Divinity: Against The Godly System Chapter 320
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The cold water droplets fell on Ryder's hot head as he tried to think of something to deal with it.
It felt like he was stuck between a rock and a hard place. He wanted to help, but not helping was more beneficial for him.
He couldn't help but fall deeper and deeper into this thought.
Ryder shook his head as he sighed.
"What the hell am I even doing here. Why am I having second thoughts about saving thousands of people? If I can save even one of them, it should be worth it. As for someone close to me dying, that is my assumption. Janus only said death would be the consequence. He didn't say whose death. He would've said the name if it was the death of someone close. He never hesitated as he talked about the death of Alice previously. I can at least try to see what Janus meant?" Ryder muttered as he clenched his fist.
" The only problem is the timeline," he muttered as he frowned.
"Janus, how many times can I go back in time to the same day without disrupting the timeline too much to get noticed?" Ryder asked Janus and started waiting for a response.
Janus told Ryder in an emotionless tone.
"The Lord of Time and the Lord of Space? Are they like the gods?" Ryder asked with a frown.
Janus replied.
" Awesome. So even gods will start trying to kill me if I took the wrong steps. Don't they have anything better to do than mess with a normal mortal?" Ryder asked as he smiled wryly.
Janus went silent after saying these two words as if he was speechless.
If any other person had heard Ryder and knew what powers he had, he would probably choke at him, calling himself a normal Mortal.
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"Anyway, I have less than one in a thousand chance of success and only three tries. That too is overcounting since if someone close to me died the first two times, I wouldn't mess around the third time. I'll take Alice and leave the city, letting the same events take place. So, in reality, I only have two tries to stop all these attacks. That's definitely not enough," Ryder muttered as he sighed.
Janus told Ryder in a grim tone.
" Time hah, that's what I don't seem to have at this time at all. I'll do it! I'll go back in time and try to stop it. Even though I'll only have two tries to change the future, I'll do it. This is bigger than just me and my family," Ryder muttered as he clenched his fist.
" First, I'll collect all the information I can about the attacks. The attacks happened at around Eleven in the night. I should have till tomorrow afternoon to collect all the information I can about the attacks before taking a step. I only have two chances; I can't waste one of them," he added as he turned off the shower.
He wiped his body from the towel and stepped out of the washroom after getting dressed.
He walked to the bed and saw that Alice was still watching the TV with concern.
"Go to sleep now. It'll be over by the time you wake up," Ryder said as he rubbed her head.
"I-i'm scared. Watching everything I've known being destroyed. It is heart-wrenching. I feel like I went through something like this before. I want to cry, but I can't cry either," Alice muttered as she looked at Ryder.
"That'll happen. These attacks are horrifying, after all. There's nothing you can do about it, though. Just calm your head and let the authorities do their work. I'm sure those who did these sins will get what they deserve," Ryder muttered as he turned off the TV.
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"Get to sleep now," he told Alice.
"I can't sleep now," Alice said, shaking her head.
"You can definitely sleep. Come. Lie down first. I'll turn off the lights," Ryder told Alice as he stood up and went to turn off the lights. Alice laid down on the bed.
Ryder turned off the lights and walked back to the bed, and laid beside Alice. He wanted Alice to sleep first before he started watching the news again.
Just as Ryder laid down, he felt a warm body sticking closer to him. Alice had come closer to Ryder. She held his hand.
Ryder used his left hand to rub her cheeks gently.
"Everything's going to be fine. I'll make sure everything is fine soon," Ryder muttered softly.
"Hmm," Alice whimpered as she nodded her head.
After half an hour, she fell asleep.
Ryder released his hand from Alice's hand as he stood up. He placed his earphones in his ears and turned on the news channel on his phone to stay updated on the latest happenings without being disruptive to Alice.
Fortunately, there were no attacks after that. There were Fifteen attacks at different places throughout the city.
It was around Four in the night, and the National Guards had started arriving inside the City in their armored vehicles.
The Special' Plane of FBI' had also landed within the city. Most of the flights leaving the city were canceled. It was as if the city was completely halted. Cops cars could be seen roaming the streets.
The Fire Brigade was still busy putting out the fire.
Homeland Security was also involved, along with many other organizations. The City had become a hotspot for investigation.
According to the News Reports, three FBI teams were sent to the city to investigate. Unfortunately, the city authorities hadn't managed to capture a single person involved.
'As long as they can pinpoint the blast location and spot, I should be able to deal with it. The first try will be about going to one of the blast locations before the blast and catching the person responsible before he can do anything," Ryder muttered.
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