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

Chapter 370 Ruins and Strongholds

The entrance to the ice layer was carved out by the mercenaries who discovered the ruins.

They might have accidentally discovered the aurora on the ground, or perhaps they accidentally killed a monster within the aurora and followed its guidance to find it.

After crossing the thick ice, Celia slowly arrived at the entrance to the ruins hidden beneath the ice.

The walk of fame ends here, but the dreamlike colors continue to spray out from inside.

It seems to have come from the Avenue of Stars, giving everyone a brief blessing and shielding them from the influence of the aurora borealis.

The entrance to the ruins is something that resembles a colorful fountain, hidden beneath a thick layer of ice.

Celia stared at the dream magic fountain, examining it closely. "Is this a warp entrance? It doesn't seem quite right."

Ross said, "It's not a warp entrance, it's a downward hole. Alina didn't choose to enter the warp to sleep, there's no trace of the warp here."

"Then... jumping is the only option?"

"Ah."

"Ok."

Celia manipulated the puppet to the magic fountain, then leaped into it.

After sensing the situation below through the puppet, Celia said to the people behind her, "This hole is about ten meters high, so be careful."

After saying that, he jumped down.

After she jumped down, Gorif followed. Pamisa did not jump down immediately. After cursing Anthony, she took out a rope and lowered it down, letting Anthony and Manica climb down the rope before she came down herself.

Meanwhile, Celia was already surveying her surroundings.

This is a hidden underground cave entrance that looks like it has been there for a long time, but after careful observation, Celia discovered that the cave entrance may not have been formed for more than 100 years.

"Is this really a ruin?" Celia looked up at the hole in the sky.

If a Saint-level mage falls into slumber, the dissipated magic power will naturally form, which might create ruins.

However, considering that Alina's blood had been found inside the Arctic Blood Alliance stronghold, Celia felt that it was more likely to be the Arctic Blood Alliance's stronghold than a ruin.

"The dream pollution disappeared after entering; I don't know where it came from."

The exit was blocked by a dazzling dreamlike magic, which seemed to have materialized out of thin air, completely obstructing the view from below and above.

Ross's phantom appeared beside her, looking into the depths of the underground cave.

"The purpose of that dream pollution is to block the outside world from the underground, making it impossible for people to discover the underground from the outside. However, something happened recently that caused the blocking dream pollution to escape and form the aurora on the ground, which led to this place being discovered."

"So, is this a ruin or a cult stronghold?" Celia wondered to herself.

“It’s a ruin, and also a stronghold,” Ross said.

Celia: "?"

"The heretics placed their strongholds deep underground, disguised with ruins. In other words, this is a heretical stronghold disguised as a low-level ruin, and this stronghold has restrictions on those above the fourth level."

"Limiting to the fourth rank, that's fine. This will prevent high-ranking mages from discovering the stronghold... But if that's the case, wouldn't high-ranking mages from the heretics also be unable to enter the stronghold?"

"It's not like there's a rule that you can only enter the stronghold from here. If that were the case, then for them, the things inside the stronghold might only require a third-tier mage to guard them."

Celia looked back at the group, hesitant. "Lord Ross, should I break away from them and proceed, or should I explore the ruins with them first before continuing?" "No need to rush down. If we don't explore the ruins, we might not be able to get down anyway. Let's explore them while we're at it. This ruins utilize Alina's dream magic, combined with the demonic energy contamination possessing divine power, creating some strange energy reactions. Perhaps we can find something interesting," Ross chuckled.

Celia asked in surprise, "If heretics deliberately build low-level ruins, would they also leave things inside for the mercenaries outside?"

"Ruins are a special kind of thing. There are no ruins without any rewards. This is probably an ironclad rule. If heretics build this place and want it to become a ruin, they must put various rewards and the ultimate prize inside to make it work and form a real ruin. A thousand years ago, I used to call ruins 'duplicates'."

"Copy?"

"Another bunch of incomprehensible terms," ​​Celia thought.

"The definition of a dungeon is that it can be repeatedly run. In short, it is a magical law of the world. There is no need to explore its essence. Just know that only when a reward is placed can a ruin be called a ruin. Jonathan's ruin is the same. However, the rewards he puts in all appear together with the traps. If you want to get the rewards, you have to be disgusted first."

If Celia had to choose again, she wouldn't want to go to Jonathan's place at all.

It's disgusting, pure suffering.

Ross chuckled, “There’s no Jonathan’s twisted sense of humor here. According to my scan, there are two ways to get to the lower cult stronghold: one is to go down through the hidden path they’ve set up, and the other is to take control of the ruins and open the seal directly to go down.”

Celia immediately understood Ross's meaning: "Then let's conquer this ruin first!"

Ruins walkthrough?

Something convenient.

Ross wasn't in a hurry, and neither was Celia.

After all, she came to the far north under the 'divine guidance' of Ross. She didn't know Alina, only that she was Ross's former apostle. Since the gods themselves were not in a hurry, she naturally had to follow the gods' guidance and conquer the ruins first!
Celia sensed that Ross definitely had ulterior motives.

But he didn't say anything, and she couldn't guess what was going on.

Since that's the case, let's complete the god's task first!

The girl set off into the ruins, followed by Pamisa and her three companions.

After passing through the long underground tunnel, the space gradually opened up in front of us.

The pitch-black underground tunnel was gradually covered by twinkling stars.

Celia looked up and saw the sky filled with stars and the aurora borealis, making it seem as if she had reappeared on the ground.

Pamisa looked up at the sky, her eyes filled with fascination, and murmured to herself, "What a beautiful starry sky. I want to record it..."

Anthony didn't say anything, but silently used his bracelet to record Parmisa's appearance.

While the wristband's ability to capture images isn't as strong as a dedicated camera, experienced photographers aren't affected by the equipment and can still find good angles to record beautiful moments.

Goref said from the side, "This is a ruin, not a place for taking pictures. We can take pictures after we've explored the ruins."

Parmisa snapped out of her reverie and nodded. "That makes sense, Miss Hiro. Shall we continue on?"

Celia nodded. "Let's go."

As they continued forward, the scene before them gradually became clearer. Under the hazy starlight, a castle that looked like it had been carved from a glacier slowly appeared before them.

　I'll have a meal before I start writing!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)