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

Chapter 210 Array Masters Should Be Arrogant!

In the afternoon, people from the Temple of Shining Ashes arrived.

The royal family of Ishtar also came along.

The two are responsible for the temple and the nobles respectively. Lord Punil has autonomy over the Southern City, but not complete autonomy; it is semi-autonomous. Therefore, after the castle is damaged, it needs to be reported to the royal family of Ishtar so that they can allocate funds to help rebuild it.

After the people from above arrived, Punil handed over all the remains of the 'puppet' to the royal family, stating that the other parts had been broken, including the puppet's heart.

When questioned by the Holy Court, he used the same excuse, but secretly, he subtly implied that Celia had taken the Heart of the Puppet and demanded money from the Holy Court.

Melina, who was in charge of matters related to heresy, heard Celia's name and showed an expression of understanding.

"So our Saintess is here too."

Punil explained, "This matter has little to do with Miss Celia. It's mainly because the heretics were so audacious as to invade Southern City, and she was almost attacked by them."

Melina nodded repeatedly: "I understand, I understand. I can understand why Celia is involved. Don't worry, the Holy Court will provide support in all aspects to help Lord Punil rebuild the magic array in Southern City. By the way, I recommend a powerful array master to design the magic array for you. Her skills are so amazing that even Bishop Alvis is amazed. And she happens to be in Southern City."

Punil's eyes lit up: "Thank you very much. I wonder where that amazing array master is?"

"I'll ask her to come over."

Not long after, Celia came to Punil and bowed demurely: "We meet again, Lord of the City."

Also arriving was the array master that Punil had summoned, responsible for the daily maintenance of the magic array. He had called the array master over to consult with the array master Melina had mentioned.

But he didn't expect that the one who arrived last would be... Celia?

Punil looked at Melina, his eyes full of questions.

Melina smiled and said, "Celia is the array master that Bishop Alvis praised so highly."

"???"

Punil's smile froze as he looked at Celia. As a fourth-tier cultivator, he knew very well that Celia was only a second-tier cultivator.

A second-order array... Master?
Of course, second-order is not a problem, but this second-order is still very young, only a little over ten years old.

Is a second-tier mage in his teens a master of array formations?
real or fake?

Celia said shyly, "Actually, I'm not that powerful. I'm only slightly more powerful than that broken magic array in Southern City."

Punil: "..."

He didn't speak, but the array master beside him spoke up: "Miss, perhaps your array diagrams are more advanced than ours, but you shouldn't insult the arrays that have been passed down in Southern Border City for hundreds of years! They were built more than a hundred years ago by the city lord of that generation at a high price by hiring the most skilled array master of the time!"

Punil turned around and said sternly, "You are not allowed to be rude to Miss Celia. Apologize to her."

"Yes."

The array master bowed his head in dissatisfaction and apologized to Celia: "I'm sorry, Miss Celia, I offended you."

Celia said, "It's alright. I'm not saying that the array master's array is no good. It's just that after so long, the array is no longer sufficient for the city's needs."

Punil smiled and said, "We are aware of this situation, which is why each generation of city lords upgrades the magic array."

Celia said, "Your upgrades are indeed impressive. You managed to turn a complete magic array into a usable mess without damaging its core... I mean, you upgraded a magic array that could withstand a fifth-tier magic array to one that you could break even a fourth-tier one, surpassing a tier. Amazing!"

Punil, the Array Master: "..."

Melina held Celia down: "Alright, alright, Celia, stop talking."

She found it a bit strange; Celia was usually quite gentle, so why was she acting so eccentric today?

“Okay.” Celia instantly became obedient. The reason she spoke like this was because, based on her observations, she found that almost all array masters were arrogant and had very bad tempers.

A more arrogant tone is more in line with the identity of a formation master!

The array master said, "Then please design it, Miss Celia. We also want to see how skilled you are at array design as a second-tier expert."

“Three days,” Celia gestured. “Take it out in three days.”

"Okay, I'll wait three days!"

……

Three days passed quickly.

After tidying up the completed design of the Southern City magic array, Celia went to the temporary meeting room.

Over the past three days, the damage assessment of the temple and castle has been completed, and the scrap materials are being recycled and dismantled.

For the next three days, the city's residents were also discussing the sudden collapse of the temple and castle.

Based on the various sounds that came out that night, all sorts of guesses were made.

As the city lord, Punil stepped forward and informed everyone of the details through newspapers, radio broadcasts, and city billboards.

It is said that the city's magic array had fallen into disrepair over the years, and a trainee array master accidentally detonated a magic crystal used as an energy source while performing maintenance, causing a chain reaction that destroyed the castle and temple. Fortunately, they reacted in time and activated the backup defensive magic array, preventing the damage from escalating.

Most people, of course, don't believe this explanation, and all sorts of rumors are flying around.

Fortunately, Punil acted swiftly because the heretics had been dealt with.

Apart from the disruption to residents' daily prayers, other issues are minor and the system is functioning normally.

Puniel also set up a temporary room to handle official business.

Celia also heard various rumors, some of which even caused the prices of certain food and magical items to rise.

It's a pity she was designing the magic array and didn't have the chance to make a profit.

"Although this design was completed with Lord Ross's assistance, it is still a very big step forward."

Holding the design drawings, Celia entered the temporary meeting room that Punil had specially prepared for receiving guests.

Upon receiving the notification from Celia, it was discovered that the room was already filled with many people.

Besides the two array masters, Punil, Melina, Vanessa, the Bishop of the Southern Temple, and two more array masters from the Holy Court and the Royal Family, a total of eight people, were watching Celia in the meeting room.

Having faced the gaze of a group of bishops and archbishops before, Celia was not intimidated at all by this scene.

Previously, Ross designed and produced it. This time, she only asked Ross to point out the shortcomings. Whether it was the design concept, the choice of materials, or the annotations to make it easier for other array masters to understand, she completed it all by herself.

For the past three days, she has spent almost all her time, except for eating, sleeping, and meditating, designing this thick blueprint.

After the drawings were completed, Ross offered no further comments and approved Celia's design.

Of course, only such a large-scale magic array rune design could be created using knowledge when one is only at the second level.

She still couldn't make small scrolls or miniature golem runes—things that required her to do herself.

She glanced at the eight people present, smiled slightly, took the thick design drawings, sat down at the conference table, spread out the drawings, divided them into four parts, and distributed them to the four array masters present.

"This is the protective array I designed for Southern Border City. It takes into account modules such as attack, defense, internal and external detection, pollution purification, and secret passage detection. I believe everyone should be able to understand it."

(End of this chapter)