A few days later, the news spread from the Kingdom of Hori, and spread throughout the continent through the mouths of various undercover eyeliners.

The infidels attacked Haven and planted a curse on the king of the kingdom of Hori, causing the king to become ill and unable to preside over state affairs, leaving the affairs of the kingdom to the queen's descendants for the time being.

- This is the news announced by the royal family at the behest of the Church.

After Benjamin heard about it, he naturally guessed what the real situation was. The raids of the overseas sects have caused great trouble to the church, and after this time, the aristocratic forces are afraid that they will have another excuse to stumble with them. Add to that the losses of this expedition, and the church will certainly not be able to do anything, at least for a short time.

Ikor has regained all the lost ground and has begun to rebuild. And for the timely support of the Academy of Magic, they are very grateful, not only to pay the pensions of all the fallen personnel, but also to pay a large amount of additional compensation to Benjamin.

Benjamin unceremoniously accepted it, divided two-thirds, and distributed it to the members of the Academy of Magic who participated in this support. Whether it's a teacher, a student...... Each of them made their own contribution to the war, and Benjamin had no interest in taking the money to himself.

After that, he thought that the aftermath of the war should be almost over here, but what he didn't expect was that the actions of the Academy of Magic caused a huge repercussion in the entire mage world - especially Ikor's mage circle.

At that time, Ikor had a large number of free mages who had volunteered to join the army, and they could have returned to their former free lives after the war was over. But many of them began to come to the door to show their admiration.

"Lord Dean, I've only been fighting with you for a few weeks, but I've learned a lot from you. Magic, Runes, Beliefs...... We are amazed at how freely you share your knowledge. We discussed it and decided that the Academy of Magic 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, the countless mages present felt their blood boiling at that moment. You've reminded us that the way we used to study behind closed doors wasn't really magic. Please allow us to be your followers. ”

"Rune Defense Circle, I've been studying magic for so many years, but I've never seen anything like it. Your academy does have something, I don't know if there are any conditions to join?"

"Dean-sama......"

The surge of visitors was about to break through the threshold of the academy, and Benjamin was a little dazed.

They defeated the church head-on several times in succession, and raised the status of the magic academy many times at once. Especially those free mages who participated in the war with the army, after seeing everything in the academy with their own eyes, not only were they deeply shocked, but they went back to tell their mage friends that the magic academy became famous again.

Although it seems that Ikor has repelled the Kingdom of Hori, the mages of various countries have gradually realized in their hearts that it is the Academy of Magic that really dominates this war.

Because of this, this organization, which has only been established for less than a year, has gradually become the most powerful organization in the minds of all mages. Even a mage who lives in seclusion in the mountains and is withdrawn will not be able to help but come out and inquire about relevant deeds, and the idea of wanting to see it once comes to him.

And the direct result of this is that Benjamin's vacation is completely ruined.

"We have a very strict screening when it comes to faculty and staff hires at the Academy of Magic. Thank you very much for your support, we will consider making an exception for recruitment, and we definitely can't just put you in now......"

In just a few days, Benjamin's mouth was about to wear out.

The people who came to visit every day were mixed, and he didn't have time to distinguish them one by one, so he had to step back from the specific things. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and he certainly can't turn them all away, but he also has to be careful of those with bad intentions.

Therefore, he could only summon Wallis, who had been on vacation for a few days, and began to discuss the matter of recruiting foreign mages with a group of administrative staff.

They finally decided to get this group of people to the branch school.

The affairs of the branch school were temporarily put on hold due to the war, but now it has gradually recovered, and outside mages have begun to register freely and become supernumerary members of the Academy of Magic. Although the demand for teachers is not high, as it grows larger, there will definitely be more and more people to maintain its operation.

"With so many people, it's impossible to review them one by one, and they all go to the branch school. After the review of the branch work, at least half a year of work, and those with excellent performance will have the opportunity to be promoted to our main campus. ”

In order to reduce everyone's workload, in the end, Benjamin had to make such a decision.

This process was reasonable, so no one objected, and everyone dispersed and began to busily settle the mages who had defected to the branch.

As for Benjamin, he was also woken up from a break and had to return to his normal busy dean mode. is a huge college, even if the students go home for the holidays, he still has a lot of things to do.

For example......

Outside the small town of Akademi.

In the deserted woods, the special forces that had just been established for a short time were still hiding inside and training intensively. They were not exposed to the public eye because of the war, and during the war, Benjamin kept his composure and carefully hid this army with unlimited potential.

Because of their isolation, they didn't even know about Ikor's war. 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 a secret from us. ”

After hearing the general situation, Lance frowned, as if he was dissatisfied because he could not participate in this battle, and showed a somewhat unwilling look.

"I didn't mean to, either. Benjamin shrugged his shoulders and said, "The only ones who know of your existence are Wallis and I, but the situation was urgent, and we all rushed to Ikor, and of course no one could inform you." ”

“......”

Lance was speechless.

"You don't have to rush, when this army is trained, one day it will be time for you to shine. Benjamin reassured, "But ...... This time I came because I had something new to offer you. ”

Lance was stunned when he heard this, and immediately said, "Is it the latest offensive magic prop that has been researched?"

Benjamin nodded, pulling out a somewhat rudimentary-looking wooden pistol from his pocket.

This army, which is purely composed of ordinary people, is probably the biggest hole card of the academy at the moment. Rune-enhanced defense items, airborne items...... There were all there before, but only the means of attack have not been made. And with the first two alone, this force still doesn't have the ability to suppress spellcasters.

When Morris was researching this subject, Benjamin instructed him to first study magic items that could attack from a distance. Finally, three days after the end of the war, he made the sample and handed it to Benjamin.

"There have been some strange rumors out there that the dean of the Academy of Magic is still a sharpshooter. I thought it was interesting, so I made it according to the model of the gun. ”

At that time, hearing Morris explain his inspiration in this way, Benjamin could only nod and smile, not knowing what to say.

However, Benjamin also had to admit that this "elemental gun" researched using rune technology was really very much to his liking.

And when the test was found to be okay and the academy began mass production of the elemental gun, Benjamin took the gun to a special unit hidden in the jungle to complete the last piece of the puzzle for them.

"It's very easy to use, it doesn't require any operation, pull the trigger, and the muzzle of the gun can fire a powerful elemental projectile, which is as powerful as ordinary low-level magic. He recalled Morris's explanation and said slowly, "There is no limit to this thing, it can automatically replenish energy from the surrounding free elements and condense ammunition." The only caveat is that it can only fire a maximum of thirty rounds in an hour, after which the runes on the gun will be damaged and will need to be returned to the academy for repair before it can be used again. ”

Lance nodded and took the gun.

"Thirty bullets...... Combined with the Sky Stass and the Enchanted Sword, it's enough to kill thirty priests for our elite soldiers. ”

Benjamin raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "Really, fake, have you trained so well?"

"No...... Just look to the future, don't you all like to say that at various house conferences?" replied Lance, scratching the back of his head in embarrassment.

“...... White was happy. ”

Benjamin shook his head helplessly.

However, although it was just a big talk, he actually believed in his heart that maybe one day, this group of ordinary people armed with rune props would really have such a strong strength.

After rounding the camp for a while, Benjamin nodded in satisfaction, turned around, and left.