Kredian and the rest gathered at Saleen's room quickly. Most of them stayed at the temple to accept any assignment that Saleen gave out anytime or to listen to Saleen talk about magic related problems.
Although a mage's job required a lot of time, in actual fact, these people saved a lot of time. They would not need to worry about gold coins as Saleen would provide them the fundamental materials for practice. To work for Saleen, if there was income, Saleen would not withhold all the money. He would distribute parts of it to his followers.
As a follower of a mage, many of them got better treatment than a lordling. A lordling might be bullied by a big personage, but there was hardly anyone that would be willing to provoke a follower of a mage. You did not offend one person after all, but a bunch of people. The leader of the people would at least be a grade-5 grand mage or above.