After dealing with the ambushed mages, Benjamin stopped at the foot of the mountain and found a hidden cave to interrogate the men. And the dozen or so mages in Kru Town could only follow behind, patiently waiting for the end of the matter.

However, in the process of waiting, their mood is definitely not calm.

“...... What kind of mage did we meet?"

"I don't know, this kind of strength is too terrifying, isn't it? Could it be that all foreign mages are at this level? Or is it just that this senior is particularly powerful?"

"I've always called him senior, but why do I seem to feel that he's not very old?"

What happened on this day was probably the most shocking scene these mages had ever encountered in their lives. They live in the kingdom of Hori, and the church and the priests are like a gray sky overhead, as if they can never get rid of it. But now, there is a mage who has come out and killed so many priests casually, which simply subverts their worldview.

Therefore, while Benjamin was torturing those priests, these mages were waiting outside the cave, and you and I barely stopped discussing.

It's just that Elizabeth has been silent on the side, her eyes are empty, and she doesn't know what she is thinking.

"Why is your expression weird?" a mage asked, noticing her.

Elizabeth came to her senses, tapped her finger on her forehead, and replied with some distress, "This mage...... I think I've met him once before. ”

When the others heard this, they froze again.

"Really?"

Elizabeth nodded, "Do you know about the huge water balloon in Haven Lite before? If nothing else, this should be the one he made." Before that, he had also lived for a while as a son of a nobleman in the royal capital. ”

Hearing this, the mages looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a while.

"I'm disappointed, so he's not a foreigner, huh?" only the short mage sighed, scratching his head.

"I ran away from here. Just then, Benjamin came out of the cave. He said this as he walked.

When the mages heard this, they immediately turned their heads in unison.

"Senior, are you done asking?"

Everyone looked at him in awe.

Benjamin shook his head, clapped his hands suddenly, and uttered a short incantation. The water elemental realm unfolded from him, covering all the mages inside. Before the mages could react, several streams of water vapor flew into the pockets of several of them, each holding a few silver coins, and flew out.

"Senior, senior, you are ......"

"Shhhh ”

Benjamin gestured in silence, then waved his hand, and a few silver coins flew in mid-air, which were crushed into powder by the sudden burst of water vapor.

The mages looked dumbfounded. But today, they've seen too many magical methods beyond their imagination. So they weren't so surprised.

Benjamin nodded.

"Alright, now the church can't search for your location. ”

The priests were still very tight-lipped, and they had to be on guard against suicide at any time during interrogation, and it took a lot of effort to finally get such a result.

The silver coins are a special magic item made by the Church that can be traced to the location of the bearer using psychic power. Therefore, there are no moles among these mages, they just received the church's tracker when they were not paying attention, which is why so many priests ambushed them just now.

"I see......"

And when those mages heard this, they realized what was going on.

The church has been watching them in this way!

Elizabeth took a deep breath and suddenly said, "Benjamin Reese?"

Benjamin rubbed his head a little embarrassed when he heard this. However, instead of denying it, he nodded.

"Elizabeth Wood, I didn't expect to meet you here. He said slowly, "Your family says you died of a serious illness, but ...... You're alive and well now, and you're a mage, walking with the last two orphans of the Silent Academy. ”

Suddenly, the two mages, one tall and one short, looked at each other and muttered in a low voice, "What's the situation with this person? How does he know that we are from the Silent Academy......?"

Still, everyone else seems to have gotten used to their muttering.

Elizabeth bowed her head, was silent for a while, and said, "Not the last two orphans of the Silent Academy, but the last three. ”

Benjamin raised an eyebrow when he heard this.

She......'s from the Silent Academy? So what kind of serious illness and death should be just an excuse for the Wood family. Taking a nobleman from the royal capital to learn magic, the Silent Academy was really bold at that time.

After thinking about it, Benjamin asked again, "So...... The Silent Academy is now ......"

Elizabeth nodded and said, "Teacher, elder...... Everyone died in the encirclement. Only the three of us escaped using the tunnels built a hundred years ago. ”

Although there was no fluctuation in her voice, there was a heavy and oppressive taste.

“...... Condolences. ”

When Elizabeth heard this, she shook her head and did not speak.

The atmosphere was a little silent for a while, and when Benjamin saw this, he coughed a few times dryly, and changed the topic: "Then...... Let's get out of here first. This is where the silver was last destroyed, and the church may send someone again. ”

When the other mages heard this, they also nodded busily. So Benjamin took them and continued to fly up the mountain.

"I'll take you abroad first. After you get out, there won't be so many priests chasing you. You can go to Fredon or Carretus, or you can go to the vicinity of the Academy of Magic. In a word...... There should be a lot of things in the outside world that you don't understand, and if you want to live a good life as a mage, you have to learn a lot of new things. ”

"Senpai, that...... Can we tell people that we are mages outside? Won't we be arrested? Will other people look at us in strange eyes?"

"How many countries are there abroad, and which one is more suitable for living?"

"Academy of Magic? What is that......"

As their fears faded, the mages found Benjamin to be more approachable. As a result, their problems poured out like a flood that broke through a dam, and Benjamin couldn't cope with it for a while.

He could only answer these people's questions as briefly as possible, or else prevaricate with words like "You'll know when you go out." But despite this, these mages still asked questions one after another, perhaps their immediate future was too blank, and they didn't stop asking questions for three days and three nights.

Fortunately, after going up the mountain, there were constant attacks by demonic beasts. Benjamin was about to draw his hand to deal with the monster, and finally got a moment of respite.

Eventually, it took a few hours for Benjamin to climb over the mountain that towered so high in front of these mages that Benjamin easily turned over again.

Landing on the ground on the other side of the mountain, each mage's expression was as if he was in a dream.

"I ...... I left the Kingdom of Hori...... I'm free......"

In this short day, their lives have become completely different from before.

Benjamin smiled too.

"This is the map of Ikor, and with this in hand, you can find the nearest town. However, I advise you not to stay in Ikordo, but to go somewhere else if you want to stay. ”

The mages obviously had no idea what names such as Ikor or Freden were, but they took the map anyway and nodded gratefully to Benjamin.

"Thank you, thank you, you saved our lives!"

Benjamin shook his head and said, "That's it, I still have something to do, so I'll go back to the Kingdom of Hori first." Get out of here as soon as possible, lest you be discovered by those near the gate. ”

"We understand. ”

Just as Benjamin turned around and was about to fly back to the mountain, suddenly, Elizabeth, who had been silent, spoke up and stopped Benjamin.

“...... Wait a minute. ”