Hearing this, Benjamin frowned.
"Adventure Mage? What is that?"
The old man replied: "It is a mage with fighting ability."
After hearing this, Benjamin's doubts decreased instead of increasing. How far have foreign mages developed, and why have they made so many strange distinctions
A mage with combat capabilities? As long as you are a mage, shouldn't you have certain combat capabilities
Seeing this, the old man seemed to realize that Benjamin didn't know anything about this. Therefore, he curled his lips and explained: "A mage, as long as he knows the fireball technique, he seems to be a little more powerful than the average person, so this distinction is indeed true. It's quite strange. But you must have seen that even if you have learned a lot of magic, when you get into a fight, your hands will shake like a sieve and you can't aim accurately. In terms of combat effectiveness, it may not be as good as holding one in your hand. A woodcutter with an axe. This kind of mage has no combat effectiveness, so we came up with things like adventure mage and potion mage.”
After hearing this paragraph, for some reason, the two useless mages from Silence Academy suddenly appeared in Benjamin's mind.
It seems... that's indeed the case.
If you think about it carefully, not every mage has truly mastered the skill of "combat", which requires talent. As for why this concept has not appeared in the kingdom, it is probably because mages with poor combat talents have long been killed by the church.
Because, after hesitating for a while, Benjamin nodded and said, "That's right."
"It's not easy... to escape from the Holy Shit Kingdom. Your level should be pretty good, otherwise you wouldn't be able to survive the church's mad dog hunt." The old man scratched his head and continued, "Didn't you say you wanted to Some magic-related books? You do one thing for me, and when you’re done, I’ll give you the book.”
Hearing this, Benjamin thought for a while. Out of caution, he did not agree directly, but asked: "What books do you have here?"
If the book the old man exchanged for him was not what he needed at all, it would be a lie.
"Don't worry, I understand what a guy like you needs most at the moment." The old man turned around, pulled out two thick books from under the bed, and waved them in front of Benjamin's eyes, "A book called "Magic Potion" "Introduction", an "Introduction to Magic", is enough for you to integrate into the magic circle without looking like a country bumpkin."
Before Benjamin could see the covers of the two books clearly, the books were taken away by the old man and put back under the bed again.
Judging from the name, it was indeed something he needed to know at the moment, but for some reason, he suddenly felt like he was being blackmailed.
"You can't just buy these books anywhere else, right?" So he asked.
Hearing this, the old man let out a cold snort.
"You can buy it easily? Do you think this is ale mixed with water?" He said with disdain, "I bet that in addition to the ones hidden in the hands of the Mages Guild, the entire Icol, these two books , no more than three sets have escaped.”
Benjamin took on a bargaining stance, shrugged, and said, "Then I can just go to the Mages Guild. Why do I have to make a deal with you?"
"The Mages Guild will not lend books to any non-guild members." At this point, the old man suddenly showed a sneer, "I would also like to suggest you here, don't join the Mages Guild, you will regret it."
… oh
At that moment, Benjamin seemed to smell some conspiracy.
He had felt the old man's dislike for the Mages Guild from the very beginning. At first, he thought this was just a sign of the old man being withdrawn and unsociable, but now it seems that there is another hidden reason behind this matter.
The mysterious young man from before also mentioned the Mages Guild and told a bunch of internal secrets that were not known to be true or false...
"Well, I can help you, but you need to pay a deposit first." Thinking of this, he immediately made a decision, "The so-called deposit is all the information you know about the Mages Guild."
"No problem." The old man immediately agreed, "As long as you can really get what I want, I can say bad things about the Mages Guild all day and all night."
Seeing the old man's unusually cheerful attitude, Benjamin suddenly became a little worried. How difficult would it be to do this favor
However, he has already agreed, and he will definitely not regret it.
In this way, more than half an hour later, Benjamin left the store.
He returned to the room he booked in the hotel, first summed up the gains he had made in "Moore's Magic Shop", and then began to plan his next actions.
First, there is information about the Mages Guild. The old man told him that the Mages Guild actually has a long history, even older than the church. Before the first pope understood the "divine will" and established the church, there was a prototype of an organization in which mages exchanged items with each other. However, at that time, the entire organization was still very loose, and there was no cohesion or influence. It was basically the mages themselves in the empire. Play with yourself.
Soon, the church emerged, which was very able to win over the people in the war-torn era. In addition, they were keen on communicating with the secular world and won the support of most noble marquises. Therefore, they started to suppress the mages. The mages in the kingdom were not united enough and were suppressed, while the mages in the empire gathered together to form the original Mages Guild.
The original Mages Guild was actually a fairly free organization. Mages join in, and there won't be any mandatory tasks unless it's a church-related event. The purpose of the entire guild is only to fight against the church, and members enjoy absolute freedom.
Over time, however, the nature of the guilds changed. The appointment of the president has changed from an election system in which every mage has the right to a recommendation system in which the previous president recommends the successor president. The structure of the entire Mage Guild is becoming more and more strict. Members who join can obtain the benefits provided by the guild, but they also need to serve the guild.
When he first learned about this place, Benjamin didn't think it was anything. With rights come obligations. Although the Mage Guild is different from the original purpose of its establishment, and some corruption may have arisen in its positions, these are inevitable results. They are not living in a fairy tale.
However, later, the split of the empire changed everything.
With the support of a large number of troops and mages, the princess of the empire, now the queen of Ikol, established herself as king in the west of the empire, drawing a clear line with her two brothers. Subsequently, the Mages Guild also split. At that time, the president followed the queen and broke with the remaining mages. He brought most of the resources and books of the Mages Guild to Icol, and subsequently established a new Mages Guild.
As for those mages who did not want to follow the queen, they stayed in the other two countries because the relationship between the countries was relatively tense. The old man stayed in such a remote place and had no way of knowing what would happen later.
Let’s just talk about the Mages’ Guild in Icol. Its headquarters is located in the capital Regina, and it also has branches in several larger cities in the country. Their management is very strict, and once you join, you will never be able to leave. They will provide resources to members, but the corresponding obligations will also increase a lot. What's even more troublesome is that they have been intentionally or unintentionally compressing the living space of wild mages, frantically collecting folk magic books, establishing cooperative ties with domestic mercenaries, and taking away all tasks that require mages, which is a bit like monopolizing magic. .
Therefore, the living conditions of mages like the old man who do not join a guild are quite worrying. The old man settled here before the empire was divided, and he was also very accomplished in potions, so he could open a shop and make a living. But correspondingly, his impression of the Mages Guild also became very bad.
In this way, after understanding the general situation of the Mages Guild, Benjamin suddenly had a worse impression of the country Icol.
The arbitrary Queen is followed by an arbitrary Mage Guild. The more than 20 mages among them want to settle in Ikol, so they just ignore the easy mode and insist on challenging the most difficult one.
Let's go to Freden.
Although I don’t know what the situation is like over there, no matter what, it should be better than this. The situation here was deliberately formed under the guidance of the queen and the president, but there is only one president. In other countries, without the monopoly of organizations, the living conditions of mages will definitely be better.
Thinking of this, Benjamin also made a decision in his heart.
Even if everyone else fell in love with Ikol and wanted to stay in the country, he was still determined to drag them out.
While thinking this, Benjamin stood in the room, found a lighter bag, packed some dry food and water, and began to prepare for the next action.
The old man told Benjamin the general information, and Benjamin now had to fulfill his promise to the old man for those two books.