Chapter 477: Exposing Weakness
Ryder flew towards the Lord of Ti with the Moon Scythe in his hand. At the sa ti, the Lord of Ti shot towards Ryder with the Spear of Ti in his hand.
The distance between the Lord of Ti and Ryder, which was about ten ters previously, kept decreasing rapidly, and soon it was a few ters only.
"You died once! Today, you will die again!" The Lord of Ti declared as he threw the Spear towards Ryder when Ryder was too close to dodge.
Unfortunately for him, Ryder had a good battle awareness, and he expected this. He was already prepared for sothing like this. At the sight of a Spear coming towards him, he dodged mid-way.
The air seed like it was already prepared to support the battle of Ryder. It moved as he wished and allowed him to dodge effectively.
The bracelet had given Ryder so abilities of wind, water, Healing, and ti. Those abilities ca with certain restrictions, but with his Divine Powers, those restrictions didn’t apply.
Not only did he have his old powers, but he also had extra because of being able to use so fragnts in the bracelet.
As the Wind helped Ryder, he was able to dodge to the left as he continued flying towards the Lord of Ti.
Unfortunately for him, the Spear of Ti that he had managed to dodge underwent a reversal in ti as he appeared in the hands of the Lord of Ti again.
"Useless tricks," Ryder exclaid as he swung his Moon Scythe towards the neck of Ti.
"I can only use tricks against you, my friend," the Lord of Ti exclaid as he snapped the fingers of his left hand.
As the sound of snap moved through the realm, ti seed to stop. Even though the stopping of ti didn’t affect Ryder, it did affect the Scythe, which was in Ryder’s hand.
The Scythe seed to have beco immovable. It didn’t move forward, no matter despite the imnse strength of Ryder. The Moon Scythe was a miraculous item, but even it couldn’t resist the ti.
The Moon Scythe stopped just a few inches away from the Lord of Ti’s neck, who didn’t even move. The Lord of Ti watched Ryder and didn’t even move.
Not even a single worry could be seen on his face.
"I can’t affect the ti for you. But I can affect it for the weapons you use. Pretty neat, isn’t it?" The Lord of Ti asked Ryder as he smiled.
"It’s a good trick. I guess I can’t use a weapon against you. This is a headache," Ryder muttered as he shook his head.
Ryder freed the Moon Scythe that was in his hands. He snapped his fingers. The moon scythe also disappeared and went back to where it ca from.
"It’s fine. Other than my old sword, nothing suits anyway," Ryder muttered as he shook his head.
"Too bad for you, My friend. That Sword isn’t coming to you ever again," the Lord of Ti responded as he shook his head.
"That’s what you think. If I want, I can find it even from the depths of hell. But I just can’t make too much noise right now. So I’ll just use my hands," Ryder alluded to the Lord of Ti as he shook his head.
"You might be strong, but even you aren’t strong enough to face without a weapon when I possess my Divine Weapon of Ti," the Lord of Ti said as he took a step back.
"Last ti you had that weapon. And you had your full strength. But you have none at the mont. I can already feel that you’re weaker. That must be why you used this trick to co back in ti, don’t you? You weren’t confident in being able to kill them all?" he asked Ryder.
"Previously, you gave a choice. Now, I’m giving you the sa. Surrender, and you’ll live. Oppose, and you’ll die. Even I don’t want to kill you. So don’t force . You have three seconds to think," he further added.
"Interesting. Using my tricks on . You’re learning," Ryder let out as he gazed at the person who used to be one of his closest friends.
They had done so many tis together. He still couldn’t believe that they were against each other even though it was his second ti fighting the Lord of Ti.
"You’re right, though. I don’t have my old powers. And I’m losing the ones I have. The trick you used to return my soul to nothingness brought it back to the ti I had powers. But my body isn’t ready to accept these powers now. It will be destroyed if I use them all," he acknowledged as he sighed.
"Also, even the little bit of power I can use now won’t last for long. The trick you used on my soul brought it back. But the effects won’t last long. My soul is a Divine Soul. The only person who can actually affect it is . You’re strong and managed to affect it because it didn’t have Divinity. But even still, my Soul resists foreign powers."
"The effects of your powers are running out. My soul will soon return to the way it was. So I don’t have long. That’s why I decided to co back in ti. I could kill you all if this were my permanent state. But I only have a day at best. I can’t afford to fight you all even though I hate it," Ryder told the Lord of Ti.
"So you actually decided to run. You accept it. You’ve changed," the Lord of Ti said softly.
"You’re wrong. I did this for her. If we all had fought there, she would have died. And you all wouldn’t let change locations. I know the God of War. Is he very..." Ryder muttered, but he didn’t complete his sentence.
"Think of it as delaying the battle to save so people," he said.
"Her?" The Lord of Ti asked.
"Who is this ’Her’ you speak of?" he inquired curiously.
"You don’t need to know," Ryder retorted.
"That’s fine. I have a more important question to ask anyway," the Lord of Ti replied. "Why did you tell about this?"
"Now I know your weakness. All I need to do is drag the battle for a day, and you’ll be over. So why... Why did you tell ?" The Lord of Ti asked.
"Think of it as giving myself a handicap. I took the opportunity from you to fight with the others. The least I can do is give myself a handicap," Ryder replied as the glimpse of a smile appeared on his lips.
"Moreover, you can’t live for more than 2 hours anyway. So it doesn’t matter even I tell you about it," he added as the smile again disappeared, only to be replaced by the grim look that suited Ryder’s face more.
He didn’t tell one thing, though. Another reason why he told the Lord of Ti about this was because that man was his friend. And he was going to kill him. The least he could do was do this. It was his form of making up for what he was about to do.
The Lord of Ti couldn’t help but laugh out loud.
"Again, with this confidence. I don’t know if I should praise you for your consistency or to bla you for such arrogance. If you didn’t have this, maybe the events of the past wouldn’t have happened previously," he let out as he reminisced about the pasts and the events that led to the great war amongst the gods.
"This is the only thing I inherited from my great father. I can die, but I can’t lose good confidence of mine," Ryder replied. "Anyway, I’m running out of ti. Even though I have a day, I want to finish within a few hours so I could do more things," Ryder said.
"As for your offer, I don’t think I’ll be able to accept," he acknowledged.
"You have twenty-four hours, but you want to kill within a few hours? Isn’t that disrespectful to think you can kill so soon? That too without a weapon?" The Lord of Ti asked again as he tightened the grip on his spear.
"I only said a few hours because I respect you. What would be embarrassing is to kill you within a few minutes. So don’t give an opportunity," Ryder said as he clenched his fist before he shot out towards the Lord of Ti.
"You’ll need an eternity to kill ! Ti is Immortal?" the Lord of Ti roared as he tapped the other end of his Spear on the ground.
As soon as his spear touched the ground, an illusory clock started taking shape behind him. The Clock seed to have only one hand, which was pointing straight up towards the sky as if signaling that it was twelve o clock.
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