"There's only one day left, everyone, work harder! After passing this valley, someone will come to pick us up from Crewe Town."
It was just dark, and in the desolate eastern hills of Horli Kingdom, Benjamin and the Black Nightmare Army were still advancing. They had been hiding in the mountains for a long time. By keeping moving and hiding their traces, they finally slowly approached the base camp of Wood's army.
When the soldiers heard this, smiles finally appeared on their tired faces.
This period of time was not easy for them. The journey over mountains and ridges, dragging a large amount of food, grass, materials and weapons was enough to tire them to death, not to mention the monsters that popped up from time to time on the road. In inaccessible places like this, there are often many large-scale groups of monsters living in them. Being constantly wary of these things makes it difficult for them to completely relax their spirits.
But... it was finally here, and everyone was in high spirits, wanting to travel a little longer before it was completely dark.
"Actually, you don't have to follow the large army. I can just ask a few mages to protect you and fly over first." Benjamin fell back into the team from the air and looked at Morris, who was sitting in a wheelchair and stumbling forward on the rugged mountain road. He couldn't help but feel like this He spoke.
"Don't worry about me." Morris shook his head and said with a smile, "We have moved separately so many times. The church must be on guard and can be easily exposed. Besides, this time, we have to live under someone else's roof, so it's best It’s still a statement for everyone to show up together.”
When Benjamin heard this, he no longer tried to persuade him, but said: "So... you are also a little worried about the situation after arriving in Crewe Town?"
Morris nodded.
"Have you noticed that the newly-appointed Duke Elizabeth's banner is revenge when promoting it to the outside world?" He lowered his voice and explained. "She is also a mage herself. I have heard a lot of news before, but few people mentioned this. And it seems that in the eyes of the people, she is an orthodox image of a noble of the kingdom, but few people know her identity as a mage. .”
Benjamin frowned: "You mean..."
"For us, both mages and nobles want to overthrow the church in the end, so the difference may not be that big. But for more people, mages represent distance, mystery, power, and most people's lives. Far away, and aristocrats… represented class and power.”
Benjamin touched his chin and said nothing. But in his heart, thinking of everything Duke Colin had done, he had actually already had similar speculations.
—Duke Colin is almost the leader behind the current situation.
Asking Benjamin to rescue the king, thereby intensifying the conflict; then he has been secretly helping the mage to weaken the power of the church; in the end, even the Black Nightmare Army was established with his support, and at the same time, he also hid one of his own directly abroad. A powerful army... If a nobleman risked his own life, what else could he do for it
"The Wood family wants to become the most supreme family in this country." Morris said the conclusion cryptically.
Benjamin hesitated for a while, then said: "That was Duke Colin's idea, but he is already dead. After his daughter inherits the title... she may not want to be the king."
"Oh? Are you familiar with her?"
"… so so."
"Then how do you know that he doesn't want to be king?"
Benjamin was speechless for a moment and didn't know how to answer. He scratched his head and said: "Well... I feel like she is not that kind of person. Don't ask so many questions. I'm not sure. Let's wait until the two parties meet to see everything. .”
After hearing this, Morris nodded and finally stopped asking.
"Who doesn't want to climb up? As far as I'm concerned, if Duke Elizabeth really wants to be king, it's acceptable. At least she's a mage, and I heard she was from Silent Academy? I think she won't be the king again. ’s mistakes.”
"Really... Do you think a mage should be the monarch of the kingdom in the future?" After hearing his personal opinion, Benjamin raised his eyebrows, and there seemed to be some disagreement in his tone.
Morris smiled and said: "There may be places where it is not suitable, but as a mage, can't I be a little selfish?"
When Benjamin heard this, he smiled helplessly, turned his head and said nothing more.
By this time, it was completely dark and it would be unsafe to continue on the road, so he gave the order to rest. The soldiers stopped, found an open place in the valley, made a fire and pitched a tent. The mages also set up defensive barriers and prepared to spend the night here.
Benjamin was flying in the air, alone, patrolling back and forth, and working with the system to confirm the safety of the area.
Hmm... There is a monster lair to the east, but it doesn't have nocturnal habits, so it shouldn't hinder them. To the west... there seems to be a large monster wandering around, it looks like a monkey. I have never seen it before, so go and kill it first.
After roughly confirming it, Benjamin flew to the west, and a blizzard covered it, and expertly froze the giant ape into a pile of ice slag.
—He has done too many similar tasks in the past few days.
He picked through the ice slag and took some elements-rich materials, ready to go back and study them. But at this moment, there was a strong wave of magic power coming from the camp. Benjamin turned his head suddenly. Abnormal activities of light elements seemed to be detected in the air.
At that moment, he felt a thump in his heart.
"Oops… "
He immediately flew back, and ten seconds later, he saw the scene of the camp again.
At this moment, a large number of priests appeared out of nowhere above the camp. Holy light bombs were condensed in their hands and rained down on the camp. The mages in the camp built a barrier in the air to resist their attack, but it was already crumbling.
In the camp, the soldiers were already locked in a bitter fight. Paladins and kingdom soldiers rushed out from all directions, surrounding the Black Nightmare Legion. Relying on the powerful combat capabilities of the Rune Troopers, they can barely resist the enemy's numerical advantage. But by this time, many people were injured and lying on the ground, and no one was able to treat them.
On the other side of the sky, Benjamin saw Grant.
Joanna was fighting with him, and there were several mages nearby to help. However, even if it was a dozen or so, Grant had the absolute upper hand at this moment. As the holy light runes flickered, strands of light flew out one after another, beating the blazing phoenix flames to the point of collapse.
When Benjamin saw this, he immediately rushed over there.
"Leave this to me, you go help the rest of the people." He flew in front of Joanna in an instant, blocked the three-shot limit of light, and immediately turned his head and said to several people.