Chapter 409
Chapter 410 of "Chaotic Craftsman Worships The Cube" unveils: He ignored Myriad, he was simply feeling too incredible to be brought down. No matter... Continue the story!
He ignored Myriad, he was simply feeling too incredible to be brought down. No matter how disorienting the change to his mind had been, its effect on his ability to learn mind skills had been beyond massive.It had been a week since heâd first gotten thought speed enhancement, only a little longer for rapid thought speed, and both of them had made it to the ninth level, bringing the speed he could make himself think at all the way up to one hundred and fifty percent faster. When he used it on all of his minds, the world around him felt like it slowed down, moving in slow motion.
It was an incredible feeling and one he was looking to push even farther as soon as he could.
They continued to chat back and forth as Ben made his way through Allfaith. Thera still needed to stay as she finished up helping the last two of Zandaleâs apprentices get her skill, but the others had finished and left just the day before, and he had his own things to do as he went off get more skills for himself in the one place in that city he knew would be agreeable. The home of Amy, Jake, and Yuzu.
By going there, Ben would be able to get both archmagic and non-affintied magic on rings, greatly reducing the amount heâd need to carry, at least until he got each individual one on a ring. There were always going to be slight differences in awakened skills, but in general, it was safe to assume that something specialized would be more powerful, even if it lacked the flexibility of a less specialized skill.
At least, that was what heâd thought. It was only as he arrived at the gate of the mansion the three of them lived in that his hopes were dashed.
âSorry, none of them are here at the moment,â Guard told him when he tried to get in. âWonât be back for a couple weeks either. I can take a message if youâd like?â
âAh, no itâs fine, thanks.â
He knew there were solutions available to him, plenty of them in fact. Quilith had visited him just a few days before to talk as theyâd agreed, and he knew heâd be meeting up with the various grey in a month to copy their skills onto rings, but he didnât want to have to wait that long.
He did have a different benefit though that could cut down on the time and get him a few different skills rings too if he played his cards right. Heâd just need some help, so he found a place to sit in the time he had before speaking in his head, grabbing his godâs attention again.
He already knew that there were many unfinished gates set up in the world, just waiting for the day that someone who could complete the enchantments on them would be born. The issue was how rare that was. A gate enchantment could only be made if the enchanter had an awakened enchanting, space magic, and time magic. Considering how uncommon it was for a person to have a single awakened skill, it was no surprise that centuries had passed since the last time, but now he was there to fill that niche.
He had three main benefits that would let him work through it all incredibly fast compared to others. He had his unnatural mind, which would let him work on multiple parts of the enchantment at once, he had Thera and his awakened connect, which together would let him access boundless mana so he wouldnât need to worry about regenerating it as he went, and the final benefit in his arsenal was his thought speed skills. He could enchant as fast as he could think as long as he had the mana for it, meaning that the speed of his work had just gotten quicker by an outrageous margin.
Looking at all of that together, he thought the chances of being turned down were exceptionally slim. There were a few cities in the world that were close to invasion points yet didnât have a functioning gate to make things easier on them, the fact that he was around to help could be considered a blessing, and the more gates he made the better off people as a whole would be. It was entirely possible that some of them might not want to go along with him because of personal reasons, but if the gods as a whole really did try to do what was best for their people then they wouldnât refuse when the little extra he was asking for wouldnât actually cost anything.
When he got back, he found Zandaleâs two remaining apprentices still hard at work with their practice while Thera was laying on the ground, staff stretched into the air as a myriad of spells flew around her, aided by the circlet she was still wearing despite her intense desire to throw it away and never look back. Sheâd acquired the three magic she wanted, all that was left was training them to raise her levels enough that she could reach her goal and from there never look back.
âHowâs it all going?â He asked as she saw him, putting her practice on pause as she got up.
âMmh, it looks like Iâm pretty compatible with empathy at least âcause Iâve already gotten a level to it. Also, I never want to experience a mind skill again.â
âMaybe theyâre just easier to deal with when theyâre actually yours instead of being forced on you?â
âI kind of doubt that. So how were they? Are we meeting for dinner later?â
âAh, sadly no, they werenât there and I guess they wonât be back for a while so Iâm trying to swing an alternative. Donât suppose youâre interested in helping with it âcause it will probably only be a week or two of work and we should be getting paid well on top of whatever skills I can grab.â
âAs long as we arenât doing it till these two are done then sure, whatâs the plan?â
He ran her through the proposal heâd given his god and watched her eyes light up as he did.
âSounds pretty fun, guess we probably wonât have time for any exploring doing that though, will we?â
âEr, probably not, sorry.â
âDonât worry about it, any city that joins the network will be easy to travel to later on so weâll just need to see if anything catches our eyes for the future.â
He didnât want to fall into defeatism so he took the statement for what it was and tried to keep himself from thinking too deeply on whatever the future was going to hold, even if he had to fight against the tide of his minds to keep them under control.