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

Chapter 542 Return to the Twilight Cemetery
Besides those people, there were others in Twilight Town who hadn't participated in the worship. They seemed unfazed by the behavior of those people, each going about their own business and ignoring them.

Upon entering, Celia sensed that the statue and the worshipping crowd... didn't seem to be performing a pagan ritual; it was just ordinary people making pilgrimages.

Celia seemed to be deep in thought. She didn't bother those people, but instead looked around on the street.

She quickly found the person who had posted the bounty in Dawn City.

A blacksmith selling ordinary ironware on the street.

Celia stepped forward and explained her purpose. The other person immediately became delighted and said, "That's great! The pollution around the village has been getting increasingly strange these past two days. The shop assistant went to the mountain behind the village to collect firewood, but he hasn't returned for two days..."

The blacksmith talked on and on, quickly explaining the specifics of the commission, and then rambled on and on like a complainer.

Celia listened patiently, and during one of his pauses, she asked, "What are they doing?"

The blacksmith looked over and curled his lip: "They're gathering to pray right now. If it weren't for all this nonsense, praying behind the Holy See's back, they'd be in big trouble."

Celia asked curiously, "Are they praying to an evil god?"

"How could that be? If they really prayed to an evil god, I'd be the first to leave."

"I can't tell who that statue is."

"Who knows what they're up to? That's why the City of Dawn didn't send a bishop to help us."

Celia shook her head, thinking of the commission from the Mercenary Guild.

It might be a regional difference; in her hometown, the temple doesn't need to recruit people from the mercenary guild when it comes to sending people, so it's much more efficient.

"How long have they been worshipping them? Did they just start recently?"

"No, it started a long time ago, back when I wasn't a blacksmith yet. Let me tell you, back then..."

The blacksmith started rambling on again.

Celia listened casually for a moment, then interrupted the other person's incessant chatter, "I know, just wait, I will definitely bring your man back to you, even if it means my death."

The blacksmith was startled: "No need, it's enough to leave a photo as proof after you die."

As he spoke, he muttered, "It would be best if he died, so that his family wouldn't bother me every day, it's so annoying."

Celia's ears twitched; she sensed something odd about his words, but she didn't say anything.

After saying goodbye to the blacksmith, she wandered around Twilight Town, asking others for information about the crowds worshipping the unknown statues.

The other people gave similar accounts, basically saying that the recent pollution anomalies had nothing to do with them.

If one were to force a connection, it would be that after the pollution surged, they sensed an impending crisis and began gathering to pray more frequently.

Celia wasn't sure if the pollution anomalies were related to them, so she decided to use the commission as an excuse to go out and explore.

"That poor fellow, he's probably dead after not going home for two days. Look around, and if you can't find him, go check the Twilight Cemetery where the Twilight Cult's old stronghold was."

Having made up her mind, Celia left Twilight Town quietly without disturbing the crowd worshipping the unknown idol.

She had encountered many instances of worshipping unknown deities, and in most cases, their ultimate faith pointed to a god they were familiar with.

Rose in my mind!

At this moment, Ross remained silent. Celia felt that these believers were genuine, like the Hero Order, worshipping an unknown idol, and ultimately leading to Ross's downfall...

However, Celia wasn't sure if Hiro truly believed in Ross. She only found out from Benovia, confirming that the charming and lovely Benovia had 'betrayed' the Holy Court and thrown herself into Ross's arms.

She asserted that the god of the Hiro Society was Ross, and Celia believed her for the time being.

"This is the area where the blacksmith's apprentice went missing. According to him, the apprentice came here to chop wood to use for firewood, but when he didn't return home that night, they brought people here to search and confirmed his disappearance..."

Celia murmured to herself, slowly releasing her mental energy, amplified by the mage's hand, spreading it outwards to scan everything around her. To no avail.

Ross chuckled, "Although your mental strength has been enhanced after advancing, you still have a long way to go before you can perform detailed scanning."

As he spoke, he marked a vague, unknown object.

Celia made a face: "Okay!"

With that, she boarded her flying broom and flew low towards her target.

Not long after, Celia arrived above the target point and frowned when she saw the skeletons and bits of flesh that remained below.

Ross said, "The pollution has caused the wild beasts around Twilight Town to mutate and become monsters. If you accidentally encounter one, you're lucky if only one dies."

"Mutated monsters... wouldn't Twilight Town be very dangerous?"

Ross said, "Of course, what, you want to persuade them to leave?"

Celia shook her head: "No, I didn't have that idea. The bishop and lord of Dawn City should have done this before. Twilight Town is a town, so it should have a temple. It doesn't have one now, but it definitely did before."

"The temple's withdrawal indicates a serious problem here. They worship an unknown god and will not easily move their territory. They may even believe that the pollution and death aura are gifts from the gods..."

The anomaly didn't just appear in the last couple of days; according to what she'd heard, it had been going on for several months.

In recent months, there have been frequent reports of people going missing.

Despite this, they had no intention of leaving and remained in Twilight Town.

Weird.

Perhaps the City of Dawn investigated but found no source of the anomaly, so they gave up.

It's also possible they're still preparing the investigation team, dragging their feet, planning to wait until everyone in Twilight Town is dead before they start investigating...

Celia shook her head, dismissing the jumbled thoughts.

Roar!
Just then, a loud roar came from the side.

Celia nimbly dodged the attack of a wolf-like monster, and an ice blade appeared, instantly slaying and taking it away.

"Second-tier monsters are basically powerless against ordinary people."

Celia recorded the remains and the monster, then dug a hole on the spot and buried the remains.

Then, she looked in the direction of the cemetery at dusk.

"Since we're already here, Lord Ross, why don't we go take a look at the Twilight Cemetery?"

With these thoughts in mind, Celia obediently boarded her flying broom, skimming low over the bushes, and flew towards the twilight graveyard and the River Styx in her memory.

Soon, she arrived at the Twilight Cemetery, where the dense pollution, comparable to that of the Golden Apple Stone Forest, engulfed her.

Following the direction given by her spiritual power, Celia slowly approached the so-called River Styx.

The voice of the Styx boatman slowly reached my ears.

"Look, the creatures that yearn for the other shore can only reach the other side of the River Styx and see the tomb of eternal life when their flesh and blood return to stardust and their memories scatter into the long night."

The boat came slowly, and he said:

"The fare is 1 gold coin per person... Why are you the only one here?"

(End of this chapter)