Just became an evil god and was summoned by the saint

"I'm getting lazier and lazier."

Aside from not liking to sleep, he's a bit like Alina.

"Responding to her question might get her moving immediately, but I'll pass."

Ross shook his head as he thought of the questions Benovia had asked him after successfully summoning him.

Do gods need to eat? What do gods do every day? How strong are gods? Do gods need to sleep? ...and so on.

Like a curious child.

If we were to respond, it would probably be ten times more troublesome than dealing with Celia.

I'd rather be a cold and aloof god.

His thoughts returned to Sharon. Watching her prepare to leave, Ross pondered for a moment and came up with a solution, though he wasn't sure if it would work.

"Perhaps we can send a vague divine message to Celia first, and then let her try to make contact with me. Maybe then we can succeed."

This needs a catalyst.

Ross quickly found this opportunity.

Chapter 479 "Encounter"

"Where are we going?"

"Go and bump into them."

A chance encounter?

Celia was a little confused.

I spent the whole day yesterday drawing scrolls to replenish my depleted savings, and I didn't go to sleep until very late.

As a result, Ross dragged me out of bed before I had even had a full night's sleep.

"So, should we go and bump into Sharon?"

"Correct."

Ross nodded, then gave Celia instructions.

"After the chance encounter, say some mystical things to Sharin, such as 'Our meeting must be the guidance of the gods,' or 'Shalin will definitely receive the blessing of the gods.'"

Celia: "???"

Yesterday they told me to stay in the hotel all day, but did Lord Ross sneak out to play by himself?!

Celia immediately perked up.

Did Lord Ross go to see Sharon yesterday?

Ross nodded casually. "Yesterday, she entered the Dragon Island volcano under the guidance of a sixth-tier mage."

"What exactly are they going to do?" Celia asked.

“Some kind of ritual will be performed.” Ross did not elaborate.

Dragon Island is very large. Unless you have incredible luck, it's very difficult to bump into a specific person in a big city.

Fortunately, thanks to Ross's sharing, Celia was able to sense Sharin's location, so this chance encounter was only natural.

On a certain street, Celia casually spotted Sharon and exclaimed in surprise, "Sharin?"

Shalin looked up and saw the suddenly appearing Celia, and was taken aback. "Celia?"

Celia walked over quickly and said warmly, "I never expected to meet a friend in a foreign land. What a coincidence! It's like being guided by the gods."

“You’ve come here…” Sharon felt a little uncomfortable.

In class, she was truly invisible, completely different from people like Celia and Enarse.

Although Celia dislikes meaningless socializing, she still knows most of the students in her class, and most of them know her too, and occasionally they will come up to her to say a few words.

Enarse has few friends, but she's not without any. She's quite familiar with some of her classmates, and since she was among the first in the class to receive a magic puppet, many of them are willing to be her friend.

As for Sharon, she was truly completely transparent. If the instructor hadn't revealed her third-tier strength, no one would have known that there was actually a second student in the class who had reached the third tier.

It was as if Sharon had suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

If Ross hadn't confirmed that she had been in class the whole time, Celia would have thought that she and her classmates had been "hypnotized," with a person like Sharon being forcibly inserted into their minds.

"I'm here on a trip. My holiday trial ended early, and with such a long vacation, I definitely have to go out and have some fun."

Celia blinked, feigning ignorance, and asked, "By the way, I don't think I saw you when the trial ended?"

Charlene's eyes darted around: "Something happened at my home, so I left early."

"I see." Knowing the truth, Celia didn't mind her lying and asked again, "Are you here as a traveler too?"

Charlene mumbled, "Yes, yes."

Celia's face lit up with surprise. "That's great! How about we team up? Traveling alone is so boring. Having a companion will make it ten times more fun!"

“This…” A look of annoyance flashed in Sharon’s eyes, as if she was annoyed that she hadn’t come up with another excuse.

Seeing Shalin's expression, Celia blinked, her eyes seemingly welling up with tears: "Is that not okay? Fine, I was being presumptuous, I'm sorry... I just wanted to be friends with you..."

Celia's appearance is incredibly alluring; the cute, teary-eyed girl is irresistible even to Sharon, who is also a girl.

She said awkwardly, "No, it's not like that. I'm just... just used to being alone."

Celia blinked pitifully, "Can we be friends?"

Charlene nodded emphatically: "Of course."

Who would refuse to be friends with Celia?

but……

Thinking that perhaps Celia only befriended her because of her sudden and astonishing strength, Shalin sighed inwardly.

Fortunately, she simply disliked crowds, not that she was insecure, and she didn't reject the traditional idea that "you can only make friends if you become stronger."

She didn't have any of those thoughts like, "I wouldn't even glance at you when you were weak, but now that you're strong, you pretend to be my friend."

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to successfully join the Hiro Society.

“That’s wonderful, Sharon, may the gods protect you.”

Celia wished Shalin well for a moment, chatted with her casually, and then decisively said goodbye.

Charlene definitely seems to be the type who is extremely bad at socializing.

The conversation was a bit awkward and I wasn't used to it.

This might also be a form of latent chatterboxing, but it's only open to those they approve of.

At most, Celia and she are nodding acquaintances; any deeper interaction would only make the other person dislike her.

