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Chapter 1305 - A Brief Tutorial & A Tunnel Mound
🕑 Added 2026-02-13 10:12:06 +0000 UTCTutorial.
Truthfully, Miranda couldn’t say she had performed that well in hers. In fact, no one had. Her Tutorial had been, in general, downright average, with no real standouts. The most impressive person had probably been Hank, with his construction experience.
Seeing as her Tutorial had effectively been a base-defense kind of deal, his skills had come in handy to make sure they could hold on and handle the waves of monsters coming to try to kill them. Miranda had never tried to go beyond their starting area or explore the entire Tutorial area, or anything like that. She had just wanted to survive alongside Hank and his family.
Entering the Tutorial the second time around, things were very different for several reasons. Miranda never read much of the story trope herself, but she believed this was effectively what people called a regression, and with that came many inherent advantages, such as knowing the future and entering with all the experience she’d gained the first time around.
This was probably even more overpowered than a mere regression, since she only had to do the Tutorial. Though there was one slight complication: the goal.
Administrator Test has commenced. Stage one: the Tutorial.
Objective: Clear the Tutorial within thirty (30) days. All experience gained is doubled. Class, profession, and skill selection set based on prior choices made.
The original Tutorial had a duration of 63 days, give or take. Now, they had only half that, but with experience doubled, which should make up for much of the lost time. In addition, Miranda had one other huge advantage: four assistants who had entered the Tutorial with her that weren’t there initially.
Experiencing the Tutorial all over again was weird, to say the least. Miranda had spawned in the same place as the first time, surrounded by familiar faces, some of whom were now dead. They all acted so real, probably because this simulated reality was as real as it could get.
It didn’t take long for Miranda to purposefully dissociate these simulacra and not engage with them, but instead focus solely on completing her task as quickly as possible to pass this stage of the test. She didn’t want to think too much or risk getting any kind of emotional connections with people who would effectively stop existing within a month.
Immediately, several methods were available to clear the Tutorial. One was to make use of the other Tutorial Attendees. They also all got twice the experience gain, and what’s more, it was confirmed that they could all pick different classes and professions, meaning if Miranda was skilled at guiding them towards specific Paths, she could likely have ended up with quite the competent helpers.
But again, Miranda didn’t choose this method; she instead relied solely on her four allies. Well, mostly three of them for the majority of it, seeing as one of them wasn’t that helpful in the beginning. She still fondly recalled witnessing the grand Northpeak Wyvern immediately after entering the Tutorial, as she found herself with three other humanoids... and a small lizard. A iguana, to be precise.
Yeah, definitely not the most useful in the beginning, but he grew up pretty quickly, and at least he had retained his full mental capabilities despite turning into a state where he originally didn’t have any real sapience. As a monster, he also had some innate advantages, such as Tutorial creatures in general not attacking him, meaning he could serve as a scout and find the objectives beyond defending the starting base.
Her decision not to include the original Tutorial Attendees was likely wasteful and suboptimal, but Miranda felt too weird about using them. They felt too real, so with mainly herself, Lillian, William, and Holstred, she ventured away from the safety of the base with their little iguana friend serving as a scout.
Miranda hadn’t been strong at all during the Tutorial the first time around. While she was definitely better now, she realized how much she still sucked. As a basic caster, she had no way to pull off any of her witch magic, which was all she’d trained in, making her incredibly useless.
Lillian was a bit better, but the magic she had trained in was also less than optimal. Lucenti magic was also inherently mystical in nature, and she didn’t have the ability to pull anything impressive off either. Sure, if they had been this “talented” in their original Tutorials, they would have been prodigies, but they certainly weren’t with the current company they were keeping.
Holstred was honestly a beast. Perhaps due to his servile demeanor, she’d forgotten that he was a genius of his own planet during his Tutorial. Now, with all the experience of a B-grade, he surpassed the classification of merely being a genius and became a true master who easily cleaved down all the monsters that dared come near. Yet, despite his extreme level of skill, he ended up spending most of the simulated Tutorial defending Miranda and Lillian. Not even because they needed a defender that badly, but due to their final party member.
Miranda had kind of started to think that casters were just disadvantaged in this kind of regression scenario compared to those relying on martial skills. To pull off complex magic, one needed the required mana and a certain level of mana detection, something that simply came with levels and evolutions. Meanwhile, being good with a weapon was being good with a weapon.
