Chapter 497

Chapter 497

The next couple hours of flying were relatively peaceful, at least for himself. He tweaked and modified the enchantments as he went, getting them to the perfect balance of both comfortable for the user while still accomplishing their designed task, ending up with a final product just a little better than it started, with the main change being the mind split it caused became a bit more bearable for those feeling its effects, even if he couldn't keep himself from thinking that two of his test subjects were just being unreasonably whiny by the end, especially compared to the motivation Sachel gave him when they finally reached the gate.

"Whenever you get back, is this something I could afford if I wanted to buy one?" She asked, not seeing her companions' surprised looks at wanting something they couldn't help but find extremely unpleasant, even after the improvements to it. "I feel like I just learned more in the last few hours than I have after weeks of reading in the past."

Ben put a hand on her shoulder, a warm yet serious look in his eyes when he spoke.

"Sachel, I just want you to know that stuff like this is why you're my favourite in your party. By a large margin."

"Um, thanks?"

"You can keep the one you're wearing, free of charge. I only need two anyway so since the others don't seem like they're going to want them you're good. Hope it helps you with your practice."This chapter was first shared on the Ñøv€lß1n platform.

While the material cost for it might have been expensive for a normal person, compared to other things he'd make it really wasn't that much, incorporating just a bit of mythril for powering the relatively mana-light enchantment placed upon it. For him, it was nothing hard to give up, especially considering who he was giving it to.

Probably for the best to let Myriad's oracle have something that will help her learn new spells and ideally live a little longer depending on how the next wave ends up. Hell, it might be a good idea to send them to all of his believers. He only has a few hundred still, right? Nothing wrong with giving them a tool that can help their growth a bit.

Excuse you, you're a god. Tell them to wear them if they're ever in a learning environment and explain how it will help them in the long run. Hell, sprinkle in a bit about how you'd like them too because you just want the best for them and you're worried given the troubling times. If I'm going to go out of my way to try and help these guys that's literally the least you could do.

Oh sweet, someone with a tier-one analysis! Or at least it would be sweet if I didn't have Verbum to abuse now. Still, might as well grab a copy in case there's anything I can do with it. And other than that... oh. Oh crap.

"Thera, come with me. The rest of you just wait here for a bit, would you?"

He didn't give them time to respond, instead taking his girlfriend’s hand and dragging her off, turning around to follow another person walking the streets.

An unassuming man of some mix of races he couldn't begin to guess at, it was someone who would never have caught his eye if it weren't for the murmurs going through his head when Ben had connected to him and after using his power to dig through his memories to confirm it wasn't just a silly thought he had no choice but to act in the face of what he was seeing. The man had someone locked in their basement.

Myriad Myriad Myriad Myriad Myriad Myriad Myriad Myriad. Answer me. Code red. I'm about to do something rash and I need you around to help out.

I'm currently following a guy who kidnapped someone and from the looks of it intends to use them as ingredients for potions. Do me a favour and get any guards or templars around to capture him after I flee the scene.

Thanks, you're the best. He said, leaving his god to process what he'd heard as he connected to Thera to discreetly pass on a different message. Hey, I need you to trust me and trap that guy in something thick enough that any passersby probably won't be able to help him escape. And preferably do it discreetly so we can just slip away after. I know this probably sounds crazy but see the thing is-

He didn't get the chance to try and explain, she was already casting her spell before he could finish and he watched as the ground rose up around the man, gently pushing others away as the kidnapper was left encased in walls that were meters thick, blocking a good portion of the street in order to keep him trapped.

And that's why you're the best. Okay, and are you still listening, Myriad? I'll give you the guy's address so send someone to help there too please and I'll go back to deal with my day.

There was a group gathering to see what happened but as far as he was concerned it wasn't remotely his problem so he and Thera slipped away from the growing crowd, back to their companions who were all well aware of whose fault that was.