The scene was a little stiff for a while.
Benjamin did not expect that these spies would directly point the finger at him. Of course he is not afraid that he will be regarded as a spy, but once he needs to prove his identity, the situation will become very troublesome.
—It would be too embarrassing if he was exposed in front of the students like this, right
However, judging from the expressions of the students and Laila, it seemed that there was no real suspicion yet.
"You... what are you talking about? I have no idea what is going on." Therefore, like an innocent villager in a werewolf game, he showed a blank expression and made his own defense.
And Laila's reaction also satisfied him.
She controlled the black shadow, tightened the restraint on those people, and said, "Want to change the subject? You don't need to worry about other people's affairs. Please answer my questions first."
When Benjamin saw this, he couldn't help but wonder if Laila had recognized him, so she cooperated with him and continued the drama.
However, just as those people were being tortured by magic, changes occurred again. Some vague figures began to appear on the distant horizon, walking towards them. When the students looked around, they found that no matter in which direction, some figures began to appear.
At that moment, Benjamin quickly realized what the problem was.
These guys... It seems that they are not just here to collect information about the academy, they are here to check out the locations.
There were not many pedestrians nearby. After figuring out the direction in which the students and their group were heading, they set up a huge encirclement here. Maybe they couldn't determine the specific route, so they set the encirclement a little larger, but it happened to avoid the range of the water element induction method.
Benjamin walked along without noticing the siege.
But now, after these "passers-by" revealed their secrets, they seemed to have adopted some secret method of communication to inform the people surrounding them. So, these people gathered around, and they just pointed the finger at Benjamin just to delay time.
Interesting...
Benjamin didn't panic.
It's just a siege. This can be regarded as a good lesson for these students, right? He was curious, what was the force behind this encirclement? Is it really the church
"Teacher? What's going on? There are many people outside..."
"We caught the younger ones and attracted the older ones. We seem to be surrounded." Laila frowned, glanced at the spies, and said, "Don't worry, at least we still have hostages here. .”
As the crowd in the distance gradually approached, the students quickly realized that there were really many of them. People were coming from all directions, probably hundreds of people in total.
Fortunately, they soon discovered that most of these hundreds of people were just ordinary people. There wasn't much spiritual coercion emanating from these people, and the few... didn't look like priests.
Benjamin also felt a little confused.
I don't know if there are any strange methods, but among the people here, he only sensed the mage. Counting it down, there are probably only a few dozen mages here, not much more than they are here.
What's going on
Not the church... who would that be
"Stop, take one step closer, and I'll show you."
Seeing the surrounding crowd getting closer and closer, Laila could only recite a spell, summoning several black shadows that gathered into sharp claws to guard the students. She took a step forward and spoke loudly.
The crowd that gathered around finally stopped.
"It seems... you are from the Magic Academy?" A mage who looked quite young came out, narrowed his eyes, and stared at the students coldly, and asked.
Laila didn't answer, but pointed to the people she tied up with magic and said, "It seems... these fools are part of your group."
The middle-aged mage glanced at those people, with an unhappy look on his face, and said, "You can dispose of these useless pieces of trash as you wish. But... without further ado, my master would like to invite all the mages to come over."
Hearing this, the students looked at each other, and Laila also looked a little confused.
"Who are you? Traitor mages trained by the church?"
"No, you misunderstood." The middle-aged mage shook his head and seemed to have no intention of saying more. "You will naturally know who we are when the time comes. Come with us first."
"What if I don't agree?" Laila asked.
The middle-aged mage heard this and winked at the person next to him. Then, those ordinary people who didn't know magic drew their swords and rushed towards the students, as if they had been waiting for a long time. And he took some other mages and started chanting.
Benjamin couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
Who are these people
Even if they suddenly appeared in the border area of Freden, they happened to be surrounded here and they were taken away by force. There is no doubt that the other party must have been secretly observing the academy for a very long time.
Could it be other mage forces in Freden
However, he has just established his authority, so it should be impossible for any mage force to dare to touch their academy...
While Benjamin was thinking, the man wielding the sword had already rushed forward, and Laila also led the students to start a counterattack. She was merciless in her attacks, and when she waved her shadow claws, she could take away a life almost every second.
Blood splashed out like a fountain, and some inexperienced students were shocked.
"Old, teacher..."
"Pay attention, death is the most beautiful picture in the world." Laila chuckled and said, "If you don't want to be a part of the picture, then show up with courage and fight these people to the end."
Most of the students had obviously never killed anyone, but in front of them, these guys brandished swords and roared towards them. They couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion, and as their minds heated up, they put those hesitations behind them.
However, in the face of magic, these ordinary people had no fear, and they still rushed towards them one after another to die, dragging the students and Laila all at once, unable to free their hands.
Then, the magic of those mages came over.
Along with the strong fluctuations of magic power, strong winds surged up, like a typhoon suddenly rolling up from the plains. In an instant, the shields held up by many students were defeated. Laila hurriedly took action and summoned a dark wall, like all the students surrounding it.
"Well, what a terrifying power. Is this advanced magic?"
Laila shook her head and said: "It's just an intermediate magic. Only a dozen of them are used at the same time to produce such power."
Her expression was relatively calm. The dark walls were shaking in the strong wind, like huge strips of film surrounding the students, but they were not broken. The students also chanted spells one after another at this moment, summoned new shields, supplemented them, and barely blocked the invasion of the strong wind.
But despite this, many people were almost blown away.
"I underestimated you." The middle-aged mage's voice came from outside, "It seems that a group of students who have only been a few months old should not have such strength. Is the information wrong?"
"It's because your information is so ill-informed!" A student couldn't help it and suddenly shouted angrily, "Do you know who our dean is? Dare you besiege us here? All of you combined are not the dean. opponent!"
"Maybe..." The middle-aged mage's reaction was very cold, and he continued, "But no matter how powerful he is, he can't save you."