When A Mage Revolts is a Webnovel created by Yin Si.
This lightnovel is currently ongoing.
“Who are you, where are you from?”
“Hmm….no problem, not a mage. You may pa.s.s, next.”
“What’s in the bag? Take it out and let me have a look.”
“….”
The Crusader Gateway was not far from the town of Crewe, it should be said that the two are joined. If you walk east along the road from Crewe, you can see a gate that is about seventy meters tall, standing majestically like a tree above everyone’s heads.
This was Benjamin’s first time seeing such a majestic structure.
In his previous life, the concrete buildings were tall, but maybe because they were overly sophisticated, it did not feel special at all to be there. But a gate like this Crusader Gateway, even though the architecture was simple and was only about seven to eight floors tall, it looked like an endless white wall in the shape of a mountain. It gave off an ancient and opulent feel. Even if he just stood at the side to view it, it felt like he would never be able to pa.s.s through it.
The gate was a thousand meters wide, and few hundred meters thick. It was placed at the entrance to the Valley of Broken Armies. The exchange point for the kingdom and Icor was in the middle of a mountainous area, and could only be accessed from this valley. Thus, the Valley of Broken Armies had strategic value.
Before he came here, Benjamin had thought of how he could pa.s.s the customs check. Even though the kingdom was not closed to the outside world, they were strict at the customs.
Thus he even properly disguised himself to make sure no one would recognize him as the wanted “Grant”.
But after arriving here, he noticed that a simple disguise was not enough to get past the custom officers.
After some observation, he noticed that all of the soldiers held a strange cross in their hands. Every person who wanted to pa.s.s by would have the cross placed on their forehead, after a while, they would say “no problem, not a mage” as usual, and let the people pa.s.s through, continuing their check with the next person.
Benjamin frowned deeply.
Without question, those crosses were the work of the Church. From the actions and words of the troops, these crosses were to determine whether one was a mage.
How troublesome…
He hid aside while observing in the dark. The troops were professional, they did not leave out any part of the procedure. Every person who wanted to pa.s.s through would be checked about three to five minutes before being allowed to pa.s.s.
Just by letting them check for three to five minutes, there was a chance Benjamin would be recognized, even more so with the cross. If his ident.i.ty as a mage was exposed, it would be game over.
He wanted to pa.s.s through, but it was impossible right now.
What should he do?
At first, Benjamin wanted to force his way through. His magical energy has regenerated by a lot. Those troops looked vulnerable and did not wear blessed armor. A few Pillars of Steam would be enough to blow all of them away.
But he was not sure how many more of them were inside of the gate.
To be honest, as the checkpoint of the kingdom, if the Crusader Gateway were to let people pa.s.s by simply, the country would be done for.
Thus he had to slowly get closer to use his water particle sensing technique to observe the situation, and only then proceed to make a decision.
After looking around, Benjamin pretended to be a citizen who was strolling around leisurely, and walked into the tailor shop that was closest to the gate. He told the female boss that he was just taking a look around, and pretended to pick something, but in reality, he was using the water particle sensing technique to scout and feel the inner area of the Crusader Gateway.
After just circling over the wall with the particles, he found a priest sitting in a room, reading.
Benjamin furrowed his eyebrows.
Based on the holy elemental energy and the sharp mental energy surrounding the priest, it was without question that he was from the Church. What was most important was that even though his sense was not that clear, he could feel that this priest was formidable and hard to deal with.
It looked like he could not just force his way through. Unless he could eliminate his opponent right away, he would be put in a bad position, and fighting the priest alone equals death.
Looked like he had to find another way.
Right when he continued to feel around with the water particles, suddenly, the priest sitting in the room seemed to have discovered something. He closed his book, turned around, and looked towards Benjamin’s direction.
That feeling was as if he saw Benjamin through the dimensions.
d.a.m.n…
Benjamin was shocked, and quickly withdrew his magic.
Has he been discovered?
You have to know, ever since he started using this technique, he has never been discovered. Mages, priests… all of them he had secretly observed, but none of them had realized.
This priest sitting inside the Crusader Gateway was abnormal.
Benjamin regained his senses and wiped away the cold sweat. He acted like nothing happened and quickly left the tailor shop and walked into a smithy.
He did not know whether the priest has discovered his existence or whether he just felt that something was not right. No matter what it was, he felt like he had to change a place of operation.
After a while, he noticed there was nothing happening at the gate.
Did the priest not discover him?
After some thought, he used the same act he did like before, and pretended to be browsing goods, while secretly using the water particle sensing technique again.
When the priest felt something was not right, it was only after Benjamin observed him for a short while. Hypothetically, if he were to just observe for a while then retract the magic, the opponent would not notice at all.
This priest’s mental energy sensing was probably not that honed.
Luckily, the second time he went over to take a look, the priest did not act strangely. Maybe after being surprised by Benjamin, he did not continue to read and stood up to pour a gla.s.s of water.
Seeing this, Benjamin felt less anxious and retracted the sensing technique.
The priest did not notice him.
Sensing and observing things from afar through water elemental energy was already a covert technique, to be found out by another was almost unbelievable. This priest probably had some sort of sixth sense, so he was able to notice him.
But……this did not help him with his current situation.
He had to think of a way to pa.s.s through the gate.
“Hey, customer, what are you trying to do?” Suddenly, a hoa.r.s.e voice came from the blacksmith.
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