Just became an evil god and was summoned by the saint

In the past week, Ainars has suddenly become quiet and withdrawn.

She seems to be busy every day; once her classes end at noon or in the evening, you can't see her anywhere.

Based on the fact that she had asked Celia to borrow money, Celia guessed that she might be short of money and was working hard to earn some.

The specific details are no longer available.

Like Celia, Aynars has very few friends.

Among the sorcerers from poor backgrounds, none of them, even after becoming sorcerers, still had to work odd jobs and waste precious study time like her.

She has no time for socializing, which results in her having very few close friends.

"Let's find some time to ask about it."

Celia thought to herself.

She's very busy right now, much like Enarse, spending her days either in class or receiving training from Ross.

Rose's training focused on refining her mental and magical power, as well as purifying the pollution accumulated in her body from eating shark fins.

Besides that, it's all about preparing for the second tier advancement, including strengthening the magic puppet.

The current puppet's outer shell and many components were compensated by Doris. If she advances to the second tier, then many things will need to be replaced.

This took up all of her free time.

At this moment, Ross was instructing her to replace the most crucial part of her spine, which is like a computer motherboard and is extremely important.

"The flesh and blood of the white whale are useless, but its skin and bones are usable. So when I was processing its flesh and blood, I peeled off its bones and skin and brought them back. Tsk, it took me a week to clean them up. Try to replace the puppet's bones before it reaches the second tier."

Looking at the beluga whale skeleton, which had been completely shaved clean, Celia asked worriedly, "Won't there be any contaminants left inside the skeleton?"

"Of course there is, so I didn't throw away its skin. The beluga whale's skin is covered with runes that I set up. These runes can not only suppress pollution, but also make the bones stronger. So, when you're carving the bones, you have to melt down this skin as well, and use it to strengthen the bones."

As a result, Celia found herself running out of time.

Unlike the skeletons of the first-tier fish caught before, the skeletons of the Sea Siege beluga whale could not be easily carved.

It requires a special carving knife, the same kind Ross used to cut the beluga whale.

However, while cutting flesh with a knife covered in runes is fine, carving runes on bones will rapidly deplete the runes on the knife, causing it to break down in no time.

To this end, Celia spent a lot of money to buy better quality carving knives and asked Ross to help draw runes on the knives before using them to carve the fish bones.

Meanwhile, the fish skin covered in scales was also lifted up by Celia's mage hand and burned with a fireball until it melted.

The skin and scales of the beluga whale are one piece. The scales are so small that they are only the thickness of a hair, so much so that to the naked eye, it looks like there are no scales at all.

After being scorched by the core temperature of the fireball spell for nearly five hours, the fish skin finally melted into a mass of liquid with dark blue runes.

Yes, under Rose's control, the runes were also melted.

After melting, all Celia had to do was use the rune-covered fish skin liquid as ink for carving, dipping her rune-covered carving knife into it and carving on the fish bones.

The process involves first melting the fish skin, and then using a carving knife to carve the melted fish skin onto the fish bones.

During this time, you need to multitask, maintaining the temperature of the fireball spell while inscribing runes on the fishbone.

Despite having a magic puppet assist in casting fireballs to control her temperature, Celia was always drenched in sweat and exhausted to the point of fainting.

Each time a bone is inscribed, Celia's magic and mental energy are depleted.

Fortunately, she always ate shark fin noodles before making them. This allowed her to use the increased magic power and also strengthened her mental strength.

Two weeks later, with only two months left until the year-end assessment, Celia finally finished drawing all the skeletons and replaced the puppet's current spine.

"Can I really handle a fifth-tier spinal bone material?" Looking at the assembled puppet, Celia felt a little uneasy.

"The spine serves to connect the other parts of the puppet. It is backward compatible, and there is no situation where other parts drag down the spine. The only problem is that if the spine is not good, it will be a hindrance. You can use the bones of a god to make it, but you will not be able to utilize its performance."

The one that is most backward compatible is the deity known as the Heart of the Puppet.

Regardless of size, the divine essence will automatically adapt to the sorcerer's performance.

"The Puppet Heart and Spine can be upgraded to higher tiers in advance, but other things can't, such as the Arcane Forge. A high-tier forge will drain your mana in no time."

Celia nodded. "I'll change the rest when I reach Tier 2!"

Actually, there's another thing you can get up early to change.

The puppet's outer armor, but it's too expensive; Celia can't afford to replace it.

The puppet didn't look any different after the spine was replaced; it just seemed to be easier to control.

"Let's test its performance during tomorrow's puppet training class."

……

the next day.

Celia attended classes as usual.

During class, I glanced at Ainars and noticed that she seemed a little different today.

He doesn't seem as worried as before; he seems to be returning to normal.

Seeing this, Celia was happy for her and specially invited her to lunch at noon—after the completion of the Puppet Spine, she finally had some free time and no longer didn't have time to eat properly.

"I'm so glad to see you've recovered today. Have you overcome your difficulties?"

"I guess it's... resolved."

Ainars managed a weak smile.

Perhaps it was because of her recent frowning that even her smile had a hint of bitterness.

But Celia could tell that she seemed a little more relaxed.

