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It didn’t take long to convince the demidemons; their god believed it was for the best and so did Ben, with both of their words carrying weight with them. Regardless of how he viewed the deaths that had taken place as a product of his own lack of thought and consideration, to them he was still their savior, someone who had appeared when their old gods had betrayed them and argued for their fate to all of the ones who really ruled the world and who had come once more in their time of need. Death was a part of life but those who lived were grateful.

It was when they were all told the details and had given their consent that Myriad began placing restrictions on them, creating a small bit of room for him and Thera to do what they’d need to next. Manage the transportation. The way there had been quick and messy, with Thera basically making a giant stone cup to carry the two of them but the way back would need more care considering how many they were taking along with a sizable group being both children and elders and with that in mind they worked together to create a solution.

While Thera felt the earth around her and ripped what she needed from it, Ben gave her a design to build, something both long and sleek to hold so many while gently gliding through the air and ending with something that almost looked like a plane, only missing a roof to leave a view as they went on their way out of the woods around them.

“You going to be okay flying all of us for so long?” Ben asked her. “This is a lot more than usual.”

“I should be fine. If it starts feeling risky at all I’ll just take us down and get you to top up my mana for a bit.”

“Okay, sounds like a plan. In that case, everyone! If there’s anything you want to grab, get it quickly but otherwise come on in!”

With how their village had been left in ruins there really wasn’t much to take but with some taking a few minutes to look around first it wasn’t long until they parted that land, up in the air and on the way home.

The demidemons watched in awe as they flew, getting to see the forest below pass by so quickly when up until then they’d always been limited by the strength of their own two feet and that feeling didn’t disappear as the hours passed, only growing as they reached the edge of the gate city they’d need, being brought down and carefully led through it under both Ben and Thera’s watchful eyes, getting to see them gawk at the strange new sights but mainly making sure none got lost as they went from there to the magic towers, passing through to the guild and finally arriving in Stonewall.

They’d gotten looks along the way but none that had caught on to their heritage, only curiosity at the large group passing through of a race no one immediately recognized, with the dark streets of Stonewall being the final step.

It was so late that the rising sun had to be no more than an hour away but that didn’t mean they’d get any rest soon with work still to do as they made it to the edge of town where Sachel and Ceselee waited, the latter letting out a low whistle.

“So you really did bring an entire village with you, huh?”

“Yeah, it’s a long story but shouldn’t there be one more person here? Pretty sure I asked to meet the mayor too, given we’re about to alter the town and all.”

At that, she only shrugged. “Not like you haven’t done it before and when I tried to get him he just delegated to me again.”

“Seriously feels like this guy just doesn’t want to meet me at this point.”

“You do have a rather unique reputation, don’t mind it. For now, what are you going to do?”

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“God, so much,” He sighed. “To start, I’m going to mark out the area. Ceselee, these are the demis, worshipers of Myriad. Mingle a bit while I do this.”

While Thera would be doing most of the heavy lifting magically, there was planning that needed to be done for where things would be placed while he walked away to mark it out, pulling mythril from his rings and enchanting pieces of it with different coloured lights to begin showing what all needed to be done. Stonewall’s wall needed to be partially torn down and rebuilt which was the most obvious issue but the ground in the surrounding area needed to be packed down and leveled too and roads needed to be added and marked. Add in the houses that needed to be built at the end of it all for each family and what that meant was that there was plenty of work still to do.