However, William shut down that assumption entirely.
If Holstred was a master swordsman, William was a force of nature. Miranda and Lillian were both decently skilled casters, but they hadn’t been anywhere near geniuses initially. William, on the other hand, had always been a prodigy when it came to mana control, and now, with his experience as a B-grade, he could have easily completed this entire first stage of the Administrator Test on his own.
William didn’t look very happy about the situation at all, though. Miranda knew his history, and it was clear that being back in a Tutorial didn’t bring back any happy memories. He was quiet and just seemed like he wanted to get out of there as quickly as possible, which he certainly worked hard to accomplish.
In the end, it took them twenty-five days out of the thirty to reach the D-grade boss of the Tutorial, though they could have definitely been faster if Miranda hadn’t insisted on ensuring they wouldn’t lose anyone in the final fight. By that point, all of them were around level 60 to 70, with Holstred at level 70 and William at level 75, as he had been the one doing most of the killing. Jake had been around level 65 when he fought the King of the Forest back in his Tutorial, and Miranda had wanted them to at least surpass that.
Something that really turned out to be unnecessary.
Miranda’s Tutorial was not like Jake’s. Its overall difficulty was far inferior, and the last boss was so much weaker it was almost comical. The grand confrontation with the mighty D-grade ended up lasting just shy of thirty seconds, with William and Holstred absolutely slaughtering the poor boss.
With that, the first part of the Administrator Test was passed, though Miranda remained unsure what they were being tested on. It had seemed way too easy to simply complete the simulated Tutorial, but perhaps that was only because of having the assistants she’d chosen.
After the first test was done, the five found themselves back in the Seat of the Exalted Prima once more, with one of them especially happy to have returned.
“Truly a horrendous experience,” the wyvern said, shaking his head as he stretched, now back in his humanoid form. “I only had memories of my time with such a form, so truly experiencing it myself was familiar, yet it also felt like I wasn’t in my own body.”
“I do wonder how this testing stage works with other monsters, especially those who were born naturally at a higher stage,” Miranda said, having considered this throughout the Tutorial. What if she had brought someone like Vesperia, who had been born as a C-grade? Wait... what if Jake had been able to participate in this system event and brought along the Forest King? Would there have been two of the same Unique Lifeforms? What if the Forest King himself had been an Administrator Candidate? Things could have quickly gotten trippy. Then again, chances were they simply wouldn’t have entered a “real” Tutorial but something else entirely.
“In my opinion, we were lucky with the challenge we faced,” Holstred said. “The difficulty was low due to the below-average judged potential by the system during that Tutorial. Mine was far harder. Ah, I naturally meant no offense; I was merely making an observation.”
The knight was incredibly apologetic, but Miranda waved him off. “None taken. My Tutorial was indeed on the easier side, and I wasn’t increasing the average much, if at all, since I wasn’t the most competent back then. Still not the best, but I’ve gotten better.”
She looked over at William and wanted to say something, but he still looked a bit in his own world, having definitely had to confront a lot of internal struggles during the test. He would definitely need another session with that psychologist woman he sometimes visited.
Regarding the next stage of this Administrator Test, it would begin when the original thirty days for the first test expired, meaning they had a few days to spend inside the Seat of the Exalted Prima. They were entirely sealed off within, unable to contact anyone, including their gods, but that didn’t mean they were bored.
Spending three and a half weeks going from level 0 to closing in on D-grade had been an incredibly valuable experience that was almost like a reward in itself. Losing all their skills and being able to experiment without relying on them had given them newfound inspiration to improve their current abilities, really showing the value of a simulation like this.
It was no doubt all the top factions wanted it, if this was just a taste of what it could do.
The days thus passed as they all practiced and discussed strategy for the next Administrator Test, and when it was time to start the next stage, they once more went onto the platform that sent them into the simulated world.
During their discussions, the general consensus was that the next test would likely focus on the time immediately after the Tutorial. That seemed like the logical next step.
Oh, how wrong they were.
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Being what was effectively a diplomatic prisoner was definitely a new and novel scenario that Jake hadn’t thought he would ever see himself experience. Mainly because he was the kind of person who would rather try to kill anything and everyone rather than be taken prisoner.
