Just became an evil god and was summoned by the saint

The Siren's Eye is embedded in the connection between [〇] and [—], serving as the carrier for the magic crystal and the staff.

The staff was not yet engraved with runes. Celia did not have the blacksmith engrave it; she chose to carve it herself after receiving it.

Based on the shape of the staff and the properties of the Siren's Eye, under Ross's guidance, he slowly drew a staff that perfectly suited him.

After finishing, Ross said, "This staff can be used up to level four, so it's worth more than a hundred gold coins."

This staff was modified from a previously purchased staff. Including the cost of the Eye of the Siren, the purchase of Shyvana's Silk, and the blacksmith's reforging, it cost a total of over one hundred gold coins.

Celia propped up her staff and couldn't help but complain, "Such a rustic appearance, not fancy at all."

"I think it looks pretty good. Its rustic style means it shouldn't be underestimated. If you want something luxurious, you have to use metal materials, but metal materials don't perform as well as plant-based materials for the staff."

"Okay, I'll see how it goes."

Celia arrived at the camp's training ground, raised her staff, and used all the spells she had learned.

She quickly noticed the difference.

"The casting speed has increased, and the power has also increased significantly. I feel that the Eye of the Siren has even reduced the magic power I consume when casting spells."

Ross nodded: "After you channel your magic into the staff, you will also gain the passive ability of the Siren's Eye, which allows you to see scenery in the far distance and see through enemy moves, especially monsters in the ocean."

Celia channeled magic into her staff and looked into the distance. It seemed to appear no different from usual, yet she could also clearly see the distant scenery.

"The ability to see far is only fully utilized at sea; there are too many obstructions on land, making it impossible to see."

"It seems to be the same..."

Looking at the siren's eye, which had been forged into the shape of a gemstone, Celia suddenly thought of something—

"Speaking of which, when we ventured deep into the Deep Sea Aid Society's base last time, we also seemed to have obtained a Siren's Eye?"

Ross nodded, amused. "Didn't you notice that this siren only has one siren's eye?"

Celia's eyes widened: "Could it be..."

"Yes, the other Siren's Eye was taken by the Deep Sea Aid Society as a sacrificial offering, the one we used to fish for beluga whales."

Celia fell silent. "So we used such precious materials... to fish for beluga whales?"

Ross smiled and shook his head: "That Siren's Eye has been modified by the heretics and can no longer be used as material. It also no longer has these special abilities. Using it as bait is a matter of recycling."

“Okay.” Celia suppressed her heartache.

As the girl carefully examined the brand-new staff, she felt a little strange.

Using monster eyeballs to make staffs or something doesn't seem like something a proper sorcerer would do...

Thinking of the comfort the staff brought, Celia quickly put the thought out of her mind.

After completing the staff, Celia embarked on a journey to earn money and draw scrolls.

When she arrived, there was ink specially made from the Heart of Gold for drawing scrolls, but since there were no blank scrolls for sale here, no scrolls were made.

But now, in preparation for the final strategy a month from now, while making a staff, she also bought several hundred scrolls from the local sorcerer's guild, spending all her savings.

After finishing the staff, she returned to the market, set up a small stall next to Karl, and continued to apply screen protectors... oh no, upgrade connection devices.

There weren't many customers during the day, so she laid out blank runes and drew them while waiting for customers to come in.

Karl, watching Celia draw the scroll, exclaimed in surprise, "Miss Celia, you can draw scrolls too?"

"Do you want to buy it?" Celia asked without looking up.

Karl shook his head: "I'm not taking the risk. Scrolls aren't very useful to me unless you have a fourth-tier scroll, in which case I might consider buying it at a high price."

"That's a shame."

Celia had tried several times to obtain the fourth-tier scroll, but all attempts ended in failure, and she had given up.

Ross also said that even at the fourth level, the success rate of drawing a fourth-level scroll is not high, so there is no need to force it.

Therefore, she now mainly focuses on second- and third-order skills.

