As night entered, the outer city of Havenright gradually became lively, with people coming and going on the main road. The dots of lights also made the darkness of the long street less cold.
However, in some remote corners, silence is still the dominant tone.
Benjamin stayed in such a place.
It looks like an abandoned ale warehouse, and the closed environment gives off a sense of loneliness. In the corner of the warehouse, there are still some empty wine barrels strewn here and there. Probably because they are too old, they can no longer smell the smell of wine.
Benjamin used one of the wine barrels as a chair, sat on it, and waited for Michelle.
After staying away from the house with the sewer entrance, Michelle took Benjamin and hid in this place. She asked Benjamin to wait here while she continued to return to the church as a paladin to inquire about the situation there.
Benjamin also wanted to ask Michelle how she became a mage after becoming a paladin. However, Michelle acted like "don't mention the past anymore" and turned to the church, insisting that she must go back to the church first.
According to Michel, the Church made a cross for each Paladin to represent them. The cross contains magical power. If the paladin dies, the cross will break into pieces to remind the church.
When he first heard about this setting, Benjamin almost thought he had traveled through some kind of cultivation novel.
But if you think about it carefully, such magic items are indeed very useful and are almost indispensable for managing the tens of thousands of paladins in the kingdom. It’s normal for the church to do this, so Benjamin won’t complain about it.
It was probably because the paladin was killed by the scarred man at the beginning, and his cross was shattered, which alerted the church, so this team of cleansers was sent out.
Since this is true for Paladins, it is even more true for Cleaners. Ever since the death of the first Cleaner, the church had known that something had happened here.
Now that all fourteen crosses were broken, Benjamin couldn't imagine the look on the bishop's face.
The church will definitely make big moves.
Therefore, after bringing Benjamin here, Michelle had to go back to the church to see what was happening inside the church now. Benjamin also had to understand the current trends in the church in order to make up a story that would convince the church.
If you know yourself and the enemy, you can fight a hundred battles without danger!
Just like that, Michelle left. When leaving, she said she would be back in about two hours, so Benjamin could only wait patiently here.
He originally wanted to use this time to meditate, but two hours was too short, and he made little progress in meditating. More importantly, after entering the conscious space, Benjamin's sense of the external world will become quite dull. If something happened again, he was afraid that he would not be able to react in time.
Therefore, he could only find other things to do during these two hours.
After thinking for a while, he took out a map.
After killing Scar Man, Benjamin searched Scar Man's body and found a bunch of messy things on his body. Benjamin naturally kept things like pistols, bullets, gold coins, etc., but he also kept this map.
His idea at the time was that maps would always be useful. If you knew the way, you could memorize it through the system and it wouldn't take much effort. Therefore, he didn't pay much attention to this map.
However, when the bored Benjamin took out the map and looked at it to kill time, he realized that this was no ordinary map.
How can any ordinary map draw a cross in a certain place
Benjamin couldn't help but think of the words that the scarred man begged to him before he died. He said something like "I know where the elements crystallize". At that time, Benjamin just thought he was talking nonsense. Now it seems that it is possible...
Is this a treasure map
"Hey, come and take a look at this map." He became a little serious and said to the system, "Do you recognize the places on this map?"
However, the system replied: "I don't know. In Benjamin's memories over the years, there is no place where the terrain can match this map."
Hearing this, Benjamin was even more surprised.
You know, as a nobleman, Benjamin also went to school, and the school he attended also had courses similar to geography. He has also seen many maps inside and outside the kingdom. Although Benjamin may not remember it, the system definitely remembers it.
Even the system said it had never seen it before, so this map definitely depicts an unprecedented place.
Benjamin became even more interested in the map.
Therefore, he who originally just wanted to kill time, now concentrated on it and looked at it carefully.
On the map, most of the terrain was mountains. They looked rugged and steep, but they were nothing like the mountains in the west of the kingdom. And that cross is drawn in the center of the map, in a long and narrow valley.
valley…
"Are there any famous valleys in the kingdom?" He asked the system again.
"Yes, there are many." The system said arrogantly, and began to show off its database, "In the mountains to the west, there are several famous valleys, such as the Wind Rift Valley, Amber Valley, Valley of the Evil Dragon... in the royal capital. There is also a small valley in the north, called Pearl Valley, because it is adjacent to Pearl Lake and is a resort for nobles. To the east of the kingdom, on the border with Ikol, is the most famous Valley of the Broken Army, where Clutha was built The gate of Germany is the strongest barrier for the kingdom to resist foreign enemies... "
After introducing a lot of valleys, at the end, the system concluded:
"All these valleys, none of them have the same topography as the valleys on the map."
“…”
Isn't it
Benjamin suddenly lost his clue.
It's not that he gets discouraged too easily, but he still trusts the system's hard drive storage - at least in this matter, the system hasn't made any mistakes yet. So if it says no, it must really be no.
Isn't the place on the map in the Hori Kingdom
Benjamin shook his head helplessly.
never mind…
No matter where he was, he estimated that it would be difficult to find him now. He can only wait until he returns to the Riese family, then look through the books and maps, and maybe he can find some clues.
As for now, there is no use for him holding this map.
Benjamin suddenly felt a little regretful. If he had known earlier, he wouldn't have killed the scarred man so quickly, and could have asked him where this map was.
However, this was just a passing thought, he was just thinking about it.
There's no point regretting it here. He couldn't find the place on the map anyway, so he just thought the map was a scribbling. Treasures and other things are all deceptive things in novels, and they are probably fake.
He comforted himself with the spirit of "grapes that cannot be eaten are sour" and put the map away.
It's better to sit here and rest. It's not a waste of time. The experience this afternoon was indeed quite tiring.
Just like this, Benjamin sat in this abandoned warehouse, reading the map, chatting with the system, and patiently waiting for Michelle's return.
Two hours passed.
Michelle did not come back.
At first, Benjamin only thought it was a reasonable error. Michelle might have estimated inaccurately or was walking a little slower on the road. However, when the time reached three hours, he began to feel something was wrong.
No matter how inaccurate the estimate is, there won't be an error of one hour.
Michelle doesn't seem to be late.
Could it be that there was something delayed on the way
As time passed bit by bit, soon, three and a half hours passed. Finally, Benjamin could no longer stay here and waited comfortably.
He knew that something must have happened with Michelle.