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

Chapter 748 As expected, it's a ruin tailor-made for us (6k)

"what happened?"

In the mirror world where the royal expedition team is located.

The changes in the world have attracted everyone's attention.

"Oh no!" Milana's expression changed drastically, and she immediately stood up. "It must be that ghost disguised as Aimo starting again. She thinks we abandoned her, so she trapped us here when we came in, and now... she wants to trap you all here too!"

"what?!"

Everyone panicked immediately.

They immediately flew outside, trying to find Aimo.

Unfortunately, it's impossible to find it no matter what.

And their first thought wasn't to leave.

Of course, even if they thought about it, once the world began to become illusory, they would already be unable to leave.

Before long, under Milana's ferocious gaze, everyone disappeared, and she returned to the streetlight, where there was no one around.

"Hehehe... I can't be the only one trapped!"

……

Celia watched this scene speechlessly.

What else could she say.

All I can say is that Milana is simply amazing.

Kias had no grudge against her and knew nothing about her messy affairs, yet she insisted on dragging her into it.

"That means there are eleven people trapped in the ruins now."

Celia muttered to herself.

It suddenly occurred to her.

If each mirror world can only contain one person, what would happen if all the mirror worlds were trapped with one person?
What would happen if the 13th person got trapped?
"Fifteen now..."

Celia slowly began to have an idea.

Or should I try getting trapped here too?
Celia felt that no one was more suited to be trapped than herself.

Although Phil is more suitable in terms of popularity, she seems to be the focus of attention from the ruins.

However, she lacked exploration experience and had a rather naive mindset. Faced with such a chaotic and messy ruin, her exploration progress was not as fast as mine.

Of course, Doris would also be suitable, but she didn't have divine help.

Lord Ross's divine light has not yet descended upon Doris.

"Let's collect all the coordinates of the metal spheres from the ruins first, and then give it a try."

Thinking it over, Celia continued her exploration.

With the team divided into five groups, this is actually the last mirror world to explore.

Not long after, Celia found the new metal ball and called everyone back to the streetlight.

Unfortunately, Celia did not see anyone in the streetlight.

"Was my luck really that bad? Or was there actually more than 12?"

After a moment's thought, Celia said to her teammates, "Let's leave now. There are some clues we need to tell the people outside."

Others had no objection.

Celia's efficiency in slaying monsters and the power she displayed have earned them their respect.

After all, while her teammates were still fighting monsters one-on-one, Celia flicked her hand, and her magic, like a precise scalpel, instantly dismembered the monsters, killing the most monsters with the least amount of magic power.

Even if she told her teammates the trick, they still couldn't do it with such precision and elegance.

After leaving, Celia told Catherine about her encounter with Emilia.

Katherine immediately smiled: "When I saw Miss Emilia being sent to team up with them, I guessed that this might happen, and sure enough, it happened, haha."

"Should we talk to the royal family?" Celia asked.

Katherine laughed, "Go ahead and say it. Why don't you say it? I'm sure Kelly's expression will be quite interesting."

Seeing Katherine's expression, Celia immediately understood why Katherine had specifically told her not to reveal any information about Amor.

It wasn't revealed until the last two days.

I never expected this professor to be such a funny person.

Celia muttered to herself.

Thinking of Kias's situation, she said, "By the way, given Milana's personality, if she encounters another team, she is very likely to become an accomplice of the demons, luring other teams and trapping them in the ruins as well."

"Yes, this is something that needs to be emphasized, but as long as everyone knows the rules for resetting the ruins, her plan will not be able to be implemented."

Celia asked, "If we encounter her, should we kill her?"

"No need. Let the royal family handle this. Killing her is pointless... cough, I mean, she is, after all, a royal sorcerer. Let the royal family handle the trial."

Celia rolled her eyes.

Katherine said, "The strategy of exploring separately is good. Once the other teams return, the puzzle will be complete. Celia, you should go and rest first. When the other teams return, we will combine all the clues and discuss the next steps."

"it is good."

Celia nodded, not paying any attention.

Just as the others returned, let's see who they encountered.

As afternoon approached, Benovia and her group gradually returned.

August gathered the Saintess Squad together, shared the clues they had obtained, and allowed them to discuss them freely.

"Currently, we have obtained the coordinates of all the metal spheres. However, due to our acceleration, some changes have occurred in the ruins. Two teams of those incompetent royals have gone missing inside."

Doris crossed her arms and glanced at Benovia as she spoke.

