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

Chapter 189 No, you really came back to repent?

Early the next morning, Vanessa returned to the temple ruins to continue clearing the temple and searching for anything that had not been destroyed.

Before anything even started, Walter rushed over, looking flustered: "High Priestess Vanessa, I need your help, it's extremely urgent!"

Vanessa looked up, puzzled, and asked, "Lord Walter, what's the matter that's so urgent?"

"Yes Yes……"

"Don't rush, speak slowly. Would you like a drink?"

"No need, huff, huff, it's, it's the heretics' business!"

“Heretics?” Vanessa frowned. “What’s wrong with heretics?”

"The heretics have run away!"

Walter's face flushed red: "There were three heretics who knocked out my men and ran away while we weren't looking!"

Vanessa looked bewildered: "???"

She then gave a "not a buddy" look.

"Lord Walter, are you joking? Those heretics were severely injured and tied up by Celia, how could they escape?"

Walter's face turned bright red: "I don't know the specifics either. Last night, after I made sure the person was properly tied up, I went back to handle official business. This morning, the guard woke up from his coma and came to report to me that someone had escaped."

“We knocked your men unconscious, and three escaped…” Vanessa paused for a moment, then asked, “What about the other three? Didn’t they take them with them?”

“The other three haven’t woken up yet. They probably felt they were a burden, so they were abandoned,” Walter said with a wry smile.

Just then, Celia walked in from outside, yawning.

"Good morning, Mama Vanessa... Oh? Lord Walter? What are you doing here?"

Walter said guiltily, "Miss Celia, I'm sorry, I've managed to get rid of three of the heretics you entrusted to me."

Celia blinked. "No way? Lord Walter, how could you let a few crippled heretics escape? Didn't you promise yesterday that you wouldn't let them get away? Are you kidding me?"

Walter was quite embarrassed: "I didn't expect it either. With such a serious injury, I can still run."

Celia blinked again: "That's a third-tier mage, you know. Unless she's passed out, how could she not escape?"

Walter continued awkwardly, "It's no use saying anything now. I'm sorry... I'd like to ask High Priestess Vanessa and Miss Celia for help in finding those three heretics. They can't have gone far in one night."

Celia waved her hand: "What's the point of looking for them? If they really want to hide, you won't find them no matter how hard you look. After all, they are the heretics who are best at hiding."

Walter said, "In any case, they must have left some clues when they fled in such a hurry."

Celia summoned her puppet, stepped into the ruins, and began working. "I think instead of wasting time searching, we should sit here for a while and rest. What if they feel guilty after running away and come back to repent?"

Walter: "...Miss Celia, please stop joking at a time like this."

Celia turned around. "I'm serious. I really think they'll come back to repent."

Walter: "..."

Vanessa couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Alright, Celia, you clean up first, I'm going with Lord Walter."

“No need, Vanessa, they’ve already come to repent,” Celia said with a grin.

Vanessa was startled, sensing something, and turned to look outside the temple.

Three pale-faced people walked in from outside.

It was those three heretics who had escaped.

"High Priest, Lord, we are sorry, we have come to repent."

Vanessa and Walter: "???"

what?
Are you really here to repent?

As fourth-tier mages and nobles, the two were quite knowledgeable, but at this moment, they were both dumbfounded. Heretics came to the Holy Court to repent?
Listen, listen, what a wonderful combination of words!

But it actually happened right in front of me.

The two looked at each other, then both looked at Celia in the ruins.

Celia blinked, meeting their gaze innocently.

See what I do?
It's not like I'm the one who needs to repent.

They then looked at the two infidels who had their heads bowed.

The two men, facing the ruins of the temple, adopted a very unorthodox posture of holy repentance, their heads bowed, almost kneeling.

The direction in which they were confessing was precisely in the direction where Celia was, making it seem as if they were confessing to Celia.

After a long silence, Walter finally spoke: "It seems we don't need to look for them anymore; they really have come to repent."

Vanessa felt something was off. She looked at Celia and said thoughtfully, "Celia, you really didn't do anything?"

Celia said innocently, "I didn't do anything. What if they encountered a god, and the god made them repent?"

Celia's statement wasn't wrong; after all, it was indeed Ross who teased the three heretics last night, causing them psychological trauma.

Ross didn't make a move; he simply appeared in front of them and waited for them.

No matter which way they go, there will be a 'Celia' waiting for them.

They all made the same choice—to release the puppet, use it to restrain 'Ciria', and escape alone.

But 'Celia' was still waiting for him.

The battle against the puppet that follows is actually a battle against a puppet disguised as Celia.

Rose didn't intercept them one by one, but rather simultaneously. He would run to one person, intercept them, and then run to another, letting the first person run ahead for a while.

Finally, through mental suggestion and guidance, he gathered them together in one place, causing them to mentally break down and choose to surrender.

Ross did not capture them, but only beat them up and made them come to the temple to repent the next morning.

Then he left.

Of course, after seeing him leave, the three of them readily agreed, but in reality, they still wanted to continue their escape.

Ross ignored it, but left a mental spell in their mental space to create an illusion for them by exploiting their fear of Celia.

Whenever they try to escape, Celia will inevitably appear before them because of their worry and fear, asking with a smile if they don't plan to go to the temple to repent.

Then, they dared not run away.

They obediently returned to Star Ash Town and waited until dawn before going to the temple to repent.

Celia witnessed the whole thing and confirmed the identity of the evil god Ross—how could a proper god do such a thing!

Neither Vanessa nor Walter believed Celia's explanation, but they felt that Celia didn't seem to be lying.

Vanessa was alright, but Walter's gaze towards Celia had changed.

He always felt... that Celia must have done something to them, or that she already knew they were going to run away.

Celia said, "Speaking of which, Lord Walter, is your prison so easily breached? Or did someone deliberately let them escape?"

Walter's expression turned serious: "I will investigate this matter thoroughly!"

Originally, he just wanted to bask in the glory and gain some merit, but not only did he lose his merit, he almost made a big mistake.

Letting a third-tier mage escape could have serious consequences, no one knows.

Walter's eyes turned icy as he thought of the guards.

(End of this chapter)