The Evil God Summoned by the Saintess

If Hilia were here, she would definitely recognize this young man.

Because he is the captain of the runner-up team in the Mage League.

Laine looked gloomily at the investigator reporting, and asked irritably, "What did the other party do after fighting Garleton?"

The investigator found Laine’s attitude a bit strange but still respectfully said, "According to the scene, that mysterious ice mage killed Mr. Garleton and then went underground into the manor, taking all of Mr. Garleton’s slaves away.

"It seems the mage was not there to loot slaves, as after releasing them, he even prepared clothes for them, and some slaves received 1 silver coin."

Laine was taken aback: "Investigated so clearly? Did you capture those slaves?"

The investigator said, "No, when the slave transport team came to transport the slaves, they caught one who hadn’t left. We learned the details from that slave. At that time, there were still a few maids who were not killed, but they couldn’t say much, only knowing that the mysterious mage’s magic puppet drove them out."

Laine had a headache: "Couldn’t you learn a bit from the Northern Alliance?"

Three question marks appeared over the investigator’s head. Considering Laine’s identity, the investigator thought for a moment, shook his head, and cautiously asked, "Sorry, Lord Laine, I can’t grasp your meaning, may I ask what good qualities you want us to learn from the Northern Alliance? Hospitable?"

Laine replied, "Learn their efficiency."

The investigator was even more puzzled: "Isn’t the Northern Alliance’s investigation efficiency recognized as the world’s most..."

He suddenly realized and quickly said, "Lord Laine, your reminder is very timely. We really did overlook many areas that need slow investigation."

Laine finally relaxed and praised, "Yes, continue investigating."

"As you command!"

Laine went to the courtyard’s rest area and sat down, watching the busy investigation team, and sighed.

"It’s hard to snatch a task that can be used to relax, how could I let it end so quickly? I don’t want to go back to face Marica and the others."

He looked at the messy courtyard and the unmelted ice, thinking of the culprit that forced him to flee, Hilia, the champion of the Mage League.

"Speaking of which, that Hilia is also an ice mage... why are there so many ice mages."

Laine shook his head.

A thought popped into his head: compare the mage who killed Garleton with Hilia, and then shook his head.

A tier-three mage is still a tier-three mage, how could they compare to this mysterious high-tier mage.

The scene proved Garleton’s resistance was negligible, clearly showing he was beaten one-sidedly, the opponent was at least a four-tier mage on the rise, a five-tier mage was even possible.

Laine considered that if he formed a team and used dragon language magic, he could beat a four-tier mage, but he definitely couldn’t beat one alone.

"So this investigation is just for relaxation."

Laine had no intention of tracking down the mysterious mage.

A minimum four-tier mage and you still want to track them?

Do you have a death wish?

Just investigate, understand the specific situation.

Rather than arresting the mage for judgment, the focus of the investigation team is to understand the source of the hatred between the mage and Garleton, and why Garleton was killed.

If possible, ensure not to offend the other party, then learn who they are.

As for arresting, it’s just a thought; high-tier mages, unless they cause significant destruction as heretics, are best not offended.

If it’s not possible, understand what happened, file a case, and record it, that’s it.

Laine held onto this last idea.

But similarly, he had another idea: avoid his four ’friends,’ temporarily get rid of them, and steal a half-day of leisure.

...

Hilia came out of the Mage Guild, obtained materials native to Dragon Island, and then went to the Mercenary Guild to acquire some from the mercenaries.

Finally, she sat down in a mercenary tavern and began checking the materials she had obtained.

"I need a total of 305 types, currently I’ve obtained 288 types, 17 types short, these uncommon materials are a bit hard to get."

Of these 17 types, some are materials for the Star of Ice.

There’s no need to look for the Ice Element Crystal Core, as it’s a competition reward from the Mage League. Scraping some fragments from the core is enough.

"Frost trees are only in the Northern Alliance, these materials, although they can fuse and have some characteristics of the Star of Ice, are different from the Star of Ice. Their production points are in authentic cold regions... if only I could find a wild Star of Ice."

Hilia murmured two sentences and then calculated the other materials.

The other materials also have regional characteristics; some are found only in the Elf Forest, some grow near certain magical beasts’ nests, which are in other empires.

"Luckily, there’s plenty of time, enough for a trip."

There’s nearly three months until school starts, and even if she misses the start, it doesn’t matter much.

After checking everything carefully, she wrote down the few materials she was missing on a paper, put it away, and prepared to leave.

Just then, with her sharp ears, she overheard nearby mercenaries discussing something.

"...Recently, the volcano on Dragon Island has become active again; could it be that the Bathing Fire Essence is about to condense again?"

"How’s that possible, if Bathing Fire Essence could condense so easily, Dragon Island would have been prosperous long ago."

"Isn’t Dragon Island prosperous?"

"That’s true... but the volcano on Dragon Island is tightly controlled by the Blue Dragon authorities, so we better not think about trying our luck."

"Let’s just join the fun, even watching a volcanic eruption would be worthwhile."

"True enough."

"It’s not so easy to erupt, the volcano only erupts when no spiritual objects are condensing. Ever since the Blue Dragon Empire made Dragon Island its capital and tightly controlled the volcano, no eruption has happened, no matter how active it’s been."

"That’s also true, but if spiritual objects are condensing, the volcano will show many abnormal conditions, so checking it out won’t be a loss."

"Hey, what good stuff could that volcano produce now? It’s not like it was before; these days, once advanced materials are formed, they leave along the volcanic veins and appear elsewhere, while only ordinary advanced materials appear on the volcano itself."

"Indeed, if one wants to try their luck, they should go out more. Watching the volcano seems like an official conspiracy to lure us to watch the eruption while they lead people to the wild to search for advanced materials."

"Let’s go, after this drink, we’ll take a commission and head out!"

"Let’s do it!"

"..."

Hilia listened carefully for a long time, until they shifted the topic to domestic trivia—such as monsters appearing in certain places, or ethical dramas in certain mercenary corps—before withdrawing her attention.

"Could it be such a coincidence? Arriving just as the Dragon Island volcano, which hasn’t erupted in ten years, is about to erupt."

Hilia’s mind became active.

Visit and read more novel to help us update chapter quickly. Thank you so much!