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

Chapter 46 The Girl Giving Money
"Miss Doris, are you alright? Shall we continue?"

Seeing that Doris the puppet hadn't made any further moves after being kicked away, a confident Celia couldn't help but remind her.

She had already projected confidence: "The free training time isn't over yet, hurry up and get the puppet up."

"you……"

Doris glared angrily at Celia.

Originally, he wanted to show Celia what the difference in their abilities was, but now, he's shattered his own spirit.

My mind is in turmoil; I can only continue fighting by letting the puppet do as it pleases.

A puppet that can play freely can defeat a sorcerer, but it cannot defeat a puppet of the same level that has a sorcerer's assistance, and will also lose.

"Since you want to continue, then continue."

Doris's puppet stood up again, its longsword flipped and burst into flames, and traces of wind appeared around it, the flames rising two meters high as the wind blew!

Then, the puppet rushed towards Celia's puppet at twice the speed before. This speed exceeded the limit of Celia's Mage Hand lock, and she had no time to react to Doris's puppet's attack.

Fortunately, just as the sword tip was about to pierce the body of the Celia puppet, Doris reacted and quickly made the puppet turn the longsword around, turning the tip into the hilt, and strike the Celia puppet.

boom!
Without any resistance, Celia's puppet was sent flying backward, its armor completely shattered.

Although it wasn't completely scrapped, it was beyond repair.

"Hmph, you think playing around with me shows you my true strength?"

Doris stormed out, stopping as she passed Celia. "I'll pay for your puppet."

"Thank you, take care." Celia didn't seem to mind, and instead waved to Doris.

Her attitude made Doris even more depressed.

I completely crushed Celia's puppet, so why am I not happy at all? Damn it!
Celia went over to check the puppet's condition and was thinking about how to repair it when Abros's voice came from the side: "Your puppet's materials are too poor, there's no need to repair it. Put away the important parts, make a damage list and give it to Doris, and have her compensate you with one."

Celia looked up and quickly stood up: "Professor Abros."

"Keep the Puppet Heart and the Spell Core safe. The Arcane Forge... it's the school's standard forge, forget about it. This spine is made of decent material, keep it safe. Make a list of the other parts," Abros said with a smile.

Celia was slightly taken aback, feeling that what Abros was saying was a bit out of character, but she still nodded: "Thank you. By the way, Professor Abros, I had some questions during my sparring session just now. Could you help me answer them?"

"of course can."

……

That evening, Doris delivered all the materials to Celia's dormitory according to the list she had given her.

There is also a 1 gold coin compensation, as rune compensation—Chilia requested that these materials not be pre-stamped with runes.

Celia's smile never stopped as she looked at these materials.

"It's decided, from now on, she'll be called Doris the Money-Giving Girl!"

With Ross's guidance and assistance, Celia worked herself to the bone all night.

Because the materials Doris provided were much better than those from the school, they couldn't carve all the runes in one night, only one-fifth of them.

"Are these materials mixed with mithril the same materials used for Doris's puppets? They're so hard to carve."

"No, these materials are not as good as the materials used in her magic puppet, but they are enough for you."

“Hmm…” Celia recalled the overwhelming power of Doris’s puppet’s magic that afternoon, and couldn’t help but mutter, “Is the difference really that big? It felt even more powerful than High Priest Dylan.”

Ross smiled faintly: "If you faced that high priest directly, you wouldn't have said such a thing. Besides, that high priest's puppet uses an artificial puppet heart, which is far weaker than a natural puppet heart."

Even with all its might, an artificially created deity cannot match a single natural deity.

"The Heart of a Natural Puppet amplifies magic very strongly. Doris only used basic fire enchantment to create such power, even surpassing the power of a second-tier spell used by a sorcerer," Ross couldn't help but marvel.

It's no wonder that the world is focusing so much on developing puppet technology while neglecting its own spiritual cultivation.

Even the most talented sorcerer's fireball spell cannot compare to the "Divine Fireball" spell enhanced by divine power.

The advancement of sorcerers and the replacement of materials are all in service of better aligning with divine status.

"Why don't I feel any improvement at all?" Celia looked at the Puppet Heart.

"You don't actually think that just because you're a first-tier mage, you can freely shape the Mage's Hand and turn it into a mental probe to lock onto a target, do you?" Ross chuckled.

"Isn't it possible?"

Celia tried it on the spot, and finally finished by turning her mage's hand into a mage's staff, which greatly depleted her mental energy.

"Okay, that won't work."

……

Over the next few days and the weekend, Celia spent all her time, apart from attending classes, making new magical puppets.

Doris's puppet ignited a strong desire in her to catch up, and she finally became more diligent.

However, progress was still slow, and the brand-new puppet was not completed until Sunday.

Except for the Puppet Heart, the Spell Core, and the Spine, all other parts were replaced.

The brand-new puppet, Celia, was designed with Ross's image in mind, and it bears a striking resemblance.

Seeing this, Ross couldn't help but laugh and said, "Aren't you afraid that if you make a puppet in my image, the heretics will find out and think you're a heretic?"

“No.” Celia chuckled. “Whether it’s the Holy Court or a heretic, the image of the evil god Ross recorded is different from yours.”

Ross thought about it and agreed.

The twelve main gods went to great lengths to seal him away, and they certainly wouldn't allow him to break through using external forces. His portrait has probably long been buried in the dust of history.

All later portraits are based on imagination using erroneous written descriptions.

After the puppet was completed, Celia immediately went to the library and applied to the school for the magical memory crystals she needed to transfer them into the puppet's spell core.

The school's memory crystals are not free; the starting price is 10 gold coins, and the price varies depending on the rarity and tier.

However, since Celia is a prospective saintess, she doesn't need to pay yet; she can pay later when she has the money, or she can get it for free after becoming a saintess.

"There are three spells in total: Slowing Water, Ice Wall, and Ice Blade Impact. These provide slowing, defense, and area-of-effect attacks. Combined with the lock-on effect of Mage's Hand, and the Ice Spike and Holy Word spells I've learned, I should be able to put up a fight."

"The Mage's Hand is the core skill; using it merely as a bullet time is a waste of its potential," Ross said.

Is it really the core?

Celia expressed skepticism about this magic that only allowed her to steal other people's things.

Ross didn't speak, but simply controlled the puppet to use the Mage's Hand, aiming it at a piece of metal plate that had been cut off and mixed with mithril.

bass!
The mithril metal, which had been poked with a chisel for a long time without being able to make a hole, was immediately pierced with a hole, just like it had been pierced by a bullet.

"See that? Once you've fully mastered the Mage's Hand, it can help you open the lid on your enemy's forehead."

Celia stared at the hole she had punched, remaining silent for a long time before whispering, "It's so useful... why didn't you use it to drill holes in metal earlier?"

Ross: "?"

(End of this chapter)