Upon hearing her answer, everyone exchanged bewildered glances, shocked that Celia could remain unharmed after casting a spell, even after her magic had been drained.

"how did you do it?"

"I simply put ten layers of ice walls around myself before using the scroll," Celia said honestly.

Elena seemed lost in thought.

When Celia saw her, she seemed to have thought of something, and her face was full of excitement.

She patted Celia's shoulder hard. "This method might work. I'll try it later. You also have [Hymn: Baptism]."

"Thank you, Instructor Elena. But what are the effects of the hymn baptism?"

It wasn't time for her to learn fourth-tier spells yet, and Celia didn't know what the purpose of these many different kinds of magic was.

"The Holy Hymn Baptism has two effects. The positive effect is to heal the wounds of everyone within a very large area and dispel negative mental effects; when used on enemies, it can cleanse their sins, make them repent to the gods, and make them lose their will to fight."

Elena knew that Celia could skillfully use fourth-tier spell scrolls, but she still gave her a final reminder: "Using Hymn Baptism before reaching the third tier will prevent you from selecting the effects, resulting in random effects after use. This might cause you to heal an enemy's injuries instead of controlling them."

"There's such a thing?" Celia exclaimed in shock.

Elena nodded: "So don't use it unless absolutely necessary, lest you end up confessing to the gods before you even get the other side to repent when you're fighting the heretics."

"Yes! I won't use it casually."

Regardless of whether you use it or not, it's still a scroll of a fourth-tier spell. What if it comes in handy someday?

"Lord Ross, are you able to control the scroll's effects?"

“I never use anything based on probability, I won’t.” Ross shook his head.

He's not unlucky; he simply hates gambling.

As a hardcore farming player, instead of gambling on probability, it's better to spend a few years developing your resources to achieve numerical superiority.

Early battles are exhausting; it's better to cultivate the land slowly.

"Your archbishop principal has arrived."

As soon as she finished speaking, Celia felt the entire cave shake violently.

Many people's faces changed.

"Oh no, this place is going to collapse!"

"Damn infidels, they found our location."

"Be prepared and protect yourselves when the collapse occurs. The heretics will definitely come to investigate, and then we'll deliver a fatal blow!"

Celia looked at the busy crowd and opened her mouth to convey Ross's words, but seeing that everyone was quite busy, she hesitated.

Forget it, let's wait until they're done with their work.

After all, this cave is really going to collapse.

"Was this done by the headmaster or by the heretics?" Celia couldn't help but ask Ross.

"It's your principal. He can't find you, so he's planning to tear the whole mountain apart. Of course, before he can tear it apart, you'll be buried underground."

"what?"

The girl was dumbfounded.

Dear Principal, are you going to save us or bury us on the spot?

Chapter 54 This place is unremarkable

boom!

The entire hill was razed to the ground by the relentless bombardment. Blake, the principal of the Holy Magic Academy and also the archbishop of the Temple of Ember, shook his head as he looked at the ruins of the hill.

"Sigh, it seems they are all dead. Oh well, let's erect a monument for them here..."

Boom!

Before the words were finished, the razed ruins suddenly exploded, revealing a deep cave.

Then, a group of people rushed up shouting about friendship and bonds, only to be punched back by Blake one by one.

Before they could even rush up, Blake waited at the cave entrance, punching each one who came up.

Until the last one came up, his fist stopped on the opponent's face.

"Huh? You're not a knight? Oh, you're this year's Saintess candidate."

Blake withdrew his fist and sized up the girl in front of him: "Your name is Celia, right? What are you doing here?"

Celia performed a salute, "Headmaster Black, I'm here to clean up the heretical stronghold."

"You? Cleaning up the outpost?"

This is even more outrageous than appearing in a stronghold.

They just happened to be at the base, which means they got caught up in it by accident, and then Elena and the others went to rescue them.

As for proactively clearing outposts...

Blake understood something, smiled slightly, stroked his beard, and said, "Haha, I understand that young people care about their reputation, but I am the principal. You don't need to put on a brave face in front of me. Tell me the truth, which will help your future progress."

Celia remained silent, but Elena, who was rubbing her shoulders as she stood up, spoke up first: "Headmaster, you've misjudged this time. Celia didn't lie at all; she really did go deep into this stronghold to purge the heretics."

A knight stepped forward to support her: "Yes, according to our investigation, Miss Celia destroyed a total of twenty-five golems, five of which were of the second rank. In addition, she killed more than thirty heretics."

"Yes, we can all testify to that."

Blake stroked his beard more quickly, his gaze sweeping suspiciously over everyone's faces.

After pondering for a moment, he figured that not so many people would lie to him, so he waved his hand and said, "Alright, I know. You guys hurry up and tidy this place up, and use the restoration spell to restore the mountain."

