Just became an evil god and was summoned by the saint

If I remember correctly, after conquering the Lost Lighthouse, the team received a total reward of over three thousand gold coins.

This doesn't even include all the loot they collected as they fought their way into the lighthouse.

Those things were actually quite nice, but the situation was urgent at the time, and they didn't have time to pick up the fallen items, especially those on the fourth floor.

After Celia fainted, she stopped paying attention to the fate of those things.

It's too late to think about it now. I can only wait until I get back to school to ask Doris, who is the team leader, or Abros, the mentor.

"I'm serious. No one has discovered that ancient ruin yet. I only looked at it from the outside, but I'm sure there are lots and lots of rare items and materials inside!" Elena said hurriedly.

Celia said, "After you conquer that ancient ruin, use the rewards you get from the conquest to exchange for it with me. I promise I'll exchange it. Oh, and bring the conquest completion certificate with you too, so I can exchange it for gold coins with the Holy Court."

Elena: “…”

She glanced at the Pure Magic Crystal one last time with reluctance, then left.

Celia picked up the Pure Magic Crystal and examined it carefully.

"I have a feeling that Elena's desire for the Pure Magic Crystal is not for some ulterior motive."

Ross said, "While monitoring Elena, I cast the Yesterday Once More spell on the puppet, magically recording some of her actions. Don't you want to take a look?"

Celia was taken aback, her eyes widening. "Isn't this a bad idea?"

As she spoke, she released the Yesterday Replay spell stored within the puppet, creating a projection that filled the entire room.

The entire process covered everything from when Elena woke up until Celia returned, but Celia didn't pay attention to the less important parts. What she was more interested in was the change in Elena's expression after she took a bath.

Before taking a bath, she was affected by the pollution, which caused her expression to show a hint of pain.

But after washing, she looked refreshed, as if the pain caused by the pollution had disappeared.

"Was the pollution purified after she took a bath?" Celia asked.

Ross nodded and smiled, "Yes, this elf girl is very interesting. She stabilized her demonic energy after taking a bath. Even without your purification, she can find a way to purify it herself later."

"Then why is she still waiting for me to come back and purify her?" Celia asked, puzzled.

Ross said calmly, "I won't let her leave."

Celia: "...Okay."

Celia quickly reviewed Elena's subsequent actions but found nothing unusual about her, because the Recreation Spell could only recreate images and could not sense the magical fluctuations and physical condition of the target within those images.

After reading it, Celia pondered, "So she's from the Elven royal family?"

Ross shook his head: "She wasn't lying. She's not royalty, but her situation is more interesting than that of the elven royalty. If possible, try to get to know her better and see if you can figure out what's special about her."

"But...we just let her leave, so we probably won't have a chance to meet again, right?"

"You can stay here and try staying for a few more days."

"Should we wait for her to come to our door?"

"Yes, the Pure Magic Crystal has a special use for her, so she definitely won't give up. Keep the magic crystal with you these next few days and be careful not to lose it."

“Okay!” Celia nodded, then remembered something else: “Speaking of which, there’s something else I haven’t done yet.”

"What is it?" This time it was Ross who was puzzled.

"I'm going to report that old man named Dark," the girl said angrily. "He extorted 4 gold coins from me! He can't let this go."

Ross fell silent, a rare occurrence.

He had completely forgotten about it if Celia hadn't mentioned it.

"Are you going to talk to the city lord?"

“No, I want to assist the city lord in planning the reconstruction of the magic circle.” Celia said apologetically, “Although they all say it has nothing to do with me, the damage to the magic circle, the temple and the castle is closely related to me. I can’t help with the castle and the temple, but I think I can still help with the magic circle.”

"Of course! The main purpose is to block up that old man's hole by rebuilding the magic array!"

Ross: "..."

So you invented nuclear fusion so you could get into college?

Chapter 210 Array Masters Should Be Arrogant!

In the afternoon, people from the Temple of Shining Ashes arrived.

The royal family of Ishtar also came along.

