After verification, Benjamin felt that the identities of these people were still credible and they would not be people with ulterior motives. Therefore, he still left a few places for them to rest.
Of course, Benjamin also asked clearly about the "tide of beasts" they called during the process.
There are many wolf-type monsters living in this grassland. The ones that eat ice and breathe fire have almost become a feature of this grassland. However, whenever these monsters multiply to a certain extent, they will fall into a strange state, gather in groups, and attack all creatures in the grassland crazily. Therefore, people living on the grassland also call this a beast tide.
After understanding this, Benjamin had almost no worries. With a large wave of mages here, even a group of griffons can fight in an air attack, let alone a wolf-type monster.
"Don't worry, we are mages, no matter how many monsters come, we are not afraid." Therefore, he said to the group of people.
However, the other party's reaction made him somewhat unexpected.
"Mage... what is it?"
Looking at their confused eyes, it was as if they had heard some coined word. Not to mention understanding the meaning of the word "mage", they had probably never heard of it before.
Seeing this, Benjamin was also a little confused.
"Have you always stayed in the grassland and never gone out?" he asked immediately.
"No." The tall man at the head shook his head and said, "There are several towns outside the grassland that will do business with us regularly. We exchange beef and goat milk for groceries and the like. Sir, don't look down on us, we do the same. Someone who has seen the world.”
“…”
In desperation, Benjamin simply used an ice-breaking technique on the spot.
However, when those people looked at the flying ice arrows, their expressions changed greatly, and they knelt down immediately, muttering unintelligible words, and almost worshiped Benjamin as a god.
At that moment, Benjamin realized that these people really did not have the concepts of "mage" and "magic" in their minds.
how so
This situation is simply weirder than the Kingdom of Hori. In the Kingdom of Hori, although basically no one has seen a mage, at least everyone knows about the existence of mages and magic. But in Carites, at least in the surrounding areas of the grassland, there is not even a single story related to mages, which is a bit strange.
It’s not like there are no mages in this country. There are also organizations like the Mages and Freemasons. It’s not as if they don’t exist, right
However, the dozens of herdsmen fleeing from the beast wave in front of him may not be able to answer these questions for him.
It took Benjamin a long time to convince these people that he was not a god or a devil, but a human being like them. In the process, Benjamin finally gained the benefit of hosting this group of people - he deepened his understanding of Carrites.
The atmosphere in this country, how should I say... seems very casual
Maybe it was because after the empire split, the princess and the second prince took over all the good places and established themselves as kings one after another. The eldest prince had no choice but to take the remaining territory and establish Carites. After the establishment, the eldest prince who became the king did not seem to be a man with political ambitions. He rarely issued decrees and did not care about the country. As long as all the taxes that should be collected were collected, he did not even bother to care about what happened.
Benjamin couldn't help but sigh, this is simply the most standard dandy style.
Fortunately, after the founding of the country of Carites, no major disasters occurred, and the people's lives could still go on. Otherwise, it would only be an instant for this country to fall into turmoil.
Therefore, the king's face is relatively vague in the minds of most people. There seems to be no difference in how the empire lived before it was split, and how it was reestablished after the split, let alone the three things that made the new official take office.
As a result, this country seems to be a bit "governed by inaction".
Benjamin didn't know if this was a way to facilitate the church's takeover, but at least at this moment, Carites still banned preaching, and the church had not really come to the forefront.
It's just that...as for magic, Benjamin is really blank here.
"Well, now, even the concept of magic has not been popularized. How are you going to carry out your work?" The system suddenly appeared, gloating.
"What are you so happy about? This should only be the case in remote areas." Benjamin retorted, "It has only been ten years since the empire was divided. It is impossible that the other two countries are accustomed to seeing mages, but here ordinary people don't even know what mages are. "
After hearing this, the system was silent for a while and said, "Well, I haven't thought of how to refute you for the moment. Let's consider this a draw."
“…”
Benjamin shook his head helplessly.
However, although it was not as serious as the system said, judging from the reactions of these herdsmen, he also believed that magic was definitely less popular in this country than in the other two countries.
I don’t know if there is a church reason for this, but... Benjamin doesn’t think this is a bad thing.
Just like praising a student with poor grades, there are often words such as "very potential". In Benjamin's opinion, Karites, who knew the least about magic, also had potential. Magic is far away from ordinary people, so they have fewer opportunities to come into contact with magic. Correspondingly, many talented people will definitely be buried.
And Benjamin's benchmark of action is precisely to let the mage walk from the shadows into the sunshine, speak out in a high-profile manner, and enter the public's field of vision.
Therefore, such a country not only has great potential, it is simply a treasury!
Thinking of this, Benjamin also became a little excited.
At that moment, his hands were itchy and he even turned on the water element sensor to sense the dozens of herdsmen. Unexpectedly, he actually discovered two people with mage talents!
Suddenly, Benjamin withdrew his gaze and showed a satisfied smile.
This is a good start.
Without hesitation, he walked out of the tent directly and came to the place where the group of people were resting. Under the stunned eyes of the other party, he patted the two people on the shoulders.
"Young man, do you want to learn magic?"
At this moment, the group of people were gathering around the fire, chewing on the dried meat brought out by the refugees. Listening to what Benjamin said, the two people turned their heads, their eyes full of confusion. Half of the dried meat was still stuffed in their mouths, and they almost dropped to the ground with saliva.
"What are you doing standing still? Talk." Seeing this, Benjamin shook the shoulders of the two men again and said, "Yes, magic is a technique that allows you to shoot fireballs and wind blades like those Warcraft. Do you want to learn it? ?”
It wasn't until the dried meat in their mouths was shaken off that the two of them suddenly came back to their senses.
"I, can we learn..." His expression was a little unbelievable.
Benjamin nodded and said: "Of course. I have checked it. Among you, only two of you have this talent. Such an opportunity is rare. Do you want to learn it?"
When the two heard this, they stood up excitedly and shouted:
"I-I want to learn!"
Benjamin waved his hand and said comfortingly: "You don't have to worry, anyone with talent can have access to magic."
The two people didn't seem to understand what it meant, but in their excitement, as long as Benjamin said it, they would probably agree without hesitation at this moment.
"Okay, as long as you teach me, sir, I'm willing to do anything!"
Benjamin was very satisfied when he saw this. He nodded like an old scholar, barely stroking his non-existent beard.
Of course, in order to lure these two people onto the pirate ship, he also told a little lie.
It’s the phrase “Opportunities like this are rare.”
-After all, with Benjamin here, such an opportunity... will definitely not be rare for Carrites in the future.