They all call me an Outer God.

At that moment, Claden only felt—

Great, it's the Black Umbrella. Humanity is truly doomed.

"Boss, I..."

Claden opened his mouth, only to find that speaking was such a difficult thing. Ria picked up where he left off: "Mr. Claden says he admires you very much. This is really troublesome. If my meme level wasn't high enough, I probably wouldn't be able to control him to lead the way for me."

“Mr. Sofia, you certainly have a knack for managing your subordinates.”

Hearing these words, the murderous intent in Sofia's eyes lessened somewhat, and Claden's nose tingled, and he almost sobbed.

He realized that Ria was speaking up for him. Ever since he joined the Black Hand, he had experienced too much fighting and killing. People only cared about themselves and their own interests, showing no mercy whatsoever. Subordinates would even betray their superiors for money.

This was the first time someone had spoken up for him. Although his current predicament stemmed entirely from this person, Claden still felt a long-lost emotion called "being moved".

"No, these people are just lured here by high salaries. Money is often the most basic form of brainwashing, but..."

Sofia wanted to praise the merits of money, but found that she had completely lost interest in it when she brought it up again. She was displeased and wanted to get up and move around, but as soon as her hand touched the sofa, she looked down at the area she had touched as if she had been electrocuted.

For a fleeting moment, he thought he had seen a giant centipede.

His face darkened.

“We don’t have much time left. Perlmand has begun to communicate with the Radiant Sun, and His corruption is beginning to erode this place. Soon, it will devour both of us without leaving a trace.”

“Aren’t you scared?” Ria asked.

"No, I am not afraid of death, but I am just unwilling... How could that person take over my body and kill me in my identity? I wish I could tear him to pieces right now, but when it comes to fear, humans are creatures of comparison."

If I could take you all down with me before I die, then I wouldn't think death is so bad.

"That kind of ending sounds pretty good, but unfortunately Mr. Sofia, he can't kill me."

Lia wiped her face, her expression returning to normal automatically: "Besides, I don't intend to die like this."

“I have too many things to do; the angelic ritual in Perlmand is not worth my death.”

"Easy for you to say. The rule here is that you can only leave if you have raised 10 billion. Any other method is out of the question. Why don't you tell me how you can conjure up that money out of thin air in just half an hour?"

Sofia seemed to think that Ria was exaggerating, but Ria leaned back slightly in his chair and said, "Everything has a price."

"what are you saying?"

Sofia found Ria somewhat inexplicable, and then he heard Ria repeat, "Everything has a price to pay with me."

As he moved, six doors with vertical eye patterns appeared on the surrounding walls, each representing one of the following: pride, sloth, wrath, envy, lust, and gluttony.

"boom."

The moment the young man tapped his cane on the ground, all the doors opened simultaneously, and countless people poured out from behind them. These people all had faces that were very familiar to Lia and Claden. When Claden saw those people, his pupils shrank, and he was speechless with astonishment.

He took a deep breath and pointed at those people: "You, you..."

He watched as those people got closer and closer to him.

These were all faces that had appeared behind the Gate of Original Sin before. Even Sofia, Perlmand, and James all emerged from behind the gate, and groups of waiters dressed in neat and uniform attire quickly lined up around the casino.

They all looked at Ria with reverence, then simultaneously drew the shape of an eye on their hearts.

"Hail you, the golden sovereign who governs the balance and trade of all things, the god of trade, the eternal black beacon on the path of nothingness and annihilation, the spectator who wanders between the past, present and future."

The crowd spoke in unison, their voices echoing throughout the casino for a long time.

Ria stood up and walked over to Claden, patted him on the shoulder and said in a low voice, "You don't think I would really suffer such a big loss for no reason. Heh, I've been waiting for this moment for a long time."

“Go, join them, and say that name.” He gave him a gentle push, then watched as Clarden’s gaze suddenly went vacant for a moment before he joined the crowd.

"Praise—trade."

This scene was quite shocking; at the very least, Sofia clearly felt a sense of surprise when faced with the scene before her.

He had thought that no matter how powerful Ria was, she would only end up trapped here. He never expected that his solution would be to corrupt the memory projections behind all the doors, causing those projections to break through the boundaries between the doors and appear here.

"Just now, you seemed to mention that all the funds behind the Gate of Greed are in your hands, but I don't think that just robbing you doesn't count as true greed."

Ria stood up, holding her cane, and stood in front of her "followers." Then, she watched as the "Permander" at the front knelt down on one knee before her, and the metal cane in Ria's hand transformed into a sword, striking the other's shoulder directly.

It looked like a pope was awarding him a medal.

But he plays the role of a god.

"And now what? My greed has crossed the line."

The wealth I've seen, everything I've experienced...

I want them all.

"I like them all."

"Because I am too greedy, my followers will probably forgive their god for this little bit of capriciousness and entrust everything to me."

"Right?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Sofia saw that the amount on Ria's funds panel was rising at an unprecedented rate.

"Six billion."

"Seven billion."

Eight billion.

"Nine billion..."

"Snapped!"

"Ten billion."

"Let me be frank, making 10 billion in an hour is not a difficult thing."

The young man was like a child who had gotten away with something bad, his eyes full of wicked amusement.

When Sofia saw that look in his eyes, she realized that this man was capable of far more than she had imagined.

He did it.

He actually managed to raise the funds despite the seemingly impossible circumstances!
And those alarming numbers are still rising, almost like a bottomless pit.

"Hahahaha... That bastard Perlmand really messed with the wrong target! You're definitely not some sacrifice that will just sit here and wait to be captured!"

"Thank you for the compliment."

"You should be able to corrupt me too, so why did you leave me behind?"

“Why?” Ria looked at Sofia. “Because my performance needs an audience.”

(End of this chapter)