“We’re really having dinner with people that were letting you bleed out?” Thera sighed as they walked over to meet up with the rest of them, wondering if she’d be able to handle the experience without feeling any temptation to kill them.
“No, we’re having dinner with Jake, Amy, and Yuzu. the other two will just happen to be there. Plus I managed to make sure it would just be those two by sending the third off on a delivery.”
Zallith would be running the sword to John...
2023-12-31 16:37:46 +0000 UTC
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“So to make a long story short, after I proposed to him and we all talked, this is how it turned out!” Yuzu told her friend happily, the only one among them all to not see the mental damage she was doing with what she had said. “I can’t believe I never told you before! Of course, with everything moving so fast I guess it just kind of happened.”
“I can’t believe it either,” Xilly spoke, her blank face and empty voice conveying her broken spirit as she was forced to listen...
2023-12-29 08:36:39 +0000 UTC
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“It’s done! Plus no explosions and impending death this time! God, I really am so good at what I do.”
What Ben was holding in his hand was the newest legendary item he’d made, being the sword that had turned out so poorly only the day before. A masterpiece that would put any other application of ice or temperature-manipulating spells to shame as he held it forth, watching what anyone would think looked like snow fall from its blade, even if it was something far scarier. Frozen a...
2023-12-28 11:11:00 +0000 UTC
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Hello all,
So here we are, the end of the year's on our doorsteps and what a long one it's been. A whole lot of writing happened this year so I just want to say thank you guys for all of the support, it's been great.
So before we get to the poll, there's a couple small things I'm going to address. First, this is the first poll I'm doing where anyone has taken the tier that gives them some extra votes. I'm still flabbergasted but that does mean if the votes are close enough then th...
2023-12-26 17:27:51 +0000 UTC
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“Huh, looks like that worked, and as a healthy plus it looks like I didn’t accidentally destroy any of your minds doing it either! Man, I really am so great at using mind skills and now we have so much time for lessons too!”
In an empty space there stood four of them, or at least it looked like it, with Nati, Xilly, and Zallith all there and confused about what had happened, with the answer being a small experiment.
Connect was a two-way skill, letting the target into ...
2023-12-26 12:46:49 +0000 UTC
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Contextual author's note
You can look at this side story taking place the day after they return from the dark tower
It wasn’t often that Thera woke up early, but on that day it was practically unavoidable. She was tight in Ben’s arms and while normally she would have been happy to enjoy that while she could, in the moment her heart was pounding and she slid away just enough to grab her card from the bedside table, seeing the exact words her still sleepy mind had fea...
2023-12-25 22:34:26 +0000 UTC
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Author's note
Extra christmas chapter! Hope you all enjoy the day whether you celebrate or not!
Ben noticed them waking up and couldn’t hide his excitement. He just had so many things he wanted to test, things he would have felt bad about doing to two-thirds of Sachel’s party, but now there were three test subjects waiting in front of him to help push his skills to their limits, albeit, still trapped in stone and wearing looks that were some mixture of gl...
2023-12-25 18:20:40 +0000 UTC
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The three of them were trapped under a crushing force that none were used to feeling when in Nare’s presence. Any time any of them had been up there in the past, there’d always been some, it was hard to escape the strength of a powerful god, but never to such an extent before, with Nare not caring to even try and hold back as he quietly stared at them all, thinking on where to begin.
It was only a few more minutes until the feeling of divinity began to let up, though not from any im...
2023-12-24 18:48:42 +0000 UTC
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The voice of the god left Thera loosening her hold on her magic, just a little, enough to let some gratitude be heard in the one speaking.
<Thank you. I’ll be bringing the lot of them up so please don’t panic when your lover falls unconscious.>
With those last words, Nare did as he’d said, bringing not only his granddaughter and two believers to his realm, but Ben as well, who was momentarily confused to be there without the system asking if he’d allowed it till he n...
2023-12-22 16:11:40 +0000 UTC
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“Good morning everyone,” He began as he always did when he arrived to meet his students to start the day, feeling every bit of the time he had left.
If there was one thing a week of teaching had shown him, it was that it was unappreciated, soul-crushing work. He mentally apologized to every teacher he’d ever ignored in favour of focusing on his drawing in the past while he prepared for another day of lessons as he was forced into his subpar means of educating to accommodate the de...
