As Ben went to sleep for the night he did so with a headache. There were just over two hundred living members of the village, and from checking their skills he couldn’t help but think there was little of immediate value. They all had their blessed skills of course, but without the cards to tell them what they were, none of ...
2023-02-09 14:02:07 +0000 UTC View PostIn the realm of gods, where all who ruled over the races of the world resided, ever staring down at the acts of their people, an exceedingly rare event was being held. A meeting to discuss the fate of a single mortal.
It was rare that any moral would do anything worthy enough for a god to consider directly punishing the...
2023-02-08 12:13:25 +0000 UTC View PostHe felt surprise course through him as Thera said it and he gently pulled away, reaching into his bag to get a small white mana crystal to hold up to his eye. What little reflection he saw was crude, nothing compared to the mirror he’d have liked to have, but it was enough to see that Thera was right. Neither the whites nor...
2023-02-07 12:10:11 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's note
this is a long one so make sure you're comfortable before diving in
Ben opened his eyes, the five soul-sealing crystals in his hand as well as his knife as he looked around. Thera was leaning beside him as she read to mentally escape every revelation that had been forced on her that day, t...
2023-02-06 14:16:13 +0000 UTC View PostIt took some time for them all to be healed, and while just how to handle them all once they woke up was one question, what would happen to their gods was another entirely that Anailia seemed to be ready to answer then and there.
“Helori, what’s the current status of the five of them?” She asked the sky as the ans...
2023-02-05 11:49:55 +0000 UTC View PostHis job crystal forgotten, they all stepped through, seeing a scene of carnage before them. At first he thought he was seeing proper invaders killing one another, they had the red scales and violet eyes that were the trademark for the race, but something was clearly different. As much as the body types of a demon could change...
2023-02-04 07:22:05 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Ben and Thera got through the untamed land’s gate they were told to take, they encountered the three they were expecting. Three gods who had descended upon the world into the bodies of their believers.
The average adventurer that was there had no clue who they were but could feel something exuding from them, a fe...
2023-02-03 13:57:26 +0000 UTC View Post“What was that?” Caz asked, not understanding what his fellow priest was saying as Toltho screamed out into the crowd.
“I said no! Who are the gods to say that we should die for them? Who are they to say we should kill the ones we love before running away like cowards? Is our community so fragile? Are the bonds we...
2023-02-02 11:44:42 +0000 UTC View PostSince he’d first become the priest of Quox, he’d never once been told there was an emergency to gather them all at once. Even when the wise one had escaped, he alone had been contacted to deal with it due to being the only one in the village with his skill advancing beyond its limits, and when he stretched his memories to...
2023-02-01 13:49:46 +0000 UTC View PostIn his realm watching down at the world, Quox lounged around, feeling content in the amount of faith he had, even if it would never be enough for his taste. When his world had fallen he’d made the only reasonable choice and ran, having heard the rumours of this one from a void god he encountered and fled to it, hoping to fi...
2023-01-31 14:04:13 +0000 UTC View Post<Ben, don’t be stupid. Of course it was made to keep demons from being a part of it. You think we don’t understand just how important that would be? While the system automatically takes in any intelligent race it encounters, the original gods that built it worked exceptionally hard to ensure that demons would be exclud...
2023-01-29 17:21:07 +0000 UTC View PostHis final task, the last thing keeping him from the comforts of home, was admittedly small, the sort of thing he probably could have gotten away with ignoring, but if he didn’t do it now he had no clue how far in the future it would be before he could make the time to see the results in person.
Taking their cart throu...
2023-01-27 14:43:28 +0000 UTC View PostAt Ben’s prompt declaration, Myriad could only sigh. “There’s no point, and for a number of reasons too.”
“Cool, you can explain them to me after you teach me then,” He said, ignoring his god’s resistance. “Look, realistically I don’t think I can do anything to help, but I have to assume that they’re...
2023-01-26 09:18:10 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone, time for another poll! This one's going to pull from some old options or the chance to choose giving everyone two extra chapters instead so pick whatever your heart desires.
Of course, since we did just pass a patron goal I'm giving an extra seven chapters next month anyway so we'll see if you all plan on ...
2023-01-26 02:15:13 +0000 UTC View PostHe cradled the crushed shell in his hands, tears streaming down his face at the death of his lone companion-
“Ben.”
Without Greed he knew it was the end for him. His body was a mess of injuries. Broken and bleeding, he did all he could to raise his head-
“Ben!”
