Chapter 484 - 480: Last Minutes
"You have your powers now. You should be able to heal your soul to stay like this. Why do you have to go back?" Janus asked, not understanding why Ryder couldn't do it. Was there really something that wasn't possible for him?
Ryder simply gazed at his brother without saying anything.
After a brief pause, he finally said something, "My physique... My body won't even adjust to my powers if I did that. Forcefully doing something like that will only destroy this body. And everything would be over."
"I'm sorry. I forgot about that," Janus let out as he lowered his head.
"How long do you have before... you have to go back?" Janus asked as he frowned.
"I have a few minutes if I'm not wrong," Ryder muttered as he gazed towards the fishes in the pond that were swimming without a single care in the world.
Even though he had told the Lord of Time that he had a day, in reality, he had much less time which decreased, even more, the more he used his powers.
The ability he used, in the end, was too strong for him to use at the moment, but still, he did that. That decreased his time here, even more, leaving only a few minutes for him to meet Janus and talk.
"I was thinking you could meet the Goddess of Life and Death if you had time, but you only have a few minutes. That won't be enough," Janus muttered as he shook his head in disappointment.
"The time you have is not even enough for me, let alone her," he added.
Ryder heard about the Goddess of Life and Death. A smile appeared on his lips that seemed almost non-existent. But it was evident at the same time.
"That girl, she must be really angry at me if I'm not wrong," Ryder let out as he gazed at Janus.
"She was," Janus muttered as he smiled wryly.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, a frown appeared on Janus' face as if he was stunned. He stood up.
"What happened?" Ryder asked, seemingly confused. What had happened to make this guy so shocked?
" I believe I'll have to disturb you a little bit. Some trouble is approaching you. I don't know why I didn't know about this last time. Was it because of the Lord of Time or something? Anyway, some trouble is going to come soon to you if you don't take action," Janus told Ryder.
"What do you mean?" Ryder asked, frowning.
"Ray is a person who knows about your real identity. If that identity is exposed, people will come after you. And you'll be sleeping when they do. I don't think the other you can face so many people at once," Janus informed Ryder.
"You can directly solve the problem by going to the source, but the source is the son of a god. That would create a bigger mess. You'll have to stop the information from leaking. That girl can't be allowed to be Kidnapped. I can't go down, so you must do it," he further added.
"Fine. I'll do it myself," Ryder let out as he gazed at the sky.
"Where is that girl?" he asked.
Janus snapped his fingers, making a portal appear before Ryder.
"She's on the other side of the portal. Try to stay out of her sight," Janus told Ryder.
Ryder didn't respond and simply started walking towards the Portal in slow steps.
"Brother!"
Just as Ryder was about to step inside the portal, he heard the voice of Janus, who called out to him.
"Hmm?" Ryder turned back to gaze at Janus.
As soon as he turned back, a figure closed in and hugged him tightly.
"I missed you so much," Janus said softly as he hugged Ryder. "I hope this all gets over soon."
His voice felt like it was breaking up because of emotions as he spoke.
Ryder couldn't help but shake his head. He raised his hand and placed it over the head of Janus.
"I missed you too, little guy. Sorry for leaving you alone. And I can't tell you how proud I am of you. Father would be so happy to see you grow up so much," Ryder muttered as he rubbed Janus's head.
"Now leave me. I don't have long," he continued as he freed himself.
After freeing himself, Ryder stepped inside the Portal only to find himself in a different corner of the universe. He was inside a room.
Ray's sister was drying her hair using a hairdryer. It seemed like she had just come out of the shower. Fortunately, she was fully dressed.
The girl looked in the direction of Ryder as she frowned.
"What? How?" She muttered in confusion as she walked towards Ryder.
As she reached near Ryder, he stepped aside and let her pass.
The girl walked behind him and closed the window.
"Strange. How could I forget to close the window?" She muttered before she walked back to the mirror.
The door and the window were closed now. She didn't see Ryder because he was hiding using his abilities.
Ryde gazed towards the door. Even though the girl couldn't see, Ryder was able to see through the walls now that he had his powers. Through the walls, he was able to see outside. A group of black-cloaked men could be seen standing in front of the door.
It seemed like they were ready to break the doors.
Ryder raised his right hand towards the door. He brought his finger and his thumb together before he snapped his fingers.
Snap!
A snapping sound filled the room, stunning the girl who looked around, wondering where that voice came from.
Was it a knocking sound? She wondered as she walked towards the door.
She opened the door and looked outside. "Huh? Who left ash here?"
As she opened the door, all she saw was ash. She didn't know that what she found to be ash used to be humans until a moment ago.
The snap she had heard a moment ago not only filled the room, but it also left the room. As soon as these men heard the snap, their bodies started deteriorating. They all turned to ash.
Ryder was standing behind the girl, gazing at the ash outside.
More use of power had further decreased his time.
He had to go back now. He didn't have much time.
He snapped his finger once again and disappeared to go back to the house where Ryder was at this point in time. As soon as he had appeared here, the Ryder of this timeline had disappeared. He was the only Ryder here.
He Teleported straight to where Alice and Shu were. The only difference was that they were at the beach, whereas he had teleported inside the room.
As soon as he appeared inside the room, he sat on the bed. He could feel his hand shaking. His body was at the limit. If he still didn't leave, it was going to be destroyed. His soul had also reverted back to how it was before the Lord of Time had reverted it.
Ryder laid on the bed and closed his eyes. One last change in his soul, and everything was over. The soul had reverted back to normal. The old Ryder was back, and the older Ryder had returned to the unknown.
"Hmm? Where is Ryder?" Shu asked Alice.
He was on the beach with her.
"Hmm? He was just here. Where did he go?" Alice looked around in confusion, not finding Ryder.
"Did he go back to the room?" Shu wondered as he called Ryder.
Ryder's phone rang, but he seemed to be unconscious and not picking up the phone.
After not seeing the phone be picked up, Shu and Alice started getting worried.
"He's not picking up. I'll check our rooms," Shu told Alice as he started walking back.
"I'll also come with you," Alice chimed in as she started walking back with Shu.
*****
"Hah, You're again gone, leaving me," Janus muttered as he gazed at the pond.
Ryder's favorite fishes were still swimming carefree.
******
"He's here. He must be tired. He came back and fell asleep. He could've at least told us."
Shu and Alice were standing before Ryder, who was lying on the bed. He seemed like he was sleeping peacefully.
Alice walked over to the bed and sat beside him. "I'll stay with him."
*****
Things progressed like last time. Ryder woke up with most of his memories blurry. The only thing he knew was that he was on the beach with Alice and Shu.
How did he get here?
Shu and Alice went to the private jet with Ryder as it was time to go back. They entered the jet, which took to the air and led them to their home.
The next event was also the same. Ryder and Alice were having dinner with Shu when they were informed of Luke's arrival.
Ryder once again denied Luke.