The Evil God Summoned by the Saintess

Chapter 353: Chapter 351: Fast-Forward to the Finals

Is Hilia really suffering?

Of course she’s just pretending!

Although getting the Northern Alliance to like her is beneficial for future missionary work there, being well-known can be quite troublesome. It’s hard to do many things, and it feels restrictive.

That’s how an idol’s burden comes about.

So she thought long and hard before deciding to do it.

While everyone just likes her for rescuing them, and hasn’t become loyal fans yet, acting as the trash-talk villain on the field, behaving a bit pretentious and sarcastic, might shatter many people’s fantasies.

So after some hesitation, Hilia agreed to Benovia’s proposal.

Though this might make a few Beastman friends hostile, it’s a tournament; if there’s a pre-match trash talk segment, isn’t it meant for psychological tactics?

You only get to meet during matches, the world is so big, it’s not that easy to meet.

Next time, who’s waiting for the next tournament?

If you can’t win the championship this time and directly break through to Tier Four, wasting four years just to claim the so-called world first is not worth it at all.

"The cheers for this match really are less than the last one, it is effective. We still can’t let everyone focus too much, or the pressure will be overwhelming."

Hilia thought of the current Holy Daughter Anna, who is very low-key, not well-known, and most people don’t know what she looks like.

That’s pretty nice.

If you want to do anything privately, you don’t have to go through the effort of disguising.

After going back, Benovia said, "It’s going to get easier now, apart from the championship favorites in the other half, our next match should be less challenging. However, we shouldn’t underestimate them. Based on my predictions, our next opponents should be the team that has been fighting in the fifth tournament."

"Fighting... five tournaments?"

Hilia silently calculated, "Stuck at Tier Three for 20 years, what are they after?"

Benovia thought for a moment and said, "I don’t know, maybe because they have long lifespans."

Doris said, "Long lifespans? Could it be the Elf Team?"

Benovia nodded, "Yes, from the Elf Team. Their previous four tournament results were top 64, top 32, top 16, and top 8. This tournament their goal is top 4, which they’re likely to achieve."

As she spoke, Benovia’s expression turned odd, "It’s strange, after they achieve their goals, they always blunder in the next match, causing them to lose quickly. It’s puzzling, and I don’t know why they don’t just aim for the championship... But since they’ve been at Tier Three for over twenty years, they must know many more spells than we do, so we need to be careful."

The mention of being stuck at Tier Three for over twenty years, if it’s not suppressed-level competitors, Hilia wouldn’t fear anyone.

But the opponents aren’t just competitors; they’re long-lived Elves... I don’t know how the Elves’ spell-learning capabilities compare to humans.

Having yet to face an Elf team, the Holy Maiden Squad was poised and prepared to engage. After the Elves successfully reached the top 4, Hilia obtained the Elf Team’s data from Benovia and began studying, observing their combat habits and spell usage.

"There’s no way to replicate the Beastman Empire’s trash talk this time; the Elf Race is even more united than humans."

"Oh well, let’s show some true skill then!"

The semifinals came quickly.

The Holy Maiden Squad was ready, prepared to use the secret weapon, the ’Super Invincible I Love You’ Combination Skill... no wait, the Number One Combination Skill.

Then the match swiftly ended with a 2-0 victory.

It was so quick that Hilia didn’t even react before the Elf team suddenly became flustered and had to concede.

"It’s really like that."

Hilia felt it was somewhat surreal.

But Benovia breathed a sigh of relief, "Looks like they’ll be here for two more tournaments, one as runners-up and one as champions."

Phil envied, "Elves with long lifespans can cultivate leisurely without hurry; how enviable."

Doris scoffed, "What’s there to envy? Slow cultivation, slow progress everywhere, how can they lead the Empire to prosperity?"

Benovia laughed, "Well, that’s not our concern. Let’s focus on the final’s team."

Phil exhaled lightly, "I didn’t expect us to get this far. Although we’ve only been at Tier Three for a short time, it feels like the gap with the others isn’t that big."

Doris said, "Could we have reached the Tier Three limit?"

Encore shook his head, "No way, I feel my magic power has only increased a bit during cultivation, we’re far from the limit."

Benovia said, "That’s because we’ve entered the Deep Divine Realm, where both the magic power concentration and total amount are much higher than others, and our cap is higher too. If we reach the limit, maybe we can battle Tier Four."

"Didn’t Hilia injure a Tier Four member two days ago?"

"Oh, that’s right..."

Hilia was about to say something when she suddenly saw Rose standing outside the room’s balcony, smiling at them.

The girl felt inspired and a bold thought emerged.

Is it possible that everyone’s entrance into the Deep Divine Realm is related to Lord Rose?

It seems possible.

However, Hilia didn’t ask.

Seeing everyone’s attention on her, she waved her hand, "At that time, it was just luck. If the judge hadn’t been arrogant and dodged, I wouldn’t have been able to hurt him, but if that’s the case, maybe the audience..."

Doris muttered, "Looks like you’ve been favored by the Goddess of Luck."

Benovia corrected, "It’s the Goddess of Destiny."

"Close enough," Doris said casually, getting up to leave, "I’m going out after the match, want to join?"

Encore also stood up, "I’m going, wait for me."

"..."

Benovia stayed behind, beginning to study the finals’ opponents.

When everyone returned, she had already compiled all the data and distributed it one by one.

"Our finals opponent is the Blue Dragon Team from the Blue Dragon Magic Academy of the Blue Dragon Empire. The Blue Dragon Magic Academy has already won the championship for three consecutive tournaments. They are said to have discovered the Dragon Treasure and received the Dragon’s legacy, making them very powerful."

"Dragon legacy?"

Benovia nodded, "Dragons are creatures from before the Era of Calamity, it’s been a long time since they’ve been seen, unsure if they’re still around. You all should know, they’ve been mentioned quite often in history books."

Doris said, "It’s said that all former Legendary Mages were dragon riders. If dragons were still here, I’d definitely try to tame one."

Hilia rolled her eyes, "That’s why everyone thinking like that is the reason dragons ran away."

Benovia continued, "The Blue Dragon Empire’s strength is tied to the Dragon Treasure, and this is especially true for the Blue Dragon Magic Academy. I heard they’re proposing to differentiate their spells from other empires’ spells, naming them—"

"Dragon Language Magic."