Seeing that everyone had almost eaten, the king put down the knife and fork in his hand and summed up: "Thank you very much for coming to the appointment today. We enjoyed a very pleasant dinner. In addition, Master Benjamin, welcome to Freden. Trust me, choosing to settle in this country will be the right choice.”
Benjamin nodded and said, "Thank you for your hospitality, Your Majesty."
Except for playing some emotional cards at the beginning, at other times, the king did not show any hope that Benjamin would help him or any other attitude. Therefore, he had a relatively easy meal.
Moreover, he has met so many people, and life will definitely be much easier when he returns to Riley City.
-No matter what, he is still someone who has dined with the king. No matter how much Master Finch wants to maliciously slander him, he has to think about it behind his back.
Just like that, the king and queen stood up from their chairs and left first. Other guests will have to wait until they leave, and then be led out of the restaurant by a servant. Benjamin was also invited to stay one night in a guest room in the palace and leave the next day.
-Although he had no feelings about living in the palace, it was the king's invitation after all, and he couldn't refuse, so he agreed.
However, just when the king turned around.
The lights in the entire restaurant suddenly went out. The candles on the table, the oil lamps placed around... In short, everything that could emit light seemed to be stopped by something at this moment.
The restaurant was plunged into darkness.
Everyone was shocked.
"Fa, what happened?"
"No... there are magic fluctuations."
"Quick! Protect Your Majesty!"
In the blink of an eye, the people in the restaurant were in panic. Various screams came from their ears. It was so noisy that it was impossible to hear who was saying what.
Benjamin was also surprised. But he came back to his senses immediately, and in the darkness, he activated the water element perception method.
As if wearing blue night vision glasses, everything in the entire restaurant appeared clearly before his eyes. The servants were in a hurry, all the candles and lamps were extinguished, the king was leaning against the wall with the queen, and the general was groping in the dark...
Moreover, the most bizarre thing is that Aldrich immediately summoned a flame to illuminate the place, but the flame could not emit any light.
Through the water element, Benjamin could feel the presence of fire, but he could not see a trace of light with the naked eye.
Is this... the light-off technique
Suddenly, he realized that this was probably a premeditated attack.
In this chaotic situation, suddenly, a guy dressed in black rushed in from the entrance connected to the kitchen, holding a dagger in his hand, and instantly approached the king and queen by the wall.
Seeing this, Benjamin didn't care so much and shouted loudly: "Be careful! There is an assassin!"
This sentence is like a magic spell.
Throughout the restaurant, the chaotic sounds stopped for a moment, and people's faces showed even more panic. The king by the wall did not panic. He drew his sword and protected the queen behind him.
However, after being called out by Benjamin, the masked assassin did not back down, but instead sped up his actions.
Benjamin gasped.
Looking at that kind of speed, it is definitely not something that ordinary humans can achieve. It must be a magic potion. In the darkness, he was like a gust of wind, which the water element could hardly catch, and in a blink of an eye he was close to the king beside the wall.
Fortunately, during the time he was close to the king, Benjamin could still do something.
Along with the surge of water element, a bubble was summoned by Benjamin, wrapping the king and queen in it and protecting them. At the same time, Aldrich found the king's location through some unknown means and summoned a layer of wind shield for protection.
Under the two layers of protection, Benjamin breathed a sigh of relief.
He could even feel sympathy for the assassin.
Assassinating the king in front of two mages, let alone Benjamin, the other one is the president of the Mages and Freemasons. Whose brain came up with this plan
However, just when Benjamin thought nothing would happen, the assassin brandished his dagger and stabbed at the dual protection of wind shield and blisters.
I don’t know how he can distinguish things in the dark, and I don’t know what the dagger in his hand is. However, when the double protection was attacked, it was directly broken by the assassin in less than two seconds. Got it!
Benjamin was startled.
Although it's just a shield they made in a hurry, but... it's not that fragile, right
He had no choice but to recite the spell again, summoning a large cloud of water vapor, which directly caused a strong wind in the entire restaurant. In the strong wind, the assassin was disturbed. Plates and forks flew towards him, and a leftover turkey carcass was smashed directly into his face, making it impossible for him to continue attacking the king.
As for Aldrich, it seemed that he could only locate the king but not the assassin, so he did not take action rashly, but kept using shield magic to protect the king.
"Please don't panic! Stay where you are and don't move!" he shouted.
After being interfered by Benjamin again, countless shields reappeared in front of him. Finally, the assassin seemed to give up his plan to assassinate the king, turned around, and suddenly ran outside in the direction of the strong wind.
Upon seeing this, Benjamin immediately changed the direction of the flow of water vapor in an attempt to retain the assassin.
However, the assassin's speed was still too fast. As soon as Benjamin changed the direction of the wind, he had already fled to the door and disappeared in a whoosh.
"He ran away from the south door, I'm going to chase him!" Benjamin shouted immediately.
"No, don't chase him!" Aldrich suddenly said, "It's important to protect His Majesty. You must not chase him out. I have activated the alarm in the palace, and the guards outside will deal with him."
Can the guards outside deal with this guy
Benjamin almost retorted.
However, after taking a deep breath, he calmed down and did not act rashly. This may be to lure the tiger away from the mountain. He is the only one who can see things, and he certainly cannot leave the place where the king is.
What's more, it doesn't matter even if that person runs away. During that period of time, he had used the water element to penetrate the mask and let the system remember the assassin's appearance. Even if he ran out of the palace, he would only be wanted nationwide.
Not to mention, the person who used magic to plunge this place into darkness has not yet appeared.
Therefore, he still maintained the water element induction method and enveloped the entire restaurant to make sure there was no suspicious person here.
After a while, the magic shrouding the restaurant finally disappeared, and the messy scene reappeared in front of people's eyes. Food scattered all over the floor, tables and chairs swayed... The restaurant at this moment is no longer as elegant and gorgeous as before.
"… it's over?"
The king looked around, maintaining his frightened expression, took a deep breath, and put away his sword.
"What a help from these two mages." He came back to his senses, looked at Benjamin and Aldrich, and said, "If it weren't for you, I might be dead now."
"This is what I should do." Aldrich nodded, and finally a smile appeared on his face again.
Benjamin, on the other hand, was silent for a while, then suddenly looked in the direction of the kitchen and spoke slowly: "The assassin... he rushed out of the kitchen. He should have been hiding in the kitchen before."
Hearing this, everyone present was stunned.
The atmosphere suddenly became a little subtle.
The king narrowed his eyes, and his talkative temperament slowly disappeared, replaced by a sense of loneliness and indifference, and his green eyes looked like a wild beast watching his territory.
He slowly looked at a servant in the restaurant who seemed to be dressed as a chef.
The atmosphere was tense.
Just when Benjamin thought he was about to say something, suddenly, the door outside was opened again, and a familiar maid hurried in.
She threw herself in front of the king and queen, trembling all over, and raised her head with sobs.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty... Your Highness the Princess is missing!"