CH378

In the second church of Myriad, Ben stood and waited, admiring the structure he’d put so much work into designing as he did.

He was in the main hall, the public area that wasn’t locked away to hold his spare books and supplies where anyone with the connect skill could come to copy the enchantments on the hundreds of metal tiles coating the walls. Not that the church saw much use in that capacity for the simple fact that it didn’t get many visitors.

Sure, some would stop by occasionally, giving a prayer here or there as they passed or going out of their way since the town held both the church’s apostle and oracle, but in the end that was it. While people would pray, there were only those two dedicated believers in town, and considering that Ben could give his god just as much, if not more faith by praying in his coat, it was really just left to Sachel.

<I have gotten a fair bit in the times she’s decided to give a sermon on me you know.> Myriad spoke up. <You could always do the same.>

Myriad, I’m not going to lie to you, that sounds so boring. Sachel’s back now, right? I’ll leave it to her.

<Hmph, if you’re going to leave all of the most boring bits to her then you could at least make her some decent equipment too. I don’t want her dying any more than you.>

Excuse me, you’re supposed to be showing me blatant favouritism. But fine, yeah I can make her something like a decent armour. I should probably make Ralia something too then but I don’t really know what a shape-shifting snake lady might need. I guess if I just make Sachel a job necklace too since that’s kind of a gift to her whole party. I’ll throw another one together tomorrow so make sure you appreciate the high material cost that’s going to be going towards her.

<Please, don’t forget I know how wealthy you are. Between your patents and the money rolling in from the potions, whatever you’re spending on materials isn’t even a drop in the bucket.>

Just because I’m rich doesn’t mean it’s not a ton of money. Just remember that the next time you feel like I don’t do enough for the church.

He did have to admit he was more than happy to leave most of the church responsibilities to her, and while he didn’t feel too bad about it, with the girl having a far better understanding of what she was getting into than he had, it still wouldn’t do him any harm to take whatever small measures might keep her alive, lest he start being hounded to do more for it again.

Still though, that’s a later issue. The main star of the day has finally arrived.

Thera opened the church door and walked in, her expression showing misery and exhaustion at the ordeal Ben was about to put her through as a swarm of spirits only she could see flew around her, the air thick with them in a way that left her feeling pressed in, even if they didn’t truly take up any space.

Ben for his part put on the most respectful expression he could, trying to keep from grinning at the little play he was about to put on.

“Thera Oress, princess of the spirits and daughter of the great spirit Abrus, thank you for meeting me here in the second church of the god Myriad.”

She did her best to keep from swearing at him there and then. She wasn’t self-conscious of the spirits the way she might be of a typical mortal, but this was pushing the limits of that tolerance to the extreme.

“Can we get this over with please?”

Don’t laugh, I’ll be safer when this is done if I just take it seriously and don’t laugh.

“Of course, I’m sure you’re busy, but as the apostle of the wonderful god Myriad, he and I couldn’t help but be touched to learn just how much you’re working for your people, along with how much they love you for it, and as such we wished to give you two items to help ensure you could keep doing so much, letting you grow and keeping you safe.”

Thera could hear the sounds of the spirits swarming around her, asking questions amongst themselves and getting answers from others who were forming their own ideas on what was happening, all while she tried to keep herself from just walking out before things could get any more embarrassing.

“Alright, so what do you have for me then?”

“I’m glad you asked!” He said, getting more and more into it as he did. “This humble servant has worked hard to make you both a necklace containing a job crystal, removing your need to find one any time you complete the one you’re on, as well as this circlet with a powerful mind enchantment designed specifically to quickly multicast as need be, able to aid you in using your spells to reach even greater levels of power.”

The spirits around her buzzed at the news. They understood what job crystals were for and knew that an item like that would only let her grow stronger, and the idea of the person they’d all grown to love so dearly being able to be even a little bit safer was tremendously desirable as well. While many of them didn’t typically pay too much mind to mortals in their typical lives, they couldn’t help but show an interest in the one working so hard for her, even if a couple of them questioned the display, knowing full well how much they were together anyway.

That didn’t matter though. Word amongst spirits traveled fast, and with it the knowledge of what the apostle of Myriad had just done for their princess.

<QUEST- GLORY TO GOD COMPLETED. REWARDED WITH FIVE LEVELS TO THE CONNECTED ENCHANTER JOB>

<MAX LEVEL OF THE CONNECTED ENCHANTER JOB ACHIEVED>

In comparison to the elevated mood that came to him with the notification, Thera only looked at him with cold eyes. “You made me a tiara.”

“A circlet! It’s completely different!” Minus the insanely expensive materials put into it, plus the artistic flourishes and the way I tried to cut the mana crystals to catch the light. Hmm, yep, she’s totally right, I accidentally made her a tiara. Oops.

She didn’t believe it was an accident in the slightest, but the way Ben’s eyes lit up told Thera all she needed to know about whether doing all of that had worked, and since it had, it at least managed to clear up just a bit of her annoyance to be helping in such an embarrassing fashion, with the addition that at least one of the things he was giving her did in fact sound both incredibly useful and desirable. Even still, she was happier it meant she could bring it to a close.

“Well thank you, I’m sure I’ll be able to put them both to use,” She told him, resolving to hide the tiara in a drawer to never subject herself to whatever mind effect was on it before turning to address the spirits. “And thank all of you for coming to watch, I’m sorry to have pulled you away from whatever you had planned for the day. I have plenty of mana so any of you that need to be topped up, just let me know and I’ll help you out now.”

With that she shot Ben one final look before taking a seat, chatting with the spirits around her as she gave them what mana she could while Ben slipped on his necklace, touching it and feeling each option fill his mind.

AVAILABLE JOBS

• Trap user
• Craftsman- alchemy path
• Craftsman- artistic path
• Craftsman- blacksmith path
• Craftsman- cooking path
• Craftsman- stonecrafts path
• Craftsman- sewing path
• Holy craftsman
• Mathematician
• Cursed item maker
• Material mage
• Destruction mage
• High tank
• Otherworldly craftsman
• Infernal craftsman
• Destructive craftsman
• Master adventurer
• Soul defiling gardener
• Summoned enchanter
• Ritual enchanter
• Divine enchanter
• Profane enchanter

There were no new ones around to tempt him or pick at his interest so he went with the choice he’d been planning on ever since he picked his last.

“I’ll take infernal craftsman.”

<ACQUIRED JOB- INFERNAL CRAFTSMAN LV0>

<MAJOR BONUSES GRANTED TO IMPROVING ALL ATTRIBUTES>

<ALL CRAFTING AND SACRILEGIOUS SKILLS WILL RECEIVE A MAJOR GROWTH BONUS>

<DIVINE ENCHANTING LEVEL INCREASED>

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Name: Ben Heph

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