Hearing this, Benjamin's first reaction was, is this woman crazy
What the hell? When he first went out in the morning, the whole Regina was still lively and the streets were filled with a festive atmosphere. Although I don't know what kind of festival this is, the Mages Guild is still in full swing, presiding over the operation of the city even when the Queen is away.
However, just a few hours later, the blonde told him that the church had launched a coup here and had taken control of the entire country's capital. How could he accept this statement
Therefore, he even began to feel that this was just a story deliberately made up by the other party to fool him.
"Don't talk about so many useless things." Thinking like this, Benjamin said indifferently, "You let Augustine go, and I let your friend go. Everyone got what they wanted, so there is no need to continue like this stalemate. It will do no harm to anyone." benefit."
But the blond woman shook her head and said: "Believe me, I have no interest in fighting with you. It's very dangerous outside now, and there are patrolling soldiers everywhere. I managed to escape back, and there is no way I can run out again to take that mage with you." come over."
Although he still had some doubts in his heart, after hearing this, Benjamin had to start thinking about the possibility of this news coming true.
He suddenly thought of the three priests he met in the woods.
Originally, he had never been able to figure out the purpose of the three priests who disguised themselves as businessmen and secretly headed to Regina. Now it seems that if what the blonde said is true...
Thinking of this, Benjamin had to take a deep breath.
It is very likely that this is a conspiracy that the church has been brewing for a long time and suddenly broke out when the Crusad Gate was captured.
"I want to verify what you said." Therefore, Benjamin said.
After thinking for a while, he turned around and came to Sydney's side. According to the method recorded in the magic book he read a long time ago, he cut his finger and used his own blood as a medium to cast the simplest curse on Sydney.
Accompanied by a strange and difficult-to-speak curse, Benjamin felt as if his brain had been pricked by a needle, and there was a faint stinging pain. Then, the surrounding water elements fluctuated in a strange way, enveloping him with spiritual power and blending with the blood squeezed out by Benjamin.
Suddenly, the blood droplets flickered slightly, and there was a gloomy fluctuation. Then, it dripped on Sydney's forehead, melted into the skin of her forehead, and instantly disappeared without a trace.
…success
At that moment, Benjamin suddenly felt that there seemed to be a small bomb in Sydney's mind. With just a thought, he could detonate a bomb and make this woman die an extremely miserable death.
Is this what releasing a curse feels like
"You... what are you doing?" Witnessing this scene, the blonde seemed to want to stop it, but she didn't dare to penetrate the heavy ice fog. She could only shout in surprise and doubt, "Curse has been banned by the Mages Guild for a long time. You actually..."
"So what, I'm not from the Mages Guild." Benjamin raised his eyebrows and replied with an indifferent expression.
Although he learned the curse method from the Silent Academy very early, he had never really practiced it. Now he has successfully used it for the first time, and it still makes him feel very good.
Of course, this evil-filled process also made him feel even more like a villain.
There is no way, in the current situation, Augustine is the opponent's bargaining chip, and Sydney is his own bargaining chip. And he couldn't keep people frozen in the ice. What if he froze to death? Therefore, he could only use the curse, which once tortured him to a point where life was worse than death, as a means to control Sydney.
After the curse was successfully cast, he released the ice on Sydney, causing her to tremble and fall to the ground.
"Sydney!" The blonde wanted to go over and help the person up, but Benjamin was still blocking him, so she could only stand there and worry.
"Don't worry, she's fine. She just fainted from being too cold." Benjamin glanced at her coldly and said, "I'm going to check out the situation outside now. If you do anything wrong during this period, I miss you." Understand what will happen to her."
The blonde woman showed resentment in her eyes, but said nothing.
Seeing this, Benjamin nodded and started walking out. However, he still did not come into contact with the ice mist surrounding him, in case his opponent got excited and rushed over to fight him.
Soon, he was back at the door.
The door at this moment had probably been locked by the blonde when she came in. The "Sisters Massage" sign that had been hanging outside was now put back. After thinking about it, Benjamin stuck to the door and used the water element sensing method to start sensing the situation outside.
The street outside is quiet.
Benjamin frowned, but he also knew that this street was relatively remote. If there is a coup in Regina, there may still be some time before this is affected.
Just when he was hesitating whether to go out and take a look, suddenly, he sensed a wave of magic power coming from a little further down the street.
I saw a middle-aged man's figure appearing at the corner of the street in the distance.
With a somewhat panicked expression, the middle-aged man chanted a spell and summoned a fireball, as if he wanted to attack someone. However, a group of knights wearing enchanted armor suddenly appeared, resisting the magic and surrounding the mage. Then, they used their fists wrapped in iron armor to knock the mage unconscious and drag him away like a cow waiting to be slaughtered.
Just like that, they appeared and left, and in a short period of time, the turbulent streets returned to their previous calm.
Behind the thin wooden door, Benjamin felt this scene with a cold face.
Perhaps he should be shocked by this, but as he watched a mage being captured, the first thing he thought of was not that the church actually controlled Regina, but that he felt an extremely complicated emotion. .
How to put it... He thought that this kind of scene would only happen in the Horli Kingdom.
He thought that leaving the kingdom would mean leaving the mage's hell. Although Ikol is not very friendly to wild mages, after all, it is a land where magic can grow, unlike the Kingdom of Hori.
However, he only discovered now that there is actually no difference between here and there. Under the clear sky, there will still be innocent mages pushed into the abyss by the cold armor. But he could only hide behind the door and watch silently.
This kind of thing... shouldn't happen here.
In fact, it shouldn't happen anywhere.
After a moment of silence and a sigh, Benjamin returned to the front desk. He looked at the blonde who was helping Sydney to rest in her room, and suddenly spoke, her voice surprisingly calm:
"Tell me, what happened outside?"
The blonde turned around, glanced at Benjamin, and said: "At the celebration, the president of the Mages Guild was taking the last step of praying to God. Suddenly, a large group of soldiers appeared and arrested everyone present in the name of the Queen. All the mages in the group also forcibly detained many people present at the time. Anyone they thought looked suspicious was arrested by them."
Hearing this, Benjamin asked in confusion: "In the name of the Queen?"
The blond woman nodded and said: "The external publicity was in the name of the Queen, and we also got the Queen's token, so those mages did not dare to resist. However, I had just sneaked out of the palace at that time, but I saw several The priest in official attire was talking about how to completely control the situation in Icol before the queen returned. That's why I knew that it was the church that led this coup, but the people in the Mages Guild were still kept in the dark. .”
"The queen's token? Can all the mages be captured with just one token?" Benjamin still felt something was wrong.
"I found out that before the attack, they kidnapped most of the mage's family and friends." The blonde woman said slowly, "Besides, the situation at that time was that the entire army left behind in Regina was controlled by people from the church. Stay. I guess the people in the Mages Guild thought there was some misunderstanding here, so they were obedient and thought that they would be released after Her Majesty the Queen clarified the misunderstanding, right?"
Hearing this, Benjamin also fell into deep thought.
This was definitely a premeditated coup. Controlling the army, blackmailing mages, pretending to be officials... these things can definitely be done in a day or two. They must first bury enough chess pieces in Ikol's government and army, and at the same time investigate the details and weaknesses of everyone in the Mages Guild. , was able to suddenly attack and take control of the entire Regina situation.
I'm afraid... The church has been making preparations for many years before this. It is even possible that they started this plan before the empire was divided.
What a deep move.
After thinking for a while, Benjamin spoke again and said, "Then... do you know how many priests they have ambushed throughout Regina?"