The queen's sudden collapse shocked several other people present.
For the first time, Benjamin thought there was an attack, so he scanned back and forth several times with the water element sensing method. After confirming that there were no enemies around, and that the king was just stunned and did not vomit blood and fall down, Benjamin felt relieved.
Of course, the most panicked person was the old man.
The moment the queen fell, he almost jumped up from his chair and hurriedly helped her up to check the situation. Probably because of the potion, the lives of the queen and Icol's mage were at stake, so a mage like him was naturally very nervous.
But...he's still alive.
Benjamin recovered from his shock and realized what this meant. He squinted his eyes and looked across the table. Sure enough, just as he thought, after some inspections, the old man looked a little more relaxed and not as panicked as he was at the beginning.
Although the Queen looked like she was about to die, she was not dead yet.
Benjamin also immediately asked the system to analyze the queen's condition.
"She... seems to have eaten something strange?" The system's tone was not very sure. "In short, from a more scientific perspective, a mixture of elements and toxins caused damage to her circulatory system. Made her what she is now.”
"...Isn't that just poisoning?" Benjamin replied in his heart.
"You can understand it that way."
Benjamin shook his head helplessly.
When his attention returned to reality, the old man seemed to be trying to save the queen, while the king was sitting aside, looking confused, not knowing what was going on. Benjamin also had a headache about this situation.
How come this person fell down just when he was negotiating with them
He obviously had nothing to do with them, but he felt like he was somehow involved.
Therefore, he looked at the old man and the queen and said hesitantly, "Well... I think she..."
"That's enough, you despicable guy. Is this the curse you cast on Her Majesty the Queen?" However, the old man suddenly interrupted him and stared at him, "Don't be wishful thinking. It's just a curse. We won't let it happen just because of this." Then withdraw your troops.”
As he spoke, he suddenly chanted a spell and whipped up a strong wind that almost overturned the entire tent.
Benjamin was a little confused.
What is this all about? The Queen fainted. Did it have anything to do with him
However, in this case, he could only use magic first to summon a bubble to protect himself and the king, lest this unreasonable old man do anything extraordinary.
Then he tried to communicate with the other person.
"Please don't get me wrong, Your Majesty. I did not cast any curse on Her Majesty the Queen. Besides, she looked more like she was poisoned, which is very different from a curse. And as you can see, since we entered here, we have not had any chance to curse her. Poisoned. Someone must have done something to her before we started negotiating."
After hearing this, the old man gradually stopped his magic, but still looked at Benjamin with extremely hostile eyes.
Seeing this, Benjamin continued: "Don't be impulsive, let me see Her Majesty the Queen. Aren't your lives tied to her? Maybe I can save her."
The old man glanced at him, then suddenly let out a cold snort and said, "Stop being pretentious. Your Majesty is ill, so there is no need to continue this negotiation. Let's see you on the battlefield."
After saying that, he recited a spell, and an even more violent wind was summoned by him, which directly overturned the tent they were in. In this strong wind, the old man and the fainted queen quickly flew away and disappeared in the direction of the Ikol camp.
Benjamin and the king were left alone, standing on the bare ground, looking confused.
"I... think something is weird."
After being stunned for a moment, the king came back to his senses, looking a little speechless.
Benjamin nodded: "I think so too. Whether it was poisoning or something else, the timing of the attack was too coincidental. And with the Queen's level of caution, how could she be plotted against?"
Maybe it was because there were too many doubts, but in his opinion, the whole thing had a strange aura.
What is going on
Many speculations popped up in his mind, but for a while, he couldn't make up his mind, so he just kept silent and didn't do anything in this situation.
However, the tent had been blown away, and they looked a little embarrassed in the empty plain. Behind them, the protective army from Carites also rushed over in surprise.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Are you okay?"
The king turned around, nodded, and said, "I'm fine."
"So... where are the people in Ikol? The negotiation is over?"
The king smiled bitterly: "It's over now."
The general was confused.
Benjamin also shook his head at this time and said: "Your Majesty, let's go back first. There is no hope of peace talks in the first place, and there is no point in staying here. Besides, if something like this happens, Iker can't do anything about it in a short time. It’s also good for us to continue attacking.”
"So...should we be happy about this?"
Benjamin shrugged: "I don't know, maybe there is a conspiracy, maybe this is just the beginning. Anyway, let's go back and discuss it again."
The king also nodded after hearing this.
He finally turned around and glanced in the direction of Ikol, with a somewhat complicated look in his eyes. Then, under the double escort of the army and Benjamin, he quickly left here and set off back to Glory.
But what they didn't expect was that before they even arrived at Glory, some strange news was already slowly spreading out.
Many people are saying that after the king and the queen met, there was an unpleasant quarrel. Therefore, the king had his wizard curse the queen, putting her life in danger.
Hearing the news, Benjamin felt even more incredible.
Where did all this come from
There have always been a lot of wild rumors among the people, and he has long been accustomed to this. However, just over a day after their meeting, and they were still on their way back to Glory, the news was already spreading among the people. If no one was secretly pushing this, Benjamin would never believe it.
He told the king this idea, and the king agreed very much.
"This is definitely a frame-up!" He looked a little angry, "Who did it? Is it possible that the remnants of the church are still staying in Carites?"
Benjamin lowered his head and pondered, unable to give an answer for the time being.
Because he didn't think very clearly either.
What good could come from poisoning the queen and then using rumors to mislead the murderer into being the king of Carites? To sow discord between the two countries? Now that the war has started, how can the relationship between the two countries get better? Is there any need to specifically provoke it
And, again, the whole thing is so weird.
He felt there was a conspiracy.
"Master Benjamin, do you think... Scarlett will die from this?" The king suddenly interrupted Benjamin's thinking and asked, his tone hesitant.
"I don't know." Benjamin came back to his senses and said slowly, "In that situation, the Queen was probably secretly drugged. The poison seemed to be very powerful. If no one among her mages could save her, , maybe she will really die from this."
"But, based on the potion you mentioned before, if she dies, most of the magicians in Icol will die."
"Yes." Benjamin nodded.
The king took a deep breath and looked a little heavy.
"Then... we may have to prepare for war with the church again."