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Sporting hesitant looks from two of them, Sachel’s party made their way to the shop, still trying to be optimistic considering how the last two times had gone for them. Sachel and Ralia had been able to speed through multiple jobs thanks to his help and the entire party had gotten to benefit from his new strengthening potions after they’d gone to collect the seeds for them, making putting up with whatever he was going to put them through currently look like a winning strategy, especially when he was offering to pay. Regardless of whatever it was, they all knew it would be at worst the equivalent of weeks of work which was far too much money to want to turn away so casually, leading them to his door.

“Friends, welcome, so good to have you all!” He greeted enthusiastically, instantly raising the worry of the ones he didn’t share a faith with.

“We’ve made a serious mistake,” Skoe muttered, Ralia nodding by his side but neither tried to escape now that they were in his sights, with Ben looking more annoyed than anything else.

“Okay, first of all, rude. Second, you’re actually in less danger than usual for what I want to test on you, I’ve literally already tested it on myself first so I just want to use you guys to check the long-term results. Plus, you’ll all be fairly compensated for it.”

“Ignore them Ben, they’ll get used to you one day. So what can we help you with?”

“Sachel, this is why you’ll always be my favourite. The bond between fellow worshipers really is something else. Anyway, for anyone who wants to, you’d just need to wear one of these,” He explained, holding out the bracelets. “Keep them activated at all times and check and record your attributes daily so I can see how they change after, do you mind?”

“In principle, no but what do they do and what are you looking for?”

“An excellent question. You can think of them as a different sort of buff bracelet. If my results are repeatable then you should find your attributes growing by about ten percent for everything and what I’m trying to check for is how it affects your growth rates. Since this isn’t a normal sort of buff I need to know how bad the side effects of them are. Ideally, I’d like you guys to wear them for two weeks and if you like them you can keep them after.”

“I mean, a hit to our growth rates could be a real problem, even if it’s just for a couple weeks,” Skoe started before Ben cut him off.

“And you’ll be well compensated to make up for that, not to mention the fact that the divine potions I’ve given you will help make up for a lot of whatever growth you might lose in that time. So what do you say?”

Skoe and Ralia looked between each other, still unsure while Sachel spoke up without another thought. “Sure, sounds useful. Do I even want to ask the ranking?”

“This one’s nothing crazy, only upper ultra-rare.”

“We have different definitions of ‘nothing crazy’.”

Hearing the ranking settled things for the other two though, both instantly on board to try, just for the knowledge that they’d gotten to enjoy such a quality item at least once in their lives as the bracelets were handed over and activated, all of them reacting instantly while Sachel and Ralia both spoke at once.

“This is way more than a ten percent increase!”

“Why is there a soul in this!”

“Um, okay, we’re actually going to get back to Sachel’s comment in a minute. Ralia, how can you tell?”

“The way this feels, did you manage to model it off a beastform skill?”

“Good senses, I should have known you might pick up on that. You’re right about both, the strength in it comes from a soul and it’s using a copy of that skill with a few others tied into it for full effect. What do you think?”

“I think my whole body feels weird. I feel more powerful but everything I am kind of lightly hurts.”

“What? That shouldn’t be happening, one second.”

He connected to her to experience her senses, finding she was under a similar level of pain as when he’d put on two. It wasn’t unbearable, especially not compared to some of the other things he’d put his soul through, but it was there, constantly making itself known to her while she wore it.

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“Interesting, it seems like a reaction with your personal beastform skill. Ralia, if you’re willing to put up with that then I’ll pay you triple to also test if it eventually fades away.”

“Deal.”

“Perfect, now just one second while I address what Sachel said.”