The fingers of Janus touched Ryder's forehead, sending a stranger sensation all around his body. Before he could even know it, he found everything around him turning dark.
Within seconds, his mind turned blank as he lost all his senses.
Ryder's body started rising in a mysterious light as his eyes closed n
Time kept passing as soon; ten seconds were over.
It was at that point when a mysterious aura filled the car.
Janus's lips opened slightly as he took off his fingers. He hadn't expected this to happen, but now that it had, he was sweating as to how he could handle it.
Ryder slowly opened his eyes as a serene look shrouded his face as if he was above all the worldly matters.
"Janus, can I ask what you were trying to do right now?" Ryder said softly, but his voice seemed slightly different. It didn't seem like the voice of Ryder. Instead, it seemed like the voice of a higher being that was filled with some strange power.
"Ah, brother. Why did you have to wake up just now?' Janus asked, smiling wryly.
He had accidentally awakened Chaos which he absolutely didn't want to do.
"I asked you a question," Ryder said as his blood red eyes looked at Janus.
"Ah, well. Actually, you were fighting Julien, son of Lord of Light. And Julien had entered his Semi-Godly Physique," Janus explained.
"I didn't ask why you were doing it. I asked what you were trying to do? Were you trying to bring out my Godly Physique? You know I can't do that. This body isn't strong enough to support that for even one second."
"And even if you brought it out, the earth can't support even my real aura. You can't be an idiot not to know what you were trying to do, were you?' Ryder asked, frowning.
"I wasn't. I know I can't bring you out. That's why I was trying something else," Janus answered.
"What were you trying then?" Ryder asked again.
"I, ah, I was trying to bring out Aluren's Semi-Godly Physique. Since you absorbed his Divinity, your body is capable of entering that. So I wanted to do that to help you," Janus answered, sighing.
"Janus, you've really played a hard game when I was sleeping. You shouldn't have. In an effort to fasten everything, you have really...'
"Sigh, whatever. Now that it has happened, I will handle everything for now. I'll let him use Aluren's Divinity," Ryder said as he started closing his eyes.
"Wait! Brother! I also had to tell you something! Now that you're here, you must know that the Lord of Space is here!" Janus explained, trying to get it out before Chaos went to sleep.
"Lord of Space is here? Who is he? Is he also taking part in the trial?" Ryder asked ignorantly.
"I was late. He already went to sleep," Janus muttered, frowning.
"What are you saying? Who went to sleep?" Ryder asked, frowning.
"Nothing," Janus replied as he again placed his finger on Ryder's forehead.
"Huh? It looks like I don't need to do anything! He took care of everything," he let out as he took off his fingers from Ryder's forehead.
"What do you mean?" Ryder asked again, not understanding everything.
"Nothing. Now you can also enter a semi-god mode, but it'll be Aluren's. So once you do that, Itsuki will understand that you lied and that you can absorb their energy. So you'll have to kill both of them fast. Are you ready?" Janus asked Ryder, telling him the details.
"I understand. I'll kill both of them. Just tell me how to enter the semi-godly physique of Aluren," Ryder let out, nodding.
"The system will handle everything. Just day awaken my physique whenever you want to enter that. Everything else will be handled," Janus explained.
" But remember, it'll be your first time using that. You won't be perfect, and you might but be able to utilize it to perfection. It'll be tough for you to win against two. Do be careful," he further explained.
"I'll handle everything. Don't worry about it," Ryder explained. " If I fail, I can always try again."
"Best of luck in that case," Janus said before he disappeared, going back.
Ryder also started the car as he drove it back, confident. He didn't know how he was going to become later, but he hoped it was going to be cooler than the form that Julien took.
Ryder's antics were confusing Ion, who was closely watching him. He ran from the fight, and then he came back? What was happening?
Itsuki and Julien had already started fighting. While Julien used his strength to attack, Itsuki used his illusions even more freely. Now that he was in his full form, even his illusions could actually attack.
Ryder stopped the car near the forest and stepped out to see Julien and Itsuki fighting.
"Ah, I have second thoughts now. Instead of fighting those two at once, I must join when one of them is dead. Itsuki is more troublesome. And the way this battle is going, it seems like he is going to die. I should just watch instead," Ryder said as he changed his plans again.
"Oh fuck it! That Julien is stronger! I should join with Itsuki without entering that form!"
Ryder didn't know why but today, he was really conflicted about what he should do. In the end, he decided to help Itsuki
Holding the Moon Scythe in his hand, he flew towards the fighting zone.
Hundreds of Itsukis joined with Ryder to attack Julien.
"Where did you go?" Itsuki asked Ryder now that he was back.
"Nowhere. Forget it. I'll distract him. You kill him," Ryder replied as he again took the lead.
He once again attacked with the Scythe since this was the only thing that could kill and scare Julien.
Unfortunately, Julien's single wave was enough to toss Ryder away this time since the difference in strength was too much.
Ryder crashed in the distance, taking heavy damage, but he just as fast stood up.
This time, however, he didn't run to join the fight.
"Heck, I can't kill someone who is twice as strong now. I need that form to be equal. But then those two will join to kill me? I'll have to be fast in this case. I must take risks!"
Clenching his fist, Ryder actually decided to go through it. The enemy he was facing was different from Aluren, and the situation was different.
"If only I had absorbed two of them, I could have handled him even without using that. But I have no choice now."
"Awaken my physique!' Ryder firmly said as he clenched his scythe.
As soon as Ryder said it, his body started getting warmer. His size started increasing as he felt like he was getting bigger. He couldn't see it, but his hair had also started becoming redder and illusory.
A fire started burning all around Ryder's body which even burned his clothes, but he couldn't feel any warmth in that fire. He wasn't in pain. It seemed like the fire wasn't harmful to him.
His hair had changed even more as they seemed like the blazing red fire that was burning in his head.
His skin also started getting illusory, along with everything else. His eyes disappeared as well as his lips and everything else.
Within seconds, it seemed like there was not a human here but a creature that was made entirely of flames.
"This... Is really cool," Ryder muttered softly as he looked at his hand.
"I'm made of flames. But not ordinary flames. I'm made of flames of hell. This Physique of Aluren is really cool. Much better than Julien and Itsuki," he added as he pleaded.
Itsuki had stopped fighting as he looked at Ryder.
"Aluren's physique? Ryder? What is this?!" Itsuki asked furiously.
"Awesome. It seems like Janus also simplified all the skills of this Physique in the form of Divinity. I can use it all. They will be handy."
Ignoring the words of Itsuki, Ryder seemed to be lost in his own thoughts.
"You can't be the son of the Lord of Time! You're not here to stop a calamity! You stole the Divinity of Aluren! That's why you want to kill others! So you could steal from them too, right?" Itsuki yelled, finally getting Ryder's attention.
"After killing three with my help, you would have absorbed them, and you would be strong enough to take everyone out alone? Am I right?" He further asked furiously.
Julien had also stopped as he realized what was happening. So Itsuki was fighting him because he was fooled. The real enemy was Ryder, it seemed.
"I knew this would happen if I did this. That's why I had to think so many times. But now that I sailed this ship, I might as well go all the way," Ryder declared as he changed the Moon Scythe to a staff.
"Flame Tsunami!" He declared as he tapped the ground with his staff, using one of the strongest skills of Aluren.
