"That door, I remember..."
Yes, the door was closed when I passed by just now.
The letter in my hand had no envelope, just a simple folded piece of paper. After opening it, I saw letters that looked like they were scratched by chicken claws, as if the letter was randomly grabbed by Mia's claws.
Not only was it messy, but each letter was very large, with one line of letters occupying three lines of the letter paper. But this letter was indeed addressed to Shad—
To the Toy God:
I challenge you to enter that room and through my puppet show, I will free you and your companions. Otherwise, they will remain puppets forever.
Although it was written in Kasenric, there were many grammatical and spelling errors. There was no name at the end of the letter, but a red mark similar to that of a puppet's palm, with the marks of the puppet's knuckles clearly visible.
"The Toy God's Roller..."
The innocent creator of the old god is also known as the God of Toys, and Shad not only obtained divinity from that god, but even temporarily kept her "artifact" and received her help in the battle with another evil god. Therefore, it is not surprising that Shad is considered the "curler" of that god.
"Did it attack Miss Benanis and the others?"
Xia De vaguely understood, but it was a little unbelievable that a witch could be trapped by a sage-level relic. But after thinking about it carefully, it seemed that there was nothing wrong. After all, the four great witches last night all thought that Miss Benannis was not good at fighting, and it was not impossible for her to be trapped by a relic that restrained her extremely due to negligence.
Do you want to rescue them
Whispering softly in his ear, Xia De put down the letter and nodded:
"Even if I wanted to leave, I'm afraid I can't. Besides, this matter is somehow related to me... Miss Benannis has been looking for the sage-level relic related to the theater recently, and Luvia mentioned at noon that the church is looking for the relic that turns people into puppets. Could this be it?"
Of course no one answered Shade's question at this time, but the maid doll itself had already explained a lot of things.
Transfiguration abilities such as "Toy Transfiguration", "Petrification", and "Sheep Transfiguration" all have a common feature: as long as the soul of the person being transformed is still there, the transformation is reversible. If the soul is gone, the essence of the ability is permanent transformation, and turning them back to a living person is about as difficult as finding a toy, a stone statue, or a sheep and turning it into a normal human.
The doll just now was undoubtedly "alive", and its soul was imprisoned in the body of the puppet. Therefore, there was no lie in the letter. Even if it was turned into a doll, it could still be turned back. This was not a permanent change.
"What a pity! Luvia didn't know what this relic was at noon..."
Carefully closing the door behind him to prevent Xiaomia from running out, Xia De slowly walked towards the door next door which was only slightly open.
After pushing open the door, the sound of opera singing could still be heard in the dim box. The concentration of the whispering element reached its peak here. There was no light in the room, but Shade could still recognize that the structure of this box was almost exactly the same as the one he was in just now.
However, at this moment, the sofa and coffee table that were supposed to occupy the center of the box were all moved to the wall. Huge wooden models were arranged from five or six steps away from the door to the depths of the room. They were models of forests, cities, and castles. Although the wooden models were painted and filled with colors, they still looked unreal and rather cartoonish and childish.
But Xia De believed that no child could refuse such a model toy.
No one else could be seen in the room, but outside the huge model, traces of fighting were clearly visible, though not very obvious. The whispering element was clearly evident here, and the rating of this unknown relic was probably really sage-level.
Shad still stood in the corridor, holding the door handle. He knew exactly what would happen when he walked in.
Are you sure you really want to go in
"She" asked softly, and Xia De nodded slightly:
"You know I won't do anything without confidence. This is a good opportunity. The witch needs help, and I happen to be... Although there are risks, I think it should be okay."
Just as I was thinking, I heard the rattling sound of chains. At the innermost part of the box, where the wooden model was farthest from the door, past the forest and city models, on the top terrace of the palace and castle model that was almost as tall as a person, a slide rail pushed out a brand new puppet.
The puppet was only the size of a palm, wearing a white princess dress that only appears in fairy tales, and was tied tightly to a chair with chains. There was a slide rail under the chair. Probably to prevent the puppet from escaping, the chains almost tied the princess-like puppet like a silkworm wrapped in a cocoon. The puppet was alive and kept squirming, but the puppet's face could not make any expression, so it looked quite funny.
