The answer is D. The author is giving an account of the heroe's actions and abilities. He shows the hero was feared. However, by the end of the excerpt , he mentions the hero was at a time helpless and confused. By the way he starts his narration, we could infer he wants this hero to be remembered and he will probably continue ennumerating his brave deeds.
When talking about things that we did in the past but don't do now we can use the expression used to. The negative form, to talk about things which we didn't do in the past but do now, is didn't use to.
Used to and didn't use to are only used to talk about past habits. There is no present form. To talk about present habits we can use the present simple. When using these structures there are often two parts to the sentence, something about the past and something about the present.
Include labeled illustrations of a flightless bird and a flying bird so readers understand which parts the flightless bird is missing that would allow it to fly.