After a meal of Ben enjoying as his teacher did his best to hide his newfound awkwardness and largely failing, he and Thera said their goodbyes to Falk before running off, letting him and Sonya have a moment of privacy as they instead made their way to the adventurers guild, trying to find someone they knew would be there as Ben immediately locked eyes on his target.
“Ben, Thera, hi!” Sachel yelled as she saw them, waving them down to her sitting party.
Of the two with her, Ra...
2023-08-04 13:41:03 +0000 UTC
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<FINE MOTOR CONTROL LEVEL INCREASED>
<LESSER INSPIRATION LEVEL INCREASED>
As nice as it is to see I’m still having an easier time leveling up my mind skills and it looks like plenty of jobs are giving bonuses to fine motor control… I’m not exactly sure this is the sort of inspiration I want.
“Falk, I have an idea,” Ben sighed. In the week since they’d first started, they’d gone through so many books on so many topics, discussed potential op...
2023-08-03 13:34:26 +0000 UTC
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Falk turned with the sound of the shop door opening, seeing his niece walk in with the early rays of the sun behind her.
“Thera, perfect timing. Your boyfriend is pulling some weird crap so you need to handle him.”
“Sorry uncle, but when he’s in your shop he’s your apprentice before he’s my boyfriend. Whatever this is is your problem.”
“You’re both actually going to make me cry,” Ben grumbled with the sounds of rapidly flipping pages.
He was laying ...
2023-08-01 15:40:37 +0000 UTC
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Walking to the clinic, Thera watched her aunt, not seeing anything amiss. Despite how she’d acted while drunk, she seemed like her usual self, chatting with familiar faces on her way to work and exuding an overall positive atmosphere.
So maybe I’m just overthinking it then? I’m sure aunty’s fine.
At least that was what she told herself, but she was having trouble really believing it. For as long as she could remember, her aunt had clearly held interest in her uncl...
2023-07-30 13:48:19 +0000 UTC
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At the day’s end, Ben found himself slumped over a desk, feeling every bit of his defeat.
I can’t believe I couldn’t make a legendary item. Why couldn’t I make a legendary item? I have the skill, I have the technique, and I have so many freaking skill rings to try and make it possible! How freaking big is that gap?
<Impossibly so. There’s a reason that we only see people who can make them consistently once every thousand years. Hell, if we’re being honest t...
2023-07-28 15:14:52 +0000 UTC
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“My head feels like it’s going to explode,” Sonya muttered over breakfast as Ben poured her more water. “I’m never letting Ceselee talk me into having that much again, everything hurts.”
Thera placed a hand on her aunt, using her life magic to help get rid of the hangover and sped up her body taking in the water she drank as she came back to life.
“Much better,” She sighed before leaning into her niece. “Sorry about that, I didn’t do anything too embarrassing, ...
2023-07-27 16:19:01 +0000 UTC
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After their talk and a quick meal together they went flying back home as Ben found himself getting uncomfortably used to the experience of hurtling through the air at breakneck speeds before they got back to Stonewall and took the cart through town.
The mood of the place seemed to be the same mix of tense and elated that so many other lands were going through, the knowledge that the first wave ended early along with knowing that even the one day they’d experienced had been terrible wa...
2023-07-25 11:31:51 +0000 UTC
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Hello all, time for a poll but first an update
In the month of september I'll be missing at least one chapter due to family visiting but because I can't get any solid info from them on just what they have planned for their time with me it's possible I might miss a couple more. As with any time this happens I'll be posting some extra chapters before hand to try and make up for that so you can expect those sometime in august. If by some chance I post less extras than I miss I will make up...
2023-07-24 18:57:10 +0000 UTC
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In the days that followed, word spread fast as the gate network drastically expanded with each hour as he added more, with common people from other gate cities understanding what was happening through their own mixups.
When a new gate was added to the network, the ones already within it would shift, making room for the new one as many of them had a change in neighbours depending on where they ended up, creating plenty of room for misunderstandings.
There were many people in the wo...
2023-07-23 14:40:34 +0000 UTC
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After only a few quick jumps, they managed to get to their first destination. A city named Castlelto, it was another mixed city, bustling like any other he’d been to as his eyes darted around to the many sights, trying to take everything in for their brief time there as he considered if it would be worth a second visit in the future.
Not that I need to decide that now of course. After this, I can pop by any time I’m near a gate.
