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

Chapter 613 Elena is rejected

Amidst Elena's exasperated scolding, the City of Watchers appeared before them.

As in the previous city, the city lord personally led people out of the city to greet them outside the city.

Along with them, many people with good resistance or a certain affinity for pollution also welcomed it.

As Celia descended from the distant horizon on her flying broom, along with Elena and Candya, countless people, including those from other empires, erupted in thunderous cheers.

"Welcome, Lady Celia. I am Monris, the lord of Watchtower City. On behalf of Watchtower City, I welcome you!"

Monris is a half-elf with golden hair and a robust, muscular physique, unlike the slender figures of pure-blooded elves. If it weren't for his pointed ears, one wouldn't know he was an elf.

He is the hybrid offspring of a bear-man mother and an elf father.

Celia performed a Holy Court ritual and exchanged brief pleasantries with Monris.

Then, she looked at the other people who were greeting her and found that most of them were humans and orcs, with only a few elves.

This situation is naturally because the pollution from the life element barrier is particularly effective against elves, but slightly less so against other races.

However, given the current state of pollution, many places have implemented some simple countermeasures.

The Elven royal family did not explicitly forbid inviting holy priests from other empires to help with healing and purification. As a major city open to the outside world, Watchtower City invited many holy priests before the pollution hit, including holy priests from the Ishtar Empire, and even specially found priests who had learned special purification spells.

However, before the contamination was separated, all the priests were helpless against it. Only after the contamination entered a person's body could they carefully use purification techniques to dispel the contamination from the patient's body.

But how could a few holy priests possibly heal the entire city?
Therefore, the disaster situation in Watchtower City is not much worse than in other places.

Now that Celia has arrived, Monris seems to breathe a sigh of relief, as if a heavy burden has been lifted from his shoulders.

He warmly invited Celia and Elena to rest at the city lord's mansion, treating Celia ten times more warmly than Elena.

After entering the reception area of ​​the city lord's mansion, Celia said, "Lord Monris, there is no time to lose. I have already been delayed for many days. We can talk about the banquet and rest after this is resolved. Please tell me about the situation in Watchtower City first."

Monris nodded: "The City of Watchers currently has a thousand holy priests from all over the world, who are mainly responsible for treating the seriously ill. However, the entire City of Watchers has millions of people. Compared to that number, a thousand holy priests are just a drop in the ocean..."

Monris quickly informed Celia of the situation in Watchtower City.

The situation here is indeed worse than in other places because of the large population.

To date, tens of thousands of people have died, and if it weren't for the constant efforts of a thousand holy priests, that number could have risen to over one hundred thousand.

In addition, there are hundreds of thousands of seriously ill patients in the city, and millions more with milder symptoms. They also urgently need help, or they could become seriously ill at any time if their conditions are not addressed.

"Millions of people..."

Celia felt a bit stressed.

Ross chuckled lightly: "What, scared?"

Celia took a deep breath: "When I chose to do this, I never thought about how to spell the word 'fear.' It's just a million people. Give me ten more cities like this!"

Ross chuckled and shook his head, not wanting to dampen Celia's fighting spirit.

This number made Celia uneasy, but it also ignited her fighting spirit.

After hearing the report, Celia immediately instructed the city lord to make preparations, with each session expected to have around two to five thousand people, and to arrange it quickly. City Lord Monris said, "With so many people, it might be impossible to arrange them in one place. Miss Celia, could we arrange them in different areas so that you can go directly to another area for treatment after you finish your treatment?"

"Hey, do you want to squeeze Celia dry?" Elena couldn't help but ask before Celia could even speak.

Monris gave an awkward laugh. "Let's stay in one place then. This way, Miss Celia can get more rest, and we can also alleviate the condition of the critically ill patients a little. As long as we get the critically ill patients here first and deal with them, we can take care of the rest later."

“No, we’ll do it your way.” Celia said calmly, “It’s just continuous treatment, nothing serious, I can manage.”

Elena gasped, "Celia, you..."

"Alright, that's enough. Since I said it, it proves I can do it." Celia raised her hand, stopping Elena from continuing.

Elena hesitated for a moment, then said, "Celia, I was originally planning to use Watchtower City as a pilot project. I hope you can help me purify the pollution in Watchtower City..."

"That's not a problem. However, without addressing the source of pollution, this is just a temporary solution. The pollution will simply return after you and I leave."

Cantia interjected, "We'd like to know how Lady Celia purified it. If possible, we would appreciate your help."

Celia glanced at her and shook her head: "I may not have that much time. After my treatment, I can last for about a month. I need to travel throughout the entire elven territory during this month."

Celia's attitude toward Candya was rather cold, but still relatively calm.

“Okay.” Elena shrugged and didn’t press the matter further.

On the surface, Celia's refusal appeared to be a rejection of doing something that only addresses the symptoms, but in reality, it was a rejection of Elena's invitation.

Elena actually wanted to invite Celia to go to the source of the pollution and solve the problem by purifying it directly from the source.

Celia knew that was what she meant, so she refused outright.

Ross said that her abilities were insufficient to purify the pollution source.

She wouldn't do something pointless and futile that would inevitably lead to her death.

Silence fell over the lounge.

Half an hour later, Monris walked in from outside.

"Your Excellency Celia, we have brought the most seriously injured group here. What do you think..."

Celia stood up: "Let's go, I've rested enough, let's start the purification."

“Okay.” Monris was overjoyed and quickly led the way.

Following Monris, Celia arrived at a park square and looked down at the rows of stretchers below, her lips twitching.

It seems Monris came prepared; he must have been ready all along, just waiting for her to arrive.

Celia muttered to herself, but still flew into the air and began to cast a purification spell.

Meanwhile, holy priests from all over the world were also watching.

They wanted to see how Celia managed to purify thousands of people in one go.

(End of this chapter)