The Villain Saint is my secondary account

He couldn't help but look at the cat on his shoulder, but the cat squinted its eyes and put on a lazy look, as if to tell Ye Xiao, "Don't ask, all I can do is meow."

Of course, he had no idea that at that moment, Princess Lilia, the second princess in the imperial city, was searching her room with a mournful face for a box that she didn't know how she had lost.

"This...could it really be..." Dean, standing beside him, also looked astonished; the scene before him was rather horrifying.

Ye Xiao looked at the hand in the box and hesitated. Although it was indeed Ella's hand... it couldn't have been laced with something to summon strange things, could it?

But he didn't seem to have a better solution; he couldn't very well go and find two thousand people to perform a sacrificial ceremony.

"Hiss... Can the pork in the storage room be used as a substitute?" Ye Xiao asked tentatively.

"...What kind of follower are you? Are you out of your mind to use dead pig meat as a sacrifice to summon her?" Dean was shocked. "If it weren't for the young lady's request, my understanding of this ritual magic would be limited, but that book doesn't say that you can do something like this."

Ye Xiao knew, of course, that Ella wouldn't care what kind of offering he received, but the medium for constructing the magic circle had requirements, which was quite troublesome.

Ye Xiao stroked his chin. This severed hand was practically the perfect solution to the current situation, but it was precisely because it appeared so perfectly that it seemed suspicious.

"Boss, the garrison outside the wall has sent people to hand over supplies, and we've detained them." Just then, a prisoner ran in from outside and reported to the burly Hu Sen, "But they might find out about the situation here soon. What do we do?"

Hu Sen looked at Ye Xiao and said, "Two, two, one, I have to thank you for giving us the opportunity to be free, but if you don't make a decision soon, I will have to lead my men to break through the outer wall's encirclement."

"My name is Ye Xiao." Ye Xiao rubbed his eyes. "Sigh... Alright, have your people guard this place. We're going to prepare for the summoning ritual."

Finally, Ye Xiao made up his mind—this was not the only way to break through, but to revive Ella without blood sacrifice, this hand seemed to be the only solution.

However, the fact that this solution was presented to him made him feel uneasy. Once this was over, he would interrogate the cat to find out what was going on.

“Although I don’t know if your mysterious ritual will work, since I’ve already believed you once, I’ll believe you a second time too.” Hu Sen was also straightforward, patting Ye Xiao on the shoulder. “I hope you understand what you’re doing. Once we choose to hold this place, we will no longer have the chance to break through while the garrison on the outer wall is unprepared.”

“I know…” Ye Xiao nodded, looking at Dean, “This hand will do, right?”

Dean swallowed hard. He really wanted to answer that he didn't want to summon the witch, but the atmosphere was already so serious, and his young lady's life was in her hands. He seemed to have no choice but to comply. "My request is that after this is done, I can at least see the young lady once."

Dean still thought it was just a "summoning," simply teleporting Ella from somewhere else. If he had known it was a "resurrection," he would never have done it—he wished that witch would never appear in this world again.

"...What's the point of you telling me this, just a follower?" Ye Xiao said dismissively. "Once we 'summon' her, you can ask her for help yourself."

“Okay.” Dean pursed his lips. He would seize any chance to see his young lady again, no matter how small.

As for what would happen here if the evil god were summoned... he didn't care.

Chapter Fifty-Six: Inside and Outside Cooperation

As time went on, the garrison on the outer wall soon realized that something was wrong with the circular prison.

Despite being less than a mile apart, the logistics personnel responsible for transporting supplies had not returned for quite some time.

Although Husen had some prisoners dressed as jailers and pretending to patrol the prison rooftop, the armed squad that was sent back to the outer wall quickly discovered the flaw.

Before being detained by a group of prisoners, the squad fired a warning signal with their muskets, and the flamethrower streaked across the dark sky.

The commander of the guards on the outer wall finally realized that something had happened inside the prison.

