Soon, Michelle retracted her arm and used water of life to treat the wound. Then, she pushed down her sleeves and returned to her usual appearance, as if nothing happened just now.
But Benjamin looked at the well as if he saw the open door of hell.
"you… "
"What are you worried about? This is not a real plague, it's just a curse." Michelle's face looked much weaker, but her voice was still the same cold, "What we need is just chaos. Hit The cursed person will show some symptoms of the plague, and coupled with the huge water ball before you, there will definitely be panic in the royal capital. Under the pressure of the people, the church cannot continue to blockade the royal capital. In this way, we will You can escape successfully."
As she spoke, she paused deliberately and revealed a teasing sneer: "You don't really think that I want to spread a plague in the capital, do you?"
“…”
Benjamin breathed a sigh of relief.
He knew very well that Michelle was a person who would do whatever it took to achieve her goals, but to be honest, she was not yet murderous. When it comes to killing innocent people and killing everyone in the capital, she shouldn't be able to do such a thing.
Moreover, Benjamin also had a certain understanding of curses. Generally, curses are cast face to face. It is actually very difficult to spread curses through water sources. Unless there is some special method, even if it succeeds, the power of the curse will be greatly reduced.
Casting a curse through one's own blood should be a special method. But no matter how special the method is, she can't really kill everyone in the city with this, right? If that's the case, then this thing is too outrageous.
If it's just some symptoms and doesn't really cause death, then it's still acceptable.
but…
The strange changes in Michelle's mental power still made him feel something was wrong.
Therefore, after hesitating for a moment, he still asked: "Why did your mental power suddenly become so strong? The last time I saw you, you were not like this."
Michelle didn't seem to care and replied casually: "This is the benefit I got from the mage's legacy. Including this special curse technique, I couldn't use it before."
Hearing this, Benjamin couldn't help but be stunned.
The mage's legacy
Is that... the thing that he and the system despised and said was probably useless, the thing left behind after the death of "Soul Flame"
Damn...
Benjamin suddenly felt like his intestines were about to turn green.
Why did he give up such a good thing to Michelle? If his mental power could also be improved in this way, the giant water ball at that time would not be like this when released, and even the rune water would explode.
well…
However, Benjamin, who was in regret, immediately realized another problem.
"Since you have become so powerful, there is no need to be afraid of the church. Can't you just force a breakthrough from the city gate? Is it necessary to go to such trouble to release the curse?" He asked immediately.
"What I have improved is only my mental power, not my elemental affinity." Michelle replied, "My magic strength has not improved much. I cannot confront the church head-on. No matter how strong my mental power is, it is useless."
Hearing this, Benjamin nodded thoughtfully.
No wonder…
In fact, for a mage, elemental affinity is the most important attribute. It determines how many elements the mage can mobilize and the power of magic. As for spiritual power, it plays more of a supporting role.
However, the improvement in mental power alone is astonishing enough.
After all, what it improves is not one or two points, but ten or twenty times!
Really... so strong that it's a bit weird.
Benjamin was full of doubts, so he asked a few more questions. However, Michelle immediately returned to her nonsensical way of dealing with Benjamin's problems, once again rendering Benjamin completely helpless.
Benjamin could only give up questioning.
Obviously, the other party didn't want to say more, so it was pointless for him to ask again.
At least, judging from the current situation, Michelle really wanted to save him from leaving the royal capital. In this case, he didn't bother to detail the rest of the details.
As long as he lasts a month or two, he will be able to repair the cracks in his consciousness and regain his magic strength. As soon as his strength is restored, no matter what conspiracy and tricks Michelle has, he doesn't need to be afraid anymore.
Until then, Michelle can do whatever she wants. Benjamin didn’t want to care about it and couldn’t.
In this way, after casting the curse, Michelle briefly dealt with the traces of their stay. Soon, she took Benjamin with her and left the abandoned backyard and headed to another secret place as their new hiding place.
During this process, Benjamin also entered the conscious space again and continued to repair the cracks.
Because of this, he didn't notice that when he left the backyard, Michelle's face suddenly showed a gloomy look for a moment.
Thus, the two people's days of hiding in Tibet began.
The chaos that Michelle expected would take time to ferment, and during this time, they could only constantly move their base to avoid the church chasing them.
During this process, Benjamin also tried to find out a little bit about the current situation of the Reese family. However, the strange thing is that the church only launched an investigation into the Riese family and did nothing else. The whole family lived well in the house and were not arrested by the church for colluding with the mage.
Although Benjamin was puzzled by this, he felt relieved and could focus on his current situation.
His own situation was not easy. In order to avoid the church's crazy manhunt, they moved to more than ten places in just seven days.
Most of the transfers were done at night, but in some cases, Michelle would take him with him, disguised as an ordinary person. They would blend into the busy streets during the day and head to the next stronghold.
Although Benjamin didn't know what the basis of her judgment was, at any rate, she was once a member of the church and had been dealing with the church in another identity for so long. Therefore, Benjamin is relatively relieved.
Facts have also proved that Michelle is very good at avoiding the church. Paladins came and went on the street, leaving one house and entering another to search. But after seven days, they were still empty-handed and found nothing.
And during these seven days, the seeds that Michelle planted with her own blood slowly sprouted.
With the flow of water, the curse spread to thousands of households in the royal capital. The next day, many people began to fall ill throughout the city. They had a high fever, were convulsing and unconscious. From this day on, several hospitals in the capital no longer had any vacancies.
In this way, several days passed, and the doctors in the capital were still helpless. The number of patients is increasing every day, but they have not cured a single patient.
A feeling of panic gradually spread in the capital.
All kinds of rumors are flying in the streets. Some people say that this is a punishment from God, while others say that this is a conspiracy by the Master... The people's imagination is always very rich, especially when combined with the huge water balloons of the past few days, the stories that can be deduced are even more bizarre. .
No matter what these rumors say, in the end, they all point in the same direction.
church.
After the execution and the arrival of the water ball that day, the church also issued an announcement, saying that "Grant" had fallen into the devil's lackey, and that the water ball that day was also a power of magic. Therefore, they sealed off the entire royal capital to capture "Grant".
In this regard, although people find life inconvenient, it is still understandable.
—On the premise that the "plague" does not break out.
Once the "plague" broke out, the people in the royal capital were like a swarm of bees that had their nest stabbed, running around everywhere. They were afraid that the "plague" would be transmitted to them, and they couldn't wait to escape and seek refuge. However, the city gate was closed by the church, and no one could get out. Therefore, their resentment towards the church has become increasingly intense.
In the first two days, everyone could bear it, but as the doctors' efforts were in vain and the number of patients increased, some people gradually couldn't stay any longer.
On the fifth day, there was an incident of rioters attacking the city gate, but not many people participated. Because of this, they failed and were all killed by the Paladins guarding the city, leaving no one alive. Then, the restlessness in the city suddenly calmed down.
Apparently, this temporary lull was just the calm before the storm.
As long as the "plague" continues to spread, it is impossible for the royal capital to really calm down. The people's dissatisfaction and desire for survival are still accumulating and brewing under the surface silence.
Finally, on the morning of the eighth day, the situation changed.