They all call me an Outer God.

Chapter 286 Annihilate All Believers

His words were all heartfelt, but now that he was bearing the title "Hephaestus," even the most reasonable words would be misunderstood as having ulterior motives.

People at the scene were shouting for Leilana to stay away from him, otherwise she might be caught off guard and get hurt.

"Miss Philly, don't trust that man!"

"He's a fraud, you should know that better than we do!"

Such comments kept reaching Leilana's ears, but she didn't react at all, still wearing that unchanging smile.

"This gentleman is trustworthy and wouldn't lie. I believe him."

"Even if he uttered that name and slandered the Radiant Sun?"

"Yes."

The pure white witch nodded. Now, everyone began to question whether Leilana had been assimilated, but given her immense power, the possibility of her being assimilated was extremely small.

If she wanted to, she would have had countless opportunities to eliminate all the witches long ago, but now the witches are still standing here unharmed.

For a moment, all the witches were somewhat confused about the situation. Apart from a few who were still observing, the rest prepared to attack.

"As expected of Hephaestus's avatar, he starts by slandering the sun. We have believers in the radiant sun among us. Isn't he afraid of being punished later?"

“But I don’t think this is like Hephaestus and his men… They wouldn’t make such a big mistake when they lie.”

"So you're going to believe him?"

The people below were still arguing endlessly, but Lia continued her speech as if nothing was wrong, even tilting her head slightly to dodge a poisoned needle thrown by someone.

Now he truly understood just how much his patients hated Hephaestus and the people associated with him.

"Quiet them down." Ria looked at the people beside her, and Lelana immediately clapped her hands in understanding. Although the crowd below was dissatisfied, they quickly quieted down.

"This tea party is more tense than ever before..."

"It's alright. I wouldn't be used to everyone being as polite as you, Miss."

He gave the man a meaningful look, then cleared his throat.

“I know you don’t believe me and you doubt my identity, but I can tell you without reservation that you don’t need to doubt it. The truth is exactly as you think.”

Can you listen to me quietly now? — I'm talking about this natural disaster; anyone who believes in the Rising Sun bears a corresponding share of the sin.

"And what about you?" Leilana asked him.

“I do not believe in Him.”

Ria: "The Sun Church has always suppressed other churches, denigrating them as 'underground churches,' and even wishing to eradicate all heretics."

The desire of the Sun Believers to serve the Sun and awaken Him, so that His light may fully bless the earth, is understandable. After all, all churches want to revive their God, and the Sun Believers are the largest sect in Endeleurs; if revived, the Radiant Sun would be the first to be affected.

“I do have a good idea. If everyone could give up their faith and become atheists, natural disasters could be postponed for at least hundreds or thousands of years. But people are always too stubborn.” In places unseen by the believers, the praises of the believers had already lingered in the “ears” of the sleeping gods, like an alarm clock that was getting louder and louder, trying to attract their attention, afraid that they would suddenly ignore them.

As for why Ria knew this, it was probably because he had recently been able to faintly hear someone calling his name.

He hadn't paid much attention at first, but later he discovered that those people were chanting the name "trade," which meant that the followers of the Lord of Trade had begun to gather consciously or unconsciously and form a new sect.

This was something Lia didn't want to see. Being too flamboyant now wasn't a good solution, so the young man tried to curb the growing madness of those people and bring them back to a normal life.

If he wanted to, forming a church would only require a single order, not the complicated process we have now.

"Do you think it would be too difficult to get everyone to give up their beliefs?"

Lia asked everyone, but even if they didn't answer, the answer was obvious.

That's simply impossible, so this natural disaster is impossible to prevent, and the prophesied event is bound to happen.

"How ridiculous! Faith was initially just a means for those in power to consolidate their power by using divine will, but in the end it led to an inevitable disaster."

“In the Rising Sun Bible, they praise heroes and glorify suffering, but these things should never happen, and suffering should never be praised.”

Powerlessness will engulf everyone, because they cannot fight against God, nor can they fight against their own kind.

Finally, Ria added, "In the face of natural disasters, we are all equal. I have no reason to lie to you here, so your idea of ​​dying together has come true. Are you happy now?"

Everyone fell silent. They were unwilling to believe Hephaestus's words, but everything Ria said was so true.

"...So what should we do?"

Finally, someone took the initiative to ask him a question. Ria looked at the person and said, "In the canal under the Manlawi Bridge, there is a sacrificial circle buried in silt."

"Is any of you interested in sacrificial arrays? Figuring out that might offer a solution. Otherwise, we can only place our hopes on the Order Association and hope they have some means to deal with natural disasters."

Then Ria explained to everyone the current situation around the Gekoso Mountains. If there was really no way to avoid it, people would easily be hunted down by the supernatural creatures above.

Moreover, there are still many mysteries surrounding that mountain range. It was on that mountain range that Lia's own symptoms of pollution began to appear. If one were to rashly go up the mountain, no one knows what the consequences would be.

At this point, Ria began to miss the all-knowing Charlie. He knew so much, and if he were here now, he might be able to come up with a better solution.

He met his mentor in his dream last time, but the Ivand in the dream seemed to be a different person from the real one. He did not recognize Ria at that time, perhaps because there were still strange things in the dream that Ria did not know about.

But Ivand's current physical form should still be alive, and closely connected to some unimaginable being; otherwise, Ria wouldn't have suddenly seen him in her dream—

A human being.

A human being in its purest form.

"So in the end, we still have to make the worst decision."

Lelana suddenly interrupted Ria's reverie. She lowered her voice and spoke in a volume that only the two of them could hear: "Destroy all the believers of the Radiant Sun."

(End of this chapter)