As soon as the ice pick appeared, it fell straight down and stabbed Andre, who looked angry.
When Andre saw this, he quickly recited a spell and formed a stone wall above his head, trying to block the ice pick summoned by Benjamin. However, as soon as the two came into contact, the stone wall collapsed like rotten wood, unable to stop the ice cone in the slightest.
"Mr. Bishop, save me!" Upon seeing this, Andre was frightened and began to call for help in a panic.
The bishop glanced at him and seemed not to want to save him. However, after a moment of silence, the bishop took action and condensed a shield of holy light on Andre's head to help Andre block the falling ice pick.
"Thank you, thank you, Lord Bishop..." Andre was shocked, but he did not forget to thank the bishop devoutly.
Seeing this scene, Benjamin sneered in his heart.
Do you think you are fine
Thinking of this, he suddenly spoke and said loudly: "Don't you want to know what happened in the capital, whether the Pope is dead or alive? Okay, I will tell you now."
As soon as these words came out, the bishop's attention was immediately attracted.
"You do know these things."
However, Benjamin did not continue speaking, but used the ice-breaking technique again, condensing more than twenty ice arrows, and in the blink of an eye, he attacked Andre, who was protected by the Holy Light Shield.
In fact, he had no idea what was going on with the Pope. He only said these words to divert the bishop's attention and give himself a chance to kill Andre.
Andre must die.
- Even if it was just for other people in the mage group, he had to do this.
Benjamin's change of face was quite sudden. In addition, everyone present was attracted by "the life and death of the Pope", so no one reacted. Therefore, no one went to help Andre.
Under the dual effects of ice arrows and ice picks, the bishop's absent-minded shield was broken. Andre, who was inside, was unable to react in time and was pierced through the chest by several ice arrows. Blood splashed along with ice particles, but the priest next to him, who looked very mysophobic, dodged it.
"you… "
Andre showed an expression of disbelief and fell down.
Benjamin watched him die with indifference.
If possible, he even wanted to cut off Andre's head and show it to other people in the team so that they could also relieve their hatred. But in the current situation, he couldn't do whatever he wanted. Being able to kill people was enough for him.
It's almost time for him to escape.
In reality, just as he expected, a loud eagle cry reached his ears from afar.
"Have you had enough trouble?" The bishop's tone did not fluctuate. It seemed that he did not care about Andre's death, nor did he notice the hawk's cry in the distance. He said, "Now, tell me what happened to His Majesty the Pope. ?”
Benjamin smiled and said, "Okay, let me tell you. The Pope is actually dead, and the one who showed up some time ago is actually just a puppet under the control of the King's Bishop."
Hearing this, the bishop was stunned.
"You, are you telling the truth?"
Benjamin continued to smile and said nothing.
Of course it's not true. He didn't have a deep impression of the Pope. He only saw him once at the execution ground, so how could he know what he was like? He said this just to distract the bishop so that he could escape.
Of course, if the bishop believed him and started a more intense struggle with the bishop of the royal capital, that would be something Benjamin would like to see. It is said that watching the excitement is not too big a deal, not to mention that Benjamin and the church are in a hostile relationship - these people had better fight for him, and the harder the fight, the better.
"If you dare to lie to me, do you know what will happen?" The bishop said with a threatening tone.
"Of course I didn't lie to you, all of this is true." Benjamin said extremely seriously, so serious that he almost believed it himself, "The Pope has died long ago, and the bishop of the royal capital put this in order to control the entire church. The information was concealed from others.”
"Why should I believe what you say?" For such a major matter, the bishop obviously would not believe Benjamin's words. He needed more conclusive evidence.
Benjamin also nodded thoughtfully.
Of course he couldn't provide evidence.
but…
Just when the bishop was staring at Benjamin, as if he wanted to confirm whether he was telling the truth or a lie from his expression, suddenly, an astonishing scream came from the outside of the encirclement.
Following this, there were eagle calls one after another.
At that moment, the expressions of everyone present changed dramatically. Everyone turned around and saw that under the dim moonlight, they saw a large black shadow of unknown objects, like a swarm of bats coming out of their nest, circling out from the distant mountain peaks and flying towards them in an endless stream.
"W-what is this?"
Soon, several of the black shadows broke through to a relatively close place, and everyone present was finally able to see its appearance clearly.
It was quite huge, much larger than any adult lion, and its sharp beak and claws shone brightly in the dark night. Its head is like a ferocious falcon, its amber eyes slowly rotate, and the white feathers on its neck are like a circle of hard armor. But further down the neck, the bird's feathers transition into animal down, with its tail pointing upwards and its strong limbs slightly curled up, giving it the appearance of being ready to attack at any time.
And on its back, a pair of huge wings were like clouds covering the sun, shrouding everyone's heart.
Finally, someone recognized it.
"It's... it's a gryphon!"
As if a bomb had been dropped on the entire encirclement, the soldiers who had remained calm had lost their original composure. The soldiers on the outer layer quickly collapsed, but the soldiers on the inner layer had nowhere to escape. They could only hold long swords and shields, trying to resist the griffins that rushed into the crowd one after another.
However, facing such a powerful monster, they seemed to be no different from ordinary people without training. Every time the griffin takes out its claws, it can take away a life.
For a moment, the endless screams seemed to have turned into a chorus, sometimes in harmony, sometimes out of tune.
The narrow mountain road is like hell on earth at this moment. Even the priests were involved and had to deploy the shield of holy light to protect themselves, so as not to be killed in the sudden attack of the gryphon.
As for the Bishop and Benjamin…
When the griffons had just launched their attack, Benjamin recited the spell of the Pillar of Steam. With the water vapor surrounding him, Benjamin jumped up, flew into the air, and quickly escaped from the encirclement.
—After all, it was an expected scene, so of course his reaction was faster than others.
However, Benjamin took off, so the bishop would not fail to notice.
Judging from Benjamin's attitude and the perfect timing of the gryphon's appearance, no matter how stupid the bishop is, he can still understand what is going on. Therefore, the moment Benjamin took off, he also recited a spell, and then, a pair of wings made purely of holy light suddenly appeared behind him.
At that moment, the bishop's entire body was bathed in holy light, as if he were an angel sent by the gods to earth. Then, he raised his head and looked at Benjamin flying in mid-air, as if he was possessed by a god, showing no sadness or joy.
"You can't run away."
After saying that, he waved the wings of holy light behind him and chased after him.
"Fuck..."
When Benjamin saw this, his expression changed slightly.
As for the whole plan tonight, the last part is actually that he used horse oil to attract the griffin, causing chaos, and he took advantage of the chaos to fly away. Originally, the chaos was quite good. The other priests were busy protecting themselves and had no time to deal with him. But it was obvious that even if the plan was calculated carefully or unintentionally, the plan would not be so smooth. The bishop must have had a trick up his sleeve.
Looking at it now, it turns out that he is not the only one who can fly.
Based on the "Introduction to Divine Art" alone, he didn't know much about the flying methods in divine arts. But looking at this posture, this magical technique must be much more powerful than the mage's flying technique.
If he caught up with him, he would be out of luck.
Therefore, faced with this situation, Benjamin did not dare to hesitate any longer. He hurriedly directed the water vapor, using his maximum speed, and with a swish, turned around and ran away.