In the end, it was still discovered...
Benjamin felt a little helpless. He thought he was doing a pretty good job as Grant. Unexpectedly, the paladin saw through him after just one encounter.
Fortunately, he was alert and activated the water element perception method, otherwise he would really have suffered.
Through the perception of the water element, he could see that there was no one else around except the two paladins. Apparently, his guess about the church was correct. They no longer had that much energy to deal with this matter, so they only sent two paladins to guard here.
In this case, it doesn't matter if these two paladins see through.
Let's get rid of them first.
Thinking like this, Benjamin walked in front as if nothing had happened, then suddenly turned around, and while the two paladins were unable to react for a moment, he chanted the spell of the Pillar of Steam.
A large swath of wildly surging water vapor was summoned, immediately surrounding the two paladins.
The expressions of the two paladins suddenly changed, but it was too late for them to do anything. Under the influence of the strong updraft, their feet lifted off the ground and rose into the air. They had no way to use their strength and could only struggle wildly and let out some panicked shouts.
"Let me go, you devil's lackey!"
Benjamin completely ignored the paladin's words, but felt the magic he released and fell into thinking.
Sure enough, knocking up is the strongest control, especially when dealing with enemies like this that only have melee capabilities. As long as they are allowed to fly, there is nothing they can do.
Although the direct attack power of water vapor is not very good, its control power is still quite strong.
After summarizing the rules for using the Pillar of Steam, Benjamin came back to his senses, looked at the two paladins who were blown in the air, spinning around, and shook his head again.
Don't waste your time.
It's better to end the battle quickly, it would be bad if any passers-by are attracted.
After thinking about it, Benjamin controlled the water vapor, threw the two paladins more than thirty meters into the air, and then canceled the magic.
A height of thirty meters should be enough.
After doing all this, he turned around and continued walking towards the exit of the secret passage without looking at the two struggling Paladins falling straight down.
From the moment Benjamin's disguise was revealed, it became impossible for the two paladins to survive. Therefore, don't blame him for being cruel, he didn't want to kill anyone, he was forced to do so.
"You can write a book in the future." The system suddenly appeared and complained, "It's called "One Hundred Ways to Die for Church Members." It will definitely be more interesting and exciting than Death Comes."
"..." Benjamin scratched his head innocently and said, "Actually, I just want to try a new magic."
but…
It seems quite miserable to be thrown more than thirty meters into the air and then fall to death.
He couldn't help but remember that he had seen a discussion on the Internet about which method of suicide was the best. In the end, that post concluded that besides euthanasia by injection, jumping off a building was the most satisfying option. As long as the building is high enough, you will die instantly without feeling much pain.
More than thirty meters is already a pretty merciful height... right
Thinking of this, he shrugged, ignored the two snaps coming from behind, and continued towards the exit of the secret passage.
When the paladin died, the church would be alerted and he had to act quickly.
He came to the place he had agreed upon with the "Silver Fox" boss, squatted down, lifted the stone with force, and took a closer look. However, under the stone, he found nothing.
Benjamin was immediately disappointed.
As a result, the "Silver Fox" boss was not as powerful as he thought, and could not pass the news to him under the nose of the church.
It was a waste of time.
"Wait a minute, look at the bottom of the stone you opened. There seems to be something on it." Suddenly, the system reminded, "It seems to be the back of the letter that Michelle asked you to send to the church. Substance used to write invisible words.”
Hearing this, Benjamin was stunned.
He immediately turned the stone over.
The bottom of the stone is flat, which is really good for writing. But looking at it now, there is nothing at the bottom of this stone, as if it is just an ordinary stone.
If the message was really left with that colorless substance...
Benjamin thought that Michelle had said before that "it will appear when heated a little," so he recited the spell of the Pillar of Steam and summoned a ball of hot water vapor.
This is the only way he can heat it up.
He could only steam and bake the stone while praying in his heart that this substance would not dehydrate. Otherwise, these small dewdrops liquefied on the stone may blur the words on it.
Fortunately, maybe this kind of thing used for writing is really waterproof. Under the steam of scalding hot water, a line of words slowly appeared.
Benjamin couldn't stop being surprised.
Fortunately, he didn't trust the wrong person. The "Silver Fox" boss kept his word and kept his trading principles. Although Benjamin didn't know how he did it, he still felt very admired in his heart.
As the owner of the hotel, although the "Silver Fox" boss is not on the wanted list, he will definitely be hunted down by the church. However, he was able to protect his son while helping Benjamin find someone under pursuit. He also secretly entered the prison ruins and left a message on the stone.
How can a person hold his tongue in his mouth so well
After wondering for a while how the "Silver Fox" boss did it, Benjamin put away his sigh and turned his attention to the small characters at the bottom of the stone again.
As the steam continued to smoke, the words became clearer and clearer.
"The carpenter's shop in the east of the city."
Benjamin looked at the line of words and read it out.
After reading it, he frowned subconsciously.
It's a bit far from here.
Of course, he won't give up just because he's far away. After getting the news, he smashed the whole stone into pieces, then quickly left the prison site and rushed to the carpenter's shop in the east of the city.
The information has been obtained, so he has nothing to hesitate and can just continue to pursue it.
Not only that, during the entire process of entering and leaving the prison site, he took care not to be seen by others, so as to avoid possible suspicions - two more Paladins died, and the church would probably be going crazy at the moment.
What will become of the frantic church, Benjamin doesn't know. Therefore, he still had to be careful.
In this way, he tried to take some lonely roads. Two hours later, he finally arrived at the carpenter's shop in the east of the city.
—The location left to him by the "Silver Fox" boss.
The carpenter's shop is located on a main road in the outer city. The store is not big, but its reputation is not small. Because the shop owner is so good at his craftsmanship, nobles even occasionally come here to customize things.
If I remember correctly, in the beginning, in order to distract the church, Benjamin sent Jeremy to run errands and asked him to run through this place several times. The owner of this place was tortured to the point of falling seriously ill because of Benjamin's words, "He will understand." It seemed that he had just reopened his business recently.
Thinking of this, Benjamin couldn't help but nodded.
What else can he say? This is fate!
With this thought in mind, he walked in.
"Welcome, my lord, what do you need?"
Behind the counter of the shop, a middle-aged man covered in sawdust put down the saw and wood blocks in his hands, stood up, and asked Benjamin.
Benjamin looked around the entire store. Except for a few customers choosing chairs and this middle-aged man who looked like the owner, he saw no one else.
He didn't see the assassin nicknamed "Bamboo Rod".
Could it be that he delayed it for too long and the person he was looking for had already left here
Thinking of this, he stepped forward and asked the middle-aged man: "I want to find someone. Excuse me, have you ever seen a tall, thin, freckle-faced young man here? He looks a little... Stunned?"
He would definitely have to ask more questions.
His appearance today is not that of a beggar, but that of an authentic nobleman. Anyone who is a businessman will fawn over him when they see him like this.
However, after hearing Benjamin's words, the middle-aged man was stunned.
"S-Sir..." After a while, he came back to his senses and said nervously, "What's wrong? Did my useless son get into trouble again?"