Chapter 639: Reversal at the Banquet
After hearing this, Benjamin looked strange.
He didn't understand what was going on. It was surprising that there were other people at the banquet, but ...... What is the purpose of mixing a group of ordinary people to come in?
"Is it a bunch of mercenaries who have come in?" asked Benjamin again.
The system said, "Some of them are mercenaries, but some of them are ...... It is the most ordinary ordinary person, who does not have the strong mental power of a mage, nor does he have a strong physique that has undergone professional training, and he really does not look threatening. ”
Benjamin felt even more wrong.
"How many such false mages are there?"
"About a hundred, it's not too much in the entire mage ratio. The other mages looked quite normal in the past, and they were all members of the Mage Guild. ”
Out of a total of a few thousand, a hundred or so is really nothing. But if it's an ordinary spy who gets in, a hundred spies is too much.
At first, Benjamin wondered if the church would want to take advantage of the birthday party, and he just happened to run into him. However, sending mercenaries and ordinary people into the field is not the way of ordinary churches.
So in the end, he could only whisper these things to the president.
"Ordinary people......" The face of the chairman was not very good-looking at the time, "It's not so easy to get in, and it has reached this kind of number, only some officials with very high status can do it." ”
"They're not going to affect our plans, are they?" is Benjamin's most relevant question at the moment.
The president shook his head and said, "I'll go check it out first." ”
With that, he walked towards the nearest few ordinary mages disguised as them.
Benjamin could only quietly watch the situation unfold.
"The two of them look a little familiar, are they new mages who have recently joined the Order? The president walked over and nodded and shook hands with the men, and asked.
However, those people seemed to recognize the president, and they all nodded in greeting, and they didn't look very flustered.
"Hello grown. We've only joined the Mage's Guild this month, and we've been hearing that you're so busy that we haven't had time to meet with you, which is a bit rude. ”
Hearing this, the president nodded, and said, "Since that's the case, what about ...... I don't know how many mages are proficient in those magics? ”
At this moment, the other party's face finally showed a difficult color.
“...... The level of the president can be compared to us little mages? ”
"How can you think like this?" the president immediately took advantage of the victory to pursue, "The mage is to keep improving in the exchange, and as the president, I naturally take on the responsibility of promoting the juniors." ”
"Actually, you don't have to bother growing up so much......"
"It's okay, you don't have to be shy, just say how you feel when you meditate, maybe I can give you some pointers. ”
"This ......"
Just as the scene began to stiffen and people around began to notice this side, suddenly, a figure walked in through the door and intervened in the conversation between the guild leader and the imposter mages.
"Lord, I haven't seen you for a long time, I don't know how you have been lately, what have you been busy with?"
It was a man on crutches, dressed in a formal suit, with a smile on his face, and he was about to shake the president's hand. The president's demeanor changed, but he still stretched out his hand and didn't shake his face.
"Prime Minister, it's been a long time. ”
The man smiled and said, "The elder doesn't have to be so polite, just call me Ethan." The scene of us building Ikor together is still vivid, why do you bother to be so angry. ”
When the president heard this, he laughed dryly, didn't say anything, and continued to look at the imposter mages on the side.
"Prime Minister, do you know these new mages?"
The man shook his head and said, "I don't know, what's wrong?"
The president nodded, with a subtle look on his face: "Because...... These people are not mages at all, but spies who have infiltrated our banquet!"
The voice of his words is not small, besides, there are many people who are paying attention to the movements here, and as soon as this remark came out, it caused an uproar.
The faces of the impostors changed, and in the surrounding crowd, other guys disguised as mages also exchanged glances with each other, revealing different expressions.
But always...... They still didn't seem panicked.
Benjamin noticed all of this and felt a little strange. The president's quick revelation of these people's identities is tantamount to throwing them into a mortal situation, why do they seem to be calm instead?
It's just a hundred or so ordinary people, surrounded by thousands of mages, how can they be calm?
"What the hell is going on, Elder?" asked a mage who walked over and asked in disbelief.
"What's going on? I'd like to ask somebody else. The chairman's face was gloomy, and he looked at the prime minister who had just walked in, and said, "The inspection of the palace is very strict, how can anyone who is not a teacher get in?
The man smiled slightly, and said a sentence that made many people frown:
"To the surprise of the elders, these people will dress up as mages to attend the banquet, which is actually the request of Her Majesty. ”
The president's expression suddenly became a little strange: "...... Her Majesty's request?"
"Yes, we have been ordered by Her Majesty the Queen to pretend to be mages at the banquet, and we ask the Elder for your pardon. The imposters on the side also walked over and said calmly, as if they had found a backer.
Watching from afar, Benjamin also felt even more wrong.
The development of events was far from what they expected. What purpose could the queen have for sending a bunch of ordinary people to the mage's banquet? Is it an April Fool's game? Or is it some kind of after-show?
Although there was no basis for it, his intuition told him that this was probably not a simple surprise show.
"Why did Your Majesty do this?" the President asked, staring at the Prime Minister in a voice that was becoming less friendly.
The Prime Minister smiled and replied, "Lord, relax." Your Majesty will naturally have her thoughts when she does this, and you will understand after a while. ”
"You ......"
The surrounding mages looked at each other, and many of them were confused. Your Majesty, what's the matter? What's the matter, Lord, what's going on? Isn't it just a birthday party? What's the secret?
The scene is a little stiff, isn't Her Majesty going to come out and explain?
In the corner, Benjamin touched his chin and pondered, when a thought suddenly crossed his mind.
They...... It seems that something is missing.
The president had told him that there seemed to be more people absent from the banquet this year, but it wasn't an anomaly, so they didn't think about it. But...... If you add these 100 imposter mages, then the number of absentees is probably a bit higher than normal.
More than a hundred impostors, maybe not here to do things, but ...... In order to make up for the number, so as not to let others see that there are many mages who are absent this year.
So...... Where did the hundreds of mages who were absent go?
Benjamin suddenly had a bad premonition, and at this moment, a faint wave of magic power came from the sound transmission wood chip in his pocket, pulling him back from his contemplation.
He hurriedly hid in a corner and opened the sound transmission wood.
"Mr. Benjamin, a group of mysterious mages and soldiers suddenly appeared around us, surrounding the whole of Akademi!" it was Frank's voice, faintly coming from the woodchips, but the panic in his tone could be heard.