probablyaturnip

CH103

“Are you sure about this Myriad? Honestly, she seems like she’s gotten way too into you way too fast, I’m more than a little worried here.”

“It might shock you given your own attitude, but most people in the world would react this way upon not only receiving a blessing and a gift skill, but also a quest and personal guidance from an apostle. I don’t currently know any other gods doing so much for their believers.”

“I mean sure, but it’s all coming from a pretty s...

CH102 Thera's Perspective

Oh thank the gods, finally.

In the days that followed their talk, Thera had gone off to search for any spirits and was finding herself growing exhausted. Usually, she would come across one or two a day as they would float around, but it was only now after days of searching she’d managed to come across an air spirit just at the edge of the forest, mercifully far from anyone who might catch her talking to herself.

“Hello there,” She started, unsure how to lead the con...

CH101

When Ben got back he noticed Thera in the living room, completely absorbed in her studying. Rather than bother her while she was in the middle of it he instead opted to get dinner started since Sonya wasn’t home yet.

He looked around the kitchen for whatever ingredients were on hand and decided to try and get creative with it for a change instead of going off a recipe he knew. As with every time his crafting improved he’d gained an almost instinctual understanding of how to use the ...

CH100

Thanks to his teacher's help Ben was at least sure he’d be able to understand the spell he was placing, now all it came down to was actually enchanting with it. He grabbed the first sword and sat down, inspecting it as he got prepared. It was one of Falk’s works rather than his own, and like everything his teacher made it was perfect as far as Ben could tell.

The sword was of a simple design, not meant to be beautiful in any way, instead made to focus on its main task, killing. Ben ...

CH99

The next step involved looking at each of the enchantments he’d already placed and copying them all onto new cubes to the best of his abilities. Even though it felt tiring in its own way, it wasn’t as bad as trying to find the skills within a person, and he was able to get it done rather quickly.

Falk looked over his work before recording the results onto each cube again. Most of them were the same with the exception of three cubes, the one with level four dance, level four earth ma...

CH98

The morning came and Ben went to the shop for the first time in what felt like ages. He threw open the doors and breathed it all in.

“Oh man, it’s good to be back!”

“You’re being dramatic,” Thera said beside him. Apparently, Falk stopped by the house yesterday and asked her to join for the first day at least for some training his teacher had in mind for him.

“Not even a little! Do you have any idea of how many things I want to make now that my levels gone up so...

CH97

When Ben got home later in the day he found Thera sitting in the living room looking like she was meditating, presumably working on gaining either dark or life magic, while Sonya cooked in the kitchen.

As he came in Thera opened an eye to look at him. “How did training Sachel go?”

“I’m sure she’ll get the hang of it in no time. I’ll probably meet up with her again to work on it in the future. How about you, any luck?”

She let herself sprawl out when he asked, c...

CH96

Ben pulled open the door before Sachel even had a chance to knock.

“How did you know I was there?” She asked, more than a little surprised. She’d been excited for him to get back ever since she got the skill and had been told by Myriad that he would give her some pointers, but given her friendship with Skoe and his strained relationship with Thera she had been feeling hesitant to knock on her door.

“Myriad told me,” He said, having been woken by his god while he was in t...

CH95

“So I hate to ask this, but mind if I crash here tonight?” Ben said, turning to Sonya. “Since I gave up the room I was renting I need to find a place to stay, but your place is a fair bit comfier than the floor in Falk's shop in the meantime.”

“Or instead of treating my shop like an option you could get a room from an inn.” His teacher grumbled.

“It’s no issue,” Sonya told him. “I was actually going to see if you'd perhaps be interested in renting the spare roo...

CH94 Falk's Perspective

It had been about a month and a half since Ben and Thera had gone off to Anailia, and both Falk and Sonya were feeling their absence.

Sonya was finding her empty house a bit too lonely without Thera there to see each day, and while Falk was more productive with his work without Ben around, not needing to spend time teaching the boy and answering his questions, he found himself strangely missing the chance to watch the fledgling craftsman grow, as well as seeing how the boy would solve t...

CH93

As they made their way back to stonewall by carriage and only a few hours from home after long days of travel, Ben eventually nodded off, finding himself in Myriad's realm.

"What's up Myriad?" He asked, it being the first time in a few days he'd seen his god. "Manage to find a better quest for me?"

"You've got what you've got, I'll have more when you complete the next one."

"Uhg, but the options are lame. Why do I even have completing an achievement in your name again?"

CH92 character summaries

Ben Heph

Our titular chaotic craftsman, or at least he's beginning to grow into the role. While his beginnings in the world were a rocky start, being unneeded and forgotten about by the nations that took in his classmates, he's managed to start making a home for himself and work he enjoys. Through the constant training of his skills and a little luck, some of his abilities have increased at a startling rate, but because he compares himself to his classmates who all managed to arrive in ...

CH91 Side Story 3- a lesson on invaders

Lehie paced around while Ben sat down, waiting for his lesson for the day. He'd been there for a couple of weeks at this point and his caretaker had informed him the day before just how important this one was to know, but she hadn't actually gone so far as to tell him what it would be on.

"Lehie, what's with all the suspense? You're making me nervous here."

"Ah, sorry. It's just a complicated topic, I want to convey its importance to you properly. Still, I shouldn't put it off any...

CH90

In the end, Pelenia agreed but said she would need some time to decide what would be appropriate. Once that was settled she would have it sent to Sonya's home to collect.

Once that business was complete Ben spent the last of his time updating the enchantments on Theras brace, while continuing to make more for any people of status who needed access to some. It seemed that many of the embassies he’d already produced some for had learned he would be leaving soon, and due to the terms of ...

CH89

“-and that’s what they said once you left,” Myriad told Ben, explaining how the conversation between the greys continued once he’d left the room.

“It could have been for show. Just putting on an act while they thought you were watching.”

“I don’t think so. I couldn’t read Quiliths thoughts since his actual brain or whatever he has that acts as one resides in another universe at the moment, but in the case of Glob he seemed to be in genuine distress when he was to...

CH88

After dinner Karly and Glob went up first, Karly to hide some of the emotions welling up from getting a taste of home after so long, and Glob just needing to recover more from the vicious beatdown he received.

Ben and Thera quickly followed, heading to their own rooms, but Ben faced a problem. Thera had seemed a bit out of sorts since the meal started.

“Everything okay Thera? Did your training go well?”

“Yeah it was fine. No progress yet but that’s not shocking.” 2022-02-01 18:43:15 +0000 UTC View Post