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Added 2024-10-25 15:40:13 +0000 UTCThe first thing he did when he got back down was use his sacrilege to block the gods of the world from his thought, trading whatever they may have wanted to say for a host of notifications.
<THE GOD MYRIAD WANTS PERMISSION TO VIEW YOUR THOUGHTS AND SPEAK IN YOUR MIND. ALLOW?>
<THE GOD ANAILIA WANTS PERMISSION TO VIEW YOUR THOUGHTS AND SPEAK IN YOUR MIND. ALLOW?>
<THE GOD HELORI WANTS PERMISSION TO VIEW YOUR THOUGHTS AND SPEAK IN YOUR MIND. ALLOW?>
<THE GOD NARE WANTS PERMISSION TO VIEW YOUR THOUGHTS AND SPEAK IN YOUR MIND. ALLOW?>
<THE GOD PHIXTH WANTS PERMISSION TO VIEW YOUR THOUGHTS AND SPEAK IN YOUR MIND. ALLOW?>
Deny all.
He wasn’t in the mood to hear from anyone, be they the gods he liked or not. Since coming back he’d worked so hard to help the world. From his mana bracelets he’d made to the buffing ones he was in the middle of testing, to the materializers he’d perfected and his current experiments to enhance a person's attributes but all of that still wasn’t enough. So many of the gods of the world still saw him as nothing but a pain who expected to be paid for his work instead of giving it freely just because he was mortal and it left them to see him as nothing more than a list of discoveries to be exploited and he was done dealing with it all.
He’d been working himself to the bone to try and grow to help the world and still, all they saw him as after all he’d accomplished was nothing more than a convenient bit of experience to be enjoyed, leaving him to question why he was even trying so hard in the first place. The world wasn’t his problem. Who cared how doomed it was, he’d been trying his best the entire time and it still wasn’t enough to get any real recognition that he didn’t have to fight tooth and nail for. Why continue putting his body and soul through so much when that was the only reward waiting for him in the end?
It was a series of thoughts that echoed through his many minds on his entire way home, making his way through Anailia and hoping the entire way he wouldn’t be stopped by anyone he knew; getting that small mercy as he arrived back at the shop.
With the question of what to do next. He hadn’t had a proper break in forever and he’d meant what he’d told the gods. Why try so hard for the planet if that was his reward? Someone else could make tools and weapons, all he needed to do was relax.
…I feel like I haven’t drawn in a while. Why not do that for a bit?
It was as good a solution as any and he knew exactly how he wanted to do it so with a plan for however long he was stuck on that planet firm in his thoughts he went home, going around to the backyard as he began materializing.
Using his phenomenal level of skill and power, he bent the mana he held to create only a few simple things. A lawn chair, some sunglasses, a sketchbook, and some pencils before laying down to get to work, taking what felt like his first real day off in ages.
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<THE GOD MYRIAD WANTS PERMISSION TO VIEW YOUR THOUGHTS AND SPEAK IN YOUR MIND. ALLOW?>
<THE GOD PHIXTH WANTS PERMISSION TO VIEW YOUR THOUGHTS AND SPEAK IN YOUR MIND. ALLOW?>
Still deny all.
Every now and then he’d receive notifications again as different gods tried to talk to him but he continued to ignore them in favour of continuing his drawing, adding another filled sketchbook to the pile after his few hours out there before materializing another to begin doodling in.
Whatever they wanted, he didn’t care. He didn’t want to keep putting in effort for a planet that just wanted to exploit him, why even bother? Better to focus on enjoying the bit of peace he could take for himself.
And despite the small, nagging voice in the back of his head telling him he was being unproductive and wasting his time, it felt good. He hadn’t been able to overfill his soul during his quest and now it was one of the longest times in weeks he’d put it off, not feeling any strain nor injury in that intangible part of himself that made him question why he’d even tried so hard to begin with. Why put himself through agony to finish the job faster and looking at the future, why even be willing to die for that world?
That was still the crux of it in the end. All he’d done since getting back had been for the sake of growing stronger and the decision to quit was like a weight lifting from his shoulders. That planet wasn’t his responsibility. By any reasonable judgment it was the gods’ and if that was the case then let them screw over their believers while the masses let them with smiles on their faces. Why did he have to get stronger to try and help?
