The Villain Saint is my secondary account

Although there was only one door leading to the cellar, the staircase entrance faced the banquet hall and was guarded by soldiers. With so many members of the Seven Stars Society, it was clearly impossible for them to walk down in front of the guards and guests.

However, Ella had already prepared for this situation.

A group of rats climbed up the cellar ceiling and then inserted their tentacles into the upper stone bricks, slowly cutting with their hardened, sharp whiskers.

……

Back on the ground directly above, the banquet hall was filled with singing and dancing.

The dance troupe hired from the South District, trailing their gorgeous gowns, retreated, and the servant in charge of hosting then led the circus troupe, which had been preparing outside the main gate for a long time, into the hall.

Magicians, clowns, animal trainers... circus members dressed in flashy costumes began to demonstrate their skills to the surrounding guests, including Ye Xiao, who had a mustache stuck on to his head.

He smiled as he led a cat on a unicycle around the banquet hall, winning curious cheers from the audience.

However, Eileen, who was sitting in the audience, felt a chill run down her spine when she saw Ye Xiao's cheerful smile. Wasn't he supposed to be dealing with some blasphemous ritual? Why was he actually putting on a circus performance here?

Eileen's lips twitched; she really wanted to take this opportunity to pass on the news about the Knights to Ye Xiao.

But with the most distinguished guest, the Holy Maiden of Light, Ella, sitting right beside her, she couldn't find any room to maneuver.

Ye Xiao led the kitten around the banquet hall, then came to the magician Jenny's side. Under Eileen's confused and puzzled gaze, he bowed slightly to the guests.

"Next, our magician Mr. Jenny will perform a magical magic trick of his own creation, 'The Disappearance of a Person'!"

Chapter 87 Stormy City

What are they up to now? At least look this way!

Eileen kept blinking, trying to give Ye Xiao a hint, but she only saw him still slowly preparing his magic trick, which made her extremely anxious.

"Miss Eileen." A light, melodious voice suddenly came from beside her, causing Eileen to tremble involuntarily.

"W-what's wrong, Your Majesty?"

"You seem very nervous today." The silver-haired, red-eyed girl turned her head, her red eyes seeming to reveal a hint of cunning.

"A little bit... haha," Eileen said with a forced smile.

"Is there anything special about that magician? I noticed you've been watching him ever since he came in." The saintess's voice was gentle, as if she were having a casual conversation.

"No, no, it's just that I think he's kind of... kind of handsome, hahaha."

"Is that so?" The saintess raised an eyebrow, making Eileen quite nervous.

But then the saintess smiled and said, "So Miss Eileen likes this kind of thing. No wonder she rejected Young Master Simon."

Eileen smiled back, but her heart was already numb.

Despite it being a joyous banquet, she felt like she was in prison.

Meanwhile, Ye Xiao pulled a dozen people from the circus and stood them in the center of the banquet hall. Then, he and the magician each held one end of a huge red cloth and covered the dozen people with it. Then, they pulled two mini confetti cannons to the center of the venue.

The magician bowed to the crowd and then began to introduce the subject with great seriousness: "As everyone knows, spatial magic is the most mysterious of all the schools of magic."

"Although I am not very talented, I have done a lot of research in this area."

"Today, I'll make a small fool of myself for you all."

Then, he held his slender staff and waved it a few times in mid-air, "Everyone, watch carefully, three, two..."

[Late-night snack: One! Descend!]

"Bang!" Two small cannons made a loud noise, shooting out colorful ribbons all over the sky.

At the same time, in the cellar directly below, the rats used their tentacles to cut through the stone bricks on the ceiling, and the Seven Stars Society members, covered by red cloth, fell into the cellar below in full view of everyone.

Upon entering the cellar, Li Cheng and the others immediately got up and took out a small iron pot from their spatial rings.

They poured out the special paste made from glutinous rice and lime, dipped a wooden board in it, and smeared it on the edges of the cut stone bricks and carpets. Then, with the help of rats, they blocked it back into the ceiling above.

