Benjamin did not expect this answer.
Although he can’t figure out what was the reason behind them switching the robes secretly, however, based on what they have just said, he felt that the information that he got was far exceeded his imagination.
If he guessed correctly, the elder that they mentioned about can also make magical tools. Moreover, the quality of their magical tools was most possibly quite high. Therefore, this point alone was enough to shock Benjamin. After all, looking at how the other mages were so passionate about this exhibition, it was obvious that there weren’t any known mages who knew how to create magical tools in Ferelden.
Furthermore, they used the word "We".
They said "we" and "Elder", there was most likely a mysterious force behind this. To put it immodestly, perhaps there were many people who knew about this technique in that mysterious circle and magical tools might not be a rare thing to them.
How could it be?