"Master Benjamin, how did you come up with this idea?"
After walking down from the city wall, the Prime Minister took off his sunglasses and couldn't help but show an admiring expression on his face, looking at Benjamin like a monster.
Benjamin scratched his head in embarrassment: "Well... it's okay. It's just a layer of stuff on the lens. It's not a big deal."
"But being able to figure it out in such a short period of time is quite an amazing skill."
"Where, where..."
Benjamin was also a little helpless after being praised. After all, he didn't invent sunglasses, he just borrowed other people's intelligence.
How to see freely under strong light? The Kingdom of Horli posed this problem to them, and Benjamin quickly thought of the sunglasses. The level of glass production in this world is still quite high, and glasses do exist, but they are still a bit far away from inventions like sunglasses, which are mostly just used to show off.
So, Benjamin came up with the idea of sunglasses, and the craftsmen and wizards in the city immediately took action. In order to filter the strong light and ensure clear vision at the same time, of course they would not make such a crude choice as just using ink. Instead, they asked the potion mage to quickly concoct a drug, then collected all the glasses in the city and quickly started making them. .
In a few hours, they rushed out more than a thousand pairs of sunglasses, and immediately put them on the soldiers guarding the city, and stood all over the city wall to show off.
—They are also using their actions to express their stance to the enemy: "This kind of trick is useless to us!"
When Grant and the general-looking man came to observe the situation, Benjamin was also hiding among the crowd defending the city. At that time, he looked at the frustrated expression on the other person's face through his sunglasses, and felt quite happy in his heart.
Do you really think that using this bad trick will make them helpless
He still remembered the general's expression at that time. His eyes almost fell to the ground, and his whole body was still trembling, as if he was shocked by their momentum. In the end, he slipped back to the camp like a bereaved dog.
After that, the continuous bombardment of Rock City by the Holy Light Cannon finally stopped. Obviously, the church had realized that their efforts were in vain, so they had to give up the bombardment and go back to plan again.
Benjamin also returned to City Hall.
He knew very well that the Horli Kingdom would not give up. Once the siege falls into a tug-of-war, it will soon become like it is now, with soft grinding and hard grinding, and all kinds of tricks can be used. They had just defeated the enemy's first move, and more damaging things might be waiting behind them.
The soldiers will block it, the water will cover it, and the earth will cover it up. It all depends on who can have the last laugh.
"Interesting, I want this." Outside the city hall, Miles was wearing sunglasses and leaning against the wall. He saw Benjamin coming and said this.
Not sure if it was because of the sunglasses, but Benjamin felt that his voice sounded dull.
"This thing is very expensive. I can give it to you, but I need you to perform more tasks for us. Of course, this thing is a reward for the task, so we won't pay for it separately."
"...You think I'm stupid? The cost of this thing is less than one gold coin."
"That's just the material cost, and there's also intellectual property rights! That's a priceless treasure." Benjamin said seriously, "I spent a lot of mental effort to come up with the idea for these sunglasses. So, don't look at it. The materials are very cheap, this is a work of art, but what is condensed in it is the crystallization of human wisdom. After completing a few tasks, I will give it to you, and you will make a lot of money, okay?"
“…”
Fortunately, Miles was wearing sunglasses now, otherwise, his expression would have looked even duller.
"Okay, I won't talk nonsense to you." Benjamin waved his hand and continued before the other party could refute, "Now we are all guarding Rock City. Because of the rune defense array, it is difficult to transmit the news. Only You can come in and out easily. Therefore, I need you to be our sentinel outside and help us monitor every move of the Horli Kingdom’s army.”
"This..." Miles said slowly with a hesitant look on his face, "It's very dangerous."
"You're dangerous. Hundreds of priests can't kill you even if they come over. All you have to do is watch from the side. Don't even think about raising the price for such a simple thing."
“…”
In the end, after a series of bargaining, Miles nodded in agreement, turned around, and quietly left Rock City—the rune defense formation sealed the entire city, and he was the only one who could come and go at will. .
And there must be someone on Iker's side who can keep an eye on the movements of the Horli Kingdom.
Just like what the Prime Minister worried about before the execution - take a long way to confiscate the house. Although there seems to be no similar sign at present, the church is determined to take down Rock City, but as time goes by, they will definitely make other preparations.
Benjamin also had to send Miles out first to be wary of this move.
at the same time.
In the camp of Horli Kingdom.
"Your Majesty the Pope, I... I didn't expect that they actually had such a way. Please, please don't kill me. I... I still have a way. I will definitely help you bring down Rock City!"
In the camp, General Press turned pale, knelt on the ground, and begged Grant.
"...What else can you do?" Grant's voice was calm, and there was no hint of emotion or anger, but it made Price feel even more flustered.
"I, I think we can bypass Rock City!" Taking a deep breath, he tried to calm himself down and said hastily, "This is not the only city in Icol. Your Majesty, don't you think so? Rock City It’s not the capital, so why do we have to fight against it?”
However, Grant shook his head.
"No, we must defeat Rock City. There is no point in going around."
General Press was stunned for a moment, then raised his head cautiously: "Your Majesty the Pope, I would like to ask, why... why must Rock City be captured?"
"Because the dean of the Magic Academy is in the city." Grant said with a cold face, "Have you forgotten why we sent troops? The Magic Academy is despicable and has stolen our sacred objects. In order to regain the key to the divine world , we have to launch force to attack other countries."
"But... aren't we also trying to spread God's glory to a wider land?"
"You have so many questions." Grant narrowed his eyes, with a hint of displeasure in his tone, "As long as that person is hiding in Rock City, we will never leave!"
"Your Majesty the Pope, that's not what I meant." General Press quickly explained, "After we take a detour, we will occupy other cities in Icol, and then cut off the supply of Rock City. In this way, wouldn't it be more convenient for us to besiege the Magic Academy? Dean, do you want to take back the sacred objects?"
"You can divide your troops to do this, I have to stay here." Grant said coldly, "If I don't pay attention at all times, he will probably escape from Rock City, and then all the efforts will be in vain. "
"Okay... okay."
"Then what are you still doing here?"
General Press heard this and hurriedly got up from the ground as if he had been granted amnesty. Then, he saluted Grant several more times, turned around, and left the camp as if fleeing.
Silence returned to the camp.
Suddenly, Grant lowered his head, stretched out his left hand, and slowly spread it out. There was a strange white character looming in his palm. He looked at the character and frowned deeply.