Facing the ...
2023-01-24 17:11:28 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's note
So we had another Sonya/Falk story win the last poll! There's two things I'm going to be honest about. First, I had no clue what to name this one which is pretty obvious from the weak title. Second, originally I was going to do this as a continuation of the last Sonya and Falk story but after rewriting it ...
2023-01-23 23:55:53 +0000 UTC View Post“That all went way too well,” Thera said, still stunned to have received a new blessing out of the blue. “I take back everything I’ve said about your terrible luck, it looks like good things do happen to you occasionally.”
“Well obviously, you’re one of them,” He told her, giving a playful wink as they w...
2023-01-22 05:33:20 +0000 UTC View PostBy the third hour of discussing the topic they lost Jake, the man falling asleep while listening to the conversation Ben and his three teachers were having. As much as he tried to learn, it was all just too dull for him.
Yuzu on the other hand gave up on the seventh, not because she was bored, but because she had reache...
2023-01-20 16:51:03 +0000 UTC View PostUnlike the last time when he was trying to get somewhere without prior arrangements, this time Ben decided to do things properly. He went to the home of Amy, Jake, and Yuzu, told the guards at the gate who he was and why he was there, and waited patiently as that information was passed along.
“So you okay?” He asked...
2023-01-19 08:44:28 +0000 UTC View Post“Hey Ben, just out of curiosity, you aren’t actually trying to awaken your sacrilege skill, are you?” Thera asked as the three of them walked through the streets.
“Of course not. How would I even do that?” He asked, immediately feeling the wheels turning in his head with the question. It wasn’t like he went ...
2023-01-17 16:15:31 +0000 UTC View Post“Ugh, I’m so tired of reading this,” Thera groaned as she put her book down, leaning her head on Ben’s shoulder. “Golem creation, petrification, earth healing, even at the ninth level in both of my magics I don’t think I have the control to actually manage any of these.”
“Well, you won’t know until you...
2023-01-15 17:24:44 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's note
Alright my precious turnip
2023-01-13 18:48:04 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's note
In case you have no clue who Iberu is because he only appeared once in chapter 255, he’s the head of the craftsman’s guild.
We really should have tried to plan this better. Iberu thought to himself as he tried to push through the chaos of the streets arou...
2023-01-12 16:52:24 +0000 UTC View PostEventually, Thera pulled away, her face shining, even as she smiled.
“Um, so what now then?”
“Well,” Ben started. “If we look at the order we’ve done things we got engaged, moved in together, confirmed our mutual love and then kissed. If we continue on doing romance the complete opposite of how my race...
2023-01-10 17:30:09 +0000 UTC View PostEventually, Abrus forced the crowd to disperse, and while Ben got the great spirit to agree to host Greed, with the two of them still having things they needed to discuss, they both decided that was for a later day as he and Thera made their way back to the embassy.
When he looked at her he had so much he wanted to say....
2023-01-08 17:16:28 +0000 UTC View Post<SPIRIT EMPOWERING LEVEL INCREASED>
<MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE LEVEL INCREASED>
“Thank you for taking so much time to teach me,” Thera said graciously to the group of life spirits around her who had been spending the last few weeks by her side, educating her on the finer points of the magic and the structu...
2023-01-06 14:28:35 +0000 UTC View PostBen found himself in a much smaller room than any other time he’d finished a section and thought it to be a good sign. There was no fountain for water, nor table for food, and while the pile of old items was still there, that wasn’t necessarily a bad thing.
The only difference he could see was a small stand with a b...
2023-01-05 10:58:02 +0000 UTC View PostActing fast, Ben stripped off his armour as he figured out what to do. He quickly and carefully placed Greed on the ground before taking the glove he’d made to use in place of a staff and putting it on, running his mana through it to alter the shape of the helmet he’d been wearing, ever so carefully modifying it to act as...
2023-01-03 16:06:16 +0000 UTC View PostIt had taken two agonizing weeks to heal all of the damage to his body, but as it went Ben spent the entire time thinking on what was coming next. He knew the life section was still to come, and while if he was lucky that would be the end of it, he was feeling like he’d just used up his entire lifetime supply by getting thr...
2023-01-01 17:41:16 +0000 UTC View PostBen sat in front of the next section of the trial, staring at the door of it and heaving a long sigh.
“Man, I really don’t want to do this.”
They’d finally gotten to the death section and he couldn’t imagine it going particularly well. He’d been expecting to deal with the life section first so when he ...
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