They all call me an Outer God.

Chapter 369 The Disliked

"Thank you very much for trusting me. I believe our cooperation will be very pleasant, and ultimately, we can both achieve our desired goals."

By the moonlight, Elfin stared at the strange appearance on his arm. As Yuan Gu had instructed, he waited until the next day to buy a train ticket to Gaikoso.

He may have had some concerns during that time, but the Source Bone allowed him to personally experience an extraordinary pleasure.

Under the tactician's gaze, the trajectory of all creatures a second from now seems to be predictable. He fired at the side of a supernatural creature, and the next second, the creature moved haphazardly, crashing into the trajectory of the bullet.

"It's unbelievable."

[Don't be surprised. As my host, it's only right that I provide you with memes in advance. This is the power you deserve, and in the future, countless others will submit to this power.]

Do you know what I was just thinking?

【What? 】

“Mysterious items are useful, but when combined with extraordinary abilities, their power is self-evident.”

[Not bad, you're quite perceptive... I've buried countless mysterious artifacts in the Gekkoso Mountains. We can set off at dawn.]

My child, you will witness a miracle.

Elfin's eyes lit up. He was so excited that he searched for extraordinary creatures nearby and killed them. Then he took out a knife from his pocket, collected a piece of the extraordinary creature's bone, and cut it into a shape that could fit in his pocket.

【What are you doing? 】

"Make a keepsake, after all, today is a very memorable day."

As for my teammates... I believe they will understand me.

After saying this, Elfin found a bench to rest briefly. Soon after, he would head to the station and then to the mountains filled with madness and death.

Dawn broke quickly.

The train's steam obscured the sky from people's view, and it made the sound of mechanical steel rubbing together as it headed south.

……

Reality, Burgess Town, Nightmare Church.

Hidden beneath countless black tentacles, the young man inside sat in a wheelchair, his head bowed, his hands resting on the top of a top hat placed on his lap. His injuries had not yet fully healed.

In this dark space, you can hear the "chirping" sounds as the tentacles rub against each other, but if you ignore those sounds and listen more carefully, you might also hear the sound of flesh tearing as the young man's wounds heal briefly.

At this moment, other voices emerged.

A dark, feathered creature struggled to squeeze through a crack in the building's wall. It ran to the young man's feet, used its tentacles to remove the top hat and set it aside, then climbed onto the young man's lap in his place, rubbing its head against his hands.

It used its tentacles to cup the host's hand and stroke the side of its face, its eyes half-closed in a look of enjoyment.

During this time, those tentacles concealed the presence of this place, using the meme [werewolf]'s ability to disguise the interior as if nothing existed.

Of course, he also killed a few clones of someone who had become interested in this place and tried to get closer. Little Swarth didn't think it was a big deal and there was no need to report it.

"Gurgle... Ouch—"

It yawned, then, holding its host's hand, drifted off to sleep, just like its host had done.

In the dream world, Lia stared at the crowd in front of her, looking helpless.

"It seems the person who went out won't be coming back; he's probably awake now."

"Yes Yes."

"That's how it should be."

The crowd echoed his sentiments, but upon closer inspection, it became clear that their facial expressions were all unnatural. It seemed that after getting up close to Lia, they realized that his mindset was not something a normal person should have.

Someone carefully chose their words and asked Ria, "Do you need a mental health evaluation?"

Do you think there's a problem with what I just said, or do you think there's a problem with me?

Lia looked at him gently.

The man immediately broke out in a cold sweat: "No, it's just..."

"Is it too extreme to try to contaminate everyone here with a plague? Don't be so tense, everyone, I was just joking. Besides, we don't have the source of the plague right now."

Upon hearing this, everyone breathed a slight sigh of relief. But the next second, they saw the dark creature flap its wings again, then its mouth stretched to a terrifying angle, from which it suddenly spat out half of an incomplete, pale white skeleton.

