"Can't we contact each other now?" Celia asked.
"That works, but then you won't have any shark fin to eat."
“Shark fin isn’t something you absolutely have to eat…” Celia muttered.
"Do you still want to become a saintess?"
"Yes I do."
Ross didn't speak, he just shook his head.
This girl isn't under enough pressure.
She needs to feel pressure to motivate her to improve her skills.
But how can daily meditation alone be enough to improve your strength? Without a system to support you, you can only eat! Eat, eat, eat!
Which genius wasn't nurtured through hard work and training?
After a moment's thought, Ross said, "Let's contact the school."
"Huh? Do we really need to contact them?"
"You wanted to contact them, but you won't be happy if we actually do?"
"I actually really want to eat shark fin soup, hehe..."
"It's alright, it won't affect anything. By the time they arrive, this will be over."
……
Cedar Temple.
The high priest is receiving nobles who need to repent.
This is the bulk of his income.
The nobleman presented him with a great gift: a mithril breastplate worth 10 gold coins.
"Thank you, High Priest, for helping us get rid of those damned heretics. This is a small gift I offer to the Holy See. I hope it will bring you safety and warmth."
"The gods are pleased with those who are thoughtful."
The high priest accepted the mithril breastplate; it wasn't of much use to him, but he could sell it for money.
After chatting amiably with the nobleman for a while, the high priest personally saw him off, and looking at the mithril breastplate, he couldn't help but sigh.
10 gold coins can be easily obtained simply by helping a nobleman capture an "infidel" who has offended him, pronounce his sentence, and then hand him over to the nobleman for trial.
"It's hard to imagine that I used to work hard for a whole year just to get a single gold coin, even though I hold such an important position."
As for what happened to that "heretic" afterward, nobody cared.
Looking at the mithril breastplate, the high priest suddenly thought of the pretty little girl from before.
"It seems that people from that place have come to ask for help before."
The high priest frowned, a faint sense of unease creeping in.
If heretics operate within his jurisdiction and he remains indifferent, the Holy See will eventually discover this...
"I remember it was a remote little village..."
Even if a remote village is buried by a landslide, it may not be discovered for several years.
A cold glint flashed in the high priest's eyes.
"Perhaps that place has already become a stronghold of heretics!"
He summoned a priest deacon and said, “Go and inform the Knights that a heretical stronghold has been discovered. Come with me to annihilate it.”
……
After flying at full speed for a short while, Celia returned to Bea Village.
At this time, a number of villagers had gathered outside the house where all the pollutants were stored, and Marina and the village chief were leading people to maintain order.
Upon seeing Celia land, Marina said, "I'm sorry, Miss Celia, there's been too much pollution here. The villagers passing by noticed something was wrong and came to watch."
She was embarrassed: "To prevent people from entering, I asked the village chief to bring people over to stop everyone, but as a result, more people realized that this place is not simple."
“Tell everyone the truth, so they won’t crowd around,” Celia said.
"Ok."
“I’ll go to Lake Bea first, so I’ll leave this place to you,” Celia said.
"I will handle it!"
Celia bid farewell to Marina and flew towards Lake Bea with the puppet.
"Lord Ross, why don't we purify those pollutants first?"
“Those things can’t run away, but beluga whales can. We need to get everything ready before the school teachers arrive.”
Celia looked at her baggage, which contained only dry food, some magical materials, and simple tools for repairing puppets.
"I don't think I brought anything with me."
"We can use whatever materials we have on hand."
"..."
Soon, the person and the puppet arrived at the shore of Lake Baikal.
Jack had already cleaned up the traces of killing fish last night, and the place was now very peaceful.
Celia and Ross's puppet army split into two groups and searched around Lake Bea for a while before digging up several magic stones that were almost used up.
"Is this a magic stone reserved in the summoning circle?"
"Yes, it's useless now."
As Ross responded to Celia, he began carving strange runes on a magic stone.
Among the puppet repair tools, there happened to be a carving knife.
Unlike Celia, who dawdled while carving, he carved quickly and soon finished carving all the magic stones. The originally dull magic stones regained their faint light, and the magic power fluctuated violently again.
"Just put these magic stones back in their original places." Ross handed back the magic stones that Celia had just handed over.
"Will this stop the Deep Sea Mutual Aid Society from summoning the beluga whales?"
"No, this is installing a backdoor into the summoning circle."
This is an extra price.
Chapter 38 The High Priest Appears, A Clash Begins
The white whale was very familiar to Ross; it was a resource that he could farm regularly in the early to mid-game. He could feed it not only to himself but also to the NPC characters he was training, helping them level up.
In the game, the effect of consuming it is that it increases experience gain efficiency by 100% and has a chance to enter the 'Sea Heir' state, which increases affinity for water magic.
