After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

Aize nodded in response to this answer.

He added:

"According to the captured sorcerer, even the blood of the previous True Ancestor used in their research was provided by them. This means that this group of people can influence both human and demon leaders simultaneously... Just imagine what this means."

This means that one-fifth of the brave men are doing something incredible.

This means that Uriel and her teammates who are still inside the church must be highly vigilant and guard against possible undercover agents and betrayal.

That's why Aize brought them here to remind them with a real-life scenario.

But Uriel didn't understand——

"But why? Why would a whole team of heroes do such a thing?"

"Who knows? I'd like to make an irresponsible guess, maybe it's for an experiment."

This group of people instigated the half-blood assassin girl at the beginning to attack Aize, which was actually giving clues to Aize at that time.

In other words, deep down, they must hope that Aize can prevent this incident.

But when Aize got to the heart of the matter faster than expected, they went to assassinate Charlotte in an attempt to delay Aize's investigation.

This shows that they don't want Aize to stop this incident too early.

With such a strange fight between the left and right, the only possibility Aize could think of was that it was an experiment.

Eventually, George was resurrected and killed again.

The experiment itself must be considered a great success.

So, they sneaked back into the underground research facility and destroyed all the records and data there, making it impossible for Aize to track their whereabouts through subsequent investigations.

Make things happen, manage things, and finish things off.

Done in one go, clean and neat.

If Charlotte had not discovered something fishy when she was being assassinated and successfully counterattacked, their operation would have been truly impeccable.

Realizing this, Uriel was greatly shocked.

So much so that people are stuck there.

While she was organizing her thoughts, Aize walked around the facility a few times, sighing and shaking his head.

"These bastards actually cleaned up the place without leaving even a single scrap of paper."

Then he came to Villian:

"I'm sorry, I made you work for nothing."

"No, no, it's okay. How can we know without actually peeling it open and taking a look? Right?"

The witch lady kept waving her hands.

Yuriel also came back to her senses at this moment.

There was no point in thinking too much about complicated things. After all, at this moment, even Aize couldn't figure out what was going on.

In short, an entire team of heroes has become traitors and is planning something that could be very serious.

Just be more careful and pay more attention.

As for other things... let's take it one step at a time.

However, she still had a small question.

"Speaking of which, the researchers said their research has hit a bottleneck. What kind of bottleneck is that?"

"Well..."

"Let me explain. After all, it's related to ancient magic."

Since the matter involved technology, Violet took the initiative to intervene between the two and began to explain.

The ancient ritual is divided into three parts.

The first part is a treatment-like procedure, which can now be determined to be resurrection, or has the same effect in terms of results.

The second part is the extraction of magic power, which is used to establish a magic power supply network for the operation of the technique.

In the third part, the stone slab was destroyed before Villian could produce any results.

"Based on the research confessions, they believe that the third part of the ritual should be transformation, or reincarnation."

"Conversion?"

"Well, after the modification and grafting of the blood plague, it will transform people into half-bloods. If it hadn't been modified, it would have transformed into something else."

"what?"

Miss Witch shook her head:

"I don't know. This is their bottleneck. The transformation experiment cannot be completed no matter what because the required magic power is far from enough."

In this incident, George used the magic power of 100,000 people to transform himself into a terrifying monster that had never been seen before and could destroy the world.

This is enough to prove the value of ancient techniques.

But if what Villian said is true, it means that even this incredible super-panel monster is just a half-baked compromise product.

What kind of heaven-defying thing was the ancient technique originally intended to transform into?

It's simply unimaginable.

With the stone tablets and research materials all destroyed, this matter cannot be investigated further at the moment.

Several people looked extremely ugly and were speechless for a moment.

After a few seconds of silence, Aize sighed softly and broke the silence and said:

"Anyway, that's what's going on. You guys should be careful while you're in the church. If you find anything, remember to tell me. Don't delve into it, or it could be dangerous."

"……Um."

The black-haired hero nodded.

"Then let's go, there's no use here."

