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

Chapter 384 Encirclement and Suppression Operation
The first thing I did upon returning was to message a few friends, then go find Elena to let her know I was safe and sound, and also to collect the rewards from the school, the Holy Court, and the Ishtar Royal Family after winning the Mage League championship.

There are no special rewards, and the total amount is only 400 gold coins.

However, you can never have too many gold coins.

After handing the gold coins to Celia, Elena smiled and said, "If you had come a week later, the school exams would have been over."

Celia chuckled: "I came back specifically to take the exam, otherwise I would have just run away."

Elena rolled her eyes: "If you run away, I'll go and catch you. After the exams, there are holiday trials. I can exempt you from the courses, but you can't get rid of the exams and holiday trials."

"Is this holiday trial also about exploring ruins?" Celia asked.

Elena nodded, then shook her head: "For other second-year students, the holiday trial is still about exploring ruins, but not for you. You need to go with fourth and fifth-year students to complete an operation of the Holy See."

Celia was slightly taken aback: "What operation?"

"The heretical siege operation," Elena said. "What happened in Coster City has served as a wake-up call for us. Combined with the Deep Sea Aid Society's attempt to summon the White Whale to destroy Shining City, the Holy Court believes that heretics may have reached some kind of cooperation and are preparing for a siege operation. You and the other prospective saintesses should be traveling with the Knights of the Law."

Heresy again...

Celia thought to herself, "Which heretic are we going to fight?"

Elena shook her head: "I don't know yet. You'll have to ask the principal. He should come to you personally."

"Ok."

After collecting the gold coins, Celia returned to her dormitory.

When I returned after two months, everything in the dormitory was covered in a layer of dust.

Using a minor spell to blow the dust away, Celia jumped onto her bed, lay down in a spread-eagle position, and completely relaxed.

After so many days of travel, she was exhausted and fell into a deep sleep as soon as she touched her familiar bed.

When she woke up again, it was evening. At Benovia's invitation, Celia went out to have dinner with several candidates for sainthood as a belated celebration.

At the banquet, Benovia said to Celia, "Celia, the Holy Court is preparing for us to form a team during the holidays and join the Knights of the Law to hunt down the Deep Sea."

"So, they're planning to encircle and annihilate the deep sea?"

Benovia nodded: "Few other heretics have been found within the territory. Only the Deep Sea Aid Society is completely stationed within Ishtar. During the league, it seems that the Holy Court found the Deep Sea Aid Society's headquarters and is preparing to go and besiege it during the holidays."

"Okay, I know."

Celia didn't take the matter of suppressing heretics seriously.

She's become numb to the fact that she inevitably encounters heretical strongholds whenever she goes out; she's gotten used to it.

However, the headquarters of the Deep Sea Mutual Aid Association...

Surely there are many high-level sorcerers in that kind of place?

Rumor has it that the leaders of the Twelve Heretics are all fifth- or even sixth-tier sorcerers, so these few third-tier sorcerers seem to be of little use...

Benovia smiled and said, "This trial is supposed to let us witness high-level combat so that we can gain an understanding of high-level mages above the fourth rank."

Celia nodded. "Probably, otherwise we'd just be there for show."

……

After dinner, Celia said goodbye to everyone and returned to her dormitory.

She took out her staff and examined the high-level ice elemental crystal core.

"Should we replace the elemental crystal core with the pure magic crystal...?" Celia looked at Ross.

Ross said, "Until your refinement level reaches 150%, you don't need to. Using a single-element magic crystal as the energy source for your staff at a low refinement level will cause a significant decrease in the power of other types of spells."

Celia nodded and put it away. "Alright then, but once it exceeds 100%, the speed of magic refinement decreases... I wonder when it will reach 150%."

Ross chuckled, "Take your time, just achieve it before advancing to the fourth tier."

Celia's heart skipped a beat: "Reaching 150% before reaching level four? Is that really possible?"

Ross said, "Simply practicing asceticism won't work. You need to find those divine relics and legendary sorcerer relics to obtain their extremely rare magical materials."

"These two kinds of places are hard to come by!"

Ross nodded: "Generally speaking, yes, but your school is planning to raid the Deep Sea Aid Society's headquarters, right? They're inside the Deep Sea headquarters."

Celia said, "But if everyone goes to raid the Deep Sea Aid Society's headquarters... I can't just sneak off and take it, can I?"

Ross said, "That's generally true, but only if you find the real headquarters."

"The headquarters that the Holy Court found was a fake?"

"It can't be called fake, it's just nested. You won't understand no matter how much I explain now, let's talk about it later. In the next few days, you can just buy some auxiliary materials to help with your cultivation."

"Ok."

"This operation might not go so smoothly," Ross chuckled.

Benovia had successfully summoned and established contact. Although she couldn't contact her as frequently as she could with Celia, she could still dedicate a portion of her mental energy to Benovia to monitor and listen to her surroundings.

In other words, the situation in Shining City had always been under Ross's perception, and he had known about the Holy Court's actions for a long time.

When Ross found the coordinates of the Deep Sea Aid's headquarters in the Holy Court, he asked the sea god Ethel about the situation and received the answer that it was not the Deep Sea Aid's headquarters, but a fake headquarters used for disguise.

Even the headquarters of the Deep Sea Aid Society was built under Ethel's personal supervision, with the aim of preventing others from finding out.

Now, these precautions are useless.

Because he had become Ross's prisoner.

At first, he was reluctant to reveal information, fantasizing that he could escape one day.

Now...

He has put aside his illusions and is actively working on development.

Ross asked questions about the Deepsea Aid Society, and he answered them very readily.

"Of the scattered fragments of divine essence, apart from the half in the Tranquil Sea, one part is with the Guild Master, and the other part serves as the core of a concealment array to hide the true headquarters. It won't be easy for the Holy Court to find the true headquarters; in the end, they will definitely mistake the fake for the real."

"There are a lot of good things in the base camp. You probably want to give them to that saintess. Hmph, whether you can find them or not depends on your skills."

Ross rubbed his hands together, eager for a fight: "Are you itching for a beating?"

Ethel retorted angrily, "What else can you do besides hit me?"

"It feels good to hit you."

"You damned bastard, I'll fight you to the death... Ah!"

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