Chapter 410

Chapter 410

“So how’s it look doc?”

“Well, it looks like we were right,” Helori told him as she pulled her arms out of his chest. “You’re definitely thinking with your soul. There’s a few other differences that are pretty pronounced too, but nothing you wouldn’t expect an awakened skill holder to have to one extent or another so it’s nothing worrying. All in all, I’d say you’re fine, there’s no strain.”

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He was getting checked just to be on the safe side, but he hadn’t been worried. He really did feel fine compared to previous months of agony, so even if there had been an issue he probably wouldn’t have cared if it wasn’t causing any obvious suffering to himself.

“Just try not to discover any more disruptive skill combinations,” She sighed. “Now that we’re aware it’s even possible, we actually need to keep an eye out for these sorts of things.”

“Ah, you went thousands of years without it being a problem until this point, I’d say it’s not a major concern, though I would be curious about what else could cause it. Maybe if a person got too many skills that buff themselves? Or the right combination of enhancement skills? Hmm, maybe if I have some spare time I’ll go through my books and see if anything seems like it would do it.”

“Please don’t,” Myriad begged. “I can already tell that you’d want to test to see if you’re right.”

“I mean, not on myself at least, but don’t worry, with all I have to do I don’t think I’ll ever actually have spare time again. Are we all set for the gate construction?”

“We’ll have everyone there tomorrow for you and an awakened skill holder will either meet you in the cities you’re building gates if there’s one there, or else some more will be sent to meet you after you’re done.”

“Sweet.”

...Which means it will still take me thousands of hours, not even counting when I’ll need to start combining blocks which will only add more thousands of hours of work to it. Jesus, okay, I definitely need to think of a better option. And I need to start trying to solve easier problems in life.

When they woke up in the morning, Ben made a quick breakfast before he and Thera headed to the gate to go back to Allfaith, finding the crowd they were waiting for off to the side as Steph ran over, hugging them both.

“Will didn’t want to come for the adventure?” He asked after greeting his friend, getting a shake of her head as he did.

“He’s stuck training today, he’s really trying to get a level to his combat skills before the next wave.”

“As he should be,” Her teacher, Wedrow said. “Both of you growing is important, I believe you’ve both seen that first hand now.”

Steph fell silent, remembering what had ended as only one day of combat and ultimately how powerless she’d felt as Ben cleared his throat.

“And it’s nice to see you again too Wedrow. Now, I’m all good if you want to get started.”

He nearly reached out to touch the giant worm but stopped himself, trying to break the force of habit as he instead stretched out his connect to take everything he needed from both him, and the six others around who had the other magics he lacked, placing each one on one of the many rings that covered his fingers as he held out his hand to admire them all, smiling brightly as he did.

“Oh yeah, check me out with a new, overwhelming level of power. I'm definitely going to let this go to my head.”

He ignored his god's comment as he imagined all he might be able to do with what he now had, only keeping all of his minds from wandering enough that he stepped through the portal Wedrow opened as the four of them got on their way to their first destination.