CH591

When the day ended, Ben shoved crates and crates of weapons through his personal gate to Anailia to let them handle their transport and distribution while at the same time making room for all that was sure to be sent over the next day before he gathered everything he needed to and went off to his god’s church, ready to make an idea a reality.

And to start that, he made a necklace when he arrived, using his magic to shape and blend the various materials he had as needed to end with something designed to hold some planned enchantments in the future before heading down to the building’s sub-basement.

At one time, it had been a place to store his various books which now lay empty, with all of them being moved up to the top floor to act as a library for any in the town to enjoy at their leisure.

Originally, he’d planned to leave the new space as a storage area for any future projects he didn’t want to sell, but with the main basement still having plenty of space and him having enough wealth to buy entire buildings for storage should he need to, that meant he could use the private place for something slightly different. Preparing against his paranoia.

Using a combination of magic materials, Ben essentially painted them onto the surrounding floors, walls, and roof with his magic, leaving a thin layer of each to match his planned enchantments later as he began his base one, something designed to help ensure his privacy from what prying eyes he could. Throughout the room, he applied some of the effects of king of sacrilege.

Well, what do you think?

<I think I hate it.>

Oh, don’t be like that, it’s fine. Anyway you know that’s not what I’m asking.

<Ugh, while I can still detect the goings on in it to an extent, it would be significantly less likely for any other god to peek in. It’s already under my domain but the fact that even I’m feeling some resistance means you’ll have some privacy. Though I’m more than a little concerned about what you could possibly plan to do in here that could require this level of potential privacy.>

Oh, you know, nothing too crazy. Just gonna prepare to open a gate to the infinite hells.

<…How am I even supposed to react to this?>

More than anything else, there was a sense of defeat in Myriad’s voice. A feeling that in every way that mattered, he really had failed to raise his apostle into someone half-decent, even with Ben rushing to defend himself.

There’s a very good reason for this, I promise. Myriad, we both know there are more than a couple gods who’d be happy to see me tossed into hell, and until recently I’ve felt at least semi-safe thinking they couldn’t. With king of sacrilege, the idea that they’d be able to rip my soul from my body seemed unlikely enough that I didn’t really worry about it, but now I’ve seen that they don’t have to. Anyone particularly motivated enough would be able to rip a hole under my feet and drop me in. I want to make sure that can’t trap me.

<I think you’re seriously underestimating how hard it is to open a gate to hell. That’s not something a single god would be able to do casually. It would cost a lot of faith. A positively wasteful amount given that we have an entire world to look after.>

Okay, then I’ve gotta say that you’re overestimating how much effort it would take. Myriad, I’ve seen how the ritualists managed it and based on that I’ve looked at how I’d modify the process. If I was either a non-affinity mage or an archmage I could do it by myself. Maybe even a space mage if I was around the fifth awakened level.

That statement was met with a moment of silence, Ben letting it hang in the air an Myriad taking it in for all the horrors it was worth before speaking again.

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<I’m not sure what I hate more, that you’ve been thinking on how to improve the process or just how much you think you could improve the process. Are you really telling me you think a single mortal could open a portal to hell?>

Yeah, and honestly rather easily. Well, not exactly easily, the spells themselves would be complex and each would require a bit of rather esoteric knowledge with a few extra minds to help out but if I were Jake I could do it right now with mana to spare. Hence why I want a way to pull myself out of the infinite hells if anyone ever pushes me in.