They all call me an Outer God.

Chapter 318 Run! ! !
After quietly finishing these tasks, as he continued downwards, he stared at the chaotic bottom, and the unease he had felt earlier returned.

"wrong."

Something's not right.

"It's too much of a coincidence."

It was precisely when Emigana and Hysivis were fighting that Hydra came to stop them, and kindly led them to dive into the deep sea. Logically, it should have been the one most concerned about Dagon, but the mother goddess believed them so easily.

Moreover, Ria clearly discovered that deeper down here was—

[Isn't this the seabed you've all been longing for? What, you're not satisfied?]

All the "fish" were also asking in surprise: "Why are you suddenly bringing this up at this crucial moment?"

Emigana asked, puzzled, "What's wrong?"

Ria stared intently at the skull it was holding; it was clearly human bone, and it looked very new.

As for such "new" things, there are plenty of them on the seabed.

During the tentacles' exploration, they found that the seabed was just a muddy expanse—yes, just muddy mud, with no underwater city whatsoever.

Or perhaps the underwater city isn't even here.

The churning mud trapped many wailing souls, and countless human bones fell into it, unable to be reborn. The immense supernatural aura had reached a point where it could not be ignored, and Ria felt uneasy just being there.

Others assumed these were chain reactions caused by deep-sea pressure, and were even grateful to the Hydra for providing shelter.

The next second, Ria suddenly used his tentacles to snatch the human bone from Emigana's hand, and the skull cracked.

“Dagon isn’t here at all; you don’t care about his safety at all.”

How dare you, an outsider, question me like this?

“I’m not questioning you, I’m just stating the facts—after all, the more hunters you are, the more wary you become of being the prey.”

Fish will go to great lengths to evolve organs for both hunting and defense, and deep-sea fish need to evolve themselves into all sorts of strange and unusual forms in order to survive.

The Hydra, which dwells in the deep sea, is clearly more adept at this kind of thing. It first tricked the Hysivis away, and then lured them underwater.

Ria: "If you want to kill us, you don't need to go through all that trouble. Just have Hessevier do it."

Erigana: "What are you talking about? This is..."

"You don't need to express your opinion yet; let me prove my conjecture."

Tentacles gradually spread around Ria, and these things shimmered with golden light like stars. At first glance, they were almost mysterious in the deep sea, just like the hunting methods that fish that live in darkness for a long time have always used.

These "stars" are eye-catching, but if anyone is successfully lured to observe them closely, they will find that these things are actually bizarre sources carrying severe pollution.

"Is it because you know that Emigana's father would never actually do something drastic?"

"On the surface, it doesn't care about Emigana at all, but in reality, it has been holding back all along. Moreover, it has been constantly observing how far Emigana has grown. I wasn't quite sure at first, but when I saw Hessevier turn back before leaving, I understood everything."

"Its gaze held worry and apprehension, not for Dagon, but for you, Emigana."

"what?"

"It cares about you more than you think, otherwise I would have attacked it just now. Ah, although that doesn't seem like my style. Why would I randomly attack my friend's father?"
The Deep Ones have sworn allegiance to Dagon above the Abyss; in their hearts, Dagon is their father god. But now that his health is deteriorating, who can help him?
I thought and thought, and then, madam, you appeared before me.

Are you suspecting me of framing Dagon?

"It's not doubt, it's certainty!"

Ria squinted: "The only one who could have harmed Dagon besides the Abyss is you. You didn't favor Dagon, but rather the Stormwind and the Lord of the Abyss, who are in a state of suspended animation. As a follower of the Abyss, you naturally couldn't bear to see this happen, so you began to slowly kill Dagon, trying to devour him. But why should the innocent Dagon be treated like this by you?"
I suspect it has been guarding the method that allows the abyss to revive all along; once it dies, the seal will be greatly weakened.

After he finished speaking, the entire room fell silent, with only the sound of his skull grinding his teeth together.

[Brilliant! We've barely met, yet you've analyzed so much.]

"Haven't we met many times? I've seen your face all the time."

Ria stared at the skull in front of her with her golden eyes; the aura emanating from it made it impossible for her not to pay attention.

Because this thing is the skeleton of Hephaestus's previous clone.

As cautious as the Mother Goddess of the Deep Ones is, she must have killed him the moment he appeared, and then eagerly displayed his skull as a trophy.

As for the person in the room...

In a room on the sea.

The cloaked figure, seemingly exhausted from dancing, sat down to rest on a pile of broken bones, while classical jazz music continued to play all around.

The man sat casually, his hood obscuring his eyes, revealing only the lower half of his face, which was so perfect it was almost a work of art.

Suddenly, he leaned back a few feet, his mouth agape in a smile that was hard to decipher as either joy or sorrow. The Deep Ones outside heard him laughing, while others thought he was emitting a mournful cry.

His mad appearance is like that of a fallen god.

"Hehehehe..."

"My lord, I'm trying my best to stall for time—hahahahahaha, I guess I'm still not good at dancing, my dance partners are terrible."

"It's absolutely rotten."

"Boring, boring, when can I invite you to dance? I can't wait for the moment we meet."

My true form.

……

That person was an individual that Ria disguised using tentacles. Since he decided to impersonate Hephaestus, how could he do nothing?

It must be said that he acted very successfully, and so far no one has discovered that it was fake. Of course, Hydra and Dagon probably noticed, but they are not very interested in imposters other than the real thing, and leave most of the work to the Deep Ones.

"We have achieved our goal. Thank you, Ms. Hydra, for bringing us to the seabed and giving us the ability to breathe in the deep sea."

Ria continued to push the tentacles closer to the skull.

"Now."

"Everyone—"

"run!!!!!"

At his command, countless tentacles instantly engulfed the skeleton and pulverized it, while Ria also dragged her companions into the tentacles and desperately fled the area.

Hydra had previously asked why he wouldn't turn into a fish.

Because he never intended to become a fish to be slaughtered.

“Swald—”

Ria did not hesitate to call upon the name of the mythical creature.

(End of this chapter)