They all call me an Outer God.

Geheros's face grew increasingly sinister.

"Goooo!?"

Upon hearing these words, Schwarz panicked. It looked at Ria in a panic, only to find that Ria was also looking at it.

But that gaze was not one of trust and reliance as usual; rather, it was one of wariness, incomprehension, and even sorrow.

“Gu!!!!”

Schwarz desperately wanted to explain to Ria and, incidentally, eliminate the villain who dared to tell the truth, but the moment that name was uttered, Schwarz's body began to weaken.

It is disappearing.

His body gradually turned into black mist, and his tentacles were also being decomposed. No matter how anxious he was, Schwarz could only watch helplessly as Gherros encroached on the place he had once guarded inch by inch.

It was unwilling to accept this situation, but it also roughly understood why it had come to this.

The dissipation of the clone's form often signifies the further revival of the original body. Someone recited the name of the original body, which was originally in a half-awake state, and whether or not it slept did not have a profound impact on it.

Once He is called by His true name, He will surely become aware of it and will subconsciously withdraw all His clones as a self-defense mechanism.

That wretched Gherus, kill Him! It must kill Him!

Schwarz's killing intent had never been so intense, and Ria's gaze only amplified his inner turmoil and unease.

But this unease didn't last long; it vanished completely like a fog.

When it regained consciousness, it found itself in a region of the universe where even the stars were invisible, with countless enormous, shimmering golden eyes replacing the stars in their radiance.

And this terrifying region, stretching for trillions of miles, is entirely the invisible body of a mythical creature.

He simply remained there quietly, and his eyeballs, like planets, traced their own paths in the universe. The vast nebulae churned, but that was merely the frequency of his breath.

Neog Sohip, this enormous Outer God, rarely showed any signs of acting on its own, but now the nebula was churning with unusually rapid movements, even generating large clusters of lightning through its own rolling friction.

Back here again.

After a long period of silence, the returning clone brought with it the corresponding memories. Recalling what Gherros had done, extreme anger nearly engulfed Him. Countless tentacles spread out from the dark mist and twisted wildly, violently destroying the hundreds of planets closest to Him.

However, there are more important things to do right now. Even though he is still asleep, his strong will can still control his body.

"Woo!!!"

Neog extended its tentacles and severed one of the tentacles, which then wriggled and clung to each other, eventually transforming into a jet-black dragon.

The commotion caused by His half-awake state naturally attracted the attention of other uninvited guests. The giant mythical creature named Nyarlathotep, after sensing Nyarlathotep's abnormality, suddenly had its dormant emotions stirred.

Something very interesting seems to have happened.

"Roar------"

The mythical black dragon roared as it traversed countless galaxies, intending to return to Ria's side. However, as it flew, it began to complain that its speed was too slow, so it transformed into a black beam of light and frantically rushed towards Ria.

……

Forty minutes later.

[Lia Kercha]

Seeing that Ria had not spoken for a long time, Nyarlathotep called out Ria's name in a deep and gentle voice.

We don't have much time left; this might be the last time I ask you this.

Are you sure you want to follow the script you just decided on?

He used the term "script." Before Ria could think much of it, a parchment appeared before her, with a jet-black pen floating beside it. It seemed that all she had to do was write "I agree" on it, and all the problems would be solved.

no big deal.

Lia thought to herself.

There couldn't be a better choice.

He reached out and grasped the pen, the nib drawing ever closer to the parchment before finally writing—

【I】

A dark radiance descended at this moment, and the ink marks extended from there.

I object.

At this moment, Nyarlathotep's tone seemed to undergo some subtle, almost imperceptible change.

…………

just now.

"boom!!!!!!!"

The deafening explosion reverberated in everyone's ears, and pure white spread rapidly, but in the middle of this stark white, an undeniable black appeared.

Its color is so intense that it can absorb almost all light, so that no matter how strong the surrounding light is, people can always find that dark beam of light descending from the sky.

No one knows where it came from, nor what it actually is.

All people know is that it absorbed the color of the white light, absorbed the sound of the white light, and even absorbed the enormous pollution contained within the white light, single-handedly stopping the explosion.

Under Ria's astonished gaze, Geheros, still grinning, was pierced by the black beam of light that broke through the barrier, and then fell down without making a sound.

Darkness enveloped everything, and rampant tentacles swallowed up all the remaining pollution.

All of this happened so fast that many people didn't even have time to react. Their vision suddenly turned white and then black, and then everything returned to normal.

But everything seemed normal on the surface. In reality, after this ordeal, many things had begun to change, and undercurrents were stirring in places unseen by anyone.

"Goo."

The power from beyond the stars dissipated, and in the stillness of the night, a pitch-black creature the size of a basketball remained silently at the epicenter of the explosion.

It flapped its throat and emitted a loud, owl-like hoot, then stared intently at the motionless Ria with its two round, golden eyes.

"Goo?"

Gradually, it realized that Ria was still ignoring it, so it puffed up its feathers, stood up its ear feathers, and moved its limbs toward him. Seeing that the person in front of it was still distracted, it increased its speed and even spread its wings and pounced on him.

Ria witnessed all of this. Before he could fully recover, he instinctively reached out his hand. Who knew that the mythical creature below would suddenly pounce on him like a mad dog the next second. He didn't have time to dodge and was pounced on in the face.

The strange mythical creature's feathers trembled, and suddenly, numerous tentacles emerged from the gaps in its feathers, securing Ria's upper and lower jaws and thus extending into his mouth, flowing straight down his throat.

The next second, it magically emerged from the youth's shadow, rubbing against his legs, just as it had when they first met.

When Ria first came into this world, Schwarz made the same choice, traveling from the stars across trillions of miles to his side and acknowledging him as its host.

Now, Schwarz considers Ria a family member even more.

(End of this chapter)