"It seems you are in a race against time, Ryan," Merlin said. "His numerous sins keep increasing his strength at an exponentially speed, while you have the skills to do the same, the number and the qualities of the skill still is a problem."
"Thank you for stating the obvious," Ryan said.
When Lucifer recovered, he flew toward Ryan at an astonishing speed and then tried to rip him apart with his claws. Once again, Ryan escaped at the last moment thanks to Evading Shot. However, despite the fact that he escaped the attack, something happened that caused some mental damage. Lucifer's claws didn't hit anything, but the space began to vibrate and distort in the area his claws touched.
"What was that…" Ryan furrowed his eyebrows in shock.
"His strength grew to the point where he can damage the fabric of space and reality," Merlin said. "If he keeps getting stronger like this, his physical attacks will open black holes. They might not last long, but if a black hole appear so close to Earth or the sun…"
It would be disastrous. Things wouldn't be so simple to solve with Reset. After all, Ryan had to keep physical contact with something to make it go back in time. When Lucifer prepared another attack, Ryan used Foresight for a single moment and then saw the future movements of his claws. Hence, he attacked them with his bow. Lucifer finally realized that he saw the future to dodge his attacks, and now he was doing that to prevent them since he was afraid of what those could cause. Instead of frustration, Lucifer feels really excited. He smiled from ear to ear and then licked his lips.
The mana in Lucifer's body grew, but then he used it to increase his status. Ryan also could do that with the power of greed, so he understood what happened. Still, instead of worried, he got creeped out due to seeing a demon licking his lips in front of him.
In any case, Ryan had to find a way to deal with Lucifer as soon as possible. That was probably the first time where Ryan was the one who wouldn't benefit from a long battle, even though he was the weakest and still had room for improvement. When Lucifer attacked again, Ryan fired numerous arrows toward his eyes in order to stop him… it didn't work. Even though the arrows were piercing his head, Lucifer approached and lashed his claws at him. Just like Merlin said, the attack altered the fabric of space and pulled Ryan towards it for a moment. He escaped, but it was only a matter of time. While Ryan was sweating cold, Lucifer took the arrows from his eyes, and then those quickly regenerated.
"This is starting to get boring," Lucifer said.
Lucifer moved his arms to the side, and then vast concentrations of mana began to circle around him. Ryan used that chance to attack him non-stop, but even while his body was being torn into shreds, he didn't stop. In the blink of an eye, several black spheres appeared around Lucifer, and it seemed those were completely under his control… Ryan could feel a powerful gravitational field pulling him toward them… it seemed like a black hole, but at the same time, it wasn't…
Lucifer made those surround Ryan, and he could feel his body getting much heavier. He tried to attack those, but since they were only massive concentrations of mana, his attacks didn't have any effect. By looking at those and using Mana Stealer, Ryan managed to recover a lot of mana. Still, before the skill could have any effect on the spells, Lucifer charged, and this time, Ryan didn't have the chance to dodge it, even though he saw the attack with Foresight.
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