Finally, after a three-hour stalemate, the gathering of mages ended. Hansen and a group of "Shadow" mages were filled with despair and could only follow the people of the Mages Guild and leave.
What awaits them will be a terrible judgment.
The laws in this world are not perfect, but if the public agrees, even if no conclusive evidence can be produced, a verdict can still be issued. And Benjamin also provided a lot of information and drafts from their research, which naturally made him more convincing.
The verdict didn't take much time. After mutual communication, three days later, the general announced the result on behalf of the princess. The rules of rune meditation belong to the Magic Academy. The behavior of the "Shadow" mage organization is very shameful and requires compensation of 100,000 gold coins to the academy.
—Even if you put it here, two hundred thousand is indeed a bit of a fantasy.
Benjamin can still accept this result. In any case, it is an amount that the other party cannot afford at all, and Hansen will have to spend his whole life paying off the debt.
"You'd better not have any thoughts of escaping. Even if you escape to the Kingdom of Hori, believe it or not, I can find you?" Benjamin said to Hansen with a smile on the day the verdict was handed down.
Hansen didn't say anything, his desperate expression looked numb.
Early the next morning, someone discovered his body hanging in the organization's stronghold.
Faced with a hopeless and ruined life, the leader of this mage organization chose to commit suicide. Soon, the matter reached Benjamin’s ears, which also announced the official end of the entire plagiarism incident.
The entire "Shadow" was wiped out overnight, the huge mage organization collapsed, and all its properties were owned by the Magic Academy. In this way, the word "not easy to mess with" has been added to the world's impression of the Magic Academy.
"Master Hansen is really stupid. It's not good to provoke anyone. Why must he provoke the Magic Academy?"
A mage who knew him sighed.
However, most mages who didn't know him didn't even care about the whole thing.
"Why do you care about him? Go and ask about the rules of rune meditation! Have you grabbed the brochure sent out by their admissions office? It is said that if you use that method to meditate, your strength will be much stronger than before. Times!"
"I didn't grab it, but I heard that this law is still in the experimental stage, and only mages who have officially entered the academy can learn it. The manual is just for propaganda, you can't learn it even if you grab it."
"That's it..."
With a series of promotional activities arranged by Hansen, coupled with the reputation and influence of the Magic Academy, at this moment, every mage in all countries is talking about the rules of rune meditation. However, Benjamin has not made the rules completely public yet, but it is not as strictly confidential as before, and it is only circulated by a very small group of people.
It's certainly not good to have a monopoly on this kind of meditation rule, but Benjamin only intends to use it as a gimmick for this recruitment. When a new batch of students enroll, they will officially sell this law in various places, and the price will not be set too high. This can be regarded as accumulating more reputation and character for the Magic Academy.
He knew very well that everyone in the world knew the news, and it was impossible to hide it no matter how hard it was concealed.
They still have to keep busy with enrollment.
"There are more people signing up this time than last time, and the enthusiasm of the masses is terrible. Our original enrollment points are beginning to be a bit insufficient." Wallis reported, "Also, there are also potential seedlings who have passed the test. Quite a few, shouldn’t we start planning to expand enrollment?”
"We can set up more enrollment points and hire some outside mercenaries. Anyway, it's just a matter of registering and collecting money. It doesn't hurt to hire people to do it." Benjamin thought for a moment and said, "But... we can't expand enrollment."
In the current college, the number of teachers is not very sufficient. Just like last year, it is a bit tight to recruit a group of freshmen. What is there to talk about expanding enrollment
Old students entering their second year of school can certainly serve as teaching assistants, but they certainly cannot be relied upon to support them.
Wallis clearly understood Benjamin's concerns.
He nodded and suggested: "In that case, why don't we... start recruiting some new teachers from outside? Even if the salary is average, I believe there will be a large group of mages trying to get into our academy."
Benjamin still shook his head.
"How can a teacher recruit casually?" He said without hesitation, "As for magic, the mages in the academy and the mages outside the academy now have completely different perceptions. They have to be trained again after they come in. They may be very powerful originally. But in terms of thinking, these people may not even be as good as our students.”
Regarding future teacher recruitment, he also hopes that some students will choose to stay in school after graduation and be trained as new teachers, which will definitely be much more convenient.
"But... the response from outside mages is so high now, it would be a waste not to do something." Wallis shook his head and said with his businessman's eyes.
Benjamin couldn't help but touch his chin.
He does not want to lower the average teaching quality of the college, but still hopes to take a more refined route. But... it is true that if you do this, the number you can cultivate will be too small, and it will easily cause dissatisfaction from the outside world.
—He doesn’t want the Magic Academy to become something unattainable for most mages in the future.
After thinking for a while, Benjamin suddenly said: "In that case, we can set up a branch school."
"Branch branch?"
"That's right, we have made a good start, why can't we also take the second place?" Benjamin nodded, "Since the enthusiasm from the outside world is very high now, we can definitely set up some branch schools without so many restrictions on enrollment. , the teaching quality does not need to be maintained at a high level, but it is to slowly popularize the academy’s ideas for studying magic.”
"But... I'm afraid it's not that easy to build another branch, right?"
Benjamin slapped the table and said, "Didn't we just take over all the properties of 'Shadow'? They have made a lot of preparations to build a school before, and we can use them. Anyway, the branch campus does not have to be like the main school." high standard."
"In that case...it's still a few months before the new school year starts, so maybe it's possible."
Finally, Wallis thought for a moment and answered in the affirmative.
Benjamin also looked a little excited.
It’s time for them to take a new step!
Just like that, a new direction was set. Fortunately, their enrollment this time started a little too early due to various accidents, so they had more time to prepare for this new goal.
Benjamin held many meetings on how to build a branch campus, and after discussing with the mages of the college, he finally came up with such a system.
The branch's enrollment is five times that of the main school, and admission fees have dropped significantly. The courses in branch campuses are arranged more loosely and are staggered, so the requirements for venues and teachers will not be so huge. The branch branch does not require the main school. You can come here to take classes on a regular basis, and the exams are much simpler and easier to pass... And more importantly, they can hire external mages as teachers for the branch branch.
—Anyway, most students who enter the branch just hope to learn the rules of rune meditation. They just need to teach the rules and then add some other lessons.
Eventually, Benjamin decided to establish a branch campus in each country.