Chapter 132: Runes and Sages
In the early morning, the royal capital of Elosia woke up from its slumber.
Benjamin changed into a simple mercenary uniform and walked out of the mansion alone.
The sunlight penetrates the mist, casting golden spots on the rows of houses. The sounds of children playing, vendors shouting, and the clatter of horses' hooves interweave into a vibrant melody.
Looking at the vibrant scene before him, Jieming couldn't help but sigh: "Ah... finally I don't have to sit there stupidly anymore..."
Benjamin has not had a good time these past few days. Under the deliberate guidance of the three leaders of the delegation, almost every day's negotiations ended in a quarrel.
Sometimes, if you're unlucky, it could develop into a group fight.
The group of dwarves looked drunk during the negotiation, but when it came to fighting, they were all very enthusiastic, even more enthusiastic than the orcs.
Even though Benjamin was sitting in the audience, he was affected several times. At first, he didn't take any action to protect his image, but later he couldn't help it anymore and punched everyone who came to him, leaving them with bruises and swollen faces.
Come to think of it, it actually works quite well.
Later, even King Ottorek III couldn't stand it anymore. He felt that if Jemin continued to fight like this, there would be no one in the entire delegation who could represent the country, so he hurriedly stopped his attendance.
This also made Benjamin feel relieved.
So today, Benjamin finally had time to take a good look around the royal city.
Walking on the street, Benjamin couldn't help but think about the three leaders of the foreign envoys.
"How strange! What exactly is the purpose of these three people? To prevent the union of several civilizations? No, no one should be so stupid."
That's right, although it seems that the negotiations are not going well now, everyone, including Jemin, knows that humans will eventually make peace with the orcs, and it is only a matter of time before the various tribes reunite.
As we all know, under normal circumstances, the relationship between countries is actually related to interests, and personal emotions will hardly have any impact on it.
This is also true in other worlds, except that compared to normal interest relations, there is another additional factor that affects the relationship between countries in the Elosia plane: gods.
Strictly speaking, the will of the gods can also be counted as national interests, and it is a very high priority.
With the will of the gods above them, the reunion of these countries is inevitable.
The most important thing is that both the indigenous gods and wizards of the Elosia plane actually hope to form an alliance.
After all, the best way to weaken the origin of a plane is to massacre the creatures born in that plane in large numbers. Only when the natives of the Elosia plane unite and wage war continuously can the wizards achieve their goals more efficiently.
Even the brief retreat of the wizards' previous offensive was to give the natives of the Erosia plane a break and prevent them from getting too nervous and giving up on themselves.
However, no one expected that the nobles of this world were so short-sighted. After only a brief slowdown in the offensive, they began to make small moves behind the scenes, which eventually led to the collapse of the indigenous alliance of the Elosia plane.
Therefore, Benjamin could not understand the thoughts of the three leaders of the delegation. No matter whether they were apostles of the gods or spies disguised as wizards, they should have tried their best to promote this coalition.
"Forget it. No matter what those guys want to do, as long as it doesn't affect my own actions, it's fine."
Shaking his head and stopping thinking about these questions, Benjamin began to take his real action today.
On the surface, he was strolling leisurely, but in reality, his senses were fully open, sensing every pulse of the royal capital.
As a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage, he could clearly sense the worldly aura that permeated this huge city.
The worldly aura here was much larger and more complex than that of the Golden Harbor period, almost reaching a level that made him dazzled.
The joy of the people, the greed of the merchants, the loyalty of the guards, the arrogance of the nobles, the despair of the beggars... all kinds of emotions, like streams, flowed into the talisman in his dantian, making it emit an even brighter light.
He could feel that his speed of absorbing the energy of the mortal world had been improved to an unprecedented level in this city.
"Is this the power of the heartland of civilization?" Benjamin thought to himself.
The worldly energy here was too abundant, so abundant that he felt overwhelmed.
Benjamin's brows suddenly jumped.
I casually turned into a quiet alley where there were few pedestrians and only a few ordinary houses.
At the end of the alley, next to an ancient stone well, a few dead trees entangled with vines look particularly eerie.
Benjamin walked to the side of the well and looked down at the well wall seemingly casually, but in fact his mental power instantly spread out and penetrated deep into the ground.
He noticed something unusual.
Below the well wall, hidden beneath the mottled moss and soil, several subtle energy fluctuations spread out like ripples.
