Hearing this, the queen raised her eyebrows and showed a somewhat surprised expression.
Probably surprised by Benjamin's overly calm reaction, she pondered for a moment before she spoke: "Don't get me wrong, I'm just curious, what kind of people are the mages who can capture Crusad's gate?"
Another person who likes to do Tai Chi while talking.
Benjamin felt a little helpless, but he did not show it on his face. Instead, he nodded and said, "Your Majesty has seen it now, so... can you let us go? It's getting late, and we still have to hurry. It's really too late. I don’t want to delay any more.”
In fact, Benjamin was still a little anxious.
Who knows how long the group of mages can restrain each other at the door with the bishop. If the bishop escapes, or if Ikol's team of mages comes back, then Benjamin and the others will be in trouble again.
Therefore, they must get away from the gate as quickly as possible.
When the Queen heard this, she suddenly smiled warmly and said, "Yes, it is indeed getting late. Well, why don't you stay in our camp for one night and set off tomorrow to avoid having to walk at night? Not good either.”
As soon as this proposal came out, Benjamin's heart skipped a beat.
If he still had expectations for the queen's "kindness" before, now he has completely understood that the queen doesn't want them to leave like this. No matter what the purpose was, she planned to keep Benjamin and his party here.
The Queen's nice words were actually just to buy time. Now, the magicians from Icol haven't come back yet, and the Queen's side is not strong enough. But once those magicians come back, Benjamin may not be able to help himself if he wants to leave or stay.
So, he didn't bother to go around in circles anymore.
"Your Majesty, there is no need to waste time waiting for your mage to come back. We must leave tonight." As he said that, he glanced at the mage blocking the front, "What do you think of the mage who occupied the Crusad gate? Can these people stop it?"
Subsequently, the more than twenty mages following him also cooperated in showing a mysterious and cold appearance.
—Thank you also for their performance.
Benjamin didn't know the strength of the queen's mages, but correspondingly, the queen didn't know their strength even more. Therefore, he had no choice but to play an empty city strategy and use bluff to scare the opponent.
In fact, as he said this, he didn't feel nervous at all. It was probably because he had acted in too many dramas and told countless lies in front of the King's Bishop, so he had practiced it. Besides, if you really want to say it, this queen doesn't feel as oppressive as the bishop of the royal capital.
"Really? Say what you have to say, you are an interesting person." After being directly retorted by Benjamin, the Queen did not get angry, but let out an emotionless chuckle, and continued, "Then I won't beat around the bush, I admire your strength and wisdom very much, and I hope you can join my team of mages and serve Icol."
Hearing this, Benjamin frowned, and the mages behind him also looked at each other with strange expressions.
"What's wrong? Don't get me wrong, I don't want you to be my subordinates." Seeing this, the Queen seemed to think it was funny, and immediately added, "In my team of mages, you are very free. If you decide to close I will not disturb you if you are studying or meditating, and I can also provide you with some help. The only thing you need to do is to pick one of the many needs I have every year to complete."
… Really
When the queen was saying this, Benjamin secretly glanced at her mage. Although there was nothing wrong with the appearance of those mages, Benjamin always felt that they seemed not to be so willing.
Because of this, Benjamin had no interest in the Queen's seemingly beautiful promise.
"Thank you Her Majesty the Queen for your kindness. Let's do this. Anyway, we will pass by Icol in the future. You can just let us think about it on the way. After thinking about it, we will give you a reply when we have the opportunity." He gave a polite answer as much as possible. Denial reply.
Suddenly, the queen's expression became less friendly.
"You really have to leave now?"
Benjamin nodded.
The Queen narrowed her only left eye and stared at Benjamin, with a faint murderous intent showing in her eyes. Benjamin looked at her calmly - the Queen also saw that Benjamin was the one in charge among the group. So she never spoke to anyone else.
In this way, the scene remained deadlocked for more than ten seconds.
As if she had sensed Benjamin's unwillingness to give in, after the stalemate, the Queen suddenly changed her expression, looked away, and quickly changed her target of attack.
She was going to try to recruit the rest of the mage team.
"He doesn't want to stay, what about you? Little girl, my palace has a lot of diamond jewelry and gorgeous clothes. If you join my army, I can reward you with them all." The third female Behind Benjamin, a somewhat confused and young girl was found. So, she smiled again, spoke, and said this.
"Diamond jewelry? Gorgeous clothes? Why do I want that stuff?" After hearing this, Joanna's expression became even more confused. "Your Majesty, your pursuit is too superficial. I want to become a great magician. , how can you be fooled by such a small thing? Her Majesty the Queen, you are the king of a country, and you must govern the country well. You can't just think about beautiful clothes and jewelry all day long."
“…”
At that moment, the Queen looked like she was about to curse.
Seeing this, Benjamin shook his head helplessly, turned around, looked at the group of wandering mages gathered from Crewe Town, and asked: "Everyone... does anyone want to stay?"
Everyone laughed and shook their heads, but their smiles revealed extremely firm eyes.
"I'm used to being laid-back, and I can't get used to living a life of working for others, so I'm sorry, Your Majesty, I'd better go with everyone."
"I want to follow Teacher Benjamin."
"We are all grateful for Her Majesty's kindness, but we have no plans to separate, so we can only disappoint Her Majesty."
“…”
Although the title "teacher" came up again, it still gave Benjamin goosebumps like last time, but when he looked into more than twenty pairs of shining smiling eyes, Benjamin felt inexplicably moved in his heart.
At this moment, he suddenly realized that these magicians who had met him by chance had regarded him as their own family - although they might not have thought of it that way.
Thinking of this, Benjamin couldn't help but take a deep breath.
He calmed down his emotions, turned around, stood at the front of their small mage team, faced the condescending queen again, and showed a fearless smile.
"Your Majesty the Queen, you have also seen it." His tone was calm and his eyes were calm. "None of us will stay. So now, we have to leave. If these mages under you are still blocking us On the way, we can only be rude."
As he said that, more than twenty mages all looked fiercely at the few mages blocking the road.
Several mages had a calm look on their faces, but when they were stared at by these twenty or so menacing eyes, for some reason, their faces showed a little panic.
"F-Her Majesty the Queen..."
Hearing this, the Queen took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and said slowly: "Let them go."
"Okay..." Several mages quickly moved out of the way.
In this way, perhaps because she could not figure out the strength of Benjamin and his party, the Queen finally chose to let them go. Benjamin also smiled and nodded, and then led the more than twenty mages behind him to walk forward, away from the Crusad gate, and gradually disappeared into the lonely night.
The entire camp of Ikol, and the mages guarding the queen, fell into a dead silence.
A long while.
"Her Majesty the Queen, we..."
The queen suddenly spoke up and interrupted the other party's words. Her eyes were empty, as if she were looking at something in the void: "Don't worry, they will always pass by Regina. If you have any questions, we can talk about it until then."
Hearing this, the surrounding mages showed strange expressions. They looked at the queen who seemed to be in a trance, and no one dared to speak.
The night at twelve o'clock is still not peaceful, and the battle for the Crusad gate has not yet been decided. The soldiers in the corridor rushed forward like ants, and the magic on the top of the door exploded like fireworks all over the sky.