"Augustine has a strong affinity for the earth element, and the magic he knows includes earth stabbing, fireball, earth wall, and stone armor."
"Wallis has a relatively strong mental power, and the magic he knows includes fireball, waterball, wind blade, ground stab, ice breaking... and a series of entry-level attack magics."
"Hannah, you don't have any special skills. The magic you know include face-washing spell, cooling spell, and heating and baking spell."
"Frank, I can't pronounce spells well because of my heavy southern accent. The only spell I know is the water of life."
“…”
Finally, after listening to the proprietress's introduction to the situation of more than twenty mages, Benjamin understood what she meant by "don't have high expectations."
Benjamin held his forehead and fell into a long silence.
This is called not to have too high expectations? This is called not to have any expectations!
In fact, it can be seen from the appearance of this group of people that their magic level is not high. However, no matter how much Benjamin thought, how could he imagine that their level was so low
Except for a few people, most people know no more than three magics, and all of them are entry-level magics. Being able to release one or two low-level magics, placed here, is already quite outstanding.
No wonder... No wonder this group of people never thought of forcing their way in, because in terms of combat effectiveness, some of them are even worse than ordinary soldiers!
"Actually, there's nothing we can do about it." The landlady's voice also sounded helpless. "We will also exchange spells with each other and teach each other how to cast magic. But we all became magicians by chance. We know very little and don't know what to do. How to teach others.”
Hearing this, Benjamin was silent for a long time before accepting this fact.
He shook his head, showed a smile, and said, "It doesn't matter, there is a way."
The landlady showed a puzzled expression: "What can I do?"
However, Benjamin did not answer the question directly. Instead, he kept it secret and said: "Tomorrow, you will have another meeting tomorrow and gather everyone together. By then, I will have something very important to announce."
In fact, the weaker the strength, from another perspective, the greater the room for progress and the stronger the potential
If they were already very powerful, there would be nothing wrong with Benjamin.
"...Okay." Although the boss lady still looked puzzled, she still nodded.
It was indeed getting late, so Benjamin left the handmade textile shop and returned to the tavern. The backyard of the tavern is connected to Augustine's residence, and he arranged a guest room for Benjamin so that Benjamin could stay temporarily.
Benjamin lay on his bed, but did not fall asleep.
At this moment, he is in the space of consciousness, working with the system to calculate the best training methods for ordinary mages.
He knew very well that the problem with this group of people was not a lack of spells. There are more than twenty people, each of whom has accidentally learned a little spell. After exchanging with each other, it can barely be regarded as an introductory magic encyclopedia. Their problem is that they don't know how to exercise their mental power and elemental affinity, which leads to them not being able to learn the spells even if they know them.
This is probably the biggest disadvantage of becoming a self-taught person halfway through becoming a monk.
I think that at the beginning, Benjamin also found his way of cultivation by peeking at the relevant parts of the Prayer Space and the Seal of Holy Light in "Introduction to Divine Magic".
Thanks to "Introduction to Divine Magic", as a person who has no understanding of the cultivation methods of ordinary mages, Benjamin was able to summarize a set of "meditation" rules suitable for these people.
"Although I didn't look at those parts carefully, you still remember them, right?" He held the "fish egg"-like ball and couldn't help but pinch it. "There seem to be a lot of them in "Introduction to Divine Art" A way to exercise spiritual power and affinity with the Holy Light.”
"...Yes." The system's voice sounded like it was hopeless.
Thanks to the discovery that divine arts and magic have the same essence, he was able to introduce the cultivation methods of divine arts into magic. There is no doubt that after so many years of plunder and development by the church, the methods of practicing divine arts are definitely much more advanced than those possessed by mages.
After systematic retelling and careful selection, Benjamin finally found a meditation rule that was more suitable for this group of people.
-Using the magic elements floating around, absorbing them into the brain in a specific way, and then releasing them, you can exercise your own mental power and affinity with related elements.
Other methods are either not effective enough and there is no need to choose them; or else they require external assistance and the conditions are more stringent, and they cannot do it at the moment.
After summarizing the method, after thinking about it for a while, Benjamin found a small book and wrote down the specific method and relevant key contents in the small book, preparing to teach it to others the next day.
