But for now, let's deal with the anomaly at Lake Baikal first.

Chapter 64 Lake Bea's Dramatic Transformation

"How come you are here?"

Just as Celia and Benovia were about to go to Lake Bea, a voice came from behind them. They looked over and saw it was Regis, the school's flight instructor.

“Hello, Mentor Regis. We’ve just come to check on the situation in Bea Village,” Benovia said first.

“And there’s the pollution situation at Lake Bea,” Celia added.

Regis was taken aback before remembering that it was only after Celia discovered the situation and reported it to Elena that they became aware of it.

“The pollution here is very serious. Everyone in the village has temporarily left and should be in Cedar Town now,” Regis said.

"I see." Benovia looked disappointed, but the disappointment quickly disappeared.

"Don't linger here. The Deep Sea Aid Association is holding a summoning ceremony here on a very large scale and in an attempt to summon the offspring of the deep sea. You are not strong enough, and it is very dangerous for you to be here."

“We can handle this level of pollution. Since we’re already here, let’s deal with it first before we go back,” Celia said.

Regis chuckled: "Confidence is a good thing, but overconfidence is blind. If the pollution here were so easy to solve, we wouldn't have sent the villagers to Xueshan Town."

“We can’t solve the root cause of the pollution, but we can stabilize it and limit the impact to Lake Baikal,” Celia said confidently.

Ross has already told her exactly how to do it.

The last time, digging out the summoning circle and setting up a backdoor was enough to confine the pollution shockwave from the summoning circle to the waters of Lake Bea, preventing it from spreading out.

Beside her, Benovia looked at Celia with surprise.

If even her mentor couldn't solve the problem, how could she?

Although she didn't want to admit it, Benovia's evaluation of all the candidates for sainthood was the lowest, and the least likely to become a saint.

Her vision and ideas were too naive, and she lacked substantial financial support.

If Celia can truly resolve the pollution situation that even her mentor can't, Benovia will change her mind.

Each candidate has its own unique strengths.

“It’s not that I don’t believe you, it’s just that you saw it yourself just now. Even the aftershocks were enough to make you fall off the aircraft. Now, over at Lake Bea, the shockwave is ten times stronger than the aftershocks.” Regis shook his head.

“Isn’t that what you, Mentor Regis, have to do? If you don’t believe me, you can ask Mentor Elena or Principal Black and see what they have to say.”

Celia found that her mentor Elena was easier to talk to, and even Principal Black was. She had only made the suggestion, and the principal was willing to let her try. Although Ross ended up playing in her place, the result was good, wasn't it?

When they reached Mentor Regis, the other party dared not take the risk.

"It's troublesome for the headmaster. You're fine, but I'll be punished." Regis didn't believe Celia could stabilize the pollution at all. He just wanted these two great figures to leave quickly. If anything happened here, all his assets combined wouldn't be enough to cover the losses.

"Then I'll contact the principal myself."

Celia turned on the projector on her bracelet and showed it to Regis. She then opened Blake's contact information and dialed the number.

[There is no Protoss network in this area. Please connect to a Protoss network before dialing.]

Celia: "..."

Oh, I forgot, we can't connect to the Protoss network from here.

This is awkward.

"Forget it, let's go to Cedar Town to find Marina and Jack."

It is not necessary to suppress the pollution shockwave.

Her purpose in coming here was to have Ross confirm the summoning level and estimate how long it would take for the White Whale to arrive.

When Ross was knocked down by the shockwave, he had already made his judgment: dealing with the pollution was purely to prevent Bea Village from being contaminated.

But since the villagers have all left, there's not much point in continuing.

Just a quick note: if you agree, suppress it; if you disagree, just leave.

Benovia knew she couldn't handle this level of pollution, so when she heard Celia say to go back, she nodded and patted the listless Holy Winged Unicorn.

The unicorn rallied and, after the two got into the car, let out a neigh before preparing to return to Cedar Town.

Just then, Regis called out to them.

"Wait a moment."

"Is there anything else, Instructor Regis?"

"You just saw that Principal Black's private asterisk?"

An asterisk (asterisk) refers to a personal Astral Network number.

"I don't know, Principal Blake gave it to me, so I wrote it down."

Celia showed the asterisks above.

Regis compared the number on his wristband with the number on his wristband and confirmed it was genuine.

Blake's private asterisk isn't something anyone can record or dial; Blake needs to add the other person's asterisk to his whitelist for it to appear on their wristband.

Only a few people possessed Black's private asterisk. Regis, as the captain of the law enforcement team, needed to contact Black directly for some matters. To avoid being unable to reach him through the official account in case of emergencies, Black gave him his private asterisk.

He didn't call out to Celia immediately because he was checking his bracelet to see if it was real.

After confirming it, he changed his mind.

"To gain Principal Blake's approval means that this candidate for sainthood has something special. There is only one possibility for a first-tier priest to gain the approval of such a powerful principal."

Regis thought of Black's weakness—runes and magic circles.

Furthermore, considering Celia's confident claim that she could suppress the pollution.

reasonable.

