They all call me an Outer God.

Chapter 241 How Did You Stand Up?
"Those of us who have some means of resisting the supernatural are alright, but what about the people outside?"

"You still have time to worry about others, why don't you worry about yourself first?"

"I definitely need to care about others; after all, it's the duty of the [Guardian]."

Ria wanted to leave the circus to see what was happening outside, but Ivand stopped him halfway. Ivand picked up his pipe, flicked the ash onto the ground twice, and then took a pocket watch out of his pocket and tossed it to Ria.

"Snap!" A tentacle caught it, and Ria immediately felt better.

"The Time Table can store your normal state. Using it when you are not in a normal state can make your mind much clearer. Of course, using it too much can easily lead to hysteria."

"But I haven't stored any state..."

"Hey, I saved this myself. I think you might need it someday."

Ivan looked down at the floor, which suddenly became transparent, revealing another scene within it.

The floorboards show people fleeing in panic under the watchful eye of the eclipse, hiding indoors and locking their doors and windows, afraid to go out. However, some red spiders still manage to find cracks in the houses and crawl inside.

From Red Spider's perspective, Ria saw these creatures crawl into the residents' homes, passing through the living room, hallway, and stairs, until they found someone huddled in the bedroom.

Excitedly, they raised their forelimbs and rubbed their fangs, crawling inside step by step. But the instant they entered, their bodies turned into mummies and turned to ash, as if they had seen something horrifying.

"What happened?" Ria asked Ivand, who took a drag of his cigarette and exhaled white smoke.

"Let's take another look, this time we can go a little slower."

As time stretched on indefinitely, Ria, following the spider's gaze, saw something placed in the room.

It was a statue of a radiant rising sun. At that moment, the homeowner was trembling as he hugged the statue, completely disregarding any question of respect. He was also constantly reciting the contents of the Rising Sun Bible.

It was at this moment that the red spider appeared, and was then completely crushed into dust by the idol.

"This is the divine power of the radiant sunrise."

Ivand, with a cigarette dangling from his lips, said, “In Enderles, the vast majority of people believe in Him, display His idols in their homes, and chant His name. His power also protects his followers to some extent.”

Not to mention that this is a solar eclipse, a time when the bright sun is most wary of the red moon. For Barclay to summon Him at this time shows that he was never prepared to live from the start.

The Red Moon is taboo; anything related to Him is heresy. Summoning Him requires death, and it must be the death of the summoner.

The sacrifices He requires are not demanding; they are simply the lives of those who wish to use Him to achieve ulterior motives. These lives cannot be replaced by anything else and cannot be altered.

In some ways, the Red Moon is a fairly just and rigorous deity. He completely prevents anyone from satisfying their own greed by sacrificing the lives of others, which is probably one of the reasons why he is disliked.

If He could accept all comers like the gods worshipped by other underground churches, He would have many opportunities to testify and proclaim His name. However, the Crimson Mother would not care about the opinions of insignificant believers.

Therefore, there are no "ifs".

Bucklowe is heading towards death, and Ivand tells Ria that those people can live well even without his protection.

The Order Society's investigators rushed into the streets to use mysterious items to fend off the Red Spider rain, while police were desperately evacuating the crowd to ensure people's safety. In the footage, Ria even spotted Calvin and his group.

These young people went against the tide of fleeing crowds, shouting desperately to maintain the order that people needed in the face of crisis.

During the investigation, an investigator was bitten by a red spider. His colleague immediately removed the bite, and after simple treatment, these people continued to protect the bustling city of Adeline. Everyone should be a builder of the city's prosperity; they are all part of the building's bricks and mortar.

Ordinary people also volunteered to stand up and hold umbrellas for these people, and everyone was willing to work together to maintain order and resist the "natural disaster".

Inside the church, a group of pastors and nuns chanted in unison. As the bells rang, the "blood rain" from the sky slowed down.

Everyone has their own responsibilities, and this scene deeply moved Lia. He lowered his head and said, "I thought they couldn't do anything right."

"How could that be? The peace you see is the result of a group of people working hard. Don't look down on anyone, and don't underestimate any group."

Ivand coughed: "And there's no need to put so much pressure on yourself. No one can protect everyone on their own. That's not a hero, that's an oddball."

With such power, people's hearts can easily become distorted.

"Perhaps you are right."

Ria looked down at his tentacles, the spiders crawling all over his body, the eyes attached to various parts of his body, and the human-headed spider with a Bucklowey face that was circling around him at his feet. A bitter look appeared on his face.

“They are human, and I am just a monster. If these people know that killing me can stop the natural disaster, what will they do?”
I still don't seem to understand the true meaning of guarding; Bucklowe has really presented me with a real-world problem.

If he could, he would like to fight against natural disasters like everyone else, instead of knowing everything but being powerless to do anything about it.

"Omniscience is the greatest curse."

He didn't know when those words had appeared before, but they echoed in his mind again.

"Hahahaha, I knew you weren't suited to play a guard. Come and play an idiot with me!"

"Praise the Faceless One—Praise the Faceless One—Praise the Faceless Lord!"

"Get out!" Ivan stood up, bent down, grabbed the spider-headed man, crushed its skull, and threw it into the unknown rift like trash.

At that moment, Ria stopped all movement and looked at him, even her tentacles stiffened for a moment.

"How did you..."

"Is that why I stood up?"

Ivan casually tossed the blanket that had been covering his legs onto the wheelchair, revealing his legs, which were now covered by trousers, looking no different from those of a normal person.

"What would you think if I said I use a wheelchair because walking is too tiring?"

Ria didn't know what to think, because he simply couldn't believe that Ivand's confinement to a wheelchair was such a lame excuse.

“You couldn’t have suddenly stood up. There must be some special factor behind it… Did you pay some new price?”

"What kind of thought process is this?" Ivand stood in front of him.

"I didn't expect you to guess it. I have to say, you really are my student. It would be such a pity if you really turned into an idiot."

(End of this chapter)