Just became an evil god and was summoned by the saint

Elena snapped out of her daze and immediately shook her head: "I've been to many ruins, but this is the first time I've seen a structure that defies common sense."

"What are the other ruins like?" Celia asked.

Elena thought for a moment and said, "Some ruins directly simulate the outside environment, such as villages and towns, barren mountains and wilderness, or canyons, cliffs, or small islands."

"There are also some ruins that are very simple and straightforward, set up as a world like an underground city, where you have to travel through dark underground the whole time. It's like a huge underground tunnel complex that connects one monster's lair after another."

"I've heard that there are some special ruins, like the Sky City, that are suspended in the sky. To get up there, you need to be able to fly, or they form a tower shape, with each level being a wonderful environment."

"So many amazing ancient ruins!" Celia exclaimed in amazement.

Ross said, "Most of these ancient ruins were created by sorcerers of legendary or higher rank who projected images of reality into the subspaces they created, thus preserving many things for future generations to enter and search for the treasures they left behind."

"A small number are like lost lighthouses, which are corrupted and then taken over by corrupted monsters. They act according to certain rules. Over time, the ruins will gradually differentiate into subspace forms, but the main body can still be seen from the outside."

"As for this ruin, opening the door is the method of teleportation. Pure magic crystals power the stone door and open a passage to the subspace. Once you pass through the stone door, you are in the subspace."

Hearing Ross's explanation, Celia couldn't help but ask curiously, "What would have happened if we hadn't entered the warp? Would we have been trapped inside and crushed to death?"

Ross smiled slightly: "That's not the case. The existence of the subspace requires a medium, either a very valuable magical material, a large magic circle, or a mapping based on the real world."

"This subspace is the second type. It's behind the stone gate, hidden inside the mountain. It's a huge subspace magic array. This array has at least some space reserved for its setup, so if you go in and don't actually enter the subspace, what you'll see should be an ordinary cave."

Celia nodded, indicating that she understood.

After pausing for a moment, the two summoned their puppets, letting them lead the way before slowly walking forward.

"This ruin is a trap puzzle type. Judging from the layout of those roads, the first trap is likely a three-dimensional maze..."

Before Elena could finish speaking, the surrounding scenery suddenly changed.

Suddenly, the tangled road twisted and turned and then rushed closer.

The next second, they saw the roads all around them and above them.

The road is paved with stone slabs, and there are some stones and small trees on both sides.

The small trees stood perpendicular to the road, hanging upside down from their perspective.

Elena immediately became wary: "This labyrinth is incredible. We've only taken two steps, and it's already changed. I've heard that the first person to enter an ancient ruin has the right to name it. I think this ancient ruin could be called 'The Incredible Labyrinth'."

Celia didn't speak; she had already released her mage's hand and was sensing everything around her.

Unfortunately, she did not sense any power from the magic array runes.

Those roads hanging upside down seemed as if they were meant to be hanging upside down.

Ross said, "The subspace created by sorcerers is not bound by the physical rules of reality. Don't assume that every strange sight is a magic circle at work."

Celia suddenly realized, "So that's how it is! How amazing! I wonder what level it would take to create such a magical subspace."

“At least Tier 6,” Ross said calmly. “Only at Tier 6 can you reach the threshold of creating a subspace. Once you reach this level, you can create a small world to store your personal items. You’re still a long way from that stage. Instead of thinking about creating a subspace, you should consider getting a space ring.”

Celia said, "Space rings are too expensive. The cheapest ones start at 500 gold coins. I can't afford them."

She had also looked into things like spatial rings, which were very convenient.

But after just one glance, she lost the desire to buy it.

Because spatial rings are expensive, extremely expensive, ridiculously expensive, beyond the reach of an ordinary sorcerer like her.

“It’s a bit expensive, but it’s very convenient. You can save up to buy one.” As he spoke, Ross couldn’t help but shake his head: “I originally planned to have you buy the materials and I would guide you in making it, but your talent in the space system is not much different from your talent in potions, almost the same. So forget it.”

Celia: "...I can't do everything myself, can I?"

"Doing it yourself is the best."

“…” Celia had no way to refute it.

After all, they were facing a god. Perhaps what the god did wasn't the best, but it was certainly better than what an ordinary sorcerer did.

However, she still didn't quite understand why she had to do everything herself.

Why not just buy it from someone else? Using the time saved to do other things is a good alternative...

"If you have money, you can certainly do it this way, but if you don't, then you'd better do it yourself."

"……All right."

Celia understood.

As they spoke, the two continued to move forward.

This incredible maze has not yet shown any aggression; however, the path ahead has changed, no longer a straight line forward, but rather a winding and ascending one.

But even though I clearly saw the road ahead suddenly rise up, when I walked across it, it felt like walking on flat ground, without any sense of shifting my center of gravity.

This feeling was novel to the two girls.

However, even the most novel feelings will fade with time.

Now, a very important problem is facing the two of them—

"We seem to be stuck in a maze. How can we get to the other side?"

Chapter 219 Don't do this, I'm scared

The two girls stared at each other, wide-eyed.

So engrossed in experiencing the wonder of this ancient ruin, they didn't notice that they had already wandered into a maze-like path.

“I think we should go back to the entrance. From there, we can see directly where these roads lead and then decide which path to take,” Celia suggested.

Elena shook her head: "Based on my experience exploring many puzzle-solving ancient ruins, we may not be able to return to the entrance before we leave this labyrinth."