The two are responsible for the temple and the nobles respectively. Lord Punil has autonomy over the Southern City, but not complete autonomy; it is semi-autonomous. Therefore, after the castle is damaged, it needs to be reported to the royal family of Ishtar so that they can allocate funds to help rebuild it.

After the people from above arrived, Punil handed over all the remains of the 'puppet' to the royal family, stating that the other parts had been broken, including the puppet's heart.

When questioned by the Holy Court, he used the same excuse, but secretly, he subtly implied that Celia had taken the Heart of the Puppet and demanded money from the Holy Court.

Melina, who was in charge of matters related to heresy, heard Celia's name and showed an expression of understanding.

"So our Saintess is here too."

Punil explained, "This matter has little to do with Miss Celia. It's mainly because the heretics were so audacious as to invade Southern City, and she was almost attacked by them."

Melina nodded repeatedly: "I understand, I understand. I can understand why Celia is involved. Don't worry, the Holy Court will provide support in all aspects to help Lord Punil rebuild the magic array in Southern City. By the way, I recommend a powerful array master to design the magic array for you. Her skills are so amazing that even Bishop Alvis is amazed. And she happens to be in Southern City."

Punil's eyes lit up: "Thank you very much. I wonder where that amazing array master is?"

"I'll ask her to come over."

Not long after, Celia came to Punil and bowed demurely: "We meet again, Lord of the City."

Also arriving was the array master that Punil had summoned, responsible for the daily maintenance of the magic array. He had called the array master over to consult with the array master Melina had mentioned.

But he didn't expect that the one who arrived last would be... Celia?

Punil looked at Melina, his eyes full of questions.

Melina smiled and said, "Celia is the array master that Bishop Alvis praised so highly."

"???"

Punil's smile froze as he looked at Celia. As a fourth-tier cultivator, he knew very well that Celia was only a second-tier cultivator.

A second-order array... Master?

Of course, second-order is not a problem, but this second-order is still very young, only a little over ten years old.

Is a second-tier mage in his teens a master of array formations?

real or fake?

Celia said shyly, "Actually, I'm not that powerful. I'm only slightly more powerful than that broken magic array in Southern City."

Punil: "..."

He didn't speak, but the array master beside him spoke up: "Miss, perhaps your array diagrams are more advanced than ours, but you shouldn't insult the arrays that have been passed down in Southern Border City for hundreds of years! They were built more than a hundred years ago by the city lord of that generation at a high price by hiring the most skilled array master of the time!"

Punil turned around and said sternly, "You are not allowed to be rude to Miss Celia. Apologize to her."

"Yes."

The array master bowed his head in dissatisfaction and apologized to Celia: "I'm sorry, Miss Celia, I offended you."

Celia said, "It's alright. I'm not saying that the array master's array is no good. It's just that after so long, the array is no longer sufficient for the city's needs."

Punil smiled and said, "We are aware of this situation, which is why each generation of city lords upgrades the magic array."

Celia said, "Your upgrades are indeed impressive. You managed to turn a complete magic array into a usable mess without damaging its core... I mean, you upgraded a magic array that could withstand a fifth-tier magic array to one that you could break even a fourth-tier one, surpassing a tier. Amazing!"

Punil, the Array Master: "..."

Melina held Celia down: "Alright, alright, Celia, stop talking."

She found it a bit strange; Celia was usually quite gentle, so why was she acting so eccentric today?

“Okay.” Celia instantly became obedient.

She said this because, based on her observations, she found that almost all array masters were arrogant and had very bad tempers.

A more arrogant tone is more in line with the identity of a formation master!

The array master said, "Then please design it, Miss Celia. We also want to see how skilled you are at array design as a second-tier expert."

“Three days,” Celia gestured. “Take it out in three days.”

"Okay, I'll wait three days!"

……

Three days passed quickly.

After tidying up the completed design of the Southern City magic array, Celia went to the temporary meeting room.

Over the past three days, the damage assessment of the temple and castle has been completed, and the scrap materials are being recycled and dismantled.

