Chapter 125: Preparations Before Escaping
If the scene on the day of the execution was crowded, then today's gate of the royal capital can be said to be squeezed here casually, and you may get pregnant. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
There is no way, after experiencing the water ballo storming the city a few days ago and the "plague" raging at this time, the people of the royal capital are like frightened birds, and any accident at any time can make them fall into a state of collapse.
Therefore, when they saw the notice posted by the church and knew that the city gate was about to open, many people even shed tears of joy, as if they were after the catastrophe. In this way, according to the time stated in the proclamation, they gathered at the gate of the royal capital at this moment, and they could not wait to escape from the royal capital at this time.
At this time, the only thing to be thankful for is probably that the king has four city gates, which share a lot of traffic. Otherwise, I am afraid that many people would have died under the stampede and crowding.
As for Benjamin and Michelle, at the moment, they did not blend in with the crowd, but hid in a house near the city gate, preparing to leave.
"North City Gate...... Is it really a good choice?"
Benjamin suddenly looked up at Michelle, who was using a strange dye to dye her hair ginger red, and asked.
It's not that he doubts Michelle's judgment, it's just that he knows the terrain of the kingdom as a whole. The road north of the royal capital is narrow and there are few forks, so it is not a good place to get rid of the track. The church was about to open its gates, but it was just a matter of desperation—they would never let Benjamin go so easily.
Therefore, even if he is out of the royal capital, he must be vigilant and not take it lightly.
In his opinion, the East City Gate was a better choice. The road to the east of the royal capital is very complicated, and the area is also vast, with many remote paths. And more importantly, if they want to escape from the kingdom of Hori and completely get rid of the pursuit of the church, running east is their only option.
In the mountains to the west of the royal capital, there is a hidden academy of silence, but since Michelle has told the church the detailed address of the meditation study, I am afraid that it will not be safe to go there.
To the north of the royal capital, over Lake Pearl and the Valley of the Pearls, it is soon blocked by towering mountains. How high the mountain was, what was on the other side of the mountain, no one knew, and no one had ever managed to climb over that peak. Every failed climber said, "I have exhausted all my strength, but no matter how high I climb, when I look up, I can't even see the top of the mountain in the clouds." ”
For this reason, the mountain range was named "Scaiver", which means the end of the canopy.
Benjamin didn't think they could cross the Scaiver Mountains, so the north side was a dead end. As for the south side, that's even less to say. To the south of the kingdom is a vast ocean, and the people on this continent do not seem to have much interest in the sea, and there are no characters such as Columbus, so no one knows what is on the sea.
Even if the east of the kingdom is the Valley of the Broken Army, there is the Gate of Cruzade, which is comparable to the moat. But after that, beyond that gate was Ikor - the country founded by the queen eight years ago, who rejected the church and was enlightened to the mage.
Benjamin had previously inadvertently taken the letter, disrupting the church's plans to preach east. The Church can only temporarily retract its tentacles to the east, so the three countries to the east are safer.
Didn't Claude also say in the letter that if he wants to be a mage and hide abroad, he can also develop well. In short, for Benjamin at the moment, fleeing abroad seemed to be the best option.
Therefore, when Michelle chose the North Gate as their escape route, he felt unusually confused.
There's a yarn at the north gate? If you want to play with the reverse thinking, that's not how to play. There will be people staring at any door, and it's not worth it just to confuse the church's judgment.
Michelle must have done this for some other reason.
"In the remains of that mage's predecessor, there is also an underground tunnel. Michelle said as she threw a scroll of maps over, "The rock road is very long, and the senior has already explored it, so there is no danger." Through that tunnel, we can go directly from Lake Pearl to a cave near the Valley of the Broken Army. ”
Underground tunnels?
Hearing this, Benjamin couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
He took the map, opened it and looked at it. The map is an ordinary kingdom map, but there is an extra line in the northeast of the royal capital. One end of the line is at Lake Pearl, north of the royal capital, and the other end is close to the kingdom's border gates. At both ends of the line, the detailed locations of the entrances and exits are marked.
According to Michelle, this is supposed to be the underground tunnel.
I don't know if it was formed naturally, or if it was dug by manpower a long time ago.
However, knowing this, Benjie no longer questioned leaving through the North City Gate. It would be much safer to go through the tunnels than to flee on the main road, and it would confuse the Church, lest the Church lay a heavy army at the Crussad Gate and intercept their way out of the country.
Therefore, he asked the system to memorize the information on the map, and then he began to busily disguise himself in preparation for blending in with the crowd and escaping from the royal capital.
It took them about an hour to disguise themselves. Clearly, Michelle was a master at this, and Benjamin was also eye-opening by a series of means: she cut her hair short and dyed it red, glued her eyelids together to simulate a pair of squinting eyes, and used a special dye to dot a small freckle on her nose and knocked out a front tooth...... In the end, the result is even like a different person.
Even Benjamin couldn't help but marvel, with this technology, what kind of mage can be a special effects makeup artist in the original world.
Benjamin himself, of course, was completely remodeled by Michelle. She gave him a strange herb, and soon Benjamin's skin became unusually pale, and the color of his hair became much lighter, like that of an albino, and the healthy complexion that had been exposed after a period of military training disappeared at once.
If Michelle hadn't told him, after half a month, this thing would have subsided on its own, and Benjamin would have been a little unacceptable.
Of course, Benjamin also felt relieved after recovering from the shock. He looked like this now, and even if he were thrown in front of the bishop, the bishop would not be able to recognize him.
Indeed...... Re-furnace re-engineering of the general disguise technique.
In this way, after completing the earth-shaking transformation, Michelle pretended to have the "plague", and was pushed by Benjamin in a small broken cart, leaving the house where they were hiding, quietly blending into the crowd, and walking towards the north gate.