Which was exactly where they were going...
2023-07-21 16:41:41 +0000 UTC
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Author's note
Side story time! I had intended to get it out yesterday but this month hasn't been great for my scheduling so sorry about that. Instead you guys get to enjoy a packed two days as I squeeze it between your regularly scheduled chapters. Hope you enjoy!
“I’m so tired,” Myriad sighed, even if he didn’t let it affect his work. He was going over the shared information being spread amongst the countless gods of the world as each gave their inpu...
2023-07-20 23:56:14 +0000 UTC
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“So how’s it look doc?”
“Well, it looks like we were right,” Helori told him as she pulled her arms out of his chest. “You’re definitely thinking with your soul. There’s a few other differences that are pretty pronounced too, but nothing you wouldn’t expect an awakened skill holder to have to one extent or another so it’s nothing worrying. All in all, I’d say you’re fine, there’s no strain.”
“Love to hear that.”
He was getting checked just to ...
2023-07-20 11:11:01 +0000 UTC
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Chapters up unreasonably early 'cause I couldn't sleep. Still working on fixing that schedule a bit after the last week but anyway enjoy!
<THOUGHT SPEED ENHANCEMENT LEVEL INCREASED>
<RAPID THOUGHT SPEED LEVEL INCREASED>
Holy shit, I’m a god.
<Not yet, though I’ll admit the prospect of you achieving such a thing for your mind skills is looking shockingly possible.>
He ignored Myriad, he was s...
2023-07-18 04:39:39 +0000 UTC
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Pretty sure I'm finally back in top shape and boy does it feel good!
<ACQUIRED SKILL THOUGHT SPEED ENHANCEMENT LEVEL 0>
Okay, less than a second.
He put it to the test and immediately felt the change. With how quickly rapid thought speed was leveling he could already push his mind faster than he’d ever expected to, but that one level added an additional five percent boost to what he already had, getting him just that much...
2023-07-16 04:17:23 +0000 UTC
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It was early the next morning that they both headed out, the air thick with spirits around them as they went. Thera had taken the time to fill him in on just what had happened with her and the spirits in greater detail the night before as they made their way through the gate to meet someone for the first time in years. The apostle of Ooro, the skill master Zandale.
Ben had been looking forward to it from the moment that Thera told him. He’d liked his fellow apostle well enough when th...
2023-07-14 15:04:11 +0000 UTC
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Still still sick :(
He didn’t know how to react to the notification that just went off in his minds. He’d leveled that skill just minutes earlier, and in that time all he’d done was experiment with it a bit as he spoke to Myriad, raising and lowering the speed his many minds thought at.
It was through that same combination of speed and minds that he had his answer though, only moments after thinking the question. Back when he’d gotten m...
2023-07-13 03:30:00 +0000 UTC
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Still sick :(
Slowly waking up, later than he normally would from the long night, he halfheartedly fumbled around the bed, finding himself alone as he finally opened his eyes and saw the note on the drawer beside him.
She’ll be back when she finishes something up? Okay cool, I guess there’s a lot of stuff for me to do in the meantime anyway.
The first of which being to look at his card. He knew there were going to be changes and he...
2023-07-11 16:32:03 +0000 UTC
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Hey all, it seems that with my guests gone my immune system decided to take a little vacation too because I'm sick as heck. This won't effect posting but there is a chance that more editing mistakes will make it through than usual so if that does happen sorry. I'll give this chapter another read over when I'm better to see if there's anything that needs to be touched up. Hope y'all are having a better sunday than me and enjoy!
I really ...
2023-07-09 07:58:57 +0000 UTC
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As Ben cracked open his eyes he was forced to confront another change to himself beyond the massive one in his head. Any time he’d leveled his complex mind in the past, there had always been a small change to his perspective that had come with it as the divide between seeing the big picture versus the smaller details shrunk, but as things were, the gap had now vanished altogether. It now felt like he saw the world with perfect clarity as he took everything in, putting together just where he...
2023-07-07 17:53:04 +0000 UTC
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Man, patreon's formatting options are not great
When he felt himself coming to consciousness, Ben thought he was going insane. He couldn’t move, but that was a passing concern compared to the main problem. The noise. The constant, thundering noise that seemed designed to keep him from understanding anything as he was assaulted by the power of his own thoughts.
It’s so loud…
It hurts…
Is Thera okay?...