Yet he’d agreed to the Arachnec’s “demand” to follow him back to the Nest. The likely reason Jake wasn’t hating the situation was that the undead spider had been awfully polite when inviting him, not really making Jake feel like he was being forced along.
Which, technically, he wasn’t. Jake could try to run at any time, and he was still fairly confident he could succeed should he attempt a daring escape. At least for now. When he got to the Nest, where he reckoned there was bound to be at least one A-grade, he wasn’t as confident.
It was definitely risky, but Jake was also incredibly curious to learn more about the Arachnecs and see this Nest, so he followed along willingly. To be clear, he was still very much friends with the Venusians. They were his frog pals, and no undead spiders were going to come between them.
“I find it hard to determine whether the level displayed upon using Identify on you is accurate or not,” the Archweaver said, speaking for the first time after they’d already been flying for more than ten minutes, with Jake following after the Arachnec.
“Why?” Jake asked, though he already had a good idea, but he would prefer for the Arachnec to spell it out.
“Your speed. Evidently, the Venusians were slowing you down before. I had initially judged you to be the weakest link in that group, but it appears not,” the high-tier B-grade said.
“I’ll take that as a compliment, and for the record, my level displayed is very much accurate,” Jake said, once more being totally okay with all the natives of this world getting the impression that humans were all some incredibly powerful creatures.
“Are all humans as powerful as you, or are you a variant of some form?”
Jake took a moment to consider how honest he wanted to be before eventually just giving the same spiel he’d given the Shaman when he’d asked the exact same thing. Again, it wasn’t as if Jake could stop this race from ever making contact with the outside world, and they would eventually learn that humans came in many forms, pretty much all of them weaker than Jake. Technically, Jake was the only superior variant of human, so he could argue he was at the very top.
Their flight continued mainly in silence; the Archweaver was definitely less talkative than the Shaman. It did observe him carefully throughout their flight, though, as if trying to glean some secret from his body. Jake also felt the Archweaver’s magic, which significantly increased their flight speed, in addition to trying to subtly probe him, but it didn’t achieve much.
Jake mostly ignored the undead spider's attempts, thinking that if the undead spider wanted to know anything, it could bloody well just ask. Jake took this time to get a proper look as they got further into Arachnec territory, flying directly for the Nest. At least Jake thought they did, but soon something else caught his attention.
In the distance, something felt off. They were heading for an empty area, but when Jake looked there, something told him what he saw wasn’t entirely right. Narrowing his eyes, Jake also activated Sight of the Boundless Horizon, and when he did, his vision shifted, allowing him to see the truth.
A mountain, or perhaps a large hill, appeared, made entirely of bone, stitched flesh, and webbing. Except at its top, where a familiar-looking worm-like growth sprouted up, with a far larger than average eye at its end. This worm moved around erratically, looking in different directions, but the moment Jake focused on it, it spun around and stared directly at him as Jake used Identify.
[Arachnec Guardian Monitor – lvl 499]
Peak B-grade, though even from this distance, the creature didn’t strike him as more powerful than the Archweaver. In fact, it felt significantly weaker. Still far stronger than Jake with its massive level advantage, but definitely a far easier target if Jake had to somehow try to take it down.
“Your Perception rivals or surpasses that of Monitors many levels beyond your own,” the Archweaver said, having realized Jake saw through the illusion. “That, or you have skills allowing you to peer through illusions. Likely a combination of both.”
“I do like Perception,” Jake said, deciding not to accurately state that Perception was indeed the best stat, as he honestly didn’t want to get into that kind of discussion right now with the bone mound so close.
“Like? A statement implying stat allocation is partly by choice for your race. Interesting,” the Archweaver said, definitely getting more out of Jake’s words than he intended to reveal. He’d kind of forgotten that a lot of monsters had little to no Free Points given, but had all their stats automatically allocated upon gaining levels.
“What is this place?” Jake asked, changing the topic as he looked at their destination. “It’s not a Nest, that I can tell.”
“It is not,” the Archweaver confirmed. “This is what we refer to as a Tunnel Mound. If you are familiar with the Venusians, it functions similarly to the teleportation network they’ve set up between villages, though on a smaller scale. All of them connect to the Nest.”
Jake nodded, also suddenly understanding how these Arachnecs could claim such large territories. Assuming all of their kin were spawned in these Nests, it would take a long time for them to travel to outer territories, but if they had these weird things that were effectively long-range teleporters.
