Miss Carina asked while glancing at Shad who was helping Tifa and the others collect the broken ice and rocks.
Hearing this question, almost all the girls in the basement laughed.
Miss Sylvia smiled and shook her head:
"How could Vanessa tell me something so private?"
Just as Xia De was secretly relieved, she added:
"But you should also know about Xia De's illness last week? I asked about what happened before, and then I learned that in order to fill up Xia De's perfume bottles, they..."
She leaned close to the red-haired witch's ear and whispered a few words, and Miss Carina's eyes gradually changed when she looked at Shade:
"Really? Even Benanis wants to snatch it from me..."
She made up her mind secretly.
Shade did not stay in the witches' manor for too long. After making sure that the witches were making their own preparations, he set off again to the manor where the professors of St. Byrons were staying.
The old gatekeeper at the gate of the manor probably heard Miss Danister talk about Shade, so this time he did not stop him from coming in. Miss Danister happened to be in the manor at this time, and when she heard that Shade was coming, she received him in the study.
This manor, which was owned by the college, was obviously not as well decorated as the witch's manor, but the decoration of the study was particularly good. The four walls were all covered with bookshelves, and the highest part of the bookshelves directly reached the roof, so that there was no trace of the wall at all. Because the wall could not be placed with gas lamps, the crystal chandelier above the head provided light.
"I have received your letter."
Xia De mentioned the information to his teacher:
"Ms. Danister, in your opinion, how did the original founders most likely acquire the current location of the school?"
He posed the question to the sorceress of the thirteenth ring, and Miss Danister thought about it and gave an answer that was very similar to Shade's guess:
"A treasure from the First Age. Gods rarely have any thoughts about mortal things. After all, the Old Gods are fundamentally different from us mortals. What we consider precious is no different from the dirt on the ground in the eyes of Gods."
Although she didn't know what Xia De wanted to do, she still didn't hesitate to give her own ideas:
"In fact, not only when it was first established, but even now, the school still has treasures related to the initial era. That is the most precious secret of St. Byrons, but I bet that the Lasers College of Arts and the Sixes Higher Medical School should also have similar treasures."
"Can you tell me what the school's treasure is?"
Shad was very interested in this.
“Not extraordinary items, but something that has survived to this day.”
Miss Danister counted:
"There are some things that are not suitable for you to know, but the most important thing for us is a stone tablet that records the story of the oldest moon god, Silver Moon Sage. Even though I am the thirteenth ring, I still cannot retell this story completely. I can only say that the story is that the ancient god incarnated as a saint and came to the material world, and together with the sun god's supreme sunbinder, defined day and night."
Xia De showed an expression of amazement:
“We actually have something this amazing.”
Miss Danister smiled and said:
"When you reach the twelfth ring, I can take you to see the stone tablet. But not now, because you can't bear the weight of the knowledge."
As the two were talking, they suddenly heard a knock on the door outside the study.
"What is it?"
So Miss Danister asked.
"Professor, something happened in the city. The church sent someone to deliver a letter. If you have time, please go and take a look as soon as possible."
"Something's wrong in the city? Can't they solve it themselves?"
The sorceress stood up at once:
"where?"
“Randall Valley Masons Guild.”
The young voice outside the door said that this time Miss Danister, in addition to the two college professors accompanying her, also brought some assistants to help with writing and running errands.
"I'll be there right away."
She was about to say goodbye to Shade, but Shade also stood up:
"I'll go with you. I have nothing to do this afternoon."
Miss Danister hesitated:
"If it wasn't very dangerous, the church wouldn't let me go... I can take you with me, but you have to promise 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 after the two of them met up with the other two Professor Gao Huan who were accompanying them, they quickly took a carriage to the Stonemasons Guild in the old city.
Last week, when Yin Luna and I were tracking down the little girl selling flowers, they also came to Stonemason Street where the Stonemason Association was located, but because the stonemasons on Stonemason Street were fighting at the time, the two of them did not go in.
When he came here again on this gloomy Monday afternoon, the entire street was blocked by the police. A huge thin wooden board was erected at the street entrance to prevent anyone from peeking into the street. When Shade got off the carriage with Miss Danister at the street entrance, he felt a strong sense of blasphemy.
The professors also felt the undisguised power and were about to check the situation further when the old priest who came to greet them came over.
Professor Lemar, a gray-haired seminary professor, asked:
"What's the situation now?"