During this process, he had a vague feeling that he was preparing lessons.
Benjamin couldn't laugh or cry.
In this way, it took a total of an hour and a half to complete the preparations for tomorrow's "first class". He meditated for a while, then quickly covered himself with quilt and fell into a deep sleep.
the next day.
He got up early and went to the handmade textile shop. The proprietress also used a small bead-like magic tool to notify other mages hidden in the town.
When he first saw this magic prop, Benjamin couldn't help but think of the church's "Eye of God." The lady boss told him that this was also made by Andre.
When Benjamin heard this, he couldn't help but marveled. This level is almost catching up with the church, right
Soon, they entered the secret passage and came to the underground warehouse again.
Because the landlady had informed us in advance, the atmosphere among the more than 20 people who came here this time was very different from the last time. Each of them brought paper and pen, and the carpenter also prepared many small stools so that everyone could sit and listen.
And when Benjamin came out of the secret passage and saw more than twenty people in the warehouse, sitting in rows, putting papers or notebooks on their knees, holding pens in their hands, looking at him seriously, he couldn't help but be a little confused.
"I heard that today, you are going to teach us how to become stronger, is that true?" As soon as he arrived, a young girl sitting in the front row couldn't control her mood, stood up, and asked with some anticipation.
Although something felt strange, Benjamin nodded and said, "Yes."
Suddenly, more than twenty people stood up and gave a burst of thunderous applause.
“…”
Even in the previous world, Benjamin did not enjoy this kind of treatment - he was more accustomed to being the one with slides, rather than the one who spoke on stage. Therefore, facing the applause of the crowd, he became at a loss and felt flattered.
"Well... no need, everyone just sit down." He cleared his throat, scratched his head, organized his words, and then said, "No need to thank me, I just hope that everyone can work together after becoming stronger. Find a way to break through the Crusad gate and leave this country controlled by the church. Do you think so?"
Hearing this, more than 20 people, including those in their forties, sat on stools and nodded in unison like chickens pecking at rice.
"Teacher Benjamin is right!" A boy in his twenties in the middle row said excitedly, "As long as we all become stronger, there is no need to be afraid of those in the church."
…Benjamin…Teacher
Fortunately, Benjamin was not drinking water, otherwise he might have spit out a mouthful of water at this moment.
He really couldn't get used to this kind of address.
But... I have an inexplicable feeling that it's pretty good
Seeing the scene in front of him, Benjamin felt weird and a little bit unable to help laughing. Therefore, he could only smile and shake his head, and the nervousness of his first "lecture" was greatly diluted.
"Okay, it's not easy to become more powerful than the church." He waited until he died, and then continued, "I have roughly understood everyone's situation. Although you can all use magic, but According to the strict definition, you are just apprentices and cannot be considered true mages."
Everyone listened attentively, and some even started to take notes on paper - although they didn't know what the key points in this passage were.
Perhaps they have been ignorant for too long and have a strong desire for knowledge, but no one can answer the confusion in their hearts. So when Benjamin shows up, they become so thirsty.
Thinking of this, Benjamin also felt a little emotional.
How many mages are still living such a life in the entire kingdom
With this in mind, he opened the "lesson plan" he had prepared last night and continued.
"I know you are all eager to know how to enhance your magical power, but before that, the first thing you need to understand is the nature of magic."
"Magic is not a gift from God, nor is it the power of the devil, nor is it the energy left by Cain in this world. Magic belongs to you, to everyone here. It is when you control magical elements through spells, thereby Special means to achieve a series of effects such as attack, treatment, defense, etc. are by no means the 'demonic power' or 'symbol of corruption' that the church calls. Therefore, there is no need for us to feel uneasy because we are mages. It is just like some People are born with strong strength, just like some people have a loud voice, it is our innate instinct."
"Next, let's learn about the magic elements..."
More than twenty people looked at Benjamin. Their eyes looked a little dull, but there was a faint glint in their eyes.
Perhaps the first magic theory class in the world with "atheism" as its guiding ideology was held in this unknown underground warehouse in a unique way.