That night, the royal palace in Xuedi City.
"Your Highness Princess! Your Highness Princess! Stop running away. I will help you find the cat. If the general sees you running around in the palace, he will be angry again!"
Two figures, one behind the other, hurriedly ran through the silent corridor. The servant behind had a hurried expression on his face and tried to lower his voice as he shouted.
When the guards on guard heard this, they just yawned, shook their heads helplessly, and whispered words like "Here we go again."
In fact, such a scene has appeared a long time ago. At the beginning, they would go over to help stop the princess and take her back to her room. But gradually, they discovered that as long as they guarded the door and prevented the princess from running out of the palace, the princess would eventually be taken back by the servants, so they were too lazy to move anymore.
This is not their responsibility, so why should they meddle
The guard yawned and continued to patrol.
And the two chasing figures, one behind the other, also drifted away, and the hurried footsteps disappeared into the empty corridor.
Half a minute later.
"Shhh... have a good sleep."
In the remote warehouse of the palace, the servant chased the princess all the way here. Suddenly, a mysterious man wrapped in black clothes came out of the corner and tapped the servant on the shoulder from behind. Not knowing what happened, the servant suddenly trembled and fell limply to the ground, losing consciousness.
The princess also stopped running and stopped beside the man in black.
The man in black touched the princess's head.
"Be good, don't let him make such a loud noise next time. If you alert other people in the palace, some people will be unhappy."
The princess looked at the man in black with dull eyes and nodded.
The man in black looked around, probably feeling that there was no one else around, so he said to the princess: "Okay, give me the things now."
The princess nodded blankly, took out a paper ball from her pocket and handed it to the man in black.
However, the man in black took the paper ball eagerly, and just as he was about to unfold it, a voice came from another room behind them.
"The guards at the palace are indeed too lax..."
The man in black was stunned at that time. Probably realizing something was wrong, after a brief pause, he grabbed the note, turned around and ran away. However, as soon as he took two steps, he was suddenly blown up by a hot and humid wind and hung upside down in mid-air, unable to run away.
The figures of Benjamin and the general also walked out of another room.
"Amazing. As expected of Master Benjamin, it only took one night to catch the spies of the church." The general looked at the man in black hanging upside down in the air and nodded.
"It's just good luck." Benjamin said calmly, "It's because he couldn't bear his temper and insisted on contacting me tonight. If he doesn't act, I may not be able to catch this guy's tail."
Listening to the conversation between the two, the man in black was just struggling in mid-air. However, the invisible water vapor surrounded him, leaving him nowhere to draw strength and even less likely to break free.
"Let me go! I... you won't end up well." Probably knowing that there was no hope of breaking free, the man in black suddenly stopped struggling and shouted loudly to the two of them.
Benjamin shook his head and sneered.
"Don't waste your efforts." He stared at the man in black and spoke slowly, "Did you shout so loudly on purpose to remind your accomplices in the palace to hide quickly? It's a pity that your voice has been lost. I blocked it, no matter how loud I shouted, it would not get out."
The man in black was stunned when he heard this.
The general walked over and pulled off his mask with force.
"It's you?"
Looking at the true face of the man in black, the general frowned, seeming a little disappointed. Benjamin took a second look and found that this person seemed to be a guard in the palace. He had met him once when he entered the palace during the day.
In order to quell the rebellion, General Stewart has been expanding his army since taking office and recruiting many new soldiers. This is the easiest way for the church to sneak into the palace.
He controlled the water vapor, shook the traitor, and shook the note from his hand. The general walked over, picked up the note and unfolded it. The content inside happened to be the treaty Benjamin had just signed with them today.
-The church controlled the princess and wrote down some of the contents of the treaty on a piece of paper, intending to use this undercover guard to spread the word.
Benjamin couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
There is actually nothing particularly confidential in the treaty, except for some details related to the Magic Academy that are not widely spread, and these details are also recorded on the note. Now the church suddenly started collecting these things, fearing that something might happen.
A strong sense of vigilance arose in his heart.
"What is the purpose of the church collecting information from the Magic Academy?"
The traitor snorted coldly, closed his mouth tightly, and said nothing.
The general punched the man in black in the stomach and asked viciously: "You brat, how many accomplices do you have in the palace? Tell them all, or I will make your life worse than death!"
The traitor was beaten so hard that he curled up and trembled slightly in mid-air, but still did not speak. When the general saw this, he punched the traitor several more times. The traitor's face was covered in blood and several of his teeth flew out.
However, after a moment of silence, he just laughed, and then said in a low voice: "Go to hell."
The general clenched his bloody fists again.
"General Stewart, if you can't do this, you better let me do it." Benjamin finally couldn't drive anymore and took a few steps forward. "Give me half an hour, and I promise to let him tell you everything."
The general was stunned, but nodded.
So, Benjamin took the traitor into the empty room on the side, closed the door, and the general was waiting at the door. As time passed, no sound was heard in the room, and General Stewart couldn't help but look puzzled.
He walked over and wanted to knock on the door and ask about the situation, but thinking of what the Prime Minister had said, he held back.
This young mage... his potential is terrifying. The general also understands that the future of the world may be in the hands of this person, and he cannot be an enemy of this person. If they can use this opportunity to bury the hatchet, it will only be good for them, not bad.
Otherwise, he wouldn't be as humble as before.
Thinking of his grandson, the general took a deep breath, nodded, stood by the door, and waited patiently.
About forty minutes later…
"Sorry, this guy has a tough mouth, so I spent a little more time." The door was suddenly opened, and Benjamin walked out and handed a piece of paper to the general. "However, the list of traitors in the entire palace has been completed." I was asked for you."
The general took the piece of paper and didn't even react. He looked into the room in astonishment.
In the room, I saw the traitor lying on the ground. His whole body was intact, but his face... was as pale as if he had just crawled out of a grave, which made the general feel chilled.
What method is this
He didn't dare to think too much, shook his head, and looked at the letter Benjamin handed him. There were six names written on the letter paper. If you look closely, you can see that they are all guards of the palace. Five of them were recruited recently, and one of them existed before.
Just five... not difficult to handle.
Putting away the list, General Stewart also nodded to Benjamin.
"Thank you for your help. I think the main problem has been solved."