Mr. Granger said briefly:
"Mr. Evans, you are responsible for blocking the entire building. Do not let the sound and light of the battle affect the area outside this street. At the same time, you are responsible for dealing with possible attacks from outside. Professor Danister, Ms. Michelle, and I, the three of us will enter from the first floor and go to the third floor through the stairs. Professor Stewart, five minutes after we enter, please destroy the roof and enter the third room on the east side."
The four thirteenth ring warlocks nodded, and the others from the church and the academy were on guard at the outer edge. Miss Danister was still worried about Shad, so she didn't ask Shad to leave the street directly, but asked him to follow Professor Mason and Professor Lemar and not run around.
Just like that, as Mr. Granger pushed open the tightly closed door on the first floor of the Stonemasons Association, the operation officially began. After the three entered, Mr. Chris Evans, the "Master of Illusions" of the Creation Church, reached out and pressed on the metal door that had been closed again. Then, like a soap bubble, a transparent film that seemed to have colorful light in the weak sunlight completely wrapped up the huge stone building.
This top-notch illusion was not comparable to Xia De's "Red Butterfly Illusion" and "Moon Shadow Illusion". Even Xia De, at such a close distance, could not see what was happening inside the "bubble".
Professor Stuart of the Sukses Medical College strictly calculated the time and arrived at the rooftop of the Chamber of Commerce opposite the Stonemasons Association in advance. Seeing that the time was almost up, he flew from the air to the association, passed through the soap bubbles, and entered the building from the rooftop as if entering a body of water.
The illusion concealed what was happening inside the building at the moment, even the changes in the elements were completely concealed.
Seven minutes after the operation began, even with the cover of the illusion, people still saw the blasphemous silver light emanating from the west window of the third floor. With a roar like Mia's, a heavy object flew out of the glowing window and fell not far from Shade.
It was a stone human head. Shade had seen that face before. It was the face of a young man among the three stone statues of a child, a young man and an old man that were carried by the cultists last Tuesday. However, only the head of the young man's statue was left, and there were obvious cracks on his face caused by a sharp blade.
"Don't let anyone get close!"
Mr. Chris Evans of the Creation Church walked over immediately, but before he could seal it, the stone head actually melted directly into the soil. So Mr. Evans stretched out his hand to blast the soil, but there was no trace of the human head in the deep pit of the explosion.
If Shad remembered correctly, after the battle last Tuesday, the heart that was voluntarily donated in the child statue also disappeared after the battle.
In short, the matter of the Randall Valley Stonemason Association was concluded very smoothly with the cooperation of the five thirteenth ring warlocks. The smashed stone statue of the young man was the cause of this large-scale petrification, but how the statue entered the third floor of the Stonemason Association still needs to be investigated.
After confirming that the battle was over, the church finally arranged for people to enter the association to count the number of victims. Shade also followed the two professors of St. Byrons to the third floor of the Stonemason Association to meet Miss Danister.
Of course, what was more important was seeing the petrified Margaret.
The princess sat motionless on the sofa, holding a teacup, while Prince William stood at the window, opening his mouth as if he was saying something.
Because they were closest to the source of the accident, even though Margaret was a fifth-ring warlock, she still couldn't react. Shade resisted the urge to rush over and use the Holy Grail to make the "Universal Earth Elixir" and asked Miss Danister:
"Can it be restored?"
"It can be restored, and the incident happened so suddenly that no one has any memory of it. Afterwards, we can use the reason that 'the cultists dropped poison gas bombs to prevent the royal family from reconciling with the Stonemasons' to explain this incident. But the problem now is how to restore it."
Because Margaret was actually from Sexes, the professors of Sexes were also very concerned about this matter. In addition, since it involved the prince and princess, the church had to show its attitude. So while the victims were still being counted downstairs, the high-level warlocks of the Church of the Sun had already come up with a plan upstairs, asking the high-level warlocks of the Church of the Sun to use a counter-spell to directly break the malicious petrification state of Margaret and Prince William. As for the other victims downstairs, they could only think of other methods later.
"However, since we don't know what kind of divine spell this is, there is a chance that the counter-spell against malicious polymorph will fail."
While the church was preparing, the relaxed Miss Danister said to Shade.
The battle just now didn't seem to be fierce. At least Shade didn't see any signs of injury or fatigue on the thirteen-ring sorceress.
