They all call me an Outer God.

Chapter 59 Unparalleled Advantages

With no way forward or backward, Ria looked up and saw several fish-men covered in silver scales climb out of her blind spot and swing their long tails at her.

He then realized that these creatures could crawl freely on the wall, just like some kind of large lizard.

They grip walls with their large webbed feet, suckers hidden in their fingertips allow them to move freely in various places, and their slender tails and broad dorsal fins enable them to maintain balance perfectly in weightless conditions.

These fish-men have hidden synovial membranes that allow them to glide a distance when free-falling from a height. It seems that the sea-dwelling fish-men are not only killers in the sea, but their evolved forms on land can also quickly adapt to various situations, placing them at the top of the food chain.

Why aren't you affected?

"Why are you running?"

These creatures approached Ria from all directions, their scales trembling as they issued a warning: "Stop struggling, come and become one of our kind, and offer more of your kind to the Lord's revival."

"Come and cast aside your current sinful state, and celebrate your new life with everyone."

They drew ever closer, and Ria's nostrils were filled with a stench strong enough to make one faint. He covered his mouth and nose, and the dark tentacles within the shadows began to stir, ready to burst out and sever the throats of those extraordinary creatures at any moment.

"Roar!"

One of the murlocs bared its claws and lunged at Ria, as if signaling the start, and more and more murlocs swarmed toward the target.

Ria ducked and twisted his head to dodge the first merman's attack. As the second merman attacked, he pierced its jaw with his staff, grabbed its long snout, and slammed it down on the third merman.

"boom!"

The young man quickly jumped onto the back of the third fishman, used it to climb the wall and leap onto the roof, and ran wildly towards the church.

"That human is incredibly capable—no, we can't let him get away!"

Ria ran on the rooftop, with the fishmen hot on his heels, completely treating Ria as prey they were determined to catch.

Whether they were standing or crawling, they took every opportunity to throw the fish meat with "thorns" they had collected behind them, making them scream and gradually distance themselves from them.

"Running like this isn't a solution. If we keep running, the storm will come and it will be their domain."

Ria couldn't help but look up at the ocean in the sky; under its embrace, the fish-men seemed to have inexhaustible energy.

"In that case, don't blame me for being rude."

Ria gritted his teeth and suddenly slowed down. Seeing that he seemed unable to move across the houses, the fishmen sped up and rushed towards Ria.

As the fish approached, the fish suddenly accelerated, which excited them even more. They thought their prey was within reach and could be caught at any moment, so they became even more interested in chasing the fish.

Meanwhile, Ria had been keeping an eye on the church's whereabouts. He had recently inquired and learned that the Church of the Rising Sun in Grani was located in the eastern part of the country, and no matter where it was, it must have been the most eye-catching and tallest building.

Sure enough, after running for a short while, he successfully spotted the church building.

As Ria slowed down one last time, the fishmen grew increasingly anxious, seemingly wary of something there and hesitant to approach.

"The high priest once went to the top of the church to come into contact with our Lord, but died mysteriously. This must be a curse from the sun!"

"Damn it, we can't let that person go to church."

The fishmen's faces were cruel and ferocious. They were less than three meters away from Lia and would soon succeed. Lia's physical strength was obviously weaker than that of the superhuman creatures, and he was about to be driven to the brink of death.

Humans are still too weak.

A merman pounced from behind, while countless tentacles emerged from behind Ria, tightly binding her. A transparent, potent acid corroded the merman's flesh, but it seemed oblivious to the pain, forcefully breaking off dozens of tentacles to grab at Ria. "Sizzle—"

Unfortunately, Ria was caught in the claws, and several huge wounds were torn in his back. He groaned and fell to the ground with a thud. He tried to get up several times but was too weak to move.

Logically speaking, those sharp and venomous claws could easily break Ria's spine, leaving him paralyzed and in a vegetative state even if he didn't die.

But when the fishmen surrounded them, they didn't see a single drop of blood seeping from the human on the ground. Instead, countless golden eyes gleamed from the cracked wound, watching them and slowly repairing Riana's broken bones.

In order to heal Ria quickly, Little Swarth used some of his tentacles as joints for the broken bones, and at that moment Ria raised his head and looked at the sun statue that was so close to him.

The building behind it is the Church of the Sun. The statue is enormous, and below it is a crystal-clear wishing pool where golden and red carp frolic freely.

"Praise...the sun...praise the radiant sunrise."

At this critical moment, Ria said the last thing the fishmen wanted to hear.

They were so enraged that they decided in unison that Ria was unworthy to be one of them, nor to be their food, and that they should tear this heretic to pieces right here.

"Polluters, you deserve to die!"

Ria shifted his body, using all his strength to turn himself over. He lay on the ground, his vision limited to the sky, the sea, and the sun statue that occupied half of his field of vision.

"It's damned. These people did nothing wrong, yet they're being targeted and killed because of a disease... You're right."

"Now you know how to repent?" The mermen continued to approach him, then simultaneously extended their sharp claws at him.

Feeling the neurotoxins invading her back and the pain of her broken spine, Ria reached out her hand towards the sky, as if trying to grab something.

But the fish-people knew it was all in vain. They would not pity the human because of his current misery. In the eyes of the gods, the heretic deserved to be torn to pieces.

Swah——

Their claws swung one last time.

At the same time, Ria's outstretched hand suddenly clenched into a fist and then opened again, as if by magic, producing a box of matches.

He aimed the gunpowder-side of the matchbox at the trajectory of the fishman's claws, waiting for it to make a move—

The raging fire dyed the sun statue red, making it appear more complete and sacred than ever before.

The water in the pool was illuminated by the firelight, reflecting the light onto the base of the sculpture. The light on the edge of the huge sphere was lit from bottom to top, just like the real radiant sunrise descending upon the world.

Meanwhile, Ria sat up in the fire, looking at the extraordinary creatures around her who were engulfed in flames and whose limbs were bound by the tentacles of Little Swarth, unable to escape. She took a swig of violet wine and then poured the rest of the wine into the fire.

It didn't rain.

A large number of fishmen gathered, their bodies covered in mucus.

The Church of the Sun.

Violet wine...

These factors are rare to come together, and Ria will make good use of these conditions to recreate a grand celebration legend.

(End of this chapter)