A day later, Benjamin set out from the island with a boatload of people and embarked on the return sea journey.

They had requisitioned the boat from another village. There are three villages in this archipelago, and after all the priests and elders have been wiped out, the remaining guards have long since lost their minds, and naturally no one can stop them from collecting ships.

Most of the villagers who chose to follow Benjamin came from the first village.

In total, about 300 people chose to follow, which is quite a high percentage. They may not quite understand what Benjamin's words meant, but, judging by their expressions, something has begun to awaken in these people's hearts.

- Living under theocratic rule, they realized for the first time that the world was ...... Maybe there's another way of life.

As for the other two villages, they did not witness Benjamin's murder of the priest, and the atheistic arguments were not so convincing to them. Those people only know that there is a foreign invasion, but they have never even seen the church, how can they talk about any enlightenment?

Therefore, Benjamin did not intend to bring them with him.

"We can't save everybody, it's their choice. He stood on the deck and looked at the two siblings who had been looking out at the direction of the island.

The girl turned her head: "They stayed there...... What will happen?"

"I'm going to die. Benjamin shrugged his shoulders and said, "There are a lot of demonic beasts on the island that have been raised, and now that the overseas sects have been completely wiped out, those demonic beasts will soon get out of control, and the rest of the people will have no power to resist." ”

"Are we really just going to throw them there and wait to die......

"That's their choice. Benjamin sighed and said, "If they die for their beliefs, they can be considered benevolent, and there is nothing we can do." ”

According to his estimates, the population of the entire Sea Tribe, which is about 1,000 to 2,000, and most of them are at the bottom of society, ignorant, and even if they leave, they may not be able to adapt to life on land. If they don't have the courage to start over, perhaps staying on the island and dying believing lies about the goddess would be a better option for them.

Moreover, at present, these more than 300 people are already Benjamin's limit.

No matter how many people there are, it will be difficult to deal with them after they are taken out. After all, the main purpose of his trip was not to liberate these islanders, but to use the chanting texts of overseas sects.

Most of the materials related to chanting are stored in the altar. Therefore, after dealing with the affairs of the village, Benjamin naturally flew to the altar as fast as he could. At that time, there were still a few priests and guards left behind in the altar, and they didn't even know the situation outside, so they were easily solved by Benjamin.

With that, all the precious books also fell into Benjamin's hands unscathed.

"Don't think about it so much, go back and read the book we got from the altar. Thinking so, Benjamin patted the two siblings on the shoulders and persuaded them.

The two siblings nodded, turned and returned to the cabin.

The classics they harvested were actually very messy, many things were vague, and the overseas sects did not summarize a complete theoretical system. Therefore, only by relying on the two sisters and brothers, who were priestly born chanting spellcasters, could they be slowly sorted out.

However, there is no doubt that these books can be of great help to the two siblings, no matter how messy they are. Give them a little more time, and Benjamin believes that one day, the two will grow stronger than the elders.

At the same time, the college's mental arts education will also be on the right track.

In addition to the books, Benjamin also gained something unexpected from the altar.

"These stone slabs, they should also be written with runes, right?" he asked in his mind as he returned to the cabin and pulled out a few extremely old gray slabs from his bag, touching the characters with his fingers.

"That's right. "What's interesting is that these are very rare runes, and even the way they're arranged together, I feel as if there's some special meaning." ”

Benjamin nodded and asked, "You mean that the slate is not just a rune, but also a connected rune sentence?"

"It's possible. ”

"That'...... Can I try to excite it?"

The system's voice was full of sarcasm and schadenfreude: "You can try it!"

Thanks to it, Benjamin's curiosity was extinguished. He calmed down, looked at the slabs for a while, and finally carefully put them away.

It's better to bring it back to the academy for someone to study, in the past, it was always a good idea to start it as soon as it came up, but it turned out to be a lot of unexpected things, and I almost killed myself a few times. Truth be told, he's lucky to be alive now.

Therefore, after being reminded by the system, he decided to be cautious this time.

In any case, he has already made a lot of money on this trip. Not only did they suppress the arrogance of the Church and destroy the overseas sects with their hands, but they also harvested all the wealth of the overseas sects, plus a soul heart whose purpose is currently unknown, and Benjamin was very satisfied with this.

And, even better, the people sent by the church were wiped out, and there was certainly no news from the Kingdom of Hori. Therefore, Grant does not realize that all of this is actually the credit of Benjamin.

They may even be misled into making more bad decisions.

And right now.

Haven Lite, St. Peter's Basilica.

"Your Majesty, the cross of all people has been broken, and the campaign against overseas cults has failed. Suddenly, a priest hurried into the hall and bowed his head to report.

Hearing this, Grant did not look back, still looking at the mural on the ceiling without moving.

“...... I need to explain. ”

The priest took a deep breath to ease the tension in his heart a little, and replied in a low voice, "We didn't receive any information before the team was destroyed, and we had to send someone to investigate the situation to find out what was going on. ”

"So...... What about the king?"

"It's still like that, sometimes good and sometimes bad. The magic planted by those people is very difficult to crack, and the number of protesting nobles is becoming more and more, Your Majesty, we may have to prepare some backup plans. ”

Grant turned: "For example?"

The priest was stared straight at by him, and the pressure suddenly came up again, and he couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva before he said slowly: "That...... We can use stand-ins. ”

Grant let out a sneer.

The priest was even more nervous: "His Majesty the Pope ......"

"Do you think the stand-in has been able to deceive the eyes of those people?" Grant's tone sounded cold, "within the city walls, every nobleman who entered the church had to bow respectfully to us, and say flattery that would not be enough to hear. But can't you see that they have scolded us a thousand times in their hearts, so how can they easily let go of this opportunity?"

The priest hurriedly lowered his head: "The majesty of God is supreme, how dare those nobles offend." ”

Grant snorted, and glanced at the priest a few more times, revealing a blank look.

"Go back, continue to send troops overseas, a group of followers of the Banshees of the Deep, I don't believe they can make any waves. He said impatiently, "As for the stand-in...... You also begin to prepare. ”

The priest nodded as if he had been pardoned, and then turned to leave the hall.

“...... Wait a minute. ”

Grant suddenly stopped him again.

"Your Majesty, what else do you command?" asked the priest, turning back and asking with sincere trepidation.

"Don't tell anyone about the failure of the overseas sects. Grant suddenly became frighteningly serious, and whispered, "Especially Bishop Connor and Bishop Engel, tell them that everything is going well at the moment, and don't let them know a word of our conversation today." ”

When the priest heard this, the chick nodded like a peck of rice.

"Of course!"

Seeing this, Grant waved his hand and sent the priest out of the gate. The door closed slightly, and the hall fell silent again, leaving Grant alone.

He turned and looked back at the ceiling.

It is a rather typical religious painting, where serious lines and rigid colors intersect to form two opposing but very similar faces. The two men face each other in an eerie valley, one surrounded by white light, and the other with red eyes and horns on his head, like a living demon.

- The decisive battle between Cain and Abel can be said to be the most classic religious art theme in this world.

Grant looked at the painting and suddenly narrowed his eyes, revealing some displeasure.

"No one can control my fate. ”

He spoke suddenly, as if talking to himself, as if he were talking to someone. Voices echoed through the empty hall, and the atmosphere was eerie.