CH411

After only a few quick jumps, they managed to get to their first destination. A city named Castlelto, it was another mixed city, bustling like any other he’d been to as his eyes darted around to the many sights, trying to take everything in for their brief time there as he considered if it would be worth a second visit in the future.

Not that I need to decide that now of course. After this, I can pop by any time I’m near a gate.

Which was exactly where they were going as they walked to the city’s center, seeing the very structure that was their reason for being there.

Like any other gate, it was a huge metal arch, just waiting to be stepped through, but unlike the ones he’d seen in the past, it lacked the enchantment that made it work, the archway just leading to the other half of the city instead of the network it was all but begging to be a part of. Something he was eager to correct.

He had his deep connection set up and spread out, letting him know that the awakened skill holder he was waiting for was already there and leaning against the arch, looking around in wonder about just why he’d been asked to be there as Ben discreetly took a copy of his skill, advanced calculation.

“Hey there, you’re all good to go,” He yelled out to him, getting a confused look in return.

“Uh, sorry?”

“Someone asked you to wait here to meet a guy named Ben, right? That’s me, got what I needed so you’re all set.”

“Um, okay?”

Still clearly confused by how the interaction he’d been asked to take part in by his god had gone down, the man left, leaving Ben to focus on the structure as he ran his hands over it.

“Oh, you’re beautiful,” He muttered. “Whoever was in charge of putting you together did such a good job. I wonder how many decades or centuries ago they did it? Either way, today you finally get to fulfill your purpose.”

“Ben, this is getting weird,” Thera chimed in as the three of them watched him talk to the arch.

“Let me get a little emotional, not only is making a gate a huge deal, it’s my first time getting to properly use my connect since it awakened. This is a special moment.”

“And it will be a special moment for the city as a whole once you begin, so if you would?” Wedrow asked, clearly wanting to get it over with as Ben gave in.

“Fine, fine, ya bunch of killjoys. In that case, Thera would you mind starting to pour your mana into me and then carry us across to all of the parts I can’t reach?”

“Can do.”

With that she got behind him and placed a hand on his back, before creating a barrier beneath their feet with her new magic as practice before letting loose her power, leaving Ben struggling against the feeling of having his soul stretched out by the force of it all.

Every part of it was unpleasant, but as long as he focused it was nothing he couldn’t handle compared to so much he’d experienced in the past so he did exactly that, pushing everything away but the rings on his fingers and the metal under his touch as he opened a connection to the enchantments, letting himself grab onto what he had as he began placing them down.

Since it was his first time doing it, he wanted to start with the traditional method, using only space and time magic to build it up as he faithfully recreated everything he’d read, selecting the aspects of each mana he needed before weaving them all together into a thick tapestry while Thera moved them along.

“You can move us a fair bit faster if you’re able,” He told her, knowing that as long as her mana was pouring into him that he was unrestrained by his standard limit of how fast he could enchant. At the speed they were taking to travel along the arch he thought they’d be done in fifteen minutes but using the standard method of gate construction he was sure he could be done in five and was able to prove as much when she moved all of the faster until they reached the other end of the arch, the view through it changing from the city to the entrance of the network as soon as he did.

All around him, people who’d been walking by stopped to stare at it, shocked expressions on their faces. It had finished so quickly that word hadn’t even had the chance to spread that the gate would be finished after all of its years of waiting, let alone at a speed that stunned all who had watched in wonder at what he was doing, including two of the people he’d come with.

Both Wedrow and Steph had known what he’d be doing and they’d known he’d be fast, but they’d been expecting a matter of hours, not the minutes they’d just witnessed. It was an outrageous feat that could only be accomplished when his minds and skills were combined with Thera’s mana to go beyond the standard limits of what was possible.

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And it looks like I have one more benefit with how my skills have grown too. I was able to place the current level of the skill I have down instead of being stuck doing one level below. Oh man oh man, this is going to be fun.

“Well then,” He began with a smug grin plastered on his face, feeling the success of what he’d just created. “Shall we move on to the next one?”