After fully merging and absorbing the power of the Geats world's Golden Fruit, Raven stood still in place, closing his eyes.
His consciousness had already pierced through time and space, tracking the traces left by Suel, and pinpointed the future timeline.
In the future world, on a floor of a skyscraper marked with the DGP logo, a figure clad in red furiously smashed everything around him.
"Damn it!"
"That accursed man!"
"He ruined everything I had!"
The raging man was Suel's main body, the true power behind the DGP corporation in the future world.
The reason for his current fury was the destruction of his Zillion Driver, which caused him to completely lose control over the Desire Grand Prix. This Driver was created using the power of the Goddess. Even the technology of the future world could not replicate another unit from scratch.
Losing the Desire Grand Prix meant the lifeline of their DGP was severed. Everything had to start from square one.
"I will destroy everything in that timeline!" Suel swore in the end. He clearly hadn't been intimidated into submission. After all, he was safe in the future. Raven couldn't possibly track him here, could he?
The very instant he had that thought, a spacetime gate opened before him without warning.
Immediately following, a large hand reached out and seized him.
"No—!" Suel screamed in terror, but he was powerless to resist being dragged away.
…
In the Geats world, the crowd watched Raven, bewildered. Then, a figure appeared out of thin air, tumbling to the ground in front of him.
"Isn't that…" Niramu and the others were stunned.
"It's Suel-sama!"
"Damn you… How could you find me…" Suel looked at Raven in disbelief, trembling uncontrollably.
"What's impossible about it?" Raven looked down at the fallen Suel.
"You know nothing of a god's power."
"Ace Ukiyo, your enemy is now before you," Raven said softly.
The next second, the previously eliminated Ace Ukiyo materialized in front of Suel. By now, Ace had learned much of the truth, including that his mother was the Goddess of Creation and that it was Suel who had forced her to become the Goddess, turning her into a tool for granting wishes.
"Bastard!" Ace roared with rage. He immediately grabbed Suel by the collar.
It was this guy who caused me to lose my mother! Everything is because of him!
Ace, rarely losing his temper, gave Suel a furious beating! His opponent was completely unable to fight back.
Of course, this was entirely because Raven was holding Suel still. Otherwise, given that Suel's main body was even stronger than the clone, three Ace Ukiyos wouldn't be enough to fight him.
Soon, Suel was covered in blood, wailing in pain. He was paying the price for the sins he had committed over the centuries.
The future audience members were aghast at the sight. They never expected such an ugly truth to be hidden behind the Desire Grand Prix. After all, few people outside of the VIP spectators understood the DGP's inner workings.
"It's time to bring you to an end."
Following Raven's final sentence, Suel's body was directly pierced by one of Raven's hands in his Amazon Form.
"…" Suel knelt weakly on the ground, his eyes wide. He finally succumbed to death.
The original instigator of all this had ended his wicked life just like that.
Simultaneously, the Golden Fruit Grand Prix came to an end. The audience could no longer see any footage.
Ace Ukiyo stood silently in place, his hands stained with blood. He slowly calmed down from his rage.
Suddenly, he seemed to remember something. He quickly walked over to Raven and immediately knelt down.
"Raven-sama, please save my mother!"
"I know you definitely have the power to do this!"
The thousand-year-old fox completely shed his arrogant demeanor, treating Raven as a genuine deity.
"Ace Ukiyo, your mother's condition is very complicated," Raven looked at him and continued:
"There are only three ways to save her."
"What ways?" Hope dawned in Ace's eyes.
"I can share a portion of my divine power with her, allowing her to transform from the Goddess of Creation into the Woman of the Beginning."
"However, from this point forward, she will serve by my side." Raven spoke truthfully.
He wasn't lying. Mitsume's current state was nearing death. After being drained of her divine power to grant wishes for centuries, even if she were restored from her stone statue state, she would only survive for a few minutes before dying. The only way was to receive the Golden Fruit's power from him and become the Woman of the Beginning.
And once she became the Woman of the Beginning, she would be bound to him.
"As long as Mother can live a normal life, I will be completely satisfied." Ace quickly made his decision. Staying by Raven's side was much better than surviving as a stone statue.
"Then let's go find your mother," Raven nodded.
He thought, Once I take Mitsume, what will that make Esu Ukiyo to me? My step-son?
…
In the Goddess's space. Raven and Ace appeared there.
"Mother!"
Seeing the statue of the Goddess, Ace felt a deep, soul-level connection of blood.
In truth, no matter how many times Ace was reincarnated over the centuries, the Creation Power he inherited from Mitsume remained, though it was dormant.
Mitsume, who was currently in a petrified state, also sensed their presence but was unable to speak.
"Please, quickly save my mother." Ace couldn't stop the tears from flowing.
"Don't worry," Raven patted his shoulder.
He then stepped forward, forcibly entering Mitsume's consciousness space.
Inside, he saw a breathtakingly beautiful woman. She was bound by endless thorns, a sight that inspired pity.
"You are…" Mitsume sensed an intruder in her consciousness. Her beautiful eyes looked at Raven in disbelief.