Just became an evil god and was summoned by the saint

"How utterly shameful! They still have the nerve to hold a mage league?"

"Cults are terrifying."

"..."

Countless dissenting voices spread throughout the world through newspapers and the songs of bards.

At this time, the Northern League monarch gave a public speech about the tragedy that had occurred in Gerald City.

Besides reporting the losses in Gerald City, the speech declared that they would launch an operation to eradicate heresy, vowing to completely eliminate it from the borders of the Northern Alliance. This operation was named "Operation Pest Control".

He then mentioned some follow-up measures, including that the Mage League would continue and that the Northern League was willing to double its losses should such an incident occur again.

Following the monarch's speech, the Mage League Committee also issued a statement indicating that the league would not be canceled and would resume tomorrow.

That evening, Ashburn, led by Black, found Celia and conveyed the league committee's message to her.

"You mean, before the competition starts, you want me to check if there are any problems?"

Celia pointed to herself: "Are you sure, Your Majesty Ashborn?"

Ashburn nodded: "Although I don't really want to admit it, the Northern Alliance has a bunch of useless people, and the League Committee is even more full of useless people. They are all idiots who only want to get seniority and have no ability whatsoever. It's better to hope that the heretics will take pity on the Northern Alliance than to rely on them."

Celia: "..."

It seems the league committee is full of useless people, so useless that Ashburn simply gave up on using them.

"But I still have to compete."

"It won't affect anything. If your match is interrupted because of something you discover, we will arrange a rematch for you. If Celia discovers any clues that cause her to accidentally lose the match, we can also arrange a rematch for you."

This basically implies to Celia that she can replay the match indefinitely until she defeats her opponent.

However, Celia disdained using such methods.

If you lose, you lose. Can you win in a rematch?

"I'm just a lowly third-tier mage... Don't have too high expectations of me. I'll be satisfied as long as I can finish the league smoothly."

"It definitely will, as long as Miss Celia takes a look for us before the competition."

"Alright, then I'll take the liberty. Of course, I might just be saying it casually, whether you listen or not is up to you."

Ashburn said coldly, "Anyone who disobeys will never be able to obey again."

"..."

Thus, as the Northern Alliance, with the assistance of various forces, launched a massive "Pest Cleanup" operation, the Warlock League was restarted once again.

In the morning, Celia arrived at the arena early, glanced around briefly, told Ashburn that nothing had happened, and then went straight back to sleep... oh no, to meditate.

"Our opponent is already dead, so they advanced directly. Sigh, that's terrible."

The girl was quite disappointed that there was no competition.

"Lord Ross, do you think the Arctic Blood Alliance will still cause trouble at this time?"

"Schrödinger's interference."

"What do you mean?"

"It's somewhere between potentially causing trouble and not being able to cause trouble. Generally speaking, the Mage League is currently heavily guarded, and the guards are all people who actually do the work, not those committee members who are just loafing around. So the Arctic Blood Alliance won't come to cause trouble."

"However, the league's defenders might think that their defenses are tight enough that the Arctic Blood Alliance won't cause trouble, and they might start to relax. At that point, the Arctic Blood Alliance might continue to cause trouble."

Celia understood. "So you mean it's completely unpredictable before they actually come to cause trouble, right?"

"Yes, but today is the first day, and the league is very serious about defense. The other side can't possibly come at this time. After all, you led everyone to destroy so many strongholds, and you have basically completely cleared out the strongholds around Koster. Some of the other heretics who were lurking in the slums have also been found."

As he spoke, Ross suddenly remembered something and laughed, "And your simp classmate has also been rescued. After that heretic was discovered, he fled in a hurry and didn't have time to take your simp classmate with him. Now the sheriff of Koster is taking him to the hospital."

Celia: "..."

If Ross hadn't mentioned it, she would have forgotten about it.

Celia said, "How come this Arctic Blood Alliance is so powerful? They cause far more trouble than the Deep Sea Alliance."

Ross said, "Not bad. The Deep Sea Aid Society also summoned a white whale specifically for Shining City. Although they were interfered with by me and failed to summon a white whale of rank six or higher, only a rank five white whale appeared, which you then caught. But if they successfully summon a rank six white whale..."

A gigantic sixth-tier monster...

Celia felt a chill run down her spine just imagining it.

If this really happens, Radiant City will probably be destroyed.

I didn't really realize it at the time, but now that I think about it, the Deep Sea Assistance Society was also aiming to destroy someone else's capital.

However, after the failure of Operation White Whale, they disappeared without a trace and dared not cause trouble again.

The Arctic Blood Alliance had grand ambitions. After discovering that the Abyss Gate had been dealt with, they decisively froze a town with tens of thousands of people. It is unclear whether this was a mockery of the Northern Alliance or an attempt to "cut their losses."

"So all the preparations made by the Polar Blood Alliance were also for opening the Gate of the Abyss?"

"Opening the gate to the abyss is not the goal, but a condition for achieving the goal."

"So what is their purpose?"

"I don't know, maybe it's to summon their gods."

A grayish-black wisp slowly appeared in Ross's hand, which he then dispelled.

"what is this?"

"A vengeful spirit is something that only arises when many people die; it is a type of spirit that usually only exists in the underworld."

"Does this help in summoning gods?"

“Perhaps,” Ross shook his head. “Wraiths and faith are conflicting things. Generally speaking, no god would use this, unless…”

“Unless what?” Celia asked hastily.

Ross looked out the window.

