Chapter 162

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chapter 162 the hard part hadn’t been getting the crystal itself. he already knew where a decently sized quartz boulder was from making the resistance amulets out of it, and breaking off a chunk hadn’t been too terrible, even if it took a while. no, the hard part was when he got back to fontesh’s home, sitting outside by a fire, slowly chipping away at it as he tried to make a perfect sphere, using one of his minds to learn how to craft the enchantment while forcing the others to devote themselves to making sure the crystal was made correctly the first time. his entire body ached slightly, but he wouldn’t forgive himself if he put it off to rest and ended up missing out on some job experience. even though the quests rewarding him with it were far less exciting than getting a level to a skill, he didn’t want to undervalue the benefits permanent growth bonuses provided, and the more he could get, the faster he could potentially grow, which meant he wouldn’t be putting it off if he could help it. he stared into the crystal, feeling it was as round as he’d be able to get it with the tools on hand and began polishing it to make it shine. what do you think? good enough? it’s not so bad, i just wish i had some sun. anyway, let’s get this enchantment started. trust me myriad, of everything i’ve done tonight, this will be the easy part. he tuned the rest of the world out and focused on creating the enchantment. he had a perfect image of how it was supposed to look in his mind, and since it was made from pure mana he was on the same playing field as every other enchanter for once, his almost non-existent affinities doing nothing to hold him back. it wasn’t set up like any other enchantment he’d made in the past, but that was part of what made it interesting, and left him wanting to dissect the entire thing to try and learn its secrets, but that could wait for another day. he created nodes of mana throughout the crystal, connecting them with the thinnest of threads as he went. he was sure he’d be able to make a much smaller version of the enchantment if he were to do it again, the only issue being it would need a better quality crystal than the common quartz to keep it from breaking, but that was another issue for another day. it was complete, yet felt strangely familiar. why do i recognise this? i’ve never even noticed an enchantment in the crystal before, i never looked that hard and i usually had other things on my mind. i’m telling you, something about its structure feels familiar, like i’ve seen it before. he did as his god requested, feeling that if it was important it would come to him later and let all of his options fill his mind. available jobs trap usertree tamercraftsman- alchemy pathcraftsman- artistic pathcraftsman- blacksmith pathcraftsman- cooking pathcraftsman- stonecrafts pathcraftsman- sewing pathhereticmind userholy craftsmankintankmagic item maker i don’t suppose you ever learned what kin is, did you? he sighed, that’s what he’d been worried about. neither he nor his god were exceptionally dumb, the job had appeared after his little organ transplant had resulted in a new passive skill, one that it was unlikely anyone else in the world possessed. seeing how the brand new skill resulted in a brand new job, he couldn’t help but be a little curious as to how things would change if he took it. jobs were meant to help a skill grow after all, but his was a skill without level, how exactly did that grow? even though myriad knew ben wouldn’t take it, he still warned him off. relax, i don’t plan on going for it for now. vitality: 169vitality recovery rate: 1/hrmana: 101mana recovery rate: 6/minstrength: 166agility: 85stamina: 658intelligence: 345 affinities: light: 3life: 2fire: 4water: 3air: 4earth: 2death: 3dark: 1space: 4time: 5 resistances: light: 68life: 72fire: 75water: 69air: 66earth: 81death: 78dark: 85space: 63time: 61 blessed skills: crafting lv6enchanting lv5focus lv5 passive skills: world speak+tolerance lv2sacrilege lv3complex mind lv2bindpartial demonic bodydefense enhancement lv1parallel thought lv0 active skills: dismantling lv2stealth lv1connect lv5hidden mind lv4calculate lv1knife wielder lv0hammer wielder lv0 blessings myriads blessinganailias blessing trials trial of anailia and tolona as exciting as it was to finally acquire a job that not only gave him a skill level but also a brand new skill, he was reeling from the immediate change he felt to his mind. it was like his brain had immediately strengthened, changed almost to the same scale as when he leveled up complex mind. oh jesus christ! myriad what’s going on in my head right now, things are feeling weird. okay, but what’s actually going on? wait, so if i grow it with complex mind- i’m already level six? definitely part of it. i figured since i don't struggle too much leveling up mind skills even without any job bonus i’ll be able to level up the ones i have and learn some new ones easily enough, but i also have one other thing to take advantage of. namely you. i’m in your realm most nights anyway so i basically have twice the time to work on my skills, completing it should be a breeze. might being the keyword. i’m hopeful that improving my ability to think as a whole will help me come up with some solutions i might not have seen before. if i complete this as quickly as i think i will then even if i’m wrong it’s not a big loss.

Chapter 162

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