Chapter 138: The Village by Perseus Lake
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
"Am I going the right way?"
Benjamin stopped walking once he reached a bustling little town and asked the System.
He learnt that the Church was not searching for him from the information he heard from Howl. That was why he stayed a couple of days within the valley, helping Nina and the rest to look after the potato field before taking off.
Time was precious, it was best not to waste it by loitering.
Of course, his damaged Spiritual Energy has not recovered enough for him to rush to take the road, since it was easy to encounter danger. He took precaution by asking Howl of the nearest area to purchase a gun prior to leaving.
He would not be able to use his magic temporarily but at least he would be able to defend himself with firearms.
Howl’s reply left him with a pleasant surprise. He told Benjamin that there was a hidden cave beneath Mount North. The leader of Mount North band of thieves fancied gun power and kept a lot of ammo and ammunition within the cave. After the Church annihilated the thieves, these items were left in the cave.
As for Howl, he does not know how to fire a gun and posed no interest in them. Therefore, he told the exact location to Benjamin.
The location of the cave was not far from Mount North and it only took him half a day to scour the cave. He discovered the aforementioned guns and bullets.
There were not many, but it was enough.
Benjamin was thankful to be re-equipped with bat ability. After he obtained the guns, he went to woods at the other edge of the valley and activated the shooting interface. He managed to hunt a few deer and even a bear, to which he gifted to the three as his appreciation.
The trio were happy to receive the gift but were quickly dejected once they found out about Benjamin’s decision to leave.
During his departure, they even came to the entrance of the valley to send Benjamin off.
"Are you really leaving?" Sandy was getting familiar with Benjamin after days of acquaintance. She sulked, "Your shooting skills are awesome. If you were to stay, nobody will ever go hungry."
Benjamin let out a laugh and kneeled down, "But I still have matters more important than feeding to attend to."
Sandy nodded although she did not fully prehend.
She did not speak any longer but instead hid behind Nina, secretly wiping away her tears.
"Please don’t be sad, you’ll never know... Maybe we will meet again in the future." Benjamin felt helpless and could only think of ways to fort her.
Nina patted Sandy’s head and turned around to eyeball Benjamin.
"What are you dilly dallying about? Just go if you want to go. The wind here is very strong, what if we all get sick because of this? You’re so much older than us and yet you are not sensible enough?
"…"
And so, Benjamin was chased out of the valley.
He took a deep breath, picked himself up and headed towards the Perseus Lake.
Michelle had already told him in detail about the underground pathway from Perseus Lake to the Valley of Broken Armies. He had let the System to record this. He could use this passageway to quickly reach the borders of the Kingdom of Helius and go abroad.
What was there outside the borders, Benjamin was unsure of. What he did know was that the magic within the Kingdom was desolate.
It did not matter whether or not the Church would give up on pursuing Benjamin. The Church would always be the Church while a Mage would always be a Mage. If he were to stay within the Kingdom, the most he could bee was like those Mages in the Silent Academy, living in darkness. Unless he possessed power great enough to overturn the Church, there was no meaning for him to stay there.
Now if it were abroad, things would be different.
At the very least, out of the Kingdom of Helius, magic was not banned. The Church’s influence may be great, but it would be hard to expand to the world outside of the kingdom. As long as Benjamin presented himself as a Mage, he would obtain respect.
To be honest, if one would like to defy the Church, only by going out of the Kingdom one would be able to achieve that. It would be as in his previous world, where the tag line to "expel the Northern barbarians and revive the Chinese" started in Honolulu, Hawaii.
He also remembered prior to Michelle’s "death
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