A few days later, the news spread from the Kingdom of Hori and spread throughout the continent through the mouths of various informants and undercover agents.
The pagans attacked Havenright and planted a curse on the king of the Kingdom of Hori. As a result, the king became ill and could no longer manage state affairs. The affairs of the kingdom were temporarily handed over to the queen for management.
—This is the news announced by the royal family under the instruction of the church.
After Benjamin heard about it, he naturally made a close guess as to what the real situation was. The raids by overseas sects have brought huge trouble to the church. After this time, the noble forces may have another excuse to stumbling against them. Coupled with the losses suffered during this expedition, at least in a short period of time, the church will definitely not be able to do anything.
Ikol has regained all lost ground and begun reconstruction. They were very grateful for the timely support of the Magic Academy. They not only paid for the pensions of all the fallen personnel, but also paid a large amount of additional compensation to Benjamin.
Benjamin accepted it unceremoniously, divided two-thirds of it, and gave it to the members of the Magic Academy who participated in this support. Whether it is teachers or students...each of them has made their own contribution to this war, and Benjamin is not interested in taking the money alone.
Afterwards, he thought that the aftermath of the war would be almost over here, but what he didn't expect was that the Magic Academy's actions caused a huge repercussions in the entire mage world - especially the circle of mage circles in Ikol.
At that time, Ikol had a large number of free mages who volunteered to join the army. After the war, they could have returned to their former free life. But many of them began to come to express their admiration.
"Master Dean, although I have only been fighting side by side with you for a few weeks, I have learned a lot from you. Magic, runes, beliefs... You are not stingy in sharing the knowledge you have. This attitude makes us very happy. Surprised. After discussion, we decided that the Magic Academy represents the future of mages, can we join it?"
"Dean Benjamin, when you flew into the sky and faced dozens of Holy Light cannonballs alone, countless mages present felt their blood boiling at that moment. You warned us that the way we studied behind closed doors in the past was not real magic. Please allow us to be your followers.”
"Rune Defense Array, I have studied magic for so many years, but I have never seen anything like this. Your academy does have something. I wonder if there are any conditions for joining?"
"Master Dean..."
The sudden increase in visitors was about to cross the threshold of the college, and Benjamin was a little confused.
They defeated the church head-on several times and raised the status of the Magic Academy countless times. Especially those free mages who joined the army in the war. After seeing everything about the academy with their own eyes, they were not only deeply shocked, but they went back and told their mage friends. They spread the word from ten to ten, and the magic academy once again became famous.
Although it seemed that Ikol had defeated the Kingdom of Hori, mages from all over the world gradually realized that it was the Magic Academy that really dominated this war.
Because of this, this organization, which was established only a year ago, has unknowingly become the most powerful organization in the eyes of all mages. Even a solitary mage who lives in seclusion in the mountains can't help but come out, inquire about relevant deeds, and come up with the idea of seeing it once.
The direct result of this was that Benjamin's vacation was completely ruined.
"Regarding the recruitment of faculty and staff at the Magic Academy, we have a very strict selection process. Thank you very much for your support. We will consider making exceptions for recruitment. We certainly cannot let you in directly now..."
With words like this, in just a few days, Benjamin's words were almost worn out.
The people who came to visit every day were so mixed that he didn't have time to distinguish them one by one, so he had to go back on the specific matters. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. He certainly cannot turn away these people, but he must also be careful of those with ulterior motives.
Therefore, he could only recall Wallis, who had only been on vacation for a few days, and together with a group of administrative staff, began to discuss the matter of absorbing foreign mages.
They finally decided to send this group of people to the branch campus.
The branch branch was temporarily put on hold due to the war, but it has been gradually restored, and external mages have begun to register freely and become non-staff members of the Magic Academy. Although the branch campus does not have a high demand for teachers, as it grows larger, there will definitely be more and more staff to maintain operations.
"With so many people, it is impossible to review them one by one and transfer them all to the branch campus. After being reviewed by the branch office, those who have worked for at least half a year and perform well will have the opportunity to be promoted to our main campus."
In order to reduce everyone's workload, in the end, Benjamin could only make such a decision.
This process was considered reasonable, so no one objected. Everyone broke up and left, and started busy arranging those mages who had defected to the branch.
As for Benjamin, he was woken up from his resting state and had to return to his normal busy dean mode. In such a big college, even if the students have gone home for the holidays, he still has a lot to be busy with.
For example…
Outside the town of Akademi.
In the secluded woods, the special forces that had just been established in the academy were still hiding inside and training intensively. They were not exposed to public view because of the war. During the war, Benjamin remained calm and carefully hid this unit with unlimited potential.
Because of their isolation, they did not even know about the war in Ikol. It wasn't until the end of the war, when Benjamin returned to work and came here again, that the people inside knew what had happened.
"…I don't think you should keep this from us."
After hearing the general situation, Lance frowned, as if he was dissatisfied for not being able to participate in this battle, showing a somewhat unwilling look.
"I didn't mean it." Benjamin shrugged and said, "The only ones who knew about your existence were me and Wallis, but the situation was urgent and we all rushed to Ikol, so of course no one could inform you. ”
“…”
Lance was speechless.
"Don't worry. Once this unit is trained, one day you will shine." Benjamin comforted, "But... I'm here this time because I have something new to offer you."
Lance was stunned when he heard this, and immediately said: "Is it the latest researched offensive magic item?"
Benjamin nodded and took out a crude-looking wooden pistol from his pocket.
This army composed purely of ordinary people is probably the academy's biggest trump card at the moment. The defensive props and air-holding props in the rune-strengthened state... all that should be available have been there before, but only the attack methods have not been developed yet. And relying solely on the first two items, this force still does not have the ability to suppress the caster.
When Morris was studying this topic, Benjamin told him to first research magic props that can attack remotely. Finally, three days after the war ended, he made the sample and handed it to Benjamin.
"There have been some strange rumors outside, saying that the dean of the Magic Academy is also a sharpshooter. I thought it was quite interesting, so I made it according to the gun model."
At that time, hearing Morris explain the source of his inspiration, Benjamin could only nod and smile, not knowing what to say.
However, Benjamin had to admit that this "element gun" developed using rune technology was really to his liking.
After testing, there were no problems, and the academy began mass production of element guns. Benjamin took the gun to the special forces hidden in the dense forest to complete the last piece of the puzzle for them.
"The method of use is very simple. No operation is required. Pull the trigger, and the muzzle of the gun will launch powerful elemental missiles. The power is the same as ordinary low-level magic." He recalled Morris's explanation and said slowly, "This thing There are no restrictions. It can automatically replenish energy and condense ammunition from the surrounding free elements. The only thing you need to pay attention to is that it can only fire up to thirty rounds in an hour. After that, the runes on the gun will be damaged. It must be returned to the academy for repair before it can be used again.”
Lance nodded and took the gun.
"Thirty bullets... combined with the air-stopping props and the enchanted long sword, for our elite soldiers, it is enough to kill thirty priests."
Benjamin raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "Really or not? Have you trained so well?"
"No... just looking forward to the future, don't you all like to say this kind of thing at various college meetings?" Lance replied as he scratched the back of his head in embarrassment.
"...It's nothing to be happy about."
Benjamin shook his head helplessly.
However, although it was just a big talk, he actually believed in his heart that maybe one day, these ordinary people armed with rune props would really have such powerful strength.
After patrolling the camp for a while, Benjamin nodded with satisfaction, turned around, and left from here.