Chapter 723: Retrieving the Key

The two siblings looked at each other, hesitated and said, "But...... The scene you just described is indeed very much like the appearance of an ancestral spirit written in a book. Their souls will attach themselves to some beasts, and then they will have the ability to manipulate the elements, which is very powerful. ”

Benjamin raised an eyebrow.

As for the "very powerful" word, he put it aside for now, the other parts are quite similar. This seems to be a special method developed by an overseas sect that can allow ghosts to exert different effects.

So...... What is the difference between their approach and Benjamin's?

Thinking so, he suddenly opened his mouth and asked slightly inflamed, "If I let you do whatever you want to do to this ghost, can you work out this method of 'domesticating the ancestral spirit'?"

"This ...... We can't. ”

"Try it, anyway, with the methods of us mages, there is a shortage of such spirits, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to study anything. Benjamin advised, "You have received the most orthodox study of mindfulness, and you will surely find something out of this." ”

When the two siblings heard this, they turned their heads to look at the ghost in the glass cover, and in the end, they still chose to nod.

Benjamin also turned away contentedly.

He gave the two of them free access to the Necronomic Research Building, and briefed the others in the building on the arts. So far, the art of chanting is a secret hidden in the academy like the undead, and only a few people know about it. However, Benjamin estimates that the matter of the undead should be exposed one step earlier than the chanting.

- Anyway, even if the undead are exposed, the church can't use the power over there, so it doesn't matter.

In this way, the academy settled down temporarily. The research of various projects is going hand in hand, but there is no big breakthrough for the time being. The old man had not been able to crack anything out of the residue after extracting the death-scented remnants from the wreckage.

It is still necessary to wait until the holidays, when the mages of the academy are free, and Benjamin will go to the world of the dead again.

In addition, the establishment of the academic business school has also begun to take shape. The first batch of merchants to join have completed the construction of their stores, and a total of more than a dozen chain stores have been opened in various parts of the three countries, and the response is still waiting to be seen, but just now, the academy can earn hundreds of more gold coins every day.

Benjamin thought that the days before the end of the semester would end with these chores, but he didn't expect that half a month later, there would be an unexpected visitor in the dean's room.

"Dean Benjamin, I've admired your name for a long time. ”

Judging by the calm face of his robe when it was lifted, and the cross he wore on his chest, there was no doubt that this man was a priest.

Benjamin sat in his chair and looked at each other playfully.

"Father who ran to the territory of my magic academy, you are not small. He spoke slowly, "Who asked you to come, Grant?, or did you decide to renounce your so-called beliefs and become a light elemental master?"

The priest bowed his head and said without changing his face: "His Majesty the Pope sent me." ”

"Oh, what did he send you for? Did he think that if I kill one more priest, Heaven will punish you, so he sent you to sacrifice yourself?"

"Dean, you're laughing. Instead of paying attention to the ridicule and threats in Benjamin's words, the priest continued, "A few days ago, we lost something very important, and we guessed that it was probably in your possession, so we had to come and ask for it. ”

When Benjamin heard this, his heart suddenly moved.

...... The key.

Realizing this, his mood at the moment was already quite surprised.

How could a huge church be forced to this point? The key was so important to them that they tried to stop people on the border, but in the end, they sent a priest to beg for mercy in a low voice.

Benjamin even wanted to laugh a little.

"What is it? Your church can't keep its own things, so come and ask me what I'm doing?" but on his face, he asked with a blank and innocent look.

"Really?" the priest took a deep breath, and seemed to be a little annoyed by Benjamin's words, "Who could it be that half a month ago, who was the one who went on a killing spree in the territory of the Hori Kingdom and killed hundreds of our priests and paladins?"

Benjamin spread his hands in surprise: "Really......? But I really don't know. If you find that person, please let me know, and at least give that hero a few tens of thousands of gold coins to express my gratitude. ”

"You ......"

The priest was speechless for a moment, and it seemed that the messenger's professional skills were not very good.

Seeing this, Benjamin shook his head.

"Alright, get out. He opened his palm, and a few snowflakes continued to gather and disperse in his palm, "For the sake of being polite when you came in, and you didn't carry any magic props on you, I will spare your life." Please also do not do anything radical when you leave, otherwise you will ......"

At this point, he smiled and did not continue. And the snowflakes in his palm have turned into a delicate ice and snow dagger, symbolically waving in mid-air.

"No, that thing is very important to us, and I'm not leaving. "It doesn't do anything to you, and if you are willing to give it back, we can pay a price." ”

"The price?" said Benjamin, with a sneer, "are you still worthy of your faith? mages are the embodiment of the devil, and you are now making a deal with the devil!"

"You don't have to worry about that, just give it back to us. ”

Benjamin shook his head and said, "What price are you willing to pay?"

"Elemental crystals of all kinds, a hundred in total. The priest lifted his chin and said slowly, "Coupled with the evacuation of the spies we have arranged in various countries, this price is enough, right?"

Benjamin rolled his eyes inwardly.

"Who are you sending this thing for?" he said, "and you think I don't know what that leaf means?, the door to the otherworld, the heritage of the Church, the secrets of the depths of St. Peter's Basilica...... Save it, I know more than you think. ”

Sure enough, after he told these key messages, the priest's face also showed a look of astonishment.

"You...... Where did you know that?"

Benjamin said expressionlessly, "From a place you would never have imagined." ”

“......”

The priest clenched his fists and did not speak for a while, probably because the conditions proposed at the beginning did not match the value of the key, and he could not come up with better conditions, which led to himself in a very embarrassing situation.

Seeing this, Benjamin was silent for a moment, and suddenly spoke: "Interesting loyalty...... You should know that your pope killed his own father with his own hands, right?"