If the scene on the day of the execution was a sea of people, then at the gate of the royal capital today, it can be said that if you just squeeze in here, you may get pregnant.
There is no way. After experiencing the water polo rush into the city a few days ago and the "plague" that has been raging during this period, the people of the royal capital are now like frightened birds. If any accident happens at any time, they can fall into a state of collapse.
For this reason, when they saw the notice posted by the church and knew that the city gate was about to open, many people even shed tears of joy, as if they were catastrophic. In this way, they gathered at the gate of the royal capital at this moment according to the time mentioned in the notice, eager to escape from the royal capital at this time.
At this time, the only thing to be thankful for is probably that the capital has four gates, which share a lot of traffic. Otherwise, many people may have died in the stampede and crowding.
As for Benjamin and Michelle, at this moment, they did not blend into the crowd, but were hiding in a house near the city gate, preparing to leave.
"North City Gate...is it really a good choice?"
Benjamin suddenly raised his head, looked at Michelle who was using a strange dye to dye her hair ginger red, and asked.
It's not that he questions Michelle's judgment, it's just that he also knows the terrain of the entire kingdom very well. The road north of the royal capital was narrow and had few forks, so it was not a good place to lose track. Although the church is about to open the city gate, it is just forced to have no choice - they will never let Benjamin go so easily.
Therefore, even after leaving the royal capital, he had to be more vigilant and not take it lightly.
In his opinion, East City Gate is a better choice. The roads to the east of the royal capital are very complex and the area is vast, with many remote trails. And more importantly, if they want to escape from the Kingdom of Hori and completely escape the pursuit of the church, running eastward is their only choice.
There is a School of Silence hidden in the mountains to the west of the royal capital, but since Michelle has already told the church the detailed address of the School of Silence, I'm afraid it won't be that safe there.
To the north of the royal capital, past Pearl Lake and Pearl Valley, it will soon be blocked by towering mountains. No one knows how high that mountain is or what is on the other side of the mountain. No one has ever successfully climbed over that mountain peak. Every climber who returns after failure says: "I have tried my best, but no matter how high I climb, I can't even see the top of the mountain among the clouds when I look up."
Therefore, the mountain range was named "Scaife", which means the end of the sky.
Benjamin did not think that they could cross the Scaife Mountains, so the north was actually a dead end. As for the south, let alone that. To the south of the kingdom is a vast ocean. People on this continent seem to have little interest in the ocean, and there are no figures like Columbus. Therefore, no one knows what is on the sea.
After all, even if the east side of the kingdom is the Valley of the Broken Army, there stands the Crusad Gate, which is comparable to a natural chasm. But anyway, after passing that door, you will find Ikol - a country founded by the queen eight years ago that rejects the church and has an open attitude towards mages.
Benjamin had accidentally taken the letter before, disrupting the church's plan to preach eastward. The church can only temporarily retract its tentacles extending to the east. Therefore, the three countries to the east are actually safer.
Didn't Claude also say in his letter that he wanted to be a mage and that he could develop well by hiding abroad. In short, for Benjamin at this moment, fleeing abroad seems to be the best choice.
Therefore, when Michelle chose the North City Gate as their escape route, he felt extremely confused.
North Gate? Is there a wool thread at the north gate? If you want to play the game of reverse thinking, that's not how you play it. No matter which door you open, someone will be watching, and if it's just to confuse the church's judgment, it's not worth it.
There must be other reasons for Michelle to do this.
"There is also an underground rock passage in the legacy of the senior mage." Michelle said as he threw a roll of map over. "The rock passage is very long, and the senior has already explored it. There is no danger. Through that rock passage, we can directly reach a cave near the Valley of the Broken Army from Pearl Lake."
Underground rock tunnel
After hearing this, Benjamin couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
He took the map and opened it to read. The map is an ordinary kingdom map, except that there is an extra line to the northeast of the royal capital. One end of the line is at Pearl Lake in the north of the royal capital, and the other end is close to the kingdom's border gate. At both ends of the line, the detailed locations of the entrance and exit are marked.
According to Michelle, this should be the underground rock passage.
Is there such a magical terrain in the kingdom? I don’t know if it was formed naturally or if it was dug by manpower a long time ago.
However, knowing this, Benjie no longer doubted leaving through the North City Gate. Going through the tunnel would definitely be much safer than escaping on the road, and it would also confuse the church, lest the church deploy heavy troops at the Crusad gate to block their way out of the country.
Therefore, he asked the system to memorize the information on the map, and then he began to dress up in disguise to prepare for blending into the crowd and escaping from the royal capital.
They spent about an hour disguising themselves. Obviously, Michelle is good at this, and a series of methods also opened Benjamin's eyes: she cut her hair short and dyed it red, glued her eyelids together to simulate a pair of squinting eyes, and then used special A small freckle was added to the nose using dye, and a front tooth was knocked out... The final result was as if he had changed into a different person.
Even Benjamin couldn't help but marvel. With such skills, he could be a mage, but in the original world he could be a special effects makeup artist.
Of course, Benjamin himself was completely transformed by Michelle. She gave him a strange herbal medicine. Soon, Benjamin's skin became extremely pale, and his hair color became much lighter, like an albino. The healthy complexion that he had gained after a period of military training suddenly disappeared. Without a trace.
If Michelle hadn't told him that this thing would subside on its own in half a month, Benjamin would have been a little bit unable to accept it.
Of course, after recovering from the shock, Benjamin also felt relieved. He looks like this now. Even if he were thrown in front of the bishop, the bishop would not be able to recognize him.
It's really... a rehash of ordinary disguise technology.
In this way, the earth-shaking transformation was completed. Michelle pretended to have the "plague" and was pushed by Benjamin in a small broken car. They left the house where they were hiding, quietly blended into the crowd, and walked towards the north gate. passed.