After making the deduction, Regis said, "Since we have Principal Black's approval, why not give it a try?"

Celia was somewhat reluctant, but finally nodded, "Alright, but please ask Instructor Regis to help us resist the pollution there."

"Let's go."

……

Upon arriving at Lake Bea, Celia discovered that the lake was completely different from the one she had visited last time.

The clear lake water has been replaced by a deep red color, making it seem as if it has been connected to a deep red spring.

Waves of deep red surged from the rippling lake, impacting all around.

Besides Regis, there were also some school instructors and Holy Knights who surrounded the lake and used Holy Word: Purification to weaken the pollution from the impact and reduce the spread of the pollution.

The water vapor from the lake rises into the air, forming a light, deep red mist that is gradually enveloping the entire lake.

"See? That's why I didn't want you to come over. But since you're here, I'll make sure you won't be contaminated or corrupted. Go ahead and do your work, just don't stray more than three meters from me."

“Alright, please follow me, Instructor Regis. I need to walk around Lake Bea to set up suppression runes.”

"What materials do you need?" Regis asked.

“No need, we’ll use what we have here,” Celia said.

She closed her eyes and made a praying gesture.

Come forth, great god, dear Lord Ross!

Ross: "..."

My hands are itchy.

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Chapter 65. Beluga whales are fish too, and any fish can be caught.

Above Lake Bea, deep red mist surged violently, flowing around a young girl's fingertips and gradually gathering into mysterious and complex rune patterns.

Regis and the knights around him who were struggling to mitigate the impact of the pollution, as well as Benovia, were all watching this scene.

Originally, he only intended to let Celia come and take a look because of the principal's approval, and then back down.

Who knew she would actually go ahead and do it?

and……

"Directly mobilizing the magic of nature, even abnormal magic, to draw runes?" Regis muttered to himself, looking at the scene before him.

Are array masters really that terrifying?

Regis's understanding of the three professions that manipulate runes was limited to puppeteers making puppets, sorcerers playing with scrolls, and array masters playing with magic circles; one inscribed runes on machinery, one on scrolls, and the last on nature and architecture.

However, compared to the popularity of puppeteers and sorcerers, array masters are relatively unpopular. Although their work doesn't involve precise manipulation, it requires dealing with complex drawing conditions, making them similar to tunnel boring machines compared to photolithography machines.

Unfortunately, the array masters at the school came to take a look, shook their heads, and left. Otherwise, Regis would have definitely asked him if all array masters were like that.

The others followed Regis to watch "Celia" draw magic runes in the air, while Benovia stared intently at Celia's back.

"She seems like a completely different person. She feels so familiar, like I've seen her somewhere before..."

Benovia pondered for a moment.

"Do people from the Hiro Society all seem to have this strange aura?"

Celia is definitely a member of the Hero Society! Not a friend!

Benovia's gaze toward Celia grew even more intense.

Meanwhile, Celia was already obediently hanging in her own mental space...

As Rose stepped in to fill in, she used a wisp of mental energy to bind her soul and hang her up.

"The Deep Sea Aid Society has really pulled out all the stops! The concentration of demonic energy here is even higher than I expected. That white whale is already itching to come over. The summoning array will be completed soon. Let's go back and start preparing, while we search for materials."

Ross spoke to the suspended Celia while using the backdoor of the summoning circle to suppress the pollution riot.

"Mmm Good."

Celia, swinging on a swing in the mental space, nodded repeatedly.

"How are we going to deal with that beluga whale?"

"It's simple. Beluga whales are fish too. Just fish them up with a fishing rod," Ross said casually.

Celia: "???"

“Your fishing rod isn’t strong enough. Go borrow one from Austin. His rod can catch level 6 fish and is strong enough.”

"That was not what I meant……"

Is that a problem with the strength of the fishing rod?

Even before this beluga whale has emerged, it has already caused a huge commotion in many places. For example, in Lake Baikal, the pollution ripples have spread for several kilometers and could instantly kill an ordinary person.

This is just one node of the summoning circle.

According to Elena's accidental revelation, the Holy Court has discovered a total of twelve nodes, including Lake Bea and the Crimson Spring!

And the City of Embers is located at the very center of all the nodes!

With such a terrifying summoning scale, I'd eat anything if the Deep Sea Aid Society didn't summon a terrifying Tier 6 white whale.

How many Tier 6 units are there in Radiant City?

Celia didn't know that; all she knew was that the headmaster was a legendary sixth-order cultivator.

He is the Archbishop of the Holy See, second only to the Lord.

A sixth-tier mage cannot deal with a behemoth like the Sea Whale.

Ross said he would let her fish up the beluga whale.

No matter how I think about it...

Very humorous.

"Although the Deep Sea Mutual Aid Association's summoning ceremony was grand in scale, the white whales that were finally summoned were at least fifth-tier; sixth-tier white whales wouldn't be so impatient."

'Even a fifth-tier opponent is beyond my capabilities...'

"That's why I had you gather those materials to weaken the white whale."

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