Benovia smiled and agreed, "That's right, the royal family is a bunch of useless things, especially that idiot Emilia, who is trapped in the ruins like this, so pitiful."

Poor?

Celia looked at her and saw only gloating.

Benovia and Emilia seem to know each other well, or perhaps they have a grudge?
Speaking of which... Celia realized that she still didn't know Benovia's identity.

She hadn't specifically investigated, but judging from Benovia's current state...

Could Benovia be a member of the royal family?
This idea is bold, but not impossible.

Celia looked at her strangely.

"So many people are trapped in the ruins, everyone should know by tonight. They, especially Milana, might cause trouble for our next steps. The original plan might not be able to proceed. Next..."

“Let me be the twelfth person,” Celia said.

Everyone else, look over here.

Celia remained calm and said, "The royal expedition team is trapped inside. When we went in, we hardly saw them appearing in pairs. This means that each of them is in a mirror world of a certain type. There are 11 people inside now. We only need one more to make 12. I think we can make 12 and see what changes occur in the ruins. And I am the most suitable candidate to be the 12th."

Everyone look over here, including Katherine and August.

Katherine immediately said, "No, Celia, your current status is not suitable for doing this. If you are trapped there forever, it will be a great loss to the school and the Holy See."

Auguste added, "Yes, Professor Katherine is right. Celia, you can't do that. For the 12th person, we can choose one from the Holy See's exploration mage."

Doris said, "That's right. Celia is definitely going to take all the ruins for herself. How can that be allowed? Such a good thing should be done by me, Doris."

Doris's words were full of self-interest, but Celia could hear the worry and anxiety in her tone.

The girl's true intention wasn't to steal credit from Celia; she simply didn't want Celia to take any risks. However, getting her to express concern was probably harder than killing her.

Celia laughed and said, "I don't think just anyone will do, because besides finding the metal balls, this person also needs to find the key to solving the puzzle. According to the existing clues, the key to passing the level may be on those three horses. It is very likely that we will first find 48 metal balls, and then use the metal balls to fight the three horses. After defeating the three horses, we can enter the next stage."

Then, Celia looked at August: "Bishop August, do you think any other fourth-tier mages besides us could defeat those three horses?"

Although there are no images of Aimo and the others fighting the three horses, only Aimo's description, those three horses must have been very strong, and an ordinary mage might not have been able to defeat them.

To secure a victory, you need a powerful sorcerer.

Within the Holy Court, virtually no one is stronger than the Saintess Squad when it comes to powerful fourth-tier mages.

“Do you remember your other guess? The second stage might be related to the level of divine covenant, because this might be a relic left by the gods. Apart from us, the level of divine covenant of others is not up to standard.”

"This one……"

August fell into thought.

Celia continued, "As for the five of us, Anko and Phil are clearly not suited for exploration. They are more suited to support roles and lack exploration experience. As for me, Doris, and Benovia, Doris has never heard divine revelation and is obviously not as suitable as Benovia and me for entering divine ruins."

“Who, who said I didn’t hear divine revelation?” Doris protested, her voice choked with embarrassment.

Benovia looked at her: "Did Doris also receive divine revelation?"

"N-Of course." Doris felt a little guilty and didn't dare to look at Benovia.

She couldn't help but think of the figure she encountered in the God Realm during her two advancements.

So, that can be considered listening to the voice of the gods, right?

No, no, that's an evil god!
Doris snorted: "Fine, the gods haven't turned their attention to me yet, but don't get too cocky. One day the gods will give me a revelation."

Benovia laughed and said, "When it comes to communicating with the gods, Celia is indeed more suitable. I believe Celia will definitely be able to conquer the second stage. I lack exploration experience, so I won't compete with Celia. I trust Celia."

Katherine said, "No, we can't make a decision so hastily. We need to discuss it further."

"Okay, whatever."

The discussion quickly reached a conclusion: both the school and the Holy Court agreed to Celia's attempt.

The next day, Celia and the others reunited at the entrance to the ruins.

"This ruin cannot be entered by a single person; it requires five people to enter together. So, once you go in, you must come out immediately, except for Celia."

"Just in case, we need to find the only mirror world without people... If we don't find it, then we'll talk about it."

Whether it was good luck or the spirit of the ruins was targeting them, the Saintess team found no one in the streetlights and the surroundings were completely calm after entering the ruins. It was clearly the only mirror world without anyone there.

"Looks like we're in luck." Celia smiled slightly and waved to the others, "Go back and wait for my good news."

