"Teacher Benjamin, is someone chasing us and we have to run away again?"
Everyone was crowded into a small hotel room. More than twenty mages looked at Benjamin with different expressions. Flanders scratched his head and said with some doubts.
Benjamin then shook his head, smiled, and comforted the mages who looked a little uneasy.
"You are worried too much. No one is chasing us. I called everyone together because I got an introductory book on potions and wanted to see if everyone is interested in studying this aspect."
Potions science has developed to such an extent that even if Benjamin doesn't learn it himself, he can't just ignore it. It's true that potions are foreign objects, but even if he is confident that he doesn't need foreign objects, these mages in the team will also need them.
If you want to gain a foothold in the foreign mage community, this is a very important step.
Therefore, it is actually necessary to cultivate several potion mages in the team. Not all of these twenty-odd people have considerable fighting talent, so it would be good for them to have another way to go.
"Potion science? Is it the kind of knowledge that can use strange materials to make expensive potions? Such books seem to be very strictly controlled." As a former businessman, Wallis caught the key point at once, "If Being able to make potions and sell them, the wealth we will gain will be immeasurable!”
Hearing this, Benjamin also nodded.
It seems that within a few days of entering Icol, the mages in the team have not been idle and have learned a lot about potion-related knowledge. As soon as Benjamin said it, they immediately reacted.
In fact, the magic potion can bring them more than just money.
According to the book, potions are an industry that is always in short supply. Therefore, if magic potions can be produced in large quantities, it will significantly improve their status. Government agencies, non-governmental organizations, mercenary groups... Big figures will come over to socialize with them, and the status of their group of foreign mages will also rise accordingly.
Of course, this is just Benjamin’s beautiful imagination. It is also written in the book that learning potions requires a threshold, and not every mage can become a potion mage. It does not require amazing magical talent, but it does require extremely sharp mental power to grasp the changes in the elements during the refining of the potion.
Benjamin didn't know if any of his more than twenty mages had such a special talent.
"This is an introductory book to Potions. You can read it and circulate it among yourselves, but you must be careful not to let any outsiders see this book, let alone let anyone in the Mages Guild hear that we study potions here. Books." With this thought in mind, he took out the book, handed it to the mage nearest him, and gave an unusually solemn instruction.
A monopoly organization like the Mages Guild may tolerate some wild potion mages, but it will certainly not allow another group of mages capable of making potions to appear in the country.
Therefore, they have to do this kind of thing secretly.
"And these are some simple potion-making materials and tools. I also have them here. If any of you are interested after reading them, you can ask me for them." As he spoke, Benjamin pointed to his bulging backpack.
Before the meeting, he secretly went to the old man's shop and bought some materials and utensils according to the recipes in the book to prepare for the current situation.
What surprised him was that these things were quite cheap. With only the gold coins he snatched from Dick, he couldn't even fit them in. Combined with the high price of potions, Benjamin also realized how profitable this industry was.
How could they not take part
After Benjamin's introduction, all the mages also received the "Introduction to Potions" and gathered around curiously.
"It seems very interesting. Can I read this book first?"
"Forget it, I feel like I can't sit still sitting in my room all day long dealing with those things, so I'd better let you study it."
"I'll be the second one to read it. Please hurry up and finish it. I also want to give it a try..."
After the battle at the gate, the mages now seem to have become more organized. Since there was only one copy of the book, they quickly determined the order in which it would be circulated and how long each person who got the book could read it. In this way, everyone who was interested had the opportunity to read it.
Seeing this orderly appearance, Benjamin smiled and nodded.
-Fortunately, he no longer has to worry about the way the book is circulated.
After thinking for a while, when the discussion died down, he told everyone about another thing.
"About our next actions..." He organized his words and said slowly, "There are various signs that Icol will not be very peaceful recently, so we'd better leave here early. The border is not allowed to be passed at will for the time being. Therefore, I plan to go to the border of Ikol and Frieden first to observe where the defense is weak, and then we will fly over."
Although he had told them before that he would leave Ikol, Benjamin was not sure whether they could accept it if they left in a short time or forced their way across the border.
However, he soon discovered that he was worrying too much.
I saw the proprietress rolling up her sleeves, showing her gangster spirit, and said bluntly: "When will we set off?"
The same goes for everyone else, with serious expressions on their faces, looking at Benjamin, but no one hesitated or questioned.
Suddenly, Benjamin suddenly realized.
He didn't really have to worry about them. All of them were people who ran away from home and fled to the border amidst searches and arrests. They long for a stable life, and they seem to be laughing and joking heartlessly every day, but once something unexpected happens, their decisiveness is unmatched by others.
From a certain perspective, they are a group of desperadoes.
Thinking of this, Benjamin still felt a little... proud? Being able to become the leader of a group of desperadoes, perhaps he is also a desperado in his heart who acts recklessly.
Therefore, he showed a smile that a desperado boss should show, cleared his throat, and said:
"Everyone, get ready, we are leaving tonight."
Everyone nodded, no one objected.
In this way, this secret meeting crowded in the hotel room came to an end. Time was tight, and they had to prepare for what was coming next. When it was time to learn potions, learn potions, and when it was time to pack, pack your luggage.
Of course, some people suddenly reacted and asked questions, saying how they could fly across the border because there were still many people who didn't know how to fly. Benjamin smiled and told them that those who couldn't fly could "tumble" with everyone in his steam column like last time.
As soon as these words came out, the remaining mages were frightened and vowed that they would definitely learn the art of flying before reaching the border.
Benjamin smiled happily.
After arranging everything for the team, he did not take any time off, but left the hotel alone.
—He still has some little things to deal with.
"Moore's Magic Shop", Benjamin felt that the old man seemed quite powerful, and at the same time he was very helpful to him. Therefore, before leaving, he went over to visit and told the old man that he was ready to leave. The old man is still the same, waving his hands impatiently, saying that you can go wherever you like.
Benjamin shook his head and left the store helplessly.
Back at the hotel, in addition to the old man from Hank Town, the two mages from the Mages Guild were still living here. Therefore, Benjamin had to deal with them and not let them find out that he would leave today.
There was no way, the intentions of the Mages Guild were very mysterious, so Benjamin had no choice but to make himself a little more mysterious in the eyes of the Mages Guild.
Therefore, before night came, he took a few of the stronger mages in his team, and with a sincere smile and ulterior motives, he knocked on the doors of the two mages.