So then what’s next? Ben couldn’t help but wonder. Jake had dealt with three golems and Amy six, meaning he couldn’t count on things being consistent for each of them, and he got what felt like the worst answer as the next ones came up.
Nine of them, and more interesting was the fact that two didn’t seem to match the rest. Instead of the hard, granite appearance that the others had, two of the new ones seemed like they were made of mud, having a wet look to them as Ben ...
2023-05-03 15:34:40 +0000 UTC
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Once Jake had recovered from the brief exposure to Ben’s mind, Ben cooked a meal for everyone before they all decided to rest. Just because they’d gotten through the first section safely enough didn’t mean they’d have the same luck with the next, so they needed to sleep while they could.
At least, Ben tried to. As the others were having far more success, he was gripped in his usual nightmares without the option to go to his god’s realm to rest. They may have gotten lucky on th...
2023-05-02 11:55:22 +0000 UTC
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“What hint?” Thera asked, all but shaking him to get an answer. “How did you know any of that? What have we seen that could be a hint in all of these grey walls and random traps?”
Everyone else was eager to find out too as Ben gave the reveal, feeling exceptionally proud of himself for figuring out what had been picking at him as they made their way through the corridors. As he’d been mapping it out in his mind the best he could, he had slowly been picking up on a connection t...
2023-05-01 11:43:49 +0000 UTC
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“Dodge!” Amy yelled out as Ben jumped to the side, a boulder falling from above landing where he was standing only seconds ago with more on their way down as they rushed back the way they’d come.
As they kept trying different paths, five having been dead ends, with the only three exceptions being the lava, the raining boulders coming down around them on the one they’d just tried, and one in the middle having the ground fall away beneath them, Amy jumping back in time and Jake on...
2023-04-30 14:20:15 +0000 UTC
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There were three conditions to gaining access to a tower trial, with the person attempting it only needing one of them to enter. Either they needed an awakened skill that matched the theme of the particular tower, they needed to have completed the trial of a god before, or they needed to be in a party with someone who’d fulfilled either of those other two conditions.
Considering that, none of them had any problem as they entered, each following to step through the door, with Ben only ...
2023-04-28 11:19:57 +0000 UTC
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“It’s not too late Ben, Tell them you’ll actually be in the library waiting for them all to finish up and pass the time reading some books instead,” Myriad futilely begged him, with Nare choosing a different avenue.
“Or face craftsman’s tower instead since it would pay off a lot better for you in the long run. Come on, it’s been ages since we’ve had a challenger and it’s comparatively safe.”
“No and no. Guys, I’m not going to stand by while my friends put t...
2023-04-27 10:58:42 +0000 UTC
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Ben couldn’t help but flop around as he was shaken in Yuzu’s powerful grasp, the attributes of a person who came to the world with a tier three skill even greater than anything his classmates had been lucky enough to arrive with as he ignored both her shock and the confused reactions of those who came with her in favour of asking a question.
“Good seeing you too Yuzu, so you can just talk to me now, huh?”
The tool he’d made her to let her project her thoughts was nowhere...
2023-04-25 13:55:30 +0000 UTC
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Ben didn’t want to get out of bed as the sun rose, the desire to stay within his sheets and hide from what was to come overwhelming him in a way it never would in the past. He’d tried to sleep properly during the night but failed to get any real rest as he was assaulted by his dreams until he eventually gave up to spend the rest of the time with Myriad, giving his body a chance to relax that his mind would lack.
After what felt like far too soon though he got up, splashing some wate...
2023-04-23 07:26:26 +0000 UTC
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Hello all, here we are at poll time! Cast your vote and let each one fall where it will. this month we'll be bringing back a few past options since it's been a while since I last did that, or as always when I do one like this, two bonus chapters for everyone! If you pick that choice then they'll go up on the first and third of may, but I'm hopeful that no matter what you go with will be good!
Poll's going up a little later today then I'd planned but that's because it's been an excellent...
2023-04-21 21:43:18 +0000 UTC
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“What has you so cheerful?” Thera asked as they met in the morning, Ben taking her in his arms and spinning around out of joy.
“Being an apostle has finally paid off ‘cause my glorious, wonderful, majestic god pulled some favours and now my headache isn’t as bad. Apparently, I’ll be all healed up a month sooner than expected so just around three more to deal with. Oh man, it's so nice to be alive.”
Despite still being far from one hundred percent, it was the best he...