She looked toward the entrance to the maze. "Look, we can't see the entrance anymore. If we go there now, we'll either feel like we're going nowhere, or we'll end up on another path."

Having no prior experience in such exploration, Celia asked, "So what should we do now?"

Elena said confidently, "Let's keep moving forward, recording all the paths we've taken, until we find the way out."

Celia: "...This method sounds so stupid. You can usually get out of a maze by walking all the paths, but here..."

Celia looked up at the road in the sky, feeling that this three-dimensional maze couldn't possibly be explored in such an exhaustive way.

“This is the simplest and safest puzzle. As long as we keep going left until we reach a dead end, then turn back and continue going left, we can definitely get out,” Elena said confidently.

“What if… the maze is dynamic? For example, it might automatically adjust the paths and bring the paths we’ve already walked back to us,” Celia said.

Elena remained silent.

After a while, she said, "Celia, you can't keep thinking about these demoralizing things. Dynamic mazes... is that something a human can do? Besides, no matter which ruin it is, there won't be any dead ends. Don't worry, although I don't know why, there really won't be any dead ends."

Ross laughed and said, "Elena is right. There can't be any dead ends. This is a law of the world. This maze is a dynamic maze, so there can't be any dead ends. Even if we try to force our way out, it will leave us a way out. Of course... whether it will give you any surprises during this time, we don't know."

Say 'surprise' and Celia will understand.

"Are they like the monsters in the lighthouse, appearing out of nowhere?"

Ross didn't say anything, he just smiled.

Celia speculated to herself, "But Elena said that puzzle-solving ruins don't have monsters, only traps. So this trap will probably be in some unexpected place."

Ross nodded. "You're half right."

Celia didn't dwell on her partner, because Ross would say what he wanted to say.

She told Elena her guess, and Elena agreed, saying, "Your guess is correct, so..."

A vibrant green light emanated from her, and blessings were added to her and Celia's puppets.

Elena said, "Although everyone is using puppets now, many of our elven spells make the puppets' effects completely different from ours, so we should use our own blessing spells."

Under Elena's blessing spell, Celia felt that her puppet's physical strength and magical power had increased by at least 20%.

This 20% bonus may seem small, but for a magic laser gun like Celia's, it's a huge boost.

The girl's confidence, like Elena's, also grew.

The two set off.

As you move forward, the entire three-dimensional space seems to rotate slightly.

It's very subtle and hard to notice without careful observation.

After setting off, Celia used her Mage's Hand to perform a circular radar scan, just like Ross did, and immediately noticed this subtle change.

However, it is not yet clear what this change will lead to.

After she mentioned it to Elena, the two continued on their way.

Soon, they arrived at a crossroads.

All three intersections lead to winding paths that disappear into the void, making it impossible to determine which one is the correct one.

“At the first intersection, following the left-hand rule, we’ll go left first,” Elena said.

Celia nodded. "Let's leave some markers at the intersection to avoid creating a roundabout that makes us keep going around in circles."

"it is good."

The experienced Elena took out a copper coin, activated the simple runes on it with magic, and threw it into the middle of the intersection.

“Copper coins can carry some magic, making them the best tokens.”

Elena smiled slightly.

After leaving their mark, they continued on their way.

Before long, they reached the end of the road.

A gleaming golden treasure chest awaited them at the end of the road.

Behind the treasure chest lies an endless void, with countless paths floating in it.

"It's a treasure chest! What amazing luck!" Elena exclaimed excitedly as she ran up to it.

Celia quickly said, "It might be a trap, don't run so fast."

"I know!" Elena ran over, holding a scroll in her hand, ready to tear it open, and then commanded the puppet to step forward and open the treasure chest.

Nothing happened.

The puppet took something out of the treasure chest.

The two stared wide-eyed.

"Pure Magic Crystal?!"

What appeared before the two of them was a crystal-clear, pure magic crystal!

This one is much purer than the one on Celia's staff!

"This……"

The two looked at each other, not daring to let the puppet take the magic crystal.

They wouldn't be so afraid if the treasure chest contained a low-level or mid-level magic crystal, or even a high-level magic crystal.

However, this is a pure magic crystal, and it's only been a short time since we entered the ruins, before we encountered any dangerous traps. We've found a pure magic crystal that could be used as the final treasure of the ruins...

No matter how I think about it, it doesn't seem right!

"Do you want it?" Elena asked, looking at Celia.

The door was opened by Celia, and Elena came in entirely by taking advantage of Celia's presence. She was also very self-aware and followed Celia's wishes in everything.

"Let me think about it," Celia said, looking very conflicted.

She couldn't help but look at Ross, as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.

Ross said calmly, "If I have to make every decision for you, how can you become stronger? How can you learn to discern for yourself?"

But in reality, it wasn't that Ross didn't want to talk about it.

He just wanted to see what choice Celia would make.

Rather than making all the decisions himself and treating Celia like a game character he controls, Ross now prefers to observe from the sidelines and watch how Celia chooses.

That's what makes it interesting.

Of course, it's also nice to occasionally make your own choices and see what happens.

At the same time, Ross is trying his best not to figure out anything about the ruins, in order to get a surprise.

Unable to obtain instructions from Ross, Celia could only repeatedly use the Mage's Hand and other means to check the authenticity of the magic crystal and the traps it might trigger.