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CH980 Thera's Perspective

“Hey, how many more kids could your parents have before it started feeling weird?”

“Strange question,” Aso laughed as the two of them walked through town together. “Got an unexpected sibling on the way?”

“Ugh, my mother has made it pretty clear that she’s planning on more if things go well since there’s now a way to...

CH979

Standing in an open field, to Ben’s mana sense, it felt more like he was in the heart of some magical storm. The entire area was lit up with all affinities of the power and at a density that felt almost too thick to peer through, with the only reason he could being that one's mana sense wasn’t tied to the presence of eyes. His own vision was...

November Poll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay, so I don’t usually do this but honestly, we’re so close to it that I’d say $1 patrons, if you don’t recognize two of this names at the top of this just wait for the next chapter before you cast your votes to have context for every option below (or if you don’t care too much then vote for whichever of the ones your recognize and f...

Side Story: Foast and Abel

Author’s note

Sometimes patreon still makes it so hard to see who won a vote because it shows percentage of votes rather than numbers but I was able to confirm this side story won by a single point

Sitting in his office, sorting through some paperwork while he still had the time, Nether only perked up as the knock he ...

CH978

“Good news, I got some more levels,” Ben told his god that night.

“Which ones?”

“Which do you think?”

“Ugh, Ben, please stop being so good at this before someone gets it into their head that you’re too dangerous to be allowed to exist.”

“I think some gods up here already believe that.”

“Sure,...

CH977

Flying through the air under his own power, Ben rushed himself down dirt roads and past the eyes of curious succubi along the way, micromanaging his journey as he went.

Even though he could, he’d only used his magic to let himself fly a few times and the experience of it still felt strange, less like something he was doing than it felt l...

CH976

<UNENDING EXTRACTION ENHANCEMENT LEVEL INCREASED>

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CH975

After a quick run to the woods, finding the man Ben had nearly ripped in half with his power and getting Thera to heal him before trapping him in his ring, the two went back to enjoy the festivities that remained, eating food and watching the happy couple. Greed presented the hairpiece, leaving his now wife overjoyed, and they both spoke a bit t...

CH974

As with every mind Ben entered, when he looked in the thoughts of the one leading Greed and Gennet’s wedding, what he found was a life laid before him.

A childhood, growing up in the area where he now worked as a priest of his god and doing childish things. Growing, maturing, making friends, and even falling in love. A childish crush tha...

CH973

Using the eyes of those within his range and listening to the calls of the one directing his friend on where to go, Ben began actualizing amidst everything else for what help he could give, wrapping a layer around Greed that perfectly matched his appearance so none could detect the protective shell, the calming Ben had placed on him preventing G...

CH972

For a fraction of a fraction of a second, Ben allowed himself to wallow in his shock and misery, specifically making sure not to scream despite how he was feeling on the inside.

He had already put a stop to over sixty assassination attempts, and he still had four more disasters to deal with. The bride and groom's food being poisoned, every...

CH971

For a few minutes longer, Ben and Cheele spoke. It seemed like no more guests were showing up from there, giving him a bit of leeway to think and plan his next moves that were only interrupted with the arrival of two more, Thera and Saph joining them.

“Ah, it’s you,” Cheele said, not to his half-sister but to Thera by her side. “I ...

CH970

Working his way through the crowd, he managed to find eight more he’d missed before, who thankfully were simple to deal with. Without bringing their plans into motion, they were all easy to talk out of trying anything the second he was in their head, letting him focus on the last few groups filtering in and let him watch as others around did t...

CH969

Ben hadn't looked too deeply in anyone’s head other than the ones with murder on their mind, meaning that he hadn’t learned much of what a dark elf wedding entailed but it seemed that one of Greed’s exes had at least done a bit of her own research, enough that she’d discovered the wedding involved a special meal between bride and groom t...

CH968

“Alright,” Ben told him. “Let’s start with the basic questions. Who do you think is going to try and murder you and why did you think it was a good idea to wait till now to tell me? I wasn’t going to say no, man, and this has definitely put a huge crunch on possible solutions.”