"Thank you all for watching. These colleagues have been teleported back to their distant hometowns. But don't worry, I will use this magical trick again to bring them back during the final performance of the banquet." Jenny said with a slightly trembling voice, "But the performance just now has used up a lot of my magic power, so next, please welcome our other companions to continue to present a wonderful performance for you."

Ye Xiao and Jenny bowed to everyone in the banquet hall to express their gratitude, announced the end of the performance, and then deliberately left the red cloth on the ground before gracefully leaving the stage amidst applause.

Not only Eileen, but even the saint sitting next to her in the audience looked slightly surprised.

As soon as Ye Xiao returned to the nearby rest area, the kitten immediately jumped onto his shoulder, saying, "I can't believe you came up with such a bizarre idea."

"It's the only way, and that guy seems to have his eye on me." Ye Xiao shrugged. "Next, I just hope they can successfully find the mother fish."

……

In the cellar.

Li Cheng led a group of Seven Stars Society members, dressed in the gear of the guards who had just been attacked by rats, to guard the entrance to the hidden elevator platform.

When the two guards who went down to check but found nothing came back up on the elevator, they saw a group of "teammates" blocking the door. Before they could understand what was going on, they were overwhelmed by a swarm of rats that rushed towards their faces.

The lifting platform is easy to start. A bright button is placed in the center of the floor. Stomp your foot on it, and the magic crystal, which powers the device, pulls the chain with a crisp sound.

As the platform descended, the light gradually dimmed, and only a faint rumbling sound remained all around.

The deep well seemed to lead straight to the earth's core, and the Seven Stars Society members standing on the platform had the illusion of sinking into an abyss.

[The unique hidden quest, Storm City, has been triggered]

[Mission Briefing: If a burning world is offered as a sacrifice to the heavens, will the proud gods lower their gaze?]

[Task Difficulty: Unknown]

[Quest Rewards: 40000 Gold, 40000 Universal Points, 2000 Stormharbor Reputation, 1000 Loren Reputation, 1000 Sanctuary Reputation, Unknown, Unknown]

After all this trouble, it seems even the system sensed the call and popped up a vague task panel at the right time.

After the elevator platform stopped after several jolts, Li Cheng and his companions looked at the dark tunnel in front of them and couldn't help but feel nervous.

After all this long and arduous journey, they are finally about to face their final enemy.

They carried the lanterns they had taken from the guards and slowly made their way along the dark passageway.

As the sound of rushing water came, a huge underground lake appeared before everyone at the end of the tunnel.

The underground lake was so large that it could almost encompass an entire floor of the main hall of Wind Chaser Fortress.

The expected enemy did not appear; instead, a small island was seen in the middle of the lake, with a circle of white candles erected on it.

On the stone bed surrounded by candles, a little girl lay quietly with her eyes closed, seemingly asleep.

[The Saintess's Dog 2: The "Exploration Team" arrives underground, but... they only find a lake and a little girl.]

The mother fish isn't here either?

Li Cheng was completely baffled, but he still cautiously walked to the edge of the lake.

Because rescuing the little girl was also part of the mission.

Although it's unclear why the other party went to such lengths to imprison the girl underground, going against their wishes is always the right thing to do.

But just as he was pondering this, a shadow slowly emerged from the water in the dark, deep lake in front of him.

Li Cheng seemed to sense something and lowered his head, his eyes meeting those of a distorted face covered in follicles that had surfaced above the water.

Before he could react, the fishman that burst out of the water grabbed his shoulders with both hands and yanked him into the lake, splashing water everywhere.

The next moment, countless merfolk burst forth from the dark lake like a stampeding herd of beasts, shrieking as they charged toward the Seven Stars Society.

……

At that very moment, outside Wind Chaser Fortress.

The prison next to the city wall in the northern district.

The guards, who were resting on the tower, noticed that crowds were beginning to gather on the nearby streets.

The citizens, dressed in simple clothes, gradually gathered into a huge crowd, slowly approaching the towering city walls and surrounding the prison completely.

"What are you doing?! What are you trying to do?!" The guards at the prison gate were somewhat flustered.

