Chapter 1556: Turning to Stone

Chapter 1556: Turning to Stone

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Ning watched his hands slowly turn to stone. As it did, many thoughts went through his mind, most of which were questions.

The very first question he thought was him considering if he was being betrayed at the very first moment. He had been all but certain that this leader of theirs was going to accept him, but to see that he was turning him to stone, was surprising.

Another question he wondered was why. Why was he being turned into stone?

The answer for that seemed so simple that he felt a fool to even ask it.

He had just come into this man's lair and shown him that he could turn anything into Dust. That was a massive attack on this man's business, and probably even an attack on him as a person.

He did mention trying to create Dust and not being able to.

'Oh, so he is a Converter too,' Ning thought. He should've guessed that. 'I should've known he had just drunk Spark. I assumed it was Dust.'

He nearly sighed.

His entire hand had turned to stone by now and it was slowly moving to his wrist and up his

arm.

As it did, another question came to Ning's mind. How was this man turning him into stone exactly?

Humans were not supposed to be so easily turned into anything by people who could use Spark. They were supposed to have to eat a lot of Spark to do so.

'Not only that,' Ning thought. 'He also needs a lot of training to be able to turn people into stone. Has he had the time to-"

Ning paused and looked around, looking at the many 'hangers' he had seen when coming in. They were filled to the brim with sacks and clothes, but if he were to see their height, they were all about the same height as what a person would be.

Ning looked at the branch-like stone that had been revealed when he turned the cloth to dust and realized that it was someone's arms.

Ning couldn't help but sigh. He should have seen that coming. The hints were literally all around him. If only he had bothered to check when he entered, this wouldn't have happened.

Oh well, what was done was done.

His arm below the elbow turned fully into stone, and it continued moving upward into his elbow and shoulders.

Ning looked at the man who had a maniacal grin on his face, staring directly at Ning with his crazy eyes.

"Why?" Ning asked, making his voice as hurtful as he could. "I was going to help you."

"I need no help," the man said. "I can do everything by myself. But... thank you for letting me know it was in fact possible to turn things into Dust using Conversion."

"I tried it a lot of times, but I couldn't do it at all. I had given up on it long ago. Now, though, I know I only needed to train with it a little more. That was all I needed."

Ning had no more words. "You won't get away with this," he said. "Someone will know what you did to me."

They walked through an underground tunnel with no way out and arrived at a dead end that they then opened up using a Carver's power.

A large piece of the ground had to be moved aside for another opening to be seen on the other side, which led to a large room.

Ning followed them into the room and finally noted that it was a simple bedroom that was supposed to act as a decoy for anyone sneaking around to check on them.

The hole behind them was filled and one by one the people walked outside into a hallway and then took a long walk to arrive at the foot of a staircase that climbed nearly two stories

upward.

When they got to the top, it led outside and they were finally blessed with fresh, circulating

air.

The leader took a deep breath.

"Go back to your homes now," he ordered. "We'll meet in 3 days from now."

"Yes, leader."

The group separated, with Karina going along with the leader to somewhere and the other 3

walking away in some other direction.

Ning looked at the leader, intending to follow him. But, this Carver that had moved his statue seemed the much more interesting case to follow here.

If there was a conspiracy happening here, Ning had to find it and report on it to his superiors. Not only Harper, but Redaime would be expecting a lot from him this time around.

He turned around and began following the man through the streets.

The ceiling of the city was dark as night had come long ago. The city was as good as dead with most of the lights being turned off long ago.

It was all silent too, just like the dead of night in any other city on other planets. Only it was even more eerie here as there were not even cicadas making noise, or some random bird

chirping.

There was no sound of wind moving through the tree. All there was was a hollow sound that

was very much terrifying.

The man walked for a long time, stopping at no location at all. He did not take a second to

turn around and see if someone was following him, and at some point arrived at the edge of a

city, next to a large opening that led to another city.

Ning looked at the city inside and his eyes narrowed. The opening led to City o.