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

Chapter 654 Benovia's Work and Slacking Off
After processing Melina's words, Celia thought back to what Melina had said at the beginning and couldn't help but ask, "Bishop Melina just said that the conservatives are going to take action. What are they going to do?"

"They want to cool you down. Like us, they're asking you not to go out for a while... I mean, don't wander around other empires. On this point, they've reached an agreement with us."

"That's it."

Celia always felt that Melina hadn't told her everything, but since Melina wouldn't say, she felt she couldn't get the answer out of her by asking.

It's just that not going out...

"The calamity in the Elf Forest hasn't been resolved yet. Even if we don't leave Ishtar, we should at least wait until the calamity in the Elf Forest is resolved before we talk about it, right?"

The thought of the pollution beneath the Elf Forest and the various messy things it represented made Celia, as someone in the know, feel a great sense of urgency. Just like with the Golden Apple Stone Forest, she wouldn't feel at ease until she cooperated with Ross to resolve the issue.

"The calamity of the Elf Forest? Even with Celia alone... no, that's not right."

Melina was about to say that Celia's strength alone probably couldn't accomplish much, but she quickly realized that Celia's actions had brought valuable intelligence, and she had also done something enormous, increasing the world's goodwill towards the Holy Court by 5 points.

To say that she can't do anything is to slap herself in the face.

Melina was glad she hadn't said it.

“Celia might be able to speed up the resolution of the disaster, but the Elven race is also a powerful... uh, a powerful empire. They have an elite army of elven sorcerers. A few monsters are nothing to them. Celia doesn’t need to worry too much.”

What I'm worried about is never whether the elves can solve the problem of the monsters, but rather the chain reaction caused by the Temple of Resurrection secretly reviving the gods of life and death.

Celia wanted to tell everyone, but Ross wouldn't let her.

She could only scream in her heart.

“Bishop Melina, I think, at least, at least after this matter is resolved, you can put me under house arrest. I can promise you that after this is over, I will stay in Shining City and not go out... for a while.”

Melina was both amused and exasperated.

"Really, there's no need, Celia. The Kingdom of Phoenix should be sending a mage force there soon. Let's see what the Kingdom of Phoenix does first."

"Ok."

Celia couldn't help but mutter to herself.

I wish I hadn't come back.

Elena wasn't 'caught,' but I was 'caught' first.

Celia didn't take it to heart.

If she really wanted to leave, the Knights of the Law might not be able to stop her.

Of course, we also need to see what Melina wants to do.

If the Elven Royal Court treated Elena by sending people to 'protect' her and restricting her from doing this and that, she would definitely try to leave and might not return for a while.

After chatting for a while in Melina's room, Celia said goodbye and left, accompanied by Benovia.

Seeing Benovia following beside her with a book in her arms, Celia, remembering how Benovia seemed to know everything earlier, couldn't help but ask, "Benovia, what... does your family do?"

Benovia tilted her head and looked over. "My family? My family is noble."

"Just nobles?"

Celia recalled the various nobles she had recorded, but found no one who matched Benovia.

Benovia saw through her thoughts and smiled, "There's no need to look into my origins, Celia."

"Okay, I'll wait until you reveal it on your own."

Celia didn't think much of it.

Her curiosity wasn't as strong as Benovia's, and knowing that continuing the investigation might annoy Benovia, she decided to give up. "Celia will find out later," Benovia said earnestly.

Celia nodded.

"By the way, I'd like to know how you separate and purify the pollutants. Could you take me to see it?" Celia made a request.

"sure."

Benovia readily agreed, and then led Celia outside the camp, facing the direction of the elven border.

Here, beams of light lit up one after another, stretching endlessly towards the border.

Upon closer inspection, Celia discovered that beneath each of the pillars of light was a simple mage tower.

The tops of the towers were glowing. These glowing mage towers seemed to resonate in some way, preventing any pollution from advancing and creating a clear distinction between them and this side.

Celia recalled and confirmed that the elves did not use the form of a mage tower; they used another method to prevent the pollution from entering the city.

"These towers form a magic circle that binds the pollution, allowing it to stay in place. It needs to be cleaned up after accumulating to a certain level, otherwise the magic circle will not be able to withstand it and will be damaged... Hmm, Celia's skill in magic circles is very high, she should be able to see it easily, right?"

Celia nodded.

"Then I won't continue the introduction."

Benovia tossed the book aside, which floated in the air, and then raised her hand to summon the puppet.

Afterwards, the puppet entered the binding area, and a green fluorescent light appeared on its body.

Celia was slightly taken aback and asked in surprise, "Your puppet is the Heart of the Puppet of the Life faction?"

“No, it’s from the Holy faction,” Benovia replied casually, her eyes not on the puppets and the corruption, but on the books floating in the air.

"Holy faction?"

Celia seemed to be deep in thought.

"The Divine and Life factions are of the same origin, so they can use life spells without being reduced, but there are no bonuses either."

Benovia was engrossed in the book, and also answered Celia's questions.

"I've been purifying for so long that I know the process by heart. I can let the puppet do it for me without me having to control it. The puppet does it better than I do."

Celia glanced at the puppet, then at Benovia, and couldn't help but complain, "You deliberately chose this time to read a book, are you trying to give the puppet a magical boost?"

"No, it's just that I find it exciting to secretly read at times like this, it gives me a sense of pleasure in slacking off at work."

Celia: "..."

Celia couldn't compliment Benovia's mindset.

She chose not to look at Benovia and instead carefully observed how the puppet purified the pollution.

It seems to be no different from Elena's method, both using life-based magic to break through and separate the protective membrane of the polluted life elements, and then having the puppet use purification magic to cleanse the pollution.

The Puppet's Heart is of the Holy attribute, and it has a special bonus when casting Purification, making it just as efficient as Celia's manual purification.

"It looks pretty good, but with such a long border, are you going to run around purifying it every day?"

“No.” Benovia glanced up at the purification progress, then lowered her head again to focus on her book. “I just wait for others to bring the contaminants over.”

"Ok."

Celia was somewhat envious of Benovia's carefree life.

(End of this chapter)