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

Chapter 546 Where are there heretics who don't dig tunnels?

Celia didn't intend to walk into this large stronghold openly like she had into the smaller one before.

Although her confidence swelled after beating up Suna, she still dared not be overconfident and dared not face the siege of five mages of the same level.

Moreover, those were just sorcerers monitoring the outpost.

Ross did not mark the high-ranking mages within the stronghold.

Celia felt that this place had at least a fifth-tier mage in charge.

Who knows, there might even be a sixth-tier mage...

Since encountering so many sixth-tier mages on Dragon Island in the Blue Dragon Empire, Celia now prepares for the worst whenever she encounters a large heretical stronghold.

Perhaps this kind of stronghold really is guarded by a sixth-tier mage?
Ross said irritably, "Where did all these sixth-tier mages come from? You forgot, the entire Deep Sea Aid Society only has one sixth-tier mage. The rest are all mediocre and rely on the characteristics of the Golden Apple Stone Forest to survive."

Celia muttered to herself, "Does that mean the Twilight Cult survives by relying on the Twilight Graveyard?"

Ross nodded: "Of course it counts, but unlike the Golden Apple Stone Forest, this might be a special environment they created, or at the very least, they're trying their best to maintain it."

According to Ross's mental detection, this stronghold was the center of boiling death energy.

Although he couldn't pinpoint exactly what was causing the boiling, he had a guess.

Ross marked a general area for Celia and said, "Your task is to go to the vicinity of the marked point and look around to see if there's anything unusual."

"Ok."

Celia nodded, took a deep breath, activated her disguise spell to its fullest extent, and transformed into a shadow under the gray mist. Taking advantage of the fourth-tier mage's carelessness, she quietly entered the stronghold.

After a series of close calls, Celia entered the base without any major incidents and breathed a slight sigh of relief.

But she quickly brought it up again.

Because the situation has not improved even after the defenses were breached.

On the contrary, when entering someone else's territory, one needs to be careful at every turn.

"The style of this outpost is completely different from the previous one. It's as if they consulted an elf, and they've managed to blend the houses into nature. If you don't look closely, you might mistake them for trees."

This stronghold has no walls, only the trigger of the magic circle, which is considered the edge of the stronghold by default.

Inside the stronghold, the Twilight Cult did not cut down the dense forest. Instead, they integrated the houses of the stronghold with the large trees, forming a wooden house built with trees. After the vines wrapped around the house, it became impossible to distinguish anything from the trees.

Between the houses, pagans moved about, trampling the weeds and creating paths that ran only within the stronghold.

The entire base looked somewhat complicated and well-hidden, and this secrecy was exactly what made Celia's advantage.

With the help of disguise, she seemed to become the shadow of the forest, evading the detection of one group of people after another, and slowly walked towards the innermost part.

In addition, Celia would occasionally stop to use her mage hand to sense the state of the base's magic array.

The magic array at this stronghold is of a very high level, with all kinds of warnings activated at full speed, making her feel somewhat troubled.

"It seems like they specifically modified the magic array; there are anti-intrusion warnings everywhere. Could it be because I once hacked into the magic array of the outer stronghold?"

Celia scratched her head.

It's really possible.

Ross chuckled softly, "That should be the case, so..."

The next second, Celia felt herself gain control of the magic circle.

She felt it for a moment, then opened her eyes, her eyes brimming with uncontrollable excitement.

"This base has retained all its functions except for its self-destruction capability, including various internal and external attack methods."

A bold idea popped into Celia's mind.

However, she quickly put it out of her mind.

Now there is a more important task. Following Ross's instructions, head to the target location and find the culprit who is disrupting the deathly aura.

Before long, Celia arrived near the marker.

This isn't the very center of the stronghold, but rather on the side, where there's a large wooden cabin.

The wooden house is built between three large trees and is well hidden by them.

As Celia approached the cabin, she suddenly saw someone at the door, and a strong magical energy fluctuation emanated from them.

She quickly used her disguise skills to hide herself and observe quietly.

There were two people at the door of the wooden house, seemingly saying goodbye, and the faint sounds reached Celia's ears.

"Based on the current progress, the divine power here will be stabilized soon, so you don't need to worry too much."

"There's no need to worry anymore, because news has come from Dawn City that the Holy Court has come to our aid. They have mobilized their troops and are moving here rapidly."

"Heh, it's taken them so long to think of conducting an investigation. Let them investigate all they want; they won't find anything anyway."

"What I mean is, don't leave yet. Wait here for them to arrive and see what their reconnaissance is like. If they accidentally end up here, it'll be good to have someone to help you."

"Are you afraid?"

"At least there are three fifth-tier mages leading the team, so it's best to be on the safe side."

"Heh, this place is so well hidden, how could they possibly find it? Even if they did... By the way, don't you have a deal with Dawn City? Can't we just have them ignore this place?"

“A transaction is a transaction. If we make them ignore this place, isn’t that just making it clear that this is our base? I don’t think those trading partners will still obediently trade with us after they know our base.”

"That's true. Don't worry, we won't find it here, but since you've asked, I'll be merciful and let you stay."

"..."

As they talked, the two returned to the wooden house.

Celia vaguely heard something, but it wasn't very clear, so Ross shared the details with her so she could hear the whole conversation.

At first, they were just guessing what they had done, but when they heard about the 'deal' with the City of Dawn, Celia's expression changed.

"These bastards, we took care of one of them last time we came, how come there are still people making deals with heretics?"

The girl clenched her fist, but quickly relaxed it.

"Forget it, now is not the time to worry about that."

She looked at Ross and asked, "Lord Ross, what should we do?"

Celia could sense a high-level pressure emanating from those two people, proving that they were at least fifth-level mages.

At first, one of them seemed to be leaving, and if he did, Celia felt that her chance had come.

But I've given up on that idea now.

With these two fifth-tier mages present, Celia's progress was hindered.

So she looked at Ross, expecting his response.

I came here entirely because of divine guidance. I didn't make any preparations, so it's perfectly reasonable to ask for divine instructions!

Celia tried to find reasons for herself.

Ross gave her a chuckle and said, "That thing isn't in that house, or rather, it's not on the ground, it's underground."

Celia gave a knowing look.

Hmph, I knew it.

Where are there heretics who don't dig holes?

(End of this chapter)