Chapter 1378: The Petrified Mason Street

Miss Galina asked while glancing at Xia De, who was helping Tifa and the others collect the shattered ice and stones.

Hearing this question, almost all the girls in the basement laughed. Miss Sylvia shook her head with a smile:

"With such a private matter, how could Vanessa tell me." Just as Xia De secretly breathed a sigh of relief, she added:

"But you should know about Xia De falling ill last week, right? I asked about what happened before that, and then I knew, in order to fill all of Xia De's perfume bottles, they..."

She leaned close to the red-haired witch's ear and whispered a few words, and Galina's gaze toward Xia De gradually changed: "Really, even Bernice wants to compete with me..."

She secretly made up her mind.

Xia De didn't stay at the witch's manor for too long. After confirming that the witches were all making their own preparations, he set off again for the manor where the professors of St. Byrons were staying.

The old gatekeeper at the manor gate had probably heard about Xia De from Miss Danister, so he didn't stop him from entering this time. And Miss Danister happened to be at the manor, so upon hearing Xia De had arrived, she received him in the study.

This manor, which belonged to the academy's property, had a decoration level clearly not as good as the witch's manor, but it was particularly good in the decoration of the study. All four walls were bookshelves, and the top of the bookshelves reached the ceiling, so that the traces of the walls could not be seen at all. Because the walls could not hold gas lamps, the light was provided by the crystal chandelier on the ceiling.

"I have already received your letter."

Xia De mentioned the materials to his teacher:

"Miss Danister, in your view, what is the most likely way the initial founders obtained the school's current location?"

He threw the question to the thirteen-ring sorceress, and Miss Danister thought for a moment and gave an answer very similar to Xia De's guess:

"A treasure of the First Era. Gods rarely have any thoughts about mortal objects. After all, Old Gods and we mortals have an essential difference. What is precious in our eyes is no different from the mud on the ground in the eyes of gods."

Although she didn't know what Xia De wanted to do, she didn't hesitate to give her thoughts:

"In fact, not only at the time of initial establishment, but even now, the school still treasures some things related to the First Era. That is the most precious secret of St. Byrons, but I bet that Lathers Academy and Cerces Higher Medical Academy should also have similar treasures."

"Can you talk about what the school's treasures are?" Xia De was very interested in this.

"Not supernatural items, but some things that have been preserved to this day." Miss Danister counted them:

"Some things are not suitable for you to know yet, but the most important one for us is a stone tablet recording the story of the oldest moon god, 【Silver Moon Sage】. Even though I am at the thirteen-ring, I still cannot recount this story completely. I can only say the general idea is that the ancient god incarnated as a saint and came to the material world, and together with the sun god 【Supreme Sun-Binder】, defined day and night."

Xia De revealed an expression of amazement:

"We actually have such an amazing thing." Miss Danister said with a smile:

"When you reach the twelve-ring, I can take you to see that stone tablet. But not now; you cannot bear the weight of that knowledge."

The two were talking when suddenly a knock came from outside the study. "What is it?"

Miss Danister asked.

"Professor, something happened in the city. The Church sent a letter. If you have time, please go and take a look as soon as possible." "Something happened in the city? Can't they solve it themselves?"

The female sorceress stood up at once: "Where?"

"Randall Valley Mason Association."

The young voice outside the door said. This time Miss Danister went out, besides the two accompanying academy professors, she also brought some assistants to help with text recording and running errands.

"I'll go right away."

She said she was about to bid farewell to Xia De, but Xia De also stood up: "I'll go with you; it just so happens I have nothing to do this afternoon." Miss Danister hesitated for a moment:

"If it wasn't very dangerous, the Church wouldn't ask me to go... I can take you, but you must guarantee to stay by my side, and if I tell you to leave, you must leave."

"Of course, I never go to dangerous places."

Xia De nodded in agreement, and so he and the other two high-ring professors who accompanied them quickly took a carriage to the Mason Association located in the Old City District.

Last week, when he was tracking the little flower-selling girl with Luvia, they had come to Mason Street where the Mason Association was located, but because the masons on Mason Street were fighting at the time, the two of them didn't go in.

And when they arrived here again on this Monday afternoon with gloomy weather, the whole street was blocked by the police. Huge thin wooden boards were set up at the entrance of the street, preventing anyone from peeking inside. And when Xia De stepped off the carriage at the entrance of the street with Miss Danister, he felt the heavy blasphemous elements.

The professors also felt the undisguised power. Just as they wanted to check the situation further, the old priest who came to greet them had already walked over.

Professor Lemar of the School of Theology, with gray hair, asked: "What is the situation now?"

"Please follow me in and take a look; the professors from Zaras and Cerces have also just arrived, and the situation is very complicated."

