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

Chapter 361 Target: The Far North

"Finally, it's time to leave."

Now it's the second day after her stroll around. After taking care of everything, Celia has boarded the train to leave.

Unlike when the elves left, there were few people around, but on the side of the Ishtar Empire, there were many people seeing them off.

As countless residents of Koster bid her farewell, they all shouted that they hoped Celia would come to Koster more often in the future.

Celia waved goodbye to everyone, indicating that she would come back.

The patrol train, capable of carrying dozens of people, slowly started moving and sped out of the city.

Instead of using the teleportation array, they opted for the most economical and practical mode of transport, ready to enjoy the scenery along the Northern Alliance route.

Celia sat by the window, gazing at the receding city of Koster.

Doris kept glancing at her, and finally couldn't help but ask, "What are you looking at?"

"Take a look at the most bustling city in the Northern League."

Doris said, "It doesn't feel as good as our Shining City. At least Shining City doesn't have designated slums."

When the slums were mentioned, Celia couldn't help but think of the elderly couple from yesterday.

She murmured to herself, "Doris, tell me, if you had a heretic in front of you, but he became a heretic because he was bullied and had no choice but to fall into depravity, what would you do?"

Doris said, "Take him back to the temple and give him a chance at redemption."

"What if he has killed many innocent people in the past and is now harming even more innocent people? Is killing him the only way to stop it?"

“Then let’s kill him.” Dolly said without hesitation.

"What if we kill him, and his elderly father and mother lose their source of income, fall into hardship, and are unable to survive?"

Doris pondered for a moment, "Kill them too. If their parents are innocent, give them some money and report it to the local temple so that the temple can visit them regularly. If they are not innocent, it will be a good opportunity for them to repent."

Celia nodded and smiled, "I thought you couldn't tell right from wrong, but this is indeed... Oh no!"

Doris: "What's wrong?"

"I forgot..."

Celia was extremely annoyed.

I felt upset at the time, and after giving them the money, I forgot to tell the Northern League officials about their situation.

Ross chuckled and said, "Don't worry, that sheriff will take care of them."

"what?"

"That captain was a loyal fan of yours. He didn't leave at the time; he was hiding in the shadows, planning to ask you for an autograph when you left. But after you noticed that you gave them money, he didn't take it. Instead, after you left, he went over and had a good talk with them. He even took them to the central area to exchange some gold coins for silver and copper coins, using the badge you gave them as a token. He deposited the remaining gold coins in the Merchant Guild Bank to avoid being targeted by others for possessing valuable items."

"I see." Celia breathed a sigh of relief. "That security captain is actually a good person."

The thing I was most worried about was no longer a problem. After chatting casually with Doris, all the depression in my heart dissipated.

She wasn't the only one who would make that choice.

Other prospective saintesses would have done the same.

This kind of thing is unavoidable no matter what.

Perhaps the problem can only be solved by eradicating all heretics...?

Celia didn't know.

She chose not to think about it.

The train sped along its planned route, moving further and further away from Koster, slowly traversing the entire Starfall Continent from west to east. The next day, the train arrived at the city closest to Ishtar.

They will travel south from here, cross the border by special vehicle, then transfer to a train from the Holy Magic Academy to return to a nearby city, and finally take a teleportation device back to Shining City.

After crossing the border, Celia chose to quietly leave the group and return to the Northern Alliance territory via an unguarded wilderness border.

She disguised herself as someone else.

Given Mir's miserable state, she no longer pretends to be someone else unless there is a special need.

The new look wasn't based on her, but rather on minor adjustments made to other people's appearances.

After crossing the border, she first returned to the city where she had gotten off the train, rested for a while, bought a map, and then continued north.

The reason for wasting a day returning to Ishtar and then smuggling back instead of going directly from Koster to the far north is that the distance from Koster to the far north is actually about the same as the distance from the border city to the far north.

Koster is located to the west of the Northern League and borders Ista to the east. The territory of the Northern League looks like a rectangle, occupying the entire north.

Of course, if viewed from the sky above the far north, the Northern Alliance would roughly appear as a fan shape.

"According to the Northern Alliance people, the further north you go, the colder the climate becomes. So now it's August, and in the far north, the temperature is still so cold that the rivers freeze."

To make her disguise more convincing, Celia specially bought a big cotton-padded coat to wrap herself in, and then used ice magic to cool herself down inside.

Then, when she arrived in the next city, she abandoned this style of dress.

Because everyone else was wearing light summer clothes.

"It's better to be normal. This unnecessary pretense is pointless."

The girl put on the mage's robe that Doris had given her.

She had already embroidered defensive runes onto the garment using silk threads she brought from the ancient castle labyrinth.

"In the end, we still had to pay a high-end tailor to have it custom-made," Celia sighed.

Ross laughed and said, "Save where you can and spend where you can. Using only third-tier runes to save money is a bit of a waste of materials."

Celia nodded. "Lord Ross is right!"

The girl boarded a flying broom and flew into the distance.

Along the way, she accidentally discovered two heretical strongholds and stumbled upon three heretical rituals. Celia dealt with them in a matter of course. Finally, a week later, Celia arrived at the last town outside the far north.

Standing outside the town, Celia looked up at the name that appeared in the town's name and murmured, "Far North Supply Town, what a straightforward name."

She walked into the far north supply town and found it to be quite lively.

There were many mercenaries around her wearing coats, as well as mercenaries like her who were only wearing simple mage robes or mithril breastplates.

Aside from the lack of a temple, this place is similar to most adventure towns in Ishtar.

The largest building is the Mercenary Guild near the town center, followed by the Mage Guild.

Celia felt the temperature here and said, "It is indeed much colder here, but not cold enough to freeze the water."

A voice came from the side: "That's because this place is outside the far north region. Only when you enter the far north region will the temperature freeze the water and glaciers begin to appear."

Celia turned around and saw a middle-aged man wearing an animal skin coat standing there, rubbing his hands together.

Seeing her turn around, he said warmly, "Hello, I'm Katie, dear mage. May the goddess of ice and snow shine upon you. It seems this is your first time in the Far North Supply Town. Would you like a guide to the Far North?"

　The power suddenly went out while I was writing, and my draft was lost.

　　Then the call came back on in less than two minutes, and the input method inexplicably reverted to its default settings. It took me half an hour to fix it, I was so angry! (╬◣д◢)
　　
　
(End of this chapter)