They all call me an Outer God.

Chapter 293 Ria's Plan

"Anyway, I am... Hephaestus now, aren't I?"

Ria muttered to himself, then turned to look at the only normal person trapped in the thorns.

"I'm sorry, miss, you've seen something that's not really appropriate to watch."

"Don't come any closer! You all deserve to die! You all deserve to die!"

"Don't get so agitated... What makes you think you're a normal person?"

Ria reassured her: "Now, you are that clone, and the normal people are the others. Apart from Hephaestus, me, and Schwarz, probably no fourth party will know what just happened."

"But don't worry, we will do our best to help you get rid of that omnipresent consciousness. You will return to normal and there will be no danger to your life."

He returned to his seat, and golden light shimmered in the shadows. At that moment, everyone returned to normal, while the people in the prison resumed their shouting.

"I'm a normal person, you bunch of lunatics!"

"You're still quibbling!"

"Winnie, we'll banish that damned consciousness right away and get you out!"

Everyone was busy and in a chaotic state. Leilana circled the cage many times, like a little girl who was just curious and had no particular thoughts, but Ria could feel that the consciousness in Winnie was gradually being stripped away.

"This person is not simple. She may already know something, but she is very principled and doesn't say anything."

After everything was settled, Winnie ran out of the decaying thorns, crying, and embraced her companion tightly.

Her companion patted her on the shoulder: "Don't cry, don't cry, it's all over now. Look at you, you're almost thirty years old, what are you crying about?"

Winnie shrieked, her makeup ruined by tears: "I'm just scared! And don't call me man, don't even think about messing up my meme."

Ria: "..."

He was quite scared in a way.

Winnie's companions continued to comfort her, while Ria noticed the mushrooms that had been picked and lined up in the corner.

Curiosity drove him to go and take a look, and it seemed that some letters were carved on the stems of the mushrooms.

Ria crouched down and discovered that these letters could actually be connected to form a phrase.

"Gottihai".

What does this mean? Does it mean he should go to the Gotti Coast again?

The young man calmly rearranged the mushrooms, recalling the words his clone had spoken when arranging them—

"One hundred people, one thousand people, ten thousand people... one hundred thousand people... one million people."

"I'm almost ready to collect enough offerings!"

Just as he was pondering the meaning of Hephaestus's words, Leilana appeared behind him without his noticing, her hands behind her back, her long golden hair falling behind her ears.

"Scholar, what are you thinking about?"

"I'm thinking about where the first knight will appear."

Ria turned around, not at all startled by the person who suddenly appeared behind her.

“Hephaestus cares more about His whereabouts than we do, and he will certainly work harder than we do to find Him, but if we let him find Him first, he might become an accomplice to the plague.”

"That's a terrible result. The tea party is about to end. What are your plans next, sir?"

“To be honest, my destination has always been very random. Even if I knew that the Plague Knight would appear, and that finding Him would be equivalent to finding a solution to the natural disaster, I would be too lazy to waste time searching for Him.” Ria answered very honestly. He did not think that he was more efficient at finding things than Hephaestus and the Order Association. Right now, his main priority was to work hard to improve his meme and rescue Evans Charlie.

The mentor's wisdom surpasses that of most people, and she seems to be a true angel, even though in Ria's mind, angels' wings should be white.

The black wings didn't look good at all, but Ria had encountered many black creatures, none of which were as dangerous as they seemed.

Awakening the mentor may have been a mistake, but it was a promise Ria made to Ivand as a friend.

He was actually thinking long-term. Once Hephaestus found the Plague Knight, his mentor would awaken and be able to subdue the clones and the knights. If that didn't work... then everyone could face destruction together.

Either way, Liya could accept the outcome; he had nothing to be afraid of.

“I can understand you, but I’ve been thinking that if we eliminate the Plague Knights, will our contamination be cured?”

"maybe."

Ria gathered the mushrooms on the ground and put them into the shadow, from which tentacles emerged and wrapped up all the mushrooms.

“This tea party was very nice, Miss Felicity. Everything was delicious and everyone was very friendly.”

"Are you leaving?"

"Yes."

"Where are you going next?"

where to go?
Lia straightened her clothes, making sure every part was as smooth as new.

The young man wore a white shirt with a black vest underneath. A neat tie brought the collar of the shirt to the neck, and on the outermost layer was a wool and silk blend coat, which was decorated with buttons on both sides to make it fit perfectly.

"I plan to go to the coast of the Gote Sea again."

As Lia recalled the scenery there, the sea was indeed breathtaking, but the extraordinary creatures in the sea would sometimes suddenly jump out and attack humans.

From a probabilistic perspective, polluters are even more likely to be attacked by supernatural beings than ordinary people; this is probably what is known as the "law of supernatural aggregation."

Those extraordinary beings were very fond of the patients' aura, believing that by consuming the flesh and blood of the contaminated, they could take a step closer to "normal".

That's right, it's normal.

Although they look messy and disorganized, these extraordinary creatures actually yearn to return to their original state, to a time before they were polluted and carefree.

“New faces appear at each tea party, while some old faces pass away.”

Leilana looked back at everyone, her eyes revealing reluctance.

“I want to remember everyone. I remember the faces, voices and identities of everyone who comes to participate each year, including even those who come with malice.”

Last time, Hephaestus's clone also appeared, but we kicked him out and he sat by the door, listening in the sun for hours.

"So this time, I was thinking about whether to let him come and participate as well, and see what he's up to this time."

But I soon discovered that your identity seems even more special than Hephaestus's this time.

Are you curious about my identity?

Ria asked her, and Lelana nodded: "As you can see, I am the recorder. I want to analyze the average life expectancy of the patients by recording the differences in the number of people at each tea party."

"Of course, this is harmless to everyone, after all, scientists never do anything unnecessary."

(End of this chapter)