2023-12-21 14:37:24 +0000 UTC
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With the reveal that she’d been tricked out in the world and her temporary teacher heading off, showing no sign of wanting to stay any longer than he needed to, Nati was left alone with her two companions, both of whom had their own feelings on the matter.
Xilly hadn’t been shy in showing her opinion on the human, or his people as a whole while he’d been there, and Zallith was undoubtedly fuming over the idea that any mortal would call themselves a friend of her grandfather's, lea...
2023-12-19 14:43:44 +0000 UTC
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With the kiss, the scene closed as Anailia removed the little window into the two’s lives she’d created, ending with Thera practically cheering over how it ended.
“Yes, go Aunty! This is so great, mom’s going to be destroyed if she ever finds out I got to see it happen and she didn’t. Which I guess she can never know because then they’d both die of embarrassment. Ben, we’re taking the fact we saw this to our graves.”
“Yeah, that’s reasonable. But excuse me, Ana...
2023-12-17 13:27:46 +0000 UTC
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Author's note
Well, here's a bit of a different point of view, I think across 500 chapters we've only looked at things from Falk one other time pretty early on. Hope you guys enjoy!
<EARTHEN SMITHING HAS COMBINED WITH HIGH DEATH MAGIC LV7 TO AWAKEN TO SOUL SMITHING>
Notifications filled Falk’s head as he laid the final tile of his massive weapon down, with his body lighting up in response, taking in all of the mana in the surrounding area while ...
2023-12-15 11:25:18 +0000 UTC
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Starting the day, Ben couldn’t help but wonder if there was a festival going on he just hadn’t been told about as he moved through the city to get to work.
People were out and about everywhere, high in spirits and looking ready to party. He could see shops were having sales and musicians were starting to play in the streets, only raising the atmosphere all the higher.
And here’s little old me, going to be stuck inside with some royal pains in the ass. Only a week left, t...
2023-12-14 10:29:04 +0000 UTC
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<MAX LEVEL OF THE DARK MAGE JOB ACHIEVED>
The area around her was swarmed by balls of darkness as the notification rang out in her head, bringing a satisfied smile to her face.
Completing the job had taken her longer than she’d initially expected since she’d been staying in the city to practice, the risk of something going wrong if she attempted the debuffing or mind aspects of that particular magic was too great, but she’d more than made up for it as she drove herself...
2023-12-12 10:19:34 +0000 UTC
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The next day, Ben woke up early for one single reason. Testing.
After a night of examining the new spell with the two gods, he was left to actually see what all of the new mana modifiers would do and he wasted no time doing exactly that, creating simple enchantments to attach them to and recording the changes the modifications made, making enough progress that he made a mental note to go visit Killi later in the day to update the books on them he’d already produced, hoping that gettin...
2023-12-10 18:39:06 +0000 UTC
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Of the ten books that were there, just begging to be studied, five of them were the notes of other people like himself who had gone through the first part of the archive to make it there, with the other five being the notes of Galwax and his theories on the spell's structure, being presented by the god himself as new recordings sprung up with the turning pages.
Ben didn’t hesitate to look at it all to get the opinions of both mortals and the divine, even temporarily forgetting his hat...
2023-12-09 20:05:53 +0000 UTC
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“And once again I’m considering burning this book so if you don’t do something interesting quick then it’s going to happen.”
He knew the statement would do nothing, if only because his sacrilege was telling him something he could have easily guessed at. That wasn’t Galwax, the god still just as dead as when Ben had suffered through his trial. No, instead it was another prerecorded message designed to wait for anyone who managed to get so far, with his entry into the ro...
2023-12-08 20:08:53 +0000 UTC
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“Hey, can you stop being a showoff while we’re trying to work.”
“It’s called practicing and focus on your own instead of mine,” Ben shot back to Xilly, losing more and more of his patience when it came to putting up with her attitude.
As his two students were busy working on their connect with the horde of volunteers who had come from the city to help the granddaughter of their god, Ben was doing what he could to raise his job level as he watched, materializing loads o...
2023-12-07 20:06:43 +0000 UTC
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“You really came!” Insia cheered the second she saw Thera at the base of the volcano where they’d agreed to meet up the day prior, with Rocky hovering by the fairy's side as the two rushed to fly around her. “And right on time! We just got here too.”
“Incorrect. We have been here for approximately two hours.”
“No, we definitely just got here,” The fairy said, lightly hitting her friend while looking bashful, bringing a small smile to Thera’s lips seein...
