This evening.
"Shh, be careful, don't let anyone find out!"
In the peaceful city of Riley, the night is like a magician's dark curtain, hiding several sneaky figures extremely well. A gust of wind blew from the empty street corner, causing the dead leaves to flutter and make a soft sound.
Several mages, carrying a large satchel, leaned against the wall and crept forward.
Their satchels were not tightly closed. If you look carefully, you can see the corners of the newspaper exposed inside, and a line of headlines - Free Mage, which is very clear.
"Don't worry, my mental power is sharper than that of ordinary people." One of the mage spoke and replied, "In order to ensure that there are no accidents in this operation, Lord Benjamin has specially equipped each team with a mage with particularly sharp mental power. , once there is danger, I can detect it immediately."
Yes, they are all members of the resistance organization. They have received orders from Benjamin and are performing tasks.
Their task was to deliver the remaining newspapers door to door to the homes of local officials and squires.
This morning, not long after "The Free Master" was released, the church began to seize and destroy the newspaper. They were all a little angry about this matter. Articles praising the church can be published, but newspapers expressing the views of mages must be banned. This kind of power makes them feel very disgusted.
- They have all read "The Free Mage". They admired the articles in it so much that they wanted to throw the newspaper in the bishop's face so that everyone in the world could see it.
Therefore, Benjamin’s plan was considered to be in line with their wishes.
The church can ban their newspapers, but they can also go against the church. If newsstands don’t allow them to be sold, then they’ll just be stuffed into other people’s homes. People in the church can search it or not. There are newspapers in so many houses. It depends on whether they can destroy it or not!
And in this process of releasing and destroying, more and more people will read the newspaper. In the end, even if there is no need to read the newspaper, the news will spread among the people on its own, and it will no longer be possible to contain it. .
"Well... this is it, the official residence of the city lord in Riley City, our first target location."
Slowly, the mage and his team reached the city center. They squatted by the fence, looked in, and discussed in low voices.
"There seem to be soldiers keeping vigil inside. We can't go inside anymore. It's very dangerous. We'd better use magic to send the newspaper directly in."
"Okay, let's do it!"
A mage took out two newspapers from his satchel and whispered a spell. Along with a slight fluctuation of magic power, the breeze blew away, carrying the two newspapers, penetrating the iron fence of the official residence, and slowly drifting inward.
Breeze spell - an entry-level magic among entry-level magics. It is very simple to use, has no power, but has no fluctuation. It is really suitable for quietly sending two pieces of paper into a house.
"Well... ok, I blew it in through the crack of the door, and the guards didn't notice it." After a moment, the mage who cast the spell nodded and whispered, "Next."
After hearing this, several other mages also hurriedly left here quietly and headed towards the next target.
Benjamin’s order to them was that they didn’t need to pursue the quality of newspaper delivery. It could just be delivered to the desk, or it could be slipped in through the crack of the door. As long as it could reach a scale where every household has a newspaper, it would be enough to give the church a huge headache. .
As for these newspapers...some people will pick them up and read them, and some people will throw them away as garbage, but it doesn't matter. As long as things get louder and louder, people's curiosity will naturally be aroused. Just like a movie, as long as the title of banned movie is added, it will instantly become high-end, and people can't help but search and watch it online. The same goes for newspapers.
This is Benjamin's ultimate goal.
In this way, while the mages were busy, this seemingly ordinary night in Freden passed quietly.
the next morning.
At the city lord's official residence in Riley City, the housekeeper who got up the earliest came to the corridor, yawning and preparing to open the door and start their new day's life.
However, as soon as he reached the door, he stopped.
"… What's this?"
With a puzzled expression, the housekeeper knelt down and picked up two strange newspapers from the carpet at the door.
He felt strange. Your Excellency obviously did not order the newspaper. Besides, even if he did, he should have handed it over to the guards and should not have appeared here.
He subconsciously unfolded the newspaper and looked up.
"Wait... this... free mage?"
With just one glance, the housekeeper's expression changed.
As a member of this room, he still knows very well what happened yesterday. Cold-faced soldiers knocked on every door just to destroy the newspaper, known as "The Word of Depravity." Many dignitaries even got into a lot of trouble.
Yesterday, because adults were not in the habit of reading newspapers, they were not involved. But today... today, how come this newspaper flew into their house without stopping
The housekeeper was a little nervous.
Because he was afraid of getting into trouble, he subconsciously wanted to tear up the newspaper and throw it into the brazier, burning it until not even a dreg was left. But when he thought about it again, he felt that he couldn't do this.
How could he make the decision on such a big matter
Let's leave it to the adults to decide...
So, the housekeeper took a deep breath, folded the newspaper with trembling hands, and came to the door of the city lord's bedroom. The city lord has woken up and is talking to his wife in the room. The butler knocked on the door and walked in after receiving permission.
"What's wrong? Why do you look so ugly?" The city lord looked over and asked with a smile.
"Sir... it's this thing." The housekeeper handed over the newspaper and explained, "I don't know why, this thing appeared on the ground at the gate this morning."
Upon hearing this, the city lord took the newspaper and looked at it curiously with his wife.
However, after a while, they all showed a look of astonishment, as if they saw the devil opening the door of hell and smiling at them.
"This thing...has anyone else seen this thing?" After a moment of silence, the city lord raised his head and asked.
"Probably not. I'm the first one to get up."
"Well... you should step back first." The city lord thought for a long time, sighed, and said, "Don't tell anyone about this matter, just pretend you haven't seen this newspaper. If anyone asks, just say you know nothing about it. have no idea."
"Yes." The butler bowed and left in a hurry.
And after he closed the door...
"What's wrong? Is someone trying to harm us?" Madam grabbed the city lord's arm and asked nervously.
"Probably not." The city lord shook his head and said, "If someone really wanted to frame us, the person who came in with the newspaper would not be the housekeeper, but the soldiers sent to destroy it."
When the lady heard this, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Then, she looked at the taboo-like newspaper curiously.
"Then... what are you going to do with it?"
The city lord held the newspaper in his hand, his eyes flickering, as if he was still thinking.
"... No matter what, we have to destroy this thing before the soldiers from the capital come over, and we can't leave any clues." After a while, he finally spoke, narrowed his eyes, and said slowly, "However, you should also understand those rumors. Did you hear that?”
The lady nodded: "I've heard of it."
"Something big is likely to happen to Freden." The city owner held the newspaper as if holding an oracle, as if this newspaper could change their destiny. "Has the church really penetrated into Her Royal Highness the Queen and secretly controlled it?" Everything... no matter what, we have to be prepared, and we can't be as ignorant as we are now."
"Then...if it's true, which side should we be on?"
The city lord sighed.
"I don't know either… "
After a long silence, the two of them took a deep breath, looked at each other, and finally slowly unfolded the newspaper in their hands.