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CH1003

🕑 Added 2026-01-08 10:38:32 +0000 UTC

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Napalm078

'and instead pushed through what had very much been a pull door to the mayor’s office' >:) '“Hmm, interesting thought,” Ben said as he closed the distance between them, rendering the desk the mayor sat behind into nothing but dust and effortlessly picked up the man by his collar.' >:D Yee, past trauma mmmm. Thank you for the chapter :D

RSmerlinious0

Maybe he'll force them to live in the swamp

Mare Matthews

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy method of governance. Ok, actually not on any level of detail, but Douglas Adams would have approved of this chaos.

Mare Matthews

That watcher is Myriad. Who has every bit as much capacity of stopping Ben as anyone not named Thera does in any universe. And how is “Hey, I’m going to take the moral high ground and it’s not going to cost these guys anything because I’m creating it out of my own mana” unhinged?? He’s not about to displace the innocent citizens of the city. He just might be commandeering the land of a few officials, but all of them would just be getting the results they were content to enforce on others….

Mare Matthews

Swamps are part of the ecosystem. If they aren’t stagnant, taking them out has long term negative effects on the environment.

Matias Rojas

Don't know if it's allowed but here you go https://discord.gg/enEUBfbVTg

Mare Matthews

I like that we’re also getting a contrast between how Ben treats mortals he thinks are abusing their authority and how he’s currently treating the gods. In the latter case, it’s something that has been escalating over years, multiplied by the simple fact Be. genuinely believes the gods SHOULD be better. As has been pointed out, working with less Myriad has always tried to be fair (if a little underhanded about the “Apostle” thing). The other gods, therefore, should be held to the same standard.

Corvusamous

I'm not entirely sure he isnt going to try to move everyone to stonewall. It would be a dick move on his part if he didn't talk to the Mayor first but still

Archer

Anyone able share an invite for the Discord?

Barkeep

Dudes going to build a better nicer well defended enchanted city in two days. ~~ with hookers and beer! - bender~~

Matias Rojas

I like the fact that Ben went out of his way to personally complain to the mayor. He could have simply said "No, I'm not building a city on a swamp" the moment he looked into the guild master's mind, and could have built the city on a better plot instead, without ever telling the mayor. He'd be pissed, yes, but what is he gonna do? Demolish an entire city built by a third tier, that also happens to be an apostle? And what about the people living in the new city? They'd desperately want to protect their new homes, so it would turn into a civil war if the mayor tried something.

blucube 14

Thanks for the chapter! Oh he's gonna make them a city nicer then the original isn't he lol.

Carl Mason

It should (probably) be fairly simple for Ben and Thera to rebuild that swamp into a clean lake and recover some solid land from it. It would also mean a reliable water source once they did.

ReadingObsessed

A city the major could never visit

Michael Hughes

Yes, build them a fantastic city out of spite. Let the mayor and those like him seethe in bitter envy at what they could have had if they had welcomed the immigrants instead of segregating them. Truly, spite is the emotion that can motivate the evil god to altruism. I love it. See you next time.

Schmidt

Can’t wait for him to awaken his crafting by making a city

Schmidt

Sometimes people are just unimportant enough that you don’t need to. Although in this world it is always interesting what new creatures turnip comes up with

Michigo

At this point the gods should REALLY nominate a dedicated Ben-watcher. They rightfully fear unhinged-Ben. Hence it's in everybodys best interest to avoid the "unhinged" part from showing up because of BS like this.