Even so, Benjamin followed and chased for a while.
After spending nearly ten minutes blasting away the boulder shield, he drank a bottle of agility potion and chased up the tunnel with full acceleration. The Queen used a high-level magic to retreat, but with Benjamin's skills fully activated, the speed was even faster than the high-level magic.
Gradually, he really got closer to each other again.
Benjamin's speed shocked these mages, but unfortunately, they had quite a few back-up moves. Stone pillars rising one after another, fireball rain, wind wall... In short, as long as Benjamin has the slightest intention to get closer, various magics will greet his face, and from time to time, a high-level magic will be thrown out, making it impossible for Benjamin to get close at all.
And it is indeed too difficult for him to retain so many people just by relying on his own strength.
During the chase, dozens of minutes passed, and the underground where they were was not that deep. In the end, the group of mages protected the queen, broke out of the ground outside Glory City, and flew into the sky.
Benjamin followed closely and returned to the ground, but he really couldn't stop these people anymore.
The shield was online at all times, and the queen was protected by many mages. His magic could not bypass those mages, keep the queen or have any effect.
"Forget it... let them go." The system also advised, "What will happen if you keep them?"
"I can plant a curse under the Queen and control all of Ikol."
“…”
The system was speechless for a moment.
However, even though he said that, Benjamin only looked at the direction in which the group of mages were leaving, and shook his head helplessly.
He finally gave up the pursuit.
It can be felt that the older mages are quite capable, and each of them is at the level of a bishop or even higher. Benjamin may not get a good deal if he pursues him forcefully.
What's more, he has ruined the Queen's plan, so it can't be considered as nothing.
He turned his head, looked at the exit they broke through, and walked back again. The king and others were still walking underground with a large army, and they were slowly walking out. He might as well go and pick them up.
The crystal ball that came out of his hand was now deeply hit in the cave, and Benjamin had to pick it back up.
Soon, he returned along the original path of the tunnel and found the king and his companions in the cave. The king and the others looked at Benjamin in confusion, not knowing what was going on. Benjamin briefly explained the situation, then led everyone through the tunnel. After spending a lot of time, he finally left the underground world.
"It's already dark..." The king looked at the dark night sky, shook his head and said, "Next time you do something like this, I won't take part in it again."
Benjamin shrugged helplessly and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, this kind of thing is not something you can encounter under normal circumstances."
There is some unknown treasure buried under the palace. This is indeed a quite special situation. Even the queen went to great lengths to send troops and then faked her death. He felt that this situation would be difficult to replicate.
But now, Carites no longer has the treasure, and the Queen will probably not fight them anymore. When she withdraws her troops from Carites, the war will be over.
Indeed, everything happened suddenly. Sudden invasion, sudden withdrawal. For the ordinary people of Carites, they may not even have reacted. The whole war ended in such a way that no one expected. They will never know why this war ended until their death. .
"By the way, Your Majesty, we'd better inform the people on the front line." Thinking this, Benjamin suddenly said, "The Queen is not dead after all. They may encounter some resistance during the attack, so let them be careful."
The king nodded.
In this way, they found their bearings and returned to Glory half an hour later.
However, when they returned, they discovered that the underground collapse seemed to have caused some minor earthquakes in the city. Many people were frightened, and the entire back garden of the palace collapsed.
Standing near the back door of the palace, the king looked at the collapsed back garden and couldn't help but shake his head.
"You said... what is that underground cave?" He suddenly turned his head and asked Benjamin.
Benjamin shook his head.
"Maybe it really is a treasure left by the first emperor of the empire." He looked a little helpless. "We can't be sure of what happened many years ago. Maybe many years ago, the power of magic was even greater than we imagined. , so it can do everything we encounter underground.”
There are still many things that they cannot explain at the moment, and there is nothing they can do about it no matter how hard they try.
When the king heard this, he sighed and said nothing more.
Glory is a bit chaotic today, and they have a lot to deal with. Benjamin also returned to the mage area and locked up the dozen or so captured enemy mages with magic-forbidden chains, and then slowly considered how to deal with these people.
After all, he is a mage who is connected to the Queen's life and death. It may be difficult for Benjamin to naturalize these people.
But... Do we want to kill them
"Teacher Benjamin, are you saying that the lives of these mages are connected to the queen's life because of some kind of magic potion?" Frank suddenly asked as he stood outside the temporarily arranged cell, looking at the captive mages inside. road.
"yes."
"Then... why don't we find some people who know potions and study them." Frank said, "No matter how powerful the magic is, it has its nemesis. This kind of potion should not be indispensable, but no one has discovered the method yet."
Hearing this, Benjamin nodded and said, "That's true. We still have to find a way to crack this thing after all. If we conduct human experiments, we might be able to discover something new."
When Frank saw this, he didn't know why, but a bad premonition suddenly appeared in his heart.
"Human testing... what is it?"
Benjamin smiled: "The direction must not be too cruel. At most, take some blood from them, or force-feed them something to drink. In short... we are here to save them!"
Frank wiped his sweat and felt something was wrong, but he couldn't put his finger on it.
Benjamin looked at the captured mages again, smiled, as if he finally knew how to deal with these guys, and nodded with satisfaction.
at the same time.
Hundreds of kilometers away, a group of mages landed in an uninhabited dense forest.
"Your Majesty, please don't worry, we will be back in the camp soon." The older mage supported the queen and said in a very attentive tone.
"Camp... Our camp is probably under attack now. What's the use of going back?" The Queen seemed to be in bad spirits, her face was pale and gloomy, and she said with a hint of irony.
When the mages around him heard this, they also fell silent, not knowing what to say for a while.
The queen was helped to sit on a stone. She held her knees, lowered her head, and seemed to be thinking about something, but no one knew the content of her thoughts.
The whole scene fell into dead silence.
Suddenly, the queen raised her head, stretched out her right hand, and recited the water balloon spell. With a slight fluctuation of magic power, a water ball smaller than a baby's fist appeared in her hand.
"Your Majesty, this is..." The mages around looked at the water ball with some surprise.
Snapped!
Suddenly, the water ball seemed to have lost control and fell to the ground. Like a crystal cup dropped from a height, it turned into a puddle of water, shocking everyone again.
The queen covered her forehead and showed a painful expression. At that moment, blood even flowed from her nostrils.
The mages immediately panicked.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty, are you okay? Do you want me to use magic to treat you again..."
The Queen ignored these chattering mages.
She took a deep breath, suddenly raised her head, looked in the direction of Glory, showed resentful eyes, and murmured to herself: "That guy... If it wasn't that guy..."
Her voice was low, but the regret and anger in it were like poisonous vines, branches covered with thorns growing wildly on the black to purple soil.