Aside from the fact that the gods of this world are absolutely not going to be able to beat Oaun which means the invasion is going to end in our loss, and… No. No, I’m not thinking about it. This is officially not my problem. I’m the forgotten summoned, the nobody that nobody wanted. Even if they didn’t know I was trying to get stronger to try and help save the world, it's been one thing after another ever since I arrived here. No matter what I do or what I pull off, no god wants to pay me fairly for my work and I’m just tired of it all. However things turn out is officially their problem instead of mine.
He tried to silence his nagging thoughts as his attention was focused back on his drawings, the pencil in his hand working on something more abstract while he used his magic to keep it sharp, even as more thoughts came in.
I don’t want to die for this planet and I don’t want the people I care about to die either. Damn it. So what does that mean? I just give in, let the gods get what they want from me without a fight and then still probably die trying to protect this entire stupid world?
His feelings were a mess but as he asked himself that the arc of his pencil froze in his hand, the question bringing a different one to mind.
Why should I have to die to save the world anyway? Why not just save the bits I care about?
Comments
That's fair. But somehow I see that during into demon god ripping through those portals. Somehow.
Blank
2024-10-26 15:03:06 +0000 UTCI hope Ben will become more free and fun in his endeavors, at least a little bit. It feels like he has tunnel vision and skips over options, like gaining skills, or even trying for T3 Knowledge.
Luboš Hemala
2024-10-26 09:39:05 +0000 UTCI don't think it was ever said one way or the other. All that was ever explicitly stated was "you died to get here" and "we have no idea how this spell works". The implication, along with Ben's class' situation (and presumably the other groups as well), was that it could ONLY snatch those who were freshly dead. But even if it was highly likely that Ben's class was going to die from lack of oxygen in the cave (not really clear how they died), that isn't the same thing as them being actually dead. It's a distinction that I think many would find extremely important. Ben in particular; he already doesn't like most of the gods, so if he finds out they actually killed him in addition to kidnapping his soul, he will not take that lying down.
Collateral_ink
2024-10-26 02:58:25 +0000 UTCI wonder if Ben and Oglit can turn the gate network into an evacuation network? And I still don't see why Ben and Oglit aren't antimatter bombing the shit out of every demon world Oglit knows the location of. Hard to stage a massive invasion when all your people are vaporized or "breathing" vaccum. Then "all" they'd have to worry about would be Ouam.
Person
2024-10-26 01:51:42 +0000 UTCI might be wrong here, but I’m pretty sure it was always capable of summoning still living people, it’s just that they targeted people who were dead/dying because it was more ethical and they needed to construct new bodies in their universe anyways, so it was more efficient to target dead people.
Popsleo
2024-10-25 23:03:15 +0000 UTCI’m really, really looking forward to this. If Ben pronounces that the world they’re on is a lost cause, I think the people who know him will listen and take him seriously. And if he then combines that with (what will obviously be) the best evacuation plan any world has ever seen, I think he can actually get most of the people he cares about to leave with him. At the very least, the odds of achieving the evacuation he wants are always going to be higher than the odds of actually beating Ouan and all of the demons. Ben’s just choosing to face reality, rather than the comforting delusion that everyone else has embraced.
Sesharan
2024-10-25 22:08:18 +0000 UTCWe would presumably have heard if the portal beacons had disappeared. That’s the only indication the people of this world would have until the third wave actually hits.
Sesharan
2024-10-25 21:36:24 +0000 UTCI sort of assume that that’s the next step— we’ll probably see Anailia reach out through Thera, Nare reach out through Falk, Myriad reach out through Sachel, and maybe we’ll even see Helori’s apostle again. But none of those people are exactly flush with free time, and the gods who have permission to talk to those people are also the gods who are the most likely to A) agree that Ben deserves a break and B) spend their time chastising and negotiating with the other gods to actually fix this problem rather than jumping straight to bugging Ben.