Doris snorted: "Hmph, I'll give you this chance. If you disappoint us, I'll laugh at you for a whole year!"

Benovia said, "Be careful, Celia."

Phil raised his hand and cast many blessing spells on Celia: "Good luck!"

Anke tossed her hair, and her silky black hair immediately turned multicolored, with... dandruff flying out?

The 'dandruff' approached Celia and disappeared, and Celia felt herself greatly enhanced.

“An Ke, you…”

Anke blinked: "I heard this is called... Mary Sue color, what do you guys think? This is the strongest enhancement potion I've researched so far, it can increase Celia's combat power by about 100%."

Celia was about to make some comments, but upon hearing that the improvement had doubled, she immediately exclaimed, "Very beautiful rainbow-colored hair, so pretty!"

"Of course," Anke said with a grin. "Go for it, Celia! You've been enhanced, go for it!"

"on!"

Celia flew toward the three horses.

Since she was going to be trapped here anyway, she decided to see just how strong those three horses were! Were they really impenetrable?

Behind them, Benovia and the other three had already left. Celia summoned the puppet and sent it rushing towards the sea along the central chain.

She moved at a fast pace; the three horses were far apart, but she covered half the distance in just five minutes.

Upon arriving here, the monster attacks became even more intense.

These monsters would suddenly emerge from the gaps in the chains, from the sea, and from the sky to attack her.

"These mass-produced monsters have too simple attack methods, and they pose no challenge at all."

Celia muttered to herself, easily dodging attacks from all directions, as ice spikes precisely pierced the bodies of the attacking monsters.

Looking back, blood had already swallowed half of the Giant City buildings.

"Based on the previous exploration, I've killed less than a tenth of what I've explored, but the pollution is already halfway there. It seems it has nothing to do with the number of monsters I've killed."

Celia continued forward.

Soon, she reached the other end of the chain.

The chains were not directly fastened to the horses.

All three horses were saddled and supported by a specially made shaft, which was connected to several chains.

Celia was on the carriage shaft as if she were on a wide highway.

As she stepped onto the carriage shaft, the chains behind her were instantly covered in blood, and then slowly dissipated.

The ruins became blurred and hazy.

Then, the three horses awoke from their statue-like state and began to gallop wildly.

A layer of frost appeared beneath Celia's feet, firmly attaching her to the carriage shaft. No matter how wildly the three horses galloped, they could not shake her off. She even stood steadily on it, as if she were driving the horses.

"Hmph, this little bit of turbulence is nothing compared to one-tenth of Mr. Ross's flight training."

Although Celia vomited every time she rode in the aircraft controlled by Ross, she still managed to get used to it.

I was a little worried when the horses were galloping, but I only realized how worried I was when they were really running.

That's it?

Everything around me was completely blurred, and I could no longer tell where I was.

Celia wasn't in a hurry and let the horses roam freely until land appeared in front of them.

A tremendous force appeared beneath her feet, seemingly about to throw Celia away. She did not resist, but chose to use this force to jump onto the ground.

After regaining her footing, Celia looked at the view on land.

Just as Aymo said, this place is a huge ruin, with massive collapsed buildings everywhere, seemingly... the scene after the fall of Giant City.

Before I could get a good look, the three horses let out a long neigh, jumped to a spot a short distance away, and began pawing the ground with their front legs.

Then they rushed over.

"Well done!"

With a soft shout, a thick layer of ice quickly solidified on the ruins of the earth.

The ice spread to the three horses, turning their charge into a sliding tackle.

With a light leap, Celia was already in the air, and three combined ice blades were already rushing towards the neck of the sliding horse.

Ding Ding Ding!
The ice blade shattered, leaving only a shallow mark on the horse's neck.

"Such a stiff neck."

Celia raised an eyebrow.

At this moment, the three horses stopped sliding and looked up at Celia in the sky, letting out a neigh.

"Whistle—!"

Celia immediately sensed a large amount of magical energy gathering in the sky.

"It's lightning attribute?"

The girl looked up and saw dark clouds slowly forming a vortex in the sky, with lightning flashing and thunder roaring within.

Sensing the gradually increasing magical fluctuations, Celia wisely chose to land.

The swirling dark clouds gradually dissipated.

"I see."

This is a no-fly zone.

However, even on the ground, Celia felt she could defeat those three horses.

A new charge began, with two horses digging the ground with their forelegs, but the third horse raised its forelegs and a drill-like horn appeared on its forehead, with lightning flashes on the horn.

