They all call me an Outer God.

The tentacles grew larger and larger. They first twisted erratically, then opened countless golden eyes on their surface and scanned the area. Then they gradually twisted together and underwent a huge change in shape, transforming into a jet-black dragon with many symmetrical sharp horns that reached tens of meters in height.

The moment the black dragon appeared, it lifted one of its wings off the ground, revealing a strangely dressed young man inside.

"God Hanu!!!"

Those people became even more agitated, frantically banging their heads on the ground to show their reverence for God, but the moment Ria opened his eyes, he felt only a sense of bewilderment.

"Where is this place?"

He should have arrived at Barkley, but what's the current situation?

Exotic folk costumes, foreign languages, believers, sacrificial altars, temple ruins, and an old man rolling on the ground, almost burned to a crisp.

It's a very normal sacrificial ceremony. It seems that sacrificial rites are pretty much the same in any country, with differences only in environment and culture, like the culture here...

The person seems a bit too big.

Ria observed that everyone here was very robust, with skin that was darker than that of the Enderers, and their bodies were covered with strong and muscular muscles.

The tallest among them can reach over three meters, which exceeds the limits of normal humans.

Shouldn't we save the old man first?

"Pfft!" Schwarz spat out water, extinguishing the fire on the old man's body. After being rescued, the old man completely ignored his terrible injuries, opened his mouth and made a "hissing" sound before using all his strength to crawl towards Ria.

A tentacle blocked his path, but the man simply reached out and grabbed the tentacle, letting his body be corroded by the strong acid on the tentacle's surface.

"God Hanu...you have finally appeared. Please grant our wish."

What is Hanu?
The thought crossed Lia’s mind, and then he took a second to sort out the situation.

The Key of Compassion brings a portal that can be used for teleportation, but the range of teleportation is still too vague. It was just that Ria was teleported to the summoning ritual of the Barkley natives, and by sheer coincidence, they mistook her for the so-called "God Hanu".

But does he really look a lot like that god? It's his first time in Barkley, he can't be mistaken for someone else right away.

Moreover, before coming, Liya had done her homework in geography and culture books—

The people here firmly believe that the Pharaoh is the embodiment of their supreme god, and that there are also gods who control death, fertility, and wisdom.

According to Ria, the native inhabitants of Barkley worship animals, and the gods they worship all possess animal characteristics to varying degrees and exist in the desert.

But at most it's only a meme, not even reaching the level of the Old Ones or Outer Gods.

If Ria could find a way to gain a place of faith here, he wouldn't be interested yet, and he'd never even heard of this "Henu God" anywhere.

Lia felt sorry for them, because not only did they not get to see the target they summoned, but they also got a "wicked god". If it had been someone with a worse temper instead of him, they would all have died here.

"Please grant our wish!"

Those people continued to shout, ignoring the elderly man who was burned beyond recognition.

Ria carefully chose her words, switching to their vocabulary; at this moment, considering who Hanu was was pointless: "What are your wishes?"

"Anything is possible?" The old man seemed surprised that he had actually succeeded in summoning her. Faced with Ria's question, he was momentarily at a loss for words, only wanting to test if the person before him was real. "I yearn to see the world again!"

“?” Lia had been observing this old man for a long time. He wasn’t blind; at most, he was severely nearsighted.

So the old man got the reading glasses, and a tentacle reached out and put them on his face. When the old man, who had always been severely nearsighted, finally saw the scene in front of him clearly, he was stunned.

After the initial shock came anger.

"You are not Hanu, who are you, you evil creature..."

The old man seemed to be a figure of considerable status in the sacrificial group. He originally called out that Ria was the god Hanu, and the others took Ria as a deity without any doubt. However, after the old man saw Ria clearly, everyone realized that they had summoned the wrong target at all.

Hanu was a giant among giants; he was even shorter than the underage children of his tribe.

He's a dwarf!

Immediately, anger and hatred at being tricked surged into everyone's hearts. They grabbed their spears and rushed forward, wanting to kill Ria, the dwarf who dared to impersonate a giant god.

As Ria watched them remain motionless, tentacles suddenly emerged from their reflections and bound them tightly.

"Is this our greeting? Starting with fighting and killing isn't really my style."

Lia left the sacrificial array and slowly walked towards the bald old man with her cane. As expected, she found that the burns on his body were healing automatically. No wonder everyone had ignored his injuries back then.

“Listen, no matter who you wanted to summon before, now that I have been summoned and I have given you what you wanted, you must now offer me the corresponding sacrifices... Understand?”

His pupils gleamed with an inhuman golden light, and then everyone saw the young man chuckle softly: "I want your memories."

The invisible scales were balanced, and the transaction was completed.

And Ria's brain immediately received a lot of information about this country.

The old man in front of me is named Sistoru.

The people around him, including himself, all shared a common racial name: Hanu (the despised slave), also known as the Giants.

Giants were once the most valiant and warlike race in Barkley's kingdom. When the Creator created them, He seemed to have a special fondness for giving these people superhuman physique, ferocious fighting power, and enormous size. In return, they also had brains smaller than those of ordinary people.

That's right. Although these people look intimidating, they're not very bright. At best, they're at the level of an average person, and they're unlikely to become any geniuses.

Those whom they called "dwarves" were normal citizens of Barkley, who felt that Hanu had no right to vote or be elected.

They are the highest and most superior group; all other races should be sent to slavery to participate in the brick-moving project of the pyramids.

Even their way of addressing them was often mocking, with them being called "Henu" to their faces—a rather insulting term.

“Back then, during the war, everyone begged us to defend their territories and borders. The Pharaoh also promised that if we returned victorious, we would be given the status and position we deserved.”

(End of this chapter)