2023-12-06 17:39:52 +0000 UTC
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While Ben was cooking dinner for the two of them, the door opened, signaling Thera’s return for the day as he greeted her with a smile on his face.
“Welcome back. A little notification in my head told me that you must have had a pretty exciting day.”
“That’s maybe putting it mildly. Bet you can’t guess how I finished my job so fast.”
“You’re right, I can’t. I was sure there was still going to be another couple weeks unless you’ve secretly been doing som...
2023-12-05 19:00:50 +0000 UTC
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<MAX LEVEL OF THE MASTER ADVENTURER JOB ACHIEVED>
“Huh, that’s surprising,” Ben muttered as the notification went off in his head, drawing the eyes of his two students while he watched them work.
“What, did we do something wrong?” Nati asked as she looked at what she’d been enchanting, trying to spy any issue.
“No, I just finished my job, I wasn’t expecting to have it done for another couple weeks.”
“Do you have a teaching-themed one?”
2023-12-04 19:37:18 +0000 UTC
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“You’ll be fine.”
“I know I will, but it’s still going to be a pain in the ass,” Ben sighed as they walked out for the day, him off to go on with his lessons while Thera had her own plans. “You’re seeing museums and art galleries, I’m seeing glares and dirty looks.”
“Ha, we can go to an art gallery together if you end up with any free time during all of this, I’ll make sure to fill at least some of my days with stuff you wouldn’t care about.”
“I...
2023-12-03 20:13:47 +0000 UTC
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Ben couldn’t say he was particularly looking forward to the coming day given how the last had gone but did his best to push away his misgivings. He’d been hired to teach, not make friends, and that was exactly what he planned on doing as he went over the next morning, even if he couldn’t deny his small bit of jealousy towards Thera who was instead going out to explore the town.
His mood did manage to improve a little when he arrived though, seeing not only his very tired students,...
2023-12-02 19:56:21 +0000 UTC
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Hey all, something I never really expected to happen went and happened but it looks like it's good news for everyone one of you who enjoys what I write. Two people have picked my highest reward tier last month, meaning among other things, I'll be putting out a total of four extra chapters this month. One asked to remain anonymous and the other didn't get back to me so I don't want to just share their name without their consent, but lets give both these lovely folks a big thanks in the comment...
2023-12-01 19:26:25 +0000 UTC
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The room was quiet when the two left, all of them waiting for the sounds of more doors closing before anyone decided to speak their thoughts, with Xilly being the one to break the silence.
“Yeah, I don’t like him.”
“Unfortunately, I agree,” Zallith said. “He seems a competent enough teacher, but I simply can’t make myself like anyone who would treat a god like that.”
“That’s not the problem you religious nut. Did you see his face when I said he could read...
2023-12-01 19:12:24 +0000 UTC
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"Ahem, I believe Nare mentioned why I'm here," He continued, trying to ignore the weird atmosphere. “I've been asked to help you with raising connect, learn the fundamentals of ritual magic and how it can be applied to enchanting, along with a few other unique ways to enchant. If you all aren't too busy right now I'm happy to start right away or if it works better for you guys we can instead begin tomorrow?"
His question was met with silence as the three looked to each other, having a...
2023-11-30 17:50:49 +0000 UTC
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“No. Nope. Absolutely not.”
The second Ben walked through the gate and got a look at the city beyond, he was already turning around to go back, thinking of how he’d apologize to Nare for not being able to meet his request but placing his life above any promise. The only thing that kept him from his escape was Thera’s grasp on his arm.
“Come on, it’s a bit hot but it’s not that bad.”
“A bit hot? Thera, look at that! Some idiot built a city beside an active v...
2023-11-28 18:57:42 +0000 UTC
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Well, here we are again, time for the monthly poll as we head into December. Gotta say, it really feels like the month and year flew by now that it's almost over but I'll save all reflecting for end of december/beginning of january. For now, just pick what suits you and have a great one!
2023-11-27 21:40:52 +0000 UTC
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The sounds of partying could still be heard filling the streets by the time Ben woke up the next day, his usual trip to Myriad’s realm canceled that night due to a sudden meeting that he had no problem guessing the cause of. Still, it was early enough in the day that he didn’t feel the need to wake Thera up quite yet for them to go off to fulfill Nare’s request so he instead spoke in his head, trying to get his god’s attention.
Myriad Myriad Myriad. Answer me Myriad, I’m s...
2023-11-26 16:56:22 +0000 UTC
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