As the two horses charged, the other horse unleashed a lightning attack.

"There are other tactics?"

Celia raised her hand, and a shield made of mithril appeared in front of her.

Although the Mystic Metal Net is an earth element, the network it forms is actually made of metal, a metal that can attract lightning, making it perfect for dealing with lightning-based attacks.

Unfortunately, the metal dissipated after the spell cut off the magic supply, otherwise it could have been sold to make a fortune... But I digress.

After a simple coordinated attack was neutralized by Silia, the three mini-bosses changed their formation, using a combination of lightning magic and physical attacks to slowly compress Silia's evasive space.

Celia remained calm. When she realized she couldn't dodge, she flew into the sky and then jumped out of the encirclement.

While dodging, she also carefully observed the bosses, trying to find a way to break through their strong defenses.

Time passed quietly.

Three hours later.

Celia sighed.

"It seems there's no way to break through their defenses."

It's a pity.

Thanks to the powerful buffs provided by Anko, Celia tried to trap them during those three hours, in addition to attempting to break through their defenses, but unfortunately, she failed each time.

They can break through any restraint with their unstoppable brute force, which is equivalent to being immune to most control skills.

After trying various methods, Celia had no choice but to give up.

"Miss Aimo was bumped by these three before, and then the boss stopped attacking her... Want to try it?"

After thinking for a moment, Celia decided to give it a try, but she also needed to take precautions to avoid being knocked unconscious.

Once she was ready, Celia stopped dodging and let one of the bosses collide with her.

Boom!
Celia was sent flying backward, crashing into a huge building stone and smashing it to pieces.

All attacks ceased, and the entire world began to blur and become hazy.

When the world returned to normal, Celia found herself standing on a street lamp.

As if some condition had been met, a peculiar wave rippled throughout the ruins.

Celia sensed something, came to the edge of the street lamp, and looked up at the sky.

The cloudless sky was slowly covered by thick clouds, and the sky gradually darkened.

Within the thick clouds, the faint glimmer of lightning could be seen.

A thought struck Celia, and she immediately rushed outside.

After killing some monsters to determine the type of the mirror world, I rushed to the location of the four metal spheres according to the coordinates and obtained the four metal spheres in less than ten minutes.

By the time I returned to the streetlights, it was already completely dark.

Swish!
A soft sound came, and Celia saw the streetlights in front of her light up, one after another, until all the streetlights on the street lit up, illuminating the whole world.

At the same time as the streetlights, the four small statues on top of the streetlights also lit up.

The statue's mouth and eyes emitted the same white light as the streetlights, making it look as if it were about to come alive.

Celia stood in front of the statue.

Her intuition told her that this must be related to the metal ball.

But when the metal ball was actually placed on it, there was no reaction at all.

"Let's get all the metal balls first."

Celia sighed and began the tedious task of grinding monsters.

Having been here for so long, she already knows where the most monsters are.

Soon, pollution once again submerged the ruins.

She looked up to the sky.

Well, it just got dark, but nothing happened.

The ruins begin to reset, and then a cutscene-like sequence begins, transitioning from day to night.

"two……"

"Three..."

"Four..."

"The twelfth one!"

When she finally got all the metal balls, even Celia was panting heavily.

Even knowing all the coordinates, it still took more than four hours to search, most of which was spent traveling and killing monsters.

After resting briefly at the location of the last metal sphere, Celia returned to the streetlight.

As she approached the streetlamp, she saw two beams of white light shooting from the eyes of the statue atop it, illuminating Celia.

Faintly, Celia seemed to hear a strange voice calling to her.

Having had contact with many gods, Celia immediately recognized that this was an ability possessed only by gods.

It can also be called the whispers of God.

The whispers of God are guiding His believers.

The whispers of God are indeed related to the degree of divine communion.

Those with low spiritual affinity may not hear the deity even at maximum volume, or even if they do hear it, they may not understand what the deity is trying to express.

But it's different for someone like Celia who has full divine affinity.

After listening for only a moment, Celia had an epiphany.

Even if the whispers seemed like just a bunch of noise, like countless people talking in her ear, she could understand what the gods wanted to tell her.

The gods are telling her how to get through the second stage!

"If the level of divine contract is lower, even if you collect all 48 mechanical balls, you won't be able to proceed to the next step."

Celia sighed and took out all the metal balls.

Fortunately, my Divine Contract is full.

(End of this chapter)