They all call me an Outer God.

Chapter 72 The Source of Chaos
As for the resurgence of the abyss?
He merely exchanged all the extraordinary beings for a spark of fire from Him, and Him agreed.

—Silence means agreement.

This agreement does not include provisions for awakening.

"It's not so bad to exchange my death for the demise of all the extraordinary creatures in the town."

Lia stood on the statue and touched the sun's glow carved into the stone, the dream lamp in his hand a constant reminder of the price he would have to pay.

But when it actually tried to take it, nothing happened.

Without the werewolf ritual, the phantom of the abyss will not last long before disappearing. The townspeople have not yet become true fishmen. When the rain stops and the big-headed fish and adult sea merfolk all disappear, they will return to their original state even if they die.

From this perspective, Ria can be considered to have solved a major problem for the Radiant Sun and saved His believers.

In return, it would be reasonable for Ria to exchange his life for the sun; of course, he wouldn't directly say that he wanted the radiant sun to grant him a second life.

Before that, Ria offered Him a price to be waived for the mysterious object, the Dream Lamp, if He could resolve the matter.

The key to successful transactions is to belittle yourself and elevate the other party, making them feel like they've made a sure profit and gotten a huge benefit. And most importantly, you must be able to flatter them smoothly.

This advantage seems unavoidable for both humans and higher beings. Even if gods have no thoughts, it's never wrong to say a few good words during a sacrifice.

So the sun agreed, and the deal was done.

Ria successfully avoided death, narrowly escaping death.

The prophet's predictions seemed to be both accurate and inaccurate, and this experience made Ria vaguely realize that her memes seemed to have become more stable.

"The performance needs to be put on the agenda as soon as possible. Speaking of which, how should I choose my second meme?"

As Ria gazed at the raging fire on the ground, the aroma of roasted fish filling his nostrils made him feel hungry again, and this hunger grew stronger as time went on.

Perhaps it's the polluting properties of supernatural beings at play.

Perhaps it's due to some other factor.

"It's a bit unusual that I'm still hungry after collecting so much faith—cough, I'll see if I can eat anything, eating a little bit shouldn't be a problem, right?"

Thinking this, Ria reached out and a tentacle emerged from her skin, quickly scooping up a large-headed fish that was almost burnt from the ground. The fish's already human-like face looked even more ferocious after being burned, and its eyes were completely devoid of luster, appearing as a pale white.

Logically speaking, these roasted bighead carp are edible, with tender, white, and juicy flesh, but there's no guarantee that eating them won't lead to some bizarre consequences.

After staring at the dead fish for a few seconds, Leah suddenly heard James's angry voice beside her: "Don't eat in front of me!"

"Just say you want to eat it."

Ria casually tossed the grilled fish to the side. The fish traced a very short parabola in the air, and the next second, it was caught by a hand and stuffed into the mask through the folding lens.

The sound of chewing came from inside the mask.

"Thank me, they're all dead but I'm still alive, and you've saved your performance this year. No need for praise, my performance is as wonderful as ever."

"You really don't know what 'humility' is." "People should have the spirit of entertaining themselves."

Ria hung the Dream Lamp on the tentacles that Little Swarth extended, and then had a moment to tidy up her disheveled clothes. At James's request, she used her tentacles to pick up a few charred bighead fish from the ground and gave them to him.

It seems he quite likes this flavor.

"Maybe we can collect these bighead carp and sell them to unscrupulous rich people. As long as we add some random effects, such as beauty and skin care or improving certain functions, we can definitely sell them for a good price."

"Is making money all you think about now?"

“I’m a black marketeer. Even without this meme, I have no money and no sense of security. Many times, only that long string of numbers before the decimal point in the bank can give you peace of mind,” Ria said.

He eventually had the mythical creature throw the unhatched fish eggs into the fire to kill them completely, and then he collected a lot of grilled fish to store.

James ate the fish without spitting out the bones. He stuffed another fish into his mask, then casually rubbed the oil off his fingers on the sun statue before looking at the werewolf in the sea of ​​fire, who was almost burned to a crisp.

"She wasn't a disordered person, just a simple patient, but the moment she died, she was no longer herself... Who knows what kind of monster she turned into."

Death was a relief for her, Kelcha. You keep saying you're a bad person, but I can still sense your pity for them.

“Ah…” Lia said casually, “I’m a human being, isn’t it natural for me to have compassion?”

Because he was too compassionate, he could only ask others to die, to be burned several times, and then to deceive the gods they worshipped, causing the unconscious gods and their followers to turn against each other, ultimately leading the abyss they worshipped to personally end its own followers.

Prior to this, Ria had added some interesting elements to the illusion that she could edit and designate objects, making those extraordinary beings believe that they had received considerable benefits, thereby contributing some residual faith to Ria.

They themselves probably didn't realize that the incantations recited in the illusion had absolutely no connection to the raging winds or the Lord of the Abyss—

The youth altered the perceptions of the Abyss's followers, causing them to chant the name "Lia Kelcha" in a trance.

But Ria didn't tell anyone that he quite enjoyed the feeling of squeezing every last drop of value out of everything, and that he reveled in manipulating chaos.

It's a pity that there's no "fraudster" identity in the meme, otherwise the choice of the second meme would be a sure thing.

"Bringing someone back to life is a performance in itself. Speaking of performances, why don't you try being a 'magician'?"

Seeing that the patient had difficulty making a decision, James directly offered his advice.

Doctors should not only fulfill their duties as doctors, but also act as mentors to patients when necessary, guiding them in their life direction.

"【Magicians】make it impossible for anyone to distinguish between reality and illusion. They are flexible in their methods, highly skilled in speed, and some can even manipulate the flow of time, making everything in front of them slow down and using the difference in time to achieve their goals."

I think this meme matches you perfectly right now.

Upon hearing this, Ria straightened up: "I was just considering the [Tactician]."

"Come on, Kelcha, being a tactician isn't something you can achieve just by using your brain. With your skinny frame, you'd be easy to beat into a pulp if you tried to be a tactician."

(End of this chapter)