A few days later.
"I heard that you started recruiting troops in Crewe Town?"
At the joint military meeting between the Wood Army and the Black Nightmare Army, the top leaders of both sides gathered together to discuss how to deal with the eradication of the church. However, as soon as the meeting began, a general from the Wood family looked at Benjamin up and down, and spoke unabashedly with some dissatisfaction in his tone.
Benjamin nodded expressionlessly: "That's right."
Although they did not recruit troops on a large scale, the Black Nightmare Army suffered serious losses, and it was necessary to add some fresh blood. Previously, the spread of the "Declaration of Free Magic" gave birth to a new batch of mages in the kingdom. After this group of people heard that the Black Nightmare Army was in Crewe Town, they often gave up joining the Wood family and chose to defect to them instead.
—Long-term investment still paid off for them.
But because of this, people within the Wood Army seemed to be a little unhappy.
"Dozens of the mages who agreed to join us a few days ago have now gone to your side. How could you do this?" The general was not only unhappy, but also seemed to be very angry. "We are kind enough to rescue you, but you just Such a reward?"
The atmosphere became a little tense. Elizabeth immediately turned her head and spoke to the general: "The Black Nightmare Army is our ally. I invited them to settle in Crewe Town. Of course, they are free to recruit troops. General Trey, pay attention to your words. "
"Can… "
"General, the reputation of the Black Nightmare Army was built up bit by bit by ourselves, and those people also voluntarily joined us. You can't blame us." Benjamin spoke lukewarmly, adding The general was speechless.
The general glanced at Elizabeth again and could only close his mouth and take a few steps back.
Elizabeth nodded, turned back, looked at Benjamin again, and said extremely politely: "Your Excellency, Dean, I hope you won't be unhappy about this."
When Benjamin met, he waved his hand and said nothing.
"Then... let's talk about the latest news." So, Elizabeth took out a letter and spread it on the table. "The church has promoted another group of priests and several bishops. The royal capital The noise in the area is getting tighter and tighter, and I think everyone should understand what this means."
"The enemy is going to attack?" someone asked in shock.
Elizabeth nodded.
Benjamin was not surprised. The power of the church is declining day by day, but the two most powerful rebel forces in the country are gathering together at this moment - this situation is already a bit too bad for the church, and he is Grant and he is anxious.
"If he wants to attack, we will fight him."
Therefore, he opened his mouth and lowered his attitude on behalf of the Black Nightmare Army. Behind him, several mages who attended the meeting with him also showed confident smiles, nodded, and even looked a little excited.
This confident look surprised many people on the Wood Army side.
"You just don't take the church's desperate counterattack seriously?" The general couldn't help it anymore and stepped forward and said, "In terms of military strength and armaments, the church is still ahead of us and has powerful magical weapons. How can you do this? Such a frivolous response?"
Benjamin shrugged: "Because, they have 'counterattacked' against us several times, but aren't we still alive now?"
"Still alive? You've been beaten like this, so don't drag us down..."
"General Trey!"
Before Benjamin could say anything, Elizabeth stopped the general and even coldly stretched out her hand, pointing to the door of the room, signaling for him to leave from here. The general was stunned, but Benjamin waved his hand across the table, showing that he didn't care.
"This general probably hasn't spent much time in the Hori Kingdom and doesn't understand the situation, so he has so many opinions. We are not angry." He shook his head and said, "If you ask me, the attack of the Kingdom's army is not terrible. .You are sitting at the Crusad Gate, and you have a way out. If you really stick to the gate, they will have absolutely nothing to do with you for a while. They can only stay outside and fight with you, but the current church... can't afford it. , so our chances of winning are actually very good.”
The general said unconvinced: "But if they surround the gate, we won't be able to defend it for long without the supply of food and fodder."
"Yes, that's why we have to fight." Benjamin nodded and continued, "Although the Church has many soldiers, when it comes to spellcasters, the mages on both sides of us can even have an advantage combined. In this case, using the advantage of high-end combat power, we It is absolutely possible to separate a team of mages in a war and raid the enemy's artillery camp, making them unable to fire a single shot."
"Then...it can only be counted as fifty-fifty in a fight."
"You think the winning rate is the same because you haven't counted me yet." Benjamin raised his chin slightly and said calmly, "As long as you give me enough time, I can defeat the Pope and help the whole situation change. our side."
“…”
The general said nothing and stared at Benjamin with a frown on his face, an expression that said, "This man is crazy."
"You don't believe it?"
Benjamin looked across the table. Except for Elizabeth, everyone seemed to have a bit of doubt in their eyes. After all, it was rumored that the Pope and the dean of the Magic Academy had fought several times, but no one seemed to have a winner. As for the detailed situation, only those present of people know. Most of the members of the Wood Army are actually from abroad and do not know enough about the situation in the kingdom, so they are inevitably suspicious.
Elizabeth didn't speak, she just looked at Benjamin, as if waiting for him to make further comments.
So, Benjamin simply went on to rant: "In fact, even with the Black Nightmare Army alone, we can defend the town of Crewe."
The people on Wood's army were shocked.
"...defend the town of Crewe, are you serious?"
"Why did I lie to you?"
"What are you defending with? Haven't the rune defense formations been broken through by the church several times?"
"So you only know about the Rune Defense Array?" Benjamin shook his head with a look of contempt, "You don't know the Magic Academy, let alone the Black Nightmare Army. In addition to this, we have many trump cards. Hidden, it can be used against the church.”
The general was silent, his face still full of suspicion, but he didn't say anything.
Elizabeth was also very surprised, nodded, and said: "Since you have such confidence... why don't we divide our forces into two groups?"
"The troops are divided into two groups?"
"The Church is obviously here for you. If you can hold Crewe Town or even drag them here, we will have room to do more things, such as attacking Havenright." Elizabeth continued, "The Church is here That place has been in operation for too long. Even if one day we defeat the Royal Army and surround the Royal Capital, they may even turn defeat into victory with the help of that city. Therefore, it is best for us to capture the place while the Church is not in the Royal Capital, and then take over. If you come down, it might be a great opportunity.”
This time, it was Benjamin's turn to be surprised.
Go to the royal capital? So brave.
And this plan... is probably... too suitable for him!
He touched his chin, his expression quickly changing from surprise to interest.