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"Adventure mage, what's that?"

The old man replied, "It's a mage with the ability to fight." ”

Hearing this, the doubts in Benjamin's heart did not increase but decreased. How far have foreign mages developed, and why have they made so many strange distinctions?

A mage with combat ability? As long as you are a mage, shouldn't you have a certain combat ability?

Seeing this, the old man also seemed to realize that Benjamin didn't know anything about this, so he pursed his lips and explained: "Mage, as long as you know a fireball technique, it seems that you are a little more powerful than ordinary people, so this distinction is indeed quite strange. But you should have seen that even if you have learned a lot of magic, when you start a fight with someone, your hands will tremble like a sieve, and you can't aim accurately, and in terms of combat effectiveness, you may not be as good as a woodcutter with an axe in your hand. This kind of mage just doesn't have combat power, which is why we came up with things like adventure mages and potion mages. ”

Hearing this, I don't know why, Benjamin's mind suddenly appeared with the figures of the two second-hand mages of the Silent Academy.

It seems like...... And that's exactly what happened.

When you think about it, not every mage has really mastered the skill, which requires talent, "combat". As for why this concept did not appear in the kingdom, it was probably because the mages with poor combat talent had already been killed by the church.

Because, after hesitating for a while, Benjamin still nodded and said, "Sort of." ”

"It's not easy...... Can escape from the Holy Shit Kingdom. You should be at a good level, otherwise you won't be able to survive the mad dog hunt of the church. The old man scratched his head, and continued, "Didn't you say you wanted some books on magic? ”

Hearing this, Benjamin thought about it for a moment. Out of caution, he didn't say yes, but asked, "What books do you have here?"

In case the book that the old man exchanged for him was not what he needed at all, it would be a fool.

"Rest assured, I understand what a guy like you needs most at this moment. The old man turned around and pulled out two thick books from under the bed, and shook them in front of Benjamin's eyes, "One "Introduction to Potions" and one "Introduction to Magic" are enough for you to blend into the magic circle, not like a hillbilly." ”

Before Benjamin could read the covers of the two books, the old man took them away and put them back under the bed.

Judging from the name, it was indeed something he needed to know at the moment, but for some reason, he suddenly had a feeling that he would not be falsely accused.

"You can't buy these books anywhere else, do you?" he asked.

Hearing this, the old man let out a cold snort.

"You can buy it at your fingertips?" do you think this is an ale mixed with water?" he said with a look of disdain, "I bet that there are no more than three sets of these two books in the whole of Ikor except for those hidden in the hands of the Mage Guild. ”

Benjamin took out a bargaining stance, shrugged his shoulders, and said, "Then I'll just find the Mage Guild, why do I have to make a deal with you." ”

"The Mage's Guild will not lend books to anyone who is not a member of the Guild. Speaking of this, the old man suddenly showed a sneer, "I am also here to kindly suggest that you do not join the Mage Guild, you will regret it." ”

...... Oh?

At that moment, Benjamin seemed to smell some conspiracy.

The old man's disgust for the Mage Guild had been felt by him from the beginning. At first, he thought it was just a sign of the old man's loneliness and unsociability, but now it seems that there is something else hidden in this matter.

The mysterious young man before also mentioned the Mage Guild, and pulled out a bunch of internal secrets that I didn't know if they were true or not......

"Well, I can help you, but you'll need to pay a small deposit first. Thinking of this, he immediately made a decision, "The so-called deposit is everything you know about the Mage Guild. ”

"No problem. The old man immediately agreed, "As long as you can really get what I want, I can say bad things about the Mage Guild for a day and a night." ”

Looking at the old man's unusually cheerful attitude, Benjamin was suddenly a little worried, this busy...... How difficult will it be to help?

However, he has already agreed, and he will definitely not regret it.

Just like that, more than half an hour later, Benjamin left the shop.

He returned to the room he had booked at the inn, first summed up what he had gained in Moore's Little Magic Shop, and then began to plan his next move.

First of all, there is the information about the Mage Guild. The old man told him that the Mage's Guild was actually a fairly old existence, even older than the existence of the Church. Before the first pope comprehended the "divine will" and established the church, there was a rudimentary organization of mages exchanging items with each other, but at that time, the whole organization was still very loose, and there was no cohesion and influence, basically the mages in the empire played their own games.

Soon, the church was born, and it was very able to win the hearts of the people in the war-torn times, and their enthusiasm for communicating with the world won the support of most of the noble marquis, so they launched a suppression of the mages. The mages in that part of the kingdom were not united enough and were suppressed, while the mages on the empire side coalesced together to form the original mage guild.

The original Mage Guild was actually a fairly free organization. The mages join in, and there will be no mandatory tasks unless it is a church-related event. The purpose of the guild as a whole is also only to confront the church, and the members enjoy absolute freedom.

However, over time, the nature of the guild has shifted with it. The chairmanship has changed from an election system in which every mage has the right to a system in which the former president recommends the successor president. The structure of the Mage Guild as a whole is also becoming more and more stringent, and members who join can reap the benefits provided by the guild, but also need to serve the guild.

When he first learned about this, Benjamin didn't think anything of it. With rights comes obligations, although the Mage's Guild is different from the original purpose, and there may be some corruption in the position, but this is an inevitable result, and they don't live in fairy tales.

However, later, the division of the empire changed all that.

Supported by a large army and mages, the princess of the Empire, now Queen Ikor, established herself as king in the western part of the empire, distancing herself from her two older brothers. Subsequently, the Mage's Guild also split. At that time, the guild followed the queen and broke with the remaining mages, bringing most of the resources and books of the mage guild to Ikor and with him, a new mage guild was established.

As for the mages who did not want to follow the queen, they stayed in the other two countries, because the relations between the countries were relatively tense, and the old man stayed in such a remote place, and there was no way to know what would happen later.

Let's just talk about the Mage Guild in Ikor, whose headquarters is located in the capital Regina, and several larger cities in the country are also distributed. Their management is very strict, and once they join, they can't leave for life. They provide resources to their members, but the corresponding obligations are much heavier. What's even more troublesome is that they have been intentionally or unintentionally compressing the living space of wild mages, frantically collecting folk magic books, establishing cooperation with domestic mercenaries, and snatching away all tasks that require mages, which is a bit of a monopoly on magic.

Because of this, the living conditions of mages like the old man who do not join the guild are still quite worrying. The old man settled here before the empire was divided, and his knowledge of potions was also very high, so he could open a shop and live his life. But correspondingly, his impression of the Mage Guild has also become very bad.

In this way, knowing the general situation of the Mage's Guild, Benjamin's impression of the country of Ikor was even worse.

The authoritarian queen is followed by an autocratic mage guild, and their more than 20 mages want to settle in Ikor, that is, they don't choose the simple mode, and they have to challenge the most difficult one.

Let's go to Fredon.

I don't know what the situation is over there, but no matter what, it should be better than this. The situation here was deliberately formed under the guidance of the queen and the president, but there was only one president. In other countries, without the monopoly of the organization, the survival of mages will definitely be better.

Thinking of this, Benjamin also made a decision in his heart.

Even if everyone else fell in love with Ikor and wanted to stay in the country, he would have to drag them out.

With this in mind, Benjamin stood in the middle of the room, found a lighter bag, filled it with some dry food and water, and began to prepare for the next move.

The old man told Benjamin the general information, and Benjamin now had to fulfill his promise to the old man for the sake of those two books.