Just became an evil god and was summoned by the saint.

Chapter 162 Preparations Before the Strategy
Separated from the others, Celia consulted with her school instructors, applied to Abros, left the camp, and headed to the nearest town. Based on the materials listed by Ross, she purchased some materials, spending 15 gold coins.

Finally, Celia found the blacksmith shop in town and spent 5 gold coins to have the "legendary blacksmith" reshape her staff.

With a large sum of money, the entire blacksmith shop was put into operation, and in just two days, they remade Celia's staff.

The new staff is no longer in the shape of a question mark, but has become [〇—]. [〇] is woven and forged from a material with super magical properties called Shvana Gold Thread.

In the middle of [〇], extra gold threads extend out and converge into a six-pointed star shape, with a space reserved in the middle for placing a high-level magic crystal.

The [—] is made from two intertwined vines, the original material of the staff, which is deeply bound together by Shyvana's golden threads, transforming them into a single unit, but it requires rune enhancement to function.

The Siren's Eye is embedded in the connection between [〇] and [—], serving as the carrier for the magic crystal and the staff.

The staff was not yet engraved with runes. Celia did not have the blacksmith engrave it; she chose to carve it herself after receiving it.

Based on the shape of the staff and the properties of the Siren's Eye, under Ross's guidance, he slowly drew a staff that perfectly suited him.

After finishing, Ross said, "This staff can be used up to level four, so it's worth more than a hundred gold coins."

This staff was modified from a previously purchased staff. Including the cost of the Eye of the Siren, the purchase of Shyvana's Silk, and the blacksmith's reforging, it cost a total of over one hundred gold coins.

Celia propped up her staff and couldn't help but complain, "Such a rustic appearance, not fancy at all."

"I think it looks pretty good. Its rustic style means it shouldn't be underestimated. If you want something luxurious, you have to use metal materials, but metal materials don't perform as well as plant-based materials for the staff."

"Okay, I'll see how it goes."

Celia arrived at the camp's training ground, raised her staff, and used all the spells she had learned.

She quickly noticed the difference.

"The casting speed has increased, and the power has also increased significantly. I feel that the Eye of the Siren has even reduced the magic power I consume when casting spells."

Ross nodded: "After you channel your magic into the staff, you will also gain the passive ability of the Siren's Eye, which allows you to see scenery in the far distance and see through enemy moves, especially monsters in the ocean."

Celia channeled magic into her staff and looked into the distance. It seemed to appear no different from usual, yet she could also clearly see the distant scenery.

"The ability to see far is only fully utilized at sea; there are too many obstructions on land, making it impossible to see."

"It seems to be the same..."

Looking at the siren's eye, which had been forged into the shape of a gemstone, Celia suddenly thought of something—

"Speaking of which, when we ventured deep into the Deep Sea Aid Society's base last time, we also seemed to have obtained a Siren's Eye?"

Ross nodded, amused. "Didn't you notice that this siren only has one siren's eye?"

Celia's eyes widened: "Could it be..."

"Yes, the other Siren's Eye was taken by the Deep Sea Aid Society as a sacrificial offering, the one we used to fish for beluga whales."

Celia fell silent. "So we used such precious materials... to fish for beluga whales?"

Ross smiled and shook his head: "That Siren's Eye has been modified by the heretics and can no longer be used as material. It also no longer has these special abilities. Using it as bait is a matter of recycling."

“Okay.” Celia suppressed her heartache.

As the girl carefully examined the brand-new staff, she felt a little strange.

Using monster eyeballs to make staves or something doesn't seem like something a proper sorcerer would do... Thinking of the comfort a stave brings, Celia quickly put that thought out of her mind.

After completing the staff, Celia embarked on a journey to earn money and draw scrolls.

When she arrived, there was ink specially made from the Heart of Gold for drawing scrolls, but since there were no blank scrolls for sale here, no scrolls were made.

But now, in preparation for the final strategy a month from now, while making a staff, she also bought several hundred scrolls from the local sorcerer's guild, spending all her savings.

After finishing the staff, she returned to the market, set up a small stall next to Karl, and continued to apply screen protectors... oh no, upgrade connection devices.

There weren't many customers during the day, so she laid out blank runes and drew them while waiting for customers to come in.

Karl, watching Celia draw the scroll, exclaimed in surprise, "Miss Celia, you can draw scrolls too?"

"Do you want to buy it?" Celia asked without looking up.

Karl shook his head: "I'm not taking the risk. Scrolls aren't very useful to me unless you have a fourth-tier scroll, in which case I might consider buying it at a high price."

"That's a shame."

Celia had tried several times to obtain the fourth-tier scroll, but all attempts ended in failure, and she had given up.

Ross also said that even at the fourth level, the success rate of drawing a fourth-level scroll is not high, so there is no need to force it.

Therefore, she now mainly focuses on second- and third-order skills.

She doesn't plan to sell these scrolls at a low price; she'll sell them if someone wants to buy them, and keep them for a month later if no one does.

Following the mercenaries' announcements about the upgrade of the puppet a couple of days ago, Celia's upgrade skills spread among many mercenaries. As soon as evening fell, many mercenaries returned, and her stall was surrounded by a large number of people queuing up to upgrade.

Their linking device runes are all DIY, and some are even less efficient than standard runes.

The difference is not significant for first-tier mages, but at the second tier, the sluggishness caused by inefficiency is amplified rapidly.

Therefore, those who come to see Celia are all second-tier mages.

Basically, she can complete about 10 orders a day, including orders from Karl next to her.

She devoted the rest of her time to making the scroll.

Many people are interested in the scroll business, but there are relatively few buyers because Celia draws attack scrolls, and people prefer to buy support scrolls.

However, Celia is quite expensive, costing 1 gold coin for Tier 2 and 8 gold coins for Tier 3, a price that would deter many people.

Not many were sold, but it's better than nothing.

So, in the time leading up to the final strategy, Celia spent her days drawing scrolls and upgrading the linking device.

When the appointed time arrived, she had accumulated more than 200 third-tier scrolls and more than 500 second-tier scrolls.

Meanwhile, by upgrading the link device and selling runes, she also earned nearly 200 gold coins (after exchanging them with Benovia), but most of these gold coins were used to buy high-quality blank runes, leaving her with only 52 gold coins and a few silver coins in the end.

A month later, the agreed departure date was set.

(End of this chapter)