After several days and traveling across countless lands, Benjamin finally brought these servants back to the academy.
Even if they were placed in another country, Grant might have people from the church assassinate them to prevent the secrets from leaking. The college already needs some handymen, so a few more of them would be fine.
—This is probably the only thing Benjamin can do for the Reese family at the moment.
It was impossible for him to rush to the church immediately and challenge Grant to avenge Claude. In fact, if Claude had his way, he would not be willing to watch his two sons kill each other, even if it was to help him get revenge.
However, Benjamin was destined to be Grant's enemy.
But apart from that, he still did some other things, which could be regarded as fulfilling some of his responsibilities as a remaining member of the Reese family.
"Using the existing intelligence base, you try to find an old lady in her 60s or 70s in the Kingdom of Hori... or in every country." Benjamin ordered the ANBU people, "I will get a portrait. You should search carefully according to the portrait, but you must also pay attention, this old lady has a very weird temper. If you have any clues, don't contact her, just inform me."
Hearing this, the person in charge nodded and asked again: "This old man... is she a mage?"
"No..." Benjamin frowned and said thoughtfully, "I don't know what she is. In short, don't worry so much and go investigate first."
"As commanded."
The person in charge bowed and left.
Benjamin stayed in the room, touching his chin with a thoughtful expression.
Old lady...
The only person left alive in the Riise family now, except for their two brothers and their mother who was kicked out of the family, is the old lady. To be honest, the timing of her disappearance was very subtle, just when Benjamin was fleeing the royal capital. And Benjamin also believed that if the old lady was still in the family, maybe... such a tragedy would not have happened.
Where did she go
More importantly, recalling the old lady's past behavior, Benjamin also felt that she had more secrets. Or is it true that as the head of the ANBU suspected, she... could be a mage
Benjamin had an incredible feeling.
If she is really a mage, it would be amazing if she has been hiding in the capital for so many years, right
"Have you analyzed the old lady's mental power?" Benjamin couldn't help but ask in his heart.
"I didn't pay special attention to it before, but the data is still retained." The system replied lazily, "Her mental strength is very ordinary, just like a normal old man."
"All right."
After much deliberation, Benjamin could only put this issue aside for now. No matter how many doubts there are about the old lady, the Reese family has been destroyed, and it is time for him to take on the responsibility of finding the lost old man.
After doing these things, he took a deep breath and walked out of the room.
Although he was not in the academy these days, his research on the rune meditation method continued. Benjamin did not let the sudden change affect his mentality. They must continue this research and lay a solid foundation to truly bring down the church.
-Like the huge barrier that suddenly appeared in Havenlight, Benjamin felt that it was somewhat similar to the rune defense formation.
Who knows how many more of these methods the church has? Before the real decisive battle comes, they must prepare enough trump cards to defeat this behemoth with a profound foundation.
He quickly arrived at the dedicated building of the rune research team.
"Hello, Dean."
Entering the laboratory, all the mages inside nodded towards him. Benjamin glanced around, most people were continuing to meditate. He could feel that the elements in this room were very active, being absorbed into their runes little by little by more than twenty people.
The newly developed affinity formation is also engraved in the room, making the elements here richer than outside. Several element crystals are placed regularly on the ground, providing more elements.
After roughly observing it, Benjamin suddenly turned his head and asked the mage beside him: "By the way, where is Mage Randall? Why didn't I see the other person?"
"He went to the bathroom and should be back soon."
Benjamin frowned.
Maybe he was a little paranoid. When talking about going to the toilet, he would always think of hiding in the toilet and taking out his mobile phone to check the answers to the exam online. Moreover, the meditation law using runes can be said to be a breakthrough discovery in the mage world. With a secret of this level, it is not certain that someone has ulterior motives.
He had been monitoring the whole process before, so no one would leak the secret, but he has been gone for a while. Although there are others watching, it may not be foolproof.
After thinking about it, Benjamin turned around, walked towards the toilet seemingly casually, and then turned on the water element perception method...
After entering the range, a picture also appeared in his mind.
—An old man stood by the window, holding a black bird in his hand. He held a small roll of paper in his hand, tied it to the bird's foot, and then let it fly out the window.
Suddenly, Benjamin's face darkened.
He really fucking expected it...
"Sir, where are you sending this letter?"
In a very short period of time, the water element field was opened. He quickly flew outside the building, first froze the bird into an ice sculpture, and held it in his hand. Then he turned his head and floated outside the window, looking at the orchid with unkind eyes. Master Doyle.
At that moment, the other person's expression was as if he had seen a ghost.
"Ben, Dean Benjamin... why are you back?"
Benjamin sneered.
His return was relatively low-key, and most people in the college didn't know about it. Therefore, this guy relaxed his vigilance and continued to leak information.
"Master Randall, I am very disappointed in you." He stared at the other person's guilty eyes and said slowly, "I remember you promised that you would never leak the secret of the runes."
"I... I don't mean to leak the secret. What is written in the letter has nothing to do with that. If you don't believe it, you can take it out and have a look."
When Benjamin heard this, he sneered and picked up the black bird that was frozen into an ice sculpture in his hand.
"Okay, then let's take a look at what you wrote."
Remove the paper strip tied to the bird's leg and slowly unfold it. In the process, he even discovered that the black bird was actually a pigeon that had been dyed with something unknown to make it look like this inconspicuous thing.
These people worked really hard to spread the news.
The moment he unfolded the note, Master Randall suddenly took out a bottle of magic potion and smashed it on the window sill. Suddenly, green gas spread near the window. Benjamin was shocked and summoned a layer of water bubbles to keep out the poisonous gas.
"Shameless guy..."
Although his line of sight was blocked, through the water element's induction, he could see that Master Randall had turned around, used the flying technique, and escaped towards another window without his life.