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

Chapter 603 Of course, I should handle this kind of thing!

Ista border.

Melina is leading a meeting with many of the Knights of the Order of the Law, including the fourth-rank and above, as well as Benovia and Vanessa.

"We have extensive experience in dealing with pollution. Based on Miss Benovia's request, we have made preliminary research on a magic array that can control pollution within a certain area. This magic array is inspired by the Golden Apple Stone Forest. Although it is not as good as it, it can still temporarily restrain pollution."

A scholar is giving a presentation.

Benovia's eyes lit up.

"Thank you for your hard work, sir. You are a pioneer in the fight against pollution and a hero of Ishtar!"

Melina and many of the group leaders looked at Benovia, who was lavish in her praise, and the scholar who was giving his report with strange expressions.

Everyone present knew Benovia's identity, and the scholar, upon hearing her praise, immediately felt extremely embarrassed.

The praise is so exaggerated, anyone who didn't know better would think he'd become some kind of great hero.

But since Benovia denied being a 'great hero' in this fight against pollution, no one dared to admit it.

Melina smiled and said, "Once the magic circle is completed, Benovia will be freed from the continuous purification work."

Benovia nodded. "Although I've been thinking about how to reduce the workload these past few days, it will definitely be much better with the binding array in place."

As she spoke, she looked at Melina and said, "Bishop Melina, I may need the help of the Knights of the Law to go to the Protoss Forbidden Lands to see if the contamination has caused a chain reaction there."

“Okay, I’ll go with you then.” Melina nodded.

Benovia was startled, leaned back slightly, and quickly waved her hand.

"No, no, Bishop Melina, only by having you stay here can we prevent any problems from arising on the Elven side."

"We have no intention of entering the elven territory, so what would they dare to do? If they dare to come in, let them taste the iron cavalry of the Knights of the Law!"

Melina waved her hand dismissively.

Benovia still refused: "No, just give us any number of people. Sixth-tier mages entering the Protoss Forbidden Land might trigger a reaction from the Protoss Tree. It's best not to go in unless absolutely necessary."

"Really?" Melina frowned slightly. "I remember going in a few times, and it seems like there were no problems."

"In short, thank you, Bishop Melina, but I only need a few people, fourth or fifth rank, preferably scholars, scholars who know some of the secrets of the Star Spirit Tree."

“Alright.” Melina didn’t insist, but instructed, “Be careful. There’s a high chance that heretical strongholds remain in the Protoss Forbidden Lands. If you find any, don’t act rashly. Wait until you’ve investigated thoroughly before having the Knights of the Law take action, understand?”

"Yes, thank you, Bishop Melina."

Melina nodded and looked at the others. "There's one more thing I need to tell you all."

Melina's expression slowly turned strange: "News from the elves indicates that Celia has appeared in her own identity. I need to discuss with you how to deal with this."

Benovia was taken aback: "She...doesn't she like to disguise herself? How could she appear under her real name? Isn't that a bit daring?"

Melina smiled slightly: "It doesn't matter if she's exposed. Given what Celia is doing now, the elves won't dare to do anything to her."

Everyone was curious.

"What did Miss Celia do to make the elves afraid to make a move?"

Vanessa also became curious.

Celia did not tell her what she had done in Mandela, nor did she tell anyone else.

So, unless someone specifically reports to her, she wouldn't know. Melina coughed and said, "Outside the Elf Forest, in a town called Mandela Town, she conducted a grand purification ritual. During the ritual, she was discovered by travelers from our empire... or perhaps she did it on purpose."

"In short, under her purification, the pollution in the entire town of Mandela was brought under control. For the next period of time, they did not have to worry about the effects of pollution and became the first town in the Elf Empire to recover from the pollution and resume production and life."

"what?"

Everyone was surprised.

Benovia's eyes lit up: "As expected of Celia, she easily accomplished what we couldn't."

Vanessa frowned, somewhat worried: "Can she handle purifying the entire town of patients? This is too reckless."

Others, however, considered the situation from the perspectives of Ishtar and the Holy See:
“Celia is currently the most prestigious among the prospective saintesses. Perhaps most ordinary people and sorcerers do not know her identity, but the high-ranking elves certainly do.”

"Once this purification ceremony is over, the whole world will probably know that she is the next generation of Holy Mother of the Holy Court."

"She might be in danger by doing this. The Elven Court might try to assassinate her despite public pressure."

"They're still too kind. Those arrogant elves shouldn't have helped them for free. They should at least have the Holy Court negotiate with the Elven Royal Court before doing something like this."

"..."

The crowd was buzzing with discussion, but Melina remained silent, simply looking at everyone and speaking.

After a long while, she coughed once, signaling everyone to stop talking.

She glanced around the conference room and said calmly, "Stop with the nonsense. The Holy Lord has sent word that because we're on the front lines, he wants us to quickly come up with a solution."

"The Holy Lord's intentions are threefold: first, to protect Celia and ensure her life is not in danger; second, to use this incident to exert diplomatic pressure on the Elven Royal Court; and third, to allow us to put pressure on the Elven border."

"The second point is irrelevant to us. Our main task is to implement the first and third points. The third point needs to be discussed by everyone here, and how to proceed."

Melina paused, glanced around the conference room again, and said calmly, "As for the first point, we need to send someone to protect Celia secretly, and this person cannot be too weak."

The group exchanged bewildered glances, the fourth-tier mage having no idea what to do.

A moment later, a fifth-tier mage raised his hand: "Bishop Melina, how about I go and secretly protect Miss Celia?"

Melina looked at him, then shook her head after a moment: "I think you probably can't beat Celia."

Fifth-tier mage: "..."

He was somewhat unconvinced and was about to speak when Melina said, "The difference between the fourth and fifth tiers is not as great as that between the third and fourth tiers. And when Celia was at the third tier, she was able to kill a fourth-tier heretic on her own. Do you think she would be unable to defeat a fifth-tier mage when she was at the fourth tier?"

Everyone nodded.

They all witnessed Celia's achievements; the scene of the lighthouse in Leites being blown away had long been known throughout the entire high-level mage circle in Ishtar.

“Therefore,” Melina smiled, “the responsibility of protecting Celia falls squarely on my shoulders.”

Everyone: "???"

Benovia rolled her eyes discreetly beside her.

So you've been wanting to do this for a while now, then why did you say it out loud?
She suddenly recalled the scene of Melina wanting to go to the Protoss Forbidden Lands with her, and couldn't help but mutter to herself.

"If I had agreed back then, would you still be able to protect Celia now?"

(End of this chapter)