In this way, it took about a month to travel around the two countries completely, and the news of the magic school quietly spread. Eventually, he returned to Carretus with the old man.

No...... It should be said that this area no longer belongs to Caritus. This land near the intersection of the Three Kingdoms belongs to Benjamin, and to all the mages under heaven who yearn for knowledge and freedom.

"This is it. ”

Flying in mid-air, Benjamin pointed to the building complex in the distance that had already begun to take shape, and said, "In less than half a month, the academy will be completely completed." More and more mages will come out of this academy. ”

The old man glanced at him from a distance, let out an inaudible snort, and said nothing.

As the two flew closer, they gradually entered the town around the Academy of Magic. The town, built around the college, is small in size and was completed a few months ago. Residences, shops, transportation, ...... Although it is a newly built town, it has all kinds of facilities, and most of the current residents are mages and construction workers, but some civilians are gradually moving in.

The town was built around the Academy, separated only by a fence and trees, in preparation for the future operation of the Academy of Magic. Naturally, there will be daily living facilities within the academy, but in the future, whether you are going out or new people entering, it is still necessary to have a town nearby.

At a meeting, Benjamin named the town "Akademi".

For a nascent town, the name does seem a bit heavy. However, he believes that with the development of the college and the gathering of people, the town will become bigger and bigger, and may even become an internationally renowned big city.

Of course, that's all for later. Now the town has long been built, and Benjamin has also walked into it with the old man.

"Hello Mr. Benjamin. ”

"You're back, we all thought you'd have to spend a few more days......"

His mages currently live in the town. It was morning, and they came and went, meeting quite a few along the way, and Benjamin greeted them one by one.

"Andy, are they all there? Inform the potion mages, assemble in the conference room, there's something important to announce. Benjamin said to the mage who came to greet him.

The mage nodded, turned and went to inform Benjamin's dozen potion mages.

"Wait...... I just came here to study potions, but I didn't say I was going to help you teach a bunch of students. The old man suddenly sensed that something was wrong, stopped, frowned, and said.

"No, no, no, Your Excellency misunderstood. Benjamin smiled and said, "I'm afraid you're working hard, so I'll give you a few more assistants." ”

“......”

Looking at the old man's expression, he obviously felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't say anything, so he had to follow Benjamin on.

And Benjamin could only hide a sly smile in his heart.

Finally invited a powerful potion mage, how could he not take the opportunity to train the people on his side? The old man would definitely not help them with the class, but the title of assistant could also let his mages learn a lot.

He helped the old man find a place to live and settle down. The mage captives were kept in a secret basement in the town, and Benjamin gave the old man permission to take blood for study at any time.

In short, the shelter is in place, the materials are in place, and the assistants are in place...... It took him more than an hour to get the old man's research environment right, and then he put this matter aside, waiting for the gang to slowly study the results for him.

As for himself, he once again devoted himself to the construction of the college.

"This is the student dormitory, there is the faculty dormitory, the daily magic practice ground has been built, the potions lab is still a little close, and the auditorium has just been built and has not yet been decorated......"

Listening to Wallis's debriefing, Benjamin nodded as he controlled his magic to paint the walls.

That's a lot of progress. But the expenses these days still make him staggering. Building materials, manpower, food...... Although they have received financial support from many wealthy businessmen, they still owe a lot of debt.

The six-figure gold coins can only be slowly repaid by the operation of the academy in the future.

Therefore, how to make a name for itself and recruit many students has become the most important thing at the moment.

"It should be completed in half a month, and the opening ceremony is scheduled for two months. Benjamin turned his head to Wallis and asked, "Are the enrollment points in Carretus and Fredon set up?"

Wallis nodded: "There are a total of twenty enrollment points, which have already been done." In fact, hundreds of people have already signed up, but the screening mechanism has not yet been discussed, so it is not possible to give them a clear answer. ”

Benjamin nodded thoughtfully.

They really need to talk about how to screen students.

What kind of students do you want to recruit? Do you have no magical foundation at all, or are mages with a certain level of strength welcome? How high is the threshold for magical talent? and...... How do you measure magical talent?

At the thought of this, Benjamin couldn't help but have a headache.

According to the current scale of the college, it can support up to about 5,000 students. In his plan, the first wave of enrollment is about 1,000 people, but with the people from these three countries, it may be easy to break 1,000.

Screening criteria are a must.

However, the most troublesome thing is that there is no clear system of values for magical talents, and everything is based on feelings. If they want to have a fair screening, they have to build a mature system.

Well, there's a lot to do......

Benjamin shook his head helplessly.

At the end of the day, he returned to the town with the mage, and without even an hour's rest, he discussed the details with a few managers in the conference room.

"We certainly can't recruit everybody. As...... We do a test and set up some levels that will allow those who pass them to become full-fledged students. ”

"How can this be done? Very strong mages can pass the test casually, but when they enter the academy, can we teach them? And what about those who are very talented but have no foundation? They are the ones who deserve to be focused on, right?"

"Yes, talent screening, this is the point! I think we can set two indicators, mental power and elemental affinity, and the sum of them can reach a certain index before we can enter the school. ”

"Psychic power and elemental affinity? But how do you determine this indicator? You have to have a number......

These problems will not be achieved overnight. Thankfully, the construction was almost complete, so Benjamin and the others had more time to discuss it.

Eventually, they came up with such a criterion.

- Over 12 years old, under 20 years old, mental power has reached C level, the sum of elemental affinity has reached C level, or the single elemental affinity has reached B level.

Of course, the age is to recruit students who have no foundation as much as possible, and the evaluation of mental power and affinity is also the result of their research for a long time, synthesizing various books and materials, and finally using letters to mark the level of people's magical talents.

"Guys, this is just an unprecedented feat. As he first marked these things, Benjamin looked at the mages who had collapsed in the stacks of books and encouraged, "The magic of the future will probably be very different because of what we have summarized today." ”