Just became an evil god and was summoned by the saint

Danger perception is also endowed to the puppet to some extent, making it easier for the puppet to deal with attacks.

The number of standing heretics is decreasing.

When their defenses are shattered by the golems and they face the purification spell, even those at the third rank cannot stop the pollution from dissipating, though not as quickly as those at the first or second rank.

"I might not be able to beat the third-tier ice wolves outside, but beating you guys is a piece of cake."

Celia slowly walked toward the altar. Before her, five third-order heretics were being defeated one after another, lying on the ground as if submitting to her.

Upon arriving at the altar, Celia looked at the sacred object being offered in the center of the altar.

It was a white, semi-transparent, long hexagonal crystal. Inside the crystal was a small black dot, emanating a pollution more bizarre than that of heretics.

Ross said, "This crystal is a spiritual object for collecting faith, called a faith crystal. It was a faith collection tool commonly used by the gods a thousand years ago, but it was later phased out and upgraded to collecting idols, and then to collecting without physical objects."

As he spoke, Ross laughed and said, "The reason for the upgrade is that the millennium-long battle for faith between the gods was too fierce. Their initial method of fighting for faith was to destroy faith crystals. Later, they destroyed the idols of enemy gods, forcing them to find ways to collect faith without physical objects."

"However, without physical objects to collect faith, the amount of faith that can be absorbed is less than one-tenth of that of physical objects, and it is also impure and not pure, making it extremely easy to be corrupted by other energies, such as abyssal demonic energy."

"Moreover, this kind of remote collection of faith requires the worshipper to specify a deity to pray to. There are no idols, and faith crystals are highly efficient, but they are convenient."

Celia picked up the crystal of faith and examined it with curiosity.

Ross added, "This kind of physical faith collection doesn't require believers to name names. As long as a believer prays and the object collects it, any deity can use it if it's not locked. Take it. When we get back, I'll see who's absorbing faith inside this object."

"it is good."

Celia carefully put away the crystal of faith. She looked down at all the heretics.

At the core of the magic circle, she manipulated it, and after a moment, she used the magic circle to connect to the Protoss network, sending the coordinates and situation of this location to Vanessa.

"Let Vanessa call the Bishop of Southern Border City to deal with these heretics."

Miss Celia just wants to focus on learning magic.

Chapter 265 The Saintess Who Knows Rose Can See But Still Deceives Herself

Vanessa remained silent.

Why did Celia, who was perfectly fine, become like this?

Wherever he goes, he can cause a stir.

I just got back and destroyed the Star Ash Temple. When I went to Southern City, not only was the temple gone, but the city lord's thousand-year-old castle was also gone.

Although it was somewhat related to the city lord's own actions of using pure magic crystals to attract heretics and causing them to fight in the city, it shouldn't have anything to do with Celia... but Celia was in the city!

Considering that wherever Celia went before, the high priest there suffered, hmm...

Vanessa watched as Celia fell into deep thought.

Celia could tell what Vanessa was thinking, and quickly explained, "I didn't expect that just randomly coming in to practice magic would lead me to a heretical stronghold. This was an accident."

Vanessa laughed and said, "It would be great if you only had this kind of accident. You could take a trip around the Protoss Forbidden Lands and eradicate all the heretics hiding there."

"You overestimate me. I'm not that scary at all," Celia pouted, somewhat indignant.

She snorted, "I'll leave this place to you, Mother Vanessa. I'm leaving now to continue my training. When you're dealing with the heretics, don't take care of those direwolves."

Vanessa laughed, "Of course not, but you've given us a heads-up. The sudden appearance of dire wolves, a magical beast that shouldn't be here, was something we never thought was related to heresy. Now that I think about it, we might be able to find something about other magical beast groups that shouldn't be living here..."

Celia immediately said, "You'll have to investigate that yourself. Just make sure there are any magic arrays inside the stone wall. I won't get involved."

"Well, if you want to cultivate, then go cultivate. We can handle things here."

The bishop of Southern Border City brought many people with him, and even the lord of Southern Border City came along, bringing many people with him.

They are directing their men to tie up all the infidels one by one.

Having obtained the most important thing, Celia had no intention of lingering there any longer.

With so many people, plus the arrival of three fourth-tier mages, the surrounding wolf pack had already hidden away and could no longer serve as sparring partners. Fortunately, before entering the cave, Celia had already mastered the basics of Mercury Reversal, and now all she needed to do was practice until she was proficient.