After casually assigning the task, he called over Celia: "Celia, come with me for a moment, I have some questions for you."

"Ok."

Celia followed Blake outside the ruins and, considering the scene of Ross's battle, carefully answered Blake's question.

He asked about the details and situation inside the stronghold, the reason she was there, and the course of the battle.

After asking the question, he took out a memory crystal.

"These are all the questions I just asked and your answers. When you get back, write them down on a piece of paper and give them to your tutor."

"Ok."

Celia took the memory crystal and put it away.

Blake remembered something else: "By the way, Elena said you modified the puppet's base runes, is that true?"

Celia nodded. "Just some minor modifications to make the puppet more suitable for me."

Ross had already told her to say that she had modified the puppet runes herself, so she didn't feel any pressure to say it.

"Summon your puppet so I can see it."

"Summoning? Uh, well, the puppet isn't with me, so I can't summon it..."

“How are you going to clear outposts without the puppets…” Blake paused for a moment, “It doesn’t matter, it’s the same whether you see it or not. When you get back, write this method into a paper, and after I’ve dealt with things here, I’ll ask you for it and help you publish it on the Protoss Network.”

This kid, maybe the battle was too intense and he destroyed the magic puppet?

Blake thought to himself.

“Okay, thank you, Principal Black.” Celia looked pleased.

I'm happy, but also a little unhappy.

After all, no one would be happy to have to write two documents, one of which is a thesis.

Blake looked at Celia from head to toe, and the more he looked at her, the more he felt that this girl was not simple.

"Could it be that this kid will win the preliminary rounds in the end?"

Blake thought to himself.

As the archbishop and headmaster of the Holy Magic Academy, he was forbidden from favoring any candidate.

However, this doesn't preclude sending a small signal of goodwill when conducting business in a formal manner.

Blake planned to get these two things done for Celia to give her more leverage.

"However, she's only slightly better than Doris. As for the other three, it's hard to say. They're all very secretive."

Every year, the candidates for the Holy Maiden are fiercely contested, and until the very last moment, no one knows who will emerge victorious.

Blake sighed and called Elena over: "Take our little saintess back first, and come back after you've safely gotten her back to school."

"okay!"

Elena, who had no desire to clean up the ruins, immediately agreed.

She summoned a flying vehicle, pulled Celia onto it, and flew towards Crimson Town.

“Huijing City isn’t far from here, I’ll take you back,” Elena said.

"No, we'll be fine once we get to Crimson Town. I still have some things to do."

"What is it?" Elena asked.

"I have some things left at the Mercenary Guild, and I need to go get them. I brought my flying broom with me, so I can fly back by myself. There's no need to trouble Instructor Elena; you have more important things to do."

They ran away before they even put the puppet on.

Moreover, Celia didn't want Elena to take her back; she felt more free on her own.

"Are you really not going straight back? Going downstairs to get your things won't take much time," Elena said.

She had no desire to go back and clean up Blake's mess.

Elena didn't want to blast the mountain to bury herself, only to have to clean up the mess for the other party after she came out.

But Celia was adamant, so she had no choice but to leave.

"Alright, be careful when you go back alone, and don't go deep into the mountains."

"I understand, Mentor Elena. You go about your business and don't worry about me."

"..."

After watching Elena leave, Celia quickly checked the location of the puppet.

The faint sensation startled her, and she quickly asked Ross, "Mr. Ross, didn't you say the puppet had returned?"

"Oh, after you came out just now, I controlled the puppet to go out again."

"where to?"

"Let's go see the Crimson Spring."

"Oh……"

No wonder I haven't said a word since then.

They went to see beautiful scenery without me.

A young girl's rambling thoughts.

……

Deep red spring.

This place is about two kilometers away from Crimson Town. Thanks to the recent increase in Celia's mental strength, which has expanded the maximum range of her connection with the puppet, Ross was able to control the puppet to come and check on the Crimson Source.

"These are all people from the Holy Court. It seems that the Deep Sea Alliance used the Crimson Spring as a medium to summon the White Whale."

Ross stopped some distance from the source and used his mental power to scan the Crimson Source.

From the outside, there is nothing unusual to be seen. It can only be seen that the spring water is full of magic, but the magic contains a lot of impurities and cannot be consumed directly.

He moved a little closer and tried to penetrate the ground with his mental energy to check if there was anything unusual underground.

Let's see if it's his "corpse".

Ross stopped his investigation only when he heard Cilia's painful cries.

"There doesn't seem to be anything unusual. This spring water is just an ordinary magical item. Apart from abyssal monsters, no one would like this kind of spring water."

"It doesn't have my heart, nor is it where the Sea God hides. It's just that the Deep Sea Aid Society happened to use it as a medium for summoning, so the people from the Holy Court came specifically to check it out."

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