Within ten minutes, the church quickly sealed off the royal capital, not allowing anyone to enter or exit, and even activated the city protection barrier. There were no blind spots at 360 degrees, and not even a fly could fly out.
They have an irrefutable reason - the king has been kidnapped by an evil wizard!
Even though Havenlet was already in chaos, no one could protest in the face of this fact. The changes that have just occurred in St. Peter's Basilica are obvious to all. A mage flew out of the main entrance with the king, and disappeared at the end of the street in a swish. Countless people saw this scene with their own eyes. What could they do to oppose this blockade
In just half an hour, the streets and alleys were covered with portraits of Benjamin and the King. Even the army was dispatched, frantically searching for the whereabouts of the two. Unfortunately, until the evening of that day, they could not find any clues. Everyone was sure that the mage was still in the city, but they couldn't find him.
Including the nobles, they were also very anxious at the moment...
"Duke Colin, the dean hasn't contacted you yet?"
In the basement of a remote casino in the outer city, almost all the leaders of the royal capital's nobles gathered here. Ask Benjamin to rescue the king. Of course they know the plan this time, including the people who made trouble at the church door. They were also hired by them.
But... the current situation also exceeded their expectations.
The king was successfully rescued by Benjamin, but there was no news after that. They could only gather together anxiously to discuss what to do next.
"Not yet." Duke Colin's smile had long since disappeared. He had a straight face and said in a puzzling tone, "I don't know what happened, but when the situation has developed to this point, he should find a way to contact him. I."
The remaining nobles looked at each other in disbelief, and their expressions were not very good.
"I have a bad feeling." A fat earl suddenly spoke and said hesitantly, "Your Majesty the Duke, do you think... could it be that the dean noticed something?"
"Are you aware of it? How is it possible?" Duke Colin's expression changed and he immediately retorted.
"After all, I heard that there was a big battle between him and the bishops in the church. Maybe this will really make me suspicious." The Fat Earl continued, "What if he really disappeared with His Majesty like this? It would be totally unreasonable. Contact us, what should we do?”
“…”
Everyone fell silent.
This seems to have become a dead end for them. For half a day, the church was searching, and of course they were also searching secretly. However, Benjamin seemed to have evaporated from the world, completely disappearing from Havenright. No clues could be found anywhere.
Where did he hide
This is a problem that not only the nobles, but also countless people in the city are scratching their heads over.
at the same time.
In the outer city of Havenright, at a remote house on the south street, several Royal Army soldiers who were searching for Benjamin were preparing to leave from here.
"Are you sure you have never seen the person in the portrait, or the kidnapped His Majesty the King?"
Hearing this, the old man who seemed to be the head of the family narrowed his eyes and shook his head.
Wang Guojun asked again: "There are only five people in your family? Your son is ill in bed, and the remaining three young ones are all your grandchildren."
The old man nodded again.
Beside him, a tall and lanky young man came up to him, smiled apologetically at the Royal Army and said, "Well... look at Grandpa, he is so old, how could he be involved in such a scary thing as kidnapping His Majesty? We, the little ones, are so old. What can a small family hide? You think so?"
Wang Guojun frowned, but he still had some doubts in his heart. But for some reason, an intuition came up in his heart, telling him that there must be nothing wrong with this family, and in fact... there seemed to be nothing wrong with this family.
Therefore, they turned around and left shortly after, continuing to search the next target location.
And after the army left...
"Well done, but are you sure you won't be taught clues by using telepathy to influence the Royal Army?" The young man suddenly closed the door, turned around and said to the two younger "grandchildren" behind him.
The grandchildren shook their heads.
"Master Dean, please rest assured that we did not directly affect their mental power, we just gave a slight hint. No one can find the flaw."
Hearing this, the young man—Benjamin in disguise—showed satisfaction and nodded.
The process of hiding his identity was smoother than he imagined.
After escaping from the church with the king, he originally had the opportunity to fly out directly from Havenright, but a sudden thought prevented him from doing so. Instead, he fled into the outer city, found the marks left by the two siblings, and met them here. meet.
—This is the task that Benjamin assigned to the two siblings before.
Finally, they found an excellent hiding place in a remote location. Originally there was only an old man living alone and there were no neighbors nearby. After the old man was bewitched by telekinesis, he naturally became a family of five living a normal life. No matter whether it was the royal army who searched all over the place or the nobles who secretly inquired about the information, they could not detect their traces.
Just like the inquiry just now.
However, Benjamin still had some worries in his heart: "This old man... can't you just let him speak? Just nodding and shaking his head can still make people suspicious."
"It's a bit difficult." The young man explained helplessly. "The telekinesis technique in a short period of time can only affect his mind and cause him to hallucinate. It is difficult to completely control a person's behavior. The nodding and shaking of his head just now is because we are in his mind." It was actually very troublesome to set up a rather complicated illusion to induce him to act like that."
"All right… "
Benjamin could only accept this.
After placing the old man who had been affected by telepathy, they walked into the bedroom and looked at the king who was "sick" in bed. The two siblings have been studying the spiritual imprint in his brain for a long time, but... it seems that it is still a little difficult to successfully control the king.
"How much time do you need?"
"It will take about three days." The girl replied, "However, even if we succeed, we can't control his every move. At most, we can implant some thoughts into his mind and create some hallucinations for him."
Benjamin nodded: "That's enough."
The key to the whole thing is to take the king into his own hands and make the church and the nobles think so.
After encountering an ambush by more than a dozen bishops in the church, he began to figure things out a little bit - the church obviously knew that he was coming and had set up such a battle. If Benjamin hadn't been promoted once in the process, he might have actually come. their way.
So, who leaked the secret
There is no doubt that it has something to do with the nobles. What Benjamin doubts now is whether Duke Colin knew about it? If he really informed the church, what was he planning
—Don’t forget, even his own daughter is a mage. Once this secret is revealed, it will have a huge blow to the Wood family.
Therefore, Benjamin decided to stay in the royal capital temporarily to find out the undercurrents under the water. Otherwise, he will not even be able to confirm who is an enemy or a friend in the future.
"Activate that spiritual imprint as soon as possible. I have a very important purpose." He ordered the two siblings, then turned around and left the bedroom.