It is worth mentioning that even the face is made of wood and the golden hair is made of silk, but this is the most "beautiful" puppet Shade has ever seen. There is no doubt that this is Miss Vanessa Benanis. Because of the special puppet form at this time, coupled with the barrier of the whispering element, Shade, who was originally in the next room, did not feel her presence from the badge.
Miss Benanis had never seen Shad, but she probably guessed that he was the person she was going to meet today, so she tried hard to express something by twisting her body. Unfortunately, a puppet like her seemed to have no ability to speak, and Shad did not understand means such as telepathic communication.
"Toy God's Roller, your goal is to overcome the obstacles I set and rescue the princess imprisoned on the top of the palace as a brave man."
Some funny children's voices came from behind the huge palace model, and a boy-like puppet wearing blue overalls and a red hat poked his head out from behind the palace.
The imprisoned witch puppet is only the size of a palm, but it is half a person's height, and there are no strings or discs on its head to control it.
Xia De's expression suddenly turned cold. Even if this strange puppet was not the entire relic, it was at least the core of the relic.
"silver... ... "
He raised his right hand and was about to swing it, but the puppet that looked like a child, half the height of a man, jumped up and down to stop him. The puppet's black button eyes looked at him, and its lower mouth kept opening and closing, letting out a funny childish voice:
"If you really want those who have been turned into puppets to never be able to turn back into flesh and blood, you can fight me here."
It jumped up and down happily on the floor, and for some reason this reminded Shade of Mia:
"Toy God's Curler, I actually have no ill will towards you, I am just very curious about you. In addition, this woman has been trying to catch me for some time, so I am here and prepared a puppet show for you."
It stopped jumping, and its black button eyes stared at Shade, making a gesture of invitation:
"As long as you reach the top of the castle and rescue the princess, I promise to let all of you go. Yes, even though I am a relic, I can still swear this to the God of Toys."
The opera performance outside the box seemed to have reached its climax. Xia De pretended to hesitate for a moment:
"I have lost all my spellcasting materials and relics after becoming a puppet. I will not easily step into your venue."
"Oh, when you become a puppet and step into my puppet theater, you no longer need materials to cast spells. You are the scroller of the God of Toys, carrying many toys with you. I allow you to use the items you carry... as long as you can still lift them."
“It is true.”
Xia De hesitated for a moment, dispersed the silver light in his hand, took a step forward and entered the box.
As he continued to walk towards the huge model of the venue, his skin felt hot and itchy as if it was on fire. When Shade finally arrived at the entrance of the model forest, the soprano's high-pitched singing seemed to shatter glass. With a loud crash, all the items Shade was carrying fell to the ground, and the weak light made the metal and glassware reflect arcs.
Outsider, you have come into contact with "Whisper".
Outsider, your life form has undergone a reversible transformation. Do you need to use your soul power to resist
Shad did not resist, so he stood on the path at the entrance of the "forest", looked at his hands that had become puppets, looked at the clothes wrapped around his body, then turned around and saw the potion bottles that fell to the ground, which were even bigger than himself.
Five silk strings connect the limbs and the head, and above the strings is an inner cross disk that controls the puppet.
The First Fire and the Divine were still protecting Shad. As long as he wanted, he knew he could change back at any time once he left this model field.
At this time, the opera outside happened to be a segment of a knight's adventure story, and the half-human-high puppet had hidden behind the model castle again, humming in a funny voice:
"The evil demon broke into the royal palace, kidnapped the beautiful princess, and covered the once rich kingdom with forest. The knight from another country broke into the forest and headed for the distant castle for the princess."
There was nothing on the doll Shade. He tried to cast a spell, and then the doll's hand really pulled out a "Moonlight Greatsword" from the air, which was very consistent with the size of its body. Even the glowing greatsword looked like a wooden toy.
Outsider, in the sage-level relic Crazy Puppet Theater, all spells require no materials, all spell effects are related to body shape, and spell consumption is greatly reduced.
Although his body became smaller, his soul remained great, which resulted in a decrease in spellcasting consumption and spellcasting effects, but the total amount of spirit and the speed of spirit recovery remained completely unchanged. At this time, the spirit consumed by using the "Moonlight Greatsword" and maintaining the weapon was not even as much as the spirit that Shade recovered naturally.
This gave Shade more ideas:
"Open the maze later and give it a surprise."