Against the Inevitable Destiny
Chapter 94 - Help

>> Teleport

Riyu appears beside Kaji, but she is late because Kaji has finished eating the pill. His reddened eyes and changed body and aura made him look like a monster.

And the monster looked at Riyu as if he knew that Riyu would appear there. He looks towards Riyu and-

“Roarrr!!!”

*BOOM*

Riyu shot and hit the ruins of the building due to the waves generated by Kajii.

“Riyu!!”

“Riyu-san.”

Mei and Daisy shouted after seeing the shocking sight. Mei herself immediately headed towards Riyu to see how she was doing.

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On the other hand, a few seconds later, Riyu came out from the ruins of the building. His previously normal eyes became even more radiant.

He put on a serious expression as he looked at Kaji at the moment.

Kaji was currently emitting an aura that was similar to hot steam, the aura was red mixed with blue, and dark.

Some parts of his body had changed where his eyes turned red, his teeth were getting sharper and his nails were getting longer and sharper.

“Grrgh..”.

Kaji growled while pulling out his fangs and that made him more like a monster.

“Yu.”

As Riyu stared intently at the monster, Mei who was already close to him was seen running with worry.

“Yu, how are you doing?’

"I'm fine, don't worry."

Ryu says that he is fine. It was natural considering the training he was doing and the light energy he had. But Mei still insists on checking her condition so she lets him check her body and make sure that she is okay.

“Huh... thank goodness.”.

Mei sighed after seeing Riyu's condition.

“It seems we have a pretty serious problem.”

Riyu again stared intently at Kaji who seemed to be losing control.

Mei followed what Riyu saw and she frowned as she did as well.

“What happened to him?”

“It appears to be a side effect of the pill he ate. He lost most of his consciousness and at the moment he was no different from Eternite who only relied on their instincts.”

Ryu explains about the possibility that happened to Kaji.

He sensed the Eternite aura from the pill being eaten by Kaji and it most likely came from Nemesis's research. He knew that there were a lot of crazy people in the group, but he had not expected it to be this crazy. Clearly he did not want to think about the research they did to make the pill.

“Kita-”

Before Riyu could finish her words, she saw Kaji disappear from where she was standing.

From Riyu's own point of view, she sees Kaji moving very quickly towards her.

‘Dia fast.’

When Riyu saw that, Kaji turned his gaze towards Mei as if she was an easy target for him.

‘Wire!!’

“Save May!!”

*BOO*

>> Teleport

Riyu immediately hugged Mei then moved to the place she had marked before. It was a place he had prepared for if such circumstances were to occur where he had to immediately teleport to a safe place instantly.

After arriving at that place, Mei opened her eyes and saw some traces of blood coming from Ryu..

“Yu, pu-your back.”

Ryu looked slightly back and saw a trace of blood from his back. It was because he was protecting Mei that Kaji's attack hit him a little.

“Sorry.”

“It's okay. It's just a minor wound, I can heal it.”

Riyu stroked her lover's cheeks to calm her down.

After that, he went back to see Kaji.

‘The guy's getting stronger. And that blue flame, what pills he ate could also make his fire become even stronger.’

“To now leave everything to me." He smiled at his girlfriend. "Stay still, get ready when I need help. We may have to use ‘itu’ if the situation gets more difficult.”

Riyu smiles at Mei as she decides to fight Kaji alone, at least this time.

“Um, fine.”

Mei agreed to the arrangement, as she was also determined to become stronger from now on. He was frustrated at the moment, but there was nothing he could do.

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“Yo. You seem to be much worse than before. Are you looking for me?”

Riyu appeared behind Kaji, looking at him seriously.

“Grrgh... I-will-kill you-.”.

“Oh? Do you still understand my words? Is your consciousness still there?”

*Sathing*

Kaji did not answer Ryu's question, but he immediately darted quickly towards him restarting the fight that occurred.

*BOOM*

*BOOM*

*BOOM*

In the fight, it was seen that Riyu was cornered. Even so Riyu took some loopholes especially since most of Kaji's consciousness didn't seem to be very optimal.

Riyu's sword and Kaji's claws clashed, and the two of them faced each other.

“Heh. You're still weak like before.”

“Roar!!”

Riyu managed to see a gap as she continued to provoke Kaji.

“Good, now.”

*Splat*

*Sprutt*

Blood poured out as my hands flew and he had a trace of a wound in his heart. Riyu then moved away because she felt something she was not wearing.

And that was evident when the black flames surrounded Kaji's body.

[ Mission: Defeating the Spurs ]

[Term Level: A ]

[Gift: Up 1 System Level, (???) ]

[Punishment: Death ]

[ Finished ]

“???”

With that notification from the system it can be ascertained that Kaji is no longer alive. But is it all over? answer's no.

As Riyu looked back at Kaji, she was shocked. He sees a scene that should not have happened where Kaji's hand starts to grow back and the wound in his heart is completely healed.

[Starting Up to Level ]

[The countdown will start in 30 seconds, please the host move to a safe place for the system level-up process ]

“....”

“Hei, Seres.”

[ Yes? ]

“Didn't the mission work? Then why is he still standing?”

[It was because the pill he had eaten had damaged his soul to the point of being completely broken and replaced it with something else, but since he was indeed dead the system still assumed that his mission had been successful. ]

"Then?"

[But as you can see, right now that person's body is completely controlled by his instincts and he gets another soul so he's no different from a monster. It was like something else had taken away his consciousness when his soul was already not controlling his body ]

‘Begukah.’

[ Yes ]

‘……’

[......]

[Countdown in 30, 29, - ]

‘Then why does the system start the process of leveling up at this time?! I didn't tell you to do it! Wouldn't that make me feel uncomfortable? And you're saying to find a safe place in my current state? Seriously? Do you want to kill me?’

[The countdown cannot be stopped 28, 27]

“Ugh. Shit, I'll punish you next time.”

[......]

[ 26, 25, ]

The system still did not care about Riyu at the moment she was still counting down and made Riyu even more agitated.

“Riyu.”

As Riyu was thinking out loud, she heard the voice of Mei's arrival.

“May?”

Ryu was confused and worried because he was here. But he didn't want to say it because it wasn't the right time.

“I saw you were distracted because of something, are you okay?”

“It... I need to recover my energy for a few minutes. But-”

Riyu looks at Kaji who is currently covered by black flames so she is unable to stop him from healing her.

“Then leave it to us.”

“We?”

*BOOM*

An arrow shot out and struck Kaji who was growing his hand back.

“Are you guys okay?”

Sho comes towards Riyu and Mei along with Yami. He previously threw an arrow and caused Kaji to be interrupted.

“What a hassle, do you want to act like a hero?”

Yami said angrily, hiding her worry.

“You... didn't you waste my sacrifice?”

Although she said that, Riyu was unable to hide her smile and felt grateful that they were worried about her and Mei.

“But thank you, please take care of that person in 5 minutes, no, 1 minute. After that, I'll help you guys.”

Riyu instructed some of her friends as she also looked at Shiori and Daisy who had already finished her work.

For the remaining few seconds she approached her lover and held his hand.

“May, feel free to use some of the items I gave you, especially if the situation gets worse. And get ready, we will use ‘itu’.”

Mei nodded. Understand what he means.