The priestess dragged Ivan's body and threw him at the foot of the statue.
She returned her staff to where it had appeared, and her wings also disappeared back into her body; she placed both palms together and began to mutter chants under her breath.
Peng!
With a burst of soft light, a large glowing sigil appeared on the ground around Ivan and the statue. The sigil had two points, Ivan and the statue were on both points.
She continued her chant even after the sigil appeared, soon, layers upon layers of runes began to appear on the surface of the statue while black tattoos crept up from the sigil on the ground and entered Ivan's body before spreading over his skin; his body was soon covered completely by these tattoos.
After the tattoos and the runes appeared on Ivan and the statue, they began to stretch out like limbs in each other's direction.