The Kingdom of Hori and Ikol "battled" in this strange way for nearly two hours.
The entire content of the mutual hostility, from good words and persuasion at the beginning, gradually escalated into mutual slander, with negative information about each other popping out of their mouths one after another. For example, the church once killed many innocent people, and then erased these things from the history books, and the queen of Icol was actually the real murderer of the former king of the empire, but she kept blaming others... In short, the two sides were quarreling. Not open to trade.
Benjamin even felt as if he was listening to celebrity fans tearing him apart in front of them with loudspeakers.
To be honest, some of the dirty information is quite shocking. However, Benjamin would definitely not be stupid enough to believe everything they said at this time. If two out of ten sentences were true, it was considered a sign of their good character.
Moreover, this kind of music sounds fresh at first, but becomes annoying after listening to it for a long time. Moreover, their volume is extremely loud, which makes people’s ears hurt. Therefore, no one wanted to hear the mage inside the gate. They quickly gathered together and closed the door, trying to isolate those annoying sounds from outside.
Then, they were ready to start discussing the current countermeasures.
"Otherwise, let's open the outer door and let the magicians from Icol come in." Someone suggested, "We are all magicians anyway, so they shouldn't make things difficult for us. After the door is opened, we can leave here. alright."
Some people also thought it was inappropriate: "It's not good... If the gate is really given to Ikol, the town of Crewe will probably suffer. The little tailor in my original shop, he doesn't know about things like church mages. , he’s a pretty nice person. I feel a bit sorry for getting him involved like this.”
"But we can't return the door to the kingdom. People from the church are pouring in. Do you think they will really keep their promise and let us go? We must not trust them." Another objected immediately.
"Then can we trust Ikol? Who knows what the situation is on their side..."
All of a sudden, all kinds of opinions came out. Some people want to open the door to Ikol, some don't want to let the door open to Ikol, and some people think that they might as well just guard the gate and not let anyone else. As time goes by, the armies on both sides will naturally retreat.
In this regard, Benjamin could only shake his head.
"There are more than just mages in Ikol's army. Among their large number of logistics troops, I also found a lot of digging tools. In other words, they are ready to dig tunnels in and let people Shouting outside is just a cover-up." At this point, he paused and his tone became heavier. "Ikol is like this, let alone the Royal Army. Although I haven't found any signs yet, they are all After so many days, they must have prepared something else.”
Despite the lively quarrels and quarrels between the two sides, Benjamin knew very well that they were all planning to build a plank road to cross Chencang secretly. What they all think is that if the enemy's attention is attracted by their talk, they can make a fortune silently.
They are all cunning guys, and they play tricks one after another. They look stupid, but if you accidentally fall into one of them, you will die miserably.
Fortunately, Benjamin doesn't take it lightly.
"Don't worry, the tunnel is not that easy to dig. We have tried it before. The soil around here is very hard and there are a lot of gravels. How can they dig in so easily?" the proprietress said quickly.
"You only have about twenty people digging, and you have to dig carefully so that no one can find out. It will definitely be difficult to dig." But Benjamin shook his head and said, "In their army, there are thousands of people digging in turns, and they have all the tools. There are also various magic and divine arts to assist you, so the difficulty is definitely much less than yours."
As soon as these words came out, all the mages looked at each other and were silent for a while.
Seeing this, Benjamin sighed.
Probably it was too easy for them to occupy the gate. The mages lived very comfortably and never had any sense of crisis. But now, the situation suddenly came to them, and they were not mentally prepared, so they ran out of ideas.
Life is so easy, these people still need to feel a little nervous.
"Then... we have to act quickly. No matter which side it is, once they find a way to enter the gate, we will have no initiative at all." Wallis said with a somewhat anxious look.
Benjamin also nodded.
It is the eternal truth to strike first to gain the upper hand. Strike later can only be done with the support of absolute self-confidence - they do not have this kind of strength now.
Therefore, after thinking for a while, he suddenly spoke and said: "We will take action tonight."
"Old Benjamin... Oh no, Mr. Benjamin, do you have any idea?" A mage next to him asked with a surprised expression.
Benjamin shrugged and said, "So be it."
Immediately afterwards, he roughly stated his thoughts to all the mages. After everyone listened, they discussed it briefly and found no objections, so they adjourned the meeting and started busy preparations.
A few hours passed in the blink of an eye.
The two sides were fighting against each other, probably because they were tired of shouting and couldn't think of any new words for a while, so the two sides temporarily stopped playing and the first round ended in a draw. The entire gate finally returned to tranquility, and the birds that had been driven away by the noise gradually returned to nearby branches.
As time went by, the military camps on both sides of the gate became quieter and quieter, as if they were all asleep. As for what they are really doing, only they themselves know.
But inside the gate, there was no response from the beginning to the end, as if there was no one inside.
until midnight.
It seems like it's just twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, everyone who should be sleeping is asleep, and those who should be awake are still awake. There was silence around the gate, and the chirping of insects could be heard from time to time, as if this night would pass quietly like those ordinary nights in the past.
But it didn't.
At exactly 12 o'clock in the middle of the night, the door of Crusad, which had been closed for more than half a month, suddenly opened at this moment.
With a buzzing sound, both the iron gates in the direction of Ikol and the iron gates in the direction of the Kingdom slowly rose at exactly the same speed and opened, revealing a long and narrow passage connecting the two countries.
The sentries guarding the gate from both countries were stunned.
"The door...is the door open?"
There was no one in the corridor, and I didn't know who opened the door. At that moment, walking through the long aisle of the gate, the sentries on both sides could even see the stunned expressions on each other's faces.
However, this shock only lasted for a moment. In the blink of an eye, they reacted, and within less than a second, they blew the warning horns one after another, and with a whoosh, all the people in the military camps on both sides woke up.
"What, what's wrong?"
"What happened? Is the door open?"
"What's going on? Who opened the door? Where are those mages..."
The quiet night suddenly became noisy.
In fact, to be fair, the responses from both sides were not slow. In this midnight time period, people's spirits are not much better, not to mention that many people are woken up from their sleep. After they woke up, they all rushed to the door as fast as they could and set their sights on the open door.
At that moment, many people even rubbed their eyes, wondering if they had fallen asleep, had hallucinations, or were still dreaming.
But what really woke them up from their dreams was the orders from the superiors on both sides.
"Rush over! The handle is at the end of the aisle. Close the door at that end and don't let them in!" The bishop squeezed out from the crowd, looked at the door, suddenly raised his voice, and ordered extremely anxiously.
And on the other side is the military camp.
"Quick! Everyone rush over to me! As long as we close the door on the opposite side, the Crusad gate will be ours!" The queen stood on the high platform set up in the camp and shouted with excitement on her face.
Suddenly, countless soldiers from the military camps on both sides rushed out and rushed into the narrow corridor of the gate.
As for who opened the door, why the doors on both sides were opened at the same time, and where the mage in the door went... In this case, it became an issue that no one paid attention to, and was forgotten by everyone. Er Jing.