The skeleton remained motionless after landing, but suddenly, many black particles appeared on its surface. These particles gradually formed a semi-solid entity, which abruptly turned its head to look at everyone. The two eerie white lights in its eye sockets sent a chill down everyone's spine.

"This is……"

"The source of the plague, well, now we have the source of the plague."

As soon as Lia finished speaking, she saw many people running wildly outside, as if their lives depended on it. The supernatural beings, finding the crowd too large and the houses too crowded, simply destroyed them.

Only Farman remained motionless at the scene.

Ria: "Aren't you going to run?"

"I'm already a patient, how can I get any sicker?"

"Of course you can. Besides, I specifically captured this source of plague to contaminate all of you. You should at least cooperate, otherwise I'll lose face."

Falmanf shook his head, then suddenly shouted, "Praise be to trade!"

“I believe you won’t do that; what you just did was simply make them leave.”

"My humanity is gradually fading away, how do you know I won't?"

"Because you are yourself, no matter how much humanity is lost, your nature will not change."

"Moreover, I am a creator, and I want to record all the stories worth recording, and write them into my works to show more people—"

Before he could finish speaking, the source of the plague on the ground, after watching Ria for a moment, suddenly erupted and attacked him.

In an instant, a spiked club appeared in Falmanf's hand, and he swung it directly at the source of the plague.

With a deafening roar, the pile of bones was smashed apart, and the dark shadow attached to it howled, about to fly out of its host and attack Falmanf.

At the crucial moment, Ria waved her hand upwards, and the magician's power instantly conjured a glass dome that imprisoned her.

However, ordinary glass couldn't control it for long. In a very short time, the glass melted, and the dark figure darted around the house. Seeing that things were going badly, Farmanf instinctively picked up Ria and tried to escape with him.

Only after the two escaped outside did Falmanf put down Ria to block the door and prevent the plague from spreading outside. Ria stood behind him, her voice showing no emotional change.

"Let it out."

“But—” “Trust me, let it out.”

Ria's real body was injured, and her body in the dream world was still weak. She even seemed tired when she stood up, and a light dark circle appeared under her eyes.

“I do not intend to pollute you, even though it is the most convenient method, it is not the optimal solution.”

"Release it, and follow the dream-eating method of the dream hunter. Since the source of the plague is in the dream world, the losses in reality will be reduced considerably."

Although the two are related, this relationship is distinct; ultimately, they are not from the same place.

“So you mean…” Farmanf turned around and gradually loosened the pressure on his hands.

“I intend to eat the plague, and not just any ordinary food.”

He walked forward, and from the shadows on the ground, countless tentacles emerged. Falmanf's expression shifted unpredictably, but ultimately he chose to back down, watching as Ria placed her hand on the doorknob and suddenly opened it—

"I want to devour the power of the plague."

Golden light flashed in his pupils, and then he reached out and grabbed at the dark shape.

You're really courting death!

The plague particles instantly engulfed Ria. It was furious, but not because Ria had suddenly uttered those extremely blasphemous words, but because he could actually do it.

In the Gaikoso Mountains, that boundless eye personally swallowed the source of the plague, then inflicted contamination on the body.

At that moment, the source of the plague was unable to resist and even had the thought of giving everything for it.

The current source of the plague will definitely not repeat the mistakes of the past. It represents disease, and its body contains hundreds of millions of viruses. Normal people simply cannot survive under its deliberate attack.

No matter how powerful a god is, it can only reside in a human body now. Right now, it is just a human. If its body is destroyed, it will be nothing.

Yes, destroy His body! Corrode His will, reducing Him to a mindless object!

The source of the plague was so excited that it went mad, and the particles kept twisting. When Farman saw his god being devoured, he was so angry that he raised his spiked club and smashed it down.

That thing was no ordinary spiked club. When it got close to the shadowy figure, the teeth seemed to come alive and came together, tearing at the plague and quickly turning the active bacteria and viruses into inorganic dust.

