Chapter 338

Chapter 338

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 his material user skill along with metal sheaths they could slide against in order to mimic the way muscles would expand and contract far beyond what had been done for the prototype.

It involved pushing his magic skill to the limits as he not only tried to use it to get the sizes and shapes perfect, but also experimented to create the ideal ratios of metals and other materials that would give the artificial muscle fibres the exact properties he was looking for as he created piles of them, more than he would realistically need but enough to be able to fail a few times as he went and tried to create something that would help him reach his goal of creating a fully functional prosthetic.

“Oh, I love job bonuses so much,” He muttered. “I’m sorry I was ever not grateful enough for quests that granted levels to them.”

The effects on his skill and attribute growth since he’d managed to complete so many was becoming more and more apparent, and the joy he felt when his magic would level up was a huge motivator, especially considering the part it was playing for his work. It was enough to make him reconsider the job he planned on taking after he finished up with master enchanter, but he pushed the thought away to focus on what was next.

With all of the wires complete, he got to work cutting them to the lengths he would need, using his destruction skill to do it as a way of training it as well while he organized them all and applied a reasonably complex enchantment to each and every one, using a level of skill on each individual wire that would have destroyed them back when he’d first been starting out.

It was a long, time-consuming process, but it felt like only an instant for him as he got absorbed in the task and was able to move on to the next bit, organizing each wire together to act as an artificial muscle.

Comparatively, that was much, much quicker, and once it was finished he let himself move on to the rest of it. He’d taken measurements of Kelf’s remaining arm early on, doing his best to use those for constructing the bits the muscles would be clinging to, namely the bones. Those had been an interesting problem in themselves, needing to be both strong and light, able to take a hit without shattering but not bending like metal, but as with the rest of the parts of that particular project, the result was achieved through a combination of research, experimentation, and many sleepless nights to get it right.

Once those parts were combined and one of the simpler aspects, the artificial tendons, had been incorporated, that left the final bit to add; the skin.

He hadn’t expected it going into the project, but that managed to be the hardest to decide on by far. It was the aspect that would be protecting the internal workings of the arm, but there were a lot of different ways to manage it. Originally, he’d planned on just a strong metal exterior but decided against it for the same reason he had for putting so much care into the bones. If he made something that would dent, it could affect the arm as a whole. He needed something better.

For that it came down to experimenting with making more composite materials, blending things that normally wouldn’t blend with his material magic to create things from metals, bones, skins, and woods that couldn’t exist otherwise, at least not without someone who had the same rare skill as he ultimately ended up creating something that was a complex blend of things but nearly fifty percent orichalcum.

He couldn’t deny it hurt to use so much of such a precious metal, especially when he wouldn’t be getting paid for it, but this was to pay off a favour he’d requested, he fully intended to put his all into it.

Having the material though, it then came to making it work structurally, manipulating the substance to take the shape of long thin strings before he began to cut and braid them, using his mana to merge the braids so that it would be one piece but still of a far greater strength overall.

Trap userCraftsman- alchemy pathCraftsman- artistic pathCraftsman- blacksmith pathCraftsman- cooking pathCraftsman- stonecrafts pathCraftsman- sewing pathHoly craftsmanMathematicianCursed item makerScholarMaterial mageDestruction mageHigh tankOtherworldly craftsmanInfernal craftsmanDestructive craftsmanMaster adventurerSoul defiling gardenerSummoned enchanterRitual enchanterConnected enchanterDivine enchanterProfane enchanter

Titles: Apostle of Myriad, The Forgotten One, Miracle Maker, Skill learner, Enemy of Eneth, Trial Defier, Trial Breaker, Godslayer, Monster, Madman, God killer, Threat

Jobs: Scholar (lv 15)

Previous Jobs: Apprentice craftsman, Craftsman, Priest, Enchanter, Mind user, Magic item maker, Magic weapon maker, High enchanter, Fractured mind user, Tree tamer, High craftsman, Apprentice mage, True mage, Tank, Heretic, Adventurer, Divine heretic, Kin, Master craftsman, Master enchanter

Attributes:

Vitality: 653Vitality recovery rate: 15/hrMana: 513Mana recovery rate: 36/minStrength: 532Agility: 196Stamina: 1655Intelligence: 1771

Affinities:

Light: 3Life: 2Fire: 4Water: 3Air: 4Earth: 2Death: 3Dark: 1Space: 4Time: 5

Resistances:

Light: 68Life: 72Fire: 75Water: 69Air: 66Earth: 81Death: 78Dark: 85Space: 63Time: 61





Blessed skills:

Unending crafting lv2*Divine enchanting lv2*Focus lv9





Passive skills:

World speak+King of sacrilege lv9*Complex mind lv8BindIntegrated demonic body lv4Defense enhancement lv4Parallel thought lv8Absorption resistance lv4Plant knowledge lv6Mental expansion lv7All affinity resistance enhancement lv2Material knowledge lv7Biology knowledge lv1Trap knowledge lv3Physics knowledge lv3

Active skills:

Stealth lv1Connect lv9Hidden mind lv7Calculate lv4 Meditation lv4Cycling lv0Marksmanship lv0Speed reading lv5Material user lv6Destruction lv5Swimming lv1

Blessings:

Myriad’s BlessingAnailia’s BlessingHelori’s BlessingGalwax’s BlessingElvat’s mana regeneration Blessing

Trials:

Trial of Anailia and TolonaTrial of the Dead God

If he could have, Ben would have complained as the notifications went off. What he’d wanted was something along the lines of language knowledge given how much effort he’d put into studying the topic recently, but he didn’t have time to get any such words out. With the notification came pain like none he’d felt before as each of his minds split once more, ripping his thoughts to shreds, and before he could feel the blood pouring down his face he mercifully passed out.