"Teacher Benjamin, you actually came to save us!"
More than half an hour after the blockade collapsed, in a remote forest, Benjamin and more than a hundred mages led by Wallis met, and both of them breathed a sigh of relief.
They hadn't seen Benjamin for some time, and looking at him now, their expressions were quite excited.
When Benjamin saw this, he waved his hand casually and said with a smile: "What's the point? After all, you left the grassland first to save me. I just turned around to help you with a little help."
To be honest, the process of spreading the news about the plague was mainly done by these mages themselves. Benjamin kept looking for people to talk to outside the encirclement, but in fact he didn't have much influence.
As for their success, the more important factor is that the church acted too hastily.
Benjamin could also imagine that the people in the church must be anxious - in order to catch him, the bishop even ignored the livelihood conditions of the area and launched a blockade during the peak period of the flow of people. Just like this, a lot of people are stuck here, and the church cannot provide enough manpower to handle it for a while, which will naturally lead to chaos.
And in this chaos, Benjamin and the others had the opportunity to spread rumors.
Therefore, the church loses to its own mentality.
"What to do next?" Wallis asked, "Shall we go back to the grassland? But... the situation there is relatively stable now. If you have other plans, we can implement them."
Benjamin shook his head and said, "It's okay. You go back to the grassland first. The effect of the two teams acting separately is pretty good. If something happens here, I will inform you again."
Since they want to play a diversionary game, they definitely can't all go together.
The mages understood this and nodded. The situation was not leisurely, so they said goodbye and left without much rest, and hurried towards the grassland.
Benjamin himself turned around and started flying eastward non-stop.
- He wants to join the King's Apprentice and the others and continue to win the hearts and minds of the people in the countryside.
Flying in mid-air, Benjamin took out the sound transmission wood piece and planned to notify the team. But what he didn't expect was that as soon as he took out the wood chips, the wood chips lit up on their own.
… Such a coincidence? Just when you want to contact them, their message comes by itself
Benjamin raised his eyebrows and activated the wood chips with his mental power.
However, what came out from inside was the somewhat panicked voice of the king:
"No... It's not good. That General Lester suddenly appeared with his troops and surrounded the village. We are now hiding in the village chief's house in Ker Village, and we don't know how long we can last. In short... In short, hurry up Come and save us!"
“…”
Isn't it
After coming back to his senses, Benjamin couldn't help but cover his forehead.
The joy of successfully rescuing hundreds of mages disappeared at this moment. He held the piece of wood in his hand, was silent for a while, and sighed.
General Lester…
Oh shit.
He asked the king and them to go to the east to develop the village because the church's manpower was here in Amber City and no one could surround them. But he didn't expect that this general, whom he had met before, would become the only unstable factor that was ignored at this moment.
-This man probably still holds a grudge against Benjamin.
More importantly, General Lester believed deeply in the false king supported by the church. If he catches the king, he will definitely hand him over to the church.
He couldn't let that happen.
Therefore, Benjamin took a deep breath, put away the wood pieces, and flew towards the village to the east at his fastest speed.
at the same time.
In the village of Ker, east of Carites.
"Oops... Oops... Why hasn't Master Benjamin come yet?" At the village chief's house, the king held the family emblem in his palm and paced back and forth, with beads of sweat on his forehead.
Halfway there, he took a deep breath and couldn't help but look outside.
Outside the village, there were soldiers on three levels inside and three outside. The village chief and several villagers walked cautiously at the entrance of the village to negotiate with General Lester who was riding a horse.
"General, we really don't have any wanted criminals here. You are offending the honor of the royal family by leading soldiers to surround the village. Please withdraw your troops."
"There are no fugitives, right? Then why aren't we allowed in? You're such a small village leader, why don't you get out of my way!"
"General, this is my duty as a village chief. I really can't let you in..."
This standoff has lasted for several hours.
General Lester got the news from nowhere and surrounded the village, saying that the wanted criminal was hiding inside. The village chief was surprisingly loyal and stood in front of the army, preventing them from entering the village.
The king couldn't help but feel lucky.
"There is still hope in this country!" he couldn't help but say.
"Your Majesty, that... Although I don't want to refute you, the village chief will do this mainly because his son has magic talent and has now become one of us." Laila stood aside and cleared her throat. Said so.
“…”
The king glared at Laila, but said nothing more.
Joanna showed an impatient look and said: "There is no way to continue like this. Let's just rush out! Anyway, they are just ordinary soldiers. I have observed them, and there is no priest."
"Just the ten of us?" Laila rolled her eyes and said, "You can't count on those apprentices. There are tens of thousands of soldiers, and you won't be able to kill them all until you run out of mental energy."
Joanna asked back: "Then what should we do? If we don't rush out, they will definitely rush in."
"That's not necessarily true." Laila shook her head and pointed to the general in the distance outside the window. "This guy is a bit stubborn and likes to do things according to a set of rules. Attacking a village is against the rules, but now the village chief's attitude is so determined. He may not dare to do this.”
Joanna was stunned and looked out the window.
General Lester was still arguing with the village chief, but the soldiers behind him already looked listless. It looks like... I'm afraid there's still a long way to go before dispatching.
When Joanna saw this, she couldn't help but sigh: "It's true. He could obviously kick the village aside, but he just didn't dare to do it."
Listening to their words, the king also felt a little more at ease.
"I hope the village chief's attitude can continue to be so resolute." Tony interjected, "Delay it for enough time, and when Master Benjamin arrives, everything will be solved."
The other mages also nodded when they heard this.
They didn't know how long it would take for Benjamin to come, and they didn't know what method Benjamin would be able to come up with to lead them out of the siege after he arrived, but... they just believed it.
Benjamin always has a solution.
They're used to this.
However, this time, their long-standing habits were broken.
Before they could wait for Benjamin, the situation at the entrance of the village seemed to have changed again.