Based on how Jake saw Arachnecs streaming out of the Tunnel Mound, it looked like they were trying to replenish the losses from Jake’s hunt. That, or they just always had this much of a run on their teleporters.
“Aren’t they a safety hazard?” Jake asked, looking at the structure – a term he used very loosely. “What if the Venusians claim one of these Tunnel Mounds?”
“It would achieve nothing but waste the resources of creating one. The Tunnel Mound is like a limb of the Nest, relying on its will to operate. It can be cut off at any moment, rendering it useless,” the Archweaver answered, looking at Jake. “Despite having hunted my kin alongside the Venusians, you seem wholly ignorant about many things. Did they not share this knowledge with you? Curious why they didn’t.”
Jake ignored the Arachnecs clear intent to sow discord as they approached the Tunnel Mound. There were undead spiders everywhere, hundreds of them staring at him, but none moved towards him. He guessed it was due to the magic the Archweaver was using on him, which seemed to not only increase his speed but also make the other undead recognize him as one of their own.
Landing in front of the large Tunnel Mound, they entered a cave leading to its insides, which were quite nasty to say it nicely. Definitely not the kind of place for those faint of heart.
The Nest is definitely not going to be better, is it? he asked himself as they walked toward a dark pit in the center of the Tunnel Mound with undead spiders already crawling out of it.
Comments
Chloe
Tyftc
Joshua Little
Thanks for the chapter.
JW Saxby
Tftc 🍻
Brian Block
It was discussed ages ago, sometime soon after the tutorial. The system injects credits into the economy in various ways, and merchants and others like them, have skills/quests/something that allows them to create credits as well. I assume there are millions of other ways, especially for the great factions and empires, to create credits. Also, remember the discussion when he was heading to the order for the first time that not all credits are created equal. Credits from the 93rd universe were massively more valuable in the beginning than multiverse credits.
Madisyn
I have a question, that just popped up in head. Everyone got credits while in the tutorial, but is that the only way credits came to be? Because if you sell stuff to others they would use their credits. So after the tutorial there is a finite number of credits that only diminish as more people die. Or is there another way to get credits that I didn’t notice?
Jeryd Greer
This well written. Start a RR account and write deeply specific lore of the imagine Brjenness interview series.
Alejandro Mora
Just as Jake's energy has aspects of creation and destruction, will the energy of his bloodline, apart from origin, also have an end aspect?
Josie
I like to imagine that no matter how big or powerful Villy gets, our snek still enjoys a good heat lamp. It's my absurd headcanon that he's lounging under one while watching his favorite livestream
Michael
I’m glad Zog is not doing the weekend cliffhangers
Lynderyn
Interesting Friday cliff
Michael
He thought he had no chances against any of those guys, but he thought he could escape
brjenness
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Biggy smalls
It probably wouldn't be possible since Eversmile can only use it on less powerful individuals. Considering the Multiversal level influence FS still has (without most even knowing about it). I doubt he'd have had the power to erase him from history. Villy also noted that Eversmile can learn about FS if he follows enough breadcrumbs back to him.
Chris Connolly
Random completely off topic question: have we considered that the first sage being forbidden knowledge is because eversmile used his transcendence to make it so? Maybe even under a similar agreement he had with Villy to kill him?
Josie
Jacob is gonna be derping hard until he gets his Augur profession again lol
Josie
My old theory that Jake is growing exponentially and will slay his first god mid S is looking more plausible. He's a baby B and feels good about his chances for taking down a Peak B. Utterly broken boy
Endern
So what if the tests are the previous System Events? The next one would be the Treasure Hunt with the Monarch of Blood as the boss and with Jake and SS as the competition. Also William, Holstred and Northpeak Wyvern haven't experienced it yet. Would be fun to see how they approach it.
Eden
I find it ironic, how jake and mirandas roles are flipped atm lol, shes off hunting getting steonger ect, while jakr is forced to do diplomatic shit
brjenness
Bertrand should be a badass in this scenario. trained before integration and trained by church. should be similar to nonsystem pro fighter or high tier operator vs untrained desk jockeys.
brjenness
akkkkssschuallllyyy, he evolved from gecko to chameleon to iguana to wyvern
brjenness
OK...not trusting random internet strangers, I checked book 12 somewhere not to far before page 178 and confirmed that wyvern told jake he was an iguana. Mondays chap will begin with miranda asking wyvern why he told jake he was an iguana and he confesses he thought they were cooler than geckos.