“I know, I’m sorry, I’m just full of wedding...

CH967

“Leg, Sparkles, sorry to keep the two of you,” Greed called out when they got closer, waving a claw. “But glad you could make it, you cleaned up real well.”

“Hey, wouldn’t miss your wedding for the world, buddy,” Ben told him before offering his hand to the others. “And Gennet, lovely to see you again. Hope Greed hasn’t g...

CH966

“You ready?” Thera asked, her dress on now that the day of the wedding had come, needing only to drop Mora off before the two of them got going, leaving Ben to admire her while he buttoned up his shirt.

“Almost, but don’t worry, we’ll still be there early. There’s one more thing I want to do first.”

“Better not be wor...

CH965

<VITALITY ENHANCEMENT LEVEL INCREASED>

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“Got it. Hey, Myriad,...

CH964

“Mora, I’ve decided,” Delair began once she arrived that day. “Today, we’re making a sword, the biggest one we can!”

“Why?” the soul spirit asked, not seeing the point and getting a shrug in return.

“Because it’ll be fun! Now come on, let’s get started!”

She pulled the boy with her to gather materials wh...

CH963

Taking the matter-energy conversion spell he’d taught Jake and absentmindedly trying to apply it to a weapon, the force of Ben’s thoughts was more devoted to a different topic. Awakening deep connection, with the fact that so many gods he’d now linked to hadn’t done the job of getting it to the third tier could be nothing but a bad sign,...

CH962 Thera's Perspective

Thera’s first instinct was to decline. Even if she’d use her charm from time to time for the convenience of it, it still wasn’t a power she exactly liked having, the years of suffering under it having left enough of a mark to make the idea of doing anything with it feel distasteful, even if she knew that was a foolish, rash reaction. There...

CH961 Thera's Perspective

“Not in front of my eyes, please,” Thera asked the spirits around her, the density of them becoming a distraction as she did her best to use her newfound free time, taking hunting quests in the untamed lands.

Since Ben had a gate that connected directly to a well-used guild, it made the most sense and allowed her to find the sort of wo...

October poll!!!!

Hey all, hope you’ve been well in the past month. To build off my last note, seeing my friends was lovely, it was great to meet up with them again after so long and my hand is almost better. Think I’ve just overworked it a bit considering how much of my job and hobbies involve spending time on a computer but I’m working on arranging a meet...

Side Story: Demon world prisoner

Author’s note

The prisoner first appeared in ch647 and the item they’re using in ch705

In the woods, a ring of energy floated, unlike any other thing in that world or the universe beyond.

The descendant of a star race that had been forced to move to a terrestrial world by an ancient evil god, its species survival des...

CH960

<DEEP DESTRUCTIVE THOUGHT LEVEL INCREASED>

<DEEP EVIL THOUGHT LEVEL INCREASED>

“So, this is what these skills look like at their ninth level,” Ben mused before the mad god he had imprisoned, Haro screaming and doing everything he could to attack him yet failing as he always did, the destruction and evil infecti...

CH959

<DEEP CALMING LEVEL INCREASED>

<DEEP DESTRUCTIVE THOUGHT LEVEL INCREASED>

<DEEP EVIL THOUGHT LEVEL INCREASED>

<DEEP CALMING LEVEL INCREASED>

“Goddamn, Legs, your life sounds like a nightmare.”

“I think you’re ignoring the part where you now officially have the pleasure of getti...

CH958

With the new factories re-adjusted after his new levels had come, Ben prepared for the day, doing his basic set up with Mora since Thera was going to be off doing some adventurer’s work as Delair arrived, humming lightly in a way that brought Ben’s mood crashing down.

“Um, Delair? Kiddo? What exactly are you humming there?”

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CH957

“Greed? What are you doing here?” Ben asked, seeing his ruby crab friend being carried by his guard; Jeeves, as quiet and professional as ever.

“No peeking to find out,” the crab said, covering his face with his claws. “Got a couple of things I want to reveal in my own time. More importantly, were you just in there the entire tim...