CH589

In Myriad’s realm, books of all sorts were swarming around Ben, flying under the power of his actualization as he took them all in, reading the history and records of his god’s race to pass the time while his minds focused on different problems, with a solution finally snapping into place after months of thinking.

<ACTUALIZATION LEVEL INCREASED>

<KNOWLEDGE LEVEL INCREASED>

Got it.

The thought wasn’t referring to his ninth level of actualization he’d gained in the two months since the world had gone to hell, nor the eighth level of his knowledge to suddenly take shape though. No, instead it referred to a secret project of his, one he’d been working on ever since he’d encountered the gate to hell, with the enchantments he’d need to construct finally taking shape in his mind.

“And I cannot stress enough how worrying it is that you won’t tell me what it is you’ve been trying to make,” Myriad sighed, still not knowing what mysterious project had swarmed his apostle’s idle thoughts in all of that time. “Nothing good ever comes from anything you feel the need to hide from me.”

“Don’t worry, you’ll see later,” Ben said, waiving off his god’s concerns. “I’m going to need to build a large part of it in your church anyway so I can’t exactly keep it a secret forever. Oh, but no telling the other gods, including Nare and Helori. I trust them, but this is the sort of thing that’s more useful the less people know about it.”

“That’s horrifying to hear coming from you of all people.”

“What the hell is that supposed to mean?”

“That I’ve never heard you care about keeping a secret from those two as well and now I can’t begin to imagine what you’re trying to do.”

“Again, it will be fine so stop stressing. It’s gonna age you horribly.”

“Everything you do ages me.”

“That can’t be right, I’m such a sweet little guy. It’s not good to take your problems out on the people you care about, buddy.”

“And yet, with the next wave only two months away, somehow you’re still a bigger point of stress to me than anything else.”

“Ugh, don’t remind me,” Ben groaned as he slumped to the ground, letting the various books around him fall with him. “Just thinking about it has me feeling extra mortal. How do you think it’s gonna go?”

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“Bad, but still likely better than initially projected,” Myriad told him, sounding largely neutral in an attempt to not let the future get to either of them. “We’ve significantly more awakened mages than initially expected-”