Sesharan
2024-10-25 21:34:35 +0000 UTCOn one hand the mana cost to do that would be insane. On the other hand, he'd probably get materialization to tier 3 (possibly 4 if that tier even exists). He would possibly also get a world creator job to go with his world destroyer job as well.
TheLostGolem
2024-10-25 21:25:06 +0000 UTCAlso, weren't the grey looking for a world to go to? In the end, the one Ben is on was essentially the best option. However, with Ben's materialization, who is to say that he couldn't just make a world and let Myriad be the god of that particular world?
Violenity
2024-10-25 21:18:35 +0000 UTCSee, this seems bad, but I'm still waiting for the other shoe to drop. You know, when his investigation into the summoning spell finally advances enough that he realizes the spell doesn't collect dead souls...it rips souls out of living bodies. Sure, maybe the gods took people that were most likely going to die, but most likely isn't already dead. I look forward to 200 awakened warriors of various specialties getting supremely enraged.
Collateral_ink
2024-10-25 20:54:31 +0000 UTCGood skip town solution
Corvusamous
2024-10-25 20:53:25 +0000 UTCI guess the only problem would be that world's seem to generate gods when founded so there would be since pretty powerful, but compared to Ouan manageable, gods to kill/befriend to make another world feasible
Corvusamous
2024-10-25 20:53:05 +0000 UTCMyriad doesn't deserve the silent treatment, but it definitely highlights how much Ben is hurting right now. If anybody would forgive Ben going AWOL, it's Myriad since he's one of the few that really KNOWS what Ben has been through, and knows Ben deserves a break. I think Myriad had even said at some point that Ben deserves to sit back and do absolutely nothing, considering everything here already done for the world.
Cheuk Hin Ho
2024-10-25 20:47:33 +0000 UTCOglit may not be the best expert witness to ask about that, though. He's near-catatonically depressed and has been imprisoned for thousands of years stewing in his own guilt. Not saying he's wrong, but he may not be reliable.
Collateral_ink
2024-10-25 20:46:47 +0000 UTCCorrect, not many people realize all that he has done for the world. And the gods like it that way. Just like they like that not many people realize how little the gods have done for the world.
Collateral_ink
2024-10-25 20:43:07 +0000 UTCBen's skip town idea is surprisingly viable at this point if you think about it. Alot of people are commenting that Ben couldn't achieve it because all the people he would want to save have things like friends tying them down. I agree with that point, but at this point it's entirely viable for Ben to create a super portal to evacuate everyone on the world that wants to leave. He has the Grey to locate a new world to move to. He has the ability to create souls in massive quantities to fuel said portal. His mentor is a 3rd tier crafter to help create said super portal, and he also has the great space spirit as well. All that's left to do for him is to add a blacklist to said portal to exclude all the gods and people he hates to leave them there. Granted, at that point it's not so much skipping town as it is taking the town with him, but it seems entirely plausible to me. Anyone got any thoughts on this? Also, I am aware that eventually the demon's would find them, but that would take time, and I'm pretty sure Ben would have enough time to either get sacrilege to tier 3 or make a plan.
TheLostGolem
2024-10-25 20:39:48 +0000 UTCI’m now picturing myriad as stewie just being annoying
Talon88
2024-10-25 20:26:45 +0000 UTCTime for Ben to make a space worthy habitat to be flown around by either Abrus, Thera or Ogilt.
TheCrazyDuck
2024-10-25 20:09:05 +0000 UTC"Makes something amazing and refuses to sell it" Pretty sure the food materializer is still waiting for some finishing touches.... Infinite food seems like something you could get people to go against their gods for.
