In order to verify his conjecture, Benjamin interrogated all the dozen Icol mages they captured.
Among them, some people showed a less than willing attitude when asked about their loyalty to the Queen. But when Benjamin asked them why they resisted, they said that the queen was the queen anyway, how could they disobey the queen
That kind of look... is really like receiving some kind of suggestion and taking root in the mind.
After getting the results, Benjamin returned to the Potions Department building and told the old man everything.
"Mind control? Or some kind of special suggestion..."
After listening, the old man picked up the scratch paper with the formula written on it and began to smile wryly in meditation. Seeing this, Benjamin knew that the other party needed more time to think, and it was useless for him to stay here. Therefore, he quietly left and closed the door of the alchemy room.
After returning to his residence, he thought about it and wrote a letter to the president of the Mages Guild telling him the news. The president was probably also deceived by the queen's lies about the potion's effectiveness, so he was still puzzled. Benjamin needed to show him what the potion really did.
After doing this, he was temporarily free and could hide in the house and meditate peacefully.
"Has the spell been filtered out?"
The system's voice sounded a little tired: "Well... the five billion spells have been screened, and there are still more than two million that may be effective."
"Why are there so many more?"
"I have already worked very hard to filter! There are only two million items. If you try one by one, won't you be finished in a few days?" The system's voice suddenly became extremely angry, "This is already the limit, okay? Anyway, I It doesn’t work, you can use it if you like.”
“…”
Benjamin had no choice but to accept the result.
The system has said so, what else can he do? Besides, if you look at five billion and then two million, this number doesn’t seem that hard to accept...
I just have to retreat for a while.
Therefore, after saying hello to Wallis, Benjamin stayed behind closed doors and prepared to start trying out the spells belonging to the new characters. Although he now has runes, the days when he could conquer the world with just three moves have passed. He now wants to satisfy his unfinished wish as a skilled person.
And the academy is currently operating very smoothly, so he can safely leave the matter to his mages.
In this way, Benjamin began to try the spells given to him by the system one by one.
Time passes slowly in the space of consciousness, and the sun and moon in reality also pass through the sky of the Magic Academy several times. Benjamin lived in seclusion, and the students began to have some doubts. Didn't they often catch the dean in the college before? Why is it gone now
Of course, their schoolwork was not easy. Such topics were occasionally discussed a few times during the lunch break. They were soon forgotten and turned to engage in more frequent magic practices.
"Teacher Qiao, Joanna, look! I can use explosive fireball, my first low-level magic! Am I out of the scope of apprentice now?"
"Let's see... you're not very good at this. You cast the spell three times before you can succeed once. Obviously you haven't practiced enough. Come here, let me show you a few tricks."
"ah… "
About half a month later, among the students, the most talented ones had even learned low-level magic, and could barely be called mages.
Although the combat effectiveness of these people is still very poor at the moment, and the teachers in the academy do not dare to drag them out to fight against World of Warcraft, but in any case, this is a gratifying result - it proves that their teaching methods are very effective.
The semi-closed atmosphere of learning magic, systematic theoretical teaching, and the cultivation of competitive awareness...all these factors combined make students grow faster than many people imagine. Some mages who came out of the old-style apprenticeship also had to lament that if they could use this method to learn back then, their current level would definitely be even higher.
But... for them, it's not too late.
As teachers at the Magic Academy, some followed Benjamin from the Kingdom of Horli, while others were mages from Freden and Carites, and later chose to follow Benjamin. In order to teach students well, they are also working hard to learn magic knowledge and improve their own skills. Therefore, their strength is gradually rising.
Perhaps even Benjamin had not thought that the academy existed to train students, but it seemed that the teachers were also trained.
Wallis saw all this in his eyes and firmly believed in his heart that in a few months, the college would take people out for the first time, and the whole continent would be shocked by this speed. He even felt a little bit of anticipation as to what kind of surprised expressions the mages outside would show if they knew everything in the academy.
But he didn't expect that people in the academy were expecting it, and people outside the academy were also expecting it.
Less than a month into the school year, some unexpected visitors came to the Magic Academy.
"Hello, we want to meet the legendary Dean Benjamin. I wonder if he is in the college?"
That afternoon, about dozens of mages suddenly came outside the gate of the academy. They seemed to be quite powerful. They passed the doorman and found Wallis. The middle-aged man in the lead asked.
"He is in the academy, but he may still be meditating at this time." Wallis shook hands with the other party politely, and then said, "I wonder what you want?"
The middle-aged mage smiled and said, "That's right. We are from the Phoenix, a mage organization in Freden. I am the leader of this organization. After hearing about the Magic Academy, I wanted to discuss some cooperation matters with Master Benjamin. I wonder if he would like to see us?"
When Wallis heard this, he laughed twice, but felt something was wrong in his heart.
There have always been many people who want to cooperate with the academy, but... no one has ever come to the door with so many young people. Moreover, they have previously cooperated with political figures and wealthy business groups from various countries. The mage organization, this is the first one here.
In fact, there is a subtle competitive relationship between the academy and general mage organizations. The mage organization relies on the magic knowledge it possesses to win over mages, and the academy also relies on teaching magic to attract students.
Wallis had heard that after the emergence of the Magic Academy, there were turmoils in mage organizations all over the country, and the commissions paid by these organizations to member mages had increased by at least 20%.
Given various factors, will any mage organization want to cooperate with them
"This... you also know that when the level of magic reaches a very high level, the meditation time often becomes longer, and I don't know when the dean will be able to come out. So, give me your contact information, I will contact you when the dean is free."
Therefore, Wallis patted the other party's shoulder affectionately and said with a smile on his face.
However, after hearing this, the middle-aged mage who was leading the group began to lose his smile.
"Are you... bluffing us?"
Sure enough, he came to stir up trouble.
Wallis knew it in his heart, but his many years of business habits made him dislike breaking up with others, so he continued to make peace and said with a smile: "Your Excellency, you are overthinking. Don't worry, you don't need to waste any more time. When the dean comes out, I will definitely ask him to visit you in person!"
The man took a step back and waved away Wallis' hand on his shoulder.
"No need, we must meet the legendary Master Benjamin today."