"Unless, the gods are dead and want to be resurrected."

Chapter 347 Miss Celia is the one who truly wins hearts and minds!

Over the next few days, the Mage League proceeded smoothly, with both team and individual competitions completing their first round of elimination matches.

At the same time, the campaign against heretics has made encouraging progress. The entire Northern Alliance has wiped out dozens of strongholds, captured countless heretics, and liberated countless innocent civilians who were trapped.

Not only the Northern Alliance, but other empires also launched similar movements, discovering many heretical strongholds.

With a flurry of exciting news, the heretical activities gradually disappeared, and people's attention was refocused on the Sorcerer League.

After the first round of elimination matches, there will be a short break of a few days before the second round of 16 to 8 matches begins.

By this time, it was already the end of August.

As the rescue operation in Gerald was swiftly completed under immense pressure, saving more than half of the residents' lives, the incident gradually faded into the background.

The difference is that the entire Northern Alliance is under martial law, and raids are conducted from time to time to check for any missing heretics.

Although ordinary purification spells are not very effective against the magical pollution of the Arctic Blood Alliance, which carries a trace of divine power, they still have their intended functions.

For example, during purification, people with demonic energy will suffer greatly, even if the purification is slowed down.

Using this, they arrested countless suspected heretics and achieved a complete victory.

As for whether there was any intention to corrupt people and then imprison them as heretics... that remains unknown.

The day before the round of 16, Celia found Ashburn and told him some news.

"Your Majesty Ashborn, the Arctic Blood Alliance is about to make its move again."

Ashburn immediately clenched his fists and said viciously, "Well, these rats in the gutter are really not honest at all. They want to take advantage of the moment when we're off guard and do it again. Enough is enough."

"They might be trying something new this time," Celia said. "They could pretend to be contestants."

Ashburn paused for a moment, then sneered, "Interesting. Pretending to be a contestant? Do they think we can't use purification magic to check the contestants?"

Celia said, "They will disguise themselves as many teams of competitors, and our team's opponents are also heretics. I hope His Majesty Ashborn will not arrest them before we defeat our opponents."

Ashburn raised an eyebrow: "Why?"

"Because we want to defeat them fair and square, so that they won't use that as an excuse."

Ashburn asked, "?"

Celia said, "Thanks to the traitor, they already know of my existence. Our opponents... might deliberately reveal a little pollution tomorrow so you can capture them and our team can win without a fight."

Ashburn was even more confused: "Are you sure they want to do this? Is something wrong with them?"

"Who knows? Maybe they're trying to manipulate public opinion or something. Anyway, Your Majesty Ashborn, could you please wait until we defeat them before you arrest them?"

Ashburn nodded: "Alright, let me see your opponents tomorrow... a team from a small duchy? They seem unremarkable. If the heretics are in disguise, then the original participating team..."

Celia said, "It's not a disguise, they are heretics, the entire delegation from the small principality is a heretic."

Ashborn: "???"

"Principal Black asked me to tell you that he has already kept an eye on those people and hopes that His Majesty Ashborn will not send anyone to arrest them, lest they escape. You only need to be responsible for capturing the heretical contestants."

Ashburn: "...This old bastard, does he look down on the Northern Alliance that much?"

Celia said, "Principal Black said not to make me tell you that he looks down on the Northern Alliance, but since you guessed it, it probably doesn't matter whether I tell you or not."

Ashburn chuckled and touched his bald spot. "Yes, there's no difference. I'll go have a friendly chat with your principal in a couple of days."

Celia said worriedly, "Your Majesty, please don't fight with the principal. He said you can't beat him and he'll beat you to a pulp."

Ashburn slammed his hand on the table. "Don't worry, I promise there won't be a fight."

"That's good."

……

Upon returning, Celia found Black and said, "Headmaster, as you said, I told His Majesty Ashborn everything you said, and he was very pleased."

Blake stroked his beard: "It's been a long time since I've sparred with this old friend. My bones are practically rusted. It's not convenient to just go and fight him directly, so I have to make him come to me. Thanks for your trouble, Celia."

Celia blinked, not quite understanding the two, but it was clear that their friendship seemed to be quite good.

So who is actually more powerful?

Celia thought about Blake's feat of leveling a mountain and felt that Blake might have a better chance of winning.

But that has nothing to do with her anymore.

Let's focus on preparing for tomorrow's match!

……

the next day.

Celia's match is in the second round.

If they win this match, the next one will be an internal war... Oh, no, an internal war is not going to happen. The other team from the Holy Magic Academy was the first to go out and was eliminated by the team that won the Swiss round 3-0.

It was a clean 2-0 victory, so devastating.

"The Orc Empire's participating team, [Food Chain], looks very strong."

Celia wrote it down.

Although she has special abilities against pollution and the abyss with Ross's help, she is still just a regular third-tier mage. Without the buff of purification, it is still unknown whether she can defeat her opponent.

Of course, the current opponent is that heretic disguised as a member of the infiltrated team.

Celia looked towards the opposing team's viewing area, while Doris, as the team captain, stood up and called out, "It's our turn to go on stage! Let's go and take them down!"

Celia got up and went to the arena with her.

When she appeared, the entire stadium erupted in cheers.

"Celia! Celia! Celia!"

"The most beautiful contestant, Celia! I love you!"

"It was Celia who saved us! She's an angel!"

"Oh my god, she's so cute! She's like a goddess descended from heaven!"

"Celia will win!"

"..."