Just became an evil god and was summoned by the saint

"Sorry, sorry, I misspoke. Please don't report me to the guild." The receptionist quickly straightened up. "Your registration is complete. There is no Protoss network coverage in this area. We have sent you the area location. To avoid going to the wrong place, please follow the instructions."

"Has the client come to Cedar Town recently?" Celia asked.

"I came once last week, and after adjusting the danger level to level two, I haven't come back." The receptionist shook his head.

Do you have any visual memories of the client?

"Yes, it has been sent to your surgical ring."

"OK, thanks."

As Celia prepared to leave the Mercenary Guild, she suddenly noticed that everyone inside seemed to be secretly observing her.

Some people were even chuckling quietly.

"Yet another outsider."

"It's normal for outsiders to not know the ins and outs of the game, but it's a pity they've made another wasted trip."

"That crazy woman's gold coins, they're not that easy to earn."

"What gold coins? Those are silver coins."

"..."

The person speaking was quite far away, and Celia wondered how her hearing was so good that she could hear whispers coming from so far away.

"I'm the one who let you hear it."

Ross's voice came through.

Celia suddenly realized.

Not surprising then.

After leaving Snowflake Town, the bracelet projected a guide to the quest, and an arrow appeared ahead, pointing to the area where the quest was located.

Many of the areas requested for the missions were not covered by the Protoss Network, so the Mercenary Guild developed a special guidance spell that could guide mercenaries to the mission areas in areas not covered by the Protoss Network.

This spell can be activated through a bracelet, acting on the bracelet's magical light projection.

"Flying is not prohibited in the wild. If you fly at full speed, it should take half an hour to get there... It's not far, but I don't know if there are any dangerous magical beasts along the way."

"Fly with confidence. If you encounter any monsters, consider them as a bonus," Ross said.

Since even the evil god has said so, let's fly!

Celia boarded her flying broom, which had its speed limit removed after she applied to have it used outside the school.

So Celia flew at full speed.

41 km/h!

"What speed!" Celia cheered.

"...A 2.5% increase in speed compared to before is already fantastic," Ross affirmed.

About an hour later, Celia arrived at the designated area for the mission.

The reason it took so long was that after experiencing "supersonic" flight, her speed unknowingly decreased. In addition, she took a break to recover her magic power in order to avoid encountering any unexpected events, which is why it took twice as long as scheduled.

Here, nestled among the mountains, in the area indicated by Celia's Comparison Guidance spell, the commissioned area is confirmed to be a small flat area surrounded by mountains below.

The flat area was small, surrounded by mountains, with a small river meandering through them.

In that small patch of flat land, Celia noticed some cultivated fields. Upon closer inspection, she discovered some man-made structures faintly emerging from among the trees.

"People actually live here?"

Celia was shocked.

The nearest town is more than 20 kilometers away. If it were a sorcerer, that would be fine, but it just means that the person prefers to live in seclusion.

But there's more than one house inside; there may be dozens of households, arranged in a ladder shape on the flat ground.

They can't all be sorcerers, can they?

How long would it take for an ordinary person to get to town?

Keep in mind that this place is surrounded by mountains, and the mountain roads outside are difficult to travel. They are not like sorcerers who can fly.

With questions in mind, Celia landed and stopped in front of the village entrance.

She looked at the village in front of her, somewhat hesitant.

"Don't be afraid, go in. There's only one sorcerer in this village, and his strength is only at the first level, not yet at the second level. Don't be afraid," Ross's voice came.

"That's it."

Celia put aside her worries and walked into the village.

Since we're all just ordinary people... there's nothing to be afraid of.

Chapter 30 Marina

[Guidance] In addition to giving directions, it will also send a message to the client that the mercenary has arrived after the adventurer or mercenary arrives in the quest area, so that the client can come to greet them - this is a function that is only available for quests that require the client to personally lead the way.

So not long after Celia entered the village, a female sorceress wearing a faded sorceress's robe strode out of the village.

"Hello, are you a mercenary from the Mercenary Guild?" she asked, while sizing up Celia.

“Yes.” Celia was also sizing up the other person.

The client was indeed dressed in a rustic manner, just as the receptionist had described—although he wore the same mage's robes as Celia, he appeared rather unsophisticated, while Celia exuded a mysterious and peculiar aura.

It might be because the client has a rather ordinary appearance, the kind of face that would go unnoticed in a crowd.

She looks very young, but there are already some signs of age on her face, though perhaps not the marks of time.

After looking Celia up and down, the client frowned slightly, but still said politely, "Thank you for your hard work. I am Marina, the client. I came in a hurry, and there is nothing in the village to entertain you at the moment. Please wait a moment while I ask the village chief to prepare a banquet for you."

Celia shook her head and declined Marina's offer, saying, "I just finished eating, thank you, but time is of the essence, I need to understand the specifics of the commission."

At this moment, the villagers who were passing by saw Marina talking to a stranger, and they all cast curious glances at Celia. One villager asked, "Marina, is this person also here to help resolve that matter?"

“Okay, Uncle Jack, you guys go ahead with your work. I’ll handle this,” Marina nodded and said.

“If you ask me, there’s no need to waste that money. That place is quite a distance from the village, so it won’t affect anyone. Educating those children is more important than this,” another villager said.

"Whether it will have an impact or not, we don't know yet, but we must take precautions. I will handle this matter well."

After persuading the gossipy villagers to leave, Marina turned to Celia and asked, "It may be a bit presumptuous, but I would like to ask, Miss Mage, what is your current rank?"

"A first-tier mage, Celia, please enlighten me."

Marina fell silent.

