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CH716

At a scheduled time in the morning the next day, Ogilt opened a portal between Stonewall and their prison out in the woods. It was both to let Thera renew her spells on the demons to keep them from getting too unruly and to let Ben do a variety of tasks, from examining their minds and cards for c...

CH715

“Ben, are you sure this is a good idea,” Thera whispered to him as they walked down the streets, heading to the gate. “It might be better if he stayed inside.”

“He can’t be there forever,” Ben shrugged while Ogilt flinched away from any passing member of the public they walked...

CH714

Pulling Thera long to Anailia that day, the grin on his face wouldn’t disappear.

Not because of what he was going to test, not because of the things he made or any more progress in his various projects, what was thrilling him to no end was a level, sitting at the top of his card and singi...

CH713

Going through the gate from the shop back to his warehouse, Ben took over his clones once more and got back to work on making materializers, placing a special focus on making ones for himself.

Even with his jacket, he was getting to the point that trying to create all of the souls he needed...

CH712

Sporting hesitant looks from two of them, Sachel’s party made their way to the shop, still trying to be optimistic considering how the last two times had gone for them. Sachel and Ralia had been able to speed through multiple jobs thanks to his help and the entire party had gotten to benefit fr...

CH711

Back in the shop, laying the finishing touches on the two new materializers he’d made after discussing the topic with the gods, it was finally time to test them as Ben activated both enchantments, with each of them producing a cubic foot of material, one based off of a lost fruit of the dryad h...

CH710

“So, guess who’s being dragged along for some bullshit,” Ben said as he got to the realm that night, finding both Myriad and Helori at work while Nare was off for whatever reason. “I’ve been pulled to act as an observer for some rank one quest. I don’t suppose either of you know anyth...

CH709

Hearing the shop door open and signaling that morning came, Ben and all of his homunculi put down their work to turn and smile at Thera, getting a far colder reaction in return.

“Ben, I’m pretty sure you agreed you wouldn’t be putting such an insane level of strain on your soul again ...

CH708

His teacher’s hands on his back, Ben felt the Yeti’s spell working, even if a little slow while he gave Falk all of the advice he could based on how the soul mages had done it for him any time in the past as the damage he’d put himself through was eventually undone.

“Oh, you really ...

CH707

There was already an issue with attempting that goal then and there in the form of a lack of knowledge. He didn’t really know the molecular structures of many foods but that was a problem for later. When he said he wanted to do it, what that really meant was he wanted to see if he could materia...

CH706

“Okay, so that wasn’t ideal,” Ben muttered, still nursing his very sore soul while Thera just shook her head.

“You know you can’t count on the two most important people on the planet being free at all times for your beck and call, right?”

“Yeah, but that doesn’t mean I...

CH705

Flying through the sky on a slab of earth beneath them, Ben paid no mind to the speed Thera was moving them as he instead was lost in his thoughts, with that only being broken as Thera spoke up.

“Ben, you’re basically vibrating. What’s going on?”

“Just got something I want t...

CH704

“You doing okay Ben?”

“It’s impossible to overstate my disappointment. How did the gods let two of the world’s small supply of mythic items remain mysteries for all of these years? It kind of feels like it could have been, I don’t know, not a priority but at least somewhere on t...

CH703

After ten minutes of staring at the second mythic item of that day, Ben finally spoke up.

“I absolutely hate this thing.”

“Ben!” Thera hissed as she elbowed him, far more aware of the priests in the room, even as the one in charge laughed.

“A not uncommon reaction from...

CH702

“Oh god, this hurts so much. There really is no kindness in this universe,” Ben complained, feeling a pain deep in his core that was completely separate from any of the nerve endings within his flesh, getting no sympathy from his girlfriend beside him.

“You deserve this,” She said i...

CH701

“Oh Myriad, you precious apostle is about to destroy his little soul.”

<Please don’t.>

“How can I resist when I just got another job level? I’m so close I can taste it Myriad. I want this so bad.”

<I can already feel some of the pain you’re in coming acros...

CH700 Thera's Perspective

“Can I get a hand over here!”

“Coming!” Thera yelled back, rushing through the floor past other patients to reach one of the many healer’s sides, finding them focusing on someone who’d just been brought in, their large intestine hanging out of a gouge in their torso while they d...

CH699

Uh, Myriad? What the hell is all of this?

<Looks like someone’s finally entered their popular phase, I’m sure you’re very flattered.>

That’s one word for it I guess.

There had to be a thousand people waiting outside the library when he arrived tha...

August poll!

So I know what y’all are thinking “Oh sweet Turnip, how are you handling posting every day for a month?”

It’s a great question, an absolutely excellent question and let me just say, I’m so glad you guys overwhelmingly voted to let me take a month of regular posting in september. T...

CH698

Going through his workshop in Anailia to grab all of his clones first, Ben walked them all through the city to the gate, ignoring any looks he got along the way as the group of them made their way to the library, keeping an eye on one unpleasant fact.

Partway through walking the streets of ...

Side Story: The Great Space Spirit on a new world

In the days since he’d been on the world, the great space spirit Ogilt, going by the name the great earth spirit had helped him pick, had spent that time doing as little as possible.

He moved when he was asked, helped when he was asked and answered whatever questions he was asked but that...

CH697

“Oh my freaking god, why!”

<What? What has you in such a bad mood this time?>

“I still can’t figure out how to materialize with an enchantment.”

After his talk with Quilith the day before, Ben had wanted to complete that one small goal before moving his focus bac...

CH696

“Apologies for the delay,” Quilith said, gently bowing his head. “As I’m sure you can imagine, rearranging a schedule when someone comes back to life isn’t the easiest thing, especially when we didn’t immediately notice you lived.”

“No worries, almost dying is inconvenient f...

CH695

He went home in the morning like he said he would, quietly cooking breakfast for everyone and letting the smell do its job of rousing the two women while he began plating up, watching as both came out and wiped the sleep from their eyes.

“Welcome home Sonya, did you just get back?”

CH694

Getting home that evening after a far too eventful number of days away, the first thing they found when getting back was Sonya, passed out on the couch after having finally made her own return from the hospital she’d been working with, making Thera hold a finger to her lips.

“I’m sure...

CH693

Whistling a cheery tune as they flew across the ocean on a bed of sand, Ben couldn’t help but feel satisfied.

The meeting had stretched out late but that was more a side-effect of how smoothly it had gone overall, with the world’s two newest third tiers getting acquainted with the rest ...

CH692 Rook's Perspective

A brief flash of disorientation and Rook didn’t know where he was.

One moment he was walking to another boring meeting when he got what felt like a bit of luck. He wasn’t used to being so disrespected and seeing the brat alone without the princess around to save him felt like the perfec...

CH691

“Oh, hell yes!”

Looking at his card early in the morning, the first thing he noticed was that he’d finally got what he’d been hoping for in the form of a single job level. It may have taken ages to get compared to how much he’d usually manage in the same timeframe but it validated...

CH690

“So, how was meeting the third tiers for the first time?” Myriad asked, not sparing Ben a glance while he focused on his work.

“Well, it turns out the guy who attacked me yesterday was the immortal and he tried to kill me again today after he raised a stink trying to get me kicked out...

CH689

After dropping Yuzu off and making their way back for the evening, the first thing Ben did was lay down and rest his eyes, neither sleeping nor going up to his god, instead trying to get the smallest bit of a break while aiming to keep any thoughts from his many minds.

He’d just lost a fi...