"According to the current progress, how long will it take us to reach the border?"
On a mountain road in Ikol, Benjamin, who had just finished lunch, was sitting outside the tent in the afternoon, looking at the dazzlingly sunny sky, and suddenly asked the system.
"It's hard to say. It could be as short as half a month or as long as one or two months." The system replied, "The number of monsters you encounter in the past few days is also increasing. Your speed is affected by too many unstable factors. I It’s hard to estimate.”
Hearing this, Benjamin nodded thoughtfully.
After leaving Hank Town, the group of them headed towards the border of Icol and Freden. Until now, two days have passed on the road.
—Yes, they are still planning to leave Ikol quickly and do not plan to pass through the capital.
The unexpected note obtained from Hawke did not change Benjamin's mind. The Mages Guild first sent someone to invite him to Regina, and then used a note to tell the lobbyist sent not to let Benjamin get close to Regina. Benjamin really couldn't understand all this back and forth.
He didn't know what the Mage Guild's intention was, but it was obvious that the other party had discovered his identity - a mage who could summon a water ball as big as half a city. From this perspective, Benjamin's existence is a threat to them, and it is normal to want Benjamin to leave as soon as possible.
But...how did they discover Benjamin's identity
Judging from the behavior when leaving the gate, the queen must not have known that he was the mage who summoned the huge water ball in the capital. Otherwise, their group would never have left so easily.
What the Mages Guild knows, the Queen doesn't know. That said, there may have been some minor disagreements between the two.
This also makes the entire Ikol situation even more delicate.
Of course, it is also possible that this disagreement does not come from the Mages Guild and the Queen, but from within the Mages Guild itself. The note was found in Hawke's pocket and it is unknown who wrote it. At the same time, another mage, Richard, must have no idea about this note.
-If Richard knew that Benjamin was the notorious "water polo devil", how could he rashly come up to compete with him and still have the confidence to bet
Thinking about it this way, two people who are also from the Mage Guild may seem to be performing the same mission, but their real purposes may be completely different.
It's really complicated...
The more Benjamin thought about it, the more he felt that he had no clue at all.
Therefore, in the end, he decided to put the matter aside. The people in the Mages Guild can do whatever they want, it doesn't matter, it has nothing to do with Benjamin anyway. The only thing he needs to do is to leave Icol without looking back - why is he meddling in this big pool of muddy water here with nothing to do
These people didn't want him to go to the capital, okay, just in time, Benjamin didn't want to go either.
Just like that, he put the note away and went on his way, never taking it out again.
This direct route from one end of Icol to the other was a choice made by Benjamin and the system after careful consideration. By taking this route, they could avoid all towns and main roads, avoid the eyes and ears of all parties, and reach the border of Ikol under circumstances that others could not predict.
Of course, the disadvantage of choosing this hidden route is their supplies and the monsters they may encounter on the way. There was no need to worry too much about supplies, as they had already made preparations before leaving, but the living area for monsters in Ikol was much wider than that in the Hori Kingdom.
They had only left Hank Town for two days, and they had already encountered four or five waves of monsters on the way.
Fortunately, the monsters they encountered did not seem to be very powerful, and the numbers in each wave were not large. Therefore, the mage and his team dealt with them well. Even Benjamin did not need to take action, and the danger had been eliminated.
Just like half an hour ago, they were attacked by a group of wind wolves.
At that time, the overwhelming wind blades rushed towards them, but the mages in the team were already prepared. Everyone gathered together and released the magic shield together. After blocking this wave of attacks, they launched a fierce counterattack. Fireballs, ice cones, ground thorns... More than twenty mages took action at the same time. Although they were all entry-level or low-level magics, the scene was still quite spectacular.
After these two days of experience fighting against the monsters, their actions were much more familiar than before. By focusing fire in twos and threes, the number of wolves was reduced to half in the blink of an eye.
Seeing this, Benjamin couldn't help but feel that experiencing some actual combat would be really beneficial to everyone.
The first time we were attacked by monsters, everyone was a little confused, and several people were injured. However, only two days have passed, and some small coordination has begun to appear among the mages. Some are responsible for control, some are responsible for direct confrontation, and some are responsible for last-ditch attacks...
According to the different magics that everyone is good at, everyone can play their own role, and the entire battle process becomes less chaotic.
Of course, just not being disorganized is not enough for them. In the process of fighting against the wind wolf, Benjamin still did not see that kind of thing called tacit understanding. Everyone still relied on their own expertise and combat experience to deal with the attack, and there was no exquisite cooperation.
but…
Thinking of this, Benjamin smiled and shook his head.
This kind of thing cannot be rushed. There are no masters of tactics in their group. They all learned it bit by bit in actual combat. It is already very good to be able to make such progress.
Moreover, this remote route choice also provided them with a very good opponent to hone their combat abilities and coordination. As long as it doesn't take long, Benjamin believes that they will become a mage group with quite a tacit understanding, and their combat effectiveness will be greatly improved.
—Improving tacit understanding is what they must do now.
There is no way, if a group of mages wants to stand on their own without being attached to anyone, the ability to cooperate with each other in fighting is really important. Benjamin believed that if their cooperation could be better, there would be nothing to be afraid of even if they faced the bishop at the gate.
but…
Speaking of the church, Benjamin couldn't help but think of the church's subordinates.
Both the Cleaner and the three priests he met before seemed to have mastered a joint spell-casting technique. Several of them can recite incantations together and use the same magic. Then, the power of the magic will become extremely powerful.
Benjamin was naturally a little jealous.
It would be great if they could learn this technique. The combat effectiveness of the more than twenty mages here would definitely reach a higher level.
While Benjamin's thoughts were running away, the group of attacking wind wolves were quickly eliminated by the mages.
After the last wind wolf died, they relaxed their nerves, broke away from the fighting state, and started cleaning up the battlefield while talking and laughing. In order not to expose their route, they still had to deal with the corpses of these wind wolves and the traces of the battle.
At the same time, relying on the book "Introduction to Magical Potions", Benjamin also gradually learned about the effects of different Warcraft materials. The flesh and blood of Wind Wolf can be used to refine magic potions that enhance agility. It is a very common material. Although it is not very valuable, it is quite useful.
Therefore, encountering waves of monsters on the road also brought them a lot of gains. Their reserves of Warcraft materials are enough to refine countless magic potions.
As for learning potions, they finally made progress while they were on their way.
Originally, Benjamin thought that after giving out "Introduction to Potions", given the curiosity of this group of people, someone would immediately come over to ask Benjamin for materials to try. However, what he didn't expect was that the book had been passed from several people's hands, but no one came to him.
This made Benjamin a little worried at first.
Learning potions requires quite high requirements in terms of talent and interest. He didn't know who among the more than twenty people was interested in this aspect, and how many of them could actually learn it.
If none of these people can learn it, then isn’t this book in vain
With this somewhat worried mood, Benjamin also began to consider whether to bring in some potion mages with talents in this area to fill the gaps for the entire team, so that there would be no place to use so many Warcraft materials.
Fortunately, his worries did not come true. This morning, a mage finally came to him with an "Introduction to Potions".