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

Chapter 400 Soul Sacrifice
Phil's sudden disappearance made Elena's heart tighten.

Just then, Celia stepped forward and said, "Don't worry, Instructor Elena, Phil is in the base, he just hasn't come out yet."

Actually, Celia didn't notice Phil's sudden disappearance either; it was Ross who noticed and alerted Celia.

After giving the warning, Ross manipulated Celia's puppet to follow.

Celia wasn't originally planning to speak, but seeing Elena's flustered expression, she took the initiative to say something.

She didn't know what Phil was doing still at the outpost.

But with Rose around, nothing should go wrong.

Elena looked at Celia and asked, "It's assembly time now, what is Phil still doing inside?"

Celia shook her head: "I don't know."

"Never mind, I'll go find her and see her. You guys stay here and don't move."

With that, Elena took flight and headed towards the stronghold.

However, after flying around the base, they still couldn't spot Phil.

She frowned slightly, channeling magic into her vocal cords to project her voice throughout the camp: "Phil, it's time to go. Come out now."

There was no movement.

Elena quickly returned and came to Celia's side.

“Celia, take me to the place where Phil last disappeared.”

Celia said, "Mentor Elena, don't worry, Phil is safe."

"Safe? No one's even responding, how can it be safe?" Elena glared at Celia. "Take me there. This isn't outside; danger could strike at any moment."

"Ok."

Celia had no choice but to take Elena with her to the base.

At the same time, she called out to Ross in her mind: "Lord Ross, Instructor Elena is going in. Can you take her there to see her?"

After a long pause, Ross's voice came through: "Okay."

"Okay!" Celia couldn't help but wonder what Phil was doing.
She could only sense the location of the puppet.

The puppet is currently underground at the base.

The Deep Sea Mutual Aid Association, true to its nature, built a cave as its base.

However, Ross didn't say that there might not be any heretics in the underground stronghold.

As Celia led Elena into the base, she suddenly sensed the puppet moving rapidly, quickly reaching the ground.

When she brought Elena to the vicinity, they saw Phil coming out of a stone house.

Elena quickly stepped forward, grabbed the other person's shoulders, and checked them over. Only after finding nothing wrong did she breathe a sigh of relief.

Sensing that the demonic energy pollution in Phil's body was much denser, she scolded, "Phil, you're absorbing pollution indiscriminately again. The pollution here is different from other places. Don't absorb it randomly."

Phil nodded obediently: "I understand, Instructor Elena. I won't absorb it casually."

Celia noticed that her expression was a little strange, as if she had encountered something down below.

No, maybe Ross did something to her?
The girl wrinkled her nose and asked, "Phil, what are you doing in there?"

Phil said, "There's a secret passage in this house. I went down into the passage and found a large space with an altar. There are runes around the altar leading to the surface. According to the route of the runes, these runes lead to every house. But unfortunately, the altar has been destroyed, and you can't see anything there."

Elena was slightly taken aback. "Altar? Okay, I understand. I'll have the Holy Court's array masters come and take a look when I get back."

Celia raised her hand: "I'll go take a look. I'm a formation master too."

Elena shook her head: "We've been here for too long. Your bodies can't handle it for much longer. Go back first and come back tomorrow. Just leave this place to the Holy Court. If you're curious, you can go and see it after the array master records the runes."

“Alright.” Celia didn’t insist. Since Ross had gone with Phil, he must have already figured out the magic circle inside before coming out.

If you're curious, just ask Ross.

Following Elena back, Celia voiced her question.

Ross said, "It's a sacrificial circle that grants temporary power by sacrificing one's soul."

"Sacrifice a soul?" Celia blinked.

Ross nodded: "The fourth-tier heretic you killed was the finished product. They built an altar and magic circle underground in the stronghold. The magic circle's patterns connected to every house. As long as someone slept in a house, the magic circle would absorb their soul energy and accumulate it in the altar. Then, the sacrifice would be placed on the altar to receive this power. Combined with the dense divine power pollution in the surrounding environment, the sacrifice would temporarily gain power above the fourth tier."

After a moment of contemplation, Ross said, "This doesn't seem like the power of the ocean... it's more like the power of death."

"grim Reaper?"

Celia blinked, immediately thinking of this related cult.

"Is it the Twilight Cult?"

Ross shook his head: "I'm not sure, but it's definitely not a power that the Deep Sea Aid Society can possess. Their power comes from the deep sea and doesn't have those messy enhancement abilities."

When Ross spoke of the Deep Sea Assistance Society, he was actually referring to Ethel.

As the last of the twelve Olympian gods, Ethel is not known for her fighting prowess and is not skilled in methods that involve increasing her combat strength or the number of followers.

It's not that Ross is belittling Ethel; it's just that based on his performance during this period of labor reform, he really has nothing but water.

Manipulating souls? I don't understand.

Demonic energy infusion? I don't understand.

Burning one's life? I still don't understand.

According to him, he became one of the twelve Olympian gods because he could control the ocean and occasionally calm the waves for ocean-going ships, which is how he amassed a loyal following.

When Ross asked him why he would secretly eat excrement (referring to secretly absorbing faith corrupted by demonic energy), he remained silent.

"So, there might be other heretics here fighting against the Holy See?"

Celia wasn't sure, and she didn't want to say it.

She needs to see the runes inside before she can tell the school and the Holy See about this conjecture from Ross.

To avoid any unforeseen complications, Celia said to Elena, "Mentor Elena, please have the array master record the runes of the magic circle as soon as possible. I feel that this altar is not simple, and I want to see the full picture of the magic circle."

Elena nodded: "Okay, we'll tell them when we get back that the Holy Court isn't the Northern Alliance. It'll be quick."

Celia nodded.

Such a large-scale operation, led by the Holy Court's high command, cannot be taken lightly.

At this moment, the pollution warning badges they carried began to emit a soft beeping sound, indicating that they were about to reach the limit that a third-tier mage could withstand.

Despite being under Ross's protection, Celia felt nothing, but she didn't say anything. Instead, she chose to follow Elena, meet up with the students outside, and return together.

The journey was uneventful. After returning to the camp, Elena immediately went to the core camp of the Knights of the Law, or the council hall of the Knights of the Law.

Elena entered the council chamber, only to find that Melina seemed to be absent.

Upon inquiry, the person inside replied, "Archbishop Melina encountered fierce resistance from the heretics while attacking the main camp, and has already..."

Elena's eyes widened: "Already dead..."

Everyone in the room looked up, staring at Elena in shock.

Elena quickly covered her mouth.

(End of this chapter)