When he received the letter, Benjamin was busy expanding the staff of the Nightmare Society.

While the indulgence incident continued to ferment, the name of the Black Nightmare Society also slowly spread in the Kingdom of Hori. Legend has it that it was this group that brought the truth to the world and instigated the initial strike. As a result, some people began to quietly inquire about its origin.

Soon, the fact that the Nightmare Society had initially distributed invitations to the Koster Tavern was investigated, and more and more people flocked to Koster, among them...... There are those who also have a grudge against the church, but there are also those who want to find out the news.

Benjamin wanted to further expand the Nightmare Society, so he naturally sneaked into the tavern and began to screen those who were all sorts of people. The spies of the church may have all come, so he must be very careful, and when he hears someone inquiring about the relevant content, he will scan it at least a dozen times, and then find out the details of the other party's background before he will contact the other party.

It's really inefficient to expand the membership in this way, but at least it can ensure absolute security.

"So far, the members of the Black Nightmare Society have reached two hundred and seventy-five, and the vast majority of them are young people under the age of thirty-five, including eighty-seven mages...... According to this momentum, it should not be difficult to break a thousand. The system reported.

Benjamin also nodded.

At this time, he had just left from another round of the Nightmare Society mobilization and returned to the stronghold of the Academy's dark department, and then, he received a letter from Hywinley.

It only took about half a minute from opening the envelope to changing his face slightly. And when he finished reading the entire letter, the whole person instantly became serious, touched his chin, and fell into deep thought.

The letter was also crumpled up by him and stuffed into his pocket so that it would not be seen by the king.

"Tut-tut...... Something fun happened again. The system was intrigued, and said in his head, "What are you going to do? Pretend you don't know anything, and then go ahead with the plan at your own pace......?"

Benjamin shook his head impatiently and said in his heart, "Don't be verbose. ”

The bad news of the whole letter came over, which already made him not in a good mood, and he was even more lazy to pay attention to the system's schadenfreude. Things were going well, and he never imagined that the church would force the queen to die at this time.

That's right, to death...... Although the letter to Duke Colin said that the queen committed suicide in despair, in Benjamin's view, if the church did not want the queen to die, the queen really wanted to die, and it was impossible for her to succeed in committing suicide.

And this whole letter from Duke Colin actually talks about two things - the stand-in and the death of the queen. Benjamin was mentally prepared for the stand-in, and it was nothing, but the news of the queen's death ...... Once it reached the king's ears, Benjamin did not dare to imagine how the king would react.

He even felt that the church was deliberate.

Push the queen to death, or just spread false news to disrupt Benjamin's side. Although they can use the spirit imprint to forcibly control the king, it will definitely affect the next moves. As soon as those officials found the slightest unnaturalness when talking to the king, they might think of the term "sorcery" and become suspicious.

And taking a step back, Duke Colin's words may not be true. The nobles probably just wanted to trick the king into their side, so they made up some nonsense, just like the previous mutiny.

So, after thinking about it, Benjamin decided to press the news down.

However...... That's at this time.

"Oh no!" The head of the Academy's dark department hurriedly walked in from outside, nodded at Benjamin, and then spoke, "Lord Dean, the latest news from outside, the queen was assassinated in the palace and died a few days ago!"

“......”

Benjamin choked speechlessly.

This......

He even thought he had misheard.

What the?

How can it be so coincidental?

“...... You're not mistaken?" Taking a deep breath, he quickly calmed down and asked rhetorically, "What is the source, we have opened up so many joints in the Kingdom of Hori, even if the church makes an announcement, it will not be possible to send it down so quickly." ”

"There are rumors on the streets, and those paladins who have suddenly appeared in various cities, are all shouting in condolence. The person in charge bowed his head and replied, "They...... It seems that it has been secretly brewing for a long time, and suddenly the news broke out all of a sudden, and now almost everyone knows about it. ”

Benjamin heard this, and walked quickly out of the room, to the window, and looked out into the street. The streets of Koster had been filled with anti-church marches these days, and the church people did not even dare to take their heads, but at this moment, the people who marched suddenly became sparse.

And half a minute later, around the corner of the street, a team of paladins slowly turned around.

A procession of about a few hundred people, holding a portrait of the queen in their hands, shouted words like "In memory of Her Highness". Everyone wore a black veil on their shoulders and looked extremely solemn. Passers-by looked at them in amazement, shocked and confused for a moment, and it also overshadowed the disdain they should have shown.

"Her Royal Highness...... Passed away?"

"What the hell is going on?"

A similar scene is happening across the country at the same time. Soon, the priests, who had been hidden for a long time, also reappeared, and each of them personally posted obituaries on the notice boards of each city.

Her Royal Highness was assassinated by an evil mage and died yesterday.

In the face of such a statement, people looked at each other, not knowing what was going on. The church said that the priest kidnapped the king and killed the queen, but on the other side, there were also voices saying that the church had put the king under house arrest and created a hoax of indulgences to make money. Shocking news came one after another, and people began to get a little overwhelmed.

And in Koster's attic......

"They...... Why are they doing that?"

The king walked in, with a stunned expression, as if he had not yet fully reacted, and was immersed in an emotion of disbelief, but his face was unusually pale.

"Your Majesty, be calm, this is all a trick of the Church. Benjamin hurriedly stepped forward and reassured, "They just want to divert the public's attention from the indulgence and make you lose your mind." You must not fall for their tricks!"

"But...... But...... They ...... "The king began to speak incoherently, and his expression became agitated, and he wanted to say something but could not organize it."

Seeing this, Benjamin took a deep breath and could only glance at the two siblings who were following him. Seeing this, the two siblings nodded, stood behind the king and raised their hands.

Mental power fluctuations slowly spread.

In the next second, the king closed his eyes as if he had been pressed to turn off, and fainted instantly. The two siblings held him up, then looked up and looked at Benjamin with some helplessness.

"Can you make him forget all this?" asked Benjamin, rubbing his temples.

"Yes...... But it was full of shouting paladins outside, and if he saw it again, he would still remember it. ”

Benjamin turned his head to look out the window, feeling only a headache.

“...... Let's put him to sleep first. Eventually, he shook his head, closed the window, and addressed the two siblings.