Just became an evil god and was summoned by the saint

"Your puppet is water-based, so it will have the greatest water-based bonus. Ice, nature, and wind magic, which are similar to water, will also perform at 100% of their potential. However, fire, earth, and lightning magic will be weakened. Don't put the cart before the horse."

"Then how do I choose the magic to embed in the puppet?" Celia asked directly.

"Choose from water-based and water-compatible elements, such as ice. There are too few usable first-tier spells. Don't think about those random combinations. Instead, think about what spells can assist the puppet in melee combat."

"Huh? Melee combat?"

"Otherwise, why not let the puppets fight each other with magic? It would save you the magic power loss caused by transmission."

Ross didn't quite understand why people nowadays liked to make magic puppets indestructible and then use them as mages.

Shouldn't they be used as meat shields while they cast spells from behind?

Even if you can't learn that many spells, you can still specialize in a spell combination path that belongs to you, and then specialize in that path.

However, considering that the core of the puppet is a fragment of divinity, and that the divine power is obviously stronger than the sorcerer himself, I felt relieved.

What's the use of a low-level mage specializing in many spells? Can they defeat a golem that's being fought by a god?

It's likely that if you embed a bunch of magic into a puppet, the puppet will be better at fighting than the sorcerer himself.

Even with transmission loss, it's probably still better than hand-printing.

Thinking of this, Ross stopped complaining and pondered for a moment before saying, "Considering the special nature of this era, I'll choose a combo skill for you with Mage's Hand as its core."

Celia had witnessed the power of the Mage's Hand. Although the spell's strength depended on the mage's mental power, the fact that it could knock someone's shield aside still shocked her.

Unfortunately, this era has overlooked the non-elemental spell, Hand of the Mage, and nobody wants to learn it.

This means that nobody knows how to deal with it!

The first part of the training session was quite long, but if you listened attentively, it ended quickly.

Next is the practical training session.

Doris had been waiting for a long time, and after Professor Abros announced the start of free training, she came to Celia's side and extended an invitation:

"Celia, free training is best done in pairs. Come on, let me teach you how the puppet fights."

“I haven’t inlaid any spells on the puppet yet, so I’m not considering sparring for now. Sorry.” Celia shook her head and refused.

Ross had already listed four spells around the mage's hand for her, and she was going to ask Abros if he had the memory crystals for those spells.

Memory crystals are items used to store spells. When used on a magic puppet, the puppet can store the spells stored in the memory crystal into its memory module, and then it can use those spells.

Without memory crystals, the puppet can only be used by the sorcerer himself after learning the skill.

“I know, but I want to tell you that magic is only part of the battle between puppets. I can spar with you without using magic.” However, Doris persisted and insisted on sparring with Celia.

Celia could read from her eyes that she was determined to make her feel utterly crushed.

A surge of energy welled up from the girl's heart.

"Come on, come on!"

I've disliked you for a long time!

Chapter 45 From Unfamiliar to Proficient

The more courageous you are when you agree, the more cowardly you become when you face the consequences.

Apart from her, the other candidates had already completed the creation of their puppets and attended two months of puppet training courses when they entered the Holy Magic Academy.

This means she has been receiving guidance from Professor Abros for two months.

Even if he's not good at real combat, he can definitely crush this newbie who just started making magic puppets not long ago.

To this, Ross said calmly, "Go ahead and fight. Integrate the experience I gained from controlling the puppets in battle."

Whether controlling the puppet or Celia herself, Ross would share the process with Celia, allowing her to feel as if she were controlling it herself.

What's lacking is Celia's confidence. Once she develops that confidence, she can fully grasp and apply that experience.

The two girls entered the training ground with their respective magical puppets.

The preparation of the Holy Church for the Holy Maiden is not kept secret, but it is not publicized either. Not everyone knows about it; one needs to be willing to investigate.

Therefore, the sparring between the two did not attract much attention. Only the other three candidates paid special attention to this side, while the others were busy seeking guidance from Abros or training with other people.

“I won’t bully you. You win if you can defeat my puppet,” Doris said.

"Aren't we supposed to practice? What does it matter if we win or lose?" Celia tilted her head.

"Tch, if Professor Abros hadn't forbidden betting on training in his class, I would have made a bet with you already," Doris scoffed. "Let me show you the difference between us!"

With a soft shout, Doris gave the puppet the order to charge at Celia's puppet.

Puppets with a puppet heart can fight autonomously, which is more efficient than when a sorcerer directly controls them.

However, if the puppets are allowed to fight on their own, in the end, the only factors that matter, besides the strength of the puppets, are the computing power of the puppet heart.

Clearly, this approach makes it impossible for the puppet to become a focus of development.

The Puppet Training Course trains the caster to better assist and coordinate with the puppets in puppet battles.

No one but Ross could have done what Ross did: directly targeting the sorcerer.

Therefore, Ross did not share the combat experience against third-tier mages with Celia, but instead shared the flow of magic and the use of spells.

This is the moment to achieve a comprehensive understanding.

Faced with the menacing puppet, Celia had no choice but to bite the bullet and give it commands to rush to the training field.

In their first encounter, both sides' puppets relied entirely on the puppet's heart to fight, resulting in a back-and-forth battle until Doris gave the puppets new instructions.

"Look closely, this is the difference between you and me!"

The puppet, which had been simply parrying and responding to attacks, suddenly changed its attack trajectory unpredictably. Like a ghost, it swiftly appeared behind the Celia puppet and delivered an elbow strike.

