Four days later.
"Hello, Your Excellency, please present your invitation."
"Here, this is it." Benjamin rarely packed up so energetically, wearing a suit and leather shoes, and his hair was neatly combed, as if he had gone back in time and returned to his former aristocratic life to attend that royal reception.
With a smile on his face, he took out the invitation from his breast pocket and handed it to the doorman.
After settling in their new home, they finally didn't run into any more accidents. Everyone stumbles here and finally finds a stable environment. Naturally, they have to settle down to meditate and develop stably. Coupled with the fact that a certain sect was attacked by gangs, Riley City was very uneasy, and it was even more difficult for them to take a trip into troubled waters.
Therefore, they hardly went out in the next few days.
In this way, four days passed in an instant, and the gathering day written on Benjamin's invitation finally came on this day.
After all, it was an important occasion to get to know other mages, and he couldn't attend the opportunity with a chicken coop on his back and disheveled clothes. Therefore, he took out the memory of being a noble, cleaned it up, and walked out of the door under the surprised looks of several female mages in the team: "So, teacher, you look like this."
Seeing this, Benjamin could only smile helplessly and waved goodbye to them.
The venue of the gathering was clearly stated on the invitation - a private villa on the outskirts of Riley City, which should belong to the famous Master Finch. As Benjamin gradually approached there, he also met many mages who were going in the same direction as him, and they were obviously going to attend this gathering.
Benjamin couldn't help but sigh, the influence of this Master Finch is not small.
He also sensed that there were a few mages who seemed to be relatively powerful, and he tried to talk to them, but all of them seemed to be indifferent and not very enthusiastic. Except for a few painless "hello", "um", "oh" and "hehe", Benjamin didn't catch anything.
Benjamin was also a little frustrated.
Master Freden's habit of being a solitary person seems to be a bit difficult to deal with. However, Benjamin also felt that it might be because everyone was rushing to the rally, so they were unwilling to waste time chatting on the road.
The situation will probably improve once we enter the gathering place. Otherwise, if no one speaks, the meeting will be meaningless.
In the end, Benjamin simply gave up walking, rose into the air, and flew all the way, arriving at the meeting venue more than ten minutes early.
Looking at the villa in front of him, he couldn't help but sigh, the mage who held the meeting was really rich. Although the area of the villa is not larger than their home, but looking at the decoration of the villa, the flowers and pools on both sides, and the clean as new floors, the price here is definitely not affordable for ordinary wealthy people.
With some expectation, he landed at the door of the villa. After the doorman asked politely, he handed the invitation to the doorman, and the scene just happened.
The doorman took the invitation, looked at it twice, then returned the invitation to Benjamin with a smile, put it aside, and bowed deeply.
"Please come in, Master Master. Thank you very much for coming to this gathering."
Benjamin nodded and walked in.
Guided by the servants in the corridor, Benjamin arrived at a magnificent hall. Under the illumination of several crystal lamps, he could see that the layout of the hall was quite similar to the previous reception at Havenright. Dozens of round tables were arranged in an orderly manner. Servants were running around here, busy bringing dishes to the tables. for guests to taste.
Although it has not officially started yet, there are some mages who have arrived in advance in the hall. Most of them stood in twos and threes in the corners, and there was no sound of chatting. Instead, they looked around the entire hall with different eyes.
Seeing this, Benjamin couldn't go up to talk to him, so he could only walk to the corner of the hall, grab a drink, and wait patiently for the meeting to start.
As time went by, more and more mages came to participate in the gathering. After roughly counting, Benjamin discovered that the number of mages here was already over a hundred, and if he continued to wait, there could be hundreds of them.
The number of people increased, and the whole place finally slowly became warmer.
Listening to the conversations among the surrounding mages, Benjamin gradually learned more about the circle of Mages Freden. For example, "Magic Freemasonry" is the focus here. Benjamin accidentally heard that several different groups of people mentioned this word.
Judging from their words, this is a quite influential organization with strongholds in some big cities and has helped many mages take further steps on their own path. More importantly, the Master Freemasonry has no connection with the official government of Freeden and has never asked the Master to do anything.
It sounds like an organization bent on benefiting mages.
Benjamin was not sure, but he still wrote down what people around him said - the stronghold of the Master Masonic Society in Riley City, and planned to go and take a look when he had time.
In addition to the Masters and Freemasons, the things that the Masters discuss are magic, refining medicine, and the organizers of praise gatherings. Benjamin felt that he would not hear any new secrets, so he found a group of mages who looked more outgoing and approached them to chat with friendly smiles.
"Hello, my name is Benjamin. I am a new mage who has just arrived. This is our first meeting. Please give me some advice."
When the mages heard this, they also turned their heads, smiled and nodded. The leader spoke up and said: "Master Benjamin, it's a pleasure to meet you. My name is Jack. We are the masters of the Viper mercenary group. This is our first meeting. Please give me some advice."
The mage of the mercenary group
Benjamin couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
However, it seems that there are many cases where mages work for mercenary groups, or simply form a group of their own. After all, in terms of combat effectiveness, mages still have unique advantages, and it is not difficult to hunt monsters.
After thinking about it, he simply took this as his topic and asked with a curious expression: "Are you a mercenary group of your own? It seems that many mages are not willing to hang out with ordinary mercenaries."
Jack and his companions looked at each other, smiled, and said, "Well, our group is all mages, and some mages will join other mercenary groups for money. But in the end, only mages can understand mages. , without equipment and magic potions, those simple-minded mercenaries are just a group of ordinary people, aren't they?"
Although he didn't understand this sense of superiority, in order to get closer, Benjamin had no choice but to nod against his will.
"Then how did you come up with the idea of forming a mercenary group?" he asked casually.
"For money." Jack smiled and replied matter-of-factly, "New spells, better meditation rules, elemental crystallization... It is relatively expensive to practice as a mage. Besides, the Mercenary Association has always hoped to have more mages. We are welcome to join. When a mage becomes a mercenary, they will also provide you with a lot of benefits and various preferential treatment when performing tasks. In short, the more powerful battle mages I know will basically add a mercenary. corps."
Hearing this, Benjamin nodded thoughtfully.
Since there are many benefits, then...otherwise they will also build one
After buying the magic potion formula, their finances were really tight. They had to wait for the new batch of potion to be refined before they could make money, but that would be a bit too slow.
Moreover, most mages are about to reach a new level of meditation. A spell for intermediate magic, which may cost more than an entry-level potion recipe.
In this way, the more Benjamin thought about it, the more he thought it was a good idea.
Just as he was about to speak and ask a few more questions about the mercenary group, suddenly, there was a burst of excitement in the crowd. The mages turned back together, accompanied by various whispers, showing expressions of expectation or joy.
"Great, Master Finch is finally here."