Baged
I did
Dhia
i wonder if the arachnecs and the venusians are so against each other the arachnecs prefer coffee over tea
Anonymous
There's a solid 50% chance that they serve Jake mushrooms
brjenness
I was hoping someone else would fess up first but... Holsted spent most of his time defending, not because they needed defending, but because of the third member of the party... who else thought for at least a few seconds that William went horror movie villain again?
tigerfishie
Tyftc!
Patty O’Cartnoy
Are you sure that you're not getting that from Jake calling him an iguana snarkily, or just taking a guess, or something like that? You might be right, I don't remember. Just throwing the possibility out there
Rewdan
I’m not sure I’d like to go for tea with the undead spiders
Rewdan
Thanks Zogarth for a great weeks reading
brjenness
i'm thinking it has to do with both strength and helping others gain strength. which makes me think miranda oopsied a little by not bringing some of the npc's along. no idea how zog is going to play this out.
Josie
So is the WW itself gonna be everyone doing a simulated level 0 Battle Royale?
Gabe Stankiewicz
Hey Zogarth, I thought the wyvern was an iguana, not a gecko when he was on earth during the tutorial? There’s also no way Miranda would ever mistake an iguana for a gecko. Just an observation! Either way, I don’t really care. I laughed my ass off at the big bad wyvern turning into a little lizard so thank you for the laugh and thank you for the chapter!! 💜🙏
Lemonsqueezy
Zog often has references or influences from other stories. A lot of anime stuff like how DBZ is written. So it is entirely possible that he got influence from that.
joel southard
Thank you for the chapter.
Lemonsqueezy
That and he really doesn't level fast. He has so many stipulations on what he gets experience for. The creatures have to be higher level than him and even then they have to pose a challenge. Jake also gets diminishing returns when he fights the same creatures over and over. This is balanced by making each level Jake gets boosts his power significantly. Jake is built to fight things a lot more powerful than he is, so the system requires him to do just that.
Island Relics
I always love seeing more Miranda!!! Could I please have more
Lemonsqueezy
My comments about your suggestions in order: It natural speaking people tend to be redundant when they speak. It doesn't need to be there, but it isn't exactly wrong for it to be said. I think Zog was referring to the LitRPG, SciFy, or fantasy genres of stories. It is a little vague but that is what I think he meant. Group of helpers, or just drop the "the" making it "ended up with quite competent helpers" Yeah this one is weird. Maybe "I am still not, but I have gotten better" That or "Jake mostly ignored the undead spider's attempts" "Their" is correct. The spider is referring to the Venusians teleportation.
Lemonsqueezy
Well that is mean. I like it.
Lemonsqueezy
Many ex-girlfriends/lovers come to mind. I learned that drinking tequila is probably something I should only do when I am at home.
Lemonsqueezy
At least it wasn't a cliffhanger that made us all calling him an asshole lol. I think this one was a good end of the week cliffhanger.
Lemonsqueezy
Eh, Jake absolutely dominated his tutorial. We would have also had a lot more chapters about this and do we really want to relive book one? Also there was already the Nevermore chapter where Jake was in a situation where he was regressed back to level 1. It seems that the chosen tutorial was based on the leader of the group (Miranda's tutorial in this case). If Jake did this it would be his tutorial which the objective was to become the leader of everyone alive in the tutorial. Which Jake would have almost immediately became because of his skills and established role, and who he would have brought with him. The chapter stated that Jake would have brought the Forest King (natural D-Grade), maybe Syphie (who was born as a D or C grade i cannot remember), Vespa (may or may not have joined), and who knows who else who were born naturally way too strong to make the tutorial even a challenge. With Jake being the only surviving member of his original tutorial it would mean that he would probably just immediately kill everyone and everything on the map as soon as it began. The Forest king alone would have made this process take a couple days max. The other option would have just been to go and immediately kill the tutorial Forest King and the 4 other champions if needed. TL;DR: I don't think it would have been a very interesting chapter for Jake to do this.
brjenness
first sage has determined the time is right to rejoin the universe without dominating it too much.
brjenness
I think people would realize that jake is both more monstrous and more multi-faceted then they previously believed as they fail to come close to his score. and respect for hus teammates would also increase.
