They all call me an Outer God.

Chapter 250 The Moment Before the Disaster Begins

"Of course I have to do that, otherwise how can I verify the authenticity of the Book of Revelation?"

Ria raised her hand and shot off the gradually mutating tentacle, cutting off the fungal contamination in time. The severed tentacle was quickly submerged by green spores of varying shades, lying on the ground and emitting a foul stench.

This is green decay. Once it affects a person, it will completely erode their consciousness, corrupt their body, and turn them into a living corpse, the servant of this slug in front of you.

"Your strong reaction suggests that the book is indeed genuine and not just a rubbing. Of course, rubbings aren't worth you showing yourself for."

The tentacles wriggling around Ria suddenly tensed, poised to attack the slug. The golden pupils that appeared above turned completely toward their enemy. Even though some eyes were behind them, they still showed the whites of their eyes to the air, burying their pupils in their tentacles.

Mythical creature, are you sure you want to do this?

"Don't call me that."

Since the other party could no longer touch him, and touching the slug would cause it to rot, Ria simply ignored it and instead placed his hand on the Book of Revelation, forcefully pulled it out, and placed it on the ground to examine it carefully.

Doing so in front of a slug is indeed disrespectful, even blasphemous, but Ria is vengeful. The other party had tried to destroy his mental support first, so of course he wouldn't give this seemingly indescribable creature a friendly look.

With a thud, the Book of Revelation fell to the ground. It was quite heavy when picked up. Judging from its appearance, the book was ancient and expensive. Its cover seemed to be made of some kind of animal hide, hard and heavy, exuding the message of a long time.

After confirming several times that there were no other traps in the book, Ria placed her hand on its cover and lifted it open.

This behavior made the slug lose its spirit; it brandished its spines, but no matter what it did, it couldn't hit Ria.

"Indeed, you are guarding the Book of Revelation."

Ria calmed herself down, took a deep breath, and looked at the first page of Revelation. The text above was obscure and difficult to understand, as if someone had drunk too much and was scribbling nonsense on a papyrus page with an unknown pen.

Do you need my help with translation?

The slugs were gloating.

"No need, I have my own way."

As he said this, Ria turned around and stared at the text with his eyes on the back of his neck, while numerous tentacles held up the Book of Revelation for easier viewing.

Soon after, the young man successfully translated the main content of the book.

"Dear reader, it is an honor that you have discovered this book. Its author is not a solitary person, but an underground church in a mysterious valley that worships the King of Death Dreams [■■■■]. At first, people only recorded the worship rituals of the King of Death Dreams. Later, people began to continue writing and compiling it until the church no longer existed."

"The rubbings of this book only record nine volumes; the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth volumes are missing."

The language behind them changed, as if someone had picked up their pen again after a long interval and written new content, which was more in line with the Endreus language that Ria now knew.

"Everyone who finds it tries to write whatever they want on the back of it, it's a curse... Speaking of which, I can't find the tenth volume anymore, maybe it's been taken away by some collector, or maybe it's been completely destroyed."

For those who discover this book later, if you wish to read it, my advice is to turn directly to the last page and ignore everything before it. It's only meant to be read when you have the opportunity to see Revelation again. Forcing yourself to read it will only...

Those who force themselves to finish this book will receive an unsettling surprise.

Don't ask me how I know. I've already restarted the ritual to summon them, and if I succeed, I'll continue writing later. The last words were very messy, with each letter even trying to be upside down or left and right. Ria struggled to decipher them and guessed that the person who wrote them last might have gone mad.

That concludes the preface; that person has yet to fulfill his grand ambition.

How did you feel after watching it?

"You're the King of Dead Dreams mentioned above?"

Why don't you just call me by my name?

“I won’t do anything so foolish right now, you can be a little quieter.”

Ria knew that she had to find the truth herself, and asking anyone else wouldn't be entirely reliable.

Moreover, the Book of Revelation may not contain the answer he seeks; perhaps he can use the information he receives later to make a deal with those who truly need it.

Thinking this, Ria intended to read from the back to the front as required by the prologue, but the King of Death Dreams told him that what each person sees is random, and he can only read one volume at a time. After reading it, the Book of Revelation will disappear automatically, and he can only continue reading when it reappears.

"Wow--"

Lia turned the pages of the old papyrus; each page seemed heavy and as if it might break at any moment.

A few seconds later, new text appeared before Ria's eyes, text that seemed to be related to the prophecies of natural disaster preached by the followers of the Radiant Sun.

"The sea level of the Sea of ​​Gorty has been rising. There are too many unknown things in the ocean. We speculate that some gods are sleeping in it. When they open their eyes, the sea will swallow everything."

All people could only seek refuge on Mount Gekso, which would become our last 'ark'. Humanity stayed there, waiting for the sun to rise again, praying that the sun would dispel the sea and give them true salvation.

But this was just the moment the disaster truly began.

It is only at that moment that humanity realizes how insignificant it is, after all, it will be at odds with everything.

The Gekkoso Mountains will eventually disappear, and in the end, even this tiny 'ark' will cease to exist.

Below were the prayers for the radiant sunrise and the items needed for the summoning ritual. After briefly glancing over these, Ria realized that what she was supposed to see had ended there.

He paid special attention and noticed that the top left corner of the page was marked "Volume 5," meaning that this was the content of Volume 5.

After confirming the icon, Lia wanted to look at the other pages, but found that they were all blank. Helpless, he could only turn to the preface at the very beginning and take out a brass pen at the bottom to write the number "five".

The slug's body surface twitched, and the white secretions increased.

How can you bookmark the Book of Revelation? It's not your property.

Are you planning to label the volume number next time you see a different volume?

"Snap." Ria put the pen cap back on, pondered the King of Dead Dreams' suggestion for a moment, and then nodded.

(End of this chapter)