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

Chapter 81 The Sky Above the Water (Fifth Update!)

"It seems that Grandpa Austin has been called away to deal with the beluga whale's call. Luckily, he left me the fishing rod, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to get here."

Outside the Forbidden Forest of Sacred Beasts, Celia saw the fishing rod placed by the door of the hut and breathed a sigh of relief.

She had been fishing with Austin occasionally these past few days, and she took the opportunity to ask if she could borrow his fishing rod, which Austin readily agreed to.

Not only was a fishing rod thrown to her, but even bait that could theoretically attract sixth-tier magical beasts was given to her to use as she pleased.

Next to the fishing rod, Celia found a note.

I've left the fishing rod I promised you by the door. I have to go out for a bit. Things aren't looking good today, so I don't recommend you go fishing. Please be careful and stay safe.

"Even the Forbidden Forest Guardians have been transferred. I wonder how many people will be sent to deal with this white whale."

Celia looked up at the strange phenomenon in the sky.

This phenomenon was beyond imagination. If Ross hadn't said with certainty that this white whale was at most a fifth-tier creature, she would have thought it was a legendary seventh-tier sacred beast that had descended.

No wonder the Holy Court summoned all the instructors from the Holy Magic Academy.

This strange phenomenon was too extreme. Below them was a large city with hundreds of thousands of inhabitants, as well as the Holy Court, the royal family, and countless high-ranking officials and nobles.

"I heard that many nobles sensed something was wrong a few days ago and fled to other cities for refuge... These nobles have no sense of unity or sharing, they are truly despicable."

"It's normal to flee when there's a disaster, there's nothing wrong with that. What's wrong are those scoundrels who take advantage of disasters to make money."

"If this white whale is successfully summoned, will Ember City be destroyed?" Celia asked worriedly.

She knew she couldn't do anything in a direct confrontation, but she was still worried. After all, if the tall people couldn't resist, the shorter people would suffer too.

Running is indeed a good choice.

"No, a fifth-tier whale doesn't have the ability to destroy a city, but given its enormous size, it can still destroy a large area."

"But such a huge phenomenon..."

"It's just a bluff. Don't worry about those things. The bigger the anomaly, the better for you."

"why?"

"You'll find out later."

"..."

While chatting, Celia arrived at the edge of the Forbidden Forest Lake and took out the Eye of the Siren.

"The Eye of the Siren doesn't need to be mixed with anything else. Just put it on the hook and throw it into the water. But don't use it right away. Wait until the entire white whale comes out before casting the hook."

As Ross spoke, he used his mental power to connect with the fishing formation that he had been setting up for several days, activating all the nodes of the formation one by one.

Celia noticed an unusual phenomenon on the lake's surface; a miniature image of Shining City flashed across the lake.

She understood something.

"Lord Ross, the principle behind our preparations during this period is to hack into the back door of the summoning circle, project the summoning circle onto the lake, scale it down proportionally, and even shrink the beluga whale proportionally, and then fish it up with a fishing rod, right?"

"Yes, that's right. So the larger the range of the phenomenon, the better. The larger the range, the smaller the beluga whale reflected in the lake, which is more advantageous for you to catch it."

Celia understood, and felt her whole body become excited.

"Then let the phenomenon intensify! It would be best if it enveloped the entire Starfall Continent!"

"Such a huge anomaly, the magic array shattered immediately," Ross said calmly.

"Hehe." Celia made a face and prepared everything that needed to be prepared.

Although the Sea Whale has been shrunk to the same size as the previous one, and even its combat power is the same, a fifth-tier whale is not something that can be caught easily, no matter how much it is shrunk.

So, in addition to borrowing Austin's fishing rod, Ross also had Celia prepare a lot of equipment to help with playing the fish.

Even the puppet was on standby, ready to help her pull the white whale up if necessary.

Everything is ready! "Wait, I suddenly thought of something."

"what is the problem?"

"We borrowed Grandpa Austin's fishing rod. What if he sees us catching a beluga whale?"

"So what? We saw it, so we saw it."

"I feel like this is something that shouldn't be known to others..."

"What's wrong with that? If it were me, I would have already announced it to the whole world." Ross chuckled.

"Keep a low profile!"

"Don't worry, even if you carry a beluga whale around him three times, he won't think anything of it. When things are too outrageous, people will subconsciously look for explanations and believe them without a doubt. Anyway, don't overthink it. What's the point of knowing? We're not enemies."

"Yes, I was overthinking it."

……

Meanwhile, inside the Temple of Ember.

Black, numerous archbishops of the temple, court sorcerers of the royal family, and powerful figures from the common people all gathered in the massive conference room for the final battle meeting.

“The Holy Lord is currently unavailable, so I will be chairing this meeting on his behalf. I hope everyone understands,” Blake said.

No one objected.

At this point, pointless opposition will only lead to being driven out.

This meeting was specifically for arranging combat missions.

"We kept a close eye on this summoning the whole time, but unfortunately he still succeeded in the end. With such a terrifying phenomenon, we should be prepared that we have summoned a legendary holy beast-level monster."

Countless powerful figures gasped in shock.

"Sacred Beast level? Isn't that at least seventh rank?"

"Are there still sacred beast-level magical beasts existing?"

"Can we really stop the arrival of a seventh-tier sacred beast?"

"..."

"This is just a worst-case scenario, not a certainty. Alright, let's assign tasks..."

After a long while, the meeting ended, and the many powerful figures received their orders and dispersed to all areas within the scope of the anomaly to prevent the possible pollution impact from affecting ordinary people and low-level mages living in Radiant City.

Blake stood in the sky, looking down at the still bustling city of Radiant Ashes below, and sighed softly.

"Alas, at such a critical moment, the Holy Lord is absent, and the royal family doesn't take it seriously, resulting in the failure to evacuate ordinary citizens. Who knows how many people will die in this disaster..."

The preparation time for this summoning was extremely long, long enough to allow all the people of Shining City to be evacuated to other cities or to hide.

But when he suggested to the royal family that the people be evacuated, he was refused.

Their reasoning is simple—

"Huijin City has a population of hundreds of thousands, plus a floating population, totaling over a million. We simply do not have the conditions to handle such a large number of people seeking refuge. If we evacuate them to other cities, no city can accommodate so many people, and their basic needs such as food, clothing, shelter, and transportation will all be major problems."

"The best thing we can do is pretend nothing happened. What if the summoning area isn't in the city?"

In the end, the royal family continued to keep the matter secret from the public, and in the face of impending doom, they only said that there was such a problem, but that no action should be taken.

It wasn't until strange anomalies appeared on the water surface in the sky that they realized they should indeed take action, but by then it was too late.

"We can only do our best to stop the beluga whales from destroying the city."

(End of this chapter)