Just became an evil god and was summoned by the saint.

Chapter 20: The "Wait and See" Party Never Suffers a Loss

Celia was watching the puppet intently.

Just now, Ross told her a guess.

At this moment, that conjecture is underway.

She didn't wait long before she saw the puppet's neck move slightly, and then it looked around.

The puppet opened its mouth, but nothing came out.

A voice from Ross echoed in Celia's mind, "You forgot to add a sound-producing component to the puppet."

Celia blinked shyly, "I never expected you could get inside the puppet and control it."

Except for puppets with special functions, ordinary puppets do not have additional sound-producing components.

The puppet does not need to chant incantations to release magic; it only needs the puppet's heart to control the magic input from the controller to circulate within the body once to release the magic.

Even if they can make a sound, they can only utter a few simple syllables at most to increase their momentum.

Celia certainly wouldn't add any more vocal components, because before she did, she hadn't considered that Ross could enter the puppet and control it in her place.

Or rather, using the puppet as one's own body.

Ross manipulated the puppet to move it slightly, then frowned. "This body is so weak; it feels like it would fall apart if I moved it even a little."

Celia exclaimed in horror, "Lord Ross, please don't break it apart! We don't have the money to make another one!"

"You'll get it after participating in another flight competition."

"no, do not want."

Ross carefully sensed the strength of the puppet's body and found that the basic materials provided by the school could only barely produce first-tier spells. This was only because of the fragments of the water godhood. He originally thought that the fragments of the water godhood were common, but who knew that the other materials were even more common than common.

Only water-based spells are somewhat effective.

"Being able to use only first-tier spells is a bit of a stretch."

"It's alright, I've only just become a first-tier mage."

"If you're still a first-tier mage by the end of the semester, well, during the annual exams, then it's my fault."

"Second tier... it's not that easy to advance to the second tier." Celia thought of the proportion of second-tier mages in the school.

There are very few first-tier mages in the first year. Most people can only become first-tier mages after studying for about half a year.

The minimum requirement for a student's annual assessment is to become a first-tier mage.

For prospective saintesses, there is no requirement to become a second-tier mage, but they must possess combat strength comparable to a second-tier mage.

The number of second-tier mages is largest only in the third year. Only a small number of people can advance to the next tier in the first year, but at most in the third, fourth and fifth years. In these last two years, the graduation requirement is only to become a third-tier mage.

Successfully reaching the fourth level is considered a watershed moment, making one an exceptionally outstanding graduate who can directly stay on as a faculty member.

If you don't stay at the university, you can go to the Holy See and become a bishop.

If it weren't for the selection of the preparatory saintess, Celia felt that her goal would probably be to become a bishop or priest.

She didn't think her talent and ability would allow her to become a second-tier mage by the end of the semester; she would be satisfied if she could advance to the second tier in her second year.

Ross said he would help her become a second-tier mage before the end of the semester...

Celia suddenly remembered something—

The contract with the evil god was to create a magical puppet that could participate in the test. Now that the puppet has been made, the contract has ended, right?
Celia looked at the puppet in front of her.

The puppet was not under her control at this moment, and ignored any commands she gave it.

Because Ross was testing the puppet's various performance characteristics. Celia wanted to ask if the contract had ended, but didn't dare bring it up.

She remembered that if the Holy Court's blessing ceremony truly summoned a deity, the connection between the two would be severed once the deity fulfilled the wish.

The fact that it hasn't broken means the contract isn't complete yet.

Celia didn't know what the contract was like on the side of the evil god, unlike that of other gods.

She didn't dare ask.

Never mind, I'll ask again later!

The girl thought.

Seeing that Ross seemed to be testing the limits of the puppet, Celia felt that there was no point in just watching, so she went to learn Holy Word Magic.

After a long while, Ross finally stopped testing the puppet.

"In general, it can walk and run, but its combat ability is not strong. If it really needs to fight, it cannot easily use magic, otherwise the material will quickly overload and become unusable."

"If I were to fight with this body, I would probably have to rely on my mental strength to analyze my opponent's actions and then engage in close combat."

Celia sensed the puppet approaching and looked up. "Mr. Ross, is the test finished?"

Ross nodded: "Alright, this puppet can't use magic indiscriminately. It can only use a maximum of five spells; continuing will lead to paralysis. The suitable fighting style is melee combat."

"But close combat is limited by materials and is not that strong, so we need to improve the performance of materials."

Celia nodded emphatically: "I will! However, all the materials for the puppet are very expensive, so I'd like to use this one for now and buy a new one when I earn more money later..."

Strengthening the puppet is definitely the most important thing; the puppet's improvement must keep up with the mage's improvement.

Of course, you can also simply replace it with a different puppet.

There's also a way to save money: just get any magic puppet to make do and use it to boost your status. Then, when you've advanced to a higher rank and feel hopeless about advancing further, you can create a custom-made magic puppet.

It's like when you were young you wanted to build a 1080 PC, but you didn't have the money and computers were becoming outdated too quickly, so you just got a cheap PC to get by, and then you'd get a 4090 when you had the money...

That was Celia's idea: get one and use it as is for now, and then consider getting a new one once she's earned more money and leveled up.

Instead of using one for each grade, it's better to wait until the third or fourth grade before switching.

The artificial puppet heart will definitely perform better by then.

Waiting is never a bad thing.

Ross rolled his eyes at her idea, "Adding... the Puppet Heart will greatly improve your abilities, so I don't recommend skipping stages."

“Saving resources in the early stages is not beneficial for improvement. You should let the puppet improve along with you. Although the puppet heart of this puppet is just an ordinary water element, it is still a very precious thing. Perhaps for others, it should be replaced after the second or third stage, but that is because the technology of extraction is not mature. Let me do it. This puppet heart can be used until at least the sixth stage.”

"Sixth rank?" Celia blinked. "In the entire Holy Magic Academy, only the headmaster is a sixth-rank mage... Can this ordinary Puppet Heart really be used until then?"

"of course."

Although it's just the divine status of a lower-level god, it's still a divine status, easily reaching the human limit—the sixth rank.

As long as you know how to use it.

Ross was confident that he could improve the bridging device of the Puppet Heart, allowing the Divine Fragment to perform at 100% capacity.

Do you remember what Austin told you?

"fishing?"

"Yes, there are a lot of good things in the woods of your school. Go and get some of them to strengthen your magic puppets."

(End of this chapter)