As she spoke, Celia suddenly remembered that there was an elf girl in her room.

Celia looked out the window and saw that the sky outside was gray and was gradually brightening.

Oh no, after all this time, will the contamination in her body finally erupt?

Celia's heart skipped a beat.

Ross's voice came through: "I've controlled the puppet to return and performed a simple purification on her to control the spread of demonic energy. Hmm, she should be waking up soon."

Celia couldn't share the puppet's vision yet, something only fourth-tier or higher mages could do. She could only silently ask Ross, "Lord Ross, please keep an eye on her for me. I'll be back soon."

"Ah."

At the same time, Vanessa reached out, and the light of Holy Word: Purification enveloped Celia's entire body. She breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that Celia was alright.

She didn't quite believe Celia's explanation, but didn't say anything. Instead, she asked with concern, "At the end of the battle, that puppet seemed to have launched a mental attack on you. How are you feeling now?"

Celia pretended to assess her own condition and said, "I don't feel anything... I don't know him. His attack on me was probably just an accident. It doesn't seem like he attacked me; it's more like the city lord knocked my soul out of my body."

Vanessa thought about it for a moment and also felt that it didn't seem like a mental attack, but rather like her soul had been knocked out.

“What soul does a puppet have?” Vanessa smiled.

At this moment, the city lord walked in from outside, his expression strange.

"Have you found that sorcerer, Lord City Lord?"

"Just call me Punil, Lady Vanessa." City Lord Punil walked in, sat down to the side, and smiled when he saw that Celia had woken up. "This must be Lady Celia. I've always heard that a saintess has emerged from Southern City, but I've only heard her name and never seen her. Now that I see her, she is not only beautiful, but also has great potential. She will surely become a strong person like the Holy Lord in the future."

Punir's praise made Celia a little embarrassed. Vanessa smiled and said, "Thank you for the praise, Lord. Celia's future achievements are limitless, but now is not the time to discuss this."

Punil nodded and said, "After my careful search, I have confirmed one thing: this puppet is not controlled by anyone."

"What?" Vanessa was taken aback and exclaimed in surprise, "Has the Deep Sea Aid Society already developed unmanned puppets?"

“No, that’s not it.” Punil shook his head, his expression strange. “We disassembled the puppet and found some…human components inside.”

"Human composition? What does that mean?"

"That is to say, this is the product of the fusion of a puppet and a human. Inside the puppet's head, in addition to the puppet's heart, there are also things like brain marrow that only appear in the brains of living beings. Inside its body, in addition to the runic mechanical power, there are also biological muscles that provide power and transport magic."

As the city lord spoke, his face was full of disbelief, and Vanessa, who was listening, was also incredulous.

Even though Celia knew it was a 'puppet', she still found Punil's description outrageous.

Vanessa couldn't help but look at Celia and murmured, "Back then, perhaps a soul really was forced out?"

Punil continued, "Not only that, the puppet heart it uses is also very strange, of very high quality, better than any natural puppet heart I've ever seen, which may be why it's so powerful."

"However, after our puppeteer dismantled the Puppet Heart, the puppeteer who touched the Puppet Heart suddenly fainted. The second puppeteer who went to help him also fainted after touching the Puppet Heart and has not woken up yet."

Vanessa frowned. "Is that so?"

Celia immediately understood the situation and said, "The quality of that puppet heart is too high. When it is touched, the power inside will try to resonate with the soul. If the soul cannot withstand the impact, it will fall into a coma. Apart from falling into a coma, have the two puppeteers experienced any other abnormalities?"

Vanessa looked at Celia in surprise, astonished that she knew such obscure knowledge.

Punil thought for a moment and said, "If there's anything unusual... yes, they look like they've suffered serious injuries. They look pale and their breathing is weak, like old people who are about to die. But there are no signs of damage to their bodies or their mental strength."

“I’m dying,” Ross said.

"Can he be saved?" Celia asked hurriedly.

These two people suffered a somewhat undeserved misfortune; who could have known that the seemingly harmless heart of the puppet could possess the power to kill?

"Yes, the Puppet Heart itself can nourish the soul. You have now resonated with the Water Puppet Heart you obtained before, and you can transfer the power obtained from the resonance to them, thereby stabilizing their souls."

"Could you teach me how to do this, Lord Ross?"

"Okay, remember to bring the Puppet Heart back after you've healed it."

"it is good!"

Upon receiving confirmation, Celia immediately said, "Their condition is very bad; their souls are about to perish, and they need immediate treatment."

"But I've never heard of anyone who can heal a soul..."

“I can,” Celia said coolly.

Chapter 205 The Elf Girl Impersonating Royal Family

"Um..."

The first rays of morning light shone on Elena's face, and she slowly opened her eyes.

Then, the chaotic demonic energy surging within her body immediately caused her pain.

"Damn infidels, they actually ambushed me... Ouch!"

She reacted suddenly.

"No, this isn't outside the city. Where is this?"

She quickly looked around and found herself in a hotel.

There was a table next to the bed, on which were some specially prepared scroll inks, and several discarded scrolls were piled up haphazardly to the side.

Beside the bed, a puppet was opening the curtains to let in the sunlight.

Where are you...?

Elena glanced at the puppet, then looked elsewhere, but did not find the sorcerer controlling it.

At that moment, the puppet spoke.

"Please do not move or use your magic, lest it become contaminated. Wait a moment, and I will come back to heal you."

Because Ross occasionally controls the puppet himself, Celia added a sound-producing component to the puppet when she upgraded it, so that the puppet could make sounds.

Of course, it can only produce mechanical sounds; it cannot directly transmit Ross's voice to the puppet's vocal cords and then emit it.

