That night, the troops stationed in Amber City and Glory had already been dispatched to the Ikol area.
When the Queen's death was confirmed, the war faction among the officials immediately became the overwhelming majority. With almost everyone's consent, the army went out in force to take back the occupied territory.
In addition, they will also take advantage of the situation to send troops to Ikol.
The current opportunity is rare. As the queen's brother, the king is naturally qualified to take over Icol after the queen's death. However, no matter who killed the queen, their purpose was definitely not to give up Ikol. Therefore, the king had to put on a tough stance and strike first.
The officials had already thought of the reason for the expedition - the church was trying to murder the queen, and the queen was left alone before her death. During the negotiations, she entrusted the throne to her brother. Therefore, the king sent troops to take over Icol before the church was completely destroyed.
This is actually a very shameless statement, no different from confusing right and wrong, but... At that time, there were only four of them negotiating. Now that the queen is dead, the queen's bodyguard mage should also have died under the effect of the potion, so everyone present Only the king and Benjamin were left.
-As long as the two of them say that the queen entrusted the throne to the king before she died, no one else has the right to refute it.
Of course, all of this can only be established on the premise that they can control Ikol by force. If someone captures Regina first, then even if everyone in the world believes in Queen Tuogu, the king will still have to put in a lot of effort to bring Icol into his territory.
Therefore, they will dispatch so many troops at this moment.
"President of the Mages Guild, will he really help us?" Looking at the army's leaving figure, the king turned to look at Benjamin and asked hesitantly.
"Probably." Benjamin wasn't very sure, but still replied, "Back then, he helped me escape from the Queen's pursuit. Besides, if Ikol can be controlled by His Majesty, it would be a good thing for him. "
"Really..." the king said with some guilt, "but before the empire was divided, as the former president of the Mages Guild, he seemed not to think highly of me. Every time my father invited him to the palace, he had to be by his side. While drinking, he complained about my shortcomings. When I was young and ignorant, I even drew pictures on his clothes."
“…”
Benjamin was speechless for a moment.
Sure enough, the debts owed in childhood must be repaid one day. No wonder the president would choose to help the queen during the split instead of supporting the eldest son who inherited the orthodoxy.
—Who wants to help a naughty kid
"Your Majesty, don't worry too much. It's all in the past. I don't think the president is someone who cares about these things." But Benjamin still comforted him, "I will find a way to persuade him."
"...Then it's up to you."
After leaving the palace, Benjamin did not rush to leave Glory. Instead, he stayed in Glory's mage area and patiently waited for feedback on the news.
He was waiting for news from the president of the Mages Guild.
At this moment, Benjamin also wanted to fly directly to Icol to meet the president. It's just that it would be too reckless to do so. It's unclear what Ikol's condition is. If someone from the church has already pushed him through, he will only be asking for trouble if he goes in.
Plus, Miles hasn’t returned yet. The king lost his personal bodyguard and the army moved out again. He felt very insecure, so he asked Benjamin to stay in Glory to protect him. Benjamin had no choice but to stay temporarily.
If you want to stay, just stay. In this situation, he doesn't need to run around like before for the time being.
So he stayed in his house, patiently meditating and waiting for the news.
According to his estimation, the quickest news should be the good news from the front. Ikol has begun to retreat secretly, and it will definitely not take much time to regain the lost ground. They wait here for four or five days, and the entire Carrites will be intact again.
However, what he didn't expect was that news would come from the president of the Mages Guild the next afternoon.
"Hello... may I ask, where is Master Benjamin?"
What came was not the news from the sound transmission wood chip, nor was it the mage from Border Desert City, but a completely strange young man. Like a traveler entering Glory for the first time, he looked around blankly and kept asking for directions, and finally asked Benjamin downstairs in Glory's house.
Benjamin opened the door, looked at the stranger, and couldn't help but frown.
This is a mage.
"I am Master Benjamin, what do you want from me?"
When the other party heard this, he looked relieved and said, "Great, I finally found you! My name is Huck, from Icol, and I am a new student accepted by the president of the Mages Guild. The teacher has a letter to let you know I'll leave it to you."
As he spoke, he took out a sealed letter from his pocket and handed it to Benjamin.
Benjamin had some doubts in his heart.
This...the president actually sent a mage directly to deliver a letter to him
It had only been three days since he sent the message to Morris. No matter how fast Morris moved and how cooperative Master Finch was, the speed of delivering the message really surprised him.
"Did you fly all the way here?"
The other party replied: "Because the situation seems to be very urgent, the teacher told me to deliver the letter to you as quickly as possible. I am better at wind magic, and it took me a whole day and a night to get here."
Benjamin nodded when he heard this, and couldn't help but ask: "You... didn't drink that magic potion?"
"I didn't." The other party seemed to understand the inside story and whispered, "The teacher told me about the situation of the Mage Guild, so I never really joined it, and being accepted as a student was also kept secret."
No wonder…
Benjamin nodded and asked no more questions.
He opened the envelope in his hand directly.
The president was able to directly send his closed students to deliver the letter, which showed his goodwill toward Benjamin and the others—their cooperation was very promising. And maybe... maybe the internal situation in Icol is also very chaotic now, and the president also needs the help of Benjamin and the king.
In short, the other party attaches great importance to you, which is a good sign.
However, as soon as he opened the letter and glanced at it, Benjamin's expression changed again.
"Is what this letter says... true?" He suddenly looked at the student mage and asked with a frown.
"I don't know." The mage was a little confused. "The teacher just asked me to deliver the letter. I don't know what was written in the letter. But the teacher said that the content of this letter will be very important to you, so he asked me to It must be delivered quickly, otherwise you may not be able to catch up.”
Benjamin took a deep breath.
After pondering for a moment, he came back to his senses and said: "Go to the person in charge of the mage area here and tell me my name. They will find a place for you. Come all the way and have a good rest. I have It's an emergency, so I won't accompany you for the time being."
The mage still looked a little confused and didn't quite understand what was going on. But when he came back to his senses, Benjamin had already flew out and disappeared into the sky in the direction of the palace.
Three minutes later.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty! Important news from Ikol, all of this is a trap!"
The king was suddenly awakened from his desk. He was startled. He looked at Benjamin in confusion and said, "What... what's wrong? What's the news?"
"It's a letter from the president of the Mages Guild in Icol." Benjamin flew in from outside the door and said solemnly, "The letter said that the Queen used magic potions to fake her death, and most likely she had already sneaked in with a large group of mages. Near Glory. And her real target is underground in the palace."