"Please come with me inside. The professors from Zarathus and Serksais have just arrived as well. The situation is very complicated."
The local police were in charge of guarding the street entrance, and the church's ring sorcerers were in charge of guarding the wooden boards that blocked the view. After entering the street from between the wooden boards, the group immediately saw the lifelike statues standing on the street.
But then, including Xia De, they immediately realized that this was definitely not a statue, but a living person.
A rough count shows that there are hundreds of stone statues just on the streets.
"A living person contaminated by the mad earth?"
Professor Mason of the School of Ancient Literature asked softly, reaching out to touch the nearest statue, which looked like a merchant. The statue kept its right leg raised, and its eyes looked to the left. There was no panic in its eyes, and it seemed that there was no sign of what was happening.
"No, it's not permanent petrification, it's something like malicious polymorph."
Professor Mason made an accurate judgment, and the old priest who led the way said worriedly:
"It's true that they are not permanently petrified. This is more like a curse. But if we don't restore them to flesh and blood as soon as possible, I'm afraid that even if we succeed in saving them, they will just 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:
"It was around 2:30 in the afternoon. The Peace Church was also in the old city, so the fluctuations of the blasphemous element were detected almost immediately, and the news was received quickly."
"The Peace Church has planted spies in the Stonemasons Guild for the sake of peace between the Guild and the royal family?"
Miss Danister asked, but the old priest shook his head seriously:
"At that time, there were two very special people in the association. The local church, out of obligation, sent people to the street corner for long-distance protection. This stabilized the situation in the first place and prevented the whole city from panicking. The two noble nobles were also petrified. This is the crux of the problem."
"I don't know much about this place. Who are these two nobles?"
Miss Danister asked again as they passed the stone statues on the street and approached the Stonemasons Guild.
"Prince William and Princess Margaret."
"What?!"
Xia De suddenly looked up in the direction of the Stonemasons Association, but no one noticed his expression at this time.
Miss Danister frowned:
"Nothing can happen to these two, otherwise the order of the entire Carsenrick will be changed. At this time, this is absolutely not possible... ... Don't you change them back first?"
"No, the stone statue of the descendant of the House of Anjou is now inside the Stonemasons Guild, but... please follow me."
The group quickly arrived at the door of the Stonemasons Guild and noticed that a large group of people had gathered there.
In addition to the representatives of the Five Gods Church, professors from the Sekses Higher Medical School and the Zalaas College of Literature have also arrived. Among them, the Sekses Higher Medical School, just as the rumors that the elf lady Emilia heard, sent the Dean of the Thirteenth Ring, Professor Miller Stewart, who is known as the "Iron Punisher".
After a brief greeting, Miss Danister looked up at the upper floors of the building:
"What's on the third floor?"
She asked, and Mr. Granger, the Earthshaker of the Church of the Sun, said in a deep voice:
"Similar to last Tuesday night, it was the stone statue brought by the cultists. Last Tuesday night, the cultists' stone statues attracted the attention of the evil god. If it weren't for the help of the guardians and the summoners, we would have been in big trouble. This time, although we are not sure whether the cultists' stone statues can cause similar results, for safety reasons, we did not force an attack."
In order to deal with the incident in Randall Valley, the Church of the Five Gods mobilized six thirteenth-ring warlocks to Randall Valley, plus two from the three major academies, "The Blood-weeper" Hermons, and guardians with special forms of existence. At this time, Randall Valley City had an unprecedented gathering of eleven thirteenth-ring warlocks.
In order to prevent the situation of last Tuesday night from happening again, Mr. Granger, the "Earth Shaker" of the Church of the Sun, Ms. Triss Michelle, the "Singer of Freedom" of the Church of Peace, and Mr. Chris Evans, the "Master of Illusions" of the Church of Creation, have all appeared here. Together with the two thirteenth rings from Sexes and Saint Byrons, the five thirteenth ring warlocks will solve this matter together.
Time was urgent, so the five thirteenth ring warlocks who had gathered did not bother to greet each other. Mr. Granger of the Church of the Sun was the commander-in-chief of the operation:
"Don't worry about anything else. Make sure to defeat the stone statue in one blow to prevent any possible evil god power from leaking out of this street. Of course, if a problem similar to last Tuesday really occurs, the ascetic monk of our church, who is carrying an angel-level relic, will confront it head-on."