Just became an evil god and was summoned by the saint

Just as the two were about to leave, Pascal's voice came again.

He stood in front of the two of them, his expression somewhat strange.

He took out a money bag and threw it over.

"Here are 40 gold coins, take them."

Chapter 228 Ross's Old Friend?

Celia is taking stock of her day's achievements.

Last night, I earned 30 gold coins from healing and selling intelligence. Today, I earned another 40 gold coins from repeating the sales. As for healing the mercenaries, since they are not wealthy, Celia's fees were not high, capped at 20 silver coins, and mostly around 10 silver coins. In the end, I only earned about 500 silver coins.

In the end, each person received 35 gold coins plus over 200 silver coins.

After counting the gold coins, Elena exclaimed, "Making money from rich people is still the fastest way to make money!"

After collecting the gold coins, Celia picked up her staff: "Let's go, let's continue our adventure and see if we can collect another wave of gold coins from the rich!"

Elena's enthusiasm for exploration was also ignited, and the two quickly arrived at the gate of the ruins and entered.

As the mist dissipated, Celia found herself inside the gates of the ancient castle walls.

The gate was not open and was shrouded in a gray mist, indicating that they could simply pass through the mist and leave the ruins.

This design further convinced Celia that the ruins were specially designed by a legendary sorcerer.

In Ross's words, Celia felt like she was playing a game, "running a dungeon."

It's the kind that allows you to synchronize your progress with the walkthrough.

"This castle is huge."

Celia and Elena were both looking at the castle in front of them.

The sky above the ruins was gloomy and dimly lit, making it difficult to discern the entire castle.

It's huge, like a castle built for those ten-meter-tall statues outside the gate.

Celia and Elena looked as small as two ants in front of the castle.

The castle's massive structure boasts 12 spires, some of which extend from other spires into cloisters, appearing as if they are floating in mid-air.

The spire at the center of the castle was emitting a faint golden light, drawing Celia's attention.

"That must be the core of the entire ruins. As long as we get that glowing treasure, we can complete the conquest and obtain the entire ruins!" Elena said with longing.

Celia disagreed: "I think based on the previous maze, that might not be the core of the ruins. It could be a deception, deliberately luring people up there."

Elena thought about it and realized that made sense.

However, as she looked at the faint light, a premonition arose in her heart.

That's the destination I've been searching for.

Seeing that Elena was still looking, Celia said, "Such an obvious bait, most people would want to go and see it, but combined with the traps in front, it would make people think it's bait and not go, but it turns out to be real... Anyway, let's go and see."

Ross's voice came through: "Elena may have some connection to this ruin."

"what?"

Ross laughed, “She crossed the Star Spirit Tree, went from the Elven interior across Southland City to get here, and even stayed in Southland City for a long time because of this ruin. This doesn’t seem like something a ruin explorer would do.”

"Is there something she needs inside these ruins?"

"We don't know yet, but you'll find out when you reach the top tower."

"I understand, it means we need to go to the central tower!"

Following the stone-paved road, the two gradually approached the gate of the ancient castle.

Outside the gate, there are also two statues, but they are not human-shaped; they are animal-shaped, like two cats.

As I got closer, I had the feeling that they were staring at me.

The castle gates were tightly shut, showing no sign of opening.

As Celia approached the two cat statues, the feeling of them staring intently at her became more pronounced, accompanied by a sense of dread.

A sense of danger, stemming from her perception of peril, slowly crept into her mind as she moved forward.

Celia stopped and said, "We can't go any further, or we might have to fight these two statues."

Elena kept walking. "I know how to open the door."

Under Celia's gaze, the elven girl came to the middle of the two cat statues, whose heads were already turned towards her, their eyes glowing red.

The elven girl did not move forward. She clasped her hands together in front of her chest as if in prayer, and her body began to emit a faint emerald green light.

The dim light shone on the gate and the two cat statues. The red light in the cats' eyes slowly disappeared, and then, as if in sync with Elena, their bodies shone with a green light.

Without a sound, the door suddenly opened, revealing a pitch-black interior.

Elena's light dimmed, and she turned back with a smile, saying, "The door is open, let's go."

Celia was silent for a moment, then asked, "Is opening this door your privilege, an elven privilege, or can anyone open it like this?"

Elena shook her head. "I don't know."

Celia: "?"

Elena said, "This is the guidance I received when I was blessed in the Elven Elders' Hall. I only know that I can open the door this way, but I don't know if others can open it this way."

"Uh……"

It's already clear that these ruins are related to Elena.

Or rather... is it related to elves?

Celia also became curious.

Thinking of the Elf God that Ross had mentioned, she couldn't help but ask Ross, "Lord Ross, was this ruin left behind by the Elf God?"

Ross shook his head. "I have already conquered all the ruins left by the Elf God. This ruin was built less than a thousand years ago. Everything is very new. It may have been built by someone I know."

Ross's mental power can scan the entire castle; perhaps a few more scans will reveal who did it.

But he didn't do that.

He wanted to know what surprises awaited the 'player' in these ancient ruins filled with game levels. If he simply scanned them with his mental power, it would be like reading a walkthrough and then playing a hacked version. Knowing the whole story of the ruins all at once would ruins.

Just like reading a detective novel, if you immediately tell someone who is the murderer, it will kill all your reading interest.

His mental scan only covered a ten-meter radius around Celia.

Furthermore, he did not tell Celia about the potential traps they might encounter within the area.