Upon returning, Ross tossed the medicinal bath ingredients to Celia, along with the instruction manual, telling her to figure it out herself, while he went off to study the faith crystal.

"This crystallization of faith has accumulated enough faith power, but the god behind the Polar Blood Alliance has not come to collect it. The connection is very weak."

Outside Celia's room, Ross manipulated the puppet, playing with the crystal of faith. After a moment's thought, he decided to ask Ethel, who was undergoing labor reform.

"Ethel, I ask you, do you know about the Arctic Blood Alliance?"

"I don't know," Ethel replied curtly.

Ross simulated the trace of divine power remaining in the pollution and asked again, "Then do you know whose divine power this is?"

Ross's only contact with the twelve Olympian gods was during that one great battle. In the midst of the battle, he was too busy to bother recording the differences in the divine powers of the twelve Olympian gods.

He would know even less if it were any other ordinary god.

Ethel stopped working, carefully sensed the divine power that Ross had simulated, glanced at Ross, and said uncertainly, "It seems to be the power of the Ice God or the Moon God? Your simulation is not quite right, I can't judge. Among the main gods, unless they involve elements, I can't make a detailed judgment. I can only judge that this is the divine power of a goddess, and their divine power is slightly different from ours."

The Moon Goddess and the Ice Goddess are both among the twelve main gods.

The water element has two main gods, the sea god and the ice god, one for support and the other for damage, but there is no water god – neither support nor damage.

"Okay, go ahead and get busy."

Ross nodded, turning his attention away from the sealed area and back to the crystallized faith.

"We can't directly locate the god's position like before... We can only modify it so that a prompt pops up once you get close to the god within a certain distance."

Ross pondered for a moment, then put away the crystallized faith.

Since there are no materials available for modification and the other party's coordinates are unknown, it doesn't matter when or how the modification is carried out.

After carefully storing the crystallized faith, Ross took out the fused sea god's divine essence.

“Jonathan and his team have been discussing this method for hundreds of years, so maybe we can give it a try. Luckily, we have someone worth trying.”

Ross refers to Benovia.

It has been a long time since I last helped her when she climbed the steps.

Ross could sense that she hadn't backed down because she knew his name; on the contrary, she chose to try every means to find those long-forgotten historical truths.

As a princess of the royal family and a saintess of the Holy Court, she could easily find out any information she wanted, as long as she was careful not to be discovered by those with ulterior motives.

Ross didn't know if she had found anything, but he felt that the faint connection from the other party had become more frequent again.

Perhaps they've found out something.

“No rush. According to Jonathan, one isn’t enough. We need the divine sparks of four or five main gods… I must say, their idea is quite audacious. They obviously can’t accomplish this on their own. I’ll do it myself.”

After carefully storing the divine essence, Ross returned to Celia's mental space and reminded her, "Alright, it's time to soak. Time to practice your spells."

To avoid embarrassing Celia, he hid himself so that she wouldn't see him.

Having already soaked in the water several times, Celia was no longer as shy or blushing as she had been at the beginning. Upon hearing Ross's voice, she stood up from the water and stretched.

Water flowed down her exquisite, translucent body.

She emerged from the water, looked towards the door, and giggled, "Lord Ross wasn't spying on me, was he?"

"Do I need to peek?" Ross's phantom appeared in Celia's mental space.

Celia panicked and hurriedly grabbed a large towel from the side to wrap herself up.

The girl cried indignantly, "Lord Ross!"

Ross shook his head: "Fine, whatever makes you happy."

After saying that, he hid himself again.

Celia breathed a sigh of relief, then dried herself off and put on her clothes.

She calmed her racing heart, rubbed her burning cheeks, went out the door, and came to the wasteland behind the temple.

"Lord Ross, after I learn the Mercury Retrograde Dispel Technique, do I still need to go to the Protoss Forbidden Lands?" Celia asked.

She was starting to reconsider going; every time she went, she would wipe out a heretical stronghold, and she was afraid of being hunted down.

Ross laughed and said, "No need. I've learned passive magic, so I can practice with anything I want in my daily life. I don't need to put myself in danger anymore."

Celia breathed a sigh of relief. "That's good."

So, for the rest of the time, Celia stayed in Star Ash Town and didn't go anywhere else, practicing spells, honing her magic power, and being wary of any possible actions by the Arctic Blood Alliance.

But the Arctic Blood Alliance remained silent until the start of the school year.

Chapter 266 Celia: How could I possibly accept that?

That day, after finishing her morning meditation, Celia opened her eyes, sensed something, and was very disappointed.