For the first time in the 300-year history of the Dead Sea prison, an internal riot launched by the prisoners has occurred.

The garrison commander couldn't understand how a group of unarmed prisoners could take over the prison so quietly, with shackles that blocked magic and a near-perfect surveillance system.

He immediately mobilized the soldiers stationed on the city wall to form a fully armed breakthrough team, but the circular prison was built on the principle of "easy to defend and difficult to attack". With several large iron gates closed, it looked like a gray turtle. Spears were being thrown out from the rooftop, and scalding oil was being poured out from the iron windows on the walls. It was difficult to get close for a while.

The garrison commander had no choice but to summon strong attackers to force back the spear-throwing prisoners on the rooftop. However, this was, after all, a fortress primarily for defense, and it did not routinely maintain any siege equipment. After much deliberation, he could only push the cannons used for defending against pirates over.

The prisoners watching from behind their iron bars were nearly scared out of their wits when they saw the dark muzzle of the cannon from afar, and they ran away immediately.

Immediately afterwards, accompanied by a thunderous roar, the whistling shells finally blasted a huge gap in the high walls of the circular prison.

The heavy infantry, a dark mass, marched toward the circular prison once again. Even if they had surrendered the guards' equipment, it would be almost impossible for those scattered prisoners to confront the well-trained soldiers head-on.

But at that moment, another burning flare shot into the sky from the center of the circular prison.

The garrison commander was puzzled by what he saw. What did the initial investigation team mean by sending this signal again at this time?

Or perhaps it was sent by one of the prisoners inside? But who would a prisoner send a signal to?

The question was immediately answered. The commander heard a deafening roar from not far away. He looked in the direction of the sound and saw that the outer wall built along the edge of the cliff facing the sea on the south side was ablaze with dazzling flames.

Several figures shouted as they rushed into the high wall amidst the billowing smoke, fighting their way up the stone steps on the inner side of the wall.

Without a doubt, these are the members of the Seven Stars Society.

The night before, Li Cheng led the group to secretly swim to the island in a small boat. They hid on the reef below the cliff until daytime, and then began to climb up at dawn.

Although there are sentries on the cliffside walls facing the coast, not many troops are assigned to them. After all, even if they encounter a bandit gang that breaks into the city, they would not be foolish enough to launch an attack from below the cliffs facing the sea.

Even if there were attackers sneaking up the mountain, it would be impossible for them to climb the tall city walls again under the watchful eyes of the sentries. As for attacking the city, that was even more absurd—how could anyone possibly transport siege equipment up such a high mountain?

However, this is only in theory; it wouldn't be difficult for the Seven Luminaries, who each possess two spatial rings, to actually do this.

Right under the noses of the sentries, Li Cheng and his men brought the explosives to the high wall on the cliff, waiting for the second signal flare to appear before breaching the wall that the defenders thought was the least likely to be breached.

As for why they waited for the second shot, it's because the first shot must have been fired by the garrison's team sent to investigate the prison, and they had no need to fire a second shot, since Ye Xiao would have confiscated the musket that fired the signal.

Therefore, before going to prison, Ye Xiao and Li Cheng devised this special attack signal.

Regardless of whether Ye Xiao's final plan is to summon Ella in the prison or to gather the prisoners to break out, the second signal flare is intended to allow the Seven Stars Society to take advantage of this to breach the city and cause chaos.

But the commander of the garrison on the city wall was caught off guard. There were not many troops stationed on the south wall to begin with, and a large portion of them had been transferred to attack the circular prison. The remaining garrison was caught off guard.

Where did this enemy come from?

However, upon closer inspection, the commander of the defending troops discovered that there seemed to be no more than twenty people who had managed to scale the wall.

With his extensive war experience, he immediately guessed the other side's intentions: they probably wanted to take advantage of the chaos to coordinate with the prisoners inside the circular prison and force a breakout from the south wall.

