Just became an evil god and was summoned by the saint

“My life isn’t just 50 gold coins, it’s tons and tons of gold coins, it’s all the gold coins in the world!” Celia immediately emphasized.

"Alright, alright, you're a reincarnation of a dragon, get up quickly, the lord has gone to invite the high priest of the temple."

"High Priest?" Celia was slightly taken aback. "Why did he invite the High Priest? What does it have to do with me?"

The girl touched her face; the person checking into the hotel didn't look like her, but like Doris.

When tracking Ainars and hunting the Sun Society, he was in Mir's appearance.

Ross smiled slightly. "It's related. Don't you want to take down the high priest of this town?"

Celia looked completely bewildered. "Why would I kill the high priest of someone's temple for no reason?"

"Of course, it's because the Sun Society is backed by the High Priest of the Frost Temple."

"what?"

Celia immediately jumped off the bed and tied her hair up.

"really?"

Ross nodded and smiled, "Of course. You were in such a hurry yesterday that you didn't search the chairman's place, so I went out of my way to get the ledgers that connect the two and other evidence."

He pointed to the various old notebooks lying on the table beside him, "These are records of the correspondence between the Sun Society and the High Priest of the Frost Temple."

These things were well hidden by Frandi, but they couldn't escape Ross's mental scan.

Late last night, after Celia returned home and fell asleep immediately, he summoned the puppet and used it to bring back the ledgers and other documents.

A small-town gang is bound to have some shady dealings behind it all. Even if it doesn't have the lord's backing, it must have made some kind of deal with him.

Or they need a powerful backer who can rival the lord.

After reviewing the records, Ross confirmed that the Sun Society was backed by the high priest of the local temple.

In small towns, temples don't have bishops; the high priest is the most important person there.

The minimum requirement to become a high priest is a third-tier sorcerer, a rank that allows one to rival a local lord.

As the saying goes, "two tigers cannot share one mountain." When two forces are evenly matched, they will inevitably engage in open and covert struggles and compromise with each other in some areas.

The Sunfire Cult was born from a compromise between the two parties. The High Priest secretly controls the Sunfire Cult and most of the black market in Frosttown. On the surface, he does not compete with the Lord, as if he is detached and focused on being the High Priest.

After that, their struggle turned into the High Priest ordering the Sun Society to collect protection money from the lord's properties, while the lord, along with his sheriff, would crack down on the Sun Society's illegal activities.

The two have always had a great understanding.

Yesterday, Ainars caused such a commotion, but because of the intervention from the outside, Norsen, they didn't take any action. To them, the deaths of those gang members were no different than the deaths of rats on the street.

But it was different when Celia went to take down the entire leadership of the Sunfire Clan at night.

This is tantamount to breaking the tacit understanding between the two.

Ross didn't show these things to Celia at first, wanting to see how the two sides would proceed.

It now appears that the lord, upon learning the news, felt he couldn't let the matter rest so easily, so he put aside his differences and went to discuss it with the high priest.

Ross sensed that the other party was preparing to seal off Frosttown, preventing anyone from leaving, and then investigate them one by one to find the murderer who killed the Sun Society.

"The lord has recovered from yesterday's shock. He feels that your strength is not like that of a fourth-tier warrior. He took the greatsword to the blacksmith for appraisal and found out that the greatsword was damaged by freezing, not by brute force."

"So, he's now planning to get the High Priest involved, find you, and test your strength. If you're at the fourth rank, they'll compensate you; if you're not, they'll make sure you leave without a fight."

Ross said with a chuckle.

Celia was intently examining the ledgers and records. The more she looked, the more somber her expression became.

"This high priest is even more outrageous than the previous two!"

The girl pointed at the record, her cheeks flushed with anger: "How could he sell something like the Bewitching Water, which the Holy Court strictly prohibits?"

Bewitching Water is a peculiar drug that looks like water. It is made by extracting and mixing the juices of many plants and spices that can calm the mind. When boiled at high temperatures, the steam it emits has a sweet smell and can help sorcerers enter a meditative state.

However, people later discovered that drinking it directly could calm the mind and spirit, but it could lead to addiction. In addition, long-term consumption could cause mental confusion and a gradual separation between the body and soul.

This is for the sorcerer.

The effects on ordinary people are even more terrifying.

Even a little bit can make one addicted, unable to quit, and incurable. If one doesn't drink it even once, one immediately becomes crazy, delirious, like sleepwalking, and even has violent tendencies.

Even if you keep drinking it, it can only relieve the symptoms. As the drinking time increases, toxins accumulate in the body, and in less than five years, it will cause serious mental problems and lead to death.

Later, this calming and tranquilizing medicine was deemed an illegal drug by the five great empires, and one of its main ingredients was also banned from cultivation.

As a result, the value of this addictive drug has skyrocketed, and it has become a "dosage" for many nobles to secretly control their servants and slaves.

In the magical world, there are many materials and medicines that are highly toxic to ordinary people. Those that can directly poison people are never banned. Only addictive drugs that cannot be cured are banned because they can cause serious public security problems.

"This stuff, if you only have 50 milliliters, you could go straight to the dock and be executed. And he sells a barrel a month?"

Celia's breathing quickened, and the anger in her eyes burned brighter as she gripped the ledger.

"He also cultivates illegal medicinal herbs in secret. Even if he doesn't come looking for me, I'll still make trouble for him because of these things!"

It was now noon, and Celia didn't even eat lunch, setting aside the matter of Enars for the time being. She left the inn and headed towards the temple.

Just then, a militiaman in armor stopped her.

"Madam, please show your identification. We are conducting a check..."

"Go away!"

Celia reached out and pushed him aside, then angrily continued walking forward.

