Benjamin and his team spent almost half of the night clearing the battlefield.
The carcasses of tens of thousands of wolves were simply an impossible task. At first, they didn’t even know where to start and wanted to just leave it alone. However, in order to maintain the ecological environment of the grassland and collect some spoils of war, they still ventured into action.
A wolf-type monster like this doesn't have many valuable materials on it, such as wolf skin, fangs, blood and the like. However, there are tens of thousands of wolves that can be skinned until next year. Coupled with some considerations of portability, they can only make some choices.
Benjamin was also helpless about this.
In the end, they collected several large jars of blood, skinned about a hundred pieces, and stuffed more than ten bags of wolf meat... Under Benjamin's roar of "I don't want to do this anymore," they used the rest. Give them all up, pile them together, surround them with a wall of ice, and burn them all with a fire.
Looking at the soaring flames coming out of the ice wall, Wallis couldn't help but sigh: "How much money did we burn with this fire?"
"Don't think so, it's all money that is impossible to get." Benjamin shook his head, "Our luggage is not light to begin with. How can we still make it out of the grassland with such things?"
Although it was a pity, he did not regret it.
It is good to have a lot of Warcraft materials, but it also depends on whether it meets the demand. After operating in Freden for so long, Benjamin still had some savings, and he was not so poor that he would not put away anything he saw.
Don’t forget their real mission—to grow and compete with the church. Making money is not the most critical issue.
After burning the remaining corpses, the mages returned to the camp, closed their tired eyes, and slowly fell asleep. It was getting late and they had to continue their journey tomorrow. They had to recover quickly.
Who knows what kind of ghost they will encounter tomorrow
The herders told Benjamin that in the past, there were usually several groups of wolves. The situation this year is obviously different from previous years, but... what if there are several batches? They have to prepare themselves for the worst.
In this way, they continued to set off the next day and continued on their way out of the grassland. The group of herdsmen showed their intention to follow, but with so much luggage, Benjamin's flight speed would have been slowed down a lot. If they took these people with them, they would definitely lose a lot of time.
Therefore, Benjamin still refused to follow them.
"You take this book. It contains simple meditation rules and basic entry-level spells. With this book, you can learn magic by yourself without anyone's guidance."
Before leaving, he took out an unfinished copy of the "Declaration of Free Magic" and handed it to the two new apprentices.
The two took the book, but still showed regretful expressions.
"Sir... can't we follow you? Although we are still weak now, in the future... we will definitely become useful in the future."
"No, if you continue on the path of magic and become a mage, that is the best thing for me to follow." Benjamin replied with a smile, "At that time, if you still want to follow me, just leave This grassland, go to a bigger city. Don’t worry that you may not be able to find me. By that time, my name must have spread throughout Carites.”
This time, he doesn't plan to expand his team recklessly. First of all, he didn’t even know where he would be settling in the future. It was already stressful enough to bear the burden of more than 100 people. He must choose the rest carefully.
As for these two apprentices, it is better to keep them in the grassland than to recruit them into the team.
The people on this grassland don't even know what magic is, and it will be very troublesome for Benjamin to carry out his work in the future. If these two people stay here, they will be equivalent to two moving signs, with a publicity effect that outsiders cannot match.
They are like Benjamin's special mage "virus", thrown into this blank grassland, I believe that he will soon be "infected" with a bunch of new mages.
Therefore, he also specially told the two of them that if anyone comes to ask what magic is about, they must tell them everything and let as many people as possible be exposed to magic.
Afterwards, he took his heavy luggage with him and took off into the sky with other mages, flying into the distance under the watch of the herdsmen.
The plan was not affected and they set off again.
The whole grassland is not so big that it is exaggerated. If they fly like this, they will fly out in a few days. However, in fact, they still did not leave here after a few days.
Because on the way, they encountered several groups of herdsmen and wolves.
This large-scale animal tide is a devastating blow to the herdsmen living on the grasslands. Their original tribe fell apart, and many people fled to the death. The problems they were about to face were also very serious, and many people continued to be hunted by wolves.
And in this case, the effect of Benjamin and his group falling from the sky is no less than the appearance of a true god.
In the past few days, they have rescued more than ten teams of herdsmen, with a total number of nearly 1,000. And every time they took action, they would descend from the sky, kill the chasing wolves, and then teach the talented people among the herdsmen the spells and meditation rules while the other party was grateful.
If people are instinctively afraid of unknown things and may reject magic because of this, Benjamin used this powerful power to save the herdsmen while spreading knowledge. As a result, fear dissipates, leaving only desire in the hearts of the herdsmen.
They also long for the power to fight against the tide of beasts.
As a result, more than forty magic apprentices were born on this grassland. The title "Master Benjamin" has also spread among countless surviving herders.
Some herdsmen even regarded him as an inhuman being like a god, offering sacrifices and worshiping him. As Benjamin gradually approached the edge of the grassland, he even encountered a group of herders. The herdsmen had never seen Benjamin before, but they had heard of his name, recognized him, and knelt down violently in front of him.
"Great messenger of God, this is Tanina, a fourteen-year-old girl, our tribute to you. She has three pieces of unmelted ice in her mouth, her hair has just been soaked in water, and everything is as it should be. There are rituals that are done that way.”
Benjamin couldn't laugh or cry.
It's only been a few days, and things have already become like this
His team of mages killed a very large number of monsters. From a certain point of view, they solved the beast tide this time and saved the entire grassland, allowing these herders to survive. Therefore, in the eyes of the herdsmen, their existence is no different from that of gods.
But... they are not gods.
There is no word “salvation” in God’s dictionary.
"I'm just an ordinary human being."
Benjamin never thought that after entering Carites, this would become a phrase on his lips, repeated at least twenty times every day. Perhaps disaster is approaching, and these herdsmen urgently need a spiritual support, but I'm sorry, Benjamin doesn't want to condone this weakness.
People have to rely on themselves if they want to survive, and piety is just weakness and incompetence whitewashed.
Therefore, Benjamin's straightforward attitude even made some herdsmen feel angry. They began to doubt and blame, and showed strong hostility. Benjamin didn't understand why they reacted this way, but all doubts ended with his powerful magic.
"I'm not a god. I'm just a mage." He said this to countless teams of herdsmen. "If some of you work hard enough, you might be able to have power like me. So, don't Your hope is in God, and if you can’t save yourself, God won’t care about you.”
In fact, when he said this, he felt happy in his heart.
This group of herdsmen on the grasslands are ignorant and weak enough to be the perfect target for the church's preaching. Fortunately, before the church discovered this place, Benjamin came here and happened to become the savior. He had the right to say such words that completely deviated from the other party's concept, but the other party had to accept it.
He didn't know if his words could change anything, but he knew that the mages who emerged from the herdsmen one by one would eventually change everything.