CH130

“Ben, it’s so good to have you back!” Myriad yelled as he woke up in his god’s realm.

“Good to be back, I escape death yet again.”

“Well stop walking into situations where you have to! Thera literally just gave you an out and you turned it away!”

“Hey now, do you really want to spend our first meeting in weeks complaining about something you know I won’t change my mind on?”

Myriad sighed, the sparkle he had when Ben first got there dulling with his attitude. “No, I don’t know what else I would expect now honestly. I haven’t heard any other gods talking about what a handful their humans are, heck I haven’t heard about any of the other summoned getting in as much trouble as you do!”

“Ah, that can’t be right. The rest of them are out prepping to fight for the fate of the world while I’m just a humble craftsman. You probably just don’t hear about any of their near-death experiences because it comes with the territory of being a hero.”

He understood Ben’s train of thought, but Myriad wasn’t buying it. Still, there was no point focusing on the matter when there was so much else to discuss. “Well first off, I noticed you went to the job change room, but since you didn’t call for me I take it you took enchanter as expected?”

“I did, though since you brought it up I did get three new ones I wouldn’t mind an explanation on. Holy craftsman, mind user, and kin.”

“Hmm, well I can tell you right away I’ve never heard of kin, but the other two are simple enough. Mind user grants bonuses to all mind type skills and provides major bonuses to the intelligence attribute, of course, given the fact that you don’t seem to have any issue with raising your mind skills even without a related job, it might be less of a priority overall. On the other hand that also means that if you did take it you could likely expect an even greater increase to your various skills, so it would probably be worth it eventually. As for holy craftsman, you would have unlocked it by having taken the craftsman and priest jobs. The skills you get bonuses for would be the same as the ones for both jobs, and as a side bonus it would make it easier for you to make job change crystals.”

“Wait hold on, I can make those?”

“Of course, where else would they come from?”

“I kind of just assumed the gods made them or something.”

“If that was the case they’d be significantly more rare. It’s a specific type of enchanting spell that has to be bound within a spherical crystalline structure, but as long as you have the ability to make the spell, a skill to shape the crystal, and a strong connection with a god then there’s no issue with making them, though selling them is frowned upon so it’s not something you could profit off of.”

“Doesn’t matter, teach me how later. If it needs a special enchanting spell to make then it might give me some decent job experience.”

“I will when I have time. Things have gotten rather hectic up here while you’ve been unconscious.”

“Why, what’s been happening?”

“You probably wouldn’t know this, but in the distant past there was a group that raised up demons and worshiped them as gods. Given the size of the horde you encountered, we’re worried that that’s happening again.”

“Sounds bad.”

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“That’s an understatement. This close to the war having enemies within could be disastrous. Imagine our efforts being sabotaged before the war even begins, or a horde of demons coming to attack our armies hours before the gates are expected to open. Even worse, in the last few weeks we’ve been searching for them we haven’t found any evidence at all.”

“Well, maybe you’re wrong then. Maybe it was just poor luck and the group managed to get that big by its own efforts.”