Since no chamber of commerce specifically researches how to make puppet simulators speak, it's probably only groups with special interests that would conduct such research.

Or the Puppet Guild, which studies unmanned puppets, might conduct specialized research on them.

Hearing the sounds from the puppet, Elena, feeling the pollution swirling around with her movements, chose to lie down obediently.

But soon she felt uncomfortable all over, and even the pain caused by the pollution could not be suppressed.

After hesitating for a moment, she asked, "Hello, may I take a shower?"

Ross nodded: "Okay."

Elena looked around and found her baggage nearby. She paid special attention to the wardrobe in the room, and after confirming that it contained only women's clothing, she took out a nightgown from her bag and took it off in front of the puppet.

However, as she was about to take off her underwear, she glanced at the puppet and a strange feeling arose in her heart.

Although the puppet's owner seems to be a girl... what if it's a boy who likes to cross-dress?

After hesitating for a moment, Elena ultimately did not take it off, but instead took a change of underwear and pajamas and went into the bathroom.

The sound of running water came from the bathroom. A moment later, Elena came out wearing blue pajamas, tossed her long blonde hair, and showed a relaxed expression.

Ross took a look and found that the restless pollution in her body had actually stabilized because she had taken a shower.

At least it won't cause people pain all the time.

Elena lay back down on the bed, turned her head, and greeted Ross: "Hello, my name is Elena. Thank you for saving me. May I know your name?"

Ross glanced at a certain spot on her face and manipulated the puppet to speak: "Evil God Ross."

Elena's smile vanished.

Ross added, "Just kidding, Celia."

Elena breathed a sigh of relief: "You can't make jokes like that, Miss Celia."

Ross asked, "Are you of elven royalty?"

Elena immediately shook her head: "No!"

“Really?” Ross looked at the dress she had tossed aside. “Then why do you have the insignia of the elven royal family?”

Elena's eyes flickered, and she whispered, "You are my savior. I can tell you that I actually borrowed my friend's clothes."

"Oh?" Ross asked with interest. "You borrowed your friend's clothes? Your friend is an elven royalty? What are you trying to do by impersonating an elven royalty in a human kingdom?"

"Um... can I not tell you?"

"Of course you can, say whatever you want."

Ross never forces anyone to reveal their secrets.

"Thank you for your understanding! By the way, when are you coming back? If you're coming back late, I'll have to go now, I have something important to do."

As Elena was speaking, she suddenly noticed a multifaceted crystal not far away, and her eyes lit up.

“You’ll be back in a few minutes. If you’re not cleansed in time, your magic will gradually be corrupted and affected, eventually turning you into a heretic, and eventually even your mind will become abnormal.” Ross pretended not to know what she was looking at.

Elena glanced at the Pure Magic Crystal one last time, then reluctantly looked away, swallowing hard as if she were struggling with something.

Hearing Ross's words, she was taken aback. "Is the pollution that serious?"

Ross nodded: "That was personally arranged by a fourth-tier mage. You, a second-tier mage, are already very lucky not to have died on the spot."

"It's alright... I can ask the High Priest of the Temple for help, so there's no need to trouble Miss Celia."

"The temple is not cheap."

“I know, but I heard there’s a town not far from the Star Spirit Tree where the temple offers free healing. I can go there to seek purification.”

Ross could tell she wasn't telling the truth, after all, she had just taken a shower and stabilized the contamination.

He pretended not to know and smiled, "Is that temple called the Temple of Star Ash?"

Elena shook her head: "I'm not sure... I'll know when I get there."

Ross said, "Then you can go and find out what the relationship is between Celia and the Star Ash Temple."

Elena was taken aback and exclaimed in surprise, "Could it be that you... Miss Celia is the High Priest of the Temple of Star Ash?"

Ross didn't answer, but instead said, "Just wait here."

"OK then."

……

The Lord's Castle.

This castle, which has stood for a thousand years, is now damaged in its main structure, but fortunately, the castle is not just a single building, but a collection of interconnected structures.

The main body, which is the core of the magic array, was damaged; the rest remained undamaged.

The successive lords of the Southern City have envisioned what would happen to the castle: war, natural disasters, or years of neglect.

We've considered the possibility of the magic circle being damaged, but under normal circumstances, damage to the magic circle is unlikely to shake the structure of the entire building.

Punil never imagined that, without war, without years of neglect, and without natural disasters, the magic circle would suffer a devastating blow, leading to the destruction of both the castle and the temple.

This isn't destroying the magic array; it's clearly a backup energy source to detonate it.

As Punil led Celia and Vanessa into the castle, he sighed and lamented, heartbroken.

The thousand-year-old castle was destroyed in his generation, and he had no face to face his ancestors.

But now, besides rushing to rebuild, we need to find ways to recover the losses.

"I should have known better than to let them into the city," Punil lamented.

Vanessa asked, "So, Lord Punil, why did the heretics invade Southern City?"

Punil said, "Didn't you capture a fourth-tier heretic? After receiving the news, we sent people to search the Protoss Forbidden Lands and found a pure magic crystal in the ruins of a heretic stronghold that you suspected to have destroyed."

“This magic crystal has the marks left by heretics, so we decided to open an underground auction house to lure the heretics over and wipe them out in one fell swoop.”

"After careful investigation, we confirmed that they would come, so we set a trap. At first, it went smoothly. They sent two fourth-tier mages who were under our control. Later, a third fourth-tier mage appeared out of nowhere, the 'puppet,' a mage outside our intelligence network, which disrupted our plans."

Punil sighed sadly.

"You know what happened next."

Beside her, Celia lowered her head guiltily.

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