After about a week or so, Benjamin arrived at the mountains on the border of the Horli Kingdom.
It can be said that the church will do whatever it takes to recover the "key". Priests, paladins, soldiers... It was like they had stirred a hornet's nest. They sent out countless people, and the matter was quite big. The church even issued an announcement stating that someone had stolen their holy relics and they were determined to get them back.
Under this pursuit, Benjamin and Dick had to become extremely careful in their actions.
"I always feel that they may have some means to track our general direction." He said in his heart, "Those priests have been gathering around us and they can't get rid of them no matter how hard they are. It's definitely not an accident."
"I don't know." The system said lazily, "But that leaf has been specially processed. If they have some means to track that leaf, it wouldn't be a strange thing."
When Benjamin heard this, he felt that it was reasonable.
From a certain point of view, the ginkgo leaf was refined into a magic prop by the church, and it contained weak magic power fluctuations inside. They probably have the means to track the keys, but they may not be able to pinpoint them.
Therefore, Benjamin used a magic-forbidden bubble to wrap the key.
Unexpectedly, the blisters seemed to really cut off that weak connection. The number of priests flying around in the sky suddenly became sparse. Occasionally, some people flew by, looking very confused. They were looking around, obviously unable to determine the location of the key.
Benjamin breathed a sigh of relief, and then he had the opportunity to speed up to the mountains near the border of the kingdom.
"Do you want to climb over the mountain? I heard... there are many terrifying monsters on the mountain." Looking at the towering peaks on the border, Dick shuddered and asked.
"There's nothing to worry about. I've turned it over several times."
Benjamin shrugged and was about to fly upward with Dick. However, after scanning the water element in a circle, he suddenly stopped in mid-air.
There's something... wrong on the mountain.
The mountain range that used to be home to many magical beasts was now as quiet as a desert. This was different from the scene that Benjamin had passed over here a few times before.
"Have you detected anything?" Benjamin asked quickly in his mind without having time to explain the situation to Dick.
"There are some fresh footprints on the ground, which should have been stepped on by people in the past few days." The system said, "But other than that, I found no trace of the priest."
Benjamin touched his chin, thought for a while, and then fell back to the ground.
The importance of keys to the church is self-evident. Now that it falls into Benjamin's hands, those people will definitely want to get it back like crazy.
In the past, the mountains on the border were so long that it was very inconvenient to set up defensive lines, so Benjamin could come and go as he pleased. But... if the church is really determined to get the key back, who knows what they can do
After thinking for a moment, Benjamin flew along the border for a long time, almost flying from the southern border of Horli Kingdom to the northernmost point. However, the mountain was still as clean as if it had just been looted, and not a single trace of a monster could be seen.
Is it so scary
Benjamin was a little surprised.
He did not doubt the powerful strength of the church, but within a few days, the entire mountain range was completely cleared of monsters. This was a scene comparable to divine punishment.
Who knows how many monsters there are on the mountain? five million? Ten million? How does the church do it
Incredible…
Originally, in his opinion, taking Dick away with him should be a fairly easy thing, but he didn't expect that things would develop to this point. Fortunately, he was more cautious, otherwise he would fly directly up the mountain. Who knows what kind of battle they would face
"What's going on? Is there something on the mountain? Can we... can we still go out?" Dick was also frightened by Benjamin's serious look and asked hesitantly.
"There's an ambush on the mountain. I'm afraid we have to move somewhere else."
Benjamin didn't know what the church was ambushing, but after spending such a large sum of money, he felt that as soon as he showed up on the mountain, he might face the bombardment of dozens of holy light cannons.
—If the church is fully prepared, even if it is the "coming of water", Benjamin may not be able to benefit from it.
Therefore, after careful consideration, he decided to avoid the spotlight for the time being.
"Then... should we go through the Crusad Gate?" Dick asked uneasily.
"The entire mountain range is like this. How do you think the defense on the other side of the gate will be lax?" Benjamin shook his head and said, "At this moment, I suspect Grant himself is sitting at the gate, waiting for us to force him from there. Break through.”
"so what should I do now?"
Benjamin thought for a while and said, "Let's try the Scaife Mountains first."
Dick was also stunned at the time.
To the north of the kingdom, the mountain range known as the "End of the Sky" is notoriously high. It stretches from the Warcraft Mountains to the west of the kingdom to the endless desert to the east of Freeden. It is like a 38th parallel drawn by someone on this continent. No one has ever successfully crossed that place, and no one knows what is on the other side of the mountain.
But...compared to the unknown ambush from the church, Benjamin felt that a simple mountain was easier to deal with.
At least, there haven't been many cases of people dying trying to climb that mountain.
"But... I heard that that place is connected to the God Realm. It is impossible for mortals to climb over it. All that can be seen is the endless mountain peaks."
Benjamin shook his head, too lazy to speak.
Spirit world? In his opinion, no matter which religious title the divine realm refers to, it actually refers to the elemental plane.
If you can enter the elemental plane by climbing over that mountain, then it is considered powerful. Benjamin didn't believe in this superstitious statement. No matter how high the mountain was, it would fly away in just one flight. It's impossible for that mountain to extend into outer space, right
Therefore, he took Dick, changed direction, and flew to the north of the kingdom.
The church obviously did not expect Benjamin to make such a decision. When he approached the Scaife Mountains, there were obviously fewer priests and paladins nearby. There are some villages and soldiers at the foot of the mountain, but for Benjamin, these are not obstacles.
"You should feel honored to be able to follow me and set a new record in this world."
Turning his head and saying this to the uneasy Dick, Benjamin waved his hand, and a large amount of water vapor suddenly emerged, carrying them soaring into the sky.