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

Chapter 3 Radiant City

This operation resulted in the arrest of 5 heretics and 12 believers. The 12 believers have been handed over to the church in Silverfrost Town. They only took the heretics with them and boarded the patrol vehicle bound for Ember City, where the Holy Court and the Holy Magic Academy are located.

Along the way, Ross became very interested in this world that had transformed from virtual to real, and Celia acted as his guide, introducing him to all sorts of things. Ross, in turn, shared some of the 'secrets' of those things with her.

As the surrounding desolate villages were gradually replaced by bustling towns, Celia happily introduced the city to Ross, saying, "We've arrived at Shining City. This city is the center of the Holy Court, and legend has it that it was built on the ashes of an evil god's corpse..."

Celia's explanation suddenly stopped.

Oops, I accidentally said too much.

She quickly looked at Ross's expression.

Ross asked, "Which evil god?"

"……you."

"I'm not dead yet, so where would the ashes come from? Even if I were dead, I couldn't possibly be on Starfall Continent. I remember I went to the God Realm specifically to fight the twelve main gods one-on-one. If there really are evil god ashes, then they must be from other evil gods." Ross was somewhat puzzled.

Dude, you old fogies, you even want to change this?
"The only one who can be called an evil god is Ross... you, sir. Everyone else is either a follower of an evil god or a demon."

Celia noticed that Ross seemed somewhat bewildered and stunned by her 'death' in Shining City.

Is it possible that everything in history books is wrong?
"Those old guys actually managed to come up with more evil gods to lower the prestige of evil gods." Ross clicked his tongue in amazement, not noticing the change in Celia's mentality.

The style of Shining City fits the fantasy setting, with most of the buildings having pointed roofs. The adhesive between the building materials is not cement, but an adhesive mixed with magical materials. It serves the same purpose as cement, supporting the construction of tall buildings. However, the tallest building in Shining City is only twenty or thirty meters high, and there are no skyscrapers.

"Tell me in detail about the background of this City of Radiant Ashes, and I'll see just how outrageous it can be."

Celia looked out the window at the bustling streets and softly recited, "A thousand years ago, the gods and the evil gods..."

Celia looked at Ross.
“It’s alright, the evil god in the story isn’t me, go ahead.”

"The gods and evil gods fought a great battle for three springs, summers, autumns, and winters. Mountains were leveled, rivers dried up, the earth cracked, and storms raged..."

"It did take quite a while... Wait, you're saying my fight with the twelve Olympian gods happened a thousand years ago?"

Celia nodded.

Ross frowned slightly, lost in thought. After a long while, seeing that Celia did not continue, he gestured for her to continue.

"...In the end, the gods used lightning to burn the evil god's body to ashes, scattering them across the battlefield, while his soul was sealed in an endless abyss. This battlefield of the gods became known as the Wasteland, a wasteland filled with an unpurifiable filth that spread throughout the world."

"Only after the calamity was resolved did the gods notice this additional filth. In order to resolve the filth and prevent the resurrection of evil gods, the gods built a city here as the headquarters of the new Holy Court, named Shining City."

After Celia finished speaking, she carefully observed Ross and found that he did not show any bad expression. On the contrary, he seemed to be listening to a story, while also observing the huge city.

It seems... the 'evil god' in the story really has nothing to do with the evil god in front of me.

The story was too absurd for him, so he kept looking at the scenery outside.

No! Could he be studying the defenses of Shining City? If I attack Shining City to reclaim his body, wouldn't I... become a sinner?!
Celia's heart tightened.

"I'm not that bored. My body is perfectly fine. I'm just surprised by the time span. What are you, a first-tier mage, worrying about in a city defense battle? You should focus on your cultivation." Ross shook his head. "The background of this city is too fake. Just like the errors I pointed out before, the background story of this city has been BBC-ized. I really don't know what these gods are trying to do. Do they really not want human civilization to develop?"

History has been rewritten, but time should not be... Does that mean I've been sealed away by the gods for a thousand years?
After being sealed, Ross could not feel the passage of time, but only felt himself becoming more and more familiar with his own power, and then allowed the power that had reached its limit to continue to grow slowly.

For him, the time from being sealed to being summoned was both very long and very short. It was as if he had only sensed the faint summoning after millions of years, or as if he had just transmigrated and become an evil god, only to be summoned by Celia the next moment.

This thousand years seemed to have been skipped over until it reached Celia's mind, at which point the stagnant time began to turn again.

Let's just say he was summoned right after becoming an evil god.

Seeing that Celia still looked doubtful, Ross thought that breaking the seal might depend on her, so he said, "Do you know why I am called an evil god, and why the gods only gave me this title?"

Celia shook her head.

"I stripped them of their faith on Starfall Continent, turning countless people into abelievers and weakening their power. To them, I am the most evil being."

The inevitable path for most Starfall players is to modify myths and legends or spread the idea of ​​no faith in order to reduce the number of believers of the gods and permanently weaken them before fighting the boss. Except for a few players who challenge high difficulty, most players will do the task of weakening faith before fighting the boss to reduce the difficulty of the boss.

In the game, it's just a "20% reduction in all attributes," but for Celia, it's a battle of faith among the gods.

"Are you turning the followers of the gods into heretics?"

"No, I don't need the power of faith. I can directly make everyone stop believing in gods. That's why, after I became a god, the gods called me an evil god."

"Oh……"

Clearly, these things were a bit unbelievable to Celia, and she was somewhat bewildered by what she heard.

She didn't understand the conflict of faith between gods; she only knew that Ross seemed to have done something that angered all the gods, which was why he was labeled an evil god.

There was only one thing she could tell: the evil god named Ross was not as chaotic and evil as described in the book; on the contrary... he was just a god who had lost a battle.

Like those ancient gods who faded into obscurity in lost eras.

However, only Ross was given the title of evil god.

Well, even if he is evil and everything he says is just seductive rhetoric, it's not something a mere first-tier mage like myself can handle.

As Celia's psychological burden gradually eased, she began to think about another problem—

Before returning to school, they needed to hand over the heretics to the jury within the Holy See.

As an evil god, can Ross go to the Holy Court?

That place is the temple of the gods!

(End of this chapter)