The Villain Saint is my secondary account

The last hunter wandering in the jungle could not escape the encirclement. After several maneuvers, he was finally beheaded by Xia Lian with a single sword stroke.

"How was it, little mage? Was my sword fast enough?" As the countdown ended, Xia Lian began to tease Ella, who was wrapped in a cloak.

"Hmph, not bad." Since she had won, Ella was too lazy to argue with her opponent.

"Oh, you're quite the tsundere," the red-haired girl said, running up to hug Ella again. But Ella, who had anticipated this, jumped away and pulled her away. She licked her lips and said, "Oh, why are you so shy? Just accept my friend request."

"No more!" Ella quickly ran away from the crazed woman, finally managing to safely stall until the countdown ended.

I'm speechless. The battle is over and it's still this dangerous!

Instead of returning directly from the arena, Ella immediately started her next match.

The system will add or subtract points based on the outcome of each battle and Ella's performance, so the more victories you have, the higher your rank points will be.

Taking advantage of the time she had, Ella decided to quickly rack up more points in the arena.

Chapter 8 Investigation of the Missing Persons

Ella then easily embarked on a winning streak.

For more than twenty consecutive matches, the players were driven to flee in terror by the tiny mage wearing a fox mask and wielding her staff. She didn't even use any evil god magic; she was simply too skilled in combat and her magical and swordsmanship prowess to withstand.

The unfortunate players racked their brains but couldn't understand what kind of starting build this mage was, who was not only agile but also as strong as a gorilla, and whose staff could be used as a mace to smash people's heads open.

A small number of stronger players also know that this guy not only swings his staff fiercely, but is even more terrifying when he occasionally draws his sword.

It's like a dump truck among mages.

During this process, Ella encountered many powerful players who were famous in her previous life, but their level of skill at this time was just so-so.

After all, it's only been a week, and even the most talented and lucky players haven't been playing for very long.

Without any surprises, Ella's player rank skyrocketed to the "top" level.

Further heroes and legendaries require accumulating points to advance. Although the overall ranking depends on relative ranking, there is still a fixed threshold for these two ranks.

After the 23rd match, Ella thought for a moment and decided to call it a day.

She yawned slightly, intending to take a nap first.

In fact, she had noticed before that Ella's body wouldn't get very sleepy as long as she wasn't in class or sleeping, and she wouldn't experience excessive hunger or thirst even if she didn't eat or drink. However, as time went on, the tentacles inside her body would become more and more restless. Therefore, just in case, she still had to continue with her human habits.

However, as Ella drifted off to sleep, she was unaware that her reputation as a fierce mage was quietly spreading on the forums.

……

The next day, when the sun was high in the sky, the sky was clear and blue.

The streets were bustling with traffic and people, and the members of Li Cheng's team, who had been drinking all night, finally managed to gather in the guild hall one after another.

Li Cheng yawned and scratched his messy hair, looking at the guild formation application form in his hand with some worry.

"What are you hesitating about?" Ye Xiao leaned closer and found that the watch was still blank.

"What should we call our player guild?" Li Cheng asked.

"Just pick any one..."

"I wanted to call it 'Saintess Supporters Club,' but my little brother said he'd kill me if I used that name."

"If you dare to use that name, I'll chop you up too." Ye Xiao knew he shouldn't have had too much hope for this guy's taste.

"Hmph, if we don't use this name, someone else will register it sooner or later."

"Who would want such a stupid name?!"

However, on the other hand, establishing a guild is indeed very important. In addition to receiving subsidies as an organization officially recognized by Loren, the system will also grant access to guild functions.

Recalling the name of their player guild in their previous life, Ye Xiao suggested, "How about calling it 'Seven Stars Guild'?"

"The Seven Luminaries Society?" Li Cheng stroked his chin. "Did you come up with that name? It sounds really stupid. Does it even have any real meaning?"

"You got that damn thing yourself!" Ye Xiao wanted to curse out loud.

"How about the Holy Maiden providing support..." Li Cheng said, frowning.

“‘Seven Stars Guild’ is a good name, let’s go with that!” a team member said hurriedly. “I also adore the Saintess, but the name Seven Stars Guild sounds more like an adventurer’s guild.”

The surrounding members quickly echoed, saying that if the captain really made the decision, he would probably be killed every time he introduced himself on a mission.

"Sigh, fine then." Li Cheng filled in the guild name on the form with a sense of disappointment.

You have become a member of the guild "Seven Stars Guild"

After the guild was established, Ye Xiao also received a notification from the system in a timely manner.

