Chapter 594: Gods and Chaos

Chapter 594: Gods and Chaos

When Ben finally left for the day, the three were left to themselves in Myriads realm where they were free to talk without prying ears, each of them having things to say and feeling about what just happened, with Myriad making his own clear by finally letting himself crash down before he started to complain.

You know, obviously I was worried when he got that stupid thing, but when days and weeks passed without anything happening I thought we were in the clear No, thats not right, I just stopped thinking about it and hoped for the best which Im now very much regretting. I feel like months of worry have finally caught up with me all at once.

Have we seen any other effects? Helori asked. It didnt give him any skills when he got it, right? What about his attributes? If its really a blessing then youd expect it to help them grow.

Impossible to say, Myriad complained. Look at everything within my apostles status Helori, it would be easy to not even notice a standard blessings effects amongst all of the jobs, titles, and even other blessings. Maybe its giving them some sort of small boost, but it could just as easily only be targeting his subconscious mind.

And has there been any change in his personality since hes gained it? Nare asked. Acting out of sorts, doing different things, responding in strange ways?

Myriads mind immediately flashed to the very thing his apostle had built in his churchs sub-basement before dismissing the idea out of hand. As unfortunate as it was, making a potential portal to hell felt all too in character for the boy, not leaving anything else to come to mind.

...Is it too much to ask that this stupid thing make him a little more reasonable? He wondered aloud, feeling Helori placing a comforting hand on his side. She may not have been aware of what Ben had secretly done, but she certainly understood the sentiment behind it.

The real issue is what this has come to, The goddess sighed. As unfortunate as it is, Ben seeing Verbum was probably the correct call, but that does open up the potential for another god to see this new blessing bound to him.

We know from the grey that its possible for things to adapt to the chaos after being born to a universe, its not just things spontaneously generated out there, She reasoned. Maybe Bens just gone through an early stage of that? You have to admit, if it would keep him from at best dying or at worst mutating into an untold monstrosity if he ended up between realities, it would certainly qualify to be called a blessing.

But he didnt even have a finger cross over, Myriad argued. By all reasonable standards, hes barely been exposed to the chaos.

But he saw it. No, lets be accurate here, he witnessed it, just like his blessing says. Plus, just because he didnt cross over, whos to say nothing got in? Some tiny waves of pure uncertainty that could have latched onto his soul, which isnt even considering the benefit he has that could have made it easier. Not just a healthy number of other blessings to improve his odds, he has the system as a whole, a tool designed to help people grow and eases certain burdens on souls in the process. A tool itself designed to grow and help others grow. Whos to say it didnt play a part in ensuring that he got the best possible outcome?

Nare? Myriad asked, turning to the primary architect of the system itself. What do you think?

Hmm, its possible I suppose, he eventually gave in. Like she said, it was made to grow, though that would be a bit more significant than Id expect. Still, if we consider the fact that it was likely bound to the outsider then it might have learned from its experiences if we assume that thing was born to a different universe first and had to adapt to the chaos as well. In the end, it's impossible to say for certain though.

I suppose we could get Ben to try and get that bit of information from the system itself through Verbum, Helori mused. Though I cant imagine how long and hard that would be to successfully pull out. Things are bad enough when the record holder has something right before his eyes, imagine how much information the system would spit out for an open-ended question like that?

They didnt need to. At the speed Ben could already read at, certain enquiries could still take him days to get through. Something that broad though? Theyd be talking in terms of straight months, if not years.

In the end, all they were doing was musing and theorizing though, so from there they moved on to the far more productive discussion of just how they wanted to call their meeting to ensure as few eyes would be on Ben as possible in the day to come.