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

Chapter 413 Mysterious Magic Array (Seeking 2000 monthly votes!)
In the city of Leites, Duke Pharos's words carried more weight than those of the Ishtar royal family or the Holy Court; if it came to investigating something, none of them could withstand it.

Even if their relationships are complicated, it doesn't matter.

Because this is a world where extraordinary powers exist, might makes right; everything else is secondary.

As long as you are powerful, you will naturally have a lot of supporters.

Phil is the daughter of the strongest Duke Pharos, and her words represent Duke Pharos, so naturally no one dared to continue to provoke her.

Benovia looked at the others and said very politely, "Excuse me, we need to take up Phil's time. Please leave for a moment... If you don't leave, I'll tell Phil what your family has been doing behind the scenes."

Phil said earnestly, "Benovia, please tell me."

Everyone scattered in panic.

Celia frowned and asked, "Have all the nobles here done bad things?"

Benovia laughed and said, "I don't know. I only know part of it. This part is about having evidence and preparing to make an arrest. I don't know the rest."

Celia curled her lip. "Nobles are all bad people; they all have criminal records."

Phil said cautiously, "My father is also a nobleman..."

Celia said, "Your father pacified the seas, unlike these people who did nothing and some of them are hereditary nobles."

Benovia laughed and said, "Although many nobles have an evil side, we can't wipe them all out at once, or that would cause chaos in the world."

Celia muttered, "It'll just be chaotic for a while at most."

She had heard from Ross that, in order to abolish slavery, Ross had killed 100,000 nobles and terrified the rest, who didn't dare utter a sound.

Unfortunately, the arrival of the gods rendered all their efforts futile.

Celia looked at Phil, feigning ignorance: "Phil, you still haven't told me why you specifically invited us to your dinner party. What's the theme of this dinner party?"

Phil blushed: "Today is my birthday."

"They didn't even tell me my birthday in advance, how could they be so unloving?"

"No, it's not like that. I just... it was very sudden. I didn't expect my father to make arrangements for me. Originally, I didn't want to celebrate my birthday. It's a waste of time. At most, I would just invite you all to dinner, like before."

"Fine, it's your birthday today, so I'll forgive you." Celia waved her hand.

"Thank you!"

Celia rolled her eyes.

No need to thank me.

At this moment, Doris and Anko also arrived.

After chatting for a while, the butler came over and called Phil, asking her to go and make preparations.

Before the banquet began, the hall was already filled with various foods. While chatting with Phil and the others, Celia ate a big meal. After she was full, seeing that the banquet hadn't started yet, she left the banquet and went outside for a stroll to digest her food.

Just as she was walking through a garden, Ross's voice suddenly rang out: "Unleash your mental power and sense your surroundings."

Celia was taken aback, but did as she was told to release her mental energy.

A faint, almost imperceptible fluctuation of pollution appeared in Celia's senses.

Celia immediately took out her staff and slowly walked over.

Parting the flowers, Celia took out a dark red fragment of an unknown material.

"what is this?"

Celia frowned and sensed it. "A magic circle? It doesn't seem like one."

She sensed her surroundings but found no trace of any special magic array.

Only the castle's protective magic circle is active here, which Celia can recognize.

After thinking it over and over, Celia still couldn't figure out what it was, so she asked Ross, "Lord Ross, what is this?"

“Part of some kind of magic circle.” “What?” Celia perked up, then asked in confusion, “But I don’t sense any magic circle around me.”

"Of course, because this magic circle... faces the entire city, it's just a little thing used to deceive people."

Celia's eyes widened: "Could it be the magic circle Lord Ross mentioned, the one that could blow up the city of Leites?"

“No.” Ross chuckled and shook his head. “It’s another one, a rather interesting magic circle.”

Celia looked at Ross with a resentful expression.

"Actually, it's just bait to lure deep-sea monsters. Its purpose is to attract deep-sea behemoths. This magic circle is so large that it covers the entire city of Leites, second only to the one that summoned the White Whale. As for the purpose of setting up this magic circle, you'll have to investigate that yourself. Hmm, the Deep Sea Aid Association really likes to set up super-large magic circles."

"A magic circle that covers the entire city of Leites... why didn't anyone notice it?" Celia blinked.

Ross laughed and said, "Even if you discover it, you can't tell the difference, just like you. The connection of this magic circle is very weak, and you can't feel it when you're in it."

"How do we break it?" Celia asked.

"Don't break it; it will gradually lose its function and disappear."

"That means there will be a deep-sea monster attack in Leites City..."

Celia shook her head, thinking she was overthinking it. As a legendary sorcerer who had pacified the near seas, how could Duke Pharos not be paying attention to the movements of the deep-sea monsters? The appearance of that aquatic parasite must have caught his attention. She didn't need to worry about the battlefield here.

As Celia collected the fragments and was about to leave, someone blocked her way.

It was none other than Baker, who had been kicked out.

His eyes were gloomy as he coldly looked at Celia: "Although I don't know what your relationship is with Miss Phil, you will regret it if you anger the Yarman family."

Celia's voice was also indifferent: "A good dog doesn't block the way."

"You!" Baker raised his hand, but dared not strike.

Just as he was about to utter another harsh word, a bone-chilling cold emanated from him, growing stronger as Celia approached.

He quickly stepped aside, then looked at Celia's retreating figure with lingering fear.

"Hmph, do they really think they can do whatever they want just because they're strong?" Baker stormed off.

There was nothing he could do but leave; Phil already disliked him, and he couldn't attend the banquet.

Celia didn't care about Baker.

Why should she care about nobles she'd never even heard of?

Threat?

puff.

Upon re-entering the venue, I saw Duke Pharos speaking to me as a huge cake was slowly pushed towards me.

Phil put on a birthday hat, and the surrounding nobles applauded and offered their blessings.

There were too many people, so Celia didn't join in the fun. She scanned the venue with her eyes and saw Benovia and the others in the corner, so she went over to them.

"Why don't you go and send Phil your blessings?" Celia asked.

Doris scoffed, "Meaningless aristocratic socializing. It's better to improve yourself than to engage in such useless socializing."

Benovia laughed and said, "Yes, it's better to improve yourself. When you have enough strength, the title will come to you on its own. You won't need to curry favor with anyone. However, for most nobles, this kind of event is still quite important."

Celia curled her lip: "All nobles should be sent to trial."

Benovia's beautiful eyes sparkled as she said, "Speaking of which, Celia also seems to have a title. After winning first place in the Mage League, the Ishtar royal family bestowed upon her the title of Honorary Earl, but you weren't back then."

Celia: "?"

　I'm having some writer's block...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)