2023-04-21 12:46:31 +0000 UTC
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Oh, this is so freaking aggravating.
That entire first day had been devoted to reading through books, trying to find whatever he could on the two magics he possessed as he searched across all three floors, and in the end he’d only found one book each with anything on them.
It shouldn’t have been shocking, he knew they were rare with his skill learner title giving him an affinity for uncommon options like that, but he’d still been expecting more.
Even worse tha...
2023-04-20 15:55:19 +0000 UTC
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Author's note
Given when this chapter takes place, Ben doesn't know they're called demidemons but you all do, hence why it shows up in the title but not the actual chapter. Hope you all enjoy!
Something’s missing.
<What could possibly be missing? You’ve already built a brand new village and you’ve got your other projects on the go, don’t tell me you’re still looking to make more?>
No, of course not… Well, maybe not. ...
2023-04-19 21:47:36 +0000 UTC
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Like any location that was important to all races of the world, the magic towers were built on a coast, ensuring that both terrestrial and aquatic races could access the trials with all eleven buildings being constructed with one side on land and the other in the sea, giving easy access to each of them.
The city itself was interesting too. Being built around the trials, it had become a hub of magical research in the world as buildings were constructed for the purposes of study, training...
2023-04-18 12:12:00 +0000 UTC
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With his eyes closed, Ben reflected on how happy Thera had been to get the items he’d worked so hard on, and how comfortable she’d been in showing it right up until her aunt walked in. Even if it was just the night before, it was a pleasant little memory to escape to as they were shooting through the sky at unreasonably high speeds, his hands clenched tight on whatever he could hold onto as she was having the time of her life.
One day, one day I’m really going to get around to...
2023-04-16 15:24:00 +0000 UTC
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Oh god, time flew by way faster than I thought it would crap there’s still so much I want to do.
<Then just put off leaving for another week.> His god told him. <You still have two to spare.>
No can do, we have that fancy library letter and everything, I’m not going to waste it by not spending at least a couple weeks reading up on whatever I can.
He and Thera never did end up putting the letter they’d received from Uliel and Vasta to use, ...
2023-04-14 17:30:53 +0000 UTC
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After a few more hours where he focused more on his own work than anything the shop needed, occasionally picking his teacher’s brain on how to make different ideas possible, Thera came in while he was staring at some of the bullets for his handgun, lost in just what might be done with them until his girlfriend pulled his eyes away.
He could tell from how she looked she still didn’t want him joining her, the worry on her face all but screaming that fact to him, but he wasn’t going ...
2023-04-13 04:01:09 +0000 UTC
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That night, Ben once again decided to give up on getting any proper sleep, instead spending all of his time in his god’s realm, thinking of how he wanted to approach the problem that was the coming trial and making plans with the little info he had on the topic, trying to figure out what he’d need to have the best chances of surviving with minimal injuries.
He’d need to pack plenty of food of course, and potions too to be on the safe side. Even with both Thera and Yuzu around, he ...
2023-04-11 16:25:03 +0000 UTC
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Holy crap, what else can I add to my bracelets to pass the time? Maybe I could mix a fire enchantment with an air one so it will spit out flames if I scream through it? No, wait, Sonya would be pissed if I started a fire by mistake. Um, maybe I could set it up so that all three of them would shoot out a ball of dirt or metal that’s passed through them? I mean, I could technically do both so long as I don’t actually test either, and there really is the option of just repeating enchantm...
2023-04-09 15:58:30 +0000 UTC
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Deep in the woods, Thera fired her spells with gusto to practice her magics. Random trees that were taking the brute of her need for distraction were dropping stone leaves one after another while the ones lucky enough not to be petrified got the benefit of the massive earth healing spell she’d put in place, stimulating their recovery in any case they might need it as dirt and dust swirled in the air, smaller stones under her control that she’d ever have managed if it wasn’t for the fact...
2023-04-07 13:38:22 +0000 UTC
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The moment he opened his eyes and found himself back in his bed he got out of it, speaking aloud in the hopes that the effect he wanted would activate properly for the various gods of the world to see.
“Allow all gods to see into my mind.”
Combining the rage he was feeling with his persistent migraine, Ben was in no mood to just let himself be robbed silently just because it was a group of so-called gods doing it. The very thought left him disgusted as he got dressed to leave,...