Fylbrom
Maybe it was a geko before an iguana and just wasn't smart enough to remember? Lol or Zog forgot. But you are correct. When we first meet the Wyvern when Jake finally talks with it, yes, he describes his early system days as an iguana.
Fylbrom
Pipe down there Jr. Marine, there is no need to get all boogity just because the comment section isn't as 'clean' as you want. People will be people, worry about yourself. 🤣
MarineDebris
People, authors have editors for a reason. Every day, there are people commenting "fixes" for the chapter and/or story, whether corrections on word usage, or on the story itself. That said, I'm not sure if any of you read a certain author's note-maybe a year or so ago-where Zog basically told everyone that does this to shut the fuck up about what he writes or don't read his shit, but I'll save you the trouble. Stop trying to correct him. You're not his editor. This is not your story. If you want a story that caters to your OCD, write it yourself. That is all.
BumAssBumAss
I feel like it would've been an interesting character moment for Jake to revisit his tutorial. He doesn't ignore 'npc' characters after all. A shame
Carl Never
First
Carl Never
I have a friend i send spider pictures and she throws her phone untill someone else deletes the picture i really want to read this to her
RonGAR
When in history has going down into a stinky hole improved one's outlook on things to come? LOL
Alexandre8901
Tftc
Joken
Will the world wonder let you simulate other life experiences as well? First they got to experience why would have happened if there life before the integration would have taken a different path and how that would have changed their integration. Jake got his other Jake out of that experience. Now for the administration question, some people get to relive their tutorial. What do you think would happen, if Jake and the others would get the chance to relive their nevermore experience? And get benefits and improvements out of it?
Mrburns93
Does anyone else find it suspicious that jakes bloodline and Jake juice is about seeking the origin while at the same time the world wonder is about seeking the origin as well? We've seen a few of these simulations now and they all seem to focus on going back to the beginning. The origin of a choice, the origin of one's time in the system. It seems well aligned to Jake. Is that just coincidence or is the system attempting to use Jake to find something. Also I believe the "faction" that attempted to kidnap Jake in the void may have been the system. The system takes the souls of the dead to recycle right? And it was confirmed dead god who attacked. And what ever force behind the kidnapping attempt can hide even from primordials? It may not even be the system but a church that worships the system like the primordial church but for the system. Imagine the weird skills they would get. Also I am extremely excited for this regression to jakes tutorial. I hope its like yelsten in how long it is
Sylphie
Ree!
Narvendel
Any clunk may be intentional as these creatures likely do not benefit from social aptitude and have an alien (likely Zerg-like from what I've seen) mentality from humans
Devin Trero
If I remember correctly, didn't the wyvern say it started as an iguana?
beeve
Journey before destination
CallHimDan
Doublecliff, fantastic
Yiskah
Zogarth: "“Like? A statement inferring stat allocation is partly by choice for your race" Infer is something the listner does. (Gleem information reading between the lines) Imply is what the speaker does. (Offer info between the lines not outright stated). So you sentence ought to be: “Like? A statement which implies stat allocation is partly by choice for your race" Or “Like? A statement from which I can infer that stat allocation is partly by choice for your race" Except both of those sound clunky and you should write something better.
beeve
Thought we might get a little more on Jake today but that’s okay
Quantainium C
It would probably be a king of the hill type event for some sort of natural resource.
IntenseSushi
Tftc
Episode 19
tyftc
djthomp
I wonder what this experience would be for an Administrator Candidate that didn't have a tutorial at all. There's got to be plenty of them across the universe that either had the monster style experience with the integration or came into being one way or another after it. If the common guess is right that they're doing each participant's in sequence maybe we'll see when they get to the lizard.