2023-07-06 06:20:21 +0000 UTC
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She did her best to ignore the sounds of combat going on around her as she worked to treat the injured enchanters as fast as she could, only keeping a side eye out for anything flying through the skies towards them as she pushed herself to heal broken bones, stitch together skin and stop any internal bleeding she could find to ensure everyone that was meant to be in her care survived through what had occurred.
When the demon's attack got through she had failed, plain and simple. While s...
2023-07-02 08:23:58 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 400 baby!!!!!!! Feels good, feels real good
“Boy, take a break.”
“I can keep going.”
“Like hell you can, it’s been hours and you’re the only one who keeps refusing them.”
“Because I don’t need them. I’m excellent at regulating my mana output so I’m not going to fall into mana exhaustion.”
“Sure, but I’m not thinking of that, I’m looking at the mental strain you’re going to be under.”
2023-06-30 12:44:36 +0000 UTC
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That very first second made it clear why the event was described as a wave. There was no lead-up to it, the moment the gate was opened a flood of demons poured out, crushing each other in their haste to get through to spread chaos and destruction wherever they could as all the traps that had been set up showed their futility.
It wasn’t that they hadn’t worked. The second the demons came through they couldn’t escape them, the rush of oncoming bodies pushing the ones at the front in...
2023-06-29 11:27:51 +0000 UTC
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Everyone watched as balls of fire flew into the sky, almost like fireworks, only to signal the coming deaths of untold thousands.
Ten minutes to go.
One of his minds switched to doing a countdown while the rest just focused on the world around them as he pulled out the bar of food he was given, taking off the paper to give it a look.
If he didn’t know better he would have thought it was chocolate, with its dark colour and glossy appearance, only to see how wrong h...
2023-06-27 12:49:47 +0000 UTC
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His rest was blissfully peaceful, his mind and body both too exhausted to have time for dreams or nightmares as he opened his eyes, still feeling Thera in his arms as the first rays of dawn were beginning to make their way through his window.
I guess I’ve just gotten used to not sleeping very long. He thought with a small yawn as he faced the reality of the day. In a matter of hours, the gates would open and all hell would pour out.
In the smallest bit of personal luck,...
2023-06-26 05:36:43 +0000 UTC
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Hey all, time for that monthly poll but first just something I'm going to mention as a heads up.
I'll be posting a chapter on monday the 26th to make up for the fact that I'll be missing the one that would be posted on tuesday july fourth. Got some friends coming to visit and by rearranging things like that it just gives me less to worry about for three days to focus on them so I thank you for understanding.
With that out of the way, options are open so go for whatever tickles you...
2023-06-25 13:55:48 +0000 UTC
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That’s the eight hundredth job crystal, and with that, I’m finally done.
Not only had he made an outrageous number of job crystals in the days since he’d been asked, he’d completed an uncountable number of enchantments for armours and weapons, to the point that he wouldn’t be shocked if he was close to leveling his skill again. It had certainly had an effect on his job level, the sheer volume of enchanting he’d been forcing himself to do each day giving him a mounta...
2023-06-25 09:05:08 +0000 UTC
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Seven days.
He’d squeezed in as much time at the library as he could, but he’d reached the point where their packing up was done, leaving his time there finished. It had been plenty valuable, but he couldn’t help but wish he’d gotten more as he made his way through the crowded streets.
They’d finally reached the day that various foreign armies were pouring in, each getting ready to set up at the section of the invasion points they were meant to cover, while many...
2023-06-24 07:28:49 +0000 UTC
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As Thera returned, Ben gathered the main items he would need to begin to see if what he was doing was even going to be possible. Diamond sheets Thera had brought him back from Anailia days prior, a hundred of them each a centimeter thick and a square meter in size, all to serve one purpose; to act as a medium for the spell.
Normally, magic was simply cast through the air or water depending on where the species doing it lived, but that wasn’t an option for Ben. He couldn’t simply fir...
2023-06-23 06:11:42 +0000 UTC
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Author’s note
Can’t believe I gave you 24 options and y’all really got together and said make him write from the perspective of a plant. It was a fun little challenge and I think I did my best at it but the result is way shorter than I like to release for anything I write so to make up for that I’m putting out an extra chapter saturday so hope you all look forward to that and the next poll will be out sometime this weekend as well. Anyway, get reading and I hope you enjoy it!
2023-06-22 22:04:39 +0000 UTC
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