In reality, in addition to accelerating meditation and increasing affinity, it also has an additional effect: directly increasing a large amount of magic power, depending on the amount consumed.
Therefore, farming the White Whale is an inevitable path for every player, and Ross is very skilled at it.
At the beginning of the White Whale incident, it was necessary to add backdoor runes to the corresponding summoning circle to influence the mental state of the White Whale and achieve some strange chain reactions.
That's exactly what Rose is doing now.
"Alright, that's almost done. Let's go back."
"Is this okay?"
Celia blinked.
Yesterday I racked my brains trying to figure out how to solve it, and I couldn't even find the magic circle. But today, Ross pointed it out, and I found all the magic stone hiding places.
The huge difference made Celia feel a little sad, but when she thought of Ross's identity, the sadness immediately disappeared.
Hey, he's a god.
what do you?
The girl hesitated for a moment, then said cautiously, "Um, Lord Ross, I think we should just destroy the magic circle directly, right? I don't want to eat the shark fin anymore."
That's a terrifying monster capable of destroying towns.
I'm just a first-tier mage...
How to subdue?
Slide tackle?
"Don't even think about it. Once the aquatic creatures turn into beluga whales, the summoning circle will be unstoppable. Destroying all the magic stones won't help either. These stones were useless from the very beginning, so it doesn't matter whether you dig them up or not."
"Oh, I see. When the teachers come, they'll probably start digging, right? Won't that ruin your plans?"
"Once the backdoor is completed, it will remain permanently on the summoning circle, directly modifying the underlying code of the summoning circle. Even if the Deep Sea Alliance comes, they won't be able to destroy it."
really?
Celia wanted to have doubts, but felt she had no right to doubt, so she could only tremble and obey Ross's arrangements.
"What about the mutated fish here? Will their numbers increase?"
"Yes, your teachers will handle it."
Celia felt this wasn't a good idea.
It seems she got all the benefits, while the teacher had to handle all the trouble...
But after comparing yesterday and today, especially after learning about Ross's methods for purifying pollution.
That purification magic is more efficient and has lower requirements than Holy Word Purification...
She dared not speak, nor dared she ask.
Lake Bea was taken care of so easily that Celia was still in a daze when she returned to Bea Village.
Until she heard a voice that shouldn't have been there.
"Well, just as I thought. The guidance from the gods has finally led me to the hidden heretics."
"Oh, are you holding some kind of sacrificial ceremony?"
Looking over, Celia saw the High Priest of the Snow Cedar Temple appear above Snow Cedar Town with five knights. The location where they were was the very spot where Celia had dumped the pollutants.
A large group of curious villagers had gathered there.
But the villagers are now looking up at the high priest and the knight in the sky, completely bewildered, not knowing what is happening.
Marina was the first to react. She quickly came to the front of everyone and shouted, "We are not heretics. These are the pollutants we found, and we are about to deal with them..."
"Oh? You're planning to destroy the pollutants and continue your evil rituals hidden deep in these mountains?"
The high priest showed pity. "Poor lost sheep, you have been corrupted by heresy and cannot turn back. Let the knights from the Holy Court end your lowly lives."
"Wait a moment!"
Seeing that the high priest was about to give the order, Celia rushed over and blocked everyone's way.
“High Priest, they are not heretics, and this is not a heretical stronghold. I collected all those contaminants myself,” Celia said quickly.
Upon seeing Celia, the High Priest immediately smiled and said, "It's you, child. The Holy Court is very grateful for your contribution. Your report to us about gathering the heretics is a great achievement. We will reward you after we have eliminated all the heretics. Now, please step aside and do not hinder the Holy Court's cleansing of the heretics."
Upon hearing this, Celia became agitated: "How could you say that? Are you deaf? I said they are not heretics, how could you slander me?"
"Slander?" The high priest's expression turned cold. "Are you questioning the words of the bishop of the Holy Court and the high priest of the temple?"
“You are just a first-tier mage, a hidden heretic. Do you know that I do? I will allow you to offend me once, but if you insist on stopping me, it means you are also a heretic. Don’t blame me for the Holy Knights’ iron cavalry trampling over you.”
"I trust my judgment, and I vouch for it with my identity," Celia said, taking out her student card from her bag.
The high priest glanced at him and scoffed, "Students, huh? So that's how it is. It's normal for the most innocent group to be deceived by heretics. Step aside, future knight, I forgive your offense."
"What if we add this?"
Celia then took out another item, a badge shaped like a dove in her hand. Others might not recognize it, but the high priest certainly would.
That's the emblem of the saint.
Even those preparing to become saintesses will receive it.
Sure enough, the high priest's expression changed.
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