"I doubt it would happen. Even though these are random locations, they'll never open in extreme environments. So no appearing inside a frozen lake or an active volcano," Rale explained, expressing that there was no risk that could be that extreme.
"Let's just hope so. I don't want to appear inside a volcano since I don't have immunity anymore," Ryder muttered, landing on the ground.
Previously he wouldn't have cared as he had flame Immunity which kept him safe from that as well. Unfortunately, amongst the abilities he had lost because of separation from Chaos, he didn't have that immunity anymore.
"So, where exactly are we this time? And how far are we from our destination," he asked Rale, glancing back.
"I'm not sure," Rale replied, raising his hand innocently. "We'll have to ask someone where we are."
"I don't think it's going to be easy finding a person like that when we're standing in the middle of a forest. Let's go in that direction. Maybe we'll find someone," Ryder said as he flew towards the North.
Rale flew behind him, staying close to Chaos.
The two of them flew above the forest, trying to find any person they could ask for. Even Ryder wasn't able to recognize this place, despite knowing a lot about most of the places.
After flying for half a kilometer, Ryder suddenly stopped. He couldn't help but hit his forehead lightly. "Ah! How could I forget about it! I have her! Why would I need anyone else?"
"Hmm?" Rale also stopped, noticing Ryder talking to himself.
"Maya, can you help me?" Ryder asked, calling for Maya.
"Help with what?" Maya appeared before Ryder.
"Tell us where we are," Ryder commanded Maya.
"You're in the Dark Planes," Maya answered.
"Dark Planes? We just had to appear here? This place is the farthest from our destination—such a waste of time. And when going back, we'll have to travel to here as well. This is upsetting," Ryder exclaimed in frustration.
"Give me the Directions. In which direction do we need to go if we want to get to..."
....
Ryder followed the directions given by Maya, advancing towards his destination.
As the journey was much longer because of where they had come out of the portal, hours passed, and they hadn't even traveled halfway.
"Rale, do one thing. You go ahead and wait for me at the entrance of the Kingdom. I'll come there after you," Ryder suggested to Rale.
Rale asked a few questions before he agreed and left alone.
Since Ryder wanted to be on earth, he wanted to go back. Also, because of his World Travel skill, he could appear right in the Kingdom without any worries, so he let Rale go ahead instead of waiting here for him.
This saved time for both of them.
...
Waking up in the real world, Ryder again contacted the fake Itsuki to ask him if he was prepared to hand over the Itsuki Corporation.
The fake Itsuki agreed. He wasn't greedy for wealth. Moreover, he knew how strong Itsuki was. Ryder was just as strong as Itsuki as far as he knew, so he didn't want to mess with Ryder.
"That's good. Come to America as soon as you can. We can finish the legal work here," Ryder told Itsuki, closing the connection.
...
The Goddess of Destiny was still suspicious of Janus even though he said that he wasn't involved.
She believed that finding the Lord of Space like this wasn't going to work. And even if it did, she didn't think that Lord of Space would kidnap their kids. He had no need to do that after all.
Moreover, even if he did that somehow, there was no way he would have been stupid enough to leave the communication stone behind. It all just seemed a little too convenient.
She wanted to investigate herself about what had happened.
At first, she just tried to find her son, and she couldn't find him anywhere on earth, but now she decided to investigate the trail of her son to see when he was last seen and where.
At that moment, the goddess of destiny stood in front of the Itsuki Corporation.
"Hmm? Is that woman cosplaying?"
"She's pretty good, actually."
"I wonder if she's a model. She's so pretty."
"That's true. She's pretty hot indeed."
Everyone was able to see the Goddess of Destiny this time. Most of the men were stunned by her looks, while the ladies were jealous of how smooth her skin looked.
A lot of young men approached her to ask for her number.
The Goddess of Destiny ignored all the attention around her. She also ignored the men that were flocking around her as she disappeared.
"What the...."
"Did she just disappear?"
"I think I'm dreaming! Can you pinch me?!"
"Crap! That's not a dream! Was that woman a ghost? And I was about to ask her out? I can't believe it!"
Everyone who was previously staring at the Goddess of Destiny was scared, believing that saw a ghost.
On the other hand, the Goddess of Destiny appeared in the room where Itsuki used to sit.
"Who are you? How did you get it?" Itsuki asked, stunned as he saw the Goddess of Destiny inside her office, appearing out of thin air.
"So you're the man my son shared a tiny fraction of his powers with. Where is Itsuki?" she asked the fake Itsuki.
"Hmm? You son? You mean Master Itsuki was your son?" The fake Itsuki asked.
"That's right. I want to know where he is. And why wasn't I able to sense him?" The Goddess of Destiny asked the Fake Itsuki.
"You don't know? He died," Itsuki replied, sighing.
"He left with a young man. I didn't see him again. All I received was the information that he had died in a car accident and a video of that from that young man," he added as he opened his laptop to show that video.
"Huh? Where did that video go? Why can't I find it?" Itsuki exclaimed in shock, unable to find the video.
"You really shouldn't lie to me. Tell me the truth. Where is my son?!" The Goddess of Destiny shouted.
"I'm not lying. He had left with the son of the God of Time who came here from the future!" Itsuki explained, talking about the story that Ryder had given to him, about the coming from the future to stop the upcoming war.
"So this person... Was there to kill our sons to stop a future war? God of Space? Who is he?! Tell me right now!"
