A few days later.

"I heard you've started recruiting troops in Crewe?"

A joint military meeting between the Woods and the Nightmares, where the top leaders of both sides come together to discuss a joint deal with the eradication of the church. However, as soon as the meeting began, a general from the Wood family looked Benjamin up and down and spoke unabashedly, with some displeasure in his tone.

Benjamin nodded expressionlessly, "That's right. ”

Although they did not recruit troops on a large scale, the losses of the Black Tare Army were heavy, and it was necessary to properly replenish some fresh blood. Previously, the spread of the Declaration of Free Magic had spawned a new batch of mages in the kingdom. When they heard that the Dark Nightmare were in Crewe, they often gave up on joining the Wood family in favor of them.

- The long-term investment still pays off for them.

But because of this, people within the Wood Army seem to be starting to be a little unhappy.

"The mage who promised to join us a few days ago, and now dozens of them have run to your side, how can you do this?" The general was not only unhappy, but also seemed to be very angry, "We were kind enough to rescue you, and you reciprocated like this?"

The atmosphere became a little tense, and Elizabeth immediately turned her head and spoke to the general: "The Black Nightmare are our allies, I invited them to enter Crewe, of course they are free to recruit troops. General Trey, watch your words. ”

"......"

"This general, the reputation of the Black Nightmare Army is something we have created little by little, and those people have also joined us voluntarily, you can't blame us. Benjamin spoke lukewarmly, and silenced the general.

The general glanced at Elizabeth again, but could only close his mouth and take a few steps back.

Elizabeth nodded, turned back, looked at Benjamin again, and said very politely: "Your Excellency, I hope you will not be upset by this." ”

Benjamin met, waved his hand, and didn't say anything.

"That'...... Let's talk about the latest news. So Elizabeth took out a letter and laid it out on the table, "The church has promoted a number of priests, and several bishops have been promoted out of the ordinary. The rumors in the royal capital area are getting tighter and tighter, and I think everyone should understand what this means. ”

"Is the enemy attacking?" someone asked in dismay.

Elizabeth nodded.

Benjamin wasn't surprised. The power of the church is declining, and the two most powerful rebel forces in the country are coming together at this moment—this situation is already a bit too bad for the church, and he is also anxious.

"If he wants to attack, we will fight. ”

Therefore, he spoke, leaving his own attitude on behalf of the Dark Nightmare Army. Behind him, several of the mages who had joined him in the meeting also smiled confidently and nodded, even looking a little excited.

This confident look surprised many people on the Woods side.

"The Church's Jedi counterattack, you don't take it seriously?" the general couldn't help it again, and stepped forward and said, "In terms of military strength, the Church is still above us, and there are powerful divine weapons, how can you deal with it so frivolously?"

Benjamin shrugged: "Because, they've 'fought back' against us several times, but aren't we still alive now?"

"Still alive? It's all beaten like this, don't drag us down......"

"General Trey!"

Before Benjamin could say anything, Elizabeth stopped the general, and even stretched out her hand with a cold face, pointed to the door of the room, and motioned for him to leave here. The general was stunned, but Benjamin waved his hand on the other side of the table, showing that he didn't care.

"This general probably hasn't been in the Horry Kingdom much and doesn't understand the situation, that's why he has so many opinions. We don't get angry. He shook his head and said, "If you want me to say, the attack of the Kingdom Army is not terrible. You sit on the Crusade gate, there is a way out, if you really stick to the gate, they will absolutely have no choice but to stay outside and consume you for a while, but the current church ...... We can't afford it, so our odds are actually very good. ”

The general said unconvinced: "But if they surround the gate and there is no food and grass to replenish, we will not be able to hold it for long." ”

"yes, so we're going to fight. Benjamin nodded, and continued, "Although the church has many soldiers, when it comes to spellcasters, the mages on both sides of us can even have an advantage. In this case, taking advantage of the advantages of high-end combat power, we can completely divide a team of mages in the war and raid the enemy's artillery battalion, so that they can't fire a single shot. ”

"That'...... The fight can only be counted as fifty fifty. ”

"You'll feel like the odds are the same because you haven't counted me yet. Benjamin raised his chin slightly, and said calmly, "If you give me enough time, I can defeat the Pope and help the whole situation to fall in our favor." ”

“......”

The general didn't speak, frowning and staring at Benjamin with a "this man is crazy" expression.

"You don't believe me?"

Benjamin looked across the table. Except for Elizabeth, it seemed that everyone's eyes were a little skeptical, after all, it was rumored that the Pope and the dean of the Magic Academy had fought several times, but no one seemed to have a winner, as for the detailed situation, only those present knew. Most of the members of the Woods were actually from abroad, and they did not know enough about the situation in the kingdom, so they were inevitably suspicious.

Elizabeth didn't speak, just looked at Benjamin, as if waiting for him to say more.

So Benjamin simply went on to say, "In fact, even with the Dark Nightmare alone, we can hold Crewe." ”

The people on the Woods side were shocked.

“...... Defend Crewe, seriously?"

"What am I lying to you for?"

"What are you guarding with, haven't the rune defense arrays been broken by the church several times?"

"So you know about the Rune Defense Array?" Benjamin shook his head, a look of contempt, "You don't know anything about the Academy of Magic, let alone the Nightmare Army. In addition to this, we also have a lot of hole cards that we can use against the church. ”

The general was silent, still skeptical on his face, but unspoken.

Elizabeth was also very surprised, nodded, and said, "Since you have such confidence...... Why don't we split up?"

"Two soldiers?"

"The church is clearly coming for you, and if you can hold on to Crewe, or even drag them here, we'll have room for more, like attacking Haven Lite. Elizabeth continued, "The Church has been in that place for so long that even if we defeat the Kingdom Army and besiege the royal capital one day, they may even be able to rely on that city to turn into victory. Therefore, it would be better for us to take it when the church is not in the royal capital, and then it may be a great opportunity. ”

This time, it was Benjamin's turn to be surprised.

Go and fight the royal capital?

And this plan ...... Inevitably...... It's so much to his liking!

He touched his chin, and his expression quickly changed from surprise to interest.