They tried to scare away the civilians with their halberds, but the civilians were like bewitched moths drawn by a lamp, stubbornly pushing forward despite the sharp weapons piercing their bodies, tearing the guards to shreds as they were overwhelmed by the crowd.

Inside the prison, a large number of believers who had been imprisoned for the riot were now kneeling down, just like devout believers facing their most revered deity.

In the center of their worship direction, a figure draped in a believer's black robe removed the hood from his head.

She revealed long, light blue hair and delicate, elfin ears; her sea-blue pupils swept across the crowd, like a god looking down upon His believers.

His thin lips parted slightly, and his cold voice echoed through the prison: "Be glad, my followers."

"The revelation you have been longing for will come at this moment."

Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Illusion of Ascension to Godhood

A deep rumble of thunder echoed through the sky.

The heavy, inky clouds, like towering mountains, pressed down on the city.

The continuous rain, carrying with it the rising flames and thick smoke, poured onto the streets that had been completely thrown into chaos.

Beverly Shelley, the former bishop who disappeared from the Oceanic Sanctuary, finally appeared on the top floor of the prison tower, surrounded by countless believers.

Countless Pisces followers prostrated themselves at the foot of the tower, the dense crowd stretching along the street, with the end of the crowd almost in sight.

She was once the bishop of the Ocean Sanctuary, but now she is a heretic who hates the goddess of the sea the most.

As two orphaned sisters who grew up in the Ocean Sanctuary, Beverly never understood why she and her sister looked different from the people around them.

The pointed ears indicated the special nature of their bloodline, but she had no memory of anything before going to the sanctuary.

No one ever told them where they came from.

Her exceptional talent in water magic made her a favorite, and it also made her increasingly devout to the goddess of the sea, believing that all of this was a gift from the goddess.

Naturally, at the age of eighteen, Beverly became the bishop of the Ocean Sanctuary in Storm Harbor, thanks to her exceptional talent and devout faith.

Everything looked so wonderful.

Until one night a year ago, the black-haired girl who called herself "Saintess" knocked on her bedroom door.

The other party brought a deep blue gemstone.

But within that gemstone lay a divine power that Beverly felt a sense of familiarity with.

It wasn't until that day that she realized that she and Vanessa had both been members of the ancient gods' retinue.

The deity whose name is now unknown has long since perished in the war of gods.

But this was not the end; their race went into exile for a thousand years in pursuit of the Holy Temple during the New Age of Gods.

It wasn't until twenty years ago that this remaining branch of the clan was completely wiped out by the expeditionary Ocean Sanctuary on an island in the Malaga Sea.

The women who were rescued were not the children blessed by the sea god, but rather remnants of the old gods.

It wasn't difficult to verify this. After touching the gem with the remaining divine power, the bloodline buried deep within Beverly's body was awakened, and the memories of her lineage were instantly revealed, making her understand the whole truth.

His position as bishop was nothing more than the arrogant sea god's pity for the captives.

But she doesn't need the pity of her genocideous enemies; what she wants is the destruction of them.

Even if the other party is a god who is high above.

Beverly gazed at the smoke-filled city, and her long-suppressed emotions finally surged with excitement.

“My believers, the time of revelation has come.”

“Offer your bodies as a sacrifice to me, and your souls will ascend to godhood with me.”

"From this day forward, you will no longer be the oppressed underclass of those favored by God."

"Your expectations will be met."

"You will be my people!"

A torrential downpour fell on the massive magic circle that appeared at the base of the prison tower, and the believers prostrate on the ground were gradually pulled into illusory figures with faces filled with pain.

It was as if azure mist was drifting out from these phantoms, gradually gathering above the towering tower.

Beverly felt the magical power constantly gathering from the hundreds of thousands of believers beneath her feet, and the power surging through her body made her feel stronger than ever before.

Only gods can fight against gods.

Therefore, she will ascend to godhood at the cost of the city's millions of inhabitants, and then take revenge on the arrogant sea god.

As she watched the clouds swirling in the vast sky, forming a black vortex, azure magic gathered in the air in front of her, like a semi-transparent staircase leading from the top of the tower to the vortex in the sky.