In the hall, Benjamin met the surrendered general.
However, this was not the first time he had met this man.
Benjamin secretly observed all the generals who held military power in Carrites. At that time, the remaining generals were controlled by the church with crosses, and the General Hawke in front of him was no exception.
Although nothing could be seen from the outside, he could clearly feel that a cross was branded on the general's left arm.
Because of this, Benjamin's face darkened at that time.
"Be careful, Your Majesty." He said directly without caring about the general's face, "This general has been engraved with a cross by the church. What we say now will be clearly known by the church people."
However, the king's expression was not very surprising.
"I know, the general has already told me." He waved his hand and said solemnly, "But in order to help me reset, General Hawke is willing to sacrifice himself. He has given me the army's token, and then he They will stay away from us, hide in the mountains and fields, and no longer participate in our confrontation with the church.”
"Is that so..." Benjamin raised his eyebrows and glanced at the general again.
To be honest, he didn't know much about the church's methods of controlling people. But based on this method of handing over military power and then retreating, there shouldn't be any problem.
"I'm sorry, General Hawke, I was rude just now." He spoke again and said slowly, "But... you surrendered to His Majesty, I'm afraid the church will also know about it through the cross. I'm afraid it's a matter of you wanting to retreat to the mountains and forests. Very difficult thing.”
General Hawke finally spoke, his voice extremely low: "I know. From the time that priest cast a spell in my camp and carved this thing into my flesh and blood, I was already prepared to sacrifice myself at any time to overthrow them. Preparation. It is my honor to die for Your Majesty."
After hearing such a passage, Benjamin couldn't help but sigh, are all these generals printed from the same mold? If you want to die, you have to die, and you have a stubborn mind.
"The general's spirit is truly admirable."
He didn't notice anything suspicious, so he didn't express any further objections.
In this way, after Benjamin came in, the general left in a hurry. And Benjamin began to tell the king what he had learned near Glory and with the troops of Ikol.
After listening, the king also fell into deep thought.
"So... Glory should be confused right now." He said.
Benjamin nodded.
The king patted the armrest and stood up, and continued: "Then we should take advantage of the opportunity to take action! Taking advantage of the rebellion in Glory and the church unable to control the situation, we will kill directly and, together with the people who are loyal to me in the city, we should cooperate inside and outside, and put them under control. Drive the church completely out of my palace!"
“…”
Benjamin was speechless for a moment.
"Your Majesty, do you know how many troops the church currently holds?"
"This... probably 70,000 to 80,000."
Benjamin sighed and said: "Even if you add the soldiers brought to us by General Hawke, their number is still twice ours. And more importantly, there are probably four priests who have been smuggled into Carrites by the church. Several digits."
-Thousands of spellcasters, this is no joke.
Hearing this, the king also had no idea for a while.
Although after occupying Changhe Town, everything seemed promising, and he had returned to his former position of being worshiped and could command everything in the town. But in the end, they still have to face the church that stands in front of them.
Not to mention Ikol's invasion army.
"Then... what should we do?"
"We need to gather more power and at the same time try our best to weaken the power of the church." Benjamin replied, "Don't forget, if Icol wants to fight, it will definitely conflict with the church. We wait until they weaken each other before taking action. .”
The king was a little reluctant and said: "But by that time, most of the land of Carites will probably be taken over by Icol!"
"Then let them occupy it. After returning to the throne, we can take it back." Benjamin advised, "Your Majesty, our current situation is very delicate. If we take action rashly, everything we finally have will be lost in the blink of an eye. Evaporated.”
"… All right."
In the end, the king nodded and said nothing more.
"By the way." After thinking for a while, Benjamin added, "Among the places that have returned to His Majesty, are there any cities that are easy to defend and difficult to attack? Changhe Town is just a town after all. If the church wants to encircle us, there will be no cities here. It’s too easy to defend.”
The king shook his head and said with some regret: "At present, there are only some small villages. If it is a city... the composition is more complicated. How can it be so easy to belong to me?"
"In this case, we can only build some defenses around Changhe Town first." Benjamin nodded thoughtfully, and then said, "I have many mage apprentices here now. If your Majesty needs it, their simple Magic can help a lot.”
When the king heard this, his gloomy face finally became much happier.
"Then it's up to you."
Benjamin nodded.
After probably discussing the construction of Changhe Town for a while, he also said goodbye to the king, left the hall, and returned to the mage area in the town. The messy things were left to the king, and Benjamin also had things to deal with.
He returned to his new home in Changhe Town.
Lying on his bed and closing his eyes, Benjamin entered the conscious space again.
In the boundless darkness, three shining blue triangular characters complement each other. Between the characters, a small bubble floats lightly, which contains abundant water elements.
The distance between the three characters is only a little over one meter at this moment, which can be said to be very close.
However, looking at these three characters, Benjamin suddenly sighed.
"These characters...haven't they been close to each other in the past few days?" He suddenly spoke and said to the two jumping funny people next to him.
The system gave an affirmative answer: "Well, their distance has been fixed since a week ago. You have meditated many times since then, but they have not gotten closer like before."
Benjamin frowned.
After these few days of meditation, he could still feel that his mental power was slowly growing. However, these three characters did not seem to be enhanced by the moisture of the water element. Benjamin's three entry-level magics also seemed to have been filled up with more points, and their power did not increase.
—This is not an insignificant situation.
If the character cannot be enhanced and the magic power remains the same, Benjamin's strength growth will gradually stagnate. But in order to completely overthrow the church, Benjamin is not strong enough. How could he stop here
He had to sort this out.