Chapter 709
Hearing the shop door open and signaling that morning came, Ben and all of his homunculi put down their work to turn and smile at Thera, getting a far colder reaction in return.
“Ben, I’m pretty sure you agreed you wouldn’t be putting such an insane level of strain on your soul again until after it was healed.”
“Ah, right, this. You don’t need to worry, I got it all fixed up. Not only was Falk able to do it, he was even able to make me a thing to lower the odds of it happening again,” He explained, showing off the enchantment on one of his bracelets and letting her relax.
“Okay, I guess that’s good then as long as you haven’t been using it as an excuse to push your soul even harder.”
“...”
“Of course you are,” She sighed before holding up a hand. “Okay, I’m not going to say anything. It’s your body and your soul, if you’re going to destroy both then that’s up to you.”
“I really, really do promise that I intend to be done doing this soon. If I keep up this pace, I think it will only be a little over a week until I’m done with this job and then I’ll probably never need to do this again. At least not on anything close to this scale. Plus I’ll be able to swing things to clear out not only my job list but so many others too. Yours, Sonya’s, Sachel’s, Amy, Jake, Will, Steph; really most of the people I care about who don’t have third-tier options. And even if I can’t completely clear out your lists, I’ll at least be able to put some good dents in them.”
“Ha, and as much as I appreciate you wanting to help me too, focus on the others whenever you manage it. I literally just took my last second-tier one, it would be a huge waste to get you to help me finish my easy ones. Hell, even working through master spirit mage has been going quick enough that it would be a waste to get your help in finishing it. I should be done in a few weeks tops.”
“Sure, but then you’ll be getting a few more,” He pointed out. “It’s probably a normal master job so you should be guaranteed at least one advanced branch but if I’m right, and I always am, that’s your fifth master job. When you finish it, you’ll be getting access to master of all.”