Snap!!
The War Watch's screen dropped with a thunderous click, flaring with violent orange light.
It was a transformation unlike anything Prof. Paradox had ever seen before!
"What... what kind of terrifying energy is this...?"
The Error Clockwork froze, not daring to even breathe.
As the blinding glow faded, a figure stood tall where Ethen once was.
It was Alien X—but far more imposing than ever before.
His physique was monstrous, chest muscles so massive he couldn't even see his feet.
His arms looked like twin cannons, and divine energy burned in his eyes.
His chin glowed with golden light like a holy beard, and the ridged spikes across his shoulders resembled the fins of a war shark.
This wasn't the Alien X anyone knew.
This was something else entirely.
"That's... that's not Alien X," Prof. Paradox whispered, eyes wide.
"That's the War God."
The Error Clockwork's eyes flashed red, and his body twisted.
In an instant, he too transformed into Error Alien X — though his form was thinner, weaker, like a starved reflection of Ethen's power.
"Ha! You may rely on Judgment to boost your strength, but I don't need it!"
The Error Alien X grinned wickedly, his claws sparking with divine energy.
"You're finished!!"
He charged forward, launching a flurry of blazing punches at Ethen's towering form.
Prof. Paradox gritted his teeth, powerless to intervene.
Even if the enemy was weaker, Ethen's transformation — any wrong move could collapse his DNA entirely.
But Ethen didn't move.
His eyes were closed.
Within him stretched a vast, star-filled realm — a cosmic warfield where two mighty figures loomed before him.
One was a towering god clad in heavy crimson armor, holding a sword and shield.
"Human," the voice boomed. "I am Ares. To earn my strength, you must embrace the will of endless battle!"
The other was cloaked in black, wielding a massive scythe dripping with dark light.
"I am Hades. Accept my curse of death — in this battle, either you kill your enemy, or you die yourself!"
Their voices merged as one:
"Swear your oath, mortal — and we shall become your power!"
Ethen took a deep breath.
Under normal circumstances, he might have refused. But now... facing the Error Watch, there was no choice.
He smiled faintly.
"Then I accept."
Light exploded.
Ares and Hades roared in unison, their divine consciousness merging into Ethen's body.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Error Alien X's punches struck like meteor storms, pounding against Ethen's unmoving body.
The ground split. Time warped.
Prof. Paradox panicked.
"No—Ethen! I'll get help right now—"
But before he could finish, Error Alien X lunged in with fangs bared, aiming straight for Ethen's neck!
At that instant—
Whoom!
The War God's eyes ignited, glowing with fiery golden light.
A terrifying aura burst outward, shaking the entire battlefield.
Error Alien X froze mid-bite.
BAM!!
Ethen slammed his forehead — beard and all — into Error Alien X's skull.
Blood sprayed. The Error Alien X flew back, crashing through the dirt.
"You just said..." Ethen's deep voice rumbled.
"Who did you say was going to die?"
The Error Alien X wiped the blood from his mouth, furious.
"Damn you!!"
He unleashed everything he had, divine energy flaring like a red supernova.
Ethen grinned savagely.
"Then let's see whose war ends first!"
He vanished in a flash — teleporting faster than thought — and appeared behind the Error Alien X.
Thousands of orange afterimages filled the sky, each throwing a devastating punch.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Every blow shattered space itself.
Every strike crushed another layer of Error Alien X's resistance.
Finally, the afterimages merged into one — and Ethen delivered a single, godlike punch straight to the enemy's chest.
"Kill! Kill! Kill!!"
His roar shook the heavens.
The Error Alien X screamed, his fangs cracking, his form unraveling.
Ethen didn't stop.
He kept punching, driving his fists forward through blood, light, and divine wreckage until the entire battlefield burned orange.
From orbit, Prof. Paradox could only watch in horror.
"E-Ethen... take it easy! We're here to destroy the Error Watch, not the entire universe!!"
But it was too late.
Reality itself began to warp.
The universe shuddered under the clash of two Alien X.
Planets collapsed. Stars imploded.
Then, above them — the Outer Gods appeared.
"How dare a mortal abuse the power of the Outer Gods?"
"Such insolence cannot go unpunished."
"Leave him to me—the Warrior of Gods and Demons!"
Dozens of divine beings descended from the void, surrounding Ethen's raging form.
BOOM!!
With one last blow, Ethen vaporized the Error Alien X completely, scattering his body into red mist.
He looked up slowly, eyes burning like twin suns, staring at the gods above.
"Are you scared?"
"Prof. Paradox—look what your shapeshifter has become!!" the gods thundered.
Prof. Paradox fell silent, overwhelmed by helplessness.
And then—Ethen roared.
"If you've come for a fight... THEN STAY AND FIGHT ME!!"
He surged upward like a comet, divine energy flooding across the cosmos.
The gods recoiled in shock.
The fighting spirit in his body had reached its peak — Ethen was gone.
Only the War God remained.
"Ah—?! This guy's insane!!"
"RUN!!"
The gods screamed as the War God charged into them, his laughter echoing across the shattered universe.