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

Chapter 374: The burden removed, speedrun begins.

"Congratulations, you have successfully passed my test."

The beautiful, ethereal female figure gazed upon everyone and slowly spoke.

Her voice was as ethereal as the starry sky.

"My name is Alina, and I slumber here because of calamity..."

Celia was drawn to the name, and just as she was about to hear her self-introduction, Ross's voice suddenly entered her mind—

"It's not Alina."

Celia saw a cold glint flash in Ross's eyes not far away.

He stretched out his hand, and a point of light appeared in his palm.

But the light spot did not explode.

Ross suddenly lowered his hand and calmly watched 'Alina' introduce herself.

Celia was a little curious, but she knew she shouldn't ask at this time, so she suppressed her curiosity and listened carefully to 'Alina's' self-introduction.

"...The slumber has made me unable to control my own power. The abyss has taken the opportunity to invade my body, preventing me from waking up. My power is escaping..."

"...Thank you for your corrections, which allowed me to control my own power. Come forward, brave outsiders, you deserve my gratitude with precious gifts."

Instead of moving forward, everyone looked at Hiro.

Although Celia didn't perform much in this team, her reliable performances still convinced the others to trust her and rely on her as their core member.

Ross's voice entered Celia's mind.

"This is the relic administrator created by the relic creator, using Alina's image. What she says is correct. However, what she didn't say is that after receiving her 'gift,' you will be teleported out and marked by dream magic, and you will be unable to enter for a period of time until the mark dissipates."

Celia was slightly taken aback.

Could this be a pagan method of dealing with mercenaries?
Ross said, "Let them go and collect it. We need to speed things up now. The others are a burden, so let them go."

"Okay. By the way, may I take it?"

"can."

"Okay!"

With a plan in mind, Celia stepped forward and took Alina's gift of gratitude: a gift box decorated with a starry sky.

Seeing this, others also stepped forward to receive theirs.

Celia took out a piece of paper, quickly wrote a message on it, and handed it to Pamisa.

The next second, Pamisa and the others were immediately teleported out and appeared at the entrance of the ruins.

Pamisa was stunned for a moment, then quickly looked at the entrance, only to find that the original entrance had turned into ordinary land, with only the ice layer behind it indicating that this was not ordinary land.

She immediately understood: "As long as I receive a gift from the owner of the ruins, I will be teleported out?"

She looked at the others and suddenly froze.

"Wait, where is Miss Hiro?"

The others shook their heads, indicating they didn't know.

Just as Pamisa was about to say something, she suddenly remembered the paper that Celia had handed her at the end, and she opened it to read it.

The journey ahead is too dangerous. Being teleported out means we are no longer meant to be. You should go back now.

【(〃'▽'〃)】

Pamisa remained silent, then crumpled the note and tore it to shreds.

"Did Miss Hiro say anything?" Goref asked.

"She told us to go back first. This person had already realized that taking the item would result in being teleported out. She did it on purpose."

Anthony said, "We've done our best to get this far, but Miss Hiro still looks so calm. We're definitely a burden; a 10-gold-coin commission isn't worth her continuing..."

"You talk too much!" Pamisa kicked him hard.

...Inside the ruins.

Celia and 'Alina' stared at each other, wide-eyed.

Alina had clearly never encountered this situation before, and stared at Celia in a daze.

"Brave outsider, why don't you leave?"

she asked.

Celia chuckled and said, "I haven't even gotten under your control yet, how can I just leave like this?"

“Control…me?” As if she had heard a joke, 'Alina' smiled. “Outsider, your courage has earned my approval. However, controlling me won’t be so easy. You’ll have to pass my test first.”

After saying that, the illusory image of 'Alina' disappeared.

But the starry sky and aurora did not disappear.

The aurora borealis moved; it began to rotate under the starry sky.

A large number of monsters have spawned.

A smile appeared on Celia's lips.

"I have received divine revelation; there are still too few monsters!"

The staff was raised, and it was still an Ice Rain spell.

But this time was different. Each Ice Rain spell was connected to the mage's hand, and at a tricky angle, it pierced deep into some part of the bodies of all the monsters.

“Explode.” Celia uttered a single word softly.

The next second, all the monsters that were submerged by the icy rain exploded and shattered on the spot, turning into tiny ice blocks.

"These monsters' defenses have been greatly enhanced, making spells deal negligible damage to them. Such defensive capabilities, impossible for third-tier monsters, require sacrificing other aspects, namely—"

"They have one point of infinitely weak defense. No matter how strong the defense is in other places, that point is just as weak, so weak that... one kick and they're dead."

Ross's words echoed in Celia's mind.

Along with the words, the weaknesses of all the monsters also emerged, clearly marked.

These monsters' defense is essentially the result of distributing the defense of a single point across their entire body; generally, at most, it can reduce the defense of that single point to zero.

But this is a dream, so the defense at that point can be negative; a negative defense that deals tens of thousands of damage can be dealt by an attack of 100.

This is why the Ice Rain spell can instantly kill these monsters when it explodes.

"Generally speaking, dreams can do anything, any imaginative thing. But when dreams are integrated into reality, they need to abide by most of the laws of reality, so it is necessary to create a weakness."

Celia nodded and exclaimed, "But the designers of these monsters are really clever. Since there has to be a weak point in their defenses, they put that point in their eyes, armpits, or even... their anus. Why didn't they just put the weak point in their internal organs? That way, their appearance would be perfect."

Ross laughed and said, "The dreams here are just poor imitations. The designer might want to, but he doesn't have the ability to know that."

The monster respawn rate is more than double what it was before, and it's even getting faster.

If Ross hadn't instantly pinpointed their weaknesses, even the Saintess Squad would have struggled.

Under the influence of the dream, these monsters have incredibly high defense, far surpassing the previous Lost Lighthouse.

Fortunately, it has weaknesses.

It's simpler than losing a lighthouse.

Slowly, Celia arrived before the starry sky and aurora.

She ignored the countless monsters that were still spawning and reached out to touch the stars and the aurora.

A drop of blood was spinning rapidly on her fingertip.

When blood comes into contact with the stars and the aurora, it's like a flame igniting willow catkins, causing the starry sky and stars to quickly disintegrate.

Next up is the entire ice sculpture castle.

Finally, Alina appeared before Celia, looking completely bewildered.

(End of this chapter)