Celia knew this, so she chatted briefly and then said goodbye, without actually inviting her to come along.

In Ross's words, it's simply a matter of not having enough goodwill; how could he possibly invite a colleague?

After saying goodbye to Sharin, the girl asked Ross for praise: "Lord Ross, how was it? How did I do?"

Ross chuckled, "So-so, you've got the point wrong."

"Ugh?"

"The key point... is it to make her believe that our meeting was guided by the gods?" Celia was confused.

Ross said, "Pretty much, but it's not bad either. The main thing is to let you get to know her."

"Contact...?" Celia couldn't help but think of Benovia's past, and said quietly, "Does Lord Ross want to convert Sharon into your follower?"

Ross said, “Believers are useless to me. You mean ‘fellowship’? Her level of spiritual connection is not high enough to convert her.”

"That……"

"You'll find out later," Ross said, without elaborating.

Just as Celia was about to say something, she suddenly froze, abruptly turning her head to look at a passerby walking in the opposite direction.

But she quickly turned back.

“That person… seems to have signs of contamination on them? They look a bit like a heretic,” Celia said.

"He's a heretic, and a fifth-order one at that. Don't make any moves."

"Are heretics really operating openly in the city?" Celia exclaimed in surprise.

“It’s just that your senses are sharper now.” Ross smiled slightly. “If your senses had been as sharp as they are now, you would have been able to discover that many high-ranking heretics move around in the city just like normal mages. Even in the City of Embers, there are many heretics, or non-heretic mages who simply use demonic energy pollution as their magic power.”

"what?"

“Cultists of the fourth rank or above will not be easily detected as long as they conceal their corruption. Unless their corruption is activated, they are no different from normal people,” Ross said calmly.

"That's it..."

Celia thought the heretics were up to something again in their capital city.

Consider that high-ranking heretics are generally no different from normal people; they might just come in to eat or buy things... Even if they do something, it would be difficult to stop them. This is a foreign land, so it's best not to act recklessly.

I have faith in the Blue Dragon Empire.

For some reason, Celia had a feeling that a storm was brewing.

Chapter 480 Dragon Island Past

The day of the volcanic eruption is drawing ever closer.

A somber atmosphere gradually spread across Dragon Island.

Celia noticed that there were more guards patrolling the city.

Occasionally, you might even encounter a guard led by a fourth-tier mage.

As the capital of the empire, fourth-tier mages aren't exactly everywhere, but they can only hold positions like captains or legion commanders.

Just like undergraduates are a rarity in rural towns and small counties, they are looked down upon by everyone in big cities.

Here, Tier 3 is the basic requirement for applying to the elite guard. It was rare to see them before, and it was mostly Tier 1 and 2 'temporary workers' patrolling. With the activity of the volcano, Tier 1 and 2 have been gradually replaced by Tier 3.

Celia went to the first floor of the inn to eat. As she watched another group of guards pass by outside, led by a fourth-tier mage, she couldn't help but ask the receptionist.

"Does this happen every time there's a volcanic eruption on Dragon Island?"

Upon hearing this, the receptionist nodded: "The last outbreak was ten years ago. My father told me that it was like this back then. On the day of the outbreak, a strict order was issued prohibiting people from going out and telling everyone to stay at home."

Celia asked curiously, "Are you worried about the volcanic eruption causing harm?"

"Of course not. Under the leadership of the powerful Captain Erina, there's nothing to fear about a volcanic eruption. If it were just a volcanic eruption, the Dragon Throne would have already allowed everyone to watch the spectacle."

The Dragon Throne is a popular term for the monarch of the Blue Dragon Empire, meaning a king who sits on the back of a dragon and uses a dragon as his mount.

In ancient times, everyone wanted to be a dragon knight, and it is still the same now. However, dragons have now disappeared. The Blue Dragon Empire, named after dragons, naturally takes the dragon knights, who were revered by everyone in ancient times, as its symbol. Thus, there is the Dragon Knight Legion, Dragon Island, and the Dragon Throne. The people of the Blue Dragon Empire are said to be like dragons.

Hmm... Everyone is like a dragon, but the monarch rides a dragon...

A monarch who rides on the backs of his people?

A thought flashed through Celia's mind.

She didn't say it aloud, because such words were considered treasonous by the Blue Dragon Empire.

"So what exactly is going on?" Celia asked.

"It's all because of those guys from outside. They all covet the treasures in Dragon Island's volcano and try to take advantage of the chaos during volcanic eruptions. There have even been major accidents before."

The receptionist was also very talkative. This place is quite far from Dragon Island Volcano, and even though the rooms are full, the guests all seem to be in a hurry and don't know what they're doing. There aren't many people like Celia who are leisurely eating on the first floor.

He was very enthusiastic when he had nothing to do.

"That happened 100 years ago. Legend has it that the essence of the fire gave birth to the fire spirit, which attracted the attention of the elves, the orc empire, and several other empires and some other random organizations. They fought each other around the volcano."

"In the end, the powerful sorcerer shaved off a layer of the volcano and destroyed many houses in the surrounding area. It was only after Captain Erina intervened that the turmoil was quelled."

The receptionist sighed.

"It is said that the battle resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands of innocent people, including thousands of sorcerers."

Celia was more concerned about something else: "Where's the fire spirit? Who took it?"