She doesn't plan to sell these scrolls at a low price; she'll sell them if someone wants to buy them, and keep them for a month later if no one does.

Following the mercenaries' announcements about the upgrade of the puppet a couple of days ago, Celia's upgrade skills spread among many mercenaries. As soon as evening fell, many mercenaries returned, and her stall was surrounded by a large number of people queuing up to upgrade.

Their linking device runes are all DIY, and some are even less efficient than standard runes.

The difference is not significant for first-tier mages, but at the second tier, the sluggishness caused by inefficiency is amplified rapidly.

Therefore, those who come to see Celia are all second-tier mages.

Basically, she can complete about 10 orders a day, including orders from Karl next to her.

She devoted the rest of her time to making the scroll.

Many people are interested in the scroll business, but there are relatively few buyers because Celia draws attack scrolls, and people prefer to buy support scrolls.

However, Celia is quite expensive, costing 1 gold coin for Tier 2 and 8 gold coins for Tier 3, a price that would deter many people.

Not many were sold, but it's better than nothing.

So, in the time leading up to the final strategy, Celia spent her days drawing scrolls and upgrading the linking device.

When the appointed time arrived, she had accumulated more than 200 third-tier scrolls and more than 500 second-tier scrolls.

Meanwhile, by upgrading the link device and selling runes, she also earned nearly 200 gold coins (after exchanging them with Benovia), but most of these gold coins were used to buy high-quality blank runes, leaving her with only 52 gold coins and a few silver coins in the end.

A month later, the agreed departure date was set.

Chapter 163: Scrolls are plentiful, use them freely!

"How are you preparing?"

Celia, fully prepared for her mission, encountered Benovia and the others, who were also fully prepared for their mission.

She was carrying a bag, and Anke was also carrying a bag. Anke's bag was bigger than hers, and it was probably full of medicine.

Benovia, Phil, and Doris were carrying small bags, their contents unknown.

Incidentally, besides making money, Celia also had Doris's family send ice-type materials to the camp during this time, and upgraded all the hardware of the magic puppet.

Nowadays, when a puppet casts an ice spell, it receives a bonus from the materials used, reducing magic power consumption and increasing the spell's power.

On the contrary, the Puppet Heart is of the water element, which has a slight impact.

"Everything is ready, and we can set off at any time."

Everyone, regardless of who they were, wore a confident smile.

It is now one month after the trial began.

The students organized by the school have already shone brightly on the outskirts of the lighthouse; most teams can do the purification that mercenaries cannot.

In just one month, they managed to push the lighthouse line much further towards the Gold Coast, almost reaching the fence.

Of course, the fact that the siren was killed, preventing the lighthouse from expanding, was also one of the reasons why they were able to advance smoothly.

Before setting off, Doris, as the team leader, went to report to the school. Abros, the team's mentor, instructed them: "Be careful, remember what I said about not touching anything you don't recognize. Be sure to come back by evening. The strategy doesn't need to be completed in one day; you can go back and rest before going..."

They were to enter the lighthouse. Abros gave them a long explanation of precautions before finally letting them leave.

After that, everything went smoothly, and they quickly entered the ruins area. Following the path they had taken before, they ventured deep into the Golden Coast. After clearing out some monsters, they successfully arrived at the foot of the lighthouse.

They looked at the tall tower in front of them.

Ross's phantom appeared beside Celia and said, "This lighthouse has ten floors in total. Except for the first floor, each floor is guarded by a third-tier monster. The monsters on the seventh, eighth, and ninth floors are no less powerful than the siren Therky. However, it is daytime now, so their combat power has been further weakened. Go and prepare for your final trial."

High-spirited, Celia briefly discussed tactics with the others before approaching the lighthouse.

The lighthouse doors opened silently, like a gaping maw, welcoming their arrival.

As soon as they stepped inside, a monster resembling a humanoid bat leaped out from above the door, extending its sharp claws to stab at them.

Fortunately, Benovia was prepared and raised her shield to block the monster's attack—she had equipped her puppet with a shield and a longsword.

