Benjamin used the healing water ball to eliminate the traces of torture on the man in black, then took the unconscious prisoner and turned around, heading towards the investigation base of Knight Commander Lance.
Yes, he changed his original plan.
He would definitely not be able to catch the other two men in black, and in this case, it was impossible to set the fire on his own and then blame the church. Therefore, all the original plans can only be scrapped.
Benjamin has more important things to do at the moment.
Although he was deceived by three men in black, he also got a lot of information accordingly. As a result, a new plan slowly took shape in his mind.
—He no longer needs to frame that sect.
Those people are dirty enough in themselves.
Benjamin moves quickly. After a while, he arrived at his destination.
"Quick! I am the mage who came here a few days ago. Inform Knight Commander Lance that I have decisive clues here that can help him completely solve this case!"
The soldier guarding the door looked at Benjamin, and then at the man in black who was held in mid-air by magic, with a dazed look in his eyes.
"Why are you still stunned? Why don't you hurry up and inform the Lord Knight!"
The soldier came back to his senses at this time, nodded hurriedly, turned around, and hurried inside.
Seeing this, Benjamin shook his head helplessly. Time was a bit tight, and no one knew what was going on inside the sect, so he simply followed the prisoner in black and walked in directly.
Passing through the corridor, he immediately found Knight Commander Lance who had just finished eating.
"Lord Knight, I have a very important clue here. You must come and listen to it." Benjamin opened the door of the restaurant directly and walked in regardless of the soldiers blocking the door.
"You... were the mage that day?" Lance looked quite surprised. He wiped his mouth and frowned, "What happened in such a hurry? And... who is this guy in black?"
Hearing this, Benjamin threw the man in black to the ground, snorted coldly, and said: "This is the assassin sent by those people to assassinate me."
Lance was stunned.
"You mean that sect that is still under investigation? How could it be?" He quickly stood up, walked to the man in black, and suddenly pulled away the veil from the man in black.
Suddenly, his expression changed.
"Master Knight... This man seems to be from those streets." Even the soldiers on the side exclaimed, "He is the handyman of that temple, we have interrogated him before!"
After hearing this, Benjamin felt like God was helping me.
Now that he recognized it, he didn't need to explain.
This kind of small sect will definitely not hire people from outside to do things secretly. If it does, it will use its own people. However, the man in black happened to be recognized by someone from Lance's side. He was really unlucky and no one else could be blamed.
"That's right... It's really the people over there." Lance also looked at the face of the man in black, nodded, and said, "Mr. Master, the matter is urgent. Can you allow me to take him to the basement for interrogation? ?”
Benjamin nodded: "Of course, no problem."
So, before Lance even had time to pull off the napkin around his neck, he escorted the man in black and hurriedly entered the basement and began to interrogate him. As for Benjamin, he definitely couldn't participate in the interrogation, so he had to sit down in the restaurant, where the soldiers poured wine and waited patiently.
But he didn't wait long.
"Isn't it really Master Benjamin? Welcome, Your Excellency is coming to visit, why didn't you tell us in advance?" Inspector Mikel, who heard the news from nowhere, walked in from the door after a while, full of joy. Face said in surprise.
Benjamin was not impatient and smiled: "Sir Mikel, we meet again."
Mikel came over, sat down on the side, and asked curiously: "Sir Benjamin, I heard that you brought a strange man in black over and said that you found a very important clue. Is that true?"
Benjamin nodded and said, "That's true. Knight Commander Lance has already taken action. Now, he is interrogating that person in the basement."
"What? He..." Suddenly, Mikel looked a little dissatisfied, but he quickly laughed again and said, "What happened? Mr. Benjamin, can you also tell me?"
Benjamin smiled: "Of course."
In fact, all he wanted was to tell Mikel what happened.
Intuition told Benjamin that although the person in charge of the investigation was Lance, Mikel would have greater power and influence in the political circle. Therefore, Mikel is the one he must convince.
"I have told you before, sir, that I have some issues with that sect, as you know." He spoke, extremely serious, "I didn't expect that just this evening, they actually sent an assassin to kill me. Thanks to my sharp mental strength, I escaped and caught one of the assassins instead!”
"What? Your Excellency, are you okay?" Mikel looked extremely surprised. It was unclear whether he was really surprised or just polite.
"My lord, please rest assured, they can't hurt me." Benjamin put on an expression of indignation and said, "These days, your lord must have also asked the Masters and Freemasons, right? Regarding the underground ruins, and They must have warned you about the dangers of that sect.”
After hearing this, Mikel sighed and nodded.
Benjamin also struck while the iron was hot: "In this case, how can we still tolerate such a sect existing in Frieden? If it continues like this, the Kingdom of Horli will serve as a lesson for us!"
"Sir Benjamin, I understand your feelings." Mikel shook his head and said, "It's just that putting a sect on the banned list is a very complicated matter."
From his somewhat tactful tone, Benjamin felt something was wrong.
"We are in control of extremely dangerous ruins, showing signs of developing our own martial arts, and even sending assassins to threaten the mage's personal safety. Aren't these multiple reasons enough?" He asked with a frown.
"Of course these are enough, but Your Excellency, it's not that we don't believe you, but you have no evidence." Mikel patted Benjamin on the shoulder and said, "The Master Freemasonry's statement on this is very vague, although it is asking questions I have confirmed what you said, but are not willing to come forward to testify, so there is nothing we can do."
Suddenly, Benjamin also showed a troubled expression.
Vague words? Don't want to testify
To be honest, he couldn't think of a reason why Master Masons were so timid. Eliminating this sect will be beneficial to all mages. Unless they don't realize the seriousness of the matter, they certainly won't have this attitude.
It seemed that the few Freemasons he rescued from the ruins did not have enough say inside.
At least...not as big as Master Finch.
Otherwise, it is self-evident which one is more important, the conflict within the mage and the conflict between the mage and the outside world.
Benjamin was really furious.
He has done everything he can to help all the mages eradicate the terrible enemies that have not yet developed. And what about the Freemasonry of Mages, who are supposed to represent the interests of Mages? But they were engaging in internal fighting, pushing the blame and refusing to cooperate.
It's really... I hate iron but can't turn it into steel.
No wonder that when the empire split, all the benefits were taken away by the Mages Guild, leaving only a pile of tattered documents - with such a bad attitude, it would be strange not to be bullied!
"But now that I have caught their man, this can be regarded as evidence." Thinking of this, Benjamin could only shake his head and continue to ask.
Mikel nodded with some embarrassment. Just as he was about to speak, his eyes changed slightly and he looked behind Benjamin.
Seeing this, Benjamin also turned his head.
At the door of the restaurant, Knight Commander Lance slowly walked in with a serious expression. It seemed that the interrogation had ended.
… Can you find anything out
To be honest, Benjamin didn't have high hopes. However, he still spoke and said: "Lord Knight, what did you ask?"