Benjamin was dumbfounded.
"Brother...are you serious?"
"Of course it's true." The soldier replied matter-of-factly. "We are all soldiers under General Stewart. We rushed all the way to Shady City and followed the troops to capture the palace. It's just that we couldn't be stationed in the city, so we stayed outside the city. Stationed.”
Benjamin couldn't help but take a deep breath.
As far as he knew, it was strange enough that Stewart was obviously from the church, but now he turned around and beat up the church. However, what is even more strange is that the person who told Benjamin the news was Prime Minister Pace, and he was also the person who joined forces with the general to launch the coup yesterday.
Why is he everywhere
At that moment, Benjamin seemed to smell a conspiracy.
Is what the Prime Minister told me true or false
The news he got from the soldiers was really hard for Benjamin to digest. His mind was filled with questions, so he had no choice but to bid farewell to this kind soldier, turned around and left, slowly returning to the mage team hiding in the distance.
"What happened?" Morris saw Benjamin's frown and realized that something must have happened, so he asked quickly.
"Stewart led the troops and cooperated with the Prime Minister inside and outside to occupy Xuedi City." Benjamin shook his head and said, "That's what the soldier said, but I don't know the specific situation."
After hearing this, the mages also looked at each other, confused.
Probably too stunned, they fell into silence and couldn't even say anything they wanted to ask for a while.
"Everyone should disband first and return to their respective cities to wait for my next order." Finally, Benjamin thought for a moment and broke the silence. "Those who are interested can investigate on their own, but be careful. Next action I will investigate the matter clearly beforehand."
A lot of them don't sleep, so squatting here all the time is not an option. Besides, the purpose of this operation was to kill the bishop, and they successfully accomplished this, so there was no point in gathering here anymore.
Take action next time, talk about it next time. Benjamin really needed to investigate the situation at hand.
He had already thought about writing a secret letter to Mikel to ask about the details of the coup. At the same time, didn’t the soldier also say that? They just made an announcement. Benjamin had to read what was written on the notice before making a decision.
Of course, he wanted to sneak into Xuedi City and have a look. However, he didn't know what the situation was and it was too risky to do so. He hesitated for a moment and gave up the idea.
In this way, the first battle that Benjamin led the mages to fight ended in this perfect but seemingly unsatisfactory situation. The mages left one after another, and Benjamin himself flew directly to Riley City.
… Speaking of which, today is the day of the parade he promoted.
Although it was just false news spread to lure the bishop, many people still gathered in Riley City because of it. And now that the bishop is dead, the situation in the country has changed drastically, and the march... doesn't seem to be completely unfeasible.
After thinking about it, Benjamin decided to inquire about the situation first.
If it is true, as the soldiers said, that all churches have fallen, the anti-church demonstrations will lose their meaning. But if the church is just trying to revive the dead, this march may be a new opportunity.
In this way, flying at high speed, Benjamin arrived in Riley City that afternoon.
However, as soon as he arrived, he felt a festive and lively atmosphere. There were several times more pedestrians on the street than usual, and some people were waving strange flags, as if they were celebrating something.
"What's going on?" He grabbed a passerby and asked.
The passers-by seemed a little impatient: "What else? They were all those who came to participate in the anti-church demonstration. But now that the church is gone and the ban has been issued again, they just celebrated. At first, it was just in the pub. One piece, but I don’t know what happened, but now these people are everywhere.”
Benjamin looked confused.
There is a feeling that one night has passed and the whole world is no longer recognized.
celebrate? Who directed their celebration? Or did Benjamin, the planner, not show up for a long time, so these people started to act spontaneously
Besides... celebrating now, have they really won
Full of doubts, Benjamin thanked the passerby and walked into the city. He came to the bulletin board as quickly as possible and looked at the latest announcement on it.
The first article is to criticize the sins of the church.
Controlling the royal family, confounding right and wrong, stealing the treasury, plotting evil intentions... Looking at the wording, it's basically as dirty as it comes. Things that the church has done are written down, and some things that the church should not have done seem to be written up as well. In summary, the church is portrayed as a heinous villain in this proclamation.
Seeing this, Benjamin couldn't help but feel frightened.
If the church is resurrecting its corpse, then its determination is powerful enough.
While thinking this, he looked down. Later, he saw General Stewart's treatment of people related to the church-from then on, he banned the spread of the church in Freden. All the priests and paladins stranded in Freden have been executed by them, and their bodies are hung in the square as a warning to future generations.
At the same time, the queen has been thrown into prison and will be executed soon for colluding with the church and killing the king.
"The death penalty...is it true?"
Benjamin was a little unbelievable.
Don't forget, the queen still has a child in her belly.
Of course, in this announcement, the child was also accused of being conceived by the queen and a paladin**. Therefore, the queen's crime was increased, and the child was naturally not a reason why she could not be executed.
Benjamin frowned.
… Is it really someone else’s seed
However, the truth seems to be no longer important.
The most interesting thing about the truth is that the king's death seems to have become a weapon for anyone to exploit. Whoever stands on the commanding heights has the power to change it into another form for his or her own use. Benjamin used it, the church used it, and now... I don’t know who is using it now.
This king is quite miserable.
However, seeing this, if the person standing behind General Stewart is really the church, then Benjamin is a little confused about their intention of doing this.
Even if it's a corpse resurrected, there's no need to do it so brilliantly, right
Benjamin couldn't figure it out and could only continue to look down.
In fact, these parts already surprised him. However, looking back, he found that he was shocked a little too early. The next part is what should shock him.
—He saw his name.
"Mr. Benjamin, after the church took control of the royal family, stood up bravely, united with domestic mages, and stood at the forefront of the fight against the church. He assassinated priests, spread ideas, and planned marches... Last night, Master Benjamin received the general's instructions and launched a surprise attack. Bishop Victor’s army severely damaged it, and the general took Shady City away from the hands of the church.”
"Master Benjamin is the hero of Freden's rebirth. He is hereby announced to the whole country as a role model for mages."