Their adventure officially began from this moment on.

Ye Xiao couldn't help but feel a little wistful, wondering how far their journey would go this time.

……

Since it was almost noon, the guild members ate something quick and then went off to do their respective tasks outside the city.

As the number of players appearing in the Valond region increased, most of the natives had become accustomed to these strangely dressed outsiders.

The investigation commissioned by the Holy Maiden targets the poor settlements outside the imperial city.

These settlements originated from refugees who had wandered to the area from certain regions. Lacking royal status and sufficient wealth to settle within the city, they were forced to reside outside the city.

Over time, a large, impoverished residential area gradually formed around the city walls.

Based on the list of locations provided by Ella, Ye Xiaoli and his group traveled through a dense cluster of buildings that stretched along the hilly terrain. Most of the buildings along the way were low brick and tile structures with colorful canvases hanging from them, casting irregular shadows under the autumn sun.

Children dressed in coarse linen clothes played barefoot in the streets, and women in simple clothes sat by the river washing clothes and humming songs. Most of the young and strong people had gone to work in the city or were hunting in the nearby forest. Occasionally, one could see an old man lying on a brick bed smoking a long pipe in a windowless room.

"Prosperity and poverty are separated by a city wall." Li Cheng walked slowly along the street with some emotion. He also had a pumpkin-shaped helmet on his back. If Ye Xiao didn't know that the thing was a helmet, he probably would have thought that Li Cheng had an extra tortoise shell.

Since it was just an investigation mission, only he, Ye Xiao, and two guild members came to this settlement.

"You actually know how to be sentimental," Ye Xiao chuckled. "But I've never seen your artistic side reflected in your Chinese exams."

"If I hadn't transmigrated here, my Chinese exam score would definitely have been the highest in the entire district, okay?"

"You're just spouting nonsense, exaggerating results you can't verify."

"Hmph, who knows?" Li Cheng walked on, stopping in front of a dark-skinned little girl holding a dirty ball. "Little sister, do you know where Mr. Abbott Phil lives?"

The little girl looked up, stared blankly at Li Cheng, then made a face, "Oh."

"Tsk, this little brat." Li Cheng wasn't exactly angry, just a bit annoyed.

Ye Xiao patted Li Cheng on the shoulder, took out a small cake wrapped in parchment paper from his pocket, and stuffed it into the girl's hand. "I have half a cake left. If you tell us, I'll give you the other half too."

The little girl took the cake and immediately stuffed it into her pocket, then pointed to the dilapidated house behind her without saying a word.

"Uh, right in front of me?" Li Cheng was somewhat speechless.

Ye Xiao smiled, then took out a small cake from his clothes and handed it to the girl. After taking the cake, the girl hugged the ball and ran away without looking back.

"You were prepared a long time ago, weren't you?" Li Cheng exclaimed in amazement as he watched Ye Xiao's actions.

"Just a little experience." Ye Xiao didn't explain further and went up to knock on the door of the dilapidated house.

Chapter Nine: The Pursuit

There was no response from the dilapidated brick house; all was silent.

"Nobody here?" Ye Xiao gently pushed the flimsy wooden door, only to find it locked.

"Captain, look over here," a teammate suddenly whispered.

Li Cheng and Ye Xiao arrived at the location indicated by the team member and saw a broken window. Through the dusty glass, they could see that the house was in a mess.

Clothes and miscellaneous items were piled up on the floor, and the simple wooden cabinets and tables and chairs were overturned, as if they had been ransacked.

Ye Xiao and Li Cheng couldn't help but look at each other in bewilderment.

The team member placed his hand on the window and then looked at Li Cheng.

Li Cheng pondered for a moment and nodded slightly.

The team members then gently pulled the glass window, and the rusty hinges turned with a grating sound.

"I'll go in first," Li Cheng said, then looked at Ye Xiao and the two team members: "Brother Ye, Xiao Deng, you two wait for me at the front gate. Lao Hu, you keep watch by that wall. If anyone comes, let us know."

"Does this count as trespassing?" Team member Lao Hu finally couldn't help but ask.

“Look at how badly this guy’s house has been ransacked,” Li Cheng said, clinging to the windowsill. “We might be the only ones breaking into his house to do something good.”

Old Hu shrugged. "Fine, adventurers just like to rummage around in other people's homes."

With a loud clang, the front door was slowly opened after Li Cheng exclaimed in surprise.

Ye Xiao walked in and saw some broken ceramic bowls on the ground next to him. He looked at Li Cheng speechlessly.