"Ok."

Aize and Yuriel left first.

When Villian followed closely and was about to go out, she found that the brave man Nain, whom she met for the first time today, was standing there and holding her tightly for some reason.

Just as I was about to ask, the other party spoke first:

"You are the Great Witch Villian, right?"

"Yeah that's right."

In front of her, Aize was able to tell her everything about the incident, which shows his trust in the Silver Star Team.

Then, the witch lady who vowed to stand by Aize would naturally not have any reservations about them.

This question was answered very simply.

Nain lowered his head slightly, as if looking at the witch in front of him from head to toe.

He asked again:

"You, are good at magic?"

"Well... should... be considered so, right?"

Villian had also heard of the silver-haired hero in front of her.

Born as an artificial human, he has his own magic furnace made of super technology, a super magic turret that is truly a one-man army.

When such a person asks this question now, the meaning behind it is somewhat subtle.

"Hey, let's go, what are you doing?"

Aize, who was waiting outside, shouted.

Nain didn't say much. He walked past Villian with an expressionless face and came to the cave entrance, intending to leave quickly according to Aize's words.

But before she got out, she turned around and looked at Villian again:

"I'm not good at magic. But I will be the strongest magician in Aize."

After saying that, he walked out without looking back, and ran to Aize's side obediently and actively.

Leaving Miss Witch confused.

After realizing that this was some kind of declaration of war, she could only shake her head helplessly.

Charlotte is one, and this is another, and the number of inexplicable competitors has increased again.

Obviously she herself didn't have this idea.

"Alas, the future is unpredictable, in every aspect~"

Villian shook her head helplessly and muttered to herself.

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The rescue efforts at Wangdu were fruitless, and subsequent investigations were also fruitless.

After a fruitless trip, Uriel planned to lead the team back to the Holy City immediately, but Aize persuaded her to stay and rest for a night.

Then everyone returned to the capital together.

Who would have thought that just as they reached the door, before they could even go in, Elena, the leader of the Royal Knights, ran out in a panic:

"No, it's bad! Her Highness the Princess is missing!"

For the past two days, Elena, who was both a subordinate in terms of system and a sister in terms of emotions, had been almost always by the princess's bedside.

Just like she did the other day.

As a result, she left for a few minutes because of a work for the Knights that had to be completed.

When I came back again, the bed was empty.

Thinking of Heidi's obviously not good mental state, he panicked for a moment.

But it turned out to be a false alarm.

Because Aize agreed to help with the search, he found the target on the clock tower of the palace with almost no effort.

She was wearing loose pajamas and her hair was messy.

"Hey, you awake?"

Ai Ze walked over with a relaxed expression, leaned on the railing and greeted:

"It's good that you're awake, but don't run around like that. Captain Elena is getting so worried."

Heidi seemed to be still a little sleepy, with her eyes half closed and her hair a little messy, sticking up in several places.

She sighed softly:

"That guy is worrying too much. He got through everything before. What else could go wrong now?"

Then, his expression darkened and he lowered his head slightly towards Aize:

"I'm sorry, I was supposed to be in charge of rebuilding the capital, but I was too busy sleeping and ended up pushing it all onto you, just like before. I'll take over soon."

Aize quickly waved his hands:

"No, no, no, you're the one who's in real trouble. You should just rest for a few days. We can talk about it later. It's okay. There's no rush."

"after……"

As if something sensitive had been touched, Heidi slowly shifted her gaze to the distant horizon where the setting sun was slowly sinking.

"I'm thinking about what to do next. According to what my father...Georgiart said, everything about me from birth to now is a lie."

It refers to the noble responsibilities, noble honor, and the protection of civilians.

Even George Art himself did not believe in these things. He simply instilled these things into Heidi with the mentality of creating a fool.

"Before, I used these things to deny the actions of other nobles, but in the end... hehe, I was the biggest joke."

That being said, Heidi's mood wasn't too bad.

After all, the defenses that needed to be broken have been broken enough.