Benjamin immediately returned to the Academy of Magic.

He didn't immediately start preparing for the affairs of the Hori Kingdom, but went to the Rune Research Institute, found the person in charge of the place, Mage Abby, in the corridor, and asked about the latest situation.

"The most recent project we've been working on is the Psychic Enhancement Array - based on those new runes you brought earlier. Master Abby pushed his glasses, flipped through the record board in his hand, and said, "The progress is not fast, but the results should be available in half a month." ”

Benjamin nodded his head in acknowledgment of their work, and then asked, "...... you guys In the process of studying the runes, did you feel that the flow of the elements around you was abnormal?"

Master Abby frowned: "What...... Dean, why do you ask?"

"Because I recently learned that the large-scale use of runes may be dangerous, and even cause elemental disasters. I'd like to ask you what you think about that. ”

Hearing this, Master Abby lowered his head and pondered for a while, then said, "For now...... There are no signs of any elemental scourges. However, every time we tried to arrange the rune formation, there would be some slight disturbances in the elements within a dozen meters. We thought this was normal, so we didn't pay special attention. ”

Is this really possible......

Benjamin immediately nodded and said, "Then you will also devote a certain amount of energy to studying this phenomenon in the future, and strive to minimize the degree of elemental disorder at any time." ”

"We understand. ”

Abbey mage nodded, flipped a new page on the clipboard, and recorded it as a new project.

In this way, after dealing with the problem of runes, Benjamin felt a lot more relaxed. If prevention was taken from the place where it first sprouted, he believed that in the end, the runes would not cause disaster as the mage lineage would warn.

He returned to the dean's office and ordered the people in the dark department of the academy to carefully investigate the movements of the church in the kingdom of Hori. Infiltrating St. Peter's Basilica is no easy task, and even if Grant does leave for some reason, they will have to be fully prepared.

And also...... It's the benefits they can get out of it.

"You two, do you know what kind of chanting techniques the people of the overseas sect used under the king after attacking Hywinley?" he asked, finding the two siblings.

The two siblings looked at each other, and the girl replied, "This ...... You can only confirm it if you have seen it with your own eyes. ”

Benjamin continued to ask: "If you really have the opportunity to confirm it with your own eyes, after confirming it, how confident can you use it to control the king?"

- The king was unable to maintain his normal activities due to the chanting technique, which was the fundamental reason why the church put him under house arrest. And now that the overseas sects have been destroyed, all the books have fallen into Benjamin's hands, and the only people in the world who can perform the magic of their academy are the only ones in the world.

They may even take advantage of this opportunity to take control of the king of the Kingdom of Hori.

This is the reason why Benjamin agreed to Elizabeth even when he felt a huge risk - to control the royal symbol of the Kingdom of Horry, which was definitely a huge blow to the church.

Even the nobles probably didn't expect this......

"We should. The boy replied, "There are only a few kinds of chanting techniques that can affect people's minds for a long time, and they are all recorded in the books, and we have learned them all." ”

Benjamin heard this and nodded.

It seems that what was harvested from overseas sects still served a lot of use.

"So...... Go back and pack your things, and you'll follow me tomorrow." ”

The two siblings were a little surprised when they heard this, but they probably understood the situation, so they didn't ask too much, turned around and went back to prepare. Benjamin also took advantage of the little time left to work overtime and finish the affairs of the academy.

The next day, he set off with the two of them.

"Go to the small town of Lake Pearl and give this letter to the tavern owner there, where my father will meet you to discuss the details. Outside the academy, Elizabeth was also glad that Benjamin was willing to join, and handed him the token of the meeting.

Benjamin nodded.

Elizabeth suggested that they sneak through the gate with the help of the Wood family, but Benjamin, apparently finding it safer to do the other way, set out with the two siblings on his own.

Walking past the abyss, he can even help the boy catch a ghost by the way.

"The other side of the rift...... There seems to be a terrible aura, and it's still staring at us. It's just that when they entered the abyss, the two siblings, who were extremely sensitive to mental power, suddenly felt terrified and looked in the direction of the world of the undead.

Benjamin naturally felt it—the bone dragon was still there guarding him.

Faced with an epic undead whose life was almost eternal, he could guarantee that even if he stepped a little towards the abyss, the gray dragon's breath would immediately gush in, burning him to the ground.

I'm afraid it's impossible to go to the world of the dead anytime soon.

"Leave it alone, we'll go ours. ”

Therefore, Benjamin just used a soundproof ice hockey ball to lead the two of them along the abyss and quickly entered the territory of the Horry Kingdom. During this period, he also helped the boy catch a ghost, and the boy chose to keep the ghost in a sparrow, and while hurrying, he domesticated another ghost finch.

"I thought you'd get a ghost tiger or ghost wolf out. Benjamin had some regrets about this. He was mainly curious about whether the abilities of the servants domesticated by using different animals would be different.

“...... I just want to get one that looks like my sister. ”

Benjamin shrugged his shoulders and didn't say anything.

There are other people in the academy who learn to read arts, anyway, there are so many of them, it is impossible for each of them to choose birds, and there will be many opportunities for experiments in the future.

In this way, they smoothly entered the kingdom of Hori. Benjamin didn't stay too long on the road, and there was news from the dark department of the academy that Grant seemed to be really not there, and they definitely had to hurry, and they couldn't delay it until Grant came back from the Warcraft Mountain Range before they started.

In the end, after a total of two days on the road, they arrived at the village on the shores of Lake Pearl.

"Here...... There are so few people. ”

After changing his disguise, Benjamin re-stepped here after many years and couldn't help but sigh. He still remembers the last time he was here, when the "plague" broke out in Havenright, and a large number of civilians took refuge here, making the whole village look like a train station for the Spring Festival.

And at the bottom of Lake Pearl, the soul flame is buried...... Or rather, the old lady's emptied-out stashes.

"When you're done with your business, come here and remember the past. The system came out and complained mercilessly.

Benjamin shook his head helplessly.

He took in the situation to make sure there was nothing wrong with him before entering the tavern that Elizabeth had told him. In the early morning, when the tavern was empty and there were no customers, he walked to the front of the stage and handed the letter directly to the owner.

"Arrange for us to meet him. ”

The proprietor, a taciturn man, took the letter and took a few glances, then opened the back door of the tavern and led them into the secret room at the end of the corridor.

And in the room, waiting for a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties. He was dressed in plain clothes and wore a mask on his face, and when he saw Benjamin walk in, he took the mask off, revealing a face that Benjamin didn't recognize but the system recognized.

"This is him, Duke Colin Wood, the master of the House of Wood. The system explained, "When you and Elizabeth were still engaged, their family often came to your house as guests, but after that, ...... Naturally, you won't have much chance to meet him. ”

Benjamin nodded and walked over.

"Duke Colin, I'm Benjamin Reese, the dean of the Academy of Magic, and these two are my servants, and it's an honor to meet you here. ”

Colin smiled rather friendly and shook Benjamin's hand. He has a natural old and good old man face, and he feels like he is very talkative.

"Dean Benjamin, who would have thought that we would meet again under such circumstances?" he laughed, "I hugged you when you were just a few months old!"

“......”

Benjamin was speechless for a moment.