Chapter: 551

“But I heard no statue movement… and why are they all kneeling…”

Jay squinted at them, looking a little more closely.

In front of each of them, small piles of stone rubble formed.

“Hmm…” he squinted, trying to see it more clearly.

Something wasn’t right.

Jay decided to have Dark move forward and walk closer to the kneeling statues.

Still no reaction.

Next, he had Dark move between some of them..

Still, no reaction and not so much as a tremor.

Finally, he mentally commanded Dark to attack one of them.

*Shring~!*

Darks daggers gashed one of the statue’s heads, leaving a puff of stone dust in its wake and some small pebbles which echoed in the silence.

Still, there was no reaction.

“Huh?” Jay thought, beginning to move forward slowly.

Anya remained still but Jay and his skeletons continued to approach the kneeling statues.

When he was finally close enough he tried to analyse them, but there were no notifications or anything.

Getting closer, and a little bit more bolder, he marched forward and spartan-kicked one from behind, causing it to faceplant and crumble.

No notification, no reaction. Nothing.

With a sigh, he went to stand in front of one.

“I see…” he had a solemn look on his face as he checked over the statue.

A large gaping hole was in its chest – the soul stone had been ripped out completely.

The Helvetian statues were basically just that – statues.

It was quite strange as it seemed that the statues did this willingly; each of them in kneeling positions and forming perfect rows and columns, like the orderly troops they were.

“It’s ok,” Jay waved, “they’re all dead.” He called Anya, who rejoined Jay at his side with a puzzled look.

“What happened here…” Anya whispered, feeling like her voice travelled to many of the statues in this massive flat area. She didn’t want to take the chance of waking any of them until she knew for sure.