After a long pause, she managed a weak smile. "I'm sorry, Miss Celia, perhaps you don't know how dangerous this request is. I marked its danger level as Tier 2 on the request, requiring at least a Tier 2 mage to resolve it."

“I know, Miss Marina, but why can’t a first-tier mage handle the dangers of the second tier?” Celia countered.

“Because I’m also a first-tier mage, I was powerless to deal with that anomalous area. I could only watch helplessly as it escalated from an ordinary anomalous area to a second-tier danger zone.” Marina’s smile was bitter and helpless. “If I could solve it, perhaps I wouldn’t need to issue this request. Ten silver coins are a considerable sum for the village…”

“Not all first-tier mages are the same, Miss Marina,” Celia said seriously. “A mage who has just learned meditation and successfully formed a magic circuit within their body is a first-tier mage. A mage who has already created a magic puppet, mastered more than five spells, and is about to ascend to the second tier is also a first-tier mage. Do you think these two mages would be evenly matched in a fight?”

Marina remained silent.

Celia is right. The strength of a first-tier mage is not the same as that of a first-tier mage. Just like students in a school, there are students who score 0 points and students who score full marks in the senior year of high school. They are both senior students, but they have a world of difference.

A glimmer of hope ignited in Marina's heart.

"So, Miss Celia has been working on the first level for a long time and is about to ascend to the second level?"

If it's a mage about to reach the second tier, then perhaps they can resolve the matter there.

"No, I've only been a mage for a little over a month." Celia chuckled, revealing her pearly white teeth.

Marina: "..."

What does it feel like to be doused with a bucket of water?

“However, I possess a magic puppet, and a magic puppet can defeat a second-tier mage.” Celia pointed to the magic puppet that was hiding and scouting in the back; Ross was currently inside the magic puppet.

Being doused with a basin of warm water in the scorching summer heat feels wonderful.

Marina, who had just seen the puppet, could sense a dangerous aura emanating from it.

She felt relieved and glanced at the puppet with some envy, sighing, "How wonderful! I've been a sorceress for five years, yet I don't even know what a puppet looks like."

Five years and still only at level one, just how bad is this talent?

Celia grumbled inwardly, but then she thought that this was probably the fate of an ordinary mage, unable to make any progress in five years.

A student who scores 100 on the college entrance exam may not be able to get into a university even after repeating the year for five years.

"Although I don't know why a mage as talented as Miss Celia would accept this request, even if you are very strong, I hope you can abide by the rules of our village and not do anything unpleasant."

Marina first emphasized, but did not mention any regulations. Instead, she said, "The abnormal area is near the village's water source, Lake Beya, not far from Beya Village, about 5 kilometers away. It's not a problem that can be solved in a short time. Miss Celia, please come with me. I'll let you go and check on the situation at Lake Beya first."

"Without further ado, let's go."

Celia took out her flying broom, flew into the air, and looked back to see that Marina hadn't followed.

Marina awkwardly pointed in a direction: "Lake Bea is in that direction. Miss Celia, go ahead first, I'll be there shortly."

Celia understood what was happening and stepped off the flying broom.

"Let's go together. Take me there, and I'll familiarize myself with the surroundings."

Marina clearly doesn't even have a flying machine.

She was too embarrassed to say it aloud, so she told Celia to go ahead first.

Unfortunately, flying brooms cannot carry people.

It's not that it's a legal regulation or anything, it's just that Celia's magic level doesn't support the weight of two people—otherwise, the puppet wouldn't have had to travel over mountains and valleys to sit with her long ago.

Faced with the complex environment, there were still some places the puppet couldn't climb over. Fortunately, Ross was there to help, otherwise it would have taken another hour to get to Bea Village.

Since Marina can't fly, let's walk there together.

Now that we're here, Celia isn't in such a hurry anymore.

The scenery here is quite nice. Surrounded by mountains, there are cultivated fields planted with wheat and potatoes. It is the wheat harvest season, and the golden wheat waves are blown by the wind, bringing a warm ray of sunshine.

This is a great place.

However, things got a little tricky next.

Chapter 31 Source

Before seeing Lake Bea, which Marina had mentioned, Celia thought that the lake in the school's sacred forest was the smallest lake in the world, with a maximum diameter of less than 500 meters.

This Lake Beya is less of a lake and more of a small pond formed by streams from all directions. It is only about 30 or 40 meters in diameter and is surrounded by mountains. The mountains are high and the streams that flow down here form a river that meanders down toward Beya Village.

The dream of a super-large lake has been shattered by reality.

On second thought, if it were truly such a large lake, how could there only be a small village around it?

“The source of the anomaly is here.” Marina pointed to the small pond. “This small lake is the water source for Bea Village. If the anomaly isn’t resolved, Bea Village may be in danger.”

"Why don't you move away?" Celia asked.

"If the problem really can't be solved, maybe we'll move away. But right now, no one in the village wants to move, and they don't know where to go. The only water source nearby is this river."

If the source of the mutation is not resolved, no matter where they move to, as long as they still depend on this river for survival, it's no different from not moving at all.

Celia didn't ask why they didn't move to Cedar Town.

If it were that easy to move, we would have moved already.

She glanced at the puppet, seemingly intentionally or unintentionally.

Ross is manipulating the puppet to investigate around the small lake.

Marina was unaware of the secrets within the puppet. Upon witnessing the puppet's actions, she assumed that Celia had already begun, so she remained silent, intending to wait until Celia had completed her investigation.

A moment later, Ross finished his investigation and came to Celia's side.

"So, did you find anything unusual?" Marina asked hurriedly.

"This is a node in the Sea Whale Summoning Array, currently in its third stage," Ross said to Celia in his mind.

“This could be due to heretical activities,” Celia said.