"In this engagement, we have destroyed nearly 20,000 enemies and captured thousands, and only one-fifth of the invading army of the Kingdom of Hori remains. I think it's time for us to go on the counteroffensive!"

In the palace hall of Regina, the general below knelt on one knee and reported in a passionate voice.

In the hall, everyone couldn't help but nod their heads when they heard this.

After recapturing Regina, they cleaned up the battlefield, pacified the populace, and rescued the officers and soldiers who had been imprisoned...... It took them two full days to repair the scarred capital before the situation gradually stabilized.

So, two days later, they gathered in the hall again to discuss their next steps.

"There are still many territories to our west that have been occupied by the Kingdom of Hori, and they have only recently taken them, so they will definitely not have time to build fortifications. We cannot miss this opportunity to take back all the territory that belongs to us. ”

As soon as the general's report came out, many officials nodded their heads in agreement, and someone suggested so.

Standing in the middle of the hall, the Executive Prime Minister touched his beard and suddenly asked, "What is the situation with the remnants of the Hori Kingdom, and where have they withdrawn?"

"The plains west of Rock City. The spies reported that the remaining enemy soldiers and priests were gathering there, and it was unclear what they were going to do when they were assembled. ”

"Still assembling ......" The prime minister nodded thoughtfully when he heard this, and said, "Since they haven't withdrawn here, it means that they still don't want to give up, and plan to replenish a group of reinforcements from the Hori Kingdom, regroup, and continue the attack." ”

At the moment, however, the attitude of most officials has become more and more confident.

"Our army is now in full swing, and Carretus' reinforcements have been stationed in Regina this morning. If the Hori Kingdom still wants to fight, that is if they kill themselves!"

"The military strength of the Horry Kingdom is not that strong, if they continue to fight, they will only drag themselves to death. ”

"That's true, we will kill as many reinforcements as they come......"

Under the high morale, even the most conservative lords and peacemakers in the past agreed to completely destroy the enemy in the territory of Ikor at this moment. After hearing this, the prime minister glanced at the chairman next to him, and finally set his eyes on Benjamin, who was leaning against the wall at the edge of the hall.

"Dean Benjamin, what do you think about how we should counterattack?"

As soon as these words came out, nearly 100 officials in the hall also turned their heads and looked at Benjamin in unison, revealing a look of awe. Everyone fell silent, and no one dared to say a word again.

- After a series of actions and decisions in the war, Benjamin has won the respect of everyone present. If in the past, Benjamin in their minds was a genius mage and the boss of the magic academy, then at this moment, they all want to think of Benjamin as their boss.

As a result, Benjamin's opinion became one of the most important things in the whole of Ikor up and down.

"Hmm...... Then send troops to fight. ”

was stared at silently by everyone, but Benjamin just shrugged his shoulders and said casually.

"Don't you have any special advice, Lord Dean, after all, it is very likely that there will be reinforcements coming from the Horry Kingdom, and I am afraid that the next battle will also be a tough battle. The Prime Minister asked, looking at him with some surprise.

When Benjamin heard this, he lowered his head and thought about it, and said, "Don't worry, they won't send any more reinforcements." ”

Everyone was stunned.

"Lord Dean...... Are you so sure?"

Benjamin smiled lightly and replied, "I can't say how sure it is, but the time is about the same, and the news should be officially transmitted in a few days." ”

When everyone heard this, they looked at each other, and they were a little confused.

To be so sure of saying such a thing, they felt that Benjamin must have some basis. However, at the moment, they couldn't figure out the ins and outs, and they only felt that Benjamin had become mysterious for a long time.

And that afternoon, the news came from the front.

"Report to your lordship, the Kingdom of Hori has begun to withdraw its troops completely, whether it is the attacking troops or the soldiers guarding those fallen cities, they have all withdrawn to the Krusad Gate at this moment. We sent some troops in tentative pursuit, and there was no ambush at all, and the soldiers who were caught up showed little resistance. ”

After receiving this news, all the officials in the palace hall had expressions of disbelief.

"Aren't there any reinforcements going on from the Hori Kingdom?" the Prime Minister asked as he turned to the reporting general.

"I don't know why, but it seems that the enemy reinforcements are ...... Cancelled?" the general replied hesitantly, "The details are still under investigation, but it is certain that the Kingdom of Horry will not be able to continue attacking. ”

The officials were dumbfounded and couldn't help but turn around, trying to search for Benjamin's figure in the crowd. However, it was only then that they noticed that Benjamin had quietly left the hall and was no longer involved in Ikor's internal deliberations.

Suddenly, they froze in place, looking at each other, and everyone was silent for a while.

As for Benjamin himself......

"Everything is almost packed, let's go back to the academy early. In the mage camp outside the city of Regina, Ben Jie nodded to everyone and said, "I didn't give you any holiday homework for a month, so I won't give you holiday homework." ”

- After the war is over, there is no need for them to stay any longer, and they can return to the academy to rest.

He knew in his heart that the Kingdom of Hori could no longer sustain the war. And all this is thanks to the letter that Benjamin and his two siblings forged together at the beginning of the war.

At that time, he found a priest from an overseas sect in Regina, and after killing him, he obtained the seal that the other party carried with him. Therefore, he used the seal to forge a letter, in which he exaggerated the Church's massacre of overseas sects, and reminded them that the Kingdom of Horry was about to be empty inside, and that the next might be the best time to take revenge on the Church. After the forgery was completed, Benjamin hired a ship to deliver the letter to the overseas sect in the position given to him by the two siblings.

After doing all this, he devoted himself to the war between the two countries, and only regarded this letter as a trick, without much hope. However, as the Kingdom of Horry suffered several defeats and began to mobilize reinforcements from his own country, Benjamin also realized that the letter could be of great use.

- The more the Kingdom of Horry moves people to Ikor's side, the emptiness of the internal defenses becomes. Once the overseas sect is really provoked, the church's hometown may not be protected.

Therefore, he asked the members of the Academy's dark department hidden in the kingdom of Horry to pay special attention to this movement, and a few days earlier, they had sent Benjamin information that there seemed to be some commotion in several coastal cities, and that there had been several cases of priests missing for no apparent reason.

At that moment, Benjamin finally let go of the big stone in his heart and breathed a sigh of relief.

People from overseas sects have been fooled!

Dog eats dog, a mouthful of hair, there are a lot of beams between the church and overseas sects, and the telekinetic methods that those people are good at, even the church, I am afraid that they will suffer if they are caught off guard. In fact, Benjamin even had a little hope to see the overseas sect succeed in controlling the royal family of Horry, and instead branded the church as a cult.

That must be fun.

Benjamin almost couldn't help laughing at the expressions on the faces of those priests when they returned to the kingdom of Hori.

However, he also knew that the withdrawal of troops from the Kingdom of Horry showed that the church was aware of the invasion of overseas sects. I am afraid that this round of revenge will not shake the foundation of the church.

But...... There's nothing to complain about.

In any case, they held Ikor.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, Benjamin looked into the distance and could see scattered figures on the main road. It was a civilian who had fled and finally turned around and returned to his hometown after being displaced for more than he could remember.

From a distance, they looked like rows of matchsticks, small in number, in groups of three or five, some tall and some short. They walked slowly along the horizon, shadows stretching across the dark brown earth.