Those were not the sacred runes or mundane magic circles commonly seen on the Eloshia plane. Their structures were unique, and contained a power system that transcended this world.
"Is this... the trace of a rune array?" Benjamin was shocked, but his expression remained calm.
These runes were arranged extremely concealedly, and it would be impossible to detect them if it were not for his superb knowledge of runes and keen perception.
He observed it again calmly, with doubts in his mind.
"It can basically be confirmed that this should be the rune system of the wizard civilization, and it is definitely not something from the Elosia plane."
The energy of these runes is weak and they should just be an inconspicuous node in a large magic circle.
Without disturbing anyone, he quietly left the alley and continued his "stroll".
However, with his previous discovery, he began to deliberately extend his perception to every corner of the royal capital, paying special attention to those seemingly inconspicuous places that had subtle energy changes.
Just as he was thinking, there was a commotion on the street ahead.
"He is the disciple of the sage!"
"Lord Reis! Lord Reis is here!"
Benjamin looked up and saw a group of residents surrounding a thin-faced man wearing a scholar's robe.
At this moment, the other party was smiling and greeting the surrounding residents with a humble and elegant smile on his face.
"Lord Leis, I heard that you gave advice to His Majesty in the palace yesterday. Thank you for your hard work!" A middle-aged woman handed him a basket of fresh fruit with a grateful smile.
Leith took it gently and said softly, "This is my duty as a citizen of the kingdom. You are welcome."
In the crowd, a ragged child accidentally fell, scraped his knee, and was crying loudly.
Seeing this, Reis immediately walked forward and squatted down.
He stretched out his hand, and a faint soft light emanated from his fingertips and gently fell on the child's wound.
The child's wound healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, the pain disappeared, and the child burst into laughter.
"Okay, little guy, be careful next time." Reis gently stroked the child's head. His sincere care made the people around him praise him.
"Lord Leis is so kind!"
"With Lord Sage and Lord Reis here, our kingdom will surely win!"
"Yes, he always gives His Majesty the best advice. With Lord Leith, we have hope!"
Benjamin stood not far away, taking it all in, and silently evaluated in his heart:
"Tsk tsk... This method of winning people's hearts is too old-fashioned. The performances of those shills around here are too stiff. They are unqualified. All of them are unqualified!"
"But... the Sage's Disciple?"
The so-called sage is a rather special existence in the Elosia plane.
The other party is not only powerful, but also extremely intelligent and charismatic.
It is no exaggeration to say that when the wizards invaded, the first Erosia Planar Alliance was brought about by the Sage alone.
The origins of the sage are quite clear, and people have even turned his life into an opera.
All I can say is that he is indeed a very capable Aboriginal, not a wizard spy.
But there is something strange about this wise man.
He recalled the information he had heard about Reis at the banquet: this wise man could always offer "farsighted" advice at critical moments, guiding the king and ministers in making decisions. Some even said that he could predict the future and point the way for the kingdom.
But apart from this, there is almost no other relevant information. We only know that the sage suddenly announced not long ago that he had an apprentice, which caused quite a sensation at the time.
Seeing it with his own eyes, Benjamin was even more confused.
It’s not that his method of winning people’s hearts was crude, as it was very normal for high-ranking officials. What really surprised Benjamin was that he sensed a faint sense of threat from the other party.
"Damn it! Did this world secretly update its version without me knowing? How come just any powerful person I meet can threaten me? Shouldn't I be a genius?"
Seeing that the other party didn't notice him, Benjamin slowly withdrew from the crowd and walked towards the other direction of the market.
Soon, he found similar rune traces again under an abandoned warehouse in another ancient market.
Then it was in the backyard of a remote temple, next to a forgotten drainage channel... These runes were scattered throughout the royal capital, and seemed to have some connection with each other, pointing to a vague center.
Jemin's brain was working rapidly, and he began to outline the rough outlines of these scattered rune points in his mind.
The magic array formed by these runes is huge and interconnected, and its purpose seems to be some kind of large-scale energy conduction or conversion.
Night fell again and Benjamin returned to his mansion.
He walked into the secret room shrouded in illusion and looked at the rough sketch of the underground rune network of the royal capital on the table, his eyes flashing with a deep light.
With his knowledge, Benjamin quickly determined that their arrangement seemed to be guiding or gathering some kind of energy, and their direction was vaguely pointing to the area with the most faith in the royal capital - the church area.
(End of this chapter)
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