They all call me an Outer God.

Chapter 278 Fraudulent Tactics
After threatening her, Red Moon fell silent and patiently awaited Ria's decision.

That mythical creature came from the mist; it had no consciousness, nor should it have one—after all, human books record that non-human beings do not possess the concept of consciousness.

However, after entering Ria's body, it defied the rules and developed its own independent consciousness based on Ria's consciousness, recognizing him as its master in the form of a newborn larva.

Mythical creatures have always been willing to give everything for their hosts, a fact that these incarnations of the Red Moon see but cannot understand.

A being that spans countless light-years would do this for a single human; it would never believe, even in death, that there was no connection between the two from the beginning.

From the perspective of a shady businessman, the operating principle of everything in the world is nothing more than equivalent exchange, only that your definition of "equivalent" may be different from everyone else's.

I have seen the true form of the mythical creature when it first emerged from the mist. To be honest, the timing of this species' incarnation is simply inopportune. Mythical creatures have been extinct for many years, and their appearance now can only mean disaster.

However, the mist still formed a mythical creature that should have gone extinct long ago. We didn't understand why before, but after observing you, we finally understand.

Ria felt a spider silk binding her wrist, lifting it up like a puppet's joint and shaking it.

You are indeed a good fit for it and your personality is very similar to itss; the nature of this creature perfectly aligns with yours.

Greed, suspicion, stinginess...

It even has to cater to your personality, and to prevent you from disliking it, it even produces some kind of chemical substance to affect your mind.

It now seems that the impact was indeed profound.

The enormous spider rubbed its sharp teeth together.

In this situation, I can only conclude that you two knew each other beforehand, or even made some kind of deal that no one knew about a long time ago.

However, you clearly don't have any aura of existence on you, and no matter how I look at you, you don't seem to be anyone's incarnation or projection.

It's strange...

"There's nothing strange about it. No matter how much you investigate, I'm just an ordinary human who accidentally wandered into this world."

[Humans... hehehehehe]

Okay, whatever you say. Aren't you surprised to hear what I said?

“I had already envisioned those things in my mind. Now that you are carrying my personality, there’s no reason why I can’t think of the things you can think of.”

[So, do you already know the identity of this mythical creature? An arrogant human.]

"Of course, I've always known."

Despite being distorted by supernatural factors, and despite its appearance being completely unrelated to its original form, Ria quickly guessed its identity.

If you can't figure it out even after spending every day with mythical creatures, then Ria might really need to consider joining the ranks of idiots.

Swark Kelchai's true form is a dragon, a "black dragon" born from darkness and twisted nature, wielding strong acid as its weapon.

If it weren't a dragon, Ria wouldn't have entrusted the name of money to it; such a creature is born to descend upon all wealth, trampling it underfoot to serve as its lair.

Melfas once said that long ago there existed purely mythical creatures in the world, but those creatures disappeared one after another, and when they reappeared, they were only in new forms born after being mixed with pollution.

This means that the world may have been normal at the beginning, but at a certain point in time, it became completely out of control, with the bizarre and the insane coexisting, and the extraordinary becoming equivalent to pollution.

Nobody knows what happened back then, and it has nothing to do with Ria. Right now, he just wants to get to meme zero and leave this place immediately.

“I agree to your deal. I can take its place and bear your corruption.” In the end, Ria agreed to the deal of the Crimson Mother’s avatar. The giant spider was stunned for a moment before smiling.

[So you're the type to spoil kids; people with vulnerabilities are the easiest creatures to manipulate.]

【Then I will grant your wish——】

As it spoke, it bared its fangs, preparing to inject the poison into Ria's head, but just as it was about to do so, it suddenly sensed someone looking in its direction.

Crimson's intuition was incredibly sharp; it quickly located the source of the gaze.

The people whose gazes came from all directions maintained their postures and ferocious expressions, remaining still, yet there was an inexplicable sense of unease about them.

Something's not right; it's a trap.

This is Ria's dream world, his territory. From any perspective, he is not the kind of person who would sit idly by and wait for his doom.

The dreamer's mind is often more profound than it appears. He may seem completely harmless at first glance, but who knows where he might be plotting something? Even when facing a god, he is always prepared to scheme.

Ria showed no reverence for anyone, not even the most indescribable supreme beings.

only……

Your tricks are useless against pure power.

The spider maliciously reminded Ria that nothing she did now would make a difference, and then mercilessly plunged its venomous fangs into Ria's skull, the sharp teeth penetrating deep into her brain, while Ria offered absolutely no resistance.

Something is still not right.

The spider could sense that the surrounding gazes had become more pronounced. It suddenly released its grip and turned its head, only to find that everyone was looking at it, and that the eyes of those people had turned completely golden.

Apart from the eerie golden light emanating from its pupils, everything else seemed normal, completely within its own control. But at a certain moment, the spider's gaze suddenly fixed on the first employee that Ria saw when she first entered the dream.

"Crack, crack..."

The man looked at it with a smile and clapped his hands gently.

“Praising the red moon represents the existence of death.”

"It's no use for foreign toxins to take a place in Ria's body. It seems you've been successfully fooled. From the beginning, this person wanted you to transfer the toxins affecting the mythical creatures to himself."

He shares a body with the mythical creature, appearing to be a single entity, but subtle differences exist between them, which only grow larger as their combined power increases.

Otherwise, why would someone as intelligent as him risk a mental breakdown to treat mythical creatures as independent individuals, since a child becomes a separate being from the moment of birth?

Red Spider stared intently at the employee who had spoken. Judging from his appearance, the employee seemed unremarkable, but a sense of unease began to rise in Red Spider's mind.

【Who are you】

"I thought you'd recognize me, oh well, I'll have to reintroduce myself then—"

The employee lowered his hand, lifted his leg, and walked closer step by step, leaving behind a series of blood-stained crimson footprints.

“My name is Ivand Charlie, and I have recently joined the company as an employee here.”

(End of this chapter)