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

Chapter 226 Enduring a Beating After Many Hardships

Inside Emilia's tent.

After Celia and Elena were seated, she placed a magic crystal on the curtain, activating the runes on the tent.

Celia immediately recognized it as a soundproofing array, designed to isolate sounds from both inside and outside.

This small magic circle was useless against Celia; the mage's hand could easily penetrate it.

But it should be able to stop most people from eavesdropping.

Rather than breaking the magic circle, Celia's current focus is more on—

Using a soundproof array within their own camp—who are they trying to protect themselves from?
It's so hard to guess!

Celia had a bold idea.

Of course, we'll put this bold idea into practice later; let's talk to our friendly Emilia first.

After setting up the soundproofing array, Emilia sat down in front of the two, and the three of them sat at the same table.

“Miss Elena, and Miss Celia, I learned from my friend that you two are the adventurers who explored the ruins before me. I would like to exchange our exploration experiences with you.”

Emilia looked at the two of them and got straight to the point:
"I don't know what you two encountered, so let me tell you about mine first. After I led my team into the ruins, we came across a three-dimensional maze formed by countless paths. We found 22 treasure chests inside. Half of the chests contained the extremely rare Puppet Heart, and the other half contained bowls that held Puppet Hearts..."

Emilia paused here, carefully observing the expressions on Celia's and the other woman's faces.

The two exchanged a glance, and Celia said, "It's similar to what we encountered, except that we didn't get Puppet Hearts from the treasure chests, but Pure Magic Crystals."

Emilia hurriedly asked, "And then? Did you put the Pure Magic Crystal into the bowl?"

The two nodded.

Emilia then asked, "So how did you deal with those two guards afterwards?"

The two simply smiled and did not reply.

Seeing their expressions, Emilia immediately knew that they had passed this test.

As for why I didn't say...

Emilia recounted everything that happened after her team collected the bowl and the Puppet Heart and placed them on eleven plates.

After being placed, the two guards' eyes glowed red, their heads started moving, and laser beams shot wildly from their eyes. They had to dodge the lasers the whole time.

Hiding under the guard's feet won't help; it will lift its leg and stomp on you.

As the guards moved, the open road closed, preventing them from escaping and leaving them to be attacked.

Of course, Emilia tried to attack them, but no matter what she tried, it was ineffective. Their materials seemed to be made of the hardest stone in the world, making them indestructible.

The beating continued until the red light in the eyes of the two guards gradually faded and disappeared, at which point the attack stopped.

Fortunately, Emilia's mercenary squad was very elite, so there were no casualties, but two of their puppets were crushed into scrap metal and could not be used.

After completing the attack, the road was reopened, and they walked back to where they had entered. Passing through the mist, they appeared directly outside the ruins.

Hearing Emilia's story, Celia couldn't help but feel fortunate.

Fortunately, Ross reminded them at the last moment, otherwise they would have faced the two guards' relentless bombardment as well.

Although Celia was confident she could do what Emilia did, at most suffering minor injuries, wasting eight hours and failing to complete the game, only to get beaten up instead...

It's absolutely disgusting!

After she finished speaking, Emilia looked at the two men and said, "Name your price, both of you."

Celia held up two fingers.

Emilia frowned: "Two hundred gold coins? That's too expensive. I don't think the beginner's trial of the ruins is worth that many gold coins."

Celia and Elena: "?"

You two siblings are really extreme.

Elena said, "It's 20 gold coins."

Because Emilia was so honest, Celia didn't raise the price for her.

Emilia seemed relieved and nodded without hesitation: "Okay, no problem, I can afford 20 gold coins."

As she spoke, she took out a string of gold coins from under the table, then took out 20 coins and placed them on the table. "I love a straightforward trading partner like you," Celia said with a beaming smile, accepting the coins. "The reason you were attacked was because you overlooked two details..."

Celia told Emilia the walkthrough, and Emilia suddenly realized, "I see, the traps in these ruins are truly...unique."

After listening to Celia and Emilia's strategy, Emilia's expression was quite interesting. She felt frustrated and annoyed that she was so close to success but failed completely due to carelessness. It was like getting full marks on the driving test but losing 100 points because she misread the line when parking on the side of the road.

However, after hearing Celia's explanation, she regained her confidence.

"Thus, I will become the first adventurer besides you to step into the new ruins!"

Having collected the gold coins and finished explaining the strategy, Celia and Elena got up to say goodbye and leave.

Before leaving, Celia thought about her bold idea and asked, "Miss Emilia, I would like to ask you something."

"Please say."

"Can I sell this information to your brother Pascal?"

Emilia frowned. "What did you say? I didn't hear you."

"I'd like to sell this to your brother for 40 gold coins."

Emilia's brow relaxed: "Of course, but you'll need to wait until after I leave tomorrow before you can sell it. But knowing him as I do, he might not necessarily buy it."

"As long as Miss Emilia nods, whether he buys it or not is up to us."

"Okay, I agree, as long as you can sell them. But I have a request, and I don't know if you can fulfill it."

"any request?"

“After you sell it, make this clue public so that everyone can enter the ruins.”

Celia shook her head: "This is not good. We can't do this kind of thing."

"I'll do it. As long as you agree and allow me to make it public, I'll release it immediately upon my return tomorrow!"

Celia didn't speak; she looked at Elena.

She provided it free of charge; it all depended on Elena's opinion.

Elena thought for a moment and said, "There's no point in hiding it. It probably won't be long before others know how to solve it. We might as well make it public."

"Alright, thank you for your help. This way, we can reduce mercenary casualties..."

Not long after Celia and Elena left, Pascal arrived at Emilia's tent.

"Sister, did you perhaps buy information about the ruins from them?"

Emilia said calmly, "Yes, so what?"

"You're being silly, sister. There's no need to buy it at all. You can get the information out of him by combining it with your own adventure experience. If you're not confident, you can leave it to your brother."

"The money's already spent, are you going to ask them for it back?"

Emilia got up and left the tent.

This isn't the tent she sleeps in; this one is for receiving guests.

Pascal immediately chimed in, “Sister, since we’ve already bought them, why not share them with our little brother? Let’s go on an adventure together.”

Emilia paused, then said, "I'll tell you about my experience, and then you can figure out how to get more information out of me."

"what do you mean?"

"Although Father... wants me to take you, this ruin is very special. If I take you, you will only be a dispensable accessory. It would be better if you formed your own team and entered the ruin yourself... If you are cowardly and afraid of death, then disregard what I said."

"I can set one up myself, as long as you tell me the information..."

"100 gold coins."

"Why don't you go and grab it?"

"Am I robbing someone?"

"You... fine, Emilia, don't think I can't do without you. I'm a sorcerer, just you wait!"

(End of this chapter)