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CH198

Does she seem mad to you?

<You know, it’s interesting how my species’ mating behaviours managed to be so different from yours, and yet I can still at least pick up on the fact that what you’re seeing is jealousy.>

…Alright, well whether that’s the case or not, we’re gonna put a pin in that for the moment to focus on the matter at hand.

Ben went to explain what happened shortly before Thera and Lux arrived. Meeting Mercy on the streets as s...

CH197 Thera's Perspective

<LIFE MAGIC LEVEL INCREASED>

In the days she’d been helping her aunt Lux at the hospital, she’d been forced to push her life magic in ways she never had to back at Stonewall or during any of their hunts, doing things with the magic she wasn’t even aware of until her aunt had taken the time to explain the spells, and it had just paid off in to form of her level raising.

Considering it wasn’t even the magic her job was focused on it felt extraordinary good, and given t...

CH196 As others start to move part 2

To be in the world again after so long. This really was the right choice. The elderly being thought to himself as he limped through the gate and entered Anailia, feeling a smile touch his lips as he did.

He’d spent so long simply sitting and waiting, hoping to slow the decay that had been consuming his magic that he’d forgotten how beautiful the world could be, even if it wasn’t the one his heart longed for, but had gained the chance to see it all over again at the end of...

A quick but important update

Hello everyone, 

Your favourite Turnip here with some quick words I just wanted you all to be aware of. First things first, there will be chapters every day from this friday to next so long as nothing goes wrong. 

I'm basically putting them out to be on the safe side but I hope it's good news for you all. For the month of september my lovely grandparents will be flying down to visit me and as soon as they leave I need to hop on a plane as well to see a very good friends ...

CH195

“Uhg, why is everything so terrible,” Ben whined during breakfast, face down on the table. After a full week since his first crushing defeat he’d tried again each day, working on new tools and weapons he thought might give him an edge but completely losing in the process.

Abrus seemed amused by the fact he wanted to keep trying against him at his full strength and was happy to oblige, giving commentary on the few items he’d managed to get off that continued to be all but powerle...

Side Story- A day in the life of Sonya two

Authors note

Link to the first one for anyone interested

https://www.patreon.com/posts/63032437 

You asked for it, you got it. Here we are with as second day in the life of Sonya. I'll have a bit more to say at the end, but right now I'm just going to say it takes place around a little after chapter 170. I'm really going to have to go back and mark when each of the other chapters takes place ...

CH194

“Have you gotten yourself some combat skills since I’ve seen you last Ben?” Abrus asked curiously.

“I mean, yes but they’re level zero so not much good against someone like you.”

“Come on, give it a go,” Writ told him encouragingly. “Take it from me, you don’t get many chances to fight against a being that powerful without having to worry about being hurt.”

He was planning on declining but felt some curious eyes on him, including Thera’s. They knew he...

Update

Hey everyone, just wanted to say that the bonus chapter is going to need a couple extra days. I've got most of it written but I'm not satisfied with it and want to fix it up, so the goal is going to be to have it out by monday.

Anyway, hope you all enjoy today's chapter and have a great day!

CH193

“Well, that’s interesting.”

“What?” Pelenia asked as she looked down at the brace on her arm. She didn’t need one, having the sixth level in charm like her sister did as well, but she was helping Ben test something.

“Having dark resistance enhancement lowered the amount of resistance a person would need to handle your charm by four per level. If it’s playing by the same rules as how the magic resistance tied to the other skills I’ve used has then it probably brou...

CH192

“Wow,” He involuntarily spoke as he saw his friend entering his work area. Instead of the cloak he was used to seeing her wearing or the clothes she would lounge in at home, Thera appeared in a gorgeous blue dress. He took a second to compose himself before continuing. “You look beautiful, what’s the occasion?”

“Finding out my mother is rather good at manipulating me apparently,” She said as a golden blush spread through her cheeks when she felt his eyes on her. Before he ...

CH191 Thera's Perspective

After her second day of helping her aunt at the hospital, Thera finished a bit earlier than she had the day before. She had originally planned on only helping every other day, but since her father was still away dealing with the other great spirits she decided to do a bit more and was already seeing a benefit with a level up to her medical knowledge during the day. Besides that benefit, even if it wasn’t for her current job after all, it was still worthwhile to train her life magic when she...

CH190

Ugh, why do I have to hear this girl drone on, I just want to go hang out with Thera.

<I’d remind you that you’re the one who decided to make more braces instead of just getting the skills Pelenia collected for you.>

I know, but if I have to hear one more of these assholes then I might kill somebody. They do know I’m technically engaged, right?

<I doubt they care. Just relax, it’s not like money is the only thing you’re getting from them,...

CH189

He didn’t know what he’d been expecting, but it hadn't been this. When he’d managed to find the guild in question he’d been immediately impressed by the size, but had assumed the actual amount of books available would have been smaller than that of the craftsman guild given how broad the information that could be found there was.

