Chapter 497
Chapter 498 of "Chaotic Craftsman Worships The Cube" starts the action: The next couple hours of flying were relatively peaceful, at least for himself. He tweaked... Find out what happens!
The next couple hours of flying were relatively peaceful, at least for himself. He tweaked and modified the enchantments as he went, getting them to the perfect balance of both comfortable for the user while still accomplishing their designed task, ending up with a final product just a little better than it started, with the main change being the mind split it caused became a bit more bearable for those feeling its effects, even if he couldn't keep himself from thinking that two of his test subjects were just being unreasonably whiny by the end, especially compared to the motivation Sachel gave him when they finally reached the gate."Whenever you get back, is this something I could afford if I wanted to buy one?" She asked, not seeing her companions' surprised looks at wanting something they couldn't help but find extremely unpleasant, even after the improvements to it. "I feel like I just learned more in the last few hours than I have after weeks of reading in the past."
Ben put a hand on her shoulder, a warm yet serious look in his eyes when he spoke.
"Sachel, I just want you to know that stuff like this is why you're my favourite in your party. By a large margin."
"Um, thanks?"
"You can keep the one you're wearing, free of charge. I only need two anyway so since the others don't seem like they're going to want them you're good. Hope it helps you with your practice."
While the material cost for it might have been expensive for a normal person, compared to other things he'd make it really wasn't that much, incorporating just a bit of mythril for powering the relatively mana-light enchantment placed upon it. For him, it was nothing hard to give up, especially considering who he was giving it to.
He laughed to himself.
Before he could retort, they ended up at their destination and the city where the meeting would be held to see where the world wanted them to fight. They'd arrived at warrior's tower.
It was a place he didn't have too much interest in, at least not compared to the magic towers or craftsman's tower before the city had fallen to ruins, for the simple fact that there wasn't much there to stroke his interest. While he had some curiosity about the tower that gave the place its name stretching into the sky, he doubted he'd be seeing any design choices on the enchantments that powered it that he wouldn't be seeing on any of the others.
Unlike other places where people would live, warrior's tower was a city built from the ground up for a single purpose; for people to come and train to fight. Everywhere he looked, Ben was seeing buildings and rings dedicated to letting people hone their combat skills, with the only shops in sight being ones that sold either equipment or potions.
More eye-catching than any of that though was what sat near the heart of the city, right beside the tower that gave it its name. A giant stone coliseum was there, ready to host any extravagant event the city might hold, or in their case, the meeting spot to learn where they'd be ending up.
With their destination in sight, even from afar, they first found the embassy for Anailia to drop the cart off before walking the streets, aiming for that landmark as everyone took in the sights that came with a new place, with Ben using the location as a chance to make new skill rings.
With a crowded city like that, there was always a good chance he'd find a handful of rare ones he didn't already have in his library and he had no issue taking them as he reached out with deep connection, happy to see just what was on offer.
"Thera, come with me. The rest of you just wait here for a bit, would you?"
He didn't give them time to respond, instead taking his girlfriend’s hand and dragging her off, turning around to follow another person walking the streets.
An unassuming man of some mix of races he couldn't begin to guess at, it was someone who would never have caught his eye if it weren't for the murmurs going through his head when Ben had connected to him and after using his power to dig through his memories to confirm it wasn't just a silly thought he had no choice but to act in the face of what he was seeing. The man had someone locked in their basement.
He said, leaving his god to process what he'd heard as he connected to Thera to discreetly pass on a different message.
He didn't get the chance to try and explain, she was already casting her spell before he could finish and he watched as the ground rose up around the man, gently pushing others away as the kidnapper was left encased in walls that were meters thick, blocking a good portion of the street in order to keep him trapped.
There was a group gathering to see what happened but as far as he was concerned it wasn't remotely his problem so he and Thera slipped away from the growing crowd, back to their companions who were all well aware of whose fault that was.