mething, an impression appeared in his mind.

According to what he knew, the church had eyes in all the major cities in Carretas. Strict guards at the entrances of the cities making it difficult for them to pa.s.s through.

But in the regular villages, the church did not have a stronghold there.

They might be able to expand further there.

With this thought in mind, Benjamin immediately calls his people to gather for a meeting.

The mages were not united in their thoughts regarding Benjamin’s idea. Some were worried about safety, with such a big group even if they hid in the deserted villages, they might be seen by someone from the church on the road. And others felt that they just brought in fifty new apprentices who do not even know the Flying Spell. They felt that they should allow them to be trained up first and not be in a rush to get anywhere.

But... Benjamin was very clear that even with their current number of fifty apprentices, it was still not enough.

And so, they finally decided on a compromise.

Most of the team would stay in the gra.s.slands and continue the work of expanding the magical circle among the herdsmen. And in terms of Benjamin himself, he took a small team of mages and left the gra.s.slands, bringing the fight to the cities of Carretas and to the church.

Because Benjamin had the water element sensing technique, they did not have to worry about being followed, this reduced the chances of them exposing themselves. With only about ten or so mages bringing havoc to the kingdom, a small and alert guerrilla team would make it very difficult for the church to catch them.

Moreover, with Benjamin on the outside, it would be easier for them to get any news. If anything were to happen, they could use magic to communicate, making things easier.

The mages nodded their heads once the idea was confirmed, not doubting it anymore.

"Teacher Benjamin, I wish to follow you out. The gra.s.slands are too boring; I don’t think I have what it takes to be a teacher..."

After the decision was made, made of them came up to him on their own, wanting to join Benjamin’s team.

Benjamin gave it a lot of thought before choosing a team of ten. These were the leaders among his underlings with plenty of battle experience. The magic that they mastered were also evenly distributed. Together, they were a well-rounded, complete team.

"Farewell, I will watch out for the mages here. In regards to the king, please help me protect him."

Myers said this on the day the small team was about to leave.

Benjamin nodded his head.

Nothing happens in the gra.s.slands, the reason why Myers was staying back was because Benjamin’s magic had no effect on him so he was unable to bring Myers along to fly.

In regards to the king... Benjamin did not think that he would be bringing a deadweight along, but the king came up to Benjamin himself and expressed his interest to join them as well.

"If you guys want to involve all the villages in Carretas then you should just bring me along." He looked much calmer compared to a few days ago, saying, "no matter what, I am still the true king. Using my name will make the people more accepting of you."

This made Benjamin’s eyebrows rise.

"We might be facing a lot of dangerous situations, are you not frightened?"

The king took a deep breath and shook his head, "I... I cannot stay in the gra.s.slands forever. These people don’t even know what a king looks like, but it’s not like that on the outside. I can only prove my ident.i.ty by walking out of here."

Benjamin took it all in and gave it some thought, but in the end, he chose to accept it and nodded his head.

It is true that there was no point in the king staying in the gra.s.slands. If he followed them to the cities, he would be able to use his ident.i.ty and be of some use to them. He might even be helpful in connecting in some powerful place.

And because of this, he added the king with no battle experience into his dream team.

That afternoon, a week after Benjamin entered the gra.s.slands, he took his dream team and headed out of the gra.s.slands.

And their target...

"The hundreds of villages in Carretas. This is the route that I have prepared for you, follow it, and you will go one round around Carretas and pa.s.s through most of the villages. You might be able to find those gifted with magic." The System spoke to him in his mind.

Benjamin nodded his head.

Hundreds of villages... not bad, they would now be busy again.

With this thought he turned back, looking at the small team behind him. He suddenly bowed and smiled saying, "for the future of the mages, move out!"