He couldn’t have been more wrong. Three floors and a basement were almost entirely devoted to books, making this the largest library he’d seen in t...

CH188

<ACQUIRED SKILL ABSORPTION RESISTANCE LEVEL 0>

What does that even mean? Ben thought groggily as he came to consciousness.

<If I had to bet, I’d say your body’s begun adapting to your cursed ring.>

Absorption resistance huh, yeah I guess that tracks since I’m having my mana and vitality drained each night. But wait, that means… Damn it, I need to remake my ring!

He was getting such good results from wearing it that even if it made ...

CH187 Thera's perspective

Thera woke up far earlier than she usually would, the emotions from the previous day leaving her with a poor sleep as she cracked open her eyes and found herself surprisingly close to Ben's face.

It took a moment but she remembered asking him to stay, she just hadn’t expected to wake up next to him, nor to have ended up using him as a pillow midway through the night.

Actually, haven’t I been in this same spot before? She thought to herself, thinking back to the dryad ...

Poll time poll time

Hello everyone, 

Here I am with another poll, this time with brand new options! In the last one I said I was going to try to figure out how often to reexamine some of the past options that didn't make the cut since I don't want a repeat of doing it two months in a row if I can help it so what I'm currently thinking of aiming for is every third or fourth poll will be past options like the last ones had been. I think this will keep me from running out of ideas as things currently sta...

CH186

His mind flashed to the conversation he’d seen in Thera’s memory during the trial of Anailia and he turned to his friend to see how she was reacting. Though the great light spirit wasn’t among the ones gathered at that time when they’d planned to try and give rise to a more successful spirit hybrid than Thera had been, what they were seeing couldn’t be ignored and he could see it in her eyes. Hurt and betrayal she hadn’t expected to experience so soon upon returning home.

�...

CH185

Going through the gate, they arrived in Anailia a few hours earlier than the last time, the immediate change in time zones still managing to be disorientating, but Ben did his best to ignore it in favour of doing the same thing he’d done before, dragging Thera to every blacksmith and enchanters shop he could get to before they started closing for the night. It wasn’t like Thera’s parents had been expecting them at a certain time, they’d given them a small range of days they might arri...

Chapter 184 As others start to move part 1

Pelenia had informed her allied nations of the coming return of the creator of the resistance braces, giving them a chance to send over anyone whose magic was too powerful to be covered by any of their nation’s own enchanters and as they all prepared for his arrival, figuring out who to send and crafting plans to draw them closer to their side, word got out.

It was nothing to be too surprised about, while his privacy was to be respected as a condition of his patent, other nations beyo...

CH183

Ultimately the encounter proved to be the most dangerous leg of their journey, Thera was able to handle any of the smaller threats that came their way for the rest of it, and with the city only a few hours away they let themselves relax a bit.

“See, it wasn’t so bad, was it?” She asked him, feeling pretty good about how the entire thing had gone herself. Except for one bit that ended up a bit more dangerous than expected, they’d managed without any real issues and were close to ...

CH182

The days of their small journey passed without much issue. The lantern was doing its job and drawing creatures in as they went, but anything that came their way had been small enough not to pose any real threat to a carriage going through the nearby road, and Thera was able to swiftly deal with them with her earth magic without much issue as they went.

It had just been dull and Ben couldn’t help but continue to reflect on what a waste of time it was for him personally to do this; inst...

CH181

“Make sure you hand off my letter to Pelenia,” Falk said to both Ben and Thera as they prepared to leave.

“And mine as well,” Sonya told Thera as she pulled her into a tight hug. “The town’s going to feel so much emptier with all of you gone at once.”

“It’ll only be for a bit more than a month aunty, we’ll be back soon. I doubt I’ll be able to handle my parents for much longer than that anyway.”

“Mmh, if your mom does anything so rash again let me k...

CH180

With his new job selected they both made their way to the training grounds, eager to see what sort of success the new staff would have. It was probably the finest one he’d ever made and loaded to the brim with sacrificial enchantments to boot.

Once they arrived and Thera stood ready to cast he stood to the side and watched intensely. His mana sense had long since improved over how it had been during his first time in Anailia, transitioning from just feeling the enchantments on items h...

CH179

He’d put off creating Thera’s new staff for long enough. His crafting level was far higher than he’d initially planned for it to be and with them about to embark on a long trek to hunt anything they could find along the way, a good quality staff was a must. It was with all of that in mind that he finally sat her down in front of him and pulled out a sharp pair of scissors.

“Are you sure you can do this?” She asked, sounding nervous as she did. “We can always wait until we ge...

CH178

Oh my god, why was that so expensive?

<Because you went way too hard with the designs. Two floors with not only a basement, but also a sub-basement? What were you thinking? That isn’t even mentioning just how little of the place is being used for the church itself.>

Hey, your believers just need to go in to pray, it’s fine. The rest is completely necessary storage space.

<What in the infinite hells are you planning to store?>

God, ...