They all call me an Outer God.

Lilith turned and pointed at the Famine Knight. Ria also looked at Him and then realized that the Knight's appearance was not complete. It was as if it was a creation that had been forcibly pulled out of the womb before it was fully formed. Its body surface was even covered with dried amniotic fluid.

Compared to the Rising Sun's retinue, the high-ranking knight who ruled over the famine, He now looked more like a bloated head of black fat.

He couldn't help but exclaim, "This thing..."

"Ah, of course I couldn't summon a complete knight, the consequences of which would be unbearable even for me. So I tampered with the seal and used the body of the black goat calf to re-conceive Him."

"Of course, this process resulted in the death or injury of most of the black goat calves, and those that survived became useless creatures that only knew how to eat."

"But it's alright, Mother will forgive them... I've already personally sent them to see Mother."

Lilith's voice remained relaxed and cheerful, completely unaware of the extraordinary things she had done.

When the cursed seal was first broken, the knights' power had not yet fully recovered. This created very favorable conditions for those who wanted to use the knights for their own purposes. Perhaps the knights of the apocalypse could be killed, but their authority would never be extinguished and would remain to await the birth of the next knight.

This is what is known as the knightly succession. However, in ordinary knightly succession, the previous knight automatically selects the suitable candidate, and the number of successions is very small, only a handful over thousands of years. But this is the first time someone has actively killed them in order to seize power.

The existence of Meme One is already abnormally rare. Usually, these people cherish their lives very much and rack their brains to find ways to continue advancing to Meme Zero. No one would be so bored as to provoke the Knights of Apocalypse.

However, the woman before him during the famine was a complete exception. Her thinking was extreme, and she was willing to do anything to achieve her goals. She believed that everything she did was to please her mother and hoped that her mother would come soon.

Lilith now believes that Ria is the best successor to the knighthood. Although it is indeed difficult to let Ria bear all the burdens alone, Lilith did so based on the principle of mutual consent.

In any case, both the transacting party and the transacted party were very satisfied.

It is delightful to trade with the Lord of Trade.

“Ms. Lilith, I don’t think you summoned me here just to see me and then hand over the power of Famine to someone else.”

Ria continued to nonchalantly pull at the tentacles on her body, but seeing that she couldn't get rid of them and that they would just wrap around her again, she simply let them be.

They pierced his flesh again.

Lilith couldn't help but smile: "We're all colleagues from 06 and shareholders of the Order Association, so I won't beat around the bush with you."

"To be honest, the famine curse had already loosened before I lifted it, and I think you know why—"

The arrival of the plague caused rampant supernatural pollution, leading to frequent and increasingly uncontrollable wars. The wars inevitably triggered famine, and behind all this, death quietly arrived; its arrival was merely lacking a catalyst.

In countries ravaged by war, prices soar, resources are scarce, vegetation disappears after the land is affected by war, and polluted land can no longer grow normal crops.

"The current Famine Knight is not complete; His clones are scattered all over the world, and I think you are familiar with the names of those clones."

Lilith deliberately left everyone in suspense at this point.

"They are neither starving ghosts nor farmers or livestock breeders; their identities are more special."

Do you know what people call them?

"They call themselves..."

Lilith's voice grew softer and softer, and Ria's pupils gradually contracted.

"Profiting from murder—" [Black Market Dealer]

……

When the third seal was opened, I heard a third living creature say, “Come!”

I looked and saw a black horse, and the rider on it was holding scales in his hands.

[I heard what seemed to be a voice among the four living creatures saying: “A coin buys a shovel of wheat, and a coin buys three shovels of barley; do not waste oil or wine.”]

[A loaf of bread sold for a final price of 500,000 gold coins!]

—Famine Knight

……

Meanwhile, around the world.

Buyers purchase milk from ranches for 30 rubles per ton and then sell it for 30 rubles per liter.

People simply couldn't afford such exorbitant prices, so tons of milk were dumped, turning the river into a milk river. The mass deaths of fish caused the entire river to develop a foul and eerie odor under the scorching sun.

From the outbreak of the war, the demand for factory output increased rapidly, workers' hourly wages rose by 2%, and the productivity of workers in the factories surged by 55%.

At the same time, farmers' real income is decreasing due to the continuous decline in agricultural product prices and the increasing costs of rent, taxes and living expenses.

The enemy's artillery fire was relentless; they knew exactly where the economy's lifeline lay, so large numbers of buildings were destroyed, including but not limited to: streets, schools, banks, factories, and even hospitals.

The current situation may seem calm, but a severe economic crisis has already broken out in many parts of the world. Multiple banks have collapsed, stock markets are in chaos, and gold is fluctuating wildly between soaring and plummeting in value. Many people have lost their temper and recklessly sold their shares, only to go bankrupt overnight.

In this situation, buyers can't afford the goods, and sellers have no customers, creating a vicious cycle.

The number of beggars on the streets has increased dramatically, yet there are still people dressed in fine clothes, seemingly out of pity, selling food to them: "Bread, the last one, someone has already offered three paper dollars, anyone else want to buy?"

The unscrupulous merchant revealed a cruel smile: "If you don't buy it, after a while, you won't be able to buy it even for five pieces of paper. If you don't want it, there are plenty of rich people who will."

On the other end, there were merchants carrying rigged scales, falsely reporting eight taels of barley as ten taels, deliberately raising the price and then offering a discount to lure people to buy.

Only at this moment did people realize that a devil will always be a devil, and those who know how to make money will never lack funds, thus making a fortune.

……

Upon hearing this news, Ria fell into a brief silence, while Lilith gently patted Famine's body.

He said.

"Isn't this the perfect opportunity for you to perform? In my personal opinion, famine is actually the most suitable power for you. Paired with a meme like the black marketeer, how smoothly the performance would go. This is truly the best of times..."

"Is that so?" Ria's tone remained indifferent, revealing no emotion.

(End of this chapter)