CH465

“Ah Ben, how did the rest of your investigation with Verbum go?” Myriad asked when he arrived as the god dealt with his work while a particular goddess was perched atop him doing the same.

“Well, me and Thera were both involved in the next two sections after the first and on the last we had to deal with a herd of a few hundred demons before nearly being killed by a proper invader but none of that matters. Helori, I’ve got a question for you.”

“Wait, that second part definitely matters!” Myriad yelled out with Helori looking equally concerned about what she’d just heard.

“Not to me. Now miss goddess of knowledge and magic, if Thera awakens her dark magic, what are the odds it absorbs her charm and from there what are the odds that it still pulls people into its effect without any control?”

“For the first, good but not guaranteed since the trait is tied too tightly to her race, and for the second, slim. She’s at the fifth level of it, correct? She’s close enough to having control of it that even if it were to merge into the rest of dark magic now, it would be surprising if it didn’t grow enough as an aspect of an awakened skill for her to not have control of it. Honestly, even if she was at the zeroth level of it and it merged into an awakened dark magic, I would expect her to be able to control it by that point.”

“Okay, well there’s two big areas where you’re wrong. As of today, she’s at the sixth and she still can’t suppress it so how does that change your evaluation?”

“I suppose that explains why you’re glossing over the invader encounter,” His god sighed while Helori atop him looked thoughtful.

“It’s definitely a unique situation,” The goddess muttered as she thought to herself. “I’ve never heard of anyone with charm not being able to manage it by that point, but then, there’s probably never been a case of anyone who’s struggled with their mana control to the extent she has, especially not with a succubus heritage. Of course, anyone else who found they struggled to that level likely wouldn’t have chosen to pursue the path of a mage. Either way, I would still expect that if it merged together then she shouldn’t have any problems. You should be well aware of the power an awakened skill has compared to its unawakened form by this point. It’s just a matter of making sure it properly merges into it. While I stand by how likely I feel it is, it’s still not a guarantee and since it’s already surprising for her to not be able to suppress it at this point, I wouldn’t gamble on the odds it merges no matter how good they’d be for anyone else.”

“I don’t love hearing that but it’s something to work with, thanks.”

“It’s fine, now can we please get on to whatever happened that left you seeing an invader?” She asked him, cutting to the heart of what mattered far more to her. “This is the sort of thing we need to make the others aware of.”

“Fine.”

He gave them the rundown of exactly what had happened along with how they’d dealt with it, leaving the gods just a little relieved compared to what they were expecting.

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“Well, it’s good there was just one, though the way they were hiding is worrying. That could be hard to find,” She sighed. “And Myriad, keep more of an eye on your apostle. If he’s going to keep running into trouble then it’s better for us to just know.”

“There’s too much work for me to be constantly available to him,” His god sighed. “You know what his mind is like now, if I don’t put up boundaries then he’ll never give me any time to rest or focus on other work.”