Finally, enough seeds of enlightenment were left on this grassland, and Benjamin and the others finally walked out.
Beyond the grassland are wide plains and towns. They quickly entered a small town called Hunter Town and stayed in a hotel. It was hard enough for them to fight their way out of the grassland and kill countless wolves. Now that I'm back in an ordinary human town, I have to take a good breather.
The town in front of us was much more civilized than the people and things we encountered in the grassland.
—Except that there is basically no trace of any mage.
With so much Warcraft materials in their hands, Benjamin and the others must want to get rid of them. However, after searching, he found that there was not even a trace of a mage in the entire town, let alone a potion shop.
… Is it so desolate
Benjamin was also surprised. After resting, he immediately sent his mages out to find out the news. They go to pubs and other places and gossip about people they meet by chance. Finally, they came to a conclusion - most people in this small town knew about magic and had heard of mages, but they all took it as rumors.
"I know! My dad used to tell me about magic, but I've never seen a mage in my life, and I don't know if it's a story made up by others."
In the tavern, a drunken man patted Benjamin on the shoulder and said to him.
Benjamin looked slightly embarrassed.
I wonder what the other person would think if he realized that the person sitting opposite him was a mage, or a famous mage
However, after frequent inquiries, they were gradually able to confirm that the people here had not heard of the mage. But for this town, the mage has not appeared for so long that they have begun to forget and doubt him.
The more Benjamin thought about it, the more strange he found this state.
Where have all the mages gone
After some discussions with other mages, Benjamin still decided not to stay here for now, but to go to a more central part of the country to see if he could find any clues about the mages.
There wouldn't be a Freemasonry branch in a small town like this, so... there should be one in a big city, right
Also, when Benjamin made a newspaper before, he found Carrites’ newspaper company. At that time, the other party's attitude was normal, and he didn't make a fuss when seeing the mage. If Benjamin really has no clue, he can ask them.
In addition, Benjamin has to find some income for them again.
In the current situation, these mages followed him away from home and obeyed all his orders. He had to support these more than a hundred people like an army. Benjamin still has money, with four figures of gold coins left in the vault, but he can't rest on his laurels forever.
To put it bluntly, he had to find a place to settle down, just like Riley City, as their first stronghold in Carites.
For various reasons, they did not stay in this small town for long. After purchasing some supplies, they left again and headed towards the center of Carites. Benjamin no longer wanted to avoid anything, and directly set his destination as the country's capital - Glory.
The Masters and Freemasons must have a branch there, and the former newspaper office is also very close, not to mention the existence of the Mercenary Guild, which can not only allow Benjamin to re-open several incomes, but also allow him to find Meyer. Traces of Si.
As for the possibility that that place is already the territory of the church... they just need to be careful. When the water element induction method is used to sweep it away, it is impossible that nothing will be discovered.
However, just a few days after setting off from Hunter Town, things started to go wrong again.
"Pay attention, someone is following you."
They camped in the dark wilderness. Benjamin was still resting in the tent when the system suddenly spoke and reminded him in a rare serious tone.
Benjamin was stunned.
He immediately activated the water element perception method and looked outside the team. Soon, he couldn't help but feel a shiver in his heart.
A few guys secretly followed the team.
To be honest, they still disguised their identities after entering the town. A team of a hundred people is quite eye-catching, and he himself knows very well that he still uses the identity of a caravan. In order to leak the news, they never used magic in front of others.
But... they seem to be being targeted anyway.
Through the water element induction method, Benjamin could confirm that there were three people on the other side, non-spell casters, with several bottles of magic potions on them, and they looked a bit like thieves. They had no tokens of identity on them, so Benjamin didn’t know who they were from.
After observing for a while, these three people seemed to have no tendency to take action. It seemed that someone had been sent to keep an eye on them.
Benjamin couldn't help but frown.
At that moment, he wanted to take action directly and capture these three people for interrogation. However, thinking of the possibility of alerting the enemy, he resisted the urge.
Since they are here to keep tabs on them, there will definitely be a time when they need to pass on the news. He just had to wait until then.
Therefore, he pretended not to notice anything and fell asleep in the tent, instructing the system in his mind to continue to pay attention to the movements of these three people.
The next day, nothing serious happened. The mages set off as usual, and three sneaky guys followed their team, moving forward cautiously.
Soon, one of them took out a piece of paper and started writing a letter.
Benjamin's heart suddenly moved.
coming.
He immediately went over there and sensed it carefully.
On the header of the letter, he could clearly feel the title - His Majesty the King.
Damn...
At that moment, Benjamin felt a little stunned. How long had they been in Carites, and now they were noticed by the king? And the king and the church here are on the same side, doesn't this mean... the church is also aware of their existence!
Oops.
At that moment, a strong sense of crisis emerged, and Benjamin's mood instantly became tense.
"It's too slow to go on." At that moment, he was walking on the road and suddenly showed an impatient look and said, "There is no one around now, let's fly."
The surrounding mages turned their heads when they heard this. They didn't know why Benjamin suddenly said this, but they seemed to prefer flying to traveling in a carriage.
Therefore, although the mages were a little confused, they were quite happy and had no objection.
They stopped, unloaded things from the carriage, chanted spells, and finally took off with people and things, leaving the carriage... and the three assassins who could not react in time far behind.
The flying speed was still very fast, and everything behind them was thrown further and further away.
The flight took about half an hour.
"There was someone following us just now, and they were King Carrites' people." There was no one else around, and Benjamin no longer needed to pretend, and said solemnly, "The church may have noticed our arrival. "
Hearing this, all the mages were stunned.
"No way..." Wallis was a little unbelievable. "After we left the grassland, we hid very carefully. Unless the things on the grassland had spread, they should not be alert."
"Yeah." Benjamin nodded.
He didn't understand where the flaw was.
From the time the news reached the king, the king thought about it, discussed with the church, and finally sent people to follow them, it took at least ten or twenty days to respond. It had been less than twenty days since they entered Carites, how could the other party react
Unless... They already knew that Benjamin was coming to Carrites.