Chapter 396 – Healing Petrification

It seems that Steff had stopped the statue’s legs from moving as well.

She put up a magic barrier to stop the statue’s legs from running around town and destroying things.

「Good job, Steff. Leave the rest to us.」

「Master. Thank you. This thing responds and runs after any light it sees.」

That’s why all the lights were out in town.

She must have noticed and told everyone to put out any light.

Then she used a magical barrier to stop the statue’s legs.

The statue was still swinging its arms around, but it couldn’t move any further so there was no more damage it could cause.

「It also blows a petrification curse from its mouth. Be careful!」

I guess Steff got hit by it, which is why her legs turned to stone.

There were also a dozen people around that were completely petrified.

I knew some of them…they were the F ranked adventurers of the town.

「Isn’t that Belda, petrified next to the legs of the statue?!」

Vi-Vi said, shocked. And just a bit away from Belda was Jearl, in the same condition.

「Because I can’t move, you have to save her!」

「Sure!」

I’m sure that Steff was half-petrified trying to save Belda.

I continued the spell Steff was using to stop the statue’s legs and extended it upwards over the whole body.

Steff watched this and I could see she was relieved.

—crickcrickcrickkk

Her petrification was extending up her body as her upper half started to petrify.

She was magically trying to resist the petrification curse.

「Yureena, take care of her.」

「I’ll heal Steff.」

So she ran over and immediately began to heal the petrification curse.

—GIGIGIGIIIII

The stone statue made a strange sound and tried to move, but it was no use.

It blew a gray cloud from it’s mouth towards us, so I countered with an upward blowing wind spell. I saw a bat fall from the sky, now changed to stone.

「Cruz! Get it!」

「Leave it to me!」

My words were already too late as she ran to the statue. That’s just how fast she was.

In a few seconds, she had cut the statue into pieces with her holy sword.

「I just wanted you to save Belda from the statue, Cruz, but…」

Well, I guess breaking it into pieces was fine as well.

Cruz pointed at Belda and asked,

「Is this her?!」

「Yeah, Bring her over here!」

「Sure, Al!」

So Cruz, Femm, and Moofy brought all the petrified people over into a group and lined them up near Yureena.

I made sure to stay cautious in case something else happened.

There were only a few houses destroyed even though the enemy was so huge and strong.

It was a silver lining in a way, Belda and Steff prevented more people from being hurt.

And so all the statues were lined up for Yureena to attend to.

Dissolving a petrification curse was a difficult treatment, but nothing Yureena couldn’t do.

And after a moment, the reanimated Belda looked over at us, confused,

「Where am I…I…」

「You’ll remember in a bit.」

It’s very common to have amnesia after being restored from petrification.

But it comes back to you quite quickly. Yureena just ignored it and went on to healing the next person in line.

Vi-Vi got close to Belda and asked her,

「Are you okay?」

「Ah…I was…oh! The statue started moving, and Jearl…Jearl protected me!」

「We destroyed the statue already. And Jearl will be healed quickly too.」

Vi-Vi said, hoping to alleviate any worry.

While this was going on, Yureena went and healed the remaining people.

There were some injured as well, who were quickly healed.

With the humans restored, she then moved on to Jearl.

「Jearl’s a lot larger so a normal healer can’t just…」

「Yeah, I’m done.」

Belda was about to voice her concern, but Yureena had healed Jearl in an instant.

「GGGAAAAAAAA!!」

With his memory gone, he was confused and ready to attack.

「N…no! Calm down!」

She ran over to Jearl as quickly as she could, but,

「Nothing to be afraid of. No need for violence any more.」

She had stopped Jearl’s right arm that he had swung at her with her left arm.

Even so, he didn’t seem like he was calming down. He spun and tried to strike her with his tail.

She wrapped his tail up with her right arm and pulled and flung the dragon using his own attacking force against him.

Then she patted his head.

「Are you okay now?」

「Gaaaa…」

It seems that his memory had come back again. He was definitely quiet.

I could see Jearl was shaking though after a young girl like Yureena knocking him over that easily.

Cruz then smiled and said,

「Hey! Good one, Yureena!」

「If you show a little compassion, even animals will respect you.」

Yureena said proudly.

「Compassion…you just tossed him on the ground…」

Vi-Vi said to herself, and I didn’t miss her saying it.

Belda finally got to where Yureena and Jearl were standing.

「It seems I can’t thank any of you enough for all you’re doing for Elkay.」

「Yeah, it comes with the territory.」

Belda took a look around her. She wanted to know what had happened while she was petrified.

So Steff began explaining all that had happened.