"Mr. President... I'm afraid the situation is already in danger?"
In the hall of Regina's palace, dusty officials gathered together, some with hay on their bodies. Having just been rescued from prison, they obviously didn't even have time to clean up, so they acted hastily, finally allowing Regina to recover from the chaos.
Now, several fires that were ignited in the city have been extinguished, and the church members are also running away to death. The people continued to panic, but with the maintenance of officials, order in the capital was finally maintained, leaving only the devastated streets. It is not known how long it will take to recover.
Then, when Benjamin returned to Regina, they rushed to the palace hall to discuss the current countermeasures.
"After the war, let's erect a monument to pay tribute to the fallen heroes." Benjamin's face was cold and his voice was low. "Where is the ruler of Ikol? We need to get in touch with the army as soon as possible."
Hearing this, an old man walked out from among the officials and nodded towards Benjamin.
"Master Dean, I am the executive prime minister sent by Carites to govern Ikol. When I was first rescued by the mages, I had already written a letter and had it sent to the garrison stationed at the border. ." He said methodically, "In addition, I also sent a message to Carites and Freden as soon as possible to tell them what happened here."
"That's good… "
Benjamin nodded, feeling a little more reassured.
However, the sound-transmitting wood chip he put in his bag also sounded extremely suddenly at this time.
"Reporting to the dean, this is the latest news we have found out." The voice of the college's secret agent came from inside. Benjamin didn't care so much, and directly announced it in the hall, "A large number of people have appeared in the Kingdom of Horli. The army is dispatched, and the area near the Crusad Gate is completely blocked. Maybe tonight, the church will officially send troops!"
As soon as the news came out, the whole place was in an uproar.
"How come it's so fast?"
"How many people did the church send out? Can we stop it? Oh no... what if our news doesn't reach the army in time..."
"Don't worry, haven't our spies always reported? The church has not shown any signs of stationing troops before. Now that it is suddenly launching an attack, it will definitely not be able to gather a large team."
For a while, the officials were talking a lot. Benjamin frowned, thinking about the current situation.
What's the worst case scenario...
Assume that the news here is too late to reach the army, and the church is extremely well prepared for the expedition. Then, an army of one hundred thousand might be reduced to nothing in an instant. Hori's army attacked, and there were not many dangerous terrains between Crusad Gate and Regina.
The more Benjamin thought about it, the less optimistic he became.
"Except for the 100,000 troops at the border, how many troops are left in Ikol now?" he asked.
"Together, there are about 150,000 troops left in various places." The Executive Prime Minister also nodded and quickly replied, "In addition, there are 800 mages, three Holy Light Cannons, and 30,000 enchanted armors that can be requisitioned. Deputy, flattery fifty-two thousand, food and grass..."
The data he gave was very detailed. In the face of a national crisis, he dumped out all the military reserves in Iker without caring about whether it was confidential or not.
Benjamin's face didn't look much better because of this.
An army of more than 100,000 people can be considered quite strong. However, what they need to face is the church! Eight hundred mages, three Holy Light Cannons... This power is too weak. It is absolutely impossible for them to resist the overwhelming army of priests.
-Obviously, most of the requisitionable mages have been transferred to the border garrison. In terms of spell power, Ikol is considered to be empty of internal defense.
"What about free mages? The number of free mages in Icol should not be under five figures, right?" After thinking about it, Benjamin immediately asked again.
"We have made secret statistics on the free mages in the territory before, and the number should be around 20,000." The executive prime minister hesitated for a moment and replied, "It's just...their personality and style determine that they are not too willing to join the war. middle."
How the hell has it been since you started acting like this
At that moment, Benjamin almost cursed directly.
"The church is the common enemy of all mages, and they will definitely not stand idly by." After calming down, he still said, "Time is urgent, how much information do you have about these free mages? Leave it all to me, and we will solve their problems. question."
"If the dean is willing to do this, that would be great."
The executive prime minister nodded and ordered a subordinate official to quickly prepare the information they had. At the same time, Benjamin also contacted the college, conveyed everything that happened here using sound-transmitting wood chips, and asked them to send as many people as possible.
In addition, although Frieden and Carites had already sent a message to them, Benjamin still used the sound-transmitting wood chip to send a message for help towards them.
About two hours later, a team of nearly a thousand people arrived from the Magic Academy again. Most of them were students, and everyone stood in the square of Icol, quietly listening to Benjamin's orders.
Benjamin also handed out the thick information in his hand.
"This is the general information about the free mages in Ikol." He could only hear him speak slowly, "Take them, split up, and visit as many free mages as possible. I need you to persuade them to join the team to resist the church. , even if they don’t want to, let them realize how terrible the church is.”
Everyone below looked at him, passing information while discussing how to split up.
It took about ten minutes before they were sorted into groups, and the whole square became quiet again.
Seeing this, Benjamin took a deep breath and spoke slowly - he wanted his voice to be full of passion and provocation, but it sounded unexpectedly cold:
"I know that many of you are students, many of you have never participated in actual combat, and many of you have even just been pulled out of the examination room. However, this is not a war where you have time to consider individuals. Whether it is a battle mage or a potion mage , this is your final exam, it tests how you survive."
"Once the church invades, there will no longer be any academy, magic, research, or classes... Everything you have now will be crushed in the endless escape. So, don't stay out, let alone let that kind of It could actually happen."
"It's not just Ikol that's at stake, but also the freedom of magic."