For the next three days, the city's residents were also discussing the sudden collapse of the temple and castle.

Based on the various sounds that came out that night, all sorts of guesses were made.

As the city lord, Punil stepped forward and informed everyone of the details through newspapers, radio broadcasts, and city billboards.

It is said that the city's magic array had fallen into disrepair over the years, and a trainee array master accidentally detonated a magic crystal used as an energy source while performing maintenance, causing a chain reaction that destroyed the castle and temple. Fortunately, they reacted in time and activated the backup defensive magic array, preventing the damage from escalating.

Most people, of course, don't believe this explanation, and all sorts of rumors are flying around.

Fortunately, Punil acted swiftly because the heretics had been dealt with.

Apart from the disruption to residents' daily prayers, other issues are minor and the system is functioning normally.

Puniel also set up a temporary room to handle official business.

Celia also heard various rumors, some of which even caused the prices of certain food and magical items to rise.

It's a pity she was designing the magic array and didn't have the chance to make a profit.

"Although this design was completed with Lord Ross's assistance, it is still a very big step forward."

Holding the design drawings, Celia entered the temporary meeting room that Punil had specially prepared for receiving guests.

Upon receiving the notification from Celia, it was discovered that the room was already filled with many people.

Besides the two array masters, Punil, Melina, Vanessa, the Bishop of the Southern Temple, and two more array masters from the Holy Court and the Royal Family, a total of eight people, were watching Celia in the meeting room.

Having faced the gaze of a group of bishops and archbishops before, Celia was not intimidated at all by this scene.

Previously, Ross designed and produced it. This time, she only asked Ross to point out the shortcomings. Whether it was the design concept, the choice of materials, or the annotations to make it easier for other array masters to understand, she completed it all by herself.

For the past three days, she has spent almost all her time, except for eating, sleeping, and meditating, designing this thick blueprint.

After the drawings were completed, Ross offered no further comments and approved Celia's design.

Of course, only such a large-scale magic array rune design could be created using knowledge when one is only at the second level.

She still couldn't make small scrolls or miniature golem runes—things that required her to do herself.

She glanced at the eight people present, smiled slightly, took the thick design drawings, sat down at the conference table, spread out the drawings, divided them into four parts, and distributed them to the four array masters present.

"This is the protective array I designed for Southern Border City. It takes into account modules such as attack, defense, internal and external detection, pollution purification, and secret passage detection. I believe everyone should be able to understand it."

Chapter 211 The Saintess is an Investigator Today!

"What is this secret passage detection?"

"The array master from the Holy Court asked."

Celia smiled slightly: "Southern City is special. It is a very important border city. If, during wartime, the enemy were to enter the city by digging tunnels to avoid the magic array patterns, it could very likely lead to the city's fall. Therefore, we added a secret passage detection system."

"As long as someone digs a tunnel without authorization within the protection range of the magic array, the magic array will continuously alert and then destroy the tunnel to ensure the safety of the city."

The Bishop of the Southern Temple nodded: "This is indeed a very good feature, solving the problem that magic arrays are difficult to protect underground."

Punil looked at Celia with surprise. He had a feeling that this thing that was specifically brought up was not so simple.

But thinking about it, it doesn't seem like there's a problem. Underground security is also an important indicator of city defense.

The city's array master asked, "Does the city have a sewer system? Will the sewer system trigger an alarm?"

Celia shook her head. "The existing tunnel system won't trigger an alarm. If you want to add more tunnels, remember to add them to the whitelist on the magic circle, or turn off automatic counterattack after the alarm is triggered. After that, the tunnels will be added to the magic circle's whitelist by default and will no longer attack."

After a pause, Celia said meaningfully, "Lord Punil, I wonder if there are any cellars or secret passages dug by civilians in the city? If so, please remember to check them, otherwise it may trigger an attack from the magic circle."

“Yes, I will immediately send people to investigate and ensure the normal construction of the magic array, and punish any unauthorized excavation of secret passages,” Punil said.