The two of them deliberately waited a little longer to avoid the rush hour out of the city. By www.biquge.info time they actually walked out on the streets, there were many fewer people near the city gate than before.

It's still full of people, but at least, Benjamin pushes Michelle, who is lying in the car, and he won't be so squeezed that he can't walk.

Soon, they came to the gates of the city.

The north gate of Haven is still quite well built. The white city wall has only experienced the baptism of "flood" some time ago, but now it seems that it is still magnificent. Under the vast and tall city gates, there is an endless stream of pedestrians rushing out.

At the gate of the city, there were several paladins standing, their sharp eyes scanning back and forth in the crowd.

Benjamin wasn't surprised.

It's normal for the church to send someone to check. Seriously, if there weren't half of the church at the gates, Benjamin would have thought it strange.

He just took a deep breath, pushed the dilapidated cart, and walked past the city gates.

The paladin guarding the door turned his head and cast a puzzled look at him. Benjamin, on the other hand, looked as usual, like a miserable common man, and continued to walk out in disgrace.

He knew very well that it was not very common for an albinist to push an ugly girl with the "plague" out of the city. However, he is quite confident in Michelle's disguise skills, and although they are eye-catching at the moment, they are the kind of eye-catching that can prove their innocence.

When others pay attention to them, they will only be amazed by their weirdness, but it is impossible to associate them with the mage who created the giant water balloon and the "plague" of the whole city.

"Poor ......"

Sure enough, after a few casual glances, several paladins quickly showed disgust and sympathy and looked away.

In this way, Benjamin left the royal capital without any problems.

Outside the north gate is a plain, and the avenue paved with cyan stone slabs stretches into the distance. The trees outside the city are also dense, and the world has not yet been industrialized, so the degree of greenery is not low.

Out of the gate, Benjamin did not rush to get out, but pushed Michelle on the cart and continued down the main road with the crowd.

The stone avenue outside the royal capital became more and more broken, and the people around them became fewer and fewer, so the two also found an opportunity to sneak out of the fleeing crowd. About half an hour later, Benjamin followed the route Michelle had told him before, and gradually walked out of the main road, a place that resembled a wilderness.

"We ...... Is this a success?"

Looking around, there was no one, so he couldn't help but stop and say so.

"I don't know. Hearing this, Michelle also finished the patient's scene, opened his eyes, and sat up from the small cart, "After leaving the church, I know very little about their movements. The church won't let you go so easily, but I can't guess what they're going to do. ”

Hearing this, Benjamin could only wipe the sweat from the cart and sighed.

Although I am out of the royal capital, it is not time to let my guard down!

Seeing this, Michelle stood up, got out of the cart, and said, "Okay, now that there is no one around, there is no need to put it on." Let's get to the other side of Pearl Lake as soon as possible, we don't have time to grind around here, and if we go faster, we will have a better chance of avoiding the church. ”

Benjamin nodded in agreement.

Indeed, although they have left the royal capital, this does not mean that they are safe. As long as he is still in the kingdom, the power of the church should not be underestimated, not to mention that his mental power is now damaged, and he can't even use magic.

They are now on flat ground, no more than the royal capital, where they can hide and detour.

Let's keep going.

Therefore, they threw the cart aside and burned it with fire. Then they disposed of all the traces, and then they took a step towards the north, and hurried over without stopping.

Meanwhile.

The royal capital, which has opened the city gate, looks a little deserted. With civilians fleeing, the flow of people on the streets is at least half less than usual.

And in the inner city of the royal capital.

Deep in St. Peter's Basilica, in a quiet room, the Pope, who was kneeling on the ground with his hands folded, suddenly opened his eyes.

He turned, walked out of the ashram, looked at the bishop who was waiting outside the door, and spoke:

"I sensed that the source of the curse's spiritual power had left the royal capital half an hour ago, and the time was between 10:18 and 10:21. The sensing is vague, and it is impossible to confirm the position and direction. ”

Hearing this, the bishop nodded. He didn't say anything, but opened a booklet in his hand and kept flipping through it, as if looking for something.

It was about half a minute before he closed the book and looked up.

"The paladin just reported the data from half an hour ago. According to statistics, within three minutes of His Majesty's senses, a total of two hundred and fifty-one people left the city. There are seventy-three people at the east gate, forty-five at the south gate, sixty-eight at the west gate, and sixty-five at the north gate. Although it is impossible to remember the details of their appearance, each of them is identified with a trait so that they will not be mistaken. At this point, he paused, and then immediately continued, "I will immediately send people along the avenue to arrest all these two hundred and fifty-one people."

Hearing this, the Pope also showed a satisfied look.

"Count the number of people, and no one in every direction can be missed. He put his hands behind his back, squinted his eyes, and a faint murderous intent permeated from it, "Which direction is missing people in the direction of the city gate, and that kid escaped from which direction." ”

The bishop nodded again, put away the booklet in his hand, turned around, and hurried away.

The Pope turned around and returned to the ashram.

After giving instructions on the hunt, in silence, he lowered his head and looked at the corpses on the floor of the silent chamber.

The knight, who had been stricken with the "plague" and had been lying on the bed in the lounge the day before, had now been dismantled in eight pieces and piled on the brick-red floor of the ashram, and his blood had been drained.

"Valiant knight, the curse you have planted on you has helped us track down the source of evil. The Pope folded his hands and seemed to pray for the knights, "Your glory will be remembered forever, may God bless you." ”

With that, he threw out a cloud of golden flames, burning the knight's scattered limbs clean. Then he turned and left the room, never to return.

Soon, knowing some of the inside story, the nobles who remained in the royal capital found that teams of paladins appeared on the streets of the royal capital. They rushed to the four gates and, very strangely, began their march in four directions.

The nobles were extremely puzzled, and for a while, all kinds of rumors spread everywhere. There are those who say that the church regrets it, and there are those who say that a large number of mages are besieging the city...... You must know that they have always been the most sensitive in the royal capital, so they naturally dare not ignore this.

But it wasn't long before they saw the paladins coming back one after another—they were scattered, grabbing some civilian-like people and bringing them back to the church.

At this moment, the nobles are even more blindfolded. Some people have heard that the people who have been captured are the ones who have just left the city today. However, knowing this does not solve the doubts in the hearts of the nobles, it only makes them more confused.

What exactly does the church want to do?

The aristocrats were puzzled. However, it didn't take long for their reactions to change from bewilderment to shock.

Because, they inquired, the pope and the bishop, plus two teams of cleaners, somehow appeared together under the north gate of the royal capital, and they were all ready to go.