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CH824 Toltho's Perspective

“How many today?” Toltho asked, trying to keep the weariness from his face as he asked his kin.

“Forty-five so far but there’s still hunters out.”

An answer he was expecting, ...

CH823

The muscles of every body he held were left sore after the long day so he stretched out at the end of it, trying to rub some life back into them while he cleaned up and began packing away his clone...

CH822

Even if they took a bit longer to set up given they were all different from the enchantments he’d been making until that point, Ben still made quick work of them, finishing up after an hour while...

CH821

“Can we go up there?” Delair asked, pointing at the volcano in the heart of Nare’s lands with her eyes alight, completely oblivious to how Ben’s stomach sank with the question.

“Ahe...

CH820

It looked like the yeti was about to say more, only stopped as two more passed through the gate. Thera returned with Mora in tow, his teacher glancing their way before doing a double take at the yo...

CH819

While his clones were hard at work, his real body was devoting its attention to his student as she trained, watching her technique and pointing out areas she could improve while at the same time gi...

CH818

He made a small detour when he got back, the day still earlier enough that he didn’t need to wait for Delair in the shop as he first ran to the church of Myriad, looking under the statue of his g...

CH817

The god’s talk had run long enough that he hadn’t been able to schedule his next job run until early in the morning, leaving Ben to walk through his gate soon after waking Thera up, with her in...

CH816

The realm went quiet as soon as she’d said it, all of them taking it in and working through the implications of just what that meant, with Ben being the one to break it.

“Woo!” He yelle...

CH815

When he got up in the morning he made a point to mention how much better he was feeling over breakfast, getting to see Mora perk up at it while Thera caught on to the deeper implication of it befor...

CH814

The request instantly perked Nare up, pulling him away from thoughts of how some poor trial design had almost just killed Ben and bringing him to the forefront of the conversation, light coming bac...

CH813

“So?” Ben asked the god before him, tapping his foot and waiting for a response while they cleared their throat.

“Ahem, it’s good to see you doing well, Ben,” Nare told him, looking...

CH812

<Alright, you’re done, tell me exactly what happened. This got a lot of eyes and some strong reactions up here.>

Why did so many gods tune in to watch a bit of surgery?

CH811 Mora and the Dryads

Mora could tell that Thera was worried even as she dropped him off, she’d done a terrible job of hiding it but both she and Ben promised they’d be back as fast as they could once they’d finis...

CH810

<I thought I was going to have a heart attack.>

I think that would have actually been the better option than what I went through.

<Quiet you. Can you imagine how I fel...

CH809

The other four didn’t understand what was going on throughout Ben’s battle. The real one had been on the defensive the entire time while the fake was repeatedly asking him to just kill it alrea...

CH808

“Alright, guess it’s finally my turn,” Ben said as Jake was carried back to his cell. “Want me to bust you out first so Thera and Vasta can try to treat you?”

“Ugh, no, I want the...

January Poll

Oh god once more it's the end of the month and I'm once again forced to wonder where the time went. Entire weeks vanished in the blink of an eye but here I am, with another poll for all of your vot...

Side Story: The Departure of Abrus

“Stay close, little ones. Don’t drift too far,” The great earth spirit said as it and the surviving spirits went, the only one with the will to try and manage the rest as they travel...

CH807 Jake's Perspective

“If this is all you amount to, it’s no wonder you’re a side character in your own love life. First choice of neither and who could blame them?”

Jake felt his stomach drop the second h...

CH806 Amy's Perspective

“If this is all you’re good for it looks like you’ll lose another student.”

Did Vasta have a student before Jake?

Based on the way she reacted during her fight, it was ...

CH805

“Alright, we can’t put this off any longer,” Vasta told them. “Let’s finish this.”

They had a single floor left, one final challenge to face until they were done and free to leave...

CH804

“Mmh, this is beginning to look a bit troubling,” Vasta muttered as the clock continued ticking down.

It was a sentiment all of them could share. With half of their time used up in their ...

CH803

With the third floor finished they stopped to rest before going to the next. There’d be no break between the fourth and fifth ones, same as any of the affinitied towers, and just as importantly, ...

CH802

An attack that came from under them, designed to throw them in the air was thwarted by Thera placing a well-timed barrier beneath their feet, using her magic to keep them firmly on the ground while...

CH801

With how fast the second floor had been to finish, there was no need to delay. As soon as they left it they opened the door to the next, ready for whatever new trial that one was going to hold and ...

CH800

“Alright, let’s stop focusing on how many organs I may or may not currently have and get this over with,” Ben told them as he pushed open the door, letting them into the second floor of the t...

CH799

“No.”

“Um, no?”

“That’s right,” Thera told him. “No matter what notification went off in your head to make your eyes light up like that, you’re not allowed to look so ...

CH798

“Ben, as your primary healer, tell me how you're hurt already unless you want to become even more so.”

“Is it appropriate for healers to threaten their patients?”

“I have terr...

Update: Will be taking tuesday january 14th off

Hey all, looking at where I'm currently at in the story and with a new year here, I've decided to take next tuesday off from posting so that I can focus on plotting and adjusting some of my plans a...