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

Chapter 324: Isn't numerical superiority more satisfying than various techniques?

That evening, the league committee issued a statement saying that the truth had been found out: there was a problem with the magic circle on the arena stage, which caused the XX potion, which was originally used to stabilize the emotions of the contestants, to leak, causing the contestants to be affected whenever they used magic.

As for why the Northern League players weren't affected, it's because they were already used to the drug, so they weren't affected.

Regarding yesterday morning's game, a rematch has been confirmed, but considering that a rematch would be "unfair" to the Northern League players, their wins will remain at +1.

This behavior sparked protests from many participating teams, but the protests were ineffective.

The league committee said that complaints could be filed and that they would take them seriously.

Of course, acceptance does not equate to modification.

Other empires, along with the Elven and Orcish empires, have all taken their own countermeasures. The contestants from the smaller principalities are in a worse situation. Their assistants and representatives are all low-level mages, no different from the contestants themselves. If the other side makes another move, they are guaranteed to be caught in the crossfire.

Faced with the small principality's protest, the league committee gave a cold reply: "You can withdraw from the competition."

The competition proceeded as scheduled the following day.

It was unusual for Celia to accompany the participating team to the stadium, where she sat in Ishtar's exclusive audience seats and watched the match below.

The individual competition venue is not in the same place as the team competition venue; it's next door. This area is divided into multiple smaller competition stages, allowing up to 50 players to compete simultaneously.

Of course, they divided the stands, and the audience seating was also divided to some extent, especially the close-up viewing spots.

However, Celia didn't specifically go to a particular stage's close-up audience section, but rather to a high-platform audience section with a panoramic view of the entire venue.

This location is quite far from the actual venue, but you can see the condition of all the competition stages, which will test the eyesight of the audience.

But it's cheap!

Of course, as a contestant, Celia has votes.

What she was watching was Elena's match.

That elf girl also came to participate, and she seems to be doing quite well. Apart from the unexpected loss the day before yesterday, she hasn't lost yet.

However, Celia seemed somewhat distracted while watching the game. Benovia, who was next to her, noticed this and smiled, "Celia, is something on your mind?"

Celia shook her head. "No, what could be on my mind? I was just lost in thought while watching the game."

Doris pouted and said, "Your eyes aren't even on the game."

Celia glanced at her.

"Okay, I'm thinking about those two incidents."

“Speaking of which…” Anke looked at her and asked, “I remember that before the first incident happened, you found the Dream Essence, which allowed us to get through the first incident safely. Where did you find that thing?”

Celia casually said, "Didn't I tell you? I found it by accident while out having fun. After confirming it was a small stronghold of the heretical sect, the Arctic Blood Alliance, I wiped it out in no time."

"So you're saying both of these things were done by heretics, right?" Benovia asked.

Celia nodded: "Yes, it can be confirmed that the Arctic Blood Alliance is involved. We don't know if other heretics are involved. The useless Northern Alliance is of no use and cannot provide any help. We are unfamiliar with this place and cannot conduct any investigation."

Doris snorted and said, "When I become the Holy Maiden, the first thing I'll do is take back the Northern Alliance!"

Celia said irritably, "The Saintess doesn't care about the Knights, so what are you going to use to take it back?" "The Saintess doesn't have a Knights, but the bishops do. Just persuade them."

“You need to convince all the bishops, archbishops, and the Lord.”

"Hmph, you can't stump me!"

"..."

After chatting with several candidates for sainthood, Celia temporarily forgot her earlier melancholy.

Birthdays are not such a big deal.

It's definitely not about wanting a gift from Lord Ross.

After all, my official birthday is September 4th, the day Vanessa brought me home!
With that thought in mind, Celia gradually cast aside her melancholy and began to watch Elena's final match intently.

The elven girl's victory was not easy; it was rather difficult. Celia guessed that it took her about the same amount of time to reach the third tier as it did for herself.

However, the other party has received divine guidance and may be able to make it to the end in this global conference.

If she can grow stronger through combat...

Celia looked at the other battles and noticed that the individual competition was full of hidden talents. Some of these mages, who couldn't find a team or didn't like to team up with others, had been working in the third tier for decades, while others were invincible throughout the country.

Regardless of their type, they possess a wealth of magical abilities and do not rely entirely on puppets for combat.

Celia witnessed many sorcerers and puppets working together with incredible skill. The sorcerers not only provided buff spells to assist them, but also coordinated their attacks and defenses with great agility. Swordsmen were the most numerous among them. Their figures moved swiftly and smoothly, a sight to behold, as if two people with a telepathic connection were fighting.

Although the battles aren't as flashy as 5v5, they're more appealing to mages of the same rank than team matches.

"To be honest, I've always relied on the micro-manipulation of spells by a mage to make them far more powerful than ordinary spells in battle, and on having far more magic power than others of the same rank to suppress the enemy. If I can't beat them, I just call on Lord Ross... If I were to fight them, unless I could suppress them from start to finish, I probably wouldn't be able to win..."

So Celia also began to immerse herself in watching the game, trying to learn their tactical thinking.

Ross laughed and said, "Generally speaking, there is no need to learn, because they are agile swordsmen, while you are a clumsy mage. In order to be able to fight at close range, dodge spells, and consider how to conserve magic power, they need to perform more complex operations."

Celia blinked, thinking to herself, "Their coordination and agility with the puppets are far superior to mine. If I encounter such sorcerers in the future, I might not know how to fight them..."

Ross said, "You need to know your strengths: the vast magical foundation brought by the Deep God Realm, the refined spell manipulation and combination skills brought by the Mage's Hand, and the flexibility of your spells make you invincible in battles against opponents of the same level, because your enemies have no idea in what form your spells will appear and attack, making you much more troublesome than them."

“Learning their thought process is fine, as it will make it easier to deal with when you encounter it, but you don’t need to learn everything. You only need to know how to counter their strategies. If you insist on learning everything, you’ll just end up with a lot of impressive actions but only 0.5 in output.”

Celia asked, "What if we encounter an enemy from the divine realm who is as powerful as I am?"

"No one is more profound than you. If you do encounter one, a mage's hand can break through."

"Then I'll study how to use the Mage's Hand and spells to break their tactics!"

"Ah."

　Thanks to book friend 20250609222605867 for the reward~
　　The last chapter tonight, and it still ended up at this point...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)