The entrance of the street was guarded by local police, while behind the boards blocking the view, it was guarded by the Church's ring-warlocks. Entering the street from between the boards, the group immediately saw statues standing lifelike on the street.

But then, including Xia De, they immediately realized that these were absolutely not statues, but living people. A rough count of the quantity showed that there were hundreds of statues visible on the street alone.

"Living people polluted by Mad Earth?"

Professor Mason of the Academy of Ancient Literature asked softly, reaching out to touch the nearest one, a statue that looked like a merchant. The statue maintained the action of lifting its right leg, and its eyes looked to the left, with no panic in its eyes at all; the incident seemed to have happened without warning.

"No, not permanent petrification, similar to malicious transformation."

Professor Mason made an accurate judgment, and the old priest who led the way said with worry:

"It is indeed not permanent petrification; this is similar to a curse. But if they are not restored to flesh and blood as soon as possible, I am afraid that even if they are successfully rescued, what is saved will only be a group of vegetative people who have lost their souls."

"When did this happen?"

Xia De asked, and the old priest of the Sun Church thought for a moment:

"Around 2:30 PM, the Church of Peace also has a church in the Old City District, so the fluctuation of blasphemous elements was detected almost immediately, and news was received very quickly."

"Did the Church of Peace plant spies in the Mason Association for the sake of peace between the Association and the Royal Family?" Miss Danister asked, but the old priest shook his head very seriously:

"At that time, there were two very special people in the Association. Out of obligation, the local church sent people to protect the street entrance from a distance, which is why the situation was stabilized at the first moment without causing panic throughout the city. Those two noble aristocrats were also petrified, which is the key to the problem."

"I don't know much about the local area; which two aristocrats are they?"

Miss Danister asked again. They passed the statues on the side of the street and were already approaching the Mason Association. "Prince William and Princess Margaret."

"What?!"

Xia De looked up at the direction of the Mason Association, but no one noticed his expression at this time. Miss Danister frowned:

"These two cannot have an accident, otherwise the order of the entire Karsinric will change. At this time, this is absolutely not okay... Didn't you turn them back first?"

"No, the statues of the descendants of the Anjou family are now inside the Mason Association, but... please follow me." The group walked quickly to the entrance of the Mason Association and noticed that a large crowd had gathered here at this time.

Besides the representatives of the Five Gods Church, the professors from Cerces Higher Medical Academy and Zaras Academy of Literature had also arrived. Among them, Cerces Higher Medical Academy, just as the rumor heard by Miss Emilia, sent the Provost of the thirteen-ring, Professor Miller Stewart, known as the "Iron Punisher."

After a simple greeting, Miss Danister looked up at the high floor of the building:

"What's on the third floor?"

She asked, and Mr. Granger, the "Earth Shaker" of the Sun Church, said in a deep voice:

"Similar to last Tuesday night, it is a statue brought by cultists. Last Tuesday night, the cultists' statue summoned the gaze of an Evil God. If it weren't for the Guardian and the God-Summoner helping together at the time, our trouble would have been very big. This time, although it is not certain whether the cultists' statue can still cause a similar result, for the sake of safety, we did not launch a strong attack."

In order to deal with the Randall Valley incident, the Five Gods Church mobilized six thirteen-ring warlocks to Randall Valley, plus two from the three major academies, the "Blood-Crying One" Hermons, and the Guardian with a special form of existence. At this time, eleven thirteen-ring warlocks had gathered in Randall Valley, unprecedented in history.

In order to prevent a recurrence of the situation on Tuesday night, Mr. Granger, the "Earth Shaker" of the Sun Church, Ms. Triss Mitchell, the "Free Singer" of the Church of Peace, and the old Mr. Chris Evans, the "Illusion Master" of the Church of Creation, had all appeared here. Plus the two thirteen-ring warlocks from Cerces and St. Byrons, five thirteen-ring warlocks would solve this matter together.

Time was urgent, so the five thirteen-ring warlocks who gathered didn't care about exchanging pleasantries. Mr. Granger of the Sun Church was the general commander of the action:

"No need to worry about other things; be sure to defeat that statue in one blow to prevent any possible Evil God power from leaking outside this street. Of course, if a situation similar to Tuesday night really occurs, the ascetic from our church who brought a relic of angel level will conduct a frontal counterattack." ===== CHAPTER 1379 =====

Time was of the essence, so the five Thirteenth-Order Ringed Shushi who had gathered could not spare the time for pleasantries. Mr. Granger of the Sun Sect, acting as the overall commander of the operation, said:

"Do not concern yourselves with other matters; you must defeat that stone statue in a single blow to prevent any potential evil god power from leaking outside this street. Of course, if a problem similar to last Tuesday's truly arises, the ascetic from our sect who is carrying an Angel-level relic will engage it head-on."