“Do you have to swing your legs if you’re going to sit up there?”
“What? It’s comfortable.”
“It’s distracting! How would you feel if someone kept rapping against your head?”
“You shouldn’t complain so much, do you have any idea how many mortals would be hap...
2023-03-22 10:30:37 +0000 UTC View PostStanding in the middle of the training grounds, Thera wore an intense look of concentration on her face as she held the stump of Kelf’s arm, pouring untold thousands of mana out into the world to an extent that Ben could feel it standing off to the side as grass, weeds, and flowers in the area ...
2023-03-21 04:29:19 +0000 UTC View Post“Wait, what?”
“From what I understand, you’re able to enchant unlike any other in the world. I know this is a lot to ask, but if you would at least try to make me one, I’d be forever grateful.”
“...Alright, ignoring the fact that I wouldn’t even know where to begin wit...
2023-03-19 12:44:10 +0000 UTC View Post<I can’t believe you told me you’d properly rest on the same day you stopped sleeping altogether. I’d rather not watch you kill yourself Ben.>
“I’m having naps, it’s fine. Besides, I told you I would when I had time. I clearly don’t right now.”
He had a positivel...
2023-03-17 14:12:27 +0000 UTC View PostAs had become all too common, Thera awoke from the sounds above her, cracking open her eyes to see the numerous spirits filling her room as a cheer went up amongst them when they noticed her eyes flutter open.
“Princess!”
“The princess is up!”
“He...
2023-03-16 18:42:25 +0000 UTC View PostOnce Falk put a stop to Ben’s wanton acts of deforestation, they both began heading back to town. The shop would be opening later than usual, but given how often it was closed as its owner left to deal with different clients, that wasn’t a big problem.
No, the big problem was the unusua...
2023-03-14 15:48:04 +0000 UTC View Post<ABSORPTION RESISTANCE LEVEL INCREASED>
Ah- Damn… it. I… guess- it…’s not… so bad since- I- won’t need- to… remake- my bracelets… yet, but- still, that’s gonna… make it- harder- to train.
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“Ah, dang it ...
2023-03-12 17:24:23 +0000 UTC View PostIn the heavens, the gods watched down on the world as they did all they needed to. Preparing for the war wasn’t just something to be dealt with on their end after all, they needed to be sure their believers were doing their best as well, along with any mortals who’d been doing any work for th...
2023-03-10 19:50:19 +0000 UTC View Post<PLANT KNOWLEDGE LEVEL INCREASED>
<MATERIAL KNOWLEDGE LEVEL INCREASED>
“Huh, looks like I was right. Alright guys, you can stop now,” Ben told the two gods who were speaking in his head, spewing a stream of information about the plants in the world as he finished up a ...
2023-03-09 16:04:11 +0000 UTC View Post“Bastard rings? Really, isn’t that a little tasteless?” His teacher asked him after flipping through the couple hundred pages of notes Ben had written, getting a shaky thumbs up in return.
“It’s the ring system of a bastard, it works,” Ben said weakly, still feeling the effects ...
2023-03-07 14:19:24 +0000 UTC View Post“Awe Ben, you can be such a good boy when you want to be,” His god cried, interrupting his lessons with Helori. “I’m going to make sure to show what you said to Thera to everyone, that should be plenty to show that you’re not actually as bad as you act.”
“Or you could not, tha...
2023-03-05 16:22:54 +0000 UTC View PostAfter he finished boiling the bones, getting everything he’d needed out of them, he left them to the side to dry out as he admired what he’d collected. Having it well boiled down, there was a bit less than fifty litres in the caldron, and of it, he would be getting ten.
No good gree...
2023-03-03 13:59:28 +0000 UTC View Post“So, what’s this spell you keep feeling the need to distract Ben from while you’re casting it on him?” Sonya asked offhandedly as they walked to the clinic.
“I’m not trying to distract him, I just don’t know how to bring it up. It’s kind of just a general health spell, it’...
2023-03-02 12:24:00 +0000 UTC View PostDespite how good it felt to be home, despite how much he wanted to stay in bed for just a little longer, acting as if there was nothing for him to do, Ben got up earlier than he typically would.
Both Sonya and Thera planned to go to the clinic earlier than normal. Sonya to help out as she a...
2023-02-28 09:41:12 +0000 UTC View PostGetting to the guild, Ben ignored the looks along the way he now realized were due to a combination of people learning that he wasn’t dead, as well as the secret that he was an apostle leaking to the town as they went inside. He needed some sort of distraction from the fact that Thera fully int...
