Actually, Ariana's clearing speed isn't slow, but the Silent Mist Specters seem to be hiding like monster spawn cages around her. No sooner does she eliminate a group than another appears.
Ariana is still using her Fast Sword, yet it feels like the more she kills, the more they appear.
"I'll help you!"
The Fierce Goddess hears Ian's complaints and immediately wants to run towards Ian, but she is grabbed by the Sun God's incarnation, which is gradually gathering its own light.
"I always wondered why you suddenly descended to the Human World. It turns out you were fooled by a bad kid from the future... Come back with me now; someone else will correct the mistakes here."
Without further ado, the Sun God attempts to bring the Fierce Goddess away.
The Fierce Goddess immediately becomes anxious.
"If he dies, I'll be erased from the source too. You can't leave him here alone!" The "he" she refers to is clearly Ian.
As for Riddle... who cares?
"Hmm?"
The Sun God's eyes immediately sharpen upon hearing this.
He is surrounded by a flowing golden halo. The light does not stay still but moves like a corona, sometimes condensing into fiery lines, sometimes scattering into golden glimmers.
"Look!"
To prove she's not lying, the Fierce Goddess raises her hand to show the Sun God the connection between her and Ian. Perhaps she merely intended to demonstrate that she was telling the truth for once.
However,.
Without careful consideration,.
She probably didn't realize how her father would perceive this contract — a thousand-year loyalty agreement that caused the Sun God's eyes to flicker.
As if countless golden lights were exploding inside them — what was His mood like? It was likely as dreadful as discovering his daughter had received a marriage certificate with a blond-haired person and taken out loans to buy several custom ghostly-hot cars.
"I don't recall this disaster in your fate!" The sound of the Sun God flows like Molten Gold in each syllable, creating subtle ripples in the air, trembling the relief carvings on the Divine Hall walls slightly. He suddenly looked at Ian, the heated gaze terrifyingly seemed to ignite Ian entirely.
"This guy's not right!"
With the Sun God's cold snort.
The Fierce Goddess had no time to explain anything.
Then.
The Sun God's figure appeared before Him. Even as an avatar, his appearance was stunningly sharp, his features carved like the finest craftsman's golden sculpture. Below the high nose bridge, his eyes burn with eternal Divine Fire, pupils rotating like two suns.
"If I said your daughter forced me to sign the contract, would you believe me?" Ian tried reasoning, but clearly hadn't realized his words would only backfire — much like a blond-haired person telling a father... 'It was your daughter who made the first move that resulted in pregnancy'.
Ian and the Fierce Goddess are absolutely a match made in chaos.
They're why people form groups.
"I believe Ian."
Ariana attempts to back Ian.
Result.
With just a glance at Ian's Magic Wand, Ariana was automatically drawn into the wand, vanishing from the air as if she had never appeared.
"A mere mortal, I'm curious how you enslave a Deity." The Sun God's expression was indescribably gloomy, and as He bent to look at Ian, his eyes seemed ready to burst into flames. Within three feet surrounding this ancient Divine Spirit, the air twisted slightly due to high temperatures, forming the faintest halo.
Good news.
The Silent Mist Specters were all burned away by the Sun God's radiance.
Bad news.
Although the Silent Mist Specters' threat was gone, Ian still faced the terrifying Sun God, whose gaze was truly daunting.
"Show me your secret!"
As if a divine Oracle, no, it was indeed a divine Oracle. Ian's proud Occlumency and Spiritual Power were as fragile as paper pierced under the Sun God's probing.
Ian felt like he was about to be sucked into the Sun God's eyes.
"I say..."
Ultimately, he failed to speak.
At that moment, as Ian met the Sun God's gaze, countless golden rays seemed to pierce into Ian's mind. His consciousness was dragged by an irresistible force into a foreign Domain.
Inner World.
A jungle of skyscrapers constructed with steel and iron.
The home from his past life.
Towering buildings, crisscrossing roads, bustling traffic, busy office workers, fashionable men taking street photos, dancing women live-streaming by the road, together forming a bustling and lively "forest".
Ian overlooked all this.
"This isn't good!"
Realizing where he was, Ian's heart inevitably skipped a beat. The Little Wizard instinctively looked down, only to discover he was standing on a utility pole, his two feet bizarrely but securely hooked onto a cable. Everything in his unusual vision seemed tinged with a red filter.
However.
His vision was massively enhanced.
"There!"
Beneath Ian lay an endless iron jungle, and among the crowd, Ian saw that familiar figure — the Sun God, Lord of Radiance from Olympus.
At this moment.
The dominant Deity was also looking up at him.
But.
The previously magnificent and terrifying Sun God, surrounded by holy light, now appeared pale-faced, eyes wide in horror, his expression clearly visible.
"Turns out it's... the Raven..."
Sun God's voice no longer resounded grandly, but carried a hint of helplessness.
Ian continued to gaze at Him.
The Sun God backed away a few steps, and in the next instant, his flawless visage developed a subtle crack. Those flowing golden lights started to disarray, scattering like broken mirrors. Surrounding scenes began to distort and dissolve, as morning mist evaporated by the first rays of sun, all returned to nothingness, everything shattered like bubbles.
"Is it over?"
When Ian opened his eyes again, he had returned to the real world, with the Sun God's avatar still in front of him, although now seeming somewhat unsteady.
The Fierce Goddess was anxiously supporting the Sun God beside her. This Deity's eyes were covered with web-like cracks, and his golden pupils flowed with molten gold-like glows.
As if ready to shatter at any moment.
"I really should have checked the calendar before going out today." The agonized Sun God only sighed helplessly, sending his entire incarnation into the Fierce Goddess's body as flowing light. The Fierce Goddess gained the super charged battery she desired, clearly her dad's earlier claim that the devout couldn't bear was mere bluff.
The power enhancement arrived.
However.
At this moment, the Fierce Goddess couldn't care about rejoicing.
"What's in your mind?" The Fierce Goddess stared wide-eyed in disbelief, watching Ian, who was holding his aching head with an expression of horror.
She truly couldn't fathom what transpired between Ian and the Sun God, nor understand why a father who was adamantly against interfering with history suddenly changed his mind after getting hurt.
Of course.
The most unbelievable question for the Fierce Goddess was the Sun God's anomaly.
She completely could not comprehend.
What kind of secret.
Could scorch a Deity?