"Can you tell your best friend what happened?" Celia asked.

I thought that after the matter was resolved, Ainars would stop hiding it, but she still shook her head and said, "I'm sorry, Celia, now is not the time to tell you. I will tell you in person when there is a chance in the future."

"Ok."

Although she disliked the riddle teller, there was nothing Celia could do if Enarse didn't tell her.

She thought she had just let it go, but that afternoon, when Celia walked into the puppet training class, she discovered an unexpected figure.

Enarse stood by the training ground of the puppet training class, looking out of place among a group of people.

A dilapidated puppet stood beside her.

I'm stuck...

Chapter 88 Second-hand and fourth-hand magic puppets?

"Ainars?"

Celia walked over and looked at the puppet beside her, her expression puzzled.

"Were you preparing the magic puppet these past few days?"

“No…” Enarse instinctively shook her head, but forced herself to nod. “Ah, yes, I am indeed preparing for the puppet. Today is my first time participating in the puppet training class.”

Celia frowned slightly. So that's not how it is.

No, even if it isn't, it must be related to this puppet.

Enarse's puppet was very old and worn. Some parts were rusty, and others clearly showed signs of battle.

This is a puppet that has been through many battles.

Ross was also shocked: "How can there be such a broken puppet? And it's second-hand? No, look at the marks left behind, this is a fourth-hand puppet."

"A four-armed puppet?"

“The puppet that has had three masters is the fourth one, and Enarse is the fourth.”

"what?"

Celia was also surprised.

How could the puppet have gone through so many owners?

Celia belongs to the pure faction that puppets can only be made by themselves. She knows that puppets can be transferred to other masters after a complicated unbinding process, but she has never thought of doing so.

She would never buy or sell a puppet, whether it was her own or someone else's.

If she were to sell anything, it would only be parts, such as the vertebrae that had been replaced; she planned to sell them to the Sorcerer's Guild.

Selling an entire puppet like this, either requires not adding your own mark to the puppet heart after it's made, or it requires complicated mark removal. In Celia's opinion, it's better to keep the puppet heart and spell core, and disassemble the rest into individual parts to sell.

This was the first time Celia had ever seen a second-hand...four-handed puppet at the Holy Magic Academy.

As the school with the highest reputation and strength in the entire Holy Court, no matter how poor the place they come from, they will naturally bring arrogance and will not skimp on puppets. They either don't want any, or they want brand new ones.

Second-hand items are almost never seen.

Feeling Celia's gaze fixed on the puppet, Enarse smiled and asked, "What do you think of my puppet?"

She felt no inferiority, nor did she experience that strange feeling she had during lunch.

Just like usual.

Celia examined it carefully. "The design is decent, but there are some flaws and some areas that aren't fixed. I suggest you take good care of it before using it."

Aina nodded, "I'll ask my mentor for a treatment later."

"So the mentor can also maintain the puppet?" Celia asked in surprise.

She had no idea about this.

"I can't maintain the puppets, but can you?" Abros, the puppet training instructor, suddenly spoke in Celia's ear.

Celia was startled and quickly said, "That's not what I meant, I just didn't know."

After explaining, she silently added in her mind—

I really can do it!

Rose acknowledged Celia's interest and talent in runes.

Whether it's large runes like magic circles, small runes like scrolls, or micro runes like puppet inscriptions, she picks them up very quickly.

Otherwise, Ross wouldn't have let her do it herself.

Repairing the puppet is a piece of cake.

Abros looked at Enars's puppet, and seeing its battle-damaged appearance, he frowned, walked over, and touched it here and there.

After a moment, he shook his head and said, "There are quite a few problems. It can't fight until it's fixed. After I finish explaining the theory, come with me and I'll fix it for you before you participate in training."

“Okay, Professor Abrose, thank you.”

After speaking with Enars, Abros called out to Celia, who was about to leave, "And you, Celia, don't go yet."

Celia stopped and turned around. "Professor Abros, is there a problem?"

"What question?" Abros glared. "How dare you ask that? I'm asking you, how long has it been since you last attended a training session?"

“Ah, I…” Celia was speechless, then a thought struck her, “I came here last time.”

The last time I attended a puppet training class was before the arrival of the White Whale.

Celia was originally going to continue, but Ross told her not to.

“Training the puppet here like it’s nothing is a waste of time. It would be better to do more real combat. Use this time to go back and continue your inscription.”

So she skipped the puppet training class and spent all her time digesting shark fin and engraving it on her spine.

The reason I came here today is to use the training room to see how much the new spine enhances the puppet.

As a result, I forgot about skipping class.

Sure enough, upon hearing Celia's words, the hairs on Abros's wrinkles stood on end, just like his beard. "You still dare to argue? Do you know what it takes to skip my class?"

Although she didn't know what to do, Celia knew it couldn't be anything good. She quickly thought in her mind, and after a moment, she looked aggrieved: "I can't help it. Nobody wants to train with me during training sessions."

Abros chuckled: "Really? But why do I always see Doris asking you for training?"

No, why do you have to pay attention to even this?

That's going too far, Professor!

"I'll assign you an opponent for today's training session. Go back to your team."