The final contest lasted for about a few minutes and ended with Wallis surrendering.
Throughout the battle, he was pressed into the shield by the endless flames, unable to take out his hand to fight back. It was only a matter of time before he was defeated. Besides, this is just a competition, there is no need to fight to the end. Joanna is a mage who specializes in the fire system, so it is very reasonable for the fire element to be crystallized for her.
In fact, Benjamin watched the audience and did not think that the victorious Joanna was the strongest among the group.
The reward is the fire element crystal, and the one who fights most seriously is definitely the fire-based mage. Some mages from other departments were also very good, but they were not as hard-working as Joanna, so they did not reach the final round.
"Thank you, thank you everyone, um... I actually won."
After winning, Joanna took the crystal from Benjamin's hand. Her face was already full of exhaustion and she was weak even in speaking, which made everyone laugh again.
"Go and have a good rest. After you have a good rest, you can use crystals to hone your elemental affinity. You will become stronger in the future." Benjamin smiled and encouraged her.
"Thank you, teacher!" Joanna nodded, holding the crystal in her hand, and returned to the crowd.
Under the command of Benjamin, the competition ended successfully, and everyone returned to their respective rooms to rest and prepare for dinner.
George, who was responsible for planting in the backyard, was relieved.
"Teacher Benjamin." However, when the crowd slowly dispersed, he walked behind Benjamin, suddenly spoke, and called Benjamin.
"What's wrong?" Benjamin turned around.
George hesitated for a moment and said, "Well... During this period, in order to take care of these stone barrier flowers, I also went to those stores several times and learned a lot about planting."
Benjamin nodded and said, "It's pretty good."
"It's quite good." George seemed a little embarrassed, but he still said, "Um... growing these materials is actually very profitable, but we can't use this small piece of land in our backyard. I think it's better to Wouldn’t it be nice for us to buy another piece of land and grow more things ourselves?”
Benjamin was stunned.
It turns out that starting up my old profession inspired my inner desire for farming, so I wanted to plant a bigger field.
Of course Benjamin was very happy that George had this idea. However, it is good to further expand the income, but this field is really not that easy to grow. Didn’t you see that every time the TV talks about the farmers who got rich by contracting fish ponds, they have to first talk about how they lost money in the beginning
"Land is affordable, but it's hard to grow money-making materials." He reminded, "Each plant has different environmental requirements. The more profitable it is, the more troublesome it is. I don't know if I can buy it." Such a place."
"We can plant those simple ones." However, George felt that he was interested, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he started talking non-stop, "Stone flower is the cheapest kind, but there is also water cattail, which can be planted It’s not that troublesome. We can use magic to dig a small pond. We can also plant water cattails with fisheye flowers, which is very convenient! There is also the sword vine. Although it has some requirements, it is not difficult to achieve, as long as we... "
Before he finished speaking, Benjamin was stunned.
incredible.
There is not a single book on this subject in their study room. In other words, George has learned so much relevant knowledge just by going to the magic shops in Riley City. What perseverance is this!
From this farmer-turned-mage, Benjamin saw the simplest desire to farm.
"Okay, okay... how did you learn these things? Wouldn't the shop owner be impatient if you went to someone's store and asked questions without paying any money?" Seeing that George was still talking, Benjamin couldn't help but interrupt. asked him.
"Yes, I've been kicked out of half of the shops in the city." George nodded and said a little embarrassedly, "But... it shouldn't matter, there are still half of the shops in the city. I have experience now, every time Don’t ask too many questions the first time you go, just buy something very cheap, and say some nice things to the shop owner. Once you get to know them, they won’t necessarily be angry, but they may say more things.”
Hearing this, Benjamin had to be impressed.
He patted George on the shoulder and sighed in his heart: What a promising young man.
"My age is much older than your current body." The system suddenly appeared and complained mercilessly.
"Oh." Benjamin replied in his mind.
"..." The system had nothing to say.
In reality, Benjamin smiled and nodded, saying: "You are so well prepared, of course I will not object. Let's just say how much land you need, I will buy it for you."
After these days, from the production of potions and the income from a mercenary group, Benjamin's savings finally reached four figures. Finally, his wallet was richer than ever. Although it was not as powerful as Master Finch, it still gave him the confidence to say such things.
He has no reason not to support it.
-This is an investment, and George convinced him with his actions that this is an investment with a promising future.
"I have already thought about which piece of land to buy." However, George was even more prepared than he thought. "The city is actually not very good, but there is some reclaimed land on the outskirts of Riley City. , and the price is relatively low. I just went to see it a few days ago, and there is a very good place. It takes less than half an hour to fly there. The soil is good and suitable for planting a variety of materials. It only costs fifty gold coins."
so cheap
Benjamin also felt a sense of surprise.
Yes, there was finally a capable person among his group of mages. He learned skills and found places, and he solved everything by himself. The only thing Benjamin has to do is pay the cost and reap the profit, and there is nothing else to worry about.
Although he feels that he is born to work hard, but... it feels so good to be a capitalist!
If only others could have the same peace of mind as George.
In this way, Benjamin agreed to the fifty gold coin sale without hesitation.
Not only that, he also generously promised that Benjamin would only need 30% of what was grown in the land, and the rest would belong to George himself. George, who was used to being a tenant, was flattered and his subjective initiative was greatly improved again.
In this way, George took the fifty gold coins given by Benjamin and went to buy the land contentedly without even bothering to eat dinner. When Benjamin saw this, he could only smile and shake his head.
He also had a busy day. After dinner, he returned to his room and concentrated on meditation.
It's late into the night.
While meditating, he suddenly opened his eyes and looked out the window.
On a tree outside the window, a black crow flapped its wings and landed on the branch opposite the window. It paused on the tree somewhat deliberately for a while, and then flew away in the direction that Benjamin was familiar with.