They all call me an Outer God.

Chapter 285 Natural and man-made disasters
As he spoke, he took the folded parchment out of his pocket, shook it, and then stuffed it back into his pocket.

"I knew I hadn't misjudged you. Now, please explain this to everyone, erudite gentleman."

"of course."

Ria walked towards the crowd, and seemingly by chance, looked up and met the gaze of the elegantly dressed blonde witch. Then, without saying a word, he swept past everyone and headed straight for the building inside, stepping onto the stairs leading to the second floor.

A moment later, the young man emerged from the shadows of the second floor of the building, his figure bathed in sunlight.

"It's more convenient to read here, miss, you don't mind, do you?"

Why would I mind?

Leilana not only didn't mind, but even deliberately moved to the side to make room for him in the center, all of which made everyone suspicious of the young man's identity.

Most of them were aware of Leilana's family background. Even disregarding her status as a patient, she was still a direct descendant of the Duke of Sharente's family. Moreover, the Duke's family currently only had her as their only child. To avoid the risk of her identity being discovered, the Duke of Sharente directly enrolled her in the research institute and made her a scientist.

The status of nobility is something that everyone envies; some people are born to stand at the top of the pyramid.

"Why is Miss Felicity so respectful to that person? Is he her teacher?"

Having a teacher who has read the original Book of Revelation shows that the White Rose Witch has a lot of connections.

Looking at all this, Leilana suddenly placed one hand on her heart: "How rude of me, everyone, I almost forgot that I haven't introduced this gentleman to you yet."

This person's name is Ria K—"

“Ria Hephaestus.” Ria interrupted her, smiling at everyone.

"Very happy to meet all of you."

In that instant, Leilana's face froze, even showing a hint of astonishment. Her pupils contracted and then dilated, as if a chill ran from her feet to the top of her head, and goosebumps involuntarily appeared on the surface of her arms covered by long gloves.

"You said your name is..."

In that instant, Leilana looked at Ria beside her as if she were seeing him for the first time.

Of course, in some ways they were indeed meeting for the first time, and now Ria's unexpected move had successfully made her strangely excited after her initial shock.

If it weren't for the large number of people below, she would have wanted to kill herself on the spot as a sacrifice.

If the White Rose Witch, who was leading the group, was in such a state, one can only imagine how much more frightened the people below were—they were far more terrified than the organizers.

Many people have been tricked by the White Mask; to them, the name "Hephaestus" is directly equivalent to "destruction."

They had considered that this thing might be everywhere, but they never expected that he would swagger out at the witches' tea party and admit his identity.

What should we do? Should we run now? Or should we just kill that person? There are so many witches here. If Hephaestus catches an opportunity and kills them all, then we're really doomed. But maybe they'll have a hard time escaping. If we kill him with all our might, we might have a sliver of hope.

Just as the witches were getting restless, Leilana half-raised one hand to signal everyone to calm down: "This gentleman just likes to play pranks, there's no need for you to panic."

That's what she said, but she quickly guessed Lia's purpose.

This person wanted to portray a new meme, such as a werewolf, but struggled to find a target. After much thought, he boldly and recklessly chose the identity of "Hephaestus" to play.

Regardless of which clone Hephaestus chooses, most of those clones bearing names carry the [Werewolf] meme. To portray a werewolf, finding a [Werewolf] to play the role is undoubtedly the best solution that Ria came up with.

Leilana admired Ria again.

It doesn't take much for him to play this role; after all, he's just playing himself—back when he was on Zolam Street, Ria was silently possessed by the real Hephaestus, and his face became faceless as a result.

Ria himself now bears the title of "Faceless God," and can change his face to faceless at any time if he wants, meaning that performing this meme is much simpler than imagined. Of course, along with simplicity comes considerable risk, but unfortunately, risk is what Ria fears least right now.

Rather, he had long been prepared to fight to the death with anyone, and he didn't care what price he would have to pay.

“This lady is right, but she is wrong about one thing. I don’t actually like pranks. Now put away your so-called doubts. You can bring them up after I’ve finished speaking.”

Riad gestured for everyone to be quiet, and then he took out a piece of paper that he had written down from memory.

"Do you know what this is?

It's from the fifth book of Revelation, and I was very fortunate to come across the section about the flood while copying it.

"Leaving aside the parts that everyone's already tired of hearing, let's look at the last part—"

As the young man spoke, his voice became calm and solemn.

"A newly emerged star in the land of life and death,"

The center that all things seek in their cycle of rebirth.
Using flames to bisect day and night,
I am waiting in an endless expanse.
Sing praises to the rising sun,

A tribute to the rising sun

"Become the rising sun..."

This part was the eulogy for the radiant sunrise, and upon hearing it, most of the people in the crowd instantly erupted in uproar.

"What are you trying to achieve by reciting the sun's prayer?"

"I'm just stating the facts; after all, that's how it's recorded in Revelation."

Lia casually tossed the paper aside, watching it fall and be caught by a witch, who then passed it around.

Soon after, the witches' expressions grew increasingly fearful.

The sea level of the Gortis Sea has been rising. The ocean contains too many unknown things. We speculate that some gods are sleeping in it, and 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.

These contents, coupled with the Radiant Rising Sun Riscent Text at the end, all foreshadow that everything is heading in the worst possible direction.

"You've all noticed, haven't you? This is what the prophecy is really trying to tell us."

Ria slowly explained: "We must fight against everything... The coming of the sun is only the beginning of disaster."

"To be honest, I have always believed that sincerely believing in those things is irresponsible to oneself. They are high above and have no regard for our feelings."

It's like an anthill being flooded; the ants cry out to humans for help, hoping they'll be rescued, but all they'll get in return is another trampling on their home, or helplessly watching someone stir it up with a stick.

"As for the possibility of being rescued—it's extremely slim."

(End of this chapter)