Is it really misleading
A chill flashed through Benjamin's heart.
The main reason is that everything happened too deliberately, which made him alert in advance - it was obviously the priest who came to encircle him, why did he still carry a list with him? If Benjamin kills him, wouldn't he specifically expose the information to Benjamin
To take a step back, he could just bring a list with him. Why did he have to go all alone and in such a remote place by a well? This is simply **Benjamin attacking him!
Because of this, Benjamin felt something was wrong.
The church... really didn't let him see this list on purpose
In order to confirm this idea, he took the risk alone and entered Talco's house for this appointment.
And now, this has been verified in Talko's mouth. The other party was not as trained as the Paladins and Priests, and the nature of the merchant class gave him a weak will. Therefore, he couldn't be lying. The church did this on purpose. They set a trap here, not to catch Benjamin, but to sacrifice the priest and convey the wrong message to Benjamin.
It’s so gloomy…
Benjamin did not expect that the church would actually design such a situation for him.
"What is the church's specific plan? Has the church really discovered all those people on the list?" Therefore, he continued to assume a cold posture and asked Talco.
"I, I don't know either..."
Hearing this, Benjamin waved his hand, and a dozen more ice needles emerged, starting a new round of punctures.
"No! Don't! Sir... I... I really don't know anything..."
No matter how the other party begged for mercy, Benjamin didn't mean the least bit of pity. Now that you have decided to serve the church, you should be determined to die, right
He didn't understand Talco's status in the church. However, he will definitely squeeze out everything this businessman knows and leave nothing behind.
“How much information does the church have?”
"S-Sir... with my status, I have no way of knowing these things." Talko was covered in sweat, his face was pale, and he had fainted from pain several times. He said breathlessly, "I only heard it accidentally. Said... The Bishop... already has information about all the rebel mages except Amber City."
Hearing this, Benjamin's heart sank.
"You didn't lie to me?"
The ice needle passed through Talco's fingertips again, and a scream came out.
"I... I really didn't lie to you." After screaming, he gasped and replied, "Stop torturing me. I just followed the arrangements from above. Master Mage, please spare me!"
He looked in great pain, and what he said must be true.
However, precisely because he did not tell lies, Benjamin's face became even more ugly.
… Is this okay
With the exception of all the news about the rebel mages outside Amber City, to put it bluntly, except for Benjamin and the few mages who followed him, everyone else has been exposed to the church's sight and may be in danger at any time.
He felt frightened.
There are already so many spies in the church? Except for his water element induction method, which can perfectly avoid spies in Amber City, others... others have actually been discovered long ago
Benjamin took a deep breath and tried to calm down.
Regardless, this is indeed quite grim news.
At that moment, he couldn't care less. He immediately took out the sound transmission wood piece and told his mages that they were all exposed, and asked them to leave the stronghold quickly and gather in the Kandela Mountains to avoid being defeated one by one by the church.
If it were any later, the church would probably start taking action.
As for why the church deliberately leaked the list to him... Benjamin thought about it for a moment, and the intention became obvious.
The church is trying to seize the opportunity.
It's a bit annoying to use the list and tell Benjamin "we're going to deal with this group of people", only to turn around and deal with another group of people. But... Correspondingly, the church has started such conspiracy, which shows that they are also wary of Benjamin's magical power.
—They need to use the list to distract Benjamin so they can attack his followers.
Thinking of this, Benjamin began to feel a little unable to sit still.
The church may be ready to take action.
Therefore, he didn't talk nonsense to Talko here, and gave him a pleasant blow with the ice blade. He then used the water element induction method to avoid the servants in the house and secretly climbed out of a window.
As soon as he flipped out, he immediately took off and disappeared into the sky in an instant.
The ambush soldiers guarding outside naturally saw this scene, but the whole time from Benjamin entering to leaving through the window did not exceed half an hour. The signal they had agreed upon did not come, and they had no idea what was going on in the house.
Therefore, they couldn't react for a while, so they subconsciously chased after him.
But... they will never catch up with Benjamin.
After chasing for about ten minutes, Benjamin's figure completely disappeared from their sight. Only then did they realize that the situation had changed. It was pointless to chase people. They had to report everything to the bishop.
They also have a special communication method internally, but... no matter what, they will not be faster than Benjamin's communication, at most they will be about the same speed. Benjamin had sent the message more than ten minutes ago, and the gap had been widened a lot.
Soon, mages from all over the country received the news and immediately disguised themselves and left the city. Sure enough, after they entered a desolate and uninhabited area, they soon found themselves followed by spies from the church. Fortunately, their movement was sudden, the church was unprepared, and the number of these spies was not large.
They got rid of the spies, gathered together, and hurriedly hid towards the Kandela Mountains.
To the north of the capital city of Glory, a team of nearly a thousand people had just set off towards several other cities.
Three hours later.
"Laila, George, Kenny... these mages are our targets this time." A paladin held the list and said confidently, "Their leader has been led to the south of Carites by the fake list. He went, so in this industry, we don’t have to worry about meeting him.”
The priest who was traveling with him also nodded: "Yes, even Bishop Victor was killed by him and the sacred objects were lost. That man's strength is terrible, and we don't have many people now, so we can't lose it on him."
"But those colleagues who were sent to ambush him... I am really worried."
The priest said: "Don't worry, they will be fine. Bishop Cameron has analyzed that that person seems to have a strange sensing ability and can detect ambush around him. With his character, after discovering the ambush, he will only kill Father Anderson with the fake list. After that, he will rush to rescue his men and will not attack the remaining people."
The paladin was a little surprised: "The bishop is so powerful, he can analyze the opponent's actions to this extent!"
The priest sighed, shook his head, and said helplessly: "If it weren't for the people from Silent Academy starting to make trouble again, and we couldn't send too many people to Carites, how could we let that guy be so arrogant?"
When the Paladin heard this, he also showed a heavy expression and nodded.
"Yeah... But he can't be arrogant for long."
However, at this moment, the priest's Message Cross lit up. The priest was a little stunned. Just when he wanted to see what news there was, he suddenly found a black shadow appearing above his head.
They looked up in astonishment.
"As clergy, haven't you been taught this - never speak ill of others behind their backs?" A slightly sarcastic voice came from the sky.