The militiaman, who was nearly pushed to the ground, stomped his feet in anger.

"These sorcerers are lawless and have no manners whatsoever. They love pushing and kicking people all day long. There should be laws to punish these bastards! Even if they're pretty, they should be punished with 10 gold coins each time!"

There are still three more chapters to go... ugh, I wonder if I'll be able to finish writing.

Chapter 118 Is the Holy Maiden setting a trap again? How about taking a break?

As she got closer to the temple, Celia gradually calmed down.

“If we go directly like this, they will definitely suspect the source of these ledgers and then deduce that I am the one who killed the high-ranking members of the Flame Sun Society.”

The girl thought for a moment, took out the ledger, took a few photos, and sent them to the judge, the priest Vasily.

After briefly explaining the evidence of the Frost Temple High Priest's crimes to him, we continued walking towards the temple.

Vasily's reply was very swift.

"receive."

Two very short words.

Celia didn't know if he would bring people to teleport over using a directional teleporter.

She prepared to think about how to search for more evidence of the high priest's crimes.

"We can't just barge in and confront him. The higher-ups said that the high priest has acquired a plot of land behind the temple to grow pearl rosemary, the raw material for the bewitching water. We should go there first to gather evidence, and then go and confront him."

As she was thinking, Celia suddenly noticed that there seemed to be more soldiers coming and going around her.

A soldier stopped her. "Madam, please show me your identification."

Celia showed her Holy Magic Academy student ID and asked, "What's going on? Why are there so many soldiers?"

Upon seeing the identification from a high-level magic school, the soldier immediately became respectful: "I don't know either. The lord just ordered us to seal off Frost Town and thoroughly investigate anyone who has recently traveled there."

Celia had a plan in mind. "Okay, thank you."

"Could you please show me your proof of residence? For example, a hotel key, I need to make a note of it, thank you."

Celia didn't mind; she showed them the key to the hotel she was staying at and let them register as they pleased.

The so-called registration only included the hotel name and her school name, without recording her real name.

Since that's the case, then let him register as he pleases.

After registering, the soldier gave her a small card, saying, "This is a registration card. Just show it to anyone who questions you next time."

"OK, thanks."

Taking the card, Celia continued walking towards the temple.

She held the card in her hand, ready to show it at any time. This time, no one bothered her, and she quickly arrived outside the Frost Temple.

Looking around, this domed temple is even more luxurious and magnificent than the temple in the City of Dawn.

In contrast, the houses of the surrounding residents are dilapidated.

This is the north, one of the poorest regions in the empire, and the Holy Court allocates a lot of funds to the temples here.

"This high priest is so rich, he actually built such a magnificent temple." Seeing the grand temple, Celia was taken aback.

Ross laughed and said, "They're quite honest. They didn't think about embezzling the funds they received, but instead used them to repair the temple."

Celia said, "Isn't this a waste? It has nothing to do with integrity."

Ross nodded. "Indeed, he only gets paid when the temple is being renovated. He's constantly trimming the edges of a piece of meat, and he's making a lot of money every time he goes back and forth."

Celia didn't quite understand Ross's metaphor, but she knew it was referring to the high priest's corruption.

The girl circled the temple but found nothing unusual.

Finally, she had to ask Ross for an exact location.

"How could they possibly be growing prohibited substances in the temple's backyard? They must be somewhere far away."

Ross smiled slightly and transmitted the exact location to Celia's senses.

As he said, the pearl rosemary was not near the temple, but a little further back.

There was a high fence surrounding the area, and next to it was a house similar to those of other farmers, as if the area inside the fence was just ordinary crops.

Celia wrote it down, then went to the main gate of the temple and went inside.

No one stopped her at the door from saying she had to pay money to see the high priest.

The high priest of the Frost Temple disdained earning such a small amount of money, meeting people for free and praying for them for free.

Although it was free, the deacon told Celia, "The high priest is currently negotiating with Lord Winter and it is inconvenient for him to perform the penitential ceremony. Please come again tomorrow."

Celia took out a... silver coin and handed it to the assistant priest.

"I have something very important to discuss with the High Priest. Is it really not possible to see him?"

The acolyte gazed longingly at the silver coin, but finally said reluctantly, "The high priest said no one can see it, so I can't help it."

Celia frowned.

None of this could tempt me.

Just as he was about to take back the silver coin, the acolyte quickly retrieved it and then whispered, "The high priest is in the meeting hall now. Turn left after entering, and go to the innermost room. You can try your luck there, but I can't guarantee it will work."

"Thank you."

Celia nodded, then entered the temple and, following the deacon's directions, arrived outside the room marked "Meeting Hall."

As she approached the door, she immediately heard voices coming from inside.

However, the talking stopped quickly.

A voice came from inside the door: "Who's out there?"

Celia knocked politely on the door before opening it and looking into the room.

Besides the High Priest of the Temple and Lord Winter, there were four other people in the meeting hall, sitting at both ends, seemingly discussing something.

However, they stopped talking when Celia approached. Celia pushed open the door, and they all looked over.

Celia looked around and fixed her gaze on the middle-aged man dressed as a high priest.

"High Priest, I have something very important to report to you."

The high priest frowned. "I'm sorry, I'm currently receiving distinguished guests. Please wait outside for a moment."

"I discovered someone planting pearl rosemary behind the temple!" Celia declared emphatically. "A lot of it."

Inside the room, the expressions of the high priest and Lord Winter both underwent subtle changes.

The two exchanged a subtle glance. The high priest immediately stood up, revealing a gentle smile, and then said very seriously, "This is indeed a very serious matter. Take me to see where it is."

"Weren't you supposed to be in a meeting?"