Chapter 508

Chapter 508

“Huh, that’s surprising,” Ben muttered as the notification went off in his head, drawing the eyes of his two students while he watched them work.

“What, did we do something wrong?” Nati asked as she looked at what she’d been enchanting, trying to spy any issue.This chapter was first shared on the Ñøv€lß1n platform.

“No, I just finished my job, I wasn’t expecting to have it done for another couple weeks.”

“Do you have a teaching-themed one?”

“No, master adventurer. Thera must have gained a lot of experience today, good for both of us.”

“Wait, you’re making your girlfriend get experience for you while you’re here?” Xilly asked him, judgment clear on her face.

“I’m not making her do anything, this was just convenient for the both of us. When she had the job, I was the one who got the experience for the two of us so now she was taking a turn at it. We’re a team, we raise one another up when we can.”

He could see neither believed him, both having the impression he was stealing growth off of his girlfriend’s work and it was enough for him to decide to end things for the day.

“Alright, it looks like I need to go change my job so why don’t we finish things here for now? I’ll be back tomorrow at the same time and we can start looking at one of the other topics a bit now that you’re getting the foundations of ritual magic.”

“I’ve had arrangements made for practicing connect tomorrow so let’s worry about it the next day instead.”

“Alright, in that case, do you want me to join you to give whatever advice I can?”

Both women looked at each other, with Nati giving in at the end. Even if she didn’t like it, this was a request from her grandfather, she couldn’t just brush him off entirely.

“If you’d meet us at my grandfather's church in the afternoon then I’ll take what advice you can give.”

“Sounds like a plan. In that case, you guys have a good night.”

He slipped off with that, happy to have the excuse to leave as he did, not going to find a job crystal like he’d implied, instead reaching down to pull out the one on his necklace while making his way back to where he was staying, letting the options fill his mind to decide what to take next.

AVAILABLE JOBS

Trap userCraftsman- alchemy pathCraftsman- artistic pathCraftsman- blacksmith pathCraftsman- cooking pathCraftsman- stonecrafts pathCraftsman- sewing pathHoly craftsmanMathematicianCursed item makerHigh tankOtherworldly craftsmanDestructive craftsmanSoul defiling gardenerSummoned enchanterRitual enchanterDivine enchanterHigh marksmanHigh destruction mageWorld killerMaterial creatorBeginner puppeteerFreak mind userUnholy thinkerConnect masterPolymathHoly adversaryTitle masterMaster of all

Three new ones huh, neat.

Not just three new ones, three strange new ones, with only one he was already aware of, leaving the other two to be guessed at.

Vitality: 1165Vitality recovery rate: 31/hrMana: 1351Mana recovery rate: 98/minStrength: 945Agility: 288Stamina: 2352Intelligence: 5158Light: 3Life: 2Fire: 4Water: 3Air: 4Earth: 2Death: 3Dark: 1Space: 4Time: 5Light: 68Life: 72Fire: 75Water: 69Air: 66Earth: 81Death: 78Dark: 85Space: 63Time: 61Unending crafting lv5*Divine enchanting lv5*Unnatural mind lv4*

Passive skills:

King of sacrilege lv9*BindIntegrated demonic body lv6Defense enhancement lv9Absorption resistance lv8Knowledge lv7*All affinity resistance enhancement lv6Lesser inspiration lv9Fine motor control lv8Bite enhancement lv1Piercing resistance lv4Artisan’s touch

Active skills:

Stealth lv1Deep connection lv3*Cycling lv1Marksmanship lv6Material manipulation lv5*Swimming lv1Dance lv0Unnatural thought speed lv2*Mental symbiosis lv9Puppetry lv7

Blessings:

Myriad’s BlessingAnailia’s BlessingHelori’s BlessingGalwax’s BlessingElvat’s mana regeneration BlessingEneth’s BlessingEarth Pantheon’s BlessingLife Pantheon’s BlessingDark Pantheon’s BlessingOlensia’s Blessing

Trials:

Trial of Anailia and TolonaTrial of the Dead GodEarth TowerLife TowerDark Tower

“Huh, that’s a little odd,” He muttered as the various notifications rang out in his head.

None of it was bad. By all reasonable standards, everything he just got was actually quite good, making him feel confident in the choice he’d made. Gaining enough levels right off the bat to put a healthy dent into the job was fantastic, along with getting the ones he had been wanting. The point of taking it had been to level up his crafting and now that was already done.

No, what was odd was how the notifications had gone off, placing the new skill he’d gained in the middle of everything else instead of the beginning or the end. A skill he hadn’t heard of. There was nothing necessarily wrong with that, but it did pick at his curiosity and he called up to his god, looking for any answer as he kept on his way.

“Myriad Myriad Myriad, your humble apostle has a question so free up some time and answer me.”

“I’m a little humble sometimes. Anyway, I took a new job and got a new skill. Artisan’s touch, no level attached to it. Any chance you’re familiar with it?”

“Odd how? Come on buddy, if you know then no holding out on me.”

“Okay, ignoring that last bit then, what does it do? If it’s a trial reward it has to be pretty damn good.”

His rising excitement was met by Myriad’s silence, dampening his enthusiasm with each passing second.

“God damn it, alright, fine. Tell me the problem with me getting it already.”

“Weird but I’m listening.”

“I am.”

It was a rare class of skill, uncommon enough that he only had two examples of it in his ring library but a boon for whoever gained them. They essentially acted the same way affinities would for magics, only for skills instead, making a person more compatible with the class of skills that matched the type of inclination. It was honestly something he would have loved to get, but he didn’t think there was any real chance of him finding someone with crafting inclination and then getting Zandale to gain the skill for him to learn later.

When his god put it like that, he really couldn’t help but agree with the assessment, even if he decided not to let it get to him. Unleveled skills were an order of magnitude harder to awaken, essentially already being in their perfect form so there wasn’t much chance of growing it farther but given how good it already was and that it had likely just pushed both unending crafting and material manipulation to the next level, he wasn’t going to complain and look that gift horse in the mouth.

After all, Given that we’re getting closer to the next wave I probably wouldn’t even live to see myself awaken a crafting inclination, might as well take this as it is now and be happy with it.