in suddenly grabbed the guard's arm and exclaimed, "That’s it! Brothers, could you help me? Ask your mage friends to get me some ice or his Majesty would be very angry."

The guard looked awkward and quickly freed himself from Benjamin’s grip, "We have to guard the palace. We have no time to help you... you better go to the city to look for it yourself."

Benjamin wore a sorry expression as he slumped his shoulders.

"Ok then…"

Then, he reluctantly left the palace.

During the night in the City of Snow, there weren’t many people on the streets. Even though there was a big commotion in the palace, the people in the city still went on with their lives as though nothing had happened. It was like two different worlds.

Benjamin walked down a remote street, changed his clothes, fixed his disguise and quickly went to the city gate.

The gate had already been closed in accordance with the king’s last command before his death. There were also a lot more guards around the area. They all had a cautious expression on their face as they patrolled back and forth. Occasionally they would look at the sky, to make sure that no one was flying about.

Benjamin also saw a few mages among them and frowned slightly.

Time was of the essence; once people realize that the king had died, Ferelden would fall into turmoil. What he needed to do now was rush back to the city of Rayleigh and plan his next move with his loyal group of mages.

The illusion made by the mirror should have disappeared by now due to the distance. Aldrich would realize that something was wrong and the people in the palace would be going crazy looking for him.

He could not stay any longer.

Therefore, Benjamin did not hesitate. He summoned water vapors to surround his body, then jumped into the sky, using the cover of the night to his advantage as he flew higher.

"Wait... look! What is that?" as he flew over the gate, the men who were on duty spotted him.

Benjamin ignored them and continued on.

Before long, the mages along with some guards were chasing after Benjamin. But Benjamin ignored them. He was more afraid that Aldrich might find him.

"Lord! Please wait!" He heard the mages shout behind him.

However, Benjamin accelerated, and soon out-flew the few mages behind him.

After chasing for a while, that few mages realized that they would not be able to catch him. Therefore, they stopped chasing and started discussing with each other, "This is bad. We have to go back and tell Lord Aldrich."

Benjamin heard this from afar and thought of turning around and killing them.

However, he soon gave up on that idea. Not only had the mages saw him, but the soldiers around the palace saw him too. He couldn’t kill all of them, and so, he decided to use the time to get further away.

Aldrich might have guessed that his destination was Rayleigh, but he would not figure out which route Benjamin took.

Moreover, he still had the mirror.

Realizing this, he suddenly took out the mirror and summoned an illusion of himself. He switched positions with the illusion, then flew off in another direction. The mages behind him were absolutely confused and could not tell which was the real one.

Now, it would be absolutely impossible for Aldrich to find him.

Benjamin was relieved.

Soon, the mages chasing after him gave up, and he flew far away from from the City of Snow. Without any more obstacles, he headed straight for Rayleigh.