Pries made his move without hesitation, directly capturing Max's soul.

He skipped the interrogation phase, choosing instead to directly interrogate the soul through various means, which was the most straightforward and effective method, ensuring more authentic information.

The Land of Dawn has strict restrictions on necromancy; ordinary people cannot simply use necromancy on others, or face severe punishment.

However, Pries is one of the rare "certified" necromancers who can legally perform certain necromancy spells according to regulations.

After Max was captured, the protective golden witch array remained activated.

"Minister, the magic lock and the witch array inside the attic seem to be connected, so I haven't taken any rash actions," Shaq reported.

Pries considered this; witch arrays shouldn't be tampered with carelessly, as triggering one accidentally would be troublesome.

"I'll call Herag," Pries thought, remembering that Herag was a witch array master. Here was one readily available, so he could have him check it out.

Herag was observing the activity from the inn across the street and had detected the presence of Pries and his team, watching the entire operation unfold.

"Herag, there is a witch array here that needs you to come and check if it can be cracked," Pries messaged Herag.

Herag replied, "I'll be right over."

When he arrived at the attic, Pries, Shaq, and several others were at the door, studying the magic lock.

Usually, when they encountered such witch array issues, they would call people from the Witch Array Master Association to resolve them.

At present, Herag was from the Witch Array Master Association, so they let him try.

If Herag couldn't solve it either, they would call someone from the Witch Array Master Association.

"Herag, you've arrived. Can you look at this magic lock and see if the witch array behind it can be cracked?" Pries asked.

Herag nodded, "I'll give it a try."

He couldn't guarantee success, only saying he'd see if it could be done.

No matter how powerful a witch array is, its essence is constructed from combinations of various runes.

Cracking witch arrays generally involves two methods: one is seizing control of the array, similar to the attack incident that once occurred in Black Rock Valley, where the opponent tried to take control of the array there.

The other method is rendering the array ineffective, depriving it of its original function.

Cracking a witch array demands a high level of skill from a witch array master, because each witch array is typically very mature and structurally stable.

To crack the array, you must be very familiar with the rune structure and then make some adjustments to change the original structure, thereby rendering it ineffective.

However, this alteration isn't accomplished by randomly changing a single rune.

Many witch arrays have defense mechanisms, like the array in the attic before them.

Once it detects external intrusion or cracking attempts, it automatically triggers its defense mechanism, turning the entire three-story dwelling into ashes.

If Herag wants to crack this witch array, he must bypass the defense mechanism without detection and render the array's function ineffective.

Because the core of the array is inside, the rune structure can't be directly seen.

The normal cracking process is finding a suitable rune structure position externally and exploring step by step, observing the structure of the runes, and then inferring the complete structure based on the observed runes.

The more complete the rune structure obtained through this process, the higher the probability of analyzing vulnerabilities, naturally increasing confidence in cracking the array.

Herag doesn't need such methods.

"Shenlan, scan and analyze the rune structure of this array."

"Task archived, scanning and analyzing in progress..."

Shenlan has environmental detection capabilities, unaffected by the magic power obstruction of the array.

Shenlan can directly scan and observe the core of the array internally, obtaining the complete rune structure of the array.

Before long, a rune structure diagram of the witch array appeared before Herag's eyes.

After observing the structure diagram for a while, he found indeed a rune structure with defense functions.

There was also a small block of runes linked to the magic lock, responsive to each other.

If any external force forcibly disrupts the magic lock, it triggers two arrays.

One array seems to notify Max, informing him of abnormalities here.

Max could directly activate the protective system of the array, initiating the entire array.

Additionally, if the message to Max doesn't receive a response within a minute, the array automatically triggers.

If Herag wants to crack this array, he first needs to resolve the defense structure and the structure that triggers the arrays.

"Shenlan, detect the most suitable entry point and crack the array," Herag commanded.

This was the best time for Shenlan to shine.

The human brain might make errors, and calculations might deviate.

But not Shenlan, which provides accurate results through meticulous computation of these fixed information structures.

After several seconds.

"Cracking completed, entry points shown in diagram."

Before Herag, Shenlan marked several entry points on the array structure diagram and suggested applicable runes.

"Minister Pries, I'm ready," Herag spoke.

Pries noticed the confidence in Herag's eyes.

So he didn't doubt further, trusting Herag's judgment.

"You all leave here first, pay attention to safety," Pries ordered the team behind him.

Shaq and the others left immediately.

Although Pries believed in Herag, he still wanted others to leave first as a precaution.

Of course, Pries wouldn't leave. Staying here was partly due to confidence and partly to protect Herag.

If something unexpected happened, he could immediately ensure Herag wouldn't encounter danger.

Besides, Herag was considered his junior, and there was no reason for him, the Minister of City Defense Safety, to leave while his junior was risking danger here.

He had to stay; it was a matter of principle.

Herag felt more assured seeing Pries by his side.

Pries was clearly backing him up, even if he failed to crack the array, it wouldn't matter.

A Level 2 Wizard was fully capable of ensuring his safety.

With these thoughts, Herag dove into the task.

He checked Shenlan's entry points, analyzed the logic, and found no issues.

Thus, he began the attempt, his hand gathering magic power, forming a rune, and channeling it into the magic lock.

Using the entry point of the covered rune structure on the magic lock, he initiated the process of cracking the entire array.

The first step went smoothly, the array remained stable with no abnormalities, nor did it trigger the defense mechanism of the array.

Herag proceeded unhurriedly, cracking the array, not rushing, but methodically injecting runes into the array one by one, gradually altering the structure.

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