Sean
Hey at least it isn’t a water level with mushrooms…
Xander
TFTC :) Not arguing in the slightest about the "in Venus" thing. I think its just the fact that the word is Venus. If it was phrased "in this minor world" it wouldnt seem odd. Similarly if it was phrased "mission in Earth" it would sound odd. Quirk of my brain i guess. I though the Wyvern evolved from an Iguana? Oh and my call for the next part of mirandas trial is "The Treasure Hunt" :) Hopefully she doesnt pussy out this time and gets stuck in to the head vampire. Have a great weekend all and I'll see you bright and early on Monday :) Suggested edits: "tried to go *beyond their starting area* and *had not tried to explore the entire Tutorial area* " Redundant. Both of these mean pretty much the same thing. Suggest dropping everything after "starting area" and putting "even" before tried just to clear it up a little. "Miranda never read any of the genre herself, " no clue what this is supposed to mean. Sorry if im missing something obvious. "ended up with quite the competent ** helpers." probably just me again but missing words "group of" " Still *isn’t*, but I’ve gotten better" Because Miranda is refering to herself this should be "don't" "Mostly ** ignored the undead spider’s attempts" missing word "Jake" "it functions similarly to *their* teleportation" i think this should be "the"
brjenness
poor miranda having to slaughter vicious but adorable little geckos
KenTX325
I thought he was originally an iguana. But maybe level 1 means gecko.
ZMVPJ
I really hope they go into each of the tutorials of the people miranda has brought
Siethrobo
2 Cliffs in one chapter? It must be Friday
Aritra Gupta
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Daniel
Geico should sponsor this chapter.
Jared Bell
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brjenness
Funny to me Jake realizing he's struggling to level as fast as his close friends because of his buddy boost ability.
Xerecs
Would be nice to get some full chapters focused on the event instead of split half chapters.
brjenness
Expand. Nordic makes me picture giant men jumping off ships and charging into larger armies to whip their asses. Not arguing, just never heard that statement before. Dammit, now you'll have my mind running in circles all day thinking about the concepts of safety and security.
Goa
Tftc. It seems you have the nordic classic of confusing safety with security.
John Durrett
Hmmm... a gecko that is intelligent, is a terrific scout and wants to be an Administrator...sounds like the Evolution of Geiko! Will find you the best insurance deals on the planet or the MultiVerse!
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Damascus
Not one to complain but I was hoping for a bigger tutorial regression arc that stretched for a couple of chapters. Would have been cool.
brjenness
Lol...if I was zog and everybody was right about it being an iguana, I would be tempted to edit the earlier description and then come here and say, "nope. It said lizard."
Arieh Sochaczevski
Thanks for the chapter! I was hoping he’d make friends, but when I started imagining that tunnel… I’m not so sure anymore.
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Vega
Thanks for the chapter! As a bit of a suggested edit for the sake of continuity, I recall the Wyvern as having been evolved from an iguana, instead of a gecko.
brjenness
Yeah, undead spiders. Name a creepier combo.
brjenness
Who was valdema? Oh nevermind. Valdemar. Why doesn't that look right? Valdimar? That doesn't look right either. Meh, doesn't matter. Cocky guy with an axe. I assume that's who you mean.
JJB4345_80_815
Yes, thank you for the chappy Zogarth!
Clint
And deal with a sim Jake…
Mateo Lopez
I definitely remember the wyvern being an iguana. I’ll just write it off as Miranda not knowing her lizards.
Erebos
Can someone explain why Jake doesn't have to participate in the first phase? Is it because he's already a Prima Administrator? It would be funny to see him go into the inner zone of his tutorial with the absolute minimum level, kill the four Beast Lords with a stealth attack, and then destroy the king at level 25 to 35. Like Valdema in Nevermore.
Samuel Nelson
I'm getting"Love, Death, and Robot" vibes. Zogie, are you good? Thanks for the chapter!
Loststar7
Thanks for the chapter and happy Friday the 13th everyone. I thought the North Peak Wyvern told Jake he was an iguana not a gecko but that could just be Miranda not knowing the difference.
David Vieira
Only reason William fought Jake was because he killed everyone. If they take care of Richard, and gather everyone, the tutorial is not so bad. They still have to defeat the 4 dungeons and then the King of the forest
Bluejay
Thanks for the chapter
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David Vieira
So each party member tutorial? Miranda was definitely the most chill, We know Holstred was hard. Lilian had Donald and Abby making everyone a living hell, the Wyvern might be excluded, and William was the hardest. That said William itself was what made it so deadly. Problem is they have to fight the King of the Forest.
ButterflEye
There going to have to go to each party member’s tutorial meaning they have to fight Jake is my best guess
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Shai182
TFTC!
Rahsheem Reid
This whole trip is nightmare fuel.
Misa
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C0bra$
Thank u for the story
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