Just became an evil god and was summoned by the saint

"That's good. Is there anything else?" The Holy Lord said, looking at Blake. "If there's nothing else, then the meeting is adjourned."

"There are also some minor matters, such as the small test for the candidate for saintess..."

……

Inside the dormitory, Celia was taking stock of her belongings.

"In the end, only 6 scrolls were made: two for defense, two for support, and two for attack. That wasn't enough, so we had to use first and second tier scrolls to make up the difference."

"The puppet can't wait for Doris to send the materials. Currently, it has two sets of second-tier combination skills and one set of first-tier combination skills."

Celia took out a brand new staff. This staff was no longer just a simple wooden stick, but a staff that looked like a question mark. In the center of the question mark was a high-grade magic crystal. This magic crystal cost Celia 20 gold coins, which was equivalent to the price of a special-attribute artificial magic puppet heart.

Even the least popular low-grade natural magic doll heart is only this price.

Magic crystals are highly concentrated magic crystals, while advanced magic crystals are magic crystals that can automatically recharge and can also be actively recharged by the mage. They are very valuable and are excellent materials whether they are used to decompose them for runes or embedded in weapons and equipment.

"Let's skip the armor, we can't afford it. Let's leave it at that. With a mentor leading the team, we're not going to run into any real trouble, right?"

The girl felt relieved.

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Chapter 137 What? Five Saintess candidates teaming up?

the next day.

Celia arrived at the agreed location on time and stood with everyone in the class, waiting for the instructor's instructions.

When the appointed time arrived, Elena came before everyone, counted the number of people, confirmed that most of them had arrived, and then said:

"Some students were unable to participate due to personal reasons, but the rest were present."

"This is your first time participating in the school's ancient ruins trial, so let me tell you about the precautions for the ancient ruins."

"First of all, ancient ruins are a collective term for the remnants of all eras before the Age of Calamity. Due to various reasons, they have been contaminated or covered up, or invaded by monsters."

"Some of these relics are buried deep underground, while others exist in the open and are referred to by the locals as forbidden areas."

"The ancient ruins we are heading to now are called the Lost Lighthouse, located in the east of the empire, on a once very important lighthouse for navigation."

"Most of the monsters in this lighthouse are corrupted monsters, as well as some corrupted heretics. The Deep Sea Aid Society once used this lighthouse as a base, but later abandoned it because the pollutants emitted by the lighthouse were too concentrated, causing most of the heretics inside to have their minds corrupted."

"The core area of ​​this lighthouse is very dangerous, so this time we will only operate on the periphery to clean up the pollutants that have escaped from inside, and absolutely not go near the core area."

"I will send you the relevant map. The activity area has been marked out. As long as you don't cross the barrier nets placed by the knights, there won't be much danger. If you cross the barrier nets out of curiosity and enter the lighthouse's illumination range, good luck to you. The school will at most compensate you with 10 gold coins, but you will have to pay with your lives."

As she spoke, Elena revealed a sinister smile: "I almost forgot, let me tell you a very typical case. There was a student who knew that the school would compensate for deaths during the trials, so he took it upon himself to enter the lighthouse's illumination range and disappeared. In the end, the school compensated his family 10 gold coins according to the agreement, and then..."

"The school sued the other party in court for failing to cooperate with the operation and violating the trial agreement, resulting in significant losses, and ordered them to pay 30 gold coins in compensation."

Countless students gasped in shock.

How terrifying! Not only did they have to give back all the compensation, but they also have to pay an extra 20 gold coins.

"However, the school is not a cold-blooded business association. After the verdict, they chose not to inherit the deceased's estate, so they did not need to pay compensation."

"..."

Elena said calmly, "I'm saying this so that you will cherish your own lives. If you die for someone, that person may not necessarily benefit, but you will lose your life forever."

Believe it or not, this one case was more effective than emphasizing the importance of cherishing life a hundred times.

Everyone has decided to cherish life and has no intention of deliberately dying to make the school pay compensation to their families.

Of course, such extreme ideas are rare, perhaps only a few cases every few decades.

Even if there are such cases, most of them involve parents dying and receiving compensation from their children, rather than children dying and receiving compensation from their elders.

"Back to the Lost Lighthouse, this trial will divide everyone into teams of five, with each team assigned a trial area. Your goal is to kill all the monsters and purify all the pollutants in the trial area."

