Hearing this, Benjamin cleared his throat and spoke slowly: "I think... even if the enemy sends hundreds of Holy Light Cannons, if we can gain a defensive advantage, we may not be unable to stop them."
"Hundreds of Holy Light cannons are firing at the same time. How can we stop them?" someone immediately asked.
"Use the Rune Defense Array." Benjamin explained, "This is the latest confidential research result of the Magic Academy, and it has incredible defensive capabilities. When the Queen attacked the Academy, we relied on this thing to block it despite the huge disparity in military strength. their offense."
-At this juncture, he definitely can no longer hide his secrets. What's more, this is something that the rune research team has already studied, and it doesn't matter if it is taken out now.
However, when everyone heard this, they all showed doubts.
"Master Dean, please forgive us for being rude, but... we have never heard of any rune defense array. Is it really as powerful as you say?"
"Of course." Benjamin nodded, "I will let people start to arrange it in Rock City. After it is completed, you can see with your own eyes how terrifying its defense capabilities are."
It's not that he is talking big, in fact, he is very confident in the rune formation.
After the queen led her army to attack the academy, although the rune research team has not developed a new formation, they have also made some improvements to the defensive formation. It will not weaken as the area increases. On the contrary, the more rune sentences inside the formation and the larger the area it covers, the stronger its defensive performance will be.
A defensive array covering the whole city... Although it has never been realized, Benjamin thinks it will be more powerful than the Holy Light Barrier of Haven Wright!
Seeing that he was so confident, although the officials had doubts in their eyes, they did not continue the argument. The executive prime minister also spoke, not considering the matter of peace for the time being, but building the rune defense array first.
"If it can really help us defend the church's attack, as a research result of the academy, we will definitely spend a lot of money to buy it." He said.
Benjamin nodded.
Although he had never thought about making war fortune, but... unknowingly, first by selling the Holy Light Cannon, and then by building the rune defense formation, the college's wealth seemed to be really accumulating.
In this way, things unfolded quickly. Benjamin sent the mages from the rune research team and quickly rushed to Rock City. Currently, the Horli Kingdom's army is temporarily stationed in the Morant Wasteland and has no intention of continuing to attack, but the entire Icol is already on alert. The president sent people to lay various traps on the route from the wasteland to Rock City. He did not want the enemy to lose his troops, but... it would be a little while to delay them.
Miles also volunteered to go to investigate the reason why the Horli Kingdom's garrison was stationary.
As for Benjamin, he stayed in Regina and contacted the academy of teachers sent by the academy to various parts of Icol.
"Some people have come back one after another." Wallis Hui reported in the guest room of the palace. "The results are not optimistic. Free mages everywhere are not very concerned about the attack of Horli Kingdom. It seems that they think that even if Iko If you fall, you can hide in the deep mountains and forests or go to Freden or Carites, and there will be no impact."
Benjamin sighed.
Why is the ideological consciousness of these people so low
"So... do you estimate how many free mages will be willing to help in the end?"
"About three hundred people."
"That's okay, there are only three hundred people. Just inform them all to gather towards Rock City." Benjamin nodded and murmured to himself, "The remaining army mages in Icol, plus these volunteer mages , plus the reinforcements sent by Frieden and Carites one after another... we can almost gather 6,000 mages in Rock City."
"In terms of quantity, it is indeed not much worse than the church's priests, but in terms of organization and coordination ability, I am afraid it still needs to be improved." Wallis poured cold water on the side.
"Of course I understand that."
Benjamin shrugged and shook his head helplessly. With the mage always being unorganized and undisciplined, it is already a very difficult task to gather six thousand people. How can one ask for so much
And he also knew that in this case, they were not suitable for a protracted war.
—They may only get one chance.
Rock City... No matter what happens next, they must concentrate all their forces in Rock City and fight to the death with the people of the church. Once it falls, the entire Icol will no longer have any will to resist, and the capital, Regina, will be just a toy castle that can be trodden down.
After sending Wallis away, Benjamin was so worried that he couldn't help but walk out of the palace. Walking on the streets of Regina, everywhere was desolate, and it was difficult for him to see the bustling scene of the past. News of the war had spread throughout the country, and people fell into panic. Even the people in the capital began to flee.
"Where are you going?"
He couldn't help but grabbed a few old people carrying luggage and asked.
"Where to go? Of course to Carites! The army of the Kingdom of Hori is about to attack. If we stay any longer, it will really cost us our lives..."
"Then we don't have to flee. What if our army wins the battle and the enemy is defeated?"
"Hey, young man, haven't you heard the news from the front line?" The old man patted Benjamin on the shoulder and said with a sad face, "It has only been a few days since the people of Horli Kingdom came in. The defenders of the cities on the border, All of them lost their armor and ran faster than anyone else. They lost so many places in such a short time, how could they possibly defend Regina? I advise you to escape as soon as possible!"
"But... even if you escape to Freden or Carites, what's the difference? If the Kingdom of Hori really defeats Ikol, are the two countries still far away?"
"We are old and can't think about things that far away. Maybe... maybe other countries' armies are better than ours?" The old man touched the heavy luggage on his back and trembled, "We just want to think about it now." Find a place where you can live in peace for one more day, and live in peace for one more day.”
Benjamin was speechless.
Just like that, the old man waved his hand and finally disappeared from his sight. Seeing the people leaving the city gradually gathering into a crowd and bustling out of the city gate, he felt a little uncomfortable.
For the people, the meaning of war is actually not that complicated, it is just plunder and destruction. Either their own army is strong and they don't have to suffer the pain of loss, or they have to leave their hometown and leave this place before their homeland falls.
And they seem to have disappointed the people...
Taking a deep breath, Benjamin turned around and suddenly made up his mind to fight back those people from the church.