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

Chapter 204 Soul Healing
Celia opened her eyes groggily and found herself in what seemed to be a deluxe king room in a hotel.

"Celia, are you feeling better? You scared me to death."

Vanessa's voice came from beside her. Celia sat up, rubbed her forehead, and the memories before she fainted quickly came to mind.

Something seemed to float out of the puppet, impacting his soul, and then he passed out. After that…

Rose's voice echoed in her mind: "It's that god hidden in the puppet. He wanted to possess your body and be reborn, but I pulled him into the sealed land."

"What does 'possession' mean?" Celia asked, puzzled.

“Erase your soul, take over your body, you can call it divine intervention—only a god can do that.”

Celia shuddered: "I know about divine descent. The original saintess was a vessel for the gods to descend, but the gods only descend temporarily and don't erase the soul. Evil gods are terrifying!"

Ross said with a half-smile, "Even the evil god didn't erase your soul."

"Then... he's a demon, yes, demons are terrifying!"

After communicating with Ross in her mind and learning about the situation, in reality, facing Vanessa's concern, Celia nodded, "Much better, thank you, Mama Vanessa. Where am I?"

Vanessa said, "This is the city lord's castle... the Southern Tavern outside. Tell me, how did you end up there?"

Celia said innocently, "I was taking a walk."

"A walk?" Vanessa looked skeptical. "I remember the bishop contacted me last night when it was already past midnight. You went for a walk in the middle of the night?"

Celia's mind raced, and various excuses flashed through her head. Finally, she adopted an apologetic attitude: "I'm sorry, Vanessa Mama. Actually, I didn't know that Southern City had suddenly imposed a curfew and I couldn't get into the hotel. When I was about to go to the temple for help, I found that the temple was also closed. So I had no choice but to stay in the square for the night. Who knew that I would run into you fighting with the heretics?"

As she spoke, Celia suddenly remembered that there was an elf girl in her room.

Celia looked out the window and saw that the sky outside was gray and was gradually brightening.

Oh no, after all this time, will the contamination in her body finally erupt?

Celia's heart skipped a beat.

Ross's voice came through: "I've controlled the puppet to return and performed a simple purification on her to control the spread of demonic energy. Hmm, she should be waking up soon."

Celia couldn't share the puppet's vision yet, something only fourth-tier or higher mages could do. She could only silently ask Ross, "Lord Ross, please keep an eye on her for me. I'll be back soon."

"Ah."

At the same time, Vanessa reached out, and the light of Holy Word: Purification enveloped Celia's entire body. She breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that Celia was alright.

She didn't quite believe Celia's explanation, but didn't say anything. Instead, she asked with concern, "At the end of the battle, that puppet seemed to have launched a mental attack on you. How are you feeling now?"

Celia pretended to assess her own condition and said, "I don't feel anything... I don't know him. His attack on me was probably just an accident. It doesn't seem like he attacked me; it's more like the city lord knocked my soul out of my body."

Vanessa thought about it for a moment and also felt that it didn't seem like a mental attack, but rather like her soul had been knocked out.

“What soul does a puppet have?” Vanessa smiled.

At this moment, the city lord walked in from outside, his expression strange.

"Have you found that sorcerer, Lord City Lord?" "Just call me Punil, Lady Vanessa." Lord Punil walked in, sat down to the side, and seeing that Celia had woken up, smiled and said, "This must be Lady Celia. I've always heard that a saintess has emerged from Southern City, but I've only heard her name and never seen her. Now that I see her, she is not only beautiful, but also has great potential. She will surely become a strong person like the Holy Lord in the future."

Punir's praise made Celia a little embarrassed. Vanessa smiled and said, "Thank you for the praise, Lord. Celia's future achievements are limitless, but now is not the time to discuss this."

Punil nodded and said, "After my careful search, I have confirmed one thing: this puppet is not controlled by anyone."

"What?" Vanessa was taken aback and exclaimed in surprise, "Has the Deep Sea Aid Society already developed unmanned puppets?"

“No, that’s not it.” Punil shook his head, his expression strange. “We disassembled the puppet and found some…human components inside.”

"Human composition? What does that mean?"

"That is to say, this is the product of the fusion of a puppet and a human. Inside the puppet's head, in addition to the puppet's heart, there are also things like brain marrow that only appear in the brains of living beings. Inside its body, in addition to the runic mechanical power, there are also biological muscles that provide power and transport magic."

As the city lord spoke, his face was full of disbelief, and Vanessa, who was listening, was also incredulous.

Even though Celia knew it was a 'puppet', she still found Punil's description outrageous.

Vanessa couldn't help but look at Celia and murmured, "Back then, perhaps a soul really was forced out?"

Punil continued, "Not only that, the puppet heart it uses is also very strange, of very high quality, better than any natural puppet heart I've ever seen, which may be why it's so powerful."

"However, after our puppeteer dismantled the Puppet Heart, the puppeteer who touched the Puppet Heart suddenly fainted. The second puppeteer who went to help him also fainted after touching the Puppet Heart and has not woken up yet."

Vanessa frowned. "Is that so?"

Celia immediately understood the situation and said, "The quality of that puppet heart is too high. When it is touched, the power inside will try to resonate with the soul. If the soul cannot withstand the impact, it will fall into a coma. Apart from falling into a coma, have the two puppeteers experienced any other abnormalities?"

Vanessa looked at Celia in surprise, astonished that she knew such obscure knowledge.

Punil thought for a moment and said, "If there's anything unusual... yes, they look like they've suffered serious injuries. They look pale and their breathing is weak, like old people who are about to die. But there are no signs of damage to their bodies or their mental strength."

“I’m dying,” Ross said.

"Can he be saved?" Celia asked hurriedly.

These two people suffered a somewhat undeserved misfortune; who could have known that the seemingly harmless heart of the puppet could possess the power to kill?

"Yes, the Puppet Heart itself can nourish the soul. You have now resonated with the Water Puppet Heart you obtained before, and you can transfer the power obtained from the resonance to them, thereby stabilizing their souls."

"Could you teach me how to do this, Lord Ross?"

"Okay, remember to bring the Puppet Heart back after you've healed it."

"it is good!"

Upon receiving confirmation, Celia immediately said, "Their condition is very bad; their souls are about to perish, and they need immediate treatment."

"But I've never heard of anyone who can heal a soul..."

“I can,” Celia said coolly.

(End of this chapter)