Chapter 129

Chapter 129

“Ben!” Onk yelled out as he got into the adventurers guild and quickly ran over to him. “Are you alright to be up? The rumour was going around you were barely hanging onto life.”

“I’m all good,” he told her reassuringly. “But what rumours, I don’t think one injured guy is that important?”

“There were dozens of healers rushing into town to treat you, of course there would be rumours about it!” She yelled, before asking in a far quieter voice. “Speaking of, you aren’t a secret noble or something are you? Everyone in the guild has been placing bets trying to figure out why so many nations mobilized some healers to treat you.”

“Man, people are really starved for entertainment here, huh? Anyway no, I just have a fairly important friend out of town that was able to get me help when things were looking bad,” It was technically the truth. He counted Myriad amongst his friends, and he wasn’t exactly in town.

“It must be a good friend to manage that.”

“An excellent one, and I’m all better now so no more gambling on if I’d live or die or whatever you all were doing.”

“Oh, neither the guild leader nor I would allow something like that, it’s a little too barbaric. All gambling began and ended on how you were able to get treatment so if it's nothing private I’ll pass on what you told me and nobody should bother you.”

“Works for me.”

“Excellent! And with that out of the way, what can I do for you? I know it’s not my place to say but I don’t think you should be taking any quests when you just got out of the clinic.”

“Nothing like that. I’m just here to use the job change room.”

“Hmm?” She said, tilting her head. If she had a face he was sure there would be a confused look on it. “Weren’t you just here for that not too long ago?”

“What can I say, it’s been an eventful few months,” He told her, not mentioning that he’d already changed it once since then.

“Alright, well you know where it is. Make sure you rest up before coming back for any new requests, okay?”

“Of course Onk, I could use a break,” He said, waving her off as he made his way to the job change room.

When he got there he placed his hand on the crystal and let the options fill his mind.

AVAILABLE JOBS

EnchanterTrap userTree tamerCraftsman- alchemy pathCraftsman- artistic pathCraftsman- blacksmith pathCraftsman- cooking pathCraftsman- stonecrafts pathCraftsman- sewing pathHereticMind userHoly craftsmanKin

It was exciting to see three new and potentially interesting jobs, though he was a little surprised there was nothing related to his new hammer and knife wielder skills and assumed those jobs could only be unlocked once they leveled up once or twice. As curious as he was for the other ones though, it didn’t matter. He knew what he was picking and made his choice.

Name: Ben Heph

Race: Human

Titles: Apostle of Myriad, The Forgotten One, Miracle Maker

Jobs: Enchanter (lv 0)

Previous Jobs: Apprentice craftsman, Craftsman, Priest

Attributes:

Vitality: 165Vitality recovery rate: 1/hrMana: 89Mana recovery rate: 6/minStrength: 151Agility: 84Stamina: 644Intelligence: 326

Affinities:

Light: 3Life: 2Fire: 4Water: 3Air: 4Earth: 2Death: 3Dark: 1Space: 4Time: 5

Resistances:

Light: 68Life: 72Fire: 75Water: 69Air: 66Earth: 81Death: 78Dark: 85Space: 63Time: 61Crafting lv5Enchanting lv4Focus lv4World speak+Tolerance lv1Sacrilege lv3Complex mind lv2BindPartial demonic bodyDismantling lv2Stealth lv1Connect lv5Hidden mind lv1Calculate lv0Knife wielder lv0Hammer wielder lv0Myriads BlessingAnailias BlessingTrial of Anailia and Tolona

“I’m always happy to view an interesting specimen. Should anything unusual happen, have my niece take you to the life valley if it seems related.”

Her task done, she quickly left the house, thanking Sonya for her hospitality and telling Thera to visit her if she trained her life magic up to level six.

As soon as it was just the three of them the two women breathed a sigh of relief.

“Finally,” Thera said happily.

“She can be a bit much,” Sonya agreed.

“So why was she even here?” Ben asked. “Neither of you seem like a fan.”

“Remember that air spirit I asked to bring a life spirit to town? Well apparently because of my connection to my father, that meant getting the great life spirit,” she groaned. “Though I guess it was for the best, she was the one that ultimately saved you.”

“Wait, really?” It made sense when he thought about it, he’d just been too surprised to consider it when he saw her, and everyone in town had only mentioned healers coming, nobody said anything about a great spirit.

“She only arrived today,” Sonya explained. “Which is lucky for you. We were all estimating that it would take at least two more months for your body to properly start adapting to your new organs, and that was if you lived at all. She was able to finish the process in a single day.”

“Damn, I guess I’ll have to thank her next time I see her.”

“Don’t bother,” Thera told him. “You heard her right? You were just a curious specimen to her. She might not have done anything at all if she didn’t find it interesting.”

Thankfully the overall mood of the house began to lift as she left and they were able to enjoy dinner in peace. Ben wasn’t sure how they kept him fed and alive all that time he wasn’t conscious, and he was pretty sure he didn’t want to know given that aside from the presence of magic, overall medical knowledge seemed worse than his previous world. Still, the fact that it had been so long made the food all the tastier, and he enjoyed it with the conversation and company until he needed to go to bed.

As he got himself comfy, fluffing his pillow and laying back while preparing to flip through the book of skills he got from Zandale, he heard his door open and watched Thera walk in.

“Nightcrawling Thera? But we aren’t even married yet,” He joked, pulling his blanket over his chest. He was expecting some sort of reaction but got nothing, instead she just sat at the edge of his bed. “Something wrong?”

“I wanted to talk about it earlier, but I couldn’t find the right time,” She started awkwardly, sounding unsure of herself as she spoke. “About what you said before everything happened. I think you’re right, I’ll start looking for a new party to adventure with.”

She’d thought long and hard about it as he’d been on the brink of death for the last two weeks and knew that if he woke up she’d have to do this. He had been right after all, he was a craftsman, he shouldn’t be hunting dangerous monsters like that and she shouldn’t be forcing him into it, even if she didn’t think she could be comfortable with another party. They would still be friends, it just meant he wouldn’t be putting his life on the line. It had taken a lot of determination to tell him even though it wasn’t what she wanted, so of course he had to be stubborn and contrarian.

“Vetoed,” He told her, making an x with his arms. “Sorry, but I’m going to keep partying with you.”

“What? This whole thing was your idea!”

“Yeah, and it was a dumb idea. I only said it cause I thought I was holding you back, and maybe I am, but I don’t want to stop adventuring with you.”

“You could get hurt again, hell you might actually die next time!”

“Then I’ll work so that doesn’t happen. Besides, you were kidnapped last time and I don’t want you dying when I’m not around either.”

“Has anyone ever told you you’re impossible?” She said. It had taken a lot of determination to do this, and now here he was, just completely refusing her. The fact that she was so happy about it was irrelevant.

“It’s part of my appeal,” He told her with a smile. “I wouldn’t mind taking a week off after what we just went through, but other than that you aren’t getting rid of me so easily.”

“Pretty sure you just had a couple of weeks off,” She said, smiling back.

“Bah, unconscious time doesn’t count, I need some real mental recuperation.”

“Alright sounds good. Anyway, I should probably leave before aunt Sonya notices and gets any weird ideas. Sleep well Ben.”

“You too Thera.”