If this is to let people run away, then Benjamin, the dean, should not be able to continue?

At that moment, he blew away the poisonous smoke with water vapor, and then chased after him as fast as he could—after mastering the water elemental realm, his flight speed was no slower than before.

"You can't escape. ”

With a whisper, the fleeing mage turned his head, only to see Benjamin's face getting closer and closer to him. Then fear and despair came to his eyes.

"I ......"

He opened his mouth, as if he wanted to defend something more, but Benjamin was not going to listen to his nonsense. As soon as his target came into attack, he summoned a large ball of water, swallowing the old mage directly into it, drowning all possible quibbles in the water.

Then, the water balloon spun wildly. Within two seconds, the old mage was unconscious. Seeing this, Benjamin turned the water balloon into a blister and flew back to the building with the people.

Everything happened within a few tens of seconds, and their location was far away from the school building, so no one should notice the abnormality here.

However, the people in the building must have noticed something.

"What's going on?" several mages ran out of the laboratory, looked at Benjamin and the old mage in the blister in surprise and suspicion, and quickly asked, "Dean, Master Randall, ...... you?"

Benjamin sighed and tossed the note from the bird's leg to the mages.

Actually, the content on the note is very simple. Although Master Randall took advantage of Benjamin's reading of the note to try to escape, Benjamin also saw it in that moment.

The mages also read out the above content: "The dean is coming back soon, and more runes will be passed on to you again when they find a chance." ”

Then, they were stunned, and immediately showed an expression of "no".

The knowledge of runes, which is something that everyone agrees to keep secret. Benjamin provided them with research materials and space, and they were obligated to keep everything in the school so that Benjamin could decide how to use the knowledge.

Leaking secrets can be said to be a very deadly thing.

"We didn't even notice ...... before," one mage took a deep breath and couldn't help but say, "Why the hell did he do that?"

Benjamin shook his head and didn't say anything.

He doesn't blame these mages. With only his water elemental perception method, no one else can monitor a person in all directions without dead ends. Therefore, if someone wants to spread the word, as long as that person is careful enough, they will definitely be able to do it.

"That'...... What are you going to do with him?" asked the other mage.

"I had to ask who he had sent the news to. Benjamin glanced at the man in the blister and said, "He must have sent a lot of information to a certain force while I was away." ”

Hearing this, the mages also nodded.

"What about after the interrogation?" someone pleaded for Master Randall, "he should just be confused for a moment. The Dean may be able to see that he has contributed a lot to our research, and he will be treated lightly. ”

Benjamin let out a cold snort and said, "This is the rule we have set before. Now that he's broken the rules, I'm not going to kill him, but I'm not going to let him go. ”

"That ......"

"Keep him in the basement, and use him as an experiment if there is any dangerous rune experiment. Benjamin said coldly, "How many days he can live depends on his own luck." ”

Although he said so, it is actually no different from killing it directly as a guinea pig.

This is an example of killing chickens and monkeys. The rune research group is full of old mages gathered from the outside world, and in terms of loyalty, they are much worse than the other mages in the academy. Benjamin, of course, hopes that everyone will be kind and not cause any unpleasantness. But once it happens, he must put his attitude here, so that even if anyone starts to think carefully in the future, they will have to weigh it.

In this way, when the mages heard this, they looked at each other, and no one said anything more.

This matter became a secret and was sealed in this laboratory building. Benjamin also took Master Randall into the basement, tied a forbidden chain to a chair, and began to interrogate.

"Who did you pass those notes to?"

After waking the man up, Benjamin asked coldly as he stared at the old mage.

“...... I can't tell you. The mage was silent for a moment, then said, "If I say it, you'll kill them all." And you won't let me go. ”

"They?" said Benjamin, his face sank, "So, your accomplices are a large crowd?"

"Dean Benjamin, you can kill me, but I'm not going to tell you anything more. The mage said in a trembling voice, "Now that you've been caught, I'm ready...... Kill me!"

Benjamin smiled.

That's what everyone who hasn't been tortured says so.

"Want to die? That's a very simple thing. But before that, you'll tell me everything. ”

As he spoke, he threw a water balloon, interrupting the other party's attempt to commit suicide. The whole process was so skillful that there was no warning at all, and the old mage was stunned at that time.

Then, he looked at Benjamin's "harmless" smile, and his face shook involuntarily.

"You...... What are you going to do......"

About half an hour later.

Benjamin walked out of the basement, closed the door, and left all the wailing and screaming in the room.

It's just that his face is not very good-looking.

"Are you happy to have competitors too, and do you feel the thrill of being an industry leader?" the system gloated.

“...... Shut up. ”

Benjamin shook his head helplessly.

What he got from the old mage was rather unexpected news.

The secret knowledge of the runes was sent to one of Freden's mage organizations. And that mage organization...... They were going to build a new mage academy, almost to get a foot in a field that only Benjamin had ever set foot in.

To be honest, Benjamin has no problem with others setting up an academy. This will definitely be a trend, and he himself will become the first person to start the school, and it is inevitable that there will be a second person and a third person...... In the general direction, he should be happy about this phenomenon.

However, it is not a good thing for others to steal their research results as a gimmick in order to build an academy.

Mage Randall seems to be one of the founders of the mage organization, and his companion is preparing to build an academy, so he takes advantage of this opportunity to steal the knowledge of runes. And now, if nothing else, at least the entire content of the Rune Meditation Technique has been sent to the hands of that mage organization.

Benjamin felt an unusual headache.

In such a crowded place where mages are organized, so much time has passed, this secret ...... I'm afraid it's a little bit unsavory.