The church spent most of the night searching the area for Benjamin.
After a round of fighting, he killed the red-haired bishop and walked away... Benjamin's behavior completely angered the remaining two bishops. However, without the help of a bishop, they could not reach that flying speed even if they cast spells together, and could not catch up with the running Benjamin.
Therefore, they could only turn their heads and mobilize all the church forces in the area, sealing off a large area south of Glory and conducting a carpet-like search.
The southern part of Glory is a wasteland, connected to a few hills at most, with no hiding place.
But in the end, they still couldn't find any trace of Benjamin.
"Damn it...where is this guy hiding?"
Bishop Cameron frowned and flew back and forth over the wasteland, looking around for the figure he hated so much.
Their search was forced to end until news of Glory came.
"Mr. Bishop, what's wrong! That...the five mages we hid in the palace warehouse suddenly disappeared!"
Listening to the voice coming from the Eye of God, the two bishops were stunned.
It wasn't until this moment that they suddenly realized that this was the reason why Benjamin suddenly appeared in Glory and used magic with great fanfare.
He was not trying to provoke the church, nor was he trying to guide public opinion with a hailstorm, nor was he trying to kill the red-haired bishop... all of this was incidental. Benjamin's fundamental purpose was just to rescue the five mages.
"This guy… "
Bishop Cameron was in disbelief. He thought that Benjamin had given up on the five mages.
And, more importantly, Benjamin was dealing with them head-on, so who rescued those five people? There are still a large number of guards in the palace. Who has the ability to take people out of the palace quietly
He couldn't help but think of the mysterious man who assassinated him before.
Not long after they took the priest and settled in Carites, Bishop Cameron was assassinated. The person who carried out the assassination was extremely agile, beyond all their imaginations. If it were not for the protection of countless paladins around him, he might have died at the hands of that person.
During the assassination, Bishop Cameron was very frightened and tried every means to find out the origin of the assassin. Unfortunately, after a lot of effort, there are no clues. Gradually, he thought that the mysterious man had disappeared, so he gradually let go of the matter.
But... now...
Could it be that that person has always been lurking in Glory and never even left
Bishop Cameron was horrified.
"Let these people continue searching here, let's go back first." Therefore, he turned his head and said to the elderly bishop with a solemn expression, "Glory has some problems, and we have to go back and deal with them immediately."
The elder bishop nodded.
In this way, the two bishops returned to Glory with the body of the remaining one. Hundreds of paladins continued to stay here, searching this vast wasteland.
Suddenly, a paladin raised his head.
"Well... they have left. Let's find another opportunity later to sneak out and meet Miles." He looked at the figure flying away in the sky and murmured to himself while hiding under his helmet.
It's Benjamin.
That's right, after killing the red-haired bishop, he didn't run away. Instead, he found an opportunity to kill a paladin, then put on the opponent's armor and hid directly among the searching team.
It's not that he wants to do anything else, it's just that he has no place to hide.
The bishop used the "Eye of God", a short-distance and ultra-fast communication tool, to instantly summon people from all directions to surround the wasteland. At that time, Benjamin had not had time to escape from the wilderness.
Therefore, he had no choice but to hide behind a big rock, trick a paladin, and barely sneak in.
Fortunately, these paladins don't like to communicate very much, and their faces are hidden under their helmets. Benjamin only needs to follow the team, walk around here, and pretend to be a leader inspecting and working seriously. So far, he has not been suspected.
As for the expressions of the two bishops when they left, Benjamin also had a guess.
— Miles should have succeeded.
Otherwise, with the hatred these two people have for him, it would be possible to find him for a whole day and night. How could he leave so easily
From this point of view, his alluring rescue plan... must have been successful
Benjamin felt a sense of relief.
However, just as he was looking around and preparing to sneak out of the search team, suddenly, another paladin walked towards him and patted him hard on the shoulder.
"Hey, I want to discuss something with you..."
Benjamin was speechless for a while.
what the hell is this…
Everyone was wearing armor, why was this man walking directly towards me? Could it be that there are names written on the armor? And...he didn't come early or late, but he came just because Benjamin was about to run away? This is definitely intentional!
Fortunately, the helmet blocked Benjamin's face, otherwise his expression would have been revealing.
"Well... I don't have time." He lowered his voice and said something vaguely, then turned around and looked like he was searching in another direction.
"That's not possible. You are the only one who can help me." But the other party still followed him and lowered his voice and said, "You know about the errand boy at the detention center, right? Can you help me guard it for a day?"
Benjamin didn't understand what he was talking about, but continued to lower his voice: "... No."
"Don't refuse, that job is very easy." The paladin was unexpectedly pestering, "Don't you have two days off? On that day, you help me work for a day, and I will give you all the money for that day. , plus ten gold coins!”
Benjamin was a little impatient and didn't even bother to say anything, he just shook his head.
He pushed the other person away forcefully, trying hard to convey his strong rejection through his body language.
However, the Paladin seems to be a bit stubborn and can't always understand what he means.
"Don't be like this, I know what you are afraid of." He pulled Benjamin again, his hand was frighteningly strong, "Those are all magicians who have been in prison for several months. After the enlightenment of the priests, they have slowly changed their evil ways. There. Nothing will ever happen, just stay here, it will be very relaxing."
“…”
Benjamin's heart moved.
Wait... what did he say
The detention center, the mage who had been imprisoned for several months, the teachings of the priests... these things were put together, and for some reason, a picture slowly formed in Benjamin's mind.
In a closed place like a mental hospital, a group of trance-like people were shackled and walking numbly in the corridor. Suddenly, a man wearing a priest's robe came out, took a prisoner by the shoulder, and said, "Your mind has not been corrected yet. Come here and let us shock you."
Benjamin was frightened by his own imagination.
"You are really thoughtful." The system complained in a boring tone.
Benjamin shook his head, dismissing the associations. But... In any case, the Paladin's words revealed a brand new information - the church is still doing something else.
He suddenly became interested.