Not only the soldiers guarding the city, but the entire Havenright had actually been awakened by the loud noise.
In the dark city, lights lit up one street after another in an instant. Already living in a tense atmosphere, when a loud noise came from the sky, how could anyone continue to sleep peacefully? All they could do was walk out of the door one after another and look upward in astonishment.
This was especially true for St. Peter's Basilica. In just ten seconds, priests surrounded by holy light flew out one after another.
However, the figure in the sky did not stay for long.
boom!
There was another loud noise. Everyone clearly saw that a fist shining with blue light flew out and hit the protective barrier of Haven Wright. Suddenly, the barrier trembled, and a big hole was opened by the fist.
—It seemed exactly the same as the scene they had seen a few months ago.
After the barrier was blasted, the figure in the sky took the bubble containing the person and flew out of the big hole with a swish, disappearing to the southeast of Havenright.
"Damn it... I let him run away again!"
As soon as the priest reached the breach in the barrier, no one could be seen. No matter how unwilling he was, he had no choice but to give up the pursuit.
After a while, a dozen bishops who were staying in the city also flew over. After hearing about the situation, they looked at the big hole that had been made in the barrier, and their faces became gloomy, as if they had eaten Xiang.
"Master Bishop, what should we do now?" a priest asked cautiously.
"Notify all the outposts near the royal capital. That kid will fly all the way there. We will definitely be able to investigate the direction in which he escaped! We have to find a way to drag him in the country." The oldest-looking bishop sighed and said, " In addition... find a way to inform His Majesty the Pope. If he doesn't come back, that kid will ride on us!"
The priests nodded and quickly dispersed, doing their own business. Havenright, who was suddenly awakened, gradually returned to silence. People were talking privately, some were angry, some were secretly happy, especially the nobles in the city. They were so angry at this scene that they ran out for a meeting all night to discuss what to do about such an out-of-control situation.
The city protection barrier was closed again, and the soldiers who searched the streets returned to the military camp. In everyone's eyes, the mage who kidnapped the king had forcibly broken through the blockade and left Havenright. The church's blockade had completely lost its meaning.
It's time for them to go about their business outside.
However…
The next afternoon.
"The city gate has been closed for so long, but it was finally opened today. Brother, my father is so ill. Is it true that the only way to cure him is to go to an old doctor in the country?"
At the reopened city gate, there were three young men pushing a cart, and an unconscious middle-aged man was lying on the cart. As they followed the crowd out of the city, one of the girls suddenly turned her head and asked the young man beside her.
"Don't worry, as long as you get out, there will be a solution." The young man smiled reluctantly at her and touched her head to comfort her.
Although the royal capital has been unsealed, the soldiers guarding the city are still checking the people coming and going, and if they see anything suspicious, they will grab it and check it carefully. And when the family was talking and pushing the ice blade out of the car, the soldiers just looked at them casually.
"Pitiful… "
The soldier sighed casually and released several people from Havenright.
Leaving the city gate, they entered the main road. There were a large number of residents leaving the city, and the three people and the car got mixed up in the crowd and soon disappeared.
Half an hour later.
"Okay, now no matter what means the church uses, it is impossible to track our location." The three of them stopped in an empty wilderness. Benjamin said this while pulling up the king who was lying in the car and pretending to be sick.
—He still has lingering fears about the church’s tracking methods. Just like when he and Michelle sneaked out of the royal capital together, even though they left no clues, the church people still caught up with them in the end. Under various considerations, he had to be extremely careful.
First, he put on a show last night, making them think that he had led people to run away, and then used water to simulate a human figure and continued to fly eastward. However, he quietly came back and left the royal capital with the two siblings and the king. I'm afraid the church would never have thought of such a route.
They will only continue searching eastward and will not know Benjamin's true location.
"Thank you, thank you for your hard work..." The king stood up from the car and nodded, looking at Benjamin's expression still a little frightened, "but... now that we have left the royal capital, how are we going to deal with the church?"
Benjamin smiled slightly when he heard this.
"If you want to deal with the church, how can you start with Havenright?" He said slowly, "The foundation of the church is not there. Even if I have the ability to completely destroy this church, I can't clean out those countless priests."
"Then where are their roots?"
"In the churches of every town and every village." Benjamin said, suddenly turning his head and looking in the direction of the nearest town to them, showing a malicious smile.
The king and the two siblings couldn't help but be stunned.
In this way, while the church sent out a large group of people to search eastwards, they also set off and arrived at the first neighboring town to the west of Havenlight as quickly as possible.
Town of Hendry.
Like every town, the mayor's house was built very close to the church, and the meeting halls were adjacent to each other to facilitate communication after an accident. But on this day, when four mysterious visitors suddenly appeared in front of the mayor, no one dared to spread the news to the church.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty?"
The mayor, who was probably in his forties, stared at the familiar face that appeared in front of him with wide eyes. His legs went weak and he almost knelt down. He couldn't help but let out such an exclamation.
"Shh... keep your voice down, the church is still searching for me with all its strength." The king quickly helped the other person up.
"But... but the notice didn't say that Your Majesty... you were bewitched and were robbed by evil wizards from abroad. How could you..."
"No, the truly evil one is actually the church." The king spoke slowly according to the lines that Benjamin and he had prepared in advance. "They have already abandoned God's will. Not only did they falsely accuse me of being possessed by witchcraft, they also kept me under house arrest. You still want to kill me! If it weren’t for the help of nobles and mages, I might never be able to get out."
The mayor's face changed drastically: "This... house arrest... are those rumors true?"
He did not doubt the authenticity of the king in front of him, partly because he went to the royal capital several times a year to meet him and was actually very familiar with the king. The other half is the rumors that have been gradually spreading in China recently.
After all, the king has been locked up by the church, and government affairs are handled by others. It is inevitable that the people below will have doubts in their hearts - the same goes for the mayor. And when the familiar king appeared in front of him, he naturally felt a sudden feeling in his heart.
In addition... there was also an intuition coming up, which made him remember the annoying things about the church for some reason, and he felt that the king's words were even more credible.
However, when he was suddenly involved in such a shocking incident, a look of fear quickly appeared on the mayor's face.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty... maybe you should leave quickly. If the church people find out... they are right next door, so be careful!"
But the king held his hand and comforted him: "Don't worry, the church won't know that I have been here, as long as...as long as you are willing to do us a small favor."
"W-what little favor?"
Benjamin stood behind the king, and when he saw things progressing to this point, he immediately smiled, and then winked at the two siblings beside him.
The two siblings nodded understandingly.