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

Chapter 280 Divine Essence Stolen? It Was part of the plan!
Even if Celia sensed it and guessed it, Ross wouldn't tell her that the Heart of the Puppet was a god.

Even though Celia is now completely corrupted by this evil god, and even though she has learned about the actions of the god-king Zeudin from Jonathan, she still retains her faith in the gods.

The collapse of faith should be gradual; it shouldn't be destroyed all at once, or it will break people.

Celia now suspects that the Puppet Heart given to Benovia is a divine essence, while the others are Puppet Hearts.

This guess will help her transition smoothly and gradually accept it, which is great.

At the same time, it is also very reasonable.

Although he, this evil god, is not mysterious at all to Celia, other gods are still very mysterious and majestic to Celia. It's hard to accept that the divine status of gods could be so easily taken and put into a puppet.

Perhaps some people already know, but Celia is still very weak, so it's best not to think too much about it.

The sea god's divine status is different; touching it would shatter one's soul, which fits everyone's fantasy of a god, is very reasonable, and doesn't diminish the god's prestige.

Ross said he wanted Celia to draw the runes for the summoning circle for Benovia, and Celia was already quite certain that the Puppet Heart was the Divine Essence, but Ross just wouldn't say it.

You can guess whatever you want, think whatever you want, but I won't tell you directly.

There was nothing Celia could do about it, so after school she went back to her dormitory, angrily took out a piece of draft paper, and drew the runes on it.

After finishing the drawing, she asked, "Lord Ross, do you need me to help her set up a summoning circle?"

Ross chuckled. "You can go if you want."

Celia had only mentioned it casually.

But seeing that Ross did not object, she suddenly had a thought.

Mr. Jonathan said that the summoning circle requires a 'divine essence', so if I set it up myself, wouldn't that confirm whether the puppet heart is a 'divine essence'?

Although Celia was very reluctant, she eventually succumbed to temptation.

"Let me set it up. I have some experience with magic arrays and runes."

"Sure, but wait until she reaches level three. It's useless to take it now."

"OK."

……

Benovia's Secret Hut.

The girl looked at the box placed under the statue; inside the box was the heart of the magic puppet.

"This Puppet Heart would grant an ordinary first-tier mage the ability to slaughter third-tier mages and puppets. My older brothers and sisters are probably very interested; I wonder if they'll come to steal it..."

Benovia has no intention of protecting this puppet heart.

She thought of the Puppet Heart lying quietly in the dust, and the sudden appearance of other princes and princesses in the guard who tried to take it for themselves.

That person who acted on their own was completely brainless; they're probably receiving treatment somewhere now, or perhaps they're already dead.

Benovia ignored the other person's situation and didn't care.

She had only one thought:
"The gods guided me to obtain this Puppet Heart; there must be a reason for it. Just like when I tried to take it, someone else got it before me, letting me know the consequences of touching the Puppet Heart..."

In this situation, anyone who dares to take it is defying the gods—courting death.

Benovia chose to place it under the statue, waiting for the next time the god would give her guidance in a dream, so that she would know what to do.

After gazing for a moment, Benovia, as was her custom, prayed to the gods before leaving to go back to sleep.

The small hut where the statue of the deity was enshrined fell silent.

until late at night.

A ghostly shadow entered the cabin and appeared in front of the box.

He picked up the box and disappeared into the shadows once more.

Everything happened quietly, and no one knew.

Far away in the other part of Radiant City, inside the Deville family manor. Count Deville, the head of the Deville family, narrowed his eyes as he looked at the box in front of him.

"Open."

"Yes."

The shadow mage opened the box, revealing a deep blue fragment of divine essence inside.

The Shadow Mage said, "My Lord, this Puppet Heart cannot be touched directly. Please be careful."

"Ah."

Count Deville nodded, not daring to reach inside and take the contents, even though he was a fourth-tier mage, much stronger than those first and second-tier mages who were courting death.

"That girl killed my child with this?"

No one dared to speak.

Because no one dared to offend Earl de Verde.

The pain of losing his son has pushed him to the brink of madness.

There was silence.

"With only first-tier strength, he could easily kill Norsen, who was at third tier..."

Count Deville summoned his puppet, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

"You killed my child and you think you can live? You won't live, and neither will the people behind you!"

Beside him, the butler couldn't help but whisper, "Your Excellency, please reconsider. Although Princess Benovia has appeared, it's all too mysterious. Perhaps it wasn't Princess Benovia who ordered it, but someone else..."

Count Deville said calmly, "I know, which is why I haven't taken any action yet. But this thing that killed my child, even if it offends the royal family, I will get my hands on it. If it can give me strength comparable to a sixth-tier... what's wrong with killing a prince?"

With that, he turned and sat down in the main seat, saying calmly, "Let's begin."

The others in the room immediately summoned their puppets and, with Count Deville's authorization, began to disassemble Count Deville's puppets, remove the puppet heart inside, and then reattach the puppet heart.

A surge of mysterious power immediately entered Count Deville's body through the link between the puppet and the sorcerer.

……

An endless abyss, a sealed land.

Ethel, the sea goddess who was dawdling, raised an eyebrow, looked at Ross, and said sarcastically, "The divine essence you gave away has been placed in a magic puppet. It seems it has been stolen. Heh heh."

Ross wasn't surprised, as if he already knew, and chuckled: "Good thing you stole it. You haven't finished doing what you promised Celia yet."

Ethel was very displeased with Ross's appearance.

"Do you think you have everything under your control? Be careful, something unexpected might happen and kill your divine contract girl. Let's see what you do then."

Ross chuckled again: "That's easy. Just wait a thousand years. In those thousand years, you can also help me build a huge complex here as the core of the new pantheon."

Ethel: "..."

At this moment, he really wanted to give Ross a shoddy construction project, but no matter how shoddy it was, it wouldn't have much of an impact on the temple.

The construction of a temple complex can be completed in just a few days when divine power is used.

But Ross insisted on making him carry the stones one by one, building it slowly.

Ethel scoffed: "So what? You just let that mortal use the power of divinity?"

"Of course not, you have to do it. Otherwise, how could a mere fourth-tier mage use your divine power? He would be blown up in just a few minutes."

“What do you want to do?” Ethel stared at Ross.

"It's very simple, just do as I say..."

Listening to Ross's plan, Ethel remained silent for a moment, then scoffed, "Boring."

(End of this chapter)