what's the situation
Benjamin felt confused, but he was not that stupid and would not stand there and let people smash him. Therefore, before the stick in the blacksmith's hand fell, he nimbly dodged to the side and avoided the opponent's sneak attack.
"I didn't mean it. Do I need to be so cruel?" After dodging the stick, he turned around, looked at the stunned blacksmith, and said helplessly.
He wanted to find out why the blacksmith did this.
However, the blacksmith didn't seem to have any intention of answering. After recovering from the shock, he showed an angry expression on his face, continued to wave the stick in his hand, as if crazy, and then launched an attack on Benjamin.
"Are you sick?" Benjamin quickly backed away, turned around and ran out of the blacksmith shop.
He didn't know where he had provoked the blacksmith. He had just said something nice, but he turned around, picked up a stick and started beating him, without making any sense at all.
In fact, since he just came back to his senses, he felt like he was out of sorts. He felt as if something had happened, but he didn't understand what happened. He felt completely inexplicable.
Therefore, he decided to stay away for now.
He has no interest in continuing to struggle here - he can't use magic to kill the blacksmith, right? The priest is so close, he will definitely be discovered using magic. Besides, he didn't want to attract too many people's attention.
If you can't afford to offend him, why don't you run away
"Don't run!"
However, the blacksmith's hatred towards him seems to have reached the sky. As soon as Benjamin ran out of the shop door, the blacksmith's voice came from behind him, and the passers-by around him couldn't help but look at him sideways.
Why...are you so haunted
Benjamin turned his head extremely irritably, and even had the urge to fight. He didn't understand why the blacksmith was so obsessed with him. He neither slashed him with a kitchen knife nor set fire to his shop. Why did he look like he had a life-and-death feud
This is too strange!
However, at this moment, he suddenly saw a figure emerging from behind the blacksmith.
Bang!
A rather strong and loud sound was heard coming from the back of the blacksmith's head. The blacksmith's action was a pause, and then he rolled his eyes and fainted to the ground. The stick also fell to the ground, making a ping-ping-pong-pong sound.
Benjamin was also stunned.
what's the situation
Behind the blacksmith, a middle-aged woman holding a frying pan appeared. She glanced at the blacksmith who fell on the ground, then looked at Benjamin, and nodded apologetically.
"I'm sorry, he...he is quite impulsive. He scared you. Don't be angry."
“…”
Benjamin said nothing. The direction of the plot was too weird, and he felt a little confused.
First, the blacksmith didn't know why, so he picked up a stick and wanted to hit him. But now, a woman with a frying pan appears again, knocks the blacksmith out with a pot, and saves him
… etc.
Benjamin suddenly felt that this aunt looked familiar.
Isn't she... isn't she the proprietress of the hand-knitting shop just now? They had just met in the weaving shop. Why did she appear from the blacksmith shop now
Which song is this sung from
"No, that's what... It's not very convenient here. Everyone is watching. Let's go in and talk first." Before Benjamin could ask, the proprietress looked at the crowd of onlookers nearby, laughed awkwardly a few times, and spoke again. , said so.
Hearing this, Benjamin raised his eyebrows in surprise.
Something fishy
If there are no special circumstances, there is no need to avoid crowds.
At that moment, he suddenly felt that the things in front of him were not simple. Therefore, he paid more attention - before answering the question, he first released the water element perception method and carefully sensed the elusive landlady.
However, the result surprised Benjamin.
The magical elements surrounding the boss lady showed a completely different gathering posture from ordinary people. Moreover, through the perception of mental power, Benjamin could feel that her mental power was much sharper than that of ordinary people.
… She’s a mage
Benjamin was stunned for a while before slowly digesting the amount of information.
It's hard to believe, but the elements don't lie. They told Benjamin that the boss lady was a mage, so she was a mage.
Not only that, he also sensed the blacksmith by the way, and the answer he got was somewhat unacceptable to Benjamin - yes, that blacksmith is also a mage.
…So, can anyone really be a mage these days
Benjamin had the urge to raise his head to the sky.
Really... forget it.
As it was, he had nothing to worry about.
We are all mages, there is no need to be so tense. The blacksmith would chase him, and there must be some misunderstanding in the process. And, more importantly, it is definitely not a coincidence that the two mages appeared together at the border of the kingdom.
Why do they appear here and open a shop just next to the gate
There is definitely something hidden.
Thinking like this, Benjamin suppressed the sense of absurdity in his heart and reluctantly replied: "It's okay, I'm not angry."
Hearing this, the landlady also nodded and said, "As long as you're not angry." After saying that, she turned around, dragged the unconscious blacksmith on the ground, and motioned for Benjamin to enter the blacksmith shop with her.
Benjamin thought for a moment, then walked over and followed the proprietress back to the blacksmith shop - he wanted to see what kind of medicine these two people were selling in their gourds.
Just like that, the proprietress dragged the fainted blacksmith back, closed the door, and blocked out the curious onlookers.
"Are you a mage?" Benjamin didn't bother to talk so much nonsense, he directly pierced the window paper, looked at the landlady, and said.
However, after hearing this, the landlady did not show any surprise, but nodded unusually calmly.
She didn't seem to have any intention of talking to Benjamin right away, but walked directly behind the stove in the blacksmith shop and lifted a stone brick. Then, the entrance to a dark secret passage was revealed.
"It's still not safe here. Come with me. If there's any problem, I'll tell you later."
After saying that, she dragged the blacksmith and walked in through the entrance.
Another secret passage...
Benjamin felt a little weird. However, he carefully sensed the elements near the proprietress. Her magic level should not be very high and she would not threaten him. Therefore, after thinking for a while, he still followed into the secret passage.
After all, everyone is a mage, so under the nose of the church, there is no time for internal fighting.
In this way, the secret passage is very short, and it reaches the end after walking for a while. However, when he came out of the exit and looked at the scene in front of him, Benjamin couldn't help but be stunned.
Outside the secret passage is a large room similar to an underground warehouse. There was nothing in the warehouse. It should have looked empty, but it seemed extremely busy at the moment. There were about twenty people, men, women, old and young, all standing in the warehouse, looking at the proprietress and Benjamin who came out of the secret passage.
"Everyone, are you all here?" The proprietress glanced at the crowd, smiled enthusiastically, and said loudly.
When people saw her, they quickly walked up to her. They took the blacksmith she was dragging and carried it aside. Afterwards, everyone actually started chatting like this, leaving Benjamin standing aside with a confused look on his face.
With a bad premonition, he once again used the water element induction method.
“…”
Benjamin couldn't help but take a deep breath.
That's right, every one of the more than twenty people here is a mage.