After leaving the secret stronghold of "The Crow", Benjamin returned to the hotel.
Only this time, he already had a plan in mind.
The presence of missionary priests everywhere is indeed a difficult problem to solve, but it is not impossible for him to do anything. At least, for such a large group of coolies, there must be a foreman. Jessica also investigated the head priest of Riley City. In this case, what is Benjamin still hesitating about
To capture the thief first, capture the king. If he can successfully "behead" the entire missionary brigade, the progress of the church will definitely be disrupted by him again.
In this way, Benjamin had a plan in his mind, so he found a few mages and mercenaries who were close at hand, and gave them new orders—leave Riley City, go to various places in Freden, and attack the people in each city. The priest leader investigated.
"You should move as quickly as possible. At least, the leading priests in this area must be investigated before tonight." Benjamin said with a serious face, holding on to the table, "Tonight, I will take action and assassinate them one by one."
After all, it is also to save the "crow". These deaths must occur very densely to give the church a breathless sense of oppression, leaving them no time to worry about other things.
Moreover, if the battle line is extended, the priests who have not yet been killed will also be alert, and it will be difficult for Benjamin to take action.
"So hasty?" Joanna frowned, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she said, "Then... if you can't kill me after we find it, teacher, can we do it for you?"
"No." Benjamin replied without hesitation.
“…”
Joanna looked frustrated.
In this way, time was still a little tight, so they set off one after another, those who could fly flew, and those who couldn't also rented extremely fast horses. Benjamin divided them into teams of two and determined the cities each team would be responsible for. They saluted Benjamin and quickly left Riley City.
Speaking of which, one time before, Benjamin called all his followers for a meeting. At that time, after he finished speaking some encouraging words, he inadvertently made a salute. Somehow, this posture was learned by these people. Now when they see Benjamin, they often salute him with a smile, which makes Benjamin feel helpless.
... Inexplicably, I feel like becoming a Young Pioneer Captain.
Watching the mages and mercenaries leave, Benjamin smiled helplessly, turned around, and left through another gate of Riley City.
—In order to improve efficiency, he is also responsible for a town.
Of course, he also shoulders the important task of assassinating people in sequence, so the place he is responsible for is relatively simple.
To the north of Riley City, about a few kilometers away, there is the town of Tori. When he participated in the "Seven Days of Hell" before, this town was the meeting place for underground mercenary organizations. Therefore, Benjamin has a certain understanding of this place and it will be easier to investigate.
Although the church's missionary work did not reach those villages, some people were still assigned to this small town that was beginning to take shape. Benjamin wasn't about to ignore them.
Benjamin did not plan to start from Riley City. In that case, it would be too easy for the church to track down. Let's start with the small town. The priest leader of Riley City is mixed in, which can at least create some confusion.
Although Benjamin doesn’t think he can confuse the church, but...it doesn’t hurt to give the church a little respect.
In this way, Benjamin came to Tori Town quickly.
There are many ways to investigate priest leaders. The simplest is to follow the priests who are preaching on the streets. In the end, they will definitely connect with their captain.
However, Benjamin did not do this.
As soon as he entered the town, he started the water element perception method, cheering up the system and checking everything around him.
There were not many priests in the town, Benjamin estimated that there were only about a dozen. Benjamin just needs to find them and find the guy who is a level stronger mentally than the others.
"You can watch it yourself, why do you have to let me watch it?" The system was a little reluctant.
"Because I'm lazy." Benjamin replied confidently.
The system was speechless.
In this way, Benjamin walked around the town of Toli, slowly waiting for the system to send him the results.
It was afternoon, and the town was still relatively quiet. There were not many people on the road. Benjamin was pulled by the priest he met and forcibly preached.
However, I don’t know if he is being careless or a coincidence, but the proportion of mercenaries in the town seems to be very high.
Questions arose in Benjamin's mind.
Does this have anything to do with that illegal mercenary organization
But... they should have been defeated by the Mercenary Association.
Suddenly, he thought of the wealthy businessman who was killed in "Seven Days of Hell". The sudden disappearance of so many people should have a considerable impact on the entire Frieden business community. But later, he didn't notice any movement.
These mercenaries...are they here to investigate the murderer
While Benjamin was still thinking, a mercenary came towards him, holding a portrait and asked: "Hey, do you know this person?"
The person in the portrait looked familiar. If he looked carefully, he looked like the leader of the underground mercenary organization.
Are you really here to investigate that matter
A flash of surprise flashed in Benjamin's heart.
"What? Have you seen him?"
Because Benjamin didn't answer immediately, the mercenary's senses were also very keen. He immediately took a few steps closer, as if he had discovered something, and even lowered his voice several times.
Seeing this, Benjamin simply went along with the performance.
"It seems... there seems to be some impression." He frowned, scratched the back of his head, and looked like he was thinking. After a moment, he suddenly realized, "That's right! I seem to have seen him in Xuedi City!"
"Xidi City? Why is it there?"
"Is this strange? He was originally a knight." Benjamin showed a confused expression and said, "I don't know him. I saw him by chance outside the palace on the day of national mourning. At that time, he was following the queen. Behind His Highness and the bishop, they were wearing armor and carrying out the coffin of His Majesty the King with several people, so I had some impression of him."
I don’t know how many times he has lied, but he has rich experience and his expression is very lifelike. Although the mercenary still looked confused, he seemed to be beginning to consider this possibility.
When Benjamin saw this, he smiled secretly in his heart.
Now that there is an opportunity to come to your door, let’s make some trouble for the church. Freden's businessmen are also a force. If Benjamin can make them hate the church, wouldn't it be a good thing to kill two birds with one stone
Although these mercenaries would definitely not be able to investigate anything even if they went to Xuedi City to investigate, but... Benjamin's purpose was just to confuse the public and disrupt the church's pace, and he did not expect the two to actually work together.
In short, the church is a very powerful opponent. He could only use every possible means, even the smallest details, to add even a fraction of a gram of weight to his victory.
Just like that, the mercenary asked a few more questions and then let Benjamin go.
However, Benjamin made a show of wearing foot gloves. After leaving, he even changed his disguise before continuing to walk around Tori Town and continue to inspect the priests here.
Finally, more than an hour later, the system found the guy whose mental power was a whole level higher than the others.
"it's him!"
Walking through a place similar to a vegetable market, Benjamin's eyes lit up when he looked at the priest standing on the corner of the street, like a cheetah that had been hungry all day and discovered a lone plump lamb in the grassland.