In fact, Benjamin hasn’t learned about everyone’s progress for a while.
Using the method of drawing lots, he arranged the entire competition process, and the mages started fighting in the field with great enthusiasm. As the organizer, Benjamin did not participate, but he still stood aside and watched.
He remembered clearly that in the beginning, the average number of magic spells this group of people knew was less than three, and there were also a lot of fake magic spells. Later, through Benjamin's guidance and improved meditation rules, these half-way monks gradually became decent and possessed the fighting ability of a magic apprentice.
Attack, defense, and treatment are the basic modes of mage combat. Benjamin is also training mages in these three directions. As for control and dodge, it was a little complicated. He didn't dare to have expectations for these things. Everyone just tried their best.
However, it was not until today that he discovered that some mature battle mages had emerged in his team.
"Lila is a bit powerful. I have never been able to learn dark magic. How did she use it so skillfully?" Frank suddenly spoke and sighed as he looked at the two people fighting in the field.
Benjamin couldn't help but nodded.
He looked into the field and saw the black-haired girl closing her eyes tightly and mumbling something. Beside her, a dark but substantial shadow, like a strange bird, circled back and forth, blocking all the fireballs fired by the old blacksmith opposite.
Shadow Cloak was originally a low-level magic used for control, but it could be used for defense, which showed that her ability to master this magic was already very good.
Benjamin felt a sense of surprise.
"I remember that she only knew one magic at first, which was...turning off the lights?"
"Yes, she also likes this magic very much now." Frank said with a look of despair, "One time I was in the toilet, and she suddenly came to me. The whole toilet suddenly became dark, and she peed on me. Scared back."
Hearing this, Benjamin could only smile and shake his head.
In the field, the winner has been decided at this moment. Laila still used her shadow cloak to find a fighting opportunity, suddenly attacked, and rolled her backhand, trapping the old blacksmith and winning the battle.
The other mages outside the field watched the battle with thoughtful expressions. It seems that watching others fight is also inspiring to them.
Benjamin, this arena competition is quite meaningful!
In this way, the competition was one after another, and the twenty-two people took turns to win. It took quite a while - they competed directly from morning to evening.
In this process, Benjamin also felt everyone’s progress. At least, now everyone uses low-level magic, and occasionally there are shadows of mid-level magic. The combat response is acceptable, and the average level is only slightly worse than that in the wizard assembly.
Benjamin was already very satisfied with this.
He is not a mage with scientific education. He has been slowly exploring on his own. It is not easy to bring these half-way monks to this point.
Finally, under the sunset, the championship battle fell between Joanna and Wallis.
After competing all the way up to now, these two people are not only amazing, but they have also shown quite stable strength. Joanna is combative and hard-working, coupled with her outstanding fire talent, which ultimately translates into fierce fighting power. After all, the process of becoming a mage was when she suddenly found herself summoning a small flame by complete accident.
As for Wallis, his mental strength is outstanding and he is great in protracted battles. Then, he was very proficient in all types of magic, and he was also relatively shrewd, so he was able to pass all the way to the end.
—There are really some talents in their team.
"Joanna, I'll give you the crystal. After all, you specialize in fire magic, and I don't really want to fight you..." Standing on the field, Wallis said with a smile, like he was trying to lure a lolita with a lollipop. The wretched uncle.
"No." Joanna immediately shook her head and said, "You must fight me. Every time you say you are busy and don't compete with me. Now that I finally have the opportunity, I can't miss it."
Hearing this, Wallis could only show a helpless expression.
In this way, with Benjamin watching with great interest, the final battle of this competition finally began. The two stood at opposite ends of the field, looked at each other, nodded, and recited a spell.
According to the general habit of mage fighting, Wallis started with a defensive shield - facing the fire attack, he chose the very useful Water Wave Shield to protect himself without blind spots.
As for Joanna, she had no intention of defending at all. She started with a difficult intermediate magic - Phoenix Fire, summoning a ball of white flame in front of herself, jumping up and down like an elf.
Seeing this, Benjamin was not surprised at all.
Fire magic is already at a disadvantage in terms of defense, and it is not cost-effective to start with a shield. Joanna's fighting style is also direct, using offense instead of defense. This choice is expected by everyone.
As for the magic she uses - Phoenix Fire, it's a very interesting choice. This kind of flame is named after the phoenix, not because it has any legend about the phoenix, but because this fire, like the phoenix, has some regenerative properties. As long as it is summoned, it will spontaneously generate a new flame without the need to control it. , it can generate continuous small fireballs to attack.
To be able to complete such a complex magic in a short time, Joanna must have practiced it in private for a long time after getting the spell.
Speaking of which, this trick is quite shameless.
As soon as the fire was generated, densely packed small fireballs were summoned, like a flamethrower with unlimited fuel, burning Wallis' Water Wave Shield until it steamed. Seeing this, Varys could only use other shield magic to help resist the flames' attack.
However, with such resistance, his situation became more and more passive. Joanna made room and spread the flame in her hand more freely. Continuous fireballs, explosive fireballs, fire pillars... all kinds of fire magic were used by her extremely skillfully. Together with the phoenix fire, it was like a gorgeous flame show.
"Why did Joanna suddenly become so powerful? She usually doesn't tell us, she's so cunning!"
"No... She seemed to have said it, and she often said it with a serious face, but we all thought she was bragging and laughed at her for having delusion."
“…”
When Benjamin saw this, he knew that the outcome was decided.
—This is probably why Wallis doesn’t want to compete with her.
Joanna's fighting style is very interesting. Through crazy continuous attacks, even if she cannot defeat the enemy with one blow, she still has to suppress the opponent's spell-casting rhythm. It is equivalent to an invisible means of control, keeping her opponent busy in defense. Wallis's basic skills may not be worse than hers, but in this case, he can't bring out his full strength.
It seems that constantly completing mercenary missions has greatly improved her combat level!
Benjamin couldn't help but wonder, should he also think of some way to encourage those mages who don't like to participate in mercenary missions, so that they can also participate and improve themselves
In short, an idea gradually emerged in his mind - it is good to be happy every day, but they also began to need a complete reward system to encourage everyone to attack to a higher level.