack happened during the Grand Magic Games at the capital. He was busy enough protecting us and he must've gotten very tired."

Lucy answered his question while they continue to fight. Everyone started attacking Ben, but he didn't have a problem facing two adults, some teenagers, two cats and some children.

"I know, but for years? There must've been chances to reach Magnolia or this place, right?"

"Reaching this place was possible, but not Magnolia."

"Why?"

"Magnolia was attacked right after the capital. Acnologia attacked it personally and his main target was your home."

Ben raised an eyebrow because he didn't understand why Acnologia would target his home.

{Can I have a say, Master?}

"Go on."

{At the time of the attack, my connection with the home security system was cut off. The home security system was the main system, so it's destruction disrupted my connection with Master too. My system in this lab was also broken because this location was being bombarded too.}

Ben now understood the gist of it. This time period's him didn't use this facility because he couldn't. He must've tried, but even he couldn't enter this place if he wanted to. If he forced his way in, then this place would've been destroyed and it would devastate this forest.

This time period's him must've been waiting for Jarvis to fix it's system. But it seems the damage was too extensive, so even up to his death, this time period's Ben couldn't enter his lab. Fortunately, the system had been restored before Lucy returned from the past, so these guys could enter this place.

Ben didn't want to ask for details, so he just assumed everything was unavoidable. He was still thinking about something though. Quorra had been connected to this lab for a while, so she had obtained all the information about it.

This lab wasn't as good as the lab in his time period. Of course, Ben had improved his lab, but this lab's quality was worse than when he first built his. So it must've been worse than his lab since the beginning, and he didn't know why this time period's him did it.

He thought about it while facing the others who were starting to get tired. Then after thinking about it for a while, Ben finally realized it. In this time period, he didn't receive a warning from Atlas Flame who got a warning from his future self. There is no future time traveler here, and Atlas Flame might be among the dragons that are destroying this world now.

Without Atlas Flame's warning, this time period's him would've taken things slowly, unlike him who kept pushing himself past his limits to become stronger because he knew bad things would happen. Although he would still train hard, he wouldn't work as hard as his past self.

"I'm still really arrogant, huh? Well, it's never too late to learn, right guys?"

No one answered Ben because they all are lying on the floor. Ben trashed them all without holding back even though his children were there as well. They had bruises all over their bodies even though it hadn't been that long since they started fighting and Ben limited his power.

Wendy was the strongest among them even though she had just started using her magic again after 3 months. Lucy was stronger than her past self and she was very proficient at using her Celestial Spirit Magic now. She can even summon four Celestial Spirits at once even if it's just for a while.

Bella and Carla are also very good at fighting. Carla had mastered her future sight to a high degree, so she can see what Ben would do next, but he was still too strong for her to handle. Bella actually had Water Devil Slayer Magic after she used the Water Devil lacrima that Ben created during a experiment.

She installed it in her body after his death to avenge him, but Mira stopped her. Bella was devastated over Ben's death because she had been with him since her birth. Ben was the one she loved the most in this world.

As for Ben's children, Ariel and Gabriel, they are using Shadow and White Dragon Slayer Magic. They learned it after Future Lucy installed the two dragon lacrima she obtained from Ben. Those two dragon lacrima were the ones Ben extracted from Future Rogue who had absorbed Future Sting's power.

Ariel and Gabriel can use their Shadow and White Dragon Slayer Magic quite well even though they only had it for three months. Their teamwork was better than Sting and Rogue's actually. Maybe it's because they were twins and had been together since they were born.

Although Ben was surprised his daughter chose Shadow Dragon Slayer Magic. He assumed Ariel would choose White Dragon Slayer Magic, but she chose Shadow Dragon Slayer Magic instead. Her reason was simple, her brother wanted the White Dragon Slayer Magic and she also wanted him to have it because it was similar to their father's Sun Dragon Slayer Magic and Gabriel looked almost like Ben.

Ben smiled after hearing their reasoning and patted their heads. He won't be here for too long, but he will give them everything he can while he's here. The same applied to everyone else here. He will prepare them for the future so they can walk on their own two feet.

After finding out what they were capable of, Ben planned their training. They will train intensely for three months and then they will start hunting dragons after that. He will also prepare this place to be a good training area that will make them stronger faster by increasing the Ethernano density here.

Doing that was easy for Ben because he had done a lot of research. He will make them cover years of training in three months. These children were also in a prime age to grow, so they will be very strong if they do everything he prepared for them.

Their training began the next day and they anticipated it. They want to become stronger and defeat the dragons. All of them want to save their future and their world, while avenging their loved ones as well. They have a lot of motivation and that's why they do what Ben told them to do no matter how difficult it was.

Over these three months, Ben also went to gather information. He needed to know what the dragons do now to plan his attack. Then after three months, they finally complete their training and they are ready to attack the dragons.