In the middle of the night, while Benjamin was lying on the bed of the hotel, he heard the sound of quarrels coming from the street.
"... Impossible, you can't be from the Mage Guild! Who are you, and how much did that guy spend to hire you? I can give you more money, as long as you get out of here."
"what are you saying… "
The dispute was so loud that many people in the town were woken up and gathered towards the old man's shop. Benjamin also left the hotel, mixed in with the crowd, and moved over there.
At the entrance of the store, the old man was holding the timid clerk with one hand and holding the cat with the other, confronting five or six mages opposite.
The quarrel just now probably originated from these two groups.
Seeing this, Benjamin nodded.
The people from the Mages Guild finally arrived as scheduled, but the old man seemed to think that these mages were hired by Benjamin to pretend to be members of the Mages Guild to complete the bet.
The imagination is really rich.
Obviously, these mages were too lazy to say anything more to the old man. From their point of view, after receiving the order from the president, they will complete it and let these unorganized mages know how powerful they are. An old man blocking the road and talking incomprehensible words? No matter what he does, his brain won’t work as he gets older!
Therefore, they went directly around the old man and chanted the incantation. After a while, a ball of fire came out of his hand and headed straight for the old man's shop.
The old man also anxiously summoned a shield to block the fireballs. But as a potion mage, his magic level is definitely not that high, let alone facing several mages.
After holding on for less than a few seconds, the shield shattered. Under the desperate eyes of the old man, the fireball went straight to the store, intending to burn this building that exuded the atmosphere of time.
"Well...it's better not to do it too harshly."
Along with an imperceptible muttering to himself, a curtain of water suddenly condensed out, blocking the front of the shop and catching all the fireballs.
Benjamin shook his head secretly in the crowd.
He didn't intend to burn down other people's shops. As a condition of the bet, the old man had to follow him to Carites. That was enough. If you go too far, you may cause a backlash.
The appearance of the water curtain stunned many people. The people watching were astonished, and the mages from the Mages Guild showed vigilant expressions, looking around blankly, trying to find the person who cast the magic.
So, Benjamin walked out from the crowd.
Of course, he went through a series of disguises to prevent recognition. The mages looked at him and regarded him only as the old man's helper, not as a wanted criminal.
Only the old man recognized Benjamin and stared at him closely, his eyes a little complicated.
The atmosphere was tense for a while.
"Who are you?" The mages looked at Benjamin fiercely and asked.
"I'm not anyone, I'm just a mage who can't stand it." Benjamin said expressionlessly, "I still have some dealings with this store, can you please be merciful?"
It is actually a bit troublesome to deal with the current situation.
These mages definitely don't understand the situation. In their understanding, smashing a store means smashing a store, and there is no such thing as cooperating with acting. Therefore, they would not leave easily, and Benjamin could only use force to drive these people away.
But... he can't make a big deal out of it, otherwise something will happen if the Queen or the Mages Guild realize something is wrong.
Benjamin could only try to grasp this balance.
"Your Excellency, please get out of the way. The owner of this shop is selling illegal potions without the permission of the Mages Guild. We all act in accordance with the rules. If you don't get out of the way, don't blame us for being rude."
The mages looked at Benjamin for a while. Probably because he was afraid of the strength he had just shown, the leading mage spoke up and said this.
When Benjamin heard this, he shrugged and said, "Selling illegal potions... Do you have any evidence?"
"Of course we do."
"Then take it out and show it to everyone."
"This is an internal secret of the Mages Guild. We have no obligation to show it to you. In short, the matter is confirmed. The sealing of this store is an order from above. Please stop messing around."
Hearing this, Benjamin felt relieved.
It's obviously bureaucracy. As long as you are willing, you can seal other people's stores for any reason. The president of the Mages Guild didn't give them a very good reason. Selling contraband or something like this has no evidence and is obviously untenable.
With this thought in mind, he stepped forward and blocked the old man and the shop.
The old man was staring at him with a suspicious look at this moment, as if he was still thinking about whether all this was a show played by Benjamin in order to win the bet.
When Benjamin saw this, he turned his head back and looked at the people from the Mages Guild calmly.
"What do you mean by being unreasonable? In my opinion, it's obviously you who are unreasonable." He said somewhat deliberately, "Are you really from the Mages Guild? Why do I think you are spies from other countries?"
And the reactions of those mages were exactly what Benjamin wanted.
"Of course we are official members of the Mage Guild." The leading mage took out a dark diamond-shaped badge from his pocket and waved it in front of their eyes. "This is our badge. You see clearly, this thing is not fake." of."
After the badge was taken out, the old man's eyes did change.
Seeing this, Benjamin nodded secretly.
This time, the old man no longer defaulted on his debt. As long as he drives away the current group of mages, the old man has no reason not to follow him to Carites.
"I didn't expect that the Mages Guild would be so unreasonable now." Therefore, he immediately accused those people, "If you can't even produce evidence, you will burn down other people's shops. The reputation of the Mages Guild will be ruined by you." Empty!"
"you… "
Those mages were obviously a little irritated. Seeing that Benjamin was still reluctant to get out of the way, they were too lazy to talk nonsense and started singing their favorite magic. Storm, pillar of fire... several intermediate magics combined together appeared in the night sky of this small town, which looked quite intimidating.
Unfortunately, Benjamin didn’t even move his eyelids.
Following a very light spell, weak magic waves spread, and a thin layer of water curtain appeared again, catching all the magic coming from the opposite side.
The wind and fire that filled the sky dispersed, and the water curtain did not even move.
When the mages saw this scene, their expressions finally changed.
"Is this magic... a water barrier? A water barrier can have such power, this guy..." They started whispering, and everyone looked fearful.
A smile appeared on Benjamin's lips.
His method of casting spells is quite unique. Therefore, he cannot let these people see methods such as mental spellcasting, otherwise they may be recognized. Using water polo spells to simulate other magic spells is risk-free and can frighten the enemy to the greatest extent.
Need I say more? Five intermediate magic spells were blocked by one of his low-level magic spells, and these mages must be heartbroken.
Benjamin took advantage of the situation and spoke.
"You can attack, but if you can hurt someone, I will lose." His voice was deliberately loud, "I will not fight back. I want to show the folks here how despicable the people from the Mages Guild are. To what extent."
The mages were stunned when they heard this, and then they looked at the people gathered around them.