There are many things to consider when choosing a place where they can live for a long time.
The first thing is to be cheap. Benjamin is not rich enough to spend it casually. Secondly, he prefers areas with fewer people. He shoots the first bird and keeps a low profile. Finally, he had to ensure a very sufficient area so that everyone could have space to practice magic.
This was a relatively demanding requirement, but fortunately due to the special nature of Riley City, it didn't take much effort for him to find the place he wanted.
The house in front of me used to be a fairly large handicraft workshop. However, in the competition between several workshops, it was slandered by its opponents. There were rumors of being haunted, cursed, and so on. The business of the workshop gradually declined. In desperation, the owner of the workshop had to sell it at a low price and sell it to others for use as a warehouse. As a result, not long after, there was another fire here, and people believed the rumors even more, and did not even dare to put goods here.
So in the end, the owner had no choice but to sell it to a group of mercenaries at a particularly low price. After the mercenary group moved in, this kind of thing didn't happen again, but the rumors had already taken hold in people's minds. Therefore, this group of mercenaries were slowly alienated by others, and their lives were difficult to live by.
Benjamin doesn't believe in rumors, so the so-called "unlucky" will not affect him. In his opinion, this was a cheap and spacious house that would become their safe haven in the future.
After some negotiation with the head of the household, Benjamin finally bought this house with a huge capacity and its own back garden for a price of one hundred and twenty gold coins.
After the transaction was completed, the mercenaries still had to pack their things, so they agreed to hand over the house in two days. Benjamin paid the deposit, took the receipt, and left here satisfied.
Later, he went to a store that sold Warcraft materials, bought some potion materials, took them back to the hotel, and gave them to the two potion mages in the team for use.
As for new formulas, they are not easy to obtain.
From Will, he also learned that in Frieden, books related to mages were still not something that would be freely sold in stores. If you want to obtain relevant knowledge, you have to start with other mages, or... start with the Mages and Freemasons.
Those two men didn't have much information about the Master Freemasonry. They only know that there is such an organization, which has influence in both Freden and Carites, but rarely shows up. More detailed things, at their level, are obviously beyond their ability to understand.
In fact, in the country of Freeden, mage is a mysterious profession.
But... Aren't mages supposed to be mysterious in the first place
Benjamin felt like he was going crazy because of the settings of different countries here.
After working hard for almost a day, after returning to the hotel, he could finally take a good rest. Benjamin spent the rest of the day meditating, except for eating. Soon, time entered night, and he lay on his bed and slowly fell into a deep sleep.
The next day, Wallis took several mages with him to sell the magic potions made during this period. As for Benjamin, he also went out alone this morning.
He took the black feather and went to the stronghold of the gangster "Crow".
If you want to confirm the authenticity of the invitation, you must start here. And to him, this gathering of mages is very important. Therefore, he had no choice but to come to the door.
To be honest, he wasn't worried that he would be in danger. The so-called gang here is just a slightly more powerful group of gangsters, located in the middle and lower classes of the city, and there is nothing they can do about it.
The boss of the "Crow" would want to have a relationship with the mage, but in fact he just hopes to increase his influence through such actions. From another perspective, the power of the mage is something they cannot resist, so they pursue it.
More than half an hour later, Benjamin came to a remote street. Following the system's guidance, he walked to a door and knocked.
With a creak, the door was opened a crack. After thinking about it, Benjamin took out the black feather as a token and handed it over through the crack of the door.
There was silence behind the door.
Benjamin was not in a hurry. In the water element perception method, he had long known that after the person behind the door got the feather, his face was full of surprise, and he even looked a little unsure of what to do. He even forgot to invite Benjamin in, and ran back in a hurry, as if he wanted to inform their boss.
So, after waiting for a while, Benjamin simply opened the door and walked in.
After walking through the dimly lit corridor, he met a group of people coming towards him at the stairs. When the group of people saw him, they were obviously stunned for a moment, but the doorman still recognized him and spoke respectfully.
"Master Mage, why did you come in by yourself?"
Benjamin shrugged, looked at the big man at the head, and said, "Are you the boss of the Crow?"
Hearing this, the big man shook his head and said, "Master, don't worry. Our boss is in another place. I will take you to see him now. Please don't say you are angry."
Benjamin nodded, not surprised. After all, he is a relatively big gangster in Riley City, so he is definitely a gangster.
Then, those people took Benjamin upstairs and opened the secret passage of the wardrobe in a certain room. They walked through the deep secret passage, and after more than ten minutes, they came to a place similar to a back garden.
The whole garden is not big, but it is well taken care of. When Benjamin came out of the dark secret passage, he could feel the fragrance of flowers, the gentle breeze, and the warm sunshine. This still surprised him.
Do the gang bosses these days all follow the literary route
Full of desire to vomit, he soon discovered the only figure in the garden.
Wearing an exquisite blue dress with an apron covering it to prevent it from getting dirty, she squatted half-crouched, holding a small kettle in her hand, watering a rose bush in slow movements.
She was a girl with a slightly aristocratic temperament, her curly brown hair was tied into a ponytail, and she was wearing a straw hat to block the sun. A few butterflies were flying in the flowers around her, and a few crows were parked on the lawn at her feet.
At the same time that Benjamin noticed her, she also noticed Benjamin who had just come out of the secret passage.
Suddenly, she stood up with some surprise, faced them, stretched out her hand to pull the brim of her hat, tilted her head, and showed a quiet and graceful smile.
Several big men walked over, bowed to her, and shouted respectfully: "Boss."