After the interrogation, Benjamin quickly rushed to Freden.
The organization that Master Randall told us is called "Shadow" and is located in Lant City. Benjamin has not had much contact with it. However, based on the information extracted from the mage, this organization should still be very powerful and have considerable influence in the city and even the entire Freden. Otherwise, the idea of establishing a college would not have come up.
For this reason, Benjamin did not rush directly to Lant City. He grabbed the person in charge by the collar and asked him if he wanted to die. He first went to Riley City and met with Master Finch.
"We don't have much time, so I have something to say directly." Benjamin said solemnly, "The 'Shadow' in Lant City is planning to build a mage college. You should also know, right? I want to make it impossible for them to build it. "
Obviously, his frankness shocked Master Finch.
After being speechless for a moment, he came back to his senses, frowned and advised: "Mr. Benjamin, although you have built the first mage college, you can't ask for yours to be the only school in the world, right? As far as I know, many Local organizations all have similar ideas, how can you stop them?"
"I'm not interested in stopping people, I'm just trying to deal with that group of guys."
As he said this, he roughly told Master Finch about the situation that revealed the secret. After listening, Master Finch also looked shocked and nodded solemnly.
"Leaking the formula... This is a very serious situation, and we really can't let them just let it go."
Benjamin described the leaking of the runes as a magic potion formula, which is what Master Finch originally did. For potion mages like them, if it is the latest secret formula, even if the king comes to ask for it, it must not be disclosed easily, let alone stolen.
Therefore, he immediately understood the significance of the problem.
"Do you have evidence? If there is evidence, we can apply for arbitration between the monarch and the local mages guild. With your reputation, the punishment they receive will be terrible."
Benjamin nodded, took out the note, and handed it to Finch.
However, after Master Finch took a look at it, he looked troubled and said, "This note... the information on it is a bit sparse. It would be difficult to convict based on this alone, leaving no room for others to refute."
Benjamin heard this, touched his chin, and nodded.
As expected…
He had no ironclad evidence, and Master Randall would certainly not be willing to be their witness. At present, the laws and regulations in various countries are not perfect, and it will definitely be difficult to punish these people through due process.
And he came here today not to redress his grievances, but to use some power outside the rules to accomplish things that cannot be done by current regulations.
"Master Finch, you should also understand that if such a thing hadn't really happened, I would have been too lazy to take care of those messy mage organizations." He said slowly, "And since they really did it, I hope to borrow your help in the Redden’s influence, help me do something.”
Master Finch was stunned for a moment, and then fell into deep thought.
"Isn't this... not good?"
"Isn't it worse for them to do things like steal research results?"
"Um… "
In the end, Benjamin used part of the college's potion production and sales rights in exchange for the other party's help.
"Then what are you going to do?" After the deal was finalized, Master Finch seemed to be in a good mood, and then said, "To be honest, there is no point in spending too much energy on retaliating against others. Once the formula is leaked, you will be very disappointed. If it is difficult to seal it, research results worth thousands of dollars will quickly depreciate."
Benjamin nodded: "I understand."
"and you… "
"Just stare and see." Benjamin said with a sneer.
After the meeting, he left Riley City and rushed to Lant City within a day. Although he already had the prototype of the plan in mind, he still needed to confirm the situation of the "shadow".
In fact, not everyone in such a large mage organization will participate in important decisions. Stealing runes should only be the responsibility of a few leaders, and Benjamin did not intend to vent his anger on everyone.
Disguising himself and walking into Lant City, he quickly found the "Shadow" stronghold through inquiring.
The stronghold is a rather large villa, which was transformed into a place for meetings and conferences, standing in the center of the city. This is an organization with about a thousand mage members and a certain number of subordinate mercenaries. Even in this area, it is one of the top powers.
But... Benjamin knew very well that there should be no more than three hundred active members.
Walking near the stronghold, he didn't hear many words similar to "runes". The rules of rune meditation should not have spread yet, at least, most people have not heard about it.
After thinking for a while, he walked in through the door.
"Hello, may I ask... do you need anything?"
The mercenary standing at the door was stunned when he saw Benjamin. A stronghold of a mage organization like this is usually used for communication among internal members, and obviously few visitors come.
"Master Finch sent me here to see your leader. We have a big deal to discuss with him." As he said that, Benjamin took out Master Finch's personal letter and gave it to the mercenary for review.
The mercenary was a little confused, but he still nodded, glanced at the envelope, and put Benjamin in it.
—In Frieden, the name Master Finch is obviously more useful than Dean Benjamin.
Soon, Benjamin walked into the reception room and waited for the person in charge to arrive. Of course, during this process, he did not forget to ask the system to scan the files hidden in the building.
"The rules of rune meditation seem to have been compiled into a book by them, and they have made many copies." The system report reported, "In the reception room like yours, there are several books under the table in front of you..."
Benjamin snorted.
It has actually come to this point...
No one came, so he vaguely read the contents of the book using the water element induction method. It is probably their research results, without any modifications, and even the arrangement is very poor. It is really unbearable to look at.
Since you want to steal, can't you steal better
Benjamin couldn't help but complained in his heart.
Obviously, this organization is ready. As long as it starts taking action, it can set off a vigorous tide of rune ideas. Even if Benjamin kills the person in charge here, he may not be able to stop this.
But...he wasn't going to stop this either.
If we want to remain invincible forever, we must conform to the trend of history and cannot go against the general direction. Since this opportunity has been stolen by others, he will steal it back again.
Benjamin already had a plan in mind.