Celia, who was closely connected to the puppet, immediately noticed that a piece of metal on the puppet's back had dented.

This is due to the difference in materials. She used ordinary metal that the school provided for free, while Doris used special metal that her family gave her, which contained mithril.

The difference in materials put Celia at a direct disadvantage.

The girl immediately broke out in a sweat.

Doris's voice came from beside my ear: "Do you see that? Your puppet is full of flaws."

"Don't confront her head-on. Have you forgotten? I've never confronted an enemy head-on." Ross's voice rang in Celia's ears at the same time.

As if an instinct had been awakened, scenes of Rose controlling the puppet in battle slowly surfaced in her mind.

A tactic quickly popped into her mind.

"Maybe we can give it a try..."

Celia attempted to release her mental energy in the form of a mage's hand, locking it firmly onto the Doris puppet in the same way Ross locked onto his target.

It was as if the opponent's puppet movements had slowed down by half. Although Celia still couldn't see through the opponent's true intentions, she could avoid them all by using this slow-motion playback method.

This spiritual power was shared with the puppet, immediately giving it divine assistance, allowing it to swiftly evade the attacks of the Doris puppet.

As Celia gradually became familiar with the rhythm of the battle, her dodging became more relaxed, and she even had room to counterattack.

Although her counterattack was weak and did not cause any real damage to the powerful puppet—it had not yet been able to imbue the puppet with magical attacks.

Doris felt Celia's puppet fist slam into her own puppet, and she became furious and embarrassed:

"It's quite slippery, but can you withstand the swordsmanship of the Lorraine family?"

Suddenly, a long sword appeared in the hands of the puppet that had been empty-handed, and it thrust at Celia's puppet.

The sudden attack caught Celia off guard, and a piece of metal protecting her body was knocked away.

"you……"

Celia wanted to curse, but Doris's attacks came one after another like a storm, forcing her to concentrate on using her mental power to sense things.

Abros noticed the situation and looked over.

"Huh? The new student seems to be using mental energy to assist in combat?"

Abros told the students who had asked him to go play somewhere else, and then went to the training ground where Celia was and stopped to watch.

He carefully sensed the fluctuations in mental energy and, through the faint mental energy fluctuations he could feel, confirmed that the other party was using mental energy to assist the puppet in combat.

"Is it using mental power to control the puppet, or simply providing assistance?"

Abros seemed to be deep in thought.

"The method of controlling puppets with mental energy is too taxing on mental strength and prone to errors when fatigued. It has been phased out. Puppets are now controlled using magic and runes, but the method of using mental energy to assist puppets in combat..."

Abros shook his head.

It's not that no one has proposed this idea.

Because within the range of mental power, everything in the real world appears to be slowed down, allowing the mage to react to actions more quickly.

However, it has a fatal flaw: it is very difficult to improve mental strength, there is no matching meditation method, and it takes a long time to recover after being depleted.

Moreover, releasing mental energy consumes a great deal of energy. Not to mention a first-tier mage, even a fourth-tier mage cannot fight for long periods of time by releasing mental energy; they would have to give up after just a few minutes.

And this least favored prospective saintess...

Abros observed Celia's expression and mental state, and found that her mental energy was being consumed very slowly, only slightly faster than her magic energy.

It's no wonder that one needs to carefully sense her mental energy fluctuations to perceive them.

But Abros couldn't figure out how Celia was using her mental powers at all.

There was only one thing he could see clearly.

Although Celia's puppet struggled to dodge, its skill in dodging grew increasingly adept. Initially frequently struck by the sword, it gradually became more adept, eventually—

Taking advantage of the moment when Doris's puppet was unsteady after making a move, Celia blocked the door with a kick, knocking the puppet down.

"It doesn't seem that great."

It's much worse than fighting five opponents at once.

Doris was completely bewildered.

Meow meow meow?

How did you lose?

Chapter 46 The Girl Giving Money

"Miss Doris, are you alright? Shall we continue?"

Seeing that Doris the puppet hadn't made any further moves after being kicked away, a confident Celia couldn't help but remind her.

She had already projected confidence: "The free training time isn't over yet, hurry up and get the puppet up."

"you……"

Doris glared angrily at Celia.

Originally, he wanted to show Celia what the difference in their abilities was, but now, he's shattered his own spirit.

My mind is in turmoil; I can only continue fighting by letting the puppet do as it pleases.

A puppet that can play freely can defeat a sorcerer, but it cannot defeat a puppet of the same level that has a sorcerer's assistance, and will also lose.

"Since you want to continue, then continue."

Doris's puppet stood up again, its longsword flipped and burst into flames, and traces of wind appeared around it, the flames rising two meters high as the wind blew!

Then, the puppet rushed towards Celia's puppet at twice the speed before. This speed exceeded the limit of Celia's Mage Hand lock, and she had no time to react to Doris's puppet's attack.

Fortunately, just as the sword tip was about to pierce the body of the Celia puppet, Doris reacted and quickly made the puppet turn the longsword around, turning the tip into the hilt, and strike the Celia puppet.

boom!

Without any resistance, Celia's puppet was sent flying backward, its armor completely shattered.

Although it wasn't completely scrapped, it was beyond repair.

"Hmph, you think playing around with me shows you my true strength?"

Doris stormed out, stopping as she passed Celia. "I'll pay for your puppet."

"Thank you, take care." Celia didn't seem to mind, and instead waved to Doris.