The uttered words surged the surrounding crowd’s interest; the other twenty and more mages excitedly nodded in agreement. As for the opponent on the other side of the clearing, his eyes too lit up and looked towards Benjamin with eagerness.
Benjamin was left no choice.
... He should have seen this coming.
After battling for so many times today, with the magical beast and the Priests, he felt a little tired. The depletion of spiritual energy was not as simple as recovering mana by having a little rest after usage. Spiritual energy could only recover slowly, and especially after consecutive fights, it would recover even slower.
But, with the way things were, it did not feel right for him to reject.
"So, who is this acquaintance?" After thinking for a bit, he turned and looked at the mage from the Mage Guild on the other side of the clearing.