Therefore, he immediately sent a message ordering the infantry that were about to storm the circular prison to withdraw to the south wall and deal with the attackers who were coming in from the outer wall first.

This decision is generally fine. If they force their way into the prison, the situation will become chaotic, and some prisoners might actually slip out through other gates, meet up with the attackers on the outer wall, and then break out together – which is indeed Ye Xiao's second plan.

Therefore, once the problem of the outer wall is solved, the enemy trapped in the siege can be dealt with sooner or later, which can be said to be the most reliable solution.

Unfortunately, Ye Xiao used a spirit possession ritual.

In strategy games, this tactic is like that incredibly frustrating "miracle victory"—the kind that's sneaky and doesn't show a countdown.

Therefore, when the commander of the defending forces misjudged the situation and retreated to defend instead of launching a strong attack, the outcome of the battle was already predetermined.

To his surprise, the circular prison remained silent until all the infantrymen withdrew to the south wall, as if the people who came from the outer wall had simply wandered into the wrong place and had no connection whatsoever with the people inside.

Why? The garrison commander didn't understand. If they didn't seize this opportunity to break out, were they going to establish a country in prison?

Just as this thought arose, a chilling coldness suddenly rose from the soles of my feet.

He looked down and saw that his ankles were now submerged in a pool of bright red blood.

"What is this..." He suddenly lifted his foot, only to find that there seemed to be nowhere to put it on the ground around him.

The blood that had soaked through the heel of his shoe was like a mirror, reflecting his lonely figure. A drop of blood fell, creating ripples.

When did this pool of blood spread so rapidly, covering the entire ground around him without him even realizing it?

The garrison commander looked up in astonishment, but there were no longer any city walls or guards in front of him, only a sea of ​​blood that silently stretched to the horizon, and a pure black sky.

It's like waking up from a dream in reality and suddenly finding yourself in this desolate world.

He vaguely sensed that the black sky seemed to be slightly writhing.

Hiss... That blackness... doesn't seem to be the sky, but rather countless stacked... tentacles?

Oh... I see... that's...

Just then, a slender little hand reached out from behind and covered his eyes.

"Shh, don't look." A gentle whisper suddenly came from beside her ear.

Chapter Fifty-Seven: Return

In the underground hall of the monitoring tower, a naked silver-haired girl stood barefoot in a blood-red magic circle, her slender hands gently pressed against her chest.

"Ah...that was close."

After being resurrected, Ella looked around at the unconscious prisoners and guards and felt a sense of lingering fear.

The instant she descended into the realm of the divine, she realized that everyone there had formed a soul link with her, and this was not a peaceful two-way link. She could feel her spirit kicking open other people's brains like a bandit.

In that instant, everyone here almost felt their souls directly confront the enormous black sun floating outside the mortal realm.

Without a doubt, it wouldn't have ended well. Fortunately, Ella reacted quickly and severed everyone's senses in time by forcibly establishing a mental link. Otherwise, she would have successfully completed the resurrection ritual, but everyone else would have been sent away.

As for the method of cutting it off, it was done using "Renata's Web," a replica of the Moon Goddess's authority.

This skill allows Ella to influence targets she has linked to through magic, just like the Crescent Priest in the Sanctuary Dungeon used magic injected into Ella's brain to unleash a curse that caused physical destruction.

Ella had imagined her resurrection, if not a grand spectacle, would at least be an inspiring return—but the prisoners stared in shock: "What... this, this isn't..." Ella: "Be grateful, mortals, I will lead you to redemption!"

Seriously, Ella had already prepared her lines, but the result was such a bizarre scene that she almost accidentally sacrificed everyone present, turning her slightly excited heart into a fearful reminder that she had narrowly escaped disaster.

It's strange, why didn't this happen during the initial spirit possession ceremony when I was born? Was it because the offerings were different?

Ella couldn't understand it, but she had no interest in dying again to do a comparative experiment.

