Chapter 332

Chapter 332

Ah- Damn... it. I... guess- it...’s not... so bad since- I- won’t need- to... remake- my bracelets... yet, but- still, that’s gonna... make it- harder- to train.

“Ah, dang it Myriad, trying to think in your stupid language just raised my mental expansion level!” Ben complained as he felt his head throb, both from feeling the change to his minds, as well as having spent so long trying to talk with his god exclusively in the language he was being taught.

“Don’t be silly Ben, learning a new language wouldn’t get you to the seventh level of the skill.”

“No, learning a normal language wouldn’t. I still feel like my eyes are going to bleed every time I work on yours.”

“Well, you’ve almost got it, even if it is giving you problems. Though I’ve got to say, I’m a little offended that my own apostle had such an easier time learning the language of another god than my own. And now you’re learning a new one from her before you’ve even mastered mine.”

“That’s because Helori’s are structured in a way that actually makes sense!”

As weeks of working on weapons with Falk went by, Ben never stopped practicing the languages he was learning in his head, and combining that with the fact that he was spending almost an hour of real-time a day in the archive, it was more like he’d been practicing it for months. It had made learning the one Helori was trying to pass onto him a breeze, even if his own god’s would need more work if he was ever going to get it right.

Still, it keeps my very full head occupied at least. At thirteen minds right now I need at least that much.

“See, it’s fine,” Myriad told him as he heard Ben's thoughts. “If you really don’t like it then just don’t do it. It’s not like there’s any need to actually figure out Galwax’s language, right?”

“The need is just my own satisfaction, but either way I need a break for now. Think I’ll stop by the house to finish up before going to the shop a bit earlier than usual so time to wake up.”

“Wait,” Myriad stopped him. “Before you go, there’s something we really need to talk about.”

“Sure, what’s the emergency this time?”

“The fact that you haven’t gotten any true sleep since you delivered my statue to the church of Eneth.”

“What, that’s all? Myriad, buddy, my body’s resting while I’m up here so it’s fine, it’s basically the same thing.”

“It’s not even close to the same thing. Even if your body is fine your mind needs to rest too. Combining real-time with all of the time you’ve spent in the archive, it’s basically been months of constant activity. That’s not natural Ben.”

“Come on, I feel fine so don’t worry,” He told the cube, trying to brush it off. If he was being honest with himself he was beginning to feel a bit of constant exhaustion around him, but it wasn’t to the point that it would be a problem. It was just another way of pushing himself. “Who knows, maybe if I keep it up I’ll get something like sleep or exhaustion resistance. That would be pretty cool.”Ñøv€l-B1n was the first platform to present this chapter.

“Or you’ll get hurt before that can happen. I know you’ve been avoiding it but I’m not saying this as your god but as your friend Ben, have a proper nap soon without coming up here. I don’t care if you keep your mind active for a few weeks at a time between doing it, but this is too much.”

“Too much as in maybe it would help awaken my focus?” He asked, giving his god a curious look as waves of annoyance came off the cube. “Fine, I will later when I have less to do or if I start feeling pretty bad. For now though-”

He’d already known exactly which ones he was going to apply to it so he pulled out his rings and got to work, blending, weaving, and shaping his mana until the enchantment was perfect, or at least as perfect as he could manage before handing it back over to his teacher.

“Excellent work as always boy, now just some finishing touches...”

His teacher turned away, applying what he needed to in a few minutes till it was complete. So much of what they’d been making for the past month had been products of their teamwork, and it was clear it had been elevating the final product. Falk was so used to working on things alone since others couldn’t meet his standards, but having the boy with him was proving to be a blessing, with that very same boy taking to his hands and knees as he begged.

“Falk, I’ve been quiet about this for so long, but this is the last one man! Please, we’ve got to test it out, I need to see what a legendary item can do.”

“Mmh, boy...”

“Look, I know you don’t want me peeking at your status so I won’t look at what enchantments you’ve added, but not letting me see the results of my hard work is cruelty to your loving and devoted student.”

Hearing that, he could only sigh. “Fine, but not in town. Put a sign up that we’ll be opening late today and come on.”

Falk couldn’t deny that if he were in Ben’s position, he’d also want to see the fruits of their labour, but using a legendary item in the middle of town was just begging for problems, so instead they left, taking their time to walk to the woods and then go deeper in, ensuring that there was nobody else around who could potentially end up injured.

Ben was all but vibrating with excitement as Falk got his attention, walking over to the nearest tree, and with what looked like almost no effort, sliced it through the trunk as they both watched it come down.

It was obvious to see that Ben's mood fell from the performance. He’d been expecting much greater than that and his teacher could read him like a book as he laughed.

“Boy, that’s what it can do without activating any of the enchantments, you haven’t seen anything yet.”

Like a switch was flipped, Ben was back to raw excitement, every one of his minds focused on watching his teacher as Falk ran his mana through the blade and gave what looked like a half-hearted swipe in the direction of the trees nearby, not even close enough to hit any of them.

But as he swung, what Ben could only describe as a pulse of mana came out of it, tearing through the forest in a flash as the trees around them seemed unchanged.

Before he could ask what happened though, Falk spoke up as he walked over to the closest one. “Ha, well would you look at that? We did even better than I thought for even that to go so well.”

He placed his hand against the trunk and pushed, the upper half of the tree sliding from its base with ease and collapsing to the ground with a firm thud, shaking the forest and knocking down everything else in the area that had been hit by the pulse for meters around them as Ben ran over to look at just what had happened.

Examining the trunk, it didn’t even look like it had been cut, the combined might of their enchantments more erasing the part where they were originally joined than anything else as he ran his fingers over the surface.

There was so much he wanted to ask about, but as he looked at his teacher only three words came out.

“Can I try?”