Emily Gurnavage
2024-10-25 18:35:09 +0000 UTCI mean, all of them are stupid. I don't understand how you go from discussing someone over reaching their power and deciding shit that they shouldn't have the right to decide to for some reason her decision to stop you from getting access to adventures which you should have access to anyway, is a collective decision and will only give you access to more adventurous if you do this that the third for us
Isiah Debarros
2024-10-25 18:19:12 +0000 UTCI mean, most of them are probably not gonna really take it seriously because they're dumbasses, but they has to be a decent amount of them that are losing their fucking minds because this is the first time that he blocked out every god and if they find out, they should realize that he isn't having a tantrum
Isiah Debarros
2024-10-25 18:17:39 +0000 UTCThe problem with the skipping town idea is that it's not gonna work because the people who cares about other people they care about and their invested in the survival of the world Something big is going to have to happen in order for the gods to stop, acting like spoiled children. It's very strange because like even though Ben is a contender They treat him like he isn't and that he isn't a powerful fighter like he's probably the most knowledgeable mage on the planet and even even without his jacket, he could do some insane stuff with his mana now and considering he kind of stopped caring about training to fight the demon god he's probably gonna start wearing it again, which basically turns him into it walking nuclear deterrent
Isiah Debarros
2024-10-25 18:16:29 +0000 UTCIt's just insane because they basically chose to overstep their bounds right like the adventure guild being a rank one adventure comes with privileges he can make a quest if he wants to then someone decides that she's gonna tell her follower who is the leader of the adventurer to block that which is against the rules that situation is to further alienate him by instead of fixing what they fucked up and make it so they don't block his quest which they have no right to do because he's not asking for anything out of the ordinary they decide that he actually has to do things that they want him to do in order for him to be able to get access to the adventures so they put a stipulation on something that they don't have the right to put a stipulation on and the worst part is that he was going to help other contenders out anyway like it's very unlikely that Been knows every contender but he does know at least 6 if we can count the two new ones that he found out about and it's not like when he's doing a job speed run for the people he cares about and they're around because I'm pretty sure they would be around the soul mages that he would say not considering they themselves could both of adventure jobs themselves and help him out
Isiah Debarros
2024-10-25 18:13:39 +0000 UTCYeah, he's done so much for the world and like if it was literally anybody else they would be given at the bare minimum recognition. I'm pretty that most people don't even know that it's him that killed the outsider and close the portal to hell. And I know they didn't go out of their way to block the info that the demigod tried to kill him, but like did they mention that he was trying to kill him as he was trying to close the portal to hell because I feel like they would forget to mention that because it's convenient
Isiah Debarros
2024-10-25 18:09:43 +0000 UTCheck yeah - spaceship get!
nugitoBambino
2024-10-25 18:03:52 +0000 UTCHey author, how long has Ben been stewing in his head with these thoughts? Both real time and perceived? Cuz any amount of time is a lot for Ben to think about things. I think that'd be an interesting tidbit
Kaihwa
2024-10-25 17:54:58 +0000 UTCEvery step of this was a bad idea... that faction of Gods has yet to demonstrate the kind of intelligence to actually consider that... its more "why crafter not serving" with a lot of indignance
michael pigott
2024-10-25 17:47:41 +0000 UTCYou know, recaping what Ben has done for the world, if people knew, I believe he would be even more popular than he is now thanks to Greed's show and his other endeavors. Not many people realize all that he is done for the world.
Luboš Hemala
2024-10-25 17:46:14 +0000 UTCI mean, they should know that he killed like a contender demon that then became a third tier trying to send anyone to intimidate him. Is just a bad idea.
Isiah Debarros
2024-10-25 17:44:16 +0000 UTCI'm pretty sure like the only reason why they were able to push the forbidden gods into the demons with because of how similar they were to their new species and Marriott original species is like vastly different from every other species in existence it might be easier at this point because like he has more humanoid followers and he also like has the experience that one died, but that one follower against all of the souls of his original species, and the two gods that joined him Make it probably take more for him to be able to do it
Isiah Debarros
2024-10-25 17:43:37 +0000 UTCYeah I binged the series in a week or so and don’t recall that being stated that it needed to be humanoid followers versus just needing more faith to do it
Talon88
2024-10-25 17:30:39 +0000 UTCIt depends who's going to leave with him. Enough strong people or even enough weak people giving faith and the gods are in trouble.
Luboš Hemala
2024-10-25 17:24:24 +0000 UTCTftc
Lyncher98
2024-10-25 17:24:01 +0000 UTCOgilt said as much, that Oaun was able to pick the worlds he invades and that it would not matter where they escape, he would still reach them.
