A New Path

When Benjamin saw this, his expression turned somewhat stunned.

He remembered seeing a scene like this before.

—At the first opening ceremony, a priest had carried out a suicide attack on the auditorium. He had used a divine spell similar to Divine Descent, causing them a great deal of trouble. And at the time, symbols representing the element of light could be seen in that priest's eyes.

After so long, he had never expected to witness such a scene again today.

"Are you all right? Is your mind clear? Do you feel any strange spiritual force?" Benjamin gestured for everyone to step back as he cautiously questioned the mage conducting the experiment.

The mage stood frozen for a moment, seeming to take some time to process it before slowly speaking.

"I... I'm fine."

He shook his head as he spoke.

Benjamin observed him for a while longer. There did indeed seem to be nothing unusual about him; his mind was clear, and no spiritual force from the elemental plane was emanating from him. Thus, Benjamin let out a sigh of relief.

But... since he was fine, did that mean their experiment had succeeded?

Obviously, judging by the other mages around them, they were not considering whether it was dangerous at all. Instead, they looked eager to give it a try, with even a few traces of excitement in their eyes.

—They might finally have found a way to learn magic through runes!

This had also been the main goal they had pursued for nearly half a year.

"Try casting any spell you like," Benjamin said expectantly.

The mage nodded. As both the test subject and a volunteer, he looked the most bewildered of them all. At that moment, he was like a child who had suddenly been granted the strength