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

Chapter 62 The Magical Numbers

As usual, Celia went to class, finished class, ate meals, and returned to her dormitory.

She habitually picked up her fishing rod, then suddenly remembered Ross saying she didn't need to go fishing anymore.

"That's enough... any more fishing and the fish in the lake will disappear."

The girl put down her fishing rod.

"I feel like something's missing today..."

She looked around the dormitory, pondered for a moment, and suddenly heard the sound of the door lock being opened.

Turning my head, I saw the puppet walk in from outside.

"Mr. Ross's rant is missing."

Celia became curious and wanted to know what Ross had done with his puppet that day.

But after hesitating for a long time, she still didn't ask.

Let's pretend we don't know.

The girl thought.

Ross ignored Celia's little schemes. After entering and finding Celia there, he casually tossed the puppet aside.

"I'll go to Lake Bea this weekend to check on the progress of the summoning circle."

As he spoke, he directed Celia's gaze toward the kitchen.

"I've written a list of materials. Prepare them according to the list. These are the things you need to defeat the White Whale without fighting. Some of them should be a bit more expensive, but the rest are common magical materials."

"After confirming the summoning progress, we will decide on the priority of obtaining these materials, but in the end, we will need to gather them all."

Celia picked up the list and glanced at it, then her vision went black and she almost fainted.

"There are way too many!!"

"If you can reach Tier 2 before the white whale appears, the materials required can be halved," Ross said calmly.

"Let's try to collect these materials."

Celia looked at the list of 108 different materials with a pained expression.

As Ross said, most of the materials are common magical materials that are available at the school and can be obtained upon application.

Of the twelve materials specifically marked, half of them were completely unknown to Hilia, while the other half were learned about in materials class. Their prices were extremely high for Hilia at this stage.

"I can get most of these materials from the school, but these twelve precious medicinal herbs are hard to come by. However, some schools have them, so I can borrow some during materials class. But I've never heard of Golden Heart, Dragon Scale Stone, High-Grade Magic Crystal, Ghost Fruit... What should I do?"

"They're all basic materials; you can find them easily."

“…” Celia was silent for a moment, then pointed to the name of the material on it: “Is the Heart of Gold made by extracting magic from gold?”

"The Heart of Gold is just a name, not the essence of gold. It is a kind of ink for engraving runes. It is called the Heart of Gold because its color is like gold and its magical power is a hundred times that of gold."

"Dragon scale stone is not a stone formed from dragon scales. It is a gemstone with extremely high hardness. It got its name because dragons liked to use it to bathe."

Ross gave a brief explanation, and then said, "Circle the materials you don't recognize or find difficult."

Celia circled the twelve rare materials, thought for a moment, and then crossed out three of them. "These three can be purchased from the Sorcerer's Guild. I have just enough money right now."

As she spoke, Celia couldn't help but complain, "Why is it always the number twelve? Twelve main gods, twelve heretics, twelve archbishops, twelve kinds of materials... even the courses are twelve. I feel like I'm trapped by the number twelve."

"I don't know, maybe you've discovered the essence of the world."

Ross remained calm. He had complained about this setting when playing games before, as many things were related to the number twelve. For example, a mission would require you to go to three places and find three items... until the number twelve was met before it ended.

It can only be understood as a quirk of the planner, or a special quirk of the creator god.

Fortunately, the game didn't actually require that many materials; it only mentioned that over a hundred types were needed. However, the quest NPCs had already collected most of them, so Ross only needed to get the twelve rare ones.

Like now, there's a whole bunch of materials listed, most of which are common materials, such as white velvet, the sweat of a first-tier mage...

"Of the remaining nine materials, you can apply to your principal for three of them. You've done him a great favor, so there shouldn't be any problem applying for them for research. The other three can be obtained from the Temple of Shining Ashes. They just took inventory of High Priest Dylan's stolen goods, and they were among them."

Ross crossed out the six materials, highlighting the Golden Heart, Dragon Scale Stone, and Ghost Fruit. "Of these three, the Golden Heart is easy to find. Benovia, another candidate for Saintess, has some. Go ask her for some." "Huh? Ask Benovia? There's no way she'd give it to me."

"That's usually how it is, but there are exceptions. In that case, you only need to say three words, and she will give it to you."

"Which three words?" Celia asked curiously.

Ross didn't answer, but looked at the other two materials. "Dragonscale Stone and Ghost Fruit are more difficult to deal with. One is distributed in the areas where dragons live, and the other only grows in places where there are many dead people."

“There are quite a few dead…” Celia pondered for a moment, “There’s a heretical cult that likes to sacrifice believers in exchange for divine favor. Could that heretical cult’s strongholds be expanding?”

"What teaching?"

"The Twilight Cult, which believes in a god of death who can bring twilight to the gods, is most fond of gathering people for sacrifices and is the heresy most hated by the Holy Court."

"Mass sacrifice?" Ross pondered for a moment. "They might be cultivating this kind of material. We could go and look for them."

"I don't know about dragon scale stones... Dragon habitat... Are there still dragons in this world?"

Ross raised an eyebrow: "The dragon has disappeared?"

Celia nodded, then shook her head. "I don't know either. I only know that dragons were active before the Age of Calamity. After the Age of Calamity, there are no records of them. No dragons have been seen in the five great empires or other demi-human empires."

"Legend has it that after the Age of Calamity began, the dragons all fled to Dragon Island overseas to take refuge. I don't know if it's true."

Ross couldn't help but chuckle. "Not to mention the gods, even humans dream of becoming dragon riders every day. When the gods descend, the first thing they want to do is tame dragons as mounts. If I were in their shoes, I would run away too."

Dragon knights were something distant and insignificant to Celia; she was more concerned with acquiring dragon scale stones. "The dragons are gone, are the dragon scale stones still there?"

"Dragon Scale Stones aren't a dragon's companion, of course they exist. Go get the Heart of Gold and the Ghost Fruit first, then you can think about Dragon Scale Stones."

"it is good!"

……

So the next afternoon after school, following Ross's instructions, Celia mustered up her courage and found Benovia.

"Miss Benovia, hello, I'd like to talk to you about something, is that a convenient time?"

Benovia looked at Celia with a puzzled expression. "Is there something you can't just say?"

"I'm sorry, but that matter can't be heard by others."

Benovia seemed unwilling to have much contact with the other candidates, and upon hearing Celia's words, she directly refused: "I still need to go back to catch up on my studies, I don't have time. If I can't say, then I won't. Goodbye."

"Wait a minute!" Celia quickly stopped him. "I need to ask you for some Heart of Gold, is that alright?"

Benovia stopped, turned around, and frowned. "Is this what you meant by 'not letting others hear'?"

"Of course not, but if Miss Benovia doesn't want to hear it, then I won't say it."

"Whatever you want. I'm sorry, the Heart of Gold is very precious and cannot be given away casually."

“Tell her that it’s worth the Heart of Gold,” Ross said.

“That matter is worth exchanging for the Heart of Gold,” Celia relayed Ross’s words.

Benovia continued walking towards the school gates without stopping.

Celia quickly asked Ross, "Mr. Ross, please stop keeping us in suspense."

“Tell her that Hiro will.”

"what?!"

Celia's body jolted, but Benovia was already far away. Without thinking, she quickly ran over and came to Benovia's side.

“Hero…”

Benovia stopped and turned around.

"There are too many people and too much attention here, I'll take you somewhere else."

(End of this chapter)