"The Arctic Blood Alliance people aren't coming? Fine, if they're not coming, then I'm going to school."

Today is the day she goes to school.

During this time, she spent her days meditating, using spells, taking baths, and refining her magic.

By the time she went to school, her magic refinement had successfully reached 100%.

Because most of her magic power is being refined, her total magic power hasn't changed much and is far from reaching the limit of her current rank.

Regarding spell proficiency, the spells shatter and crystal arrow, which Ross emphasized, were successfully mastered thanks to her exceptionally high ice talent. However, Mage's Hand remained at the master level, far from the "subtle" level Ross had described… Celia was completely baffled.

The progress of the newly learned Mystic Web technique is not as slow as that of the Space type, but it is not as fast as that of the Ice type either. After such a long time, I have only become slightly proficient.

In terms of passive spells, Water Reversal and Danger Sense have also become easy to master, allowing the passive spells to unleash power equivalent to a regular Tier 1 Fireball when used for defense.

"Although I haven't tried it, if I faced the Blue Winged Seahorse again now, I certainly wouldn't be as pathetic as before. Maybe I could even withstand its final frenzy and shoot it dead!"

"I say confidently," Celia said.

The most direct benefit of increasing spell proficiency and magic refinement is that when using ice spells, she can use them without wasting a single bit of magic or causing any waste in spell performance.

With the improved skill level, she only needs half the size and half the magic power to destroy the ghost ship, unlike before when she had to exhaust all her magic power to barely destroy it.

That way, I can save up some magic power and use it to shoot a few arrows at the Blue Winged Seahorse.

Feeling herself growing stronger, Celia smiled and hummed a bard's song as she packed her things to take to school.

A moment later, everything was packed up, and Vanessa walked in from outside. Seeing that Celia had finished packing, she smiled and said, "Celia, are you leaving?"

Celia nodded: "I'm going back to school now, Vanessa Mom. Take good care of yourself at home, okay? I'll try to find a job here to come see you!"

Vanessa was a little reluctant to see Celia leave, but when she heard what she said, she couldn't help but laugh: "Don't you dare destroy the rebuilt temple again."

"would not!"

Vanessa stepped forward, brushed a strand of hair from Celia's head, patted her shoulder, and sighed, "The next time I see you, you might be a third-tier mage. Good luck, Celia. I look forward to seeing you become a saintess. It's a pity your Vanessa mother can't help you much."

Celia smiled and said, "Vanessa being well is the greatest help to me. I am a saint, protected and helped by the gods!"

Vanessa nodded. "Go ahead, or you'll miss the Southern Border City patrol car. I'll pack your things at home. The teleportation device isn't finished yet, otherwise I would have let you stay until the first day of school."

The construction process of a directional teleportation device is much more complicated than that of a temple; even a small one cannot be built overnight.

At this moment, the construction of the temple is more than half completed, while the directional teleportation device is still in the foundation stage and is estimated to take more than a year to complete.

Celia slung her backpack over her shoulder, summoned her magic puppet, picked up her luggage, and left the room. Turning back, she waved to Vanessa, "I'm off then, Vanessa Mama, goodbye!"

"Goodbye. When you get to Southern Border City, remember to say goodbye to the bishop and the city lord."

"Ok!"

……

Leaving Starash Town, Celia boarded her flying broom and flew towards Southern City. During the flight, she asked Ross, "Lord Ross, do you think the Arctic Blood Alliance hasn't noticed that their stronghold has been destroyed, which is why they haven't made a move until now?"

Ross laughed and said, "Based on your description of the Arctic Blood Alliance, this heretic is much more cautious than the Deep Sea Aid Society. They won't be as high-profile as the Deep Sea Aid Society, and faith crystals aren't anything valuable, unlike pure magic crystals."

"They may already know, but they're just unlucky. Unless one of the Holy Court or the city lord is a mole, it's not easy for you to be targeted by them."

Celia thought for a moment and nodded: "That's true. At the time, only Vanessa, the bishop, and the city lord knew that I was the one who summoned them. No one else knew. Even if there was a mole or something, they wouldn't be able to find me."

"Stop trying to do one last thing before you go back to school. If you accidentally miss the start of the semester, your professors will have to search the whole world for you."

“Alright.” Celia put her thoughts aside and then smiled. “Indeed, everything that happened before was just a coincidence. How could I be so devilish? Don’t you think so, Mr. Ross?”

Ross smiled without saying a word.

Celia pouted.

They arrived in Southern City without incident, and successfully bid farewell to the bishop and the city lord, delivering a message to them.