It can only be said that this is indeed worthy of being called an evil god; a perfectly happy scene was almost turned into a tragedy.

The only one seemingly unaffected was Ye Xiao, who stood by the magic circle watching. Through Ye Xiao's gaze, Ella also saw her naked self in her mind.

Her face flushed slightly, and she quickly took the cloak that Ye Xiao handed her and put it on.

No, wait a minute... what's there to be shy about?

Ella pursed her lips slightly and glanced at Ye Xiao.

Looking at himself from this angle, he does indeed seem a bit carefree, and his eyes really do look like those of a dead fish—in some ways, those who previously commented on Ye Xiao's appearance were quite accurate.

Ella couldn't help but chuckle softly, but after all, it was her own appearance, so she definitely liked it... Well, I can't use "like," it sounds weird. Should I use "habit" instead?

Forget about all that nonsense, let's hurry outside and check on the Seven Luminaries Society.

Ella and Ye Xiao ran up the stairs barefoot, but neither of them noticed that behind a stone pillar, a nervous-looking purple-haired girl was holding a fat, golden-furred cat and holding her breath.

After the footsteps faded into the distance, Lucyville swallowed hard and slowly said, "Mammon, that couldn't have been..."

"...Don't ask me, I can't give you a definite answer." Mammon the kitten also looked nervous. "I felt something was wrong before, why didn't that woman have the Thread of Fate on her body?"

"You've seen her before?"

“I’ve seen her for a long time. I used to think she was just some servant of fate, but I’ve never seen her use any of her powers of fate.” Mammon licked his paws in frustration. “I never expected… why Ye Xiao would happen to be following her.”

"Maybe we shouldn't get involved."

"No, I have to save him."

"Isn't that unnecessary? It's just a human!"

“Lucyville, he even saved you.”

"It's just an incarnation... It won't matter if I don't save it..."

"At most, it will only produce a few piglets, right?"

"Mammon! I want to tear your mouth apart! When did you become so mean-spirited?!" Lucyville angrily grabbed the fat cat by the neck.

"Fine, I'll go myself if you don't want to." Mamon struggled to jump down from the girl's arms, but his round body took light cat-like steps toward the stairs.

"...Damn it, you're way more arrogant than me!" Lucy Villa looked at the kitten's back, finally gritted her teeth, stomped her foot, and followed after it.

……

When Ella and Ye Xiao arrived at the outer wall, the Seven Stars Society and the soldiers guarding the wall were still fast asleep. Helpless, they had no choice but to rely on Ella to summon her tentacles to roll up and pack up the Seven Stars Society members and take them away.

Because she had promised Hussen that she would take them out of the prison as well, Ella did not leave directly. Instead, she went back to the watchtower and gathered the unconscious prisoners together.

However, she searched for a long time but couldn't find the girl who had been imprisoned by the warden, which puzzled her. But considering that the girl knew the mysterious little cat who came and went like the wind, she figured she shouldn't worry too much about the girl's safety.

Meanwhile, the prison garrison at the port at the foot of the mountain was still unaware of what was happening on the mountain. After receiving a distress message from the commander of the garrison on the mountaintop via a communication crystal, they immediately assembled reinforcements and rushed to the mountain.

Then, those who went to provide reinforcements witnessed a spectacle they would never forget.

A huge black flower bud, like a tumor that suddenly appeared on the hillside, grew slowly wriggling, sheet-like legs from its base, lifting its clumsy upper body as it slowly walked down the mountain.

"What the hell is this monster?!" The leading support captain was dumbfounded and hurriedly ordered the guards to draw their bows and shoot arrows.

However, the dense rain of arrows hitting that thing was like a tickle, unable to even break the skin.

Left with no other choice, he ordered his infantry to engage in close combat, but it was to no avail. A group of skilled swordsmen hacked and slashed, but even with their swords dulled, they couldn't cut through the thing.

However, they didn't come away empty-handed. They discovered that the things wrapped together weren't petals, but... tentacles.