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

Chapter 50: Lost in learning

The ceremony hall.

It's very spacious here, like a cathedral, capable of accommodating hundreds of people praying at the same time.

Celia followed Eric here and saw countless people kneeling on the ground, facing forward, chanting incantations. Each person chanted something different, as if they were improvising.

Although each person's voice is very soft, when they come together, they create a buzzing sound like bees, making one dizzy and disoriented.

"You can pray anywhere, for at least four hours. All you need to do is offer everything you have to the gods, and you can think of whatever you want."

After saying that, Eric ignored Celia, found a spot, knelt down, and began to pray.

Celia looked around and roughly estimated that there were about forty people here. Each of them had magical energy fluctuations, but most of them were very weak and the magical energy fluctuations were heavily polluted.

Celia would never do something like praying.

She took in everyone's location and the surrounding situation, carefully noting it down.

Then, she looked at the front of the crowd of people praying.

There was a high platform there, and something seemed to be placed on it.

Around the platform stood several heretics of a higher rank than ordinary heretics; according to the hierarchy, they should be considered 'sardines'.
Instead of praying, they faced the believers, their eyes scanning back and forth.

"There must be something good up there, probably an important item related to the summoning ritual," Celia thought.

There were people watching, and it was clear that standing there like an idiot wasn't going to work; it wouldn't be long before they noticed him.

"Should I make the first move?" the girl wondered.

She wanted to take direct action, but without the puppet, she wasn't sure she could defeat those 'sardines'.

Each of those 'sardines' had its own puppet standing next to it.

Moreover, these believers here, though weak, are still first-tier mages; so many of them spitting at them could drown them...

"Trying to desert your post?"

A voice came from her heart, and Celia's heart slowly calmed down.

Ross is here.

The girl looked up and saw that the puppet controlled by Ross had silently appeared in the ritual hall, completely unnoticed by the 'sardines' around the platform.

"I've been waiting for you, Mr. Ross."

Ross chuckled. "I'll distract these people. You go and get what's on the platform. If I'm not mistaken, it's a Siren's Eye. Once you've got it, we can leave."

"Aren't we just going to wipe out the entire stronghold?" Celia asked, both nervous and excited.

"If you can kill them all, I have no objection."

"I definitely can't, but can't you either?"

"Do you want to experience someone controlling your body, helping you with your spiritual practice, exercising for you, feeding you, and living in your place?"

Celia shuddered. "No, I don't want to. Well, I'm ready, Mr. Ross, please begin!"

"Ah."

A dark blue ice wall appeared in front of the puppet, and an invisible mage's hand grabbed it and slammed it hard into the 'sardine' in front of it.

Celia, who was poised to strike, was dumbfounded.

Can ice walls be used like this?

But what shocked her even more was yet to come.

The ice wall appeared suddenly, catching the sardines off guard, and they hurriedly used the magic puppet to block it.

When the ice wall touched the puppet, it shattered into countless fragments.

Then, these fragments transformed into ice blades, which shot out in all directions!

This is--

Ice Blade Impact!

The highest damage area-of-effect ice spell of the first tier.

The downside is that it can only be used at close range, has a limited range, and can only be used for defense and counter-attack.

But now, Ross has shattered this preconceived notion. Ross applied the ice blade impact to the ice wall, using it as a protective target. The shattering of the ice wall directly triggered the ice blade impact, sending it flying in all directions.

The sardines had clearly never seen such a bizarre move before and were completely unable to defend against it; their puppets could only rely on their own defense to resist.

One wave of attacks left all the puppets injured.

Even worse off were the believers in the front rows. They had no idea that someone would make a move in the ritual hall and were completely unprepared. When the ice wall shattered and they looked up, they were met with a devastating attack...

"See that? This is one of the wonderful uses of the Mage's Hand. It can combine one spell into another to form a combination that is stronger than a normal combo. Using it to lock onto an enemy is a great use of its power."

Celia nodded, indicating that she had learned something.

He then quickly ran towards the high platform.

The sudden attack and the screams of the wounded threw the place into chaos.

Most people, like startled rabbits, ran towards the door, completely disregarding whether they would trample on others.

The sardines had no time to pay attention to them; they all saw the glowing puppet (Ross) slowly walking towards them.

The glow was meant to attract their attention, giving Celia a chance to obtain the Eye of the Siren—in fact, even if she didn't steal it, Ross could easily get it by dealing with these people.

But at least let this girl feel a little involved, right?

Just like playing a game, when a player gets help from a powerful player, the game designers will also make the player do things that seem very important, such as the powerful player restraining the enemy boss and making the player run errands to get items, even if the player's role is dispensable.

Throughout the entire ordeal, Ross never used any spells that Celia didn't know; he only used a few basic spell combinations. Even so, when faced with the sardines' siege, he was still able to overpower them all.

Even Celia, who rushed towards the high platform amidst the chaos, kept glancing over, astonished by Ross's combination of spells.

"Stop looking at it, get back to your work," Ross's voice came through. "You can reflect on it more carefully when you get back."

"Okay!"

Celia transformed into a gust of wind and rushed to the high platform.

Just like in a game where a mini-boss always appears to block a player's way of getting something, when Celia arrived at the high platform, she was blocked by a sardine.

When he saw Celia running up to him, he grinned maliciously: "I knew it. The master of that puppet wouldn't be hiding in the shadows. He must be plotting something."

Boom!
A puppet jumped out from the side and stood in front of the other party.

"Ridiculous! You want to steal something given by the gods? You'll have to step over me first!"

Celia didn't stop, rushing towards the high platform where the Eye of the Siren was placed.

The details of Ross's battle slowly surfaced in her mind.

She gradually gained confidence.

I cannot reach the level of a god.

But if you try to imitate it, you definitely can!

Celia had already moved closer to the other puppet.

Seeing this, the other party sneered, "Since you dare to approach the puppet, then let you taste the puppet's fist and learn that the human body cannot compare to a puppet!"

The puppet raised its fist, and Celia took out her staff and quickly began casting a spell.

"Stagnant water!"

"Ice wall!"

These spells are stored in the puppet, and Celia has not learned them. However, the sorcerer can also use the puppet's spells, but the power will be greatly reduced.

That's enough for Celia.

The puppet's fist slowed down, and at the same time, an ice wall appeared in front of Celia.

An invisible mage's hand appeared and crushed the ice wall. A large number of ice crystals replaced the ice wall and, under the control of the mage's hand, were flung onto the puppet.

Due to the effect of the stagnant water, the ice crystal did not fall immediately, but instead enveloped the puppet.

Celia cast the spell again.

"Ice Blade Impact!"

All the ice crystals turned into ice blades and exploded directly onto the puppet!

(End of this chapter)