Benjamin was in a very bad mood.

The Queen's voice suddenly came out of the wood, still in a threatening tone, which really made him feel very uncomfortable. And more importantly, he didn't know what was going on at the academy.

What does it mean that all the pieces of wood have fallen into the hands of the Queen?

If she had only captured one or two mages and gotten wood chips from them, it would have been a more acceptable result. But after such a few tens of minutes, no news from the academy has come at all, and the problem may have become a bit serious.

- There are so many transsonic wood chips, even if one is snatched away, they should be able to send news if they stay in the academy, right?

So in the end, Benjamin could only reply with a similar sentence to the other party:

"I also advise you not to act rashly. The palace has been controlled by me, including the entire Mage Guild, and I hope you understand what it will do if you anger me. ”

After speaking, he dragged the prime minister over for interrogation. But he didn't expect that the prime minister didn't seem to know much about the queen's plans, and he couldn't say anything of value at all, which made him speechless.

He had no choice but to return to the hall again.

The hall was as chaotic as before, and the mage who had drunk the antidote had not yet woken up, but the officials of the palace had already arrived one after another. Unlike those mages, they have a lot of political experience, they are not so easy to deceive, and they are basically on the side of the prime minister.

At this moment, a large group of people are sitting in protest in the corridors of the palace.

The president was clearly busy getting the situation under control again.

"Is the situation stable now?" said Benjamin, who came to the president's side.

"Don't worry, it's just a bunch of people who are greedy for life and afraid of death. The guild president looked very busy, and after giving orders to a few mages, he turned to Benjamin and said, "There are many temporary cells in the palace, and I will put these dissenting officials in them." You'd better find a way to solve the affairs of the Academy of Magic, you don't have to worry about it here. ”

Benjamin took a deep breath and nodded.

He still trusts the president. Now that the overall situation of the palace has been decided, there is nothing he can do if he stays here, and the most important thing is to rush back to the magic academy as soon as possible.

It doesn't matter if the academy is captured or destroyed...... He had to at least understand what was going on.

In the darkness of the night, he left the palace as fast as he could and flew into the sky.

After thinking about it, Benjamin took out the transsonic wood chip again.

"There's something I want to warn you about. Ikor had just sent out his troops, and the queen herself was already in the area of the Academy of Magic. As for what the queen might do...... You should have a number in your hearts, right?"

After saying that, a faint wave of magic power emanated, split into two strands, and flew in two directions.

- He informed Fredon and Carretus of the news at the same time. After all, the Academy of Magic is in an extremely sensitive position, at the junction of the three kingdoms, and the queen is here to use troops, no matter what her true intentions are, the other two countries have a reason to send troops.

At a critical juncture, Benjamin must put these possible allies to use.

In this way, he flew all the way, barely closing his eyes, and it was not until noon the next day that he gradually rushed to the vicinity of the magic academy.

"It's ......"

In the sky, from afar, there was only one circle of garrison camps, surrounding the entire town of Akademi—the queen had dispatched more troops than he had imagined. And the town, which was originally developing very well, seems to have become a mess at the moment, and the smoke of gunpowder is filled.

On the nearby main road, fleeing civilians are like migrating ants, connected in several black lines.

Benjamin's heart sank at that time.

Although the town is just ordinary people, and it only exists as an adjunct to the academy, it ...... That's the first town they built brick by brick!

The townspeople also admired his fame and settled here, but now they have been affected by the war for no reason, and they don't know how many casualties have occurred, but the buildings have been badly destroyed. Even if he could drive the army away, it would take a lot of work to rebuild the town.

Damn it......

Benjamin blurred his figure with the clouds created by the tiny droplets of water, and flew quietly closer.

After seeing the situation in the academy clearly, he breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the academy is not the same as the town, it seems that it has not been damaged much, and the floors that have been painstakingly planned and built are still there.

In fact, when Benjamin got closer, he realized that the army did not seem to have entered the academy.

...... Didn't the queen knock it down?

Benjamin was pleasantly surprised, but of course a little puzzled. If he really kept it, why didn't the academy send him any other messages except for the first message?

As he approached little by little, the situation below gradually became clearer. He saw the army stationed around the town, the depressed and dilapidated streets of the town, and the army that surrounded the academy in circles. And near the gate of the academy, he saw hundreds of mages Ikor.

They gathered, and the glow of magic flashed continuously, and they hurled towards the gate of the academy, and then disappeared into the air without knowing what stopped them.

Seeing this, Benjamin looked a little stunned.

This is...... When did their academy set up a big defensive magic or something?

There seems to be some sort of anomaly in the elements near the academy, which Benjamin can't figure out. And when he slowly flew over the academy, from the academy below, he suddenly felt a familiar smell.

...... It's runes.

More precisely, "defense" runes. As if inspired by some force, the elemental elements of heaven and earth spontaneously formed a natural barrier around the academy, blocking out the attacks unleashed by the group of Ikorl mages.

Realizing this, Benjamin was surprised and delighted.

He knew that in the previous rune research group, several old mage monsters had been attracted to the academy and stationed in it, how could the queen easily defeat it?

A false alarm...... Although I don't know how the queen got the Transsonic Wood Chip, what she said before is probably just a bluff. And the news in the academy can't come out, Benjamin estimates, it may be related to the absolute barrier summoned by the "defense" rune, after all, the rune is really difficult to control in detail.

Thinking of this, Benjamin really breathed a sigh of relief.

Unexpectedly, these old mages seem to have made some kind of progress in their research on runes, and they can even summon such a huge enchantment, which is even more powerful than Benjamin's. I don't know how they did it, but this thing...... This thing can be a strategic weapon!

At the very least, it has held the Academy of Magic in the current battle!

In this way, the mood gradually stabilized, and Benjamin was not in a hurry. Instead, it was Ikor's group of mages, and from their constant attacks, Benjamin could sense the queen's anxiety.

- If she can't beat the Academy of Magic, and if she doesn't have the capital to negotiate with Benjamin, the queen will become difficult to ride.

So, having thought about it, Benjamin quietly flew away and landed on the ground.

Infiltrate the surrounding garrison camps, take out a lone Ikor soldier, disguise himself as an Ikor soldier, and run into the town.