It was not too late and the handmade textile shops were still open.
After Benjamin roughly explained the situation, the proprietress naturally had no objection and asked Benjamin to stand in the corner of the store and secretly sense the situation inside the door like last time.
Since the cracks in the consciousness space were repaired, although Benjamin's magic power has declined slightly, the water element perception method has not been affected much. On the contrary, it is farther than before. With the feedback from the water element, Benjamin could also see the gate. It was indeed as he overheard that ten people were checking pedestrians and 200 people were guarding the gate.
The structure of Crusad Gate also emerged in his mind little by little.
The entire gate is actually more like some kind of fortress, with not many parts for people to pass through. In the middle of the gate are two huge iron door panels. You can feel the aura of powerful magic on them. It should be said that there is almost no other way to pass it except opening the door from inside the fortress.
As for the passage between the two doors, which is a hundred meters long, it is the only place for entry and exit. There are many side doors on both sides of the corridor. Through those side doors, you can see long corridors and rooms. The functions of the rooms are different, some are soldiers' accommodation similar to dormitories, some are prayer rooms specially set up for churches, and there seem to be a series of rooms such as command rooms, canteens, warehouses, etc.
The Crusad Gate is thousands of meters wide and hundreds of meters thick, so there are naturally many rooms inside.
Benjamin's attention kept wandering through the rooms, trying to find the cross that examined the mage.
At ten o'clock, the guard at the gate changed shifts. The ten soldiers at the door gave the cross directly to the person who came to take over. The person who took over took the cross, lit a lamp, and continued to inspect the pedestrians on their way at night.
After observing this scene, Benjamin suddenly felt a little headache.
Isn't that right? Ten crosses, just used twenty-four hours and three hundred and sixty-five days without interruption? The church is so stingy and doesn’t have any spare parts, so how can Benjamin steal it
No... there should be a spare. Magic props also have durability. If you use them for too long, they will still break.
Where did it go
Perhaps Benjamin's range of perception was not far enough. He could only perceive the rooms within the gate that were closer. As for the room near that side and the deeper room, he couldn't reach it.
Headache.
Thinking this, Benjamin gradually withdrew his perception, leaned against the wall of the handmade textile shop, and fell into deep thought.
"How's it going? Have you finished reading?" Suddenly, the voice of the landlady came, calling him back to the real world, "It's getting late, I'm about to close the door, it's time for you to rest."
Benjamin came back to his senses and shrugged helplessly.
"It's a bit tricky. The gate is very well guarded."
Although the textile shop was not closed yet, there were no other customers. There are all mages in the shop, so he doesn't need to dress like a customer, and he doesn't need to be shy when speaking.
"Yes, otherwise we wouldn't have said there was nothing we could do." The landlady didn't look too disappointed and said, "The harvest has been average in recent years, and the people at the gate sometimes buy food in the town. Wallis is here While doing business, I took the opportunity to sneak in several times, but I haven’t found anything yet.”
... sneak in
Hearing this, a thought suddenly flashed in Benjamin's mind.
"Do we have a chance to enter the inside of the gate?" he asked quickly.
"Of course, I have gone in once." The landlady nodded and said, "Last winter was very cold, and the person at the door ordered a large number of cotton-padded clothes in the town, and several textile store owners have gone in. But We can only go as far as the door, and we are not allowed to go deeper."
Hearing this, Benjamin thought for a while, but still shook his head.
The thought that came to his mind just now was whether he could pretend to be a soldier and actually sneak into the Crusad gate. But according to what the landlady said, what they meant by sneaking in was actually just stopping at the door of the aisle, leaving their things and leaving. They couldn't really sneak in.
In this way, the more Benjamin thought about it, the more he felt that the task of stealing the cross was a bit unreal.
Could it be that...he had no choice but to give up
After thinking for a moment, he suddenly raised his head, changed the subject, and asked: "They were ordering cotton-padded clothes in the town at that time. Do you know how many sets they ordered in total?"
The landlady looked a little surprised and didn't seem to understand why Benjamin asked this question.
However, after frowning and thinking for a while, she still spoke and said: "At that time... the several stores together should have about a thousand pieces, but they also bought more than a thousand more from Wallis. "
Benjamin nodded thoughtfully.
Judging from the relatively complete shift and holiday system, the salary of the gatekeepers is still good. If they want to buy clothes specifically, they will definitely buy more and not less. Coupled with the dormitory that Benjamin had just observed using the water element induction method, he estimated that there should be about 2,000 soldiers in the entire gate.
Two thousand people…
Benjamin has also observed that they are basically ordinary armors that have not been blessed. Their training level is definitely not comparable to that of the Paladins and the Royal Army. Their combat effectiveness is average, but they only rely on the strong door to show their aura. The enemy's temperament.
"What's wrong? Why are you asking all this?" Seeing Benjamin's delay in speaking, the landlady seemed a little aroused and asked.
"Based on the number of cotton coats they ordered, it can be judged that the garrison at the gate should be about two thousand people." Benjamin folded his arms and leaned against the wall, "I was wondering how strong the combat effectiveness of these two thousand people is. "
The landlady suddenly showed a surprised expression, shook her head quickly and said, "You don't want to force your way in, do you? No, there are a bishop and six priests inside the door. We can't deal with the bishop alone, let alone There are other priests.”
Hearing this, Benjamin was also a little surprised.
There are so many spellcasters guarding the Crusader gate
To be honest, just now, he had already started to do some naughty tricks in his mind. He was still thinking that there were at least twenty mages in the town now. Soldiers without enchanted equipment are extremely vulnerable in front of mages. If they could sneak into the passage of the gate together and then take action suddenly, they might be able to break through the gate's defenses and escape directly abroad.
But... now it seems that this won't work.
Those church people are a problem that they cannot solve at all.
"What is everyone's magic level and how many spells they can use? Do you know this?" After thinking about it for a while, Benjamin still refused to give up and asked.
"You probably know." The landlady said while shaking her head, "However, I think you should not have too high expectations..."
"It doesn't matter, hasn't it been a while since everyone learned magic?" However, Benjamin looked a little eager to try, and said with some expectation, "Humans will always make progress."