"The method to open the door is not exclusive to Elena; it's just that she obtained the 'key' before she arrived, allowing her to skip the puzzle-solving stage."

"That's good. I thought this ruin was exclusive to Elena."

If it's Elena's exclusive ruin, then it's pointless; we might as well just use it as a tool for Elena.

Ross sensed Celia's thoughts and couldn't help but chuckle: "You know what, it's actually quite possible that you'll become Elena's tool. She's the real protagonist of the ruins."

"...Then I'm not playing anymore."

"But you can take the most important treasure with you. Have you forgotten the agreement you made with Elena before you came here?"

"...But then again, being a tool isn't necessarily a bad thing."

The puzzle before opening the door was skipped, and the two entered the castle.

As soon as I entered, I felt a weight under my feet, and I couldn't lift myself up.

Elena looked even more uncomfortable than if she had swallowed a fly.

"What kind of ruin would put a swamp trap behind the door, you bastard!"

As they fall into the trap, other traps are triggered in a chain reaction!

Calvin is working on the concept...

Chapter 229 Rose: You Don't Want to Shoot Really

shhhhhh!

Directly in front, arrows that had been laid for who knows how many years shot out as the trap was activated, firing like machine guns at Celia and Elena who had stepped into the swamp trap.

Including their puppets.

Along with the arrows came flames spewing from both sides and anvils falling from above!

Except for the door behind them, which had no traps, all other directions had them—oh, the main door closed after they came in, preventing them from retreating.

The two reacted quickly, and upon realizing that their feet felt stuck, they immediately released defensive spells.

Several ice walls materialized in front of Celia, extending to envelop her, Elena, and the puppet.

Elena's puppet reached out, and countless thin green vines spread out from the cracks in the ice wall, filling them completely.

Celia suddenly felt that the strength of the ice wall seemed to have increased.

This boost... did not come from the blessing of the elves, nor was it a natural increase in the strength of natural spells, but rather it was a natural boost that occurred after the vines entered the cracks in the ice wall.

The most intuitive feeling is that when the arrows flying from the front shatter the ice wall, the ice wall would usually break directly, but after the vines fill the gaps, the ice wall only breaks a part of it, and the rest is still glued together, so it can resist another attack.

Celia's eyes lit up. "The ice wall is very hard, but once it's broken, it can't continue to block. After adding vines with nature magic, it has gained some flexibility. Except for the broken parts, it can still block, and..."

The mage's hand spread towards the cracks in the broken ice walls, and as the threads of mental energy simulated the magical circuits of the ice walls, the broken areas solidified again.

The vines were allowed to directly enter the solid ice at the point of freezing, which not only allowed the newly formed ice to merge into the ice shield, but also increased its strength.

more importantly--

The magic consumption for simply mending the damaged area is almost negligible!

Then the rest is simple.

"Let's see if your attack speed is faster or my repair speed is faster!"

Numerous ice arrows pierced the ice wall, creating countless holes. Flames spewed from both sides continuously melted the solid ice, and each time the anvil fell from the sky, it shattered three layers of ice wall—before it was covered by vines.

After Elena's vines covered the area, the anvil smashed through a layer of ice wall, only to have the impact resistance added by the vines completely buffered back.

This unexpected combination attack made Celia's eyes light up.

"I used to rely solely on the reaction after casting spells to create combo attacks, never imagining that if the elements could be fused, the resulting power might be twice that of a single element!"

However, Celia remembered that spells she wasn't compatible with had very poor effects...

I can only study it in detail after the new semester starts and I return to school.

Let's get through this ruin first!

Enveloped in ice walls and emerald green vines from all sides, only the ground remained sticky, greatly hindering movement.

If anything goes wrong, there is a high possibility of injury.

Celia frowned and thought for a moment, then pried a block of ice off the ice wall and threw it on the ground. She turned to Elena and said, "Elena, step on the ice once, and the puppet will do the same."

Elena didn't understand, but she still nodded, "Okay."

As she stepped onto the ice, Celia closed her eyes slightly, recalling Ross's use of Freeze of Everything when the lighthouse was lost, as well as the frost condensation she had learned, and feeling the similarities between the two.

The next second, a layer of ice crystals spread from her feet, rapidly expanding and covering the entire swamp trap, freezing it instantly.

Celia opened her eyes. "It's done! Sure enough, these two freezing spells have many similarities. Freezing All Things can freeze everything without the need for water elements, while Frost Condensation can only freeze water elements. There is some moisture between the clumps of this swamp trap. By taking advantage of the similarities between the two, I can directly freeze this water... I'm such a genius!"

Feeling relieved that her feet were no longer restricted by the swamp trap, Celia felt a surge of joy and couldn't help but look at Ross in her mind.

Seeing this, Ross smiled slightly: "It's a clumsy method, it works a little, but not much."

Celia gave a soft hum, a smirk playing on her lips.

Back to reality, she said, "Elena, I suspect this trap won't stop until our magic runs out, so let's just keep going."

Elena exclaimed in surprise, "Can you move forward while pushing against so many layers of ice walls?"

“Why not?” Celia asked, puzzled. “If a defensive spell can’t follow the mage, what kind of defensive spell is it? It’s just that your spell’s effect is present in the spell now, so I need you to help me move while carrying the ice wall.”

"Let me try. This is a second-tier Forest Silk, a nature-based defensive spell. Theoretically, it can also move with the caster... Try moving it."

When Celia tried to move the ice wall, she immediately encountered strong resistance from the forest threads.