Chapter 228

Chapter 228

Ben acted fast, jumping away and putting his barrier up again, only to immediately turn to see just what happened. Behind him was the apostle Felth, broken spear in hand and a look of confusion on his face as he struggled to understand why his attack failed.

Ben did though and couldn’t be more grateful to his past self for adding all of the defensive enchantments he could to his jacket. He couldn’t be sure if it would have stopped the demigod, but against a warrior of normal strength it seemed to do its job perfectly, keeping the spear from skewering him in the surprise attack.

“Surround him!” The apostle called out, moving past his first failure in favour of another attempt. “We can’t let this act go unpunished!”

The priests nearby shook themselves free of their shock, ready to attack him the moment his barrier went down. They were all assuming he was powering it through his own mana, not relying on a tool powered by a mana crystal, and with barrier magic being rather mana intense they wouldn’t need to wait long as two others went to Ather’s side to begin healing him.

Felth knew he couldn’t allow something so disgraceful to be revealed to the world and was willing to act to ensure it stayed hidden. The boy had come to them alone and challenged a demigod to a fight, it would be no surprise for him to end up dead doing such a thing, and the shame of killing someone so much weaker would be better for Ather than the shame that would come to losing to a complete nobody, but as he stared at the boys face, spears pressed against the barrier, waiting for it to go down, he couldn't help but feel his stomach sink as he watched him break into a deep, wide grin.

Damn, guess he’s mad.

Don’t care. Hey Myriad, you gods have all sorts of dumb rules amongst yourselves that you have to obey, surely there’s something that keeps apostles from murdering each other in cold blood if they don’t like the way a fight where both parties consented to ended, right?

Exactly what I wanted to hear. He thought as he began laughing. He couldn’t help it, things couldn’t have worked better for him if he’d tried.

“Silence!” Felth yelled. “Enough of that disgusting look, do you not see your situation? Face your death with some dignity!”

He looked down on the apostle before him, seeing nothing but a cornered man. “No, but as a service I know why your healers aren’t having much luck. Swear to Eneth as the head of his faith, you will agree to my terms and you might just be able to save him.”

“...Fine, I Felth, apostle of the great god Eneth, swear to you that your statue will be displayed following your terms. Now please help him.”

Sure,” He took down his barrier, walking past the horrified priests who had so confidently pointed their spears to him just moments before and reached down to pull out the knife.

“What are you doing!” One of the priests screamed as he saw it, a fact Ben brushed off.

“Well first, this is my knife I’m not leaving it behind; but second, I get that you guys left it in to not have to worry about any more blood loss, but by now everything it touched should be thoroughly cooked and it has a healing suppression effect on it which is why you all aren’t having any luck, I’d grab a few more healers if I were you but for the time being try again.”

With that done he gave a halfhearted wave as he went on his way, not looking back as they dealt with the fallout as Myriad spoke in his mind.

With the little I used I’m pretty sure they’ll only disrupt his mana and vitality regen a tiny bit. As for the blood thinning, well if they close his wounds without taking them out then he might just end up a little anemic if he’s cut, he can deal with it, I only said I’d show why they weren’t having any luck healing him.

Hey, I probably would have done the same thing if he’d done anything that bad to Sonya or Falk or Steph or Will or you for that matter, if he could that is. Besides that, ‘all they’ll see is a statue of me’? You aren’t looking very deep in my mind, are you?

He asked as he felt his apostle’s plans explode across his mind.

Why Myriad, I’m basically just getting started.