Li Cheng scratched his head. "There's no way around it. It's dark and cramped, so it's really hard to notice anything."

However, just as Li Cheng said, the room was unusually dark. Apart from a ray of light shining in from the window and onto the floor, the rest of the room was pitch black.

Ye Xiao went into the room and looked around. He found that only the window that had been there let in light. The other small windows were all boarded up, and heavy curtains were hung on the walls near the inside of the room.

"What kind of layout is this? Is this guy trying to fight off zombies?" Li Cheng couldn't help but complain.

"Maybe." Looking at the rough cloth curtain that could almost cover an entire wall, Ye Xiao pinched its edge and gently pulled it.

Behind the curtain was a cracked wall, with large patches of plaster peeling off to reveal bricks of varying colors underneath.

The crack was about an arm's length long, but very deep. It was pitch black inside and seemed to have another layer of space, looking like an open mouth.

“I was wondering why this house felt smaller inside than it looked from the outside. I was even thinking that maybe other worlds also have shared areas.” Li Cheng walked over and looked at the crack. “Why don’t I stick my hand in and see what’s inside?”

"Let me do it. Your arm armor is too thick; you might get stuck." Ye Xiao moved his wrist and reached his hand into the crack.

With half of his arm submerged in the crevice, Ye Xiao felt as if his hand had reached into a bottomless abyss.

Feeling around in such a dark environment without any visibility can always make one feel a little nervous.

After some groping, he vaguely felt that his fingertips had touched something soft, like an air cushion.

Is there anything inside?

"It feels like I touched something... but I don't know what it is..." Ye Xiao looked confused.

"Captain, there seems to be something over here too." Team member Xiao Deng suddenly spoke up. Li Cheng looked over and saw several bricks with their surfaces clearly wiped clean of dust, visible under another curtain.

Li Cheng stepped forward and pressed his hand on each of the different bricks. "Has anyone moved these bricks?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the brick that had been pressed suddenly retracted into the wall, accompanied by a slight noise. The wall where Ye Xiao had put his hand in suddenly trembled.

Ye Xiao quickly pulled her hand away, only to see the brick wall slowly shifting to one side.

"Good heavens, this mechanism is probably worth more than this dilapidated house." Ye Xiao complained irritably after almost getting his hand caught.

"Haha, it's got that vibe." Li Cheng looked at the eerie, dark space revealed after the wall opened and took the lead, walking inside.

In that instant, Ye Xiao suddenly sensed a flow of magical energy around him.

"Something's wrong, get out!!" He immediately grabbed Li Cheng's shoulder, but it was too late.

The next second, a blinding golden light suddenly filled everyone's vision, and a powerful shockwave broke through the thick brick wall, sending Ye Xiao flying.

Rubble and dust drifted in the enclosed space. Ye Xiao coughed and waved his arms to disperse the smoke and dust. In the hazy light, he could only see Li Cheng sitting in the corner struggling, his body seemingly bound by chains that emitted golden light.

"Li Cheng!?" Ye Xiao rushed forward, only to hear his good brother shout, "I'm fine! Stop him!!"

Ye Xiao immediately turned his head and just happened to see a figure wrapped in a black robe crash through the window and flip out, making a crisp sound.

"Damn..."

Ye Xiao calmed himself down and first assessed Li Cheng's condition. Once he was sure that Li Cheng was only entangled by golden magic and was not in danger, Ye Xiao immediately turned around and jumped out of the window as well.

As soon as Ye Xiao stepped out of the window, a flash of golden light appeared and a huge figure suddenly flew towards him. Ye Xiao quickly dodged to the side and realized that it was Lao Hu, the team member who was responsible for guarding outside.

Old Hu crashed into the wall by the window and fell to the ground, but he quickly grabbed the windowsill and staggered to his feet, clutching the blood on his head and muttering, "Damn, that guy was fierce..."

Being able to swear shouldn't be a big problem, so Ye Xiao didn't pause and continued chasing the dark figure that turned into the alley ahead.

Ye Xiao was all too familiar with those golden lights; they were undoubtedly holy light spells.

Although he wasn't as familiar with judging spell levels as he was with swordsmanship, Ye Xiao could still tell that the spells he had just used were quite powerful, at least far stronger than his fireball.

However, he also realized that the other party was not going all out. After all, the opponent was prepared to catch him off guard. If the purpose of that kind of magic was to kill, it would not be a simple release of holy light chains and shockwaves. A direct strike of the Sword of Judgment would definitely kill Li Cheng.