2023-02-26 17:27:14 +0000 UTC View PostLooks like it's that time again.
Not going to lie, almost forgot about this with how hectic posting this month was but when I saw the date it all came back to me. The nicer thing about doing a mass release is that it lets me have a lot more options for what I can think to make side st...
2023-02-25 22:42:36 +0000 UTC View Post“Just for the record, I want to make it clear I hate every part of this,” Ben said as they made their way back to Stonewall, holding his seat in a death grip from the stress that only he was feeling.
Thera for her part was ecstatic. She’d thought it was a brilliant idea as soon as she...
2023-02-24 07:36:22 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor’s note
I guess this is kind of an arc epilogue so read and enjoy before getting to the next one tomorrow! Also ignore how early this is going up I don’t have a real sleep schedule
Thera was seething as they went through the streets of Anailia to pick u...
2023-02-23 06:00:20 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's note
On the longer side today so enjoy
Waking up in the morning, she half-heartedly fumbled around the bed before even opening her eyes and realised she was alone, Ben likely having already run off to either play with the archive or work on his magics si...
2023-02-21 16:56:01 +0000 UTC View PostOut amongst the snow the great life spirit hovered in the air, watching the battle going on beneath her as Abrus’s child faced off against the beasts she’d created for the coming conflict. A small horde of creatures, any one of them built to tower above Thera with teeth and claws fit for kill...
2023-02-20 13:37:00 +0000 UTC View Post<SPEED READING LEVEL INCREASED>
<PLANT KNOWLEDGE LEVEL INCREASED>
“Man, I might actually finish everything here at this rate.”
Being left alone in a library for so many hours, he’d spent the time plowing through books, enjoying the experience all the more for j...
2023-02-19 16:13:05 +0000 UTC View PostThey were awoken the next day by a knock on the door from another one of Vivdus’s creatures and were motioned to follow it down to the main hall where the great life spirit was waiting, another monster standing beside her.
With a head as big as any of them were tall and little in the way ...
2023-02-18 15:34:36 +0000 UTC View PostEventually, they heard a knock on their door as their meal arrived, though in a way neither of them would have anticipated. Plates were stacked on the wide flat back of a six-legged creature that walked in as soon as they opened the door for it, making it perfectly clear that they were supposed t...
2023-02-17 15:42:04 +0000 UTC View Post“Uh, is this okay?” He asked her as he understood what they were doing. “Didn’t you say before that it’s dangerous to go through here?”
“As long as we’re only here for a day we’ll probably be fine. We need to get you checked out and unfortunately, there probably isn’t an...
2023-02-16 16:26:39 +0000 UTC View Post<WOODWIND INSTRUMENT LEVEL INCREASED>
The notification went off in her head as she played the small flute Ben had made her while listening to her various students follow along. At a couple weeks after arriving, she’d long taught them all what she viewed as being most relevant for th...
2023-02-15 12:21:35 +0000 UTC View PostOkay, this is incredible but I can study it more later. Gotta work on the next thing first.
Reaching into his bag, he pulled out his knife he’d used when killing the forbidden gods, stripping it of its enchantments before going through his packed rings. He had so many by that poi...
2023-02-14 14:26:39 +0000 UTC View PostIn the days since the meeting, Ben could feel the tension in the village lessen. It wasn’t gone, but he no longer had the immediate fear that things might turn violent when he left and he was able to focus on teaching them what he could, with the day prior focusing on getting a group of magic u...
2023-02-13 14:21:12 +0000 UTC View Post“What do you think about punishing them?” Ben asked as he walked around the enormous summoning spell, still set up in his god’s realm for him to look at.
“I think that it’s a complex topic with no easy answer. It can’t be denied that some of them are in the wrong, but can they r...
2023-02-12 14:10:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe next day, Ben could see that the first group he’d worked with was exhausted. He’d pushed them for hours, giving whatever guidance he’d thought they needed to help them learn and grow since their foundation was almost nonexistent. A group that tried to leave no traces simply didn’t bui...
2023-02-11 16:29:17 +0000 UTC View PostHey, I forgot to ask you earlier but what does it mean for a skill to transition? Ben thought to his god after talking about his status with Thera reminded him of it. It admittedly seemed to be a major change given the fact that it had altered his eye colour, even if he didn’t end up s...
2023-02-10 11:46:55 +0000 UTC View Post