"It should be noted that the instructors cannot enter before the pollution is purified, otherwise it will trigger a reaction from the lighthouse and cause it to shine its light on you. Therefore, you will need to work together as a team to complete the purification process before the pollution is completely eliminated."

"The school will issue everyone a teleportation badge. This badge only requires a trace of magic to activate and will teleport you back to the school's camp."

"Please note that once the badge is activated, the school will evaluate your actions and trial process. If there is any laziness, passive resistance, or other such behavior, your grades will be canceled."

Elena spoke for a long time, explaining all the precautions and arrangements, before starting the team formation process.

"In principle, team formation is free, but for your safety and to avoid bullying, students from the same class can form a maximum of 3 teams, and the remaining 2 must be students from other classes."

"At the same time, each team must have a student who is good at healing; otherwise, the team is invalid and the student will have to accept the school's arrangements."

"Alright, let's start forming teams now."

After he finished speaking, the students scattered and began looking for teammates.

Celia attracted everyone's attention. Milbe was a step ahead of Enars.

"Celia, let's team up! With my protection, you'll be fine. You can just sleep it off and get through the trial!"

“Mir,” Elena’s voice came from the side.

Mir turned around. "Instructor Elena? Is something the matter?"

"Have you forgotten what I just said? Trials require teamwork; there's no room for slackers. Team trials have individual and team scores. Do you want Celia to get a zero individual score?"

"I did not mean that……"

“Celia, come with me. You are a second-tier mage. Your trial is in a different area than theirs, so you can’t team up with first-tier mages.”

“Okay.” Celia followed Elena away, leaving Mir dumbfounded.

A friend came up and laughed, "Hey, Mir, she's a second-tier mage now, how dare you say you're protecting her?"

Another friend laughed and said, "With me protecting you, you'll be fine, hahaha..."

Mir's face flushed red. "You...you wait and see! I'll advance to the second rank after my trial and show you!"

"Hahahaha!"

……

Celia followed Elena away from the student area and arrived in front of a building.

Celia looked at the building in front of her. It was a multi-purpose building with professors' offices, meeting rooms, laboratories, and more.

Once downstairs, Elena turned around and said, "You are a second-tier mage and also a candidate for saintess. All the saintesses of this year have already reached the second tier. After discussions between the school and the Holy Court, considering your different focuses, it has been decided that this time your small test will no longer be evaluated through combat as in previous years, but will instead be combined with this trial."

She paused for a moment, then smiled: "So, you're going to form a team to explore the lost lighthouse together."

"What?" Celia's eyes widened. "You're asking the five of us competitors to form a team and explore ancient ruins?"

"It wasn't me, it was the headmaster, it was an arrangement by the Holy Court."

"Isn't this wrong? Logically, shouldn't each person lead a team, and then we see who leads the best team?"

Elena nodded: "It's the same every year, but this year is a little different."

"What's the difference?"

"The Lost Lighthouse is emitting abnormal light, which has given birth to some strange humanoid monsters. Each of you leading your teams cannot enter the area of ​​illumination to investigate because there are not enough second-tier mages."

"Therefore, after discussion between the principal and the Holy Court, it has been decided that you will form an elite team to enter the lighthouse area and investigate the abnormal illumination."

"Ah, this..."

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Chapter 138 Benovia Discovers Ross

In the conference room, Celia, Benovia, and other candidates for sainthood sat around a round table, looking at each other in bewilderment.

Blake, sitting in the first seat, watched this scene with a smile.

It's this effect.

What era are we living in? They're still using the old system of each person leading their own team.

Each of these five people has a different area of ​​expertise, which complements each other perfectly. Forming a team actually makes it easier for them to explore.

Blake thought of it.

Seeing that none of the five saintesses spoke, he said with a smile, "Aren't you all very surprised? This decision was made by the school because it took into account that each of your strengths could complement each other and provide an opportunity to conduct an in-depth investigation of the lost lighthouse. It has already been approved by the Holy Lord."

"You don't need to take it to heart. The election for the saintess is not meant to make you enemies, nor is it necessary for you to become the saintess. If you can become archbishops, your status will be no less than that of the saintess."

"Alright, now let's assign you tasks."

"Doris has extensive experience with ruins and is familiar with various ancient sites, so she will serve as the team leader for this exploration."

