Benjamin was in a very bad mood.
The queen's voice suddenly emerged from the wood chips, and it still had a threatening tone, which really made him feel very uncomfortable. And more importantly, he didn't know what the situation was like at the college.
The sound-transmitting wood pieces have fallen into the hands of the Queen. What does this mean
If she only captured one or two mages and obtained wood chips from them, this would be a more acceptable result. But after dozens of minutes, no news came from the college, so the problem might have become a bit serious.
—There are so many sound-transmitting wooden pieces, even if one is snatched away, they should be able to send news if they stay in the academy, right
So in the end, Benjamin could only reply with something similar to the other party:
"I also advise you not to act rashly. The palace is already under my control, including the entire Mage Guild. I hope you understand the consequences of angering me."
After that, he dragged the Prime Minister over for interrogation. But he didn't expect that the Prime Minister seemed to know very little about the Queen's plan and couldn't say anything of value at all, leaving him speechless.
He had no choice but to return to the hall again.
The hall is as chaotic as before. The mage who drank the antidote has not yet woken up, but the palace officials have arrived one after another. Unlike those mages, they have rich political experience, are not so easy to deceive, and basically side with the Prime Minister.
At this moment, a large group of people were sitting in the corridors of the palace to protest.
The president was obviously busy trying to get the situation under control again.
"Is the situation stable now?" Seeing this, Benjamin came to the president and asked.
"Don't worry, they are just a bunch of guys who are greedy for life and afraid of death." The president looked very busy. After giving orders to several mages, he turned to Benjamin and said, "There are many temporary cells available in the palace. I will put them in All the officials who objected will be imprisoned. You should find a way to resolve the matter at the Magic Academy. You don’t have to worry about it here.”
Hearing this, Benjamin took a deep breath and nodded.
He still trusts the president. Now that the overall situation of the palace has been decided, there is nothing he can do if he stays here any longer. The most important thing is to rush back to the Magic Academy as soon as possible.
Regardless of whether the academy was captured or destroyed... he had to at least understand what happened.
Under the night, he left the palace as quickly as possible and flew into the sky.
After thinking for a while, Benjamin took out the sound transmission wood piece again.
"I want to remind you of something. Icol has just sent out troops, and the Queen herself is already at the Magic Academy. As for what the Queen might do... you should have an idea, right?"
After saying that, weak magic waves emitted, split into two, and flew in two directions.
- He notified Frieden and Carrites of the news at the same time. After all, the Magic Academy is in an extremely sensitive position, at the border of the Three Kingdoms. The Queen is using troops here. Regardless of her true intentions, the other two countries have reasons to send troops.
At this critical moment, Benjamin must use the power of these possible allies.
In this way, he flew very fast all the way, barely sleeping a wink. It was not until noon the next day that he gradually arrived near the Magic Academy.
"This is… "
Standing in the sky, looking from a distance, he could see circles and circles of garrison camps, surrounding the entire town of Akademi - the strength of the Queen's troops was far beyond his imagination. The small town that was originally developing very well seems to have become a mess and filled with smoke.
On the nearby main road, fleeing civilians formed several black lines like migrating ants.
Benjamin's heart sank at that time.
Although there are only ordinary people in the town, and they only exist as an affiliate of the college, but... that is also the town they first built brick by brick!
The residents of the town also admired his reputation and settled here. As a result, they were affected by the war for no reason. The casualties were unknown, but the buildings were severely damaged. Even if he could drive the army away again, it would take a lot of work to rebuild the town.
hateful…
Benjamin used the clouds transformed by tiny water droplets to blur his figure, and flew closer quietly.
After seeing the situation in the academy clearly, he breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, unlike the town, the college did not seem to have suffered much damage, and the floors that had been painstakingly planned and constructed were still there.
In fact, as Benjamin got closer, he discovered that the army did not seem to be entering the academy.
… The Queen didn’t conquer this place
Benjamin was pleasantly surprised, but also a little confused. If he really kept it, why didn't the academy send him any other messages except the first one
As he got closer little by little, the situation below gradually became clearer. He saw the army stationed around the town, saw the depressed and dilapidated streets of the town, and saw the army surrounding the college in circles. And near the gate of the academy, he saw hundreds of Ikol mages.
They gathered together, and the brilliance of magic kept flashing, and they were thrown towards the gate of the academy, and then they were blocked by something unknown and disappeared in mid-air.
When Benjamin saw this, he looked a little stunned.
This is... When did their academy deploy large-scale defensive magic and the like
There seemed to be some kind of anomaly in the elements near the college, and Benjamin couldn't figure it out yet. And when he slowly flew over the academy, he suddenly felt a familiar smell from the academy below.
… are runes.
To be more precise, "defensive" runes. The elements between heaven and earth seemed to be inspired by some force, and spontaneously formed a natural barrier around the academy, blocking the attacks released by the group of Ikol mages.
Realizing this, Benjamin was surprised and happy.
He knew it! From the previous rune research team, several old wizards and monsters were attracted to the academy and stayed there. How could the Queen defeat them so easily
A false alarm... Although I don't know how the Queen obtained the sound-transmitting wood pieces, what she said before was probably just a bluff. As for the inability to spread the news in the academy, Benjamin estimated that it might be related to the absolute barrier summoned by the "defense" runes. After all, runes are really difficult to control in detail.
Thinking of this, Benjamin was really relieved.
Unexpectedly, these old mages seemed to have made some progress in their research on runes, and could even summon such a huge barrier, which was even more powerful than Benjamin's. I don’t know how they did it, but this thing... this thing can become a strategic weapon!
At least, it was able to defend the Magic Academy in the current battle!
In this way, the mood gradually stabilized, and Benjamin was no longer anxious. On the contrary, it was the group of mages from Icol. From their constant attacking actions, Benjamin could feel the Queen's anxiety.
—If she can’t conquer the Magic Academy and doesn’t have the capital to negotiate with Benjamin, the Queen will be in a difficult situation.
So, after thinking about it, Benjamin flew away quietly and landed on the ground.
Sneak into the surrounding garrison camps and kill a lone Ikol soldier. He disguises himself as an Ikol soldier and then runs into the town.