Unintentionally, Benjamin suddenly felt like he had become some kind of professional magic tutor.
The merchant class of Carrites was uncultivated soil, the church had not yet set foot in it, and Benjamin needed more connections. So, he chose to try to contact these people. And these people... they have no interest in being anti-church. What they are interested in is how they can possess the power of magic.
Therefore, they also extended an olive branch to Benjamin.
In this way, with the agreement between the two parties, the title "Master Benjamin" became popular among the merchants of Carites. They exchanged this name secretly, saying that he was the publisher of the "Declaration of Free Magic" and that if you ask him to be your teacher, you can learn magic.
Of course, you need talent to learn magic, but businessmen usually have big families, and there will always be one or two talented people among their relatives and children.
"Teacher Benjamin, thank you very much for your advice. I don't know when I want to invite you to come to class next time."
Benjamin smiled and waved his hand: "Let's talk some more, I don't have much time, you have to make an appointment in advance."
At that moment, he found that he seemed to be the only source of magical knowledge in all of Carites.
The spells in the "Declaration of Free Magic" are free and easily accessible to wealthy businessmen, but the more profound spells and more effective meditation rules... all the domestic mages are hiding, and the mercenary association will not sell them to them. They, they could only ask for it from Benjamin.
If Benjamin is determined, he can even use this opportunity to earn money that he will never spend in his lifetime.
However, his purpose was not here, so he did not take a hard hit on these wealthy businessmen, but rather generously passed on this magical knowledge in exchange for the power of connections.
To be able to teach everyone in the world - in fact, he is also waiting for this opportunity.
These wealthy businessmen were very cunning and unwilling to mention church matters to him, but so what? The church's purpose is to kill all the mages in the world, and one day it will kill them.
In this way, in the next half month, Benjamin traveled all over Carites and accepted thirty or forty students. He could barely be considered a student.
"Are you sure you want to spend your time on this? The church has slowly infiltrated into Carites' armies. The king is also in a hurry, and the officials around him have all been replaced by people from the church. If this continues, he will soon be completely ignored."
In Amber City, Miles found Benjamin and brought news about the king.
"There's nothing you can do about it. I can't help you with your political struggles." Benjamin shook his head and said helplessly, "It's impossible for me to infiltrate the army. We don't have the conditions."
If possible, he would of course want to gather military power and drive the church directly out of Carites, but that was impossible. Their positive power is completely incomparable to that of the church, so they can only bypass the church and work hard in other areas.
If the king is sad about the loss of his power, then he should find a solution on his own, and there is nothing Benjamin can do.
"But... you try your best to please these wealthy businessmen, but they don't seem to want to give anything in return."
"I don't need their reward, I just want the magic power of Carites to grow again as soon as possible." Benjamin shrugged and said, "As long as there are enough magic powers among the people, the church will not dare to come forward. , can only hide behind the king. This can also be regarded as a talisman for the king, you should tell him and let him make good use of it."
Hearing this, Miles looked helpless: "You obviously just want to expand your influence and become the father of magic in Carites, right?"
Benjamin smiled slyly and said, "This is called a win-win, and there are benefits for both sides."
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In this way, Miles returned with the message to report to the king, and Benjamin continued to set off to collect his next student. He firmly believed that even though the church tried its best, it could not suppress the spread of magic in Carites.
However, this time, there seemed to be some surprises...
"Mr. Talco, what do you mean?"
In the small town south of Carrites, there is a businessman named Talco. He learned about Benjamin through other businessmen's channels, and tried to invite Benjamin to come over and teach his daughter magic.
However, when Benjamin came to the town, he immediately discovered that something was wrong.
There were too many unidentified guys hidden in the town, strange mercenaries, passers-by probing... He even found a lot of guys with crosses hidden under their clothes.
trap
The church finally discovered what he was doing and was planning to use this to catch him
Suddenly, Benjamin felt lucky. If you don't have the water element perception method, you have to scan it carefully every time you go to a place, and you might actually get tricked.
"There are not many people ambushing here. It's a pity. If we bring more men here, maybe we can catch them all." He said in his heart.
"Whatever, you can try to destroy them now." The system said nonchalantly.
By the way, the soul information of the two elders was finally deciphered by the system. And the biggest gain Benjamin gained from this was a skill that allowed him to cast spells together.
He also didn't know what the difference was between the joint spellcasting from the cannibal mage clan and the one from the church. However, after experimenting, he found that this method was very complicated to use. It required long-term practice and coordination to form a mental resonance before he could complete the joint casting.
In their current situation, Benjamin and the others would definitely not be able to practice large-scale joint casting. Therefore, he just specifically ordered the three mages who could cast advanced magic to practice more so as not to have to chant for a long time next time.
As for other content... As the system said, the soul information was seriously damaged. It couldn't extract anything useful from the memories of the two elders. At most, it was bloody scenes of those mages eating people, plus Some special understandings of spiritual power.
Among the cannibal mage clan, there is a special mental power training method that can make people's mental power particularly solidified and reduce the consumption of mental power to maintain magic. It is probably one of the necessary conditions for the magic to remain after death. Benjamin is currently researching this method and is not yet sure whether to start using it.
In short... In their current state, there is a lot of room for internal improvement, and it is best to avoid direct conflicts with the church.
Therefore, after discovering the ambush in the town, Benjamin was initially ready to leave.
However, he found a strange list on a priest's body through the water element induction method.