Luboš Hemala
2024-10-25 17:22:37 +0000 UTCTo be fair, what would happen if he pushed a trial to a higher realm of existence like he did with the dead gods trial while people are inside it?
Markopolo
2024-10-25 17:21:14 +0000 UTCHaving the number one inventor quit and go incommunicado is a damn emergency , they can send Thera or Falk through the smaller gates to reach him quickly. They should be moving the heavens and earth to fix this and to get him to talk to someone and not linger in his own mind
Talon88
2024-10-25 17:19:47 +0000 UTCApart from his people there are a lot of non-combatants that are just fodder for demons right now and would certainly fare better somewhere safe.
Luboš Hemala
2024-10-25 17:19:39 +0000 UTCUnless I'm misreading I think it's been less than a day of real-time, he's just gone back home and spent a few hours filling notebooks
Markopolo
2024-10-25 17:18:21 +0000 UTCI kind of want to see Ben get spammed by Myriad's notifications with Myriad in his realm just shouting "Ben! Ben! Listen to me dammit! Ben! Ben! Ben!" the same way we've seen Ben trying to get Myriads attention in the past
Markopolo
2024-10-25 17:15:11 +0000 UTCMyriad said it would take quite a few humanoid followers joining him for him to be able to descend and pilot a humanoid body properly. Can't remember the chapter, it's been a little while though.
Althion
2024-10-25 17:02:20 +0000 UTCThat's been explicitly stated. Descending into a mortal requires a link to the race of people. Myriad talked about the fact it would kill Ben until Myriad has gotten faith form humans for a long time.
Silverias
2024-10-25 17:00:59 +0000 UTCI don’t recall that being said anywhere
Talon88
2024-10-25 16:52:44 +0000 UTCShould just try to bring the whole lands of friendly gods and believers. Annoying shitheads can duck themselves 😊
Patrick S.
2024-10-25 16:51:30 +0000 UTCHe can't really do that cuz his original species was so different
Isiah Debarros
2024-10-25 16:50:44 +0000 UTCBen being fed up with the gods is long overdue. He needs to take a step back and focus on things he can do without the gods. Ben is creative and mighty enough to find a way to leave the people and gods that don't want to be saved behind a get off that doomed world.
Black Esper
2024-10-25 16:49:15 +0000 UTCThe fact that the gods haven’t reached out to Thera or Falk is very surprising. Hell the fact that myriad hasn’t come down and took over the high priestess or the oracle is also very surprising
Talon88
2024-10-25 16:46:23 +0000 UTCThey wanted to effectively enslave him. What will happen instead is that anyone who Ben doesn't specifically care about will just be left as food for Oaun.
Magisch
2024-10-25 16:45:26 +0000 UTCThe difference would be that if any Gods can even come to his potential life raft, he would be able to control which ones and screw the rest of em. I think Ben will end up working for the world again, though. Somehow. Maybe a heart-to-heart talk with someone about all the innocents in the world that deserve saving despite the gods actions and the peoples reverence of those same gods. But at the same time, this does feel like more of a tipping point that Bens previous conflicts with the Gods. However this ends between them all is gonna be more final, I believe. Something concrete going forward.
Emily Gurnavage
2024-10-25 16:43:40 +0000 UTCThanks for the chapter
Logan
2024-10-25 16:39:13 +0000 UTCLol, write faster you say, during our second month of daily chapters. Gonna be painful to go back to the normal drip soon =p
Emily Gurnavage
2024-10-25 16:38:53 +0000 UTCI doubt most of them realized it yet, it hasn't even been a day. The effects of Ben quitting aren't yet showing to hammer it home. Give it time for the distribution of mana circlets to slow and stop. Oh, shit, did Ben give anyone a food actualizer yet? I think he still has just prototypes maybe? If he had handed out 1 or 2 of those, and the world questioned where more infinite food machines were - that would be more than a small fire under the gods asses.
Emily Gurnavage
2024-10-25 16:37:20 +0000 UTCI'm afraid there won't be immediate realization. Gods already got a lot of items from Ben and his detractors will be saying that it's enough and they need warriors now. The realization might happen if they find a possesed Naloth and no one to kill him. Or another tier 3 demon who might ascend. Or if Ben makes something amazing, but refuses to sell it.
