They all call me an Outer God.

Chapter 326 I equally hate my job

There is no doubt that these things are related to the Hydra, but no one knows exactly what that relationship is.

They look a lot like a hypoderm, but they are not.

At least not yet.

"The silt of the Hydra is alive, but everything here looks lifeless. Could it be a Hydra from a previous era?"

The common father and mother gods of the Deep Ones—Dagon and Hydra—are not the first generation. The responsibility of this leadership is inherited; once they die, the next one will be born from the oldest Deep One.

Hydra, on the other hand, is likely the purest part that has been redifferentiated from the original silt.

"Now we can only hope that Dagon can keep his seal, otherwise..."

Ria looked up at the boundless black sea, then disappeared into the shadows and reappeared on the rooftops of distant buildings.

He watched as the massive building was swallowed up by Schwarz, whose appetite remained as voracious as ever, like a black hole. After consuming the creature, Schwarz only choked and hiccuped incessantly.

"Goo!"

"Gurgle...hiccup! Gurgle? Hiccup!"

Having swallowed the entire building, Little Swarth felt it was full and needed to rest. Not long after, Ria saw it shrink its body and flap its wings as it flew towards her from a distance.

Then, when it approached, Ria, who had noticed the hiccups, suddenly opened her wolf mouth wide and made a fierce expression to scare it. It must be said that this method was very effective and worked quickly; little Swarth's hiccups stopped immediately.

Now, it nestled comfortably on Ria's shoulder, snuggling against his wolf fur, which was soft, smooth, and warm—a sensation it had never felt before.

Before its host noticed, it threw all the gold and silver treasures it had obtained from Dagon into the palace. In the future, it could accumulate a lot of wealth until it filled the huge building, and even become a gold mountain.

Then it will become a rich dragon, and all the money will be left to the host, who will also become the richest person!

Little Swarth flapped its wings, curled itself into a ball, and the next second, it burrowed into Ria's flesh. Ria also jumped off the roof, intending to find her lost companion.

Incidentally, the head that Hephaestus was attached to was also knocked down here before, and if he is not found immediately, every companion that Ria encounters next will become him.

"He's a head now, he can't move. As long as no one finds him beforehand, he'll be fine."

"Cough cough."

"Hephaestus..."

"Little Hephaestus, where are you?"

"Come out quickly, no one here will hurt you, and your true form is also calling you out."

"My dear believer, why can't I find you at this crucial moment?"

"Aren't you usually very high-profile?"

As Ria thought this, she gently wiggled her wolf tail twice.

The werewolf, leaning on his cane, walked down the middle of the street, believing himself to be harmless, unaware that his behavior perfectly matched a word he knew well—

A scoundrel.

……

"No, we can't find an exit anywhere. Are we really trapped here?"

"Do you still have any nutritional supplements? I'm so thirsty and hungry, I really can't walk anymore."

The investigators walked the streets of what was once North Adeline, tormented not only by the fear of the unknown and the uncertainty of the future, but also by a morbid hunger.

The longer they stayed here, the more irrational they became. Now, when they looked at their companions, they even had the thought that perhaps eating some human flesh wouldn't be so bad. "No, no, no."

Todwell shook his head, then looked at Emigana, who was following behind them, but kept his head down, seemingly lost in thought.

"Emiragana, do you have any more nutritional potions?"

"some!"

Erigana immediately took out new potions from his coat and handed them to them. The containers of these things were not ordinary glass; they would not easily break even if they were squeezed or collided with each other.

Then, the surface temperature of the Deep Ones is low; even though Erigana is a hybrid, its body temperature remains below ten degrees Celsius.

For these two reasons as well, the medicines can be preserved very well.

"We need to drink these sparingly; we don't have much left."

“That’s not the problem. The problem is when can we get out?” Salle asked, his eyes wide.

"If we stay here, no matter how much medicine we have, it won't be enough for everyone. And what will happen to us when the medicine runs out? Will we eat people?"

"I'm afraid so."

"(Endeles swears)! How do we get out of here?"

"Once Dagon defeats Lord Hydra, he will let us leave."

"What if we can't win?"

"This place will collapse."

Emigana pointed to the Black Sea above: "The Abyss is resurrected. Everything we have painstakingly preserved or built will be destroyed by unprecedented raging waves, and the black ocean above will pour down."

We are aquatic creatures, so we may have a glimmer of hope, but you will die.

There's no use worrying about these things now. In fact, I'm more worried than you are.

Saller: "What are you worried about?"

“I’m worried about the mayor. It’s powerful, but it’s no match for Hydra right now. If the two sides fight, neither side will gain an advantage in the short term, but it’s uncertain in the long term.”

Upon hearing Emigana's words, everyone fell silent. It wasn't the first time they had felt their own insignificance, but they always felt that with their abilities, they couldn't change anything at all.

Compared to those colossal beings, humans are utterly incomparable. Their actions have been like a mayfly trying to shake a giant tree—powerless and laughable.

"Now is not the time to listen to your self-pity."

Saller pointed at Todwell: "Anyway, I'm already fed up with this damn job. We're here to rescue people, so let's find the investigator who went missing here first."

"Um, what kind of fish is this? Are there any investigators still alive? Tell this guy no, and then give up on him."

“It is Emigana, not a fish, and I am a Deep One.”

Emigana protested, then thought seriously for a moment: "To be honest, it's been a long time since I've been here. It seems like it was many years ago when I still looked human."

Todwell: "Have you ever seen two people named Neo and Rothschild? They were also investigators who went missing recently during a mission related to the Abyss."

These two individuals are important to the association, not only because they are senior investigators, but more importantly, because they recently contacted the association, claiming to possess crucial intelligence about the Abyss.

Moreover, such intelligence must be received by the prosecutor in person.

Just as the prosecutor from 01 arrived, ready to hear what they had to say, the two men vanished into thin air.

(End of this chapter)