"Benovia, possessing extensive knowledge and formidable combat skills, served as a key combatant and an expert in artifact appraisal."

"Phil, as a holy priest, possesses extremely strong healing abilities, and thus serves as the team's priest."

"As a pharmacist, Anke can serve as a combat support, identifying materials within the ruins and bringing back valuable medicinal herbs."

“Celia is familiar with all kinds of runes and can be used as a combat assistant to help the team identify the magic circles and runes in the ruins and avoid falling into traps.”

After speaking, Blake looked at everyone and asked, "Do you have any objections to this division of labor?"

Everyone shook their heads.

“Okay, no objections, then that’s the best.” Blake smiled.

He sighed, "The Lost Lighthouse is an ancient ruin that we've been exploring for a long time. The lighthouse is like a living thing, very sensitive to high-level mages. As long as a mage of the fourth rank or above enters it, it will attract the lighthouse's light, causing monster riots and rampages of pollution, destroying the important cultural relics inside."

"To avoid the destruction of the artifacts inside, we can only send low-level sorcerers to explore. Unfortunately, despite sending countless sorcerers over the years, none of them have been able to enter the lighthouse and bring back the ancient navigation technology stored inside."

"Over the years, due to a lack of exploration, the pollution inside has spread outwards. It would be best if you could find the cause of the pollution spread during this in-depth exploration. If you can't find it, it's okay. Remember, do not get close to the lighthouse."

"Although this lighthouse is open to lower-level players, it is extremely dangerous for even an elite team of third-level mages to enter. You only need to investigate the illuminated area and see if anything is expanding the lighthouse's pollution. If you can't find anything, just clear out those monsters that have grown to the second or even third level, and that should be enough."

"The trial will last for two months. There's no rush. You can return to the camp to rest during the trial. The school will replenish your supplies at the camp. Take your time."

With that, Blake stood up. "You all take a look around first, then we'll set off this afternoon."

After saying that, he left the meeting room, leaving Celia and the others staring at each other in bewilderment.

Celia looked around and chose to remain silent.

Previously, it was mentioned that there would be a small test among the saintesses after the final exams. I originally thought it would be a fight or a competition of some kind of contest.

The result was that it was put together with the year-end trial?

They put them together, but they even made them form a team of five?

Is the school trying to see them scheme and plot against each other while exploring the ruins?

Amidst the murmurs, Doris was the first to stand up.

Doris glanced at Celia, then looked at everyone else, and said smugly with her nose in the air:

"Gentlemen, although I don't really want to team up with you to explore the ruins, because I'm definitely better at leading a team on my own than you are."

"However, since the school has entrusted you to me and made me the captain, I have no choice but to take on the responsibility of the captain."

She looked at Celia again before continuing, "I have done detailed research on the Lost Lighthouse and have been there once. Let me first tell you about this ancient ruin."

"The enemies in this ancient ruin have one characteristic: they get stronger the more you fight them, especially when they are about to die. They are like mad dogs, which is troublesome, but it is not a problem for me."

"The principal has us enter the searchlight's range, which is the coastal area around the lighthouse. There's something here worth noting: ghost ships. Ghost ships randomly dock on the coastline, and their appearance drives nearby enemies mad and releases a strong pollutant."

At this point, she looked at Phil and said, "Phil, if you don't find a way to fix your body, which is severely polluted, you might die on the shore when you encounter a ghost ship and the pollution doubles. Don't blame me for not warning you."

Phil's face was deathly pale. She coughed lightly and smiled, "Don't worry, Doris, I won't hold everyone back."

Celia glanced at Phil, thinking to herself, "The pollution level has increased... What is she doing?"

Ross's phantom appeared beside Celia, glancing at Benovia beside him.

Benovia seemed to sense his presence upon his appearance, and looked over sharply, then revealed a puzzled expression.

Ross nodded. Not bad, he had a slight feeling of it. The progress was fast.

He stopped paying attention to Benovia and instead looked closely at Phil, his brows furrowing slightly. "Up close, it's clear that this girl deliberately drew demonic energy into her body. She's using her own divine magic to fight against the demonic energy, increasing the purity of her divine magic in the process."

Celia blinked, somewhat shocked: "Doesn't she know this is dangerous? Using this method to refine magic purity..."

"It's not just for that reason; you'll have to ask her for the specific reason."

"Will she be affected by the ghost ship with the lost lighthouse?"