2023-04-06 09:25:18 +0000 UTC
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After an early morning of doing exactly what he’d planned, going to the shop before the sun rose to make something that could act as sunglasses to help keep his migraine down, stopping by the guild after to talk with Ceselee and then waking up Falk to learn that they’d both only grew by three points in their different attributes as well, and finally making a simple breakfast for everyone as he awkwardly explained the level he’d gained in his sleep, along with his intentions to hide away...
2023-04-04 13:30:52 +0000 UTC
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Running down the mountain as it crumbled, faster than his body would ever want to move, he could see his freedom close by. An exit that helped each ache and pain vanish from his mind, the blood pouring from his gaping wounds not even a distraction as he lunged, only for the trial to have one last nightmare in store.
Beneath him the earth split, a chasm forming and pushing the exit back as a bottomless pit stretched on under his feet, his hands desperately grabbing at any ed...
2023-04-02 14:45:33 +0000 UTC
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Author's note
It's no joke! Extra chapter today, hope you enjoy! (This was accurate back on april 1st now it's just a regular chapter)
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While Falk carried his failed prototype back to the shop and Thera joined him to catch up after not seeing her uncle for a few months, Ben ran back to the home he’d bought for the sole purpose of using the yard and threw open the greenhouse door, seeing the plants that were there to greet him.
Of the five he’d planted, three wer...
2023-04-01 16:57:46 +0000 UTC
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<MEDITATION LEVEL INCREASED>
<Can’t believe in the two months since your minds split you managed three levels of meditation.> Myriad sighed in Ben’s head as he worked. <Forget a year, you wouldn’t shock me if you awakened the skill before any fighting starts. Or at least get to the ninth level.>
Maybe it wouldn’t be shocking since I’ve usually got around fifteen minds devoted to it, but as long as it doesn’t happen before I manage it with connect ...
2023-03-31 16:55:05 +0000 UTC
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“So what do you think we should take today?”
“I vote hunting.”
“We always go hunting, I want to take it easy and do a gathering quest for a change.”
“Just let Pato decide.”
“Ha, girls, girls relax, we can figure it out when we get to the guild,” The man, Pato said to his four companions as he wore a broad grin across his face, happy to be alive even in the face of the coming war.
And why wouldn’t he be? He was well respected as one of the fe...
2023-03-30 10:33:05 +0000 UTC
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Author's note
Wondering what they heck's going on? Why not go back and give CH331 a glance over. If you don't need it then enjoy the chapter
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“Boss, are you sure about this? Doesn’t seem like anyone is home,” An imp asked as the group crept to the front door, all keeping quiet and low to avoid suspicion as they hid behind a dark spell.
“You idiot. It’s the middle of the night, of course it seems like nobody’s home. The guy has to be dead asleep. Now come...
2023-03-28 13:43:41 +0000 UTC
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I really thought I’d have more time to figure out how to broach this topic. Ben thought as he put his all into making the best breakfast he could for Sonya and Thera, his headache only growing worse with the knowledge that things likely wouldn’t go super smoothly for the conversation to come. Who would have thought my reading speed would increase so much?
<Your mind is just too outside of the mortal standard by this point,> His god sighed. <Finishing a boo...
2023-03-26 06:37:47 +0000 UTC
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So first things first, so so sorry this poll didn't go up sometime yesterday like I said, it completely slipped my mind and I went to sleep early. As a way for the universe to punish me for that transgression I woke up now in the night with the horrifying realization I forgot about it and now here we are. Now excuse me as I rub my two brain cells together to try and come up with some decent options with where we currently are in the story (I mostly kid, my two brain cells only needed to come ...
2023-03-25 05:33:09 +0000 UTC
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Slowly Ben began to stir, the overwhelming migraine not giving him much of a choice in the matter as he tried to make sense of what happened, taking stock of his overcrowded mind as he did.
New jobs, new skills I don’t particularly need or want, new level-ups, Thera being unfortunately right about what would happen at the eighth level of parallel thought from the looks of it. Let’s see, one, two, five, ten, twenty… thirty? I ended up with thirty minds?
It was two mo...
2023-03-24 09:19:04 +0000 UTC
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As days passed while Ben worked on his project, eventually Falk left, off for whatever work he had to fulfill for the craftsman’s guild and leaving the shop closed down for orders. That didn’t stop anyone from trying of course, but Ben was sick enough with what he had, he didn’t want to take more when his teacher wasn’t around to help reduce his load.
He was tuning out the sounds of knocking coming from outside as he experimented, making the thinnest metal wires he could with hi...
2023-03-23 05:23:25 +0000 UTC
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