The magic of the others followed, killing him.

Doris said, "They actually launched a sneak attack. The monsters here must be under the control of the Lighthouse Master. Everyone, be careful."

Celia looked ahead and reported the monster locations that Ross had shared with everyone: "There is one monster under the stairs ahead, one on the first floor under the chandelier, one behind the cabinet on the left, one at the corner of the stairs, and one on the second floor near the stairs."

Doris's eyes widened: "Why don't these monsters just jump out? Why are they all hiding?"

Celia thought to herself, "These monsters are disgusting!"

Ross, who was sharing the detection, was also speechless: "This lighthouse owner must have studied under Hidetaka Miyazaki to come up with such a malicious idea."

"I'll give you all a heads-up, let's keep going, everyone."

With Ross's shared mental vision, Celia was as if she had gained X-ray vision, and all the hidden monsters were no longer a threat.

In order to hide, they would not attack when they were not close, which made it easier for them to deal with them and take them out in one go, and successfully reach the second floor.

The situation on the second floor was similar to that on the first floor; all the monsters were hidden, even the third-tier monster.

This appears to be the activity space for lighthouse keepers, containing some dilapidated toys that have been trampled and scattered.

"Don't move yet, let me see where the monsters are... There's one hidden behind each of the supporting pillars, and that third-tier monster is hiding on the chandelier." Celia looked at the chandelier on the second floor.

The chandelier was completely rotten, with only the iron frame remaining. Looking up from below, you couldn't see anything at all.

Doris couldn't help but complain, "Why build so many stories in a lighthouse? Did the lighthouse keeper used to have parties inside?"

Benovia said, "These may have been modified by the current lighthouse owner, and are not the original appearance of the lighthouse."

“Yes, the lighthouse didn’t have this many layers before; it was modified.” Celia nodded.

Doris glanced at her and said, "You know so much, it's like you've been here before."

“I’ve been here in my dreams.” Celia rolled her eyes.

"Hmph, prepare for battle."

"..."

Without surprise attacks, the monsters on the second floor pose no threat whatsoever.

After cleaning up, the group searched the second floor and, after confirming that there was nothing important on this floor, proceeded to the next floor.

The situation on the third and second floors was the same; they easily found and dealt with the hidden monsters one by one.

Some artifacts and documents appeared on the third floor, but they didn't know what they were for. After discussing it, they decided not to leave them for the time being.

If you're just looking to pass through customs, there's really no need to touch any of the artifacts and documents inside the tower.

Perhaps we should wait until the customs clearance is completed before calling in professional archaeologists to conduct the study.

After carefully examining the third floor, the group proceeded to the fourth floor.

The situation on this floor is different from the floors below.

All the monsters no longer hid, but attacked immediately after they appeared.

The interior of the lighthouse was rather narrow, and the relentless attacks of numerous monsters forced Celia and the others to retreat to the third floor.

However, the monsters did not chase after them. Instead, they returned to the fourth level and waited for them to re-enter the fourth level.

"The fourth level has changed its strategy. Is it because they see that we can clearly see the hidden monsters?"

Everyone couldn't help but look at Celia.

Celia was puzzled: "Why are you looking at me?"

Doris turned her head away and gave a soft snort: "Although I am the captain, I am handing over command to you. You decide what strategy to use to advance."

Celia looked at the entrance to the fourth floor: "What other strategy is there? We can only charge in... No, wait, there seems to be one."

She opened her backpack, took out some scrolls, and distributed them.

"Take the scroll, control the puppets to go up first, use the scroll to hit them a few more times to reduce their numbers, and then we'll go in."

“These scrolls…”

"They're all based on your tactical habits, not the same type." Celia waved her hand and said domineeringly, "There are plenty of scrolls today, use them as you like!"

"Alright! Charge!"

Although the double reward period is over, I'd still like to ask for some monthly votes. A thousand monthly votes might be insignificant to a top player, but they're a lifeline for me! Please give me some, brothers and sisters (sets up bowls).

Chapter 164 Ghost Ship