Benjamin's meeting with the king did not last long. After about half an hour, they left the restaurant one after another.
They formed a secret alliance.
"I can help you get rid of the church, but accordingly, you have to pay in return. I want to build a real magic school. Land, manpower, funds... you must provide these things."
When Benjamin first made this request, the king was a little stunned. But he also knew that he had no other choice. Benjamin had no intention of invading the political power, so it was better to agree to this condition than to be eaten away by the church step by step.
So the king nodded in agreement without even haggling.
After that, he also began to provide Benjamin with information about the church. It was only then that Benjamin realized what the church had achieved.
They have set up secret strongholds in various places to monitor the movements of mages. They have so many spies that it is quite terrifying. As soon as someone similar to mages appears around, they will immediately start investigating, followed immediately by an assassination plan.
However, these are things that the church established in the past few years. At present, the mage has gradually withdrawn from the public eye, and the church's thoughts have gradually shifted away from above.
So where are their thoughts
On Penetration Carites.
Build secret churches in various places, select talents from local areas, and train them into qualified priests. At the same time, they support more and more believers into positions of political power and strengthen their influence.
Unlike Frieden's plan, they were very patient here and everything was going on in an orderly manner. Without sufficient preparation, they will never surface easily.
As for the expansion of believers... they have been preaching secretly, and the king is not aware of their progress. Myers put forward an estimated number—there are currently at least 6,000 hidden believers in the country.
Hearing this number, Benjamin felt another surge of pressure coming over him.
Compared to the entire population of Carites, six thousand people is indeed nothing, just a few thousandths, but... This kind of thing is different from fighting. It does not rely on fists, but everyone Possess interpersonal influence. For example, if a star has hundreds of thousands of fans, he can ignore the wishes of others and hurt the eyes of the audience on TV every day.
Therefore, this is a group of existences that cannot be ignored.
After Benjamin left the restaurant, he walked outside the city, preparing to rush back to Amber City as quickly as possible to inform his mages.
—Understanding Carites’ situation, they can finally take action!
"What are you going to do?" Miles asked suddenly, following behind him.
When Benjamin heard this, he turned around with a look of helplessness on his face: "When did you follow me?"
"The king asked me to help you." Miles shrugged and said, "If you want to destroy the church's stronghold or assassinate someone, I think I am still useful."
But Benjamin stopped and narrowed his eyes to examine the other person.
"What is your purpose?" he said slowly, "Looking at the king's appearance, it shouldn't be possible to attract any followers. Why on earth are you helping the king?"
The king didn't care. After this meeting, Benjamin was still willing to give him a trust. As for the guy in front of him... he really couldn't figure out what the other person wanted.
No one does something for no reason.
"I was just performing a mission." Miles replied, "The king once did me a big favor, so I promised him that I would do three things for him."
"That's it?"
Miles nodded: "That's all."
Benjamin still felt a little strange. With such a special physique, there must be some story behind it, but... the other party had already said so, so it was hard for him to ask again.
In any case, if Miles can contribute, the church will become much easier to fight.
"Can you just kill the bishop in charge of Carrites?" Benjamin asked.
"I tried it once." Miles shrugged and said helplessly, "There are too many ghost crosses, and the shields are layer after layer. I can cut off more than a dozen layers of shields with one knife, but hundreds of layers … Before I finished cutting, the Paladins almost surrounded me.”
"If you're not very skilled, why are you afraid of the Paladin?" Benjamin said with some gloating after hearing this.
"What's the use of being powerful? Dozens of armored Paladins crowded in, with no room to dodge, and no matter how powerful their skills were, they couldn't display their skills." Miles spread his hands and continued, "At that time, it was not easy for me to do it. He escaped. After that, the bishop obviously became more vigilant and couldn't get close. So, you can't expect me to kill him directly."
Benjamin shook his head.
Forget it... He didn't expect anyone else, he just asked casually.
"What are you going to do?" Seeing that Benjamin didn't say anything, Miles had no choice but to speak again.
"Why should I tell you?" Benjamin asked, "If you are really free, go and attack the church's secret strongholds in each city. Kill as many as you can, and lighten my burden a little."
“…”
Miles was speechless.
"Don't you want to help? You shouldn't be able to help me with my plan. It's useless for you to follow me. You might as well kill more priests." Benjamin continued.
"...Are you serious?"
Benjamin nodded and said seriously: "Yes. The church has a lot of eyes on Carrites. If we want to carry out an operation, it is best to have something to divert their attention. A large-scale assassination operation, this It’s simply a plan tailor-made for you!”
"… All right."
Miles couldn't argue.
Although this sounds reasonable, for some reason, he still feels like he was ridiculed and then sent away with a random mission.
"Since you don't object, then take action quickly." Benjamin showed a friendly smile and waved to Miles, "Time waits for no one, I also have things to be busy with, so I won't waste your time. . See you next time I contact you. Come on, I wish you good luck!"
“…”
In this way, Miles was successfully sent away by Benjamin.
"Huh... the mysterious guy is finally gone." Watching the other party leave with a smile, Benjamin shook his head, turned around, and continued to walk quickly out of the city.
Although those words were intended to dismiss the other party, he did not lie. In my next plan, there is really nothing that I can use Miles for.
He plans to revise another edition of the "Declaration of Free Magic."
At this moment, Carites is not an existence that can be resolved by armed conflict. What's more, the teaching club is smart enough to hide in the dark and may not be able to have a conflict even if it wants to. Therefore, Benjamin still has to start with ideological and public opinion work.
However, this time, the group targeted by the "Declaration of Free Magic" will no longer be mages.
The mages of Carites had lost their fighting spirit and hid in the mountains, making it difficult for Benjamin to find them. Without the support of this powerful force, Benjamin had no choice but to win the support of other groups.
Therefore, just like what he did in the steppe, he wanted to spread the knowledge of magic among ordinary people.
Benjamin's idea was very simple. If he couldn't find the original mages of Carites, he would train a batch of them himself.
At this moment, the idea that magic is the power of demons has not yet become popular. With their efforts in publicity, ordinary people will at least become curious about magic and try it. And with this attempt, didn't a new mage be born
When magic becomes popular among the people, everyone will have the opportunity to learn magic. Can the church still block this hole