The source of the plague simply shook it off, but not long after, it discovered that its virus had solidified somewhere, hanging in mid-air as a thread.

He looked up and found a supernatural creature above him. The creature was half-human and half-spider, and it was the spider girl who had handed Ria the flowers earlier.

She rubbed the serrated teeth in her mouth, and soon, countless black hairy spiders of all sizes crawled out from the roof. These spiders spun silk in an attempt to trap the plague, but the source of the plague thought they were extremely foolish.

The residents all despise this person; are you sure you want to save him?

"No, what they really hate is you."

[Hahaha, you hate me? Look at the others, they're showing disgust and fear because of the person I've trapped. They're so afraid they don't even dare to get close.]

This person is the source of the disaster; he's a jinx. You have no idea of ​​his true identity. Once I've completely obliterated his consciousness, it will be your turn next.

"Snapped!"

Someone threw a stone this way, and the source of the plague turned around and saw that the person who threw the stone was a small child.

【What are you doing? 】

"Snapped!!!"

"pat-"

"boom!"

More people started throwing stones at it, and some even picked up weapons and pointed them at it.

Why aren't you running? Do you even realize what you're doing?

"We are fighting the plague! Do you think we can only run away? When the plague becomes a reality, some people may escape their miserable lives through dreams, but this is the only home we have..."

You came here wanting to destroy our only home. Yes, that's probably what that person wanted to tell us.

If we only rely on escaping and forbearance, we will eventually find ourselves with nowhere left to retreat.

"The plague is nothing to fear, let's kill it together!!!"

"Kill it!!!"

"Kill it!!!"

Are you all crazy?! Have you been brainwashed by Lia Kelcha?!

"Do you think everyone here is afraid of you? We have nothing left to lose."

"If you're so capable, then make my contamination worse, make it even worse! Because of you, I've suffered so much scorn and relentless pursuit all these years, and in the end, I could only hide in the Dream Realm. Even so, you still came here—"

"What kind of trial are you conducting! Who are you here to judge? Why should innocent people like us become your targets for amusement!"

“I have never killed anyone, never set fires, and I rarely even curse. Why should I bear the blame for those sins? You talk about the sins of humanity, but how are you any different from those beasts when you treat people indiscriminately!”

If the church clergy heard what the crowd was saying, they would probably fly into a rage on the spot, but there was no one here to inform on them, and there were no clergy members, so they could vent their anger to their heart's content.

From the moment they fell ill, too many people wanted to make a real cry, but societal prejudices choked them.

The source of the plague's bones were crushed and the virus was burned, and only then did it discover that Ria, whom it had previously devoured, was standing on the opposite rooftop, smiling at it.

The fire blurred the man's figure and distorted his form, but the source of the plague could still sense that the man was laughing.

[God, is this all part of your conspiracy?]

No, it should be that I fell into your trap the moment I first saw that person on the mountain.

That person foresaw this day would come; he knew you would come to devour the power of the plague... but don't forget, you are also being used by them.

[A container of authority won't remain a container forever; sooner or later, the authority will be reclaimed. Haha, let's wait and see!]

Ria tilted her head slightly, and countless tentacles completely swallowed her.

Consuming the source of the plague in the dream world can be seen as a way to prove one's determination to fight the plague and to test how others will react to various crises.

These people proved to be very united, and they genuinely wanted to defend their last home.

As for the source of the plague, in conclusion...

Lia didn't take it to heart at all. These monsters usually had the habit of saying something unsettling before they died, and besides, she didn't have much power right now, so how could those people take it?
Should we bear the consequences of his pollution?
The Hephaestus went to great lengths to entrust the authority of the Faceless God to him; if it were to be snatched away by someone else, I think those guys would have quite a sight to see.

"They might get so angry that their true forms awaken. Thinking about it that way, I'm actually kind of looking forward to it."

(End of this chapter)