CherMi
2024-10-25 16:33:51 +0000 UTCThanks for the chapter! Have we already confirmed that the invasion is still on schedule even without any of the space spirits? Is Ouan powerful enough to move that many demons across space on their own?
Benji
2024-10-25 16:24:31 +0000 UTCI don't think the gods are gonna quite understand the situation yet. Given the level of entitled brat going on with the gods I think they're gonna go to threats and demands next... send "proper warriors" to intimidate Ben into compliance.
michael pigott
2024-10-25 16:16:21 +0000 UTCI feel like a Turnip addict right now as well...
TheLostGolem
2024-10-25 16:16:20 +0000 UTCI don’t think Ben’s skipping town plan will work out. After all, although he has no real reason to be loyal to this doomed planet, his loved ones were born and raised here. Really, I think prepping to escape the planet should be more of a bargaining tool with the gods: treat me and my work with respect or I will leave.
Lola
2024-10-25 16:06:05 +0000 UTCWe need the next chapter to be from the god's perspective. I have a MIGHTY NEED to read about their realization that they fucked up royal.
Adam Miller
2024-10-25 16:05:55 +0000 UTCOne time "teleportation scroll" to Ben's escape for everyone insterested?
Luboš Hemala
2024-10-25 16:03:56 +0000 UTCIs Ben finally going to make a trial for Myriad and find a way to escape the world ?
SacredSteel
2024-10-25 15:59:09 +0000 UTCI bet at least one of the gods is getting a lot of angry comments from the other ones right now
Isaac Boyles
2024-10-25 15:57:50 +0000 UTCI love this arc. I feel sympathy for myriad and the gods that tried to help, but fuck the rest. Please ProbablyATurnip, write faster, I need to know what happens next! :D
Shunji
2024-10-25 15:56:47 +0000 UTCTFC
Rain
2024-10-25 15:54:13 +0000 UTCExactly! Save what you care about, and wait and see what the doomed morons are willing to offer for a piece of salvation instead of hand delivering it yourself. I mean he has everything he needs to build a cozy lil piece of paradise on the other side of the galaxy. What does it matter that the Demon God might reach that place in a thousand years as well? He can keep re-locating, or move on to another dimension etc. That and: even the Demon God didn't mess with ALL planets, some are clearly beyond his reach (aka not worth the effort). If you ask me: the Demon Gods main objective is to devour as many gods as he can... why should a mortal care about those moronic gods?
Michigo
2024-10-25 15:53:57 +0000 UTCTftc!
brennon Petersen
2024-10-25 15:53:13 +0000 UTCMake a moon sized ship and take whoever you want with you
Shiva Kumar
2024-10-25 15:52:45 +0000 UTCFully agree with Ben's thoughts, but wish we didn't have to go through full burnout arc to get there. Myriad doesn't deserve this treatment, though, so I hope they talk soon. He likely will convince Ben to still work for the world eventually, but I don't see him pulling any punches from anyone anymore. The escape plan will likely devolve into a shitshow, starting with convincing Thera and Falk to come with him.
CherMi
2024-10-25 15:50:16 +0000 UTCLol
FreidFaust
2024-10-25 15:47:34 +0000 UTCThis plan is doomed to fail. Does he bring all of Thera's relatives? Their friends? How many of the humans does he bring? Does he bring the whole dryad village? In the end it's gonna be as much grinding effort to make everything work, as it would to just keep pushing himself. At least that's my prediction lol
Clara
2024-10-25 15:47:28 +0000 UTCOperation: Fuck Yours Got Mine is a go it seems
Thomas Keller
2024-10-25 15:46:19 +0000 UTCOh shit they actually managed to break him completely
Arson Void
2024-10-25 15:45:42 +0000 UTCYeah I mean he doesn't owe the entire world anything at this point, don't see why he shouldn't just stick to the people he actually likes
Isaac Boyles
2024-10-25 15:45:41 +0000 UTCtftc
Darth Kirtap
2024-10-25 15:41:10 +0000 UTC