“What happens if it fails?”
Shade asked nervously, and Miss Danister thought for a moment:
"Permanent abnormalities will occur in the limbs. But don't worry, the church has always been very cautious, and some unique relics, such as the sage-level relic Saint's Curse-Removing Stone that is rumored to be treasured by the Zaras Academy of Literature, can help remove similar curses and transfiguration."
This Shade knew that the ruby had always been on Leicia's ear.
"The local church must have housed similar relics before. It should be fine to use them as a supplement."
But the problem is that what Shad wants to ensure is that there must be no problems with Margaret.
Maybe you can try it.
Xia De was thinking whether he should try his luck with the "Twenty-Sided Dice of Fate" when "she" suddenly spoke softly.
"Try what?"
Your thaumaturgy, toy making.
"But this is not true for the current situation... Could it be that..."
He frowned slightly and said to his teacher:
"Miss Danister, can I give it a try?"
"Try what?"
The sorceress asked curiously. Seeing Shade staring at the stone statue on the sofa not far away, she finally realized:
"You have a special thaumaturgy for malicious transfiguration?"
"Similar magic."
Xia De answered briefly, then looked around. Professor Mason and Professor Lemar took a few steps to the side.
"In fact, Her Highness Margaret and I... Her Highness met me when she visited Tobesk last winter."
"so... ... "
The red-haired sorceress raised her eyebrows, and Shade looked around cautiously again, then whispered something in Miss Danister's ear.
Then, the librarian showed a surprised expression on her face, and then that expression quickly turned into a smile that she was trying to suppress. She looked at Shade and looked him up and down:
"Are you sure you're not kidding? Oh, you do look great. Young ladies will probably like gentlemen like you. But, um... I remember that according to rumors, you and the Archduchess... and the fortune teller in your group..."
The smile on her face became brighter and brighter, and she wanted to ask more out of curiosity, but fortunately she held back:
"If that's the case, you should give it a try. After all, you do look very anxious."
Originally, with Shade's status, he was not qualified to experiment with his own methods in the presence of so many high-level sorcerers. But fortunately, Miss Danister had enough face, so after communicating with the church, she agreed to Shade's application.
Xia De didn't need to do any preparation. He simply tore off the floral curtains on the window of the room and then covered the stone statue where Margaret was sitting with the curtains.
After a while, there was movement under the curtain. Then, the princess opened the curtain covering herself, and looked at the dozen people in the room with caution and suspicion:
"This is... ... "
She saw Xia De at a glance, and then followed Xia De's quietly extended finger and saw the stone statue of her brother at the window.
She tilted her head:
“Can anyone explain this?”
As he spoke, he took a sip of the tea in the cup in his hand, then found that the tea was completely cold, so he put down the cup with a frown, not at all nervous about the appearance of so many strangers here.
"I see. Instead of using a counter-curse to remove the curse, they used another highly mysterious Transfiguration technique to make the latter unable to pass the Transfiguration judgment, thus forcing him to return to his normal human form."
Miss Danister understood what was going on, but she also noticed the slightly concealed fiery look on the princess' face as she looked at her student. She felt deeply that young people nowadays were really amazing, and at the same time she urged Shad to change Prince William back.
Because Shad's transformation method was simpler, under the arrangement of Miss Danister, he transformed twenty people back to their original states before he was finally allowed to rest because he was "out of breath".
It was already evening, but Xia De did not leave immediately. Instead, he took a rest in the lounge on the third floor. He might be needed in the future.
Just as he sat down on the sofa, there was a knock on the door:
"Come in."
As he spoke, he covered his chest and pretended to gasp for air. Now the association was full of people from the church, so Xia De didn't need to ask who it was. However, after the door was pushed open, it turned out to be Margaret who walked in.
The maid closed the door, and Her Royal Highness the Princess walked quickly towards Shade and hugged him.
"oh!"
Shad was a little surprised at first, and then he also hugged the blonde girl, but Margaret was obviously more excited than Shad thought, and after the hug she kissed him again. Her strength was very strong, forcing Shad to retreat continuously until his legs touched the sofa and he was forced to sit down, and then Margaret didn't even take off her high heels and got on the sofa.
Xia De couldn't fully describe Margaret's mood at this moment. Fear, worry and other complex emotions mixed together made her behave so impulsively.