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Chapter 1239 - Dragonslayer
🕑 Added 2025-10-28 12:13:49 +0000 UTCJake entered meditation and allowed his senses of the world to fade away, which also had the lucky side-effect of removing any sense of pain. This allowed Jake to focus fully on recovery while also going through his system messages, of which he had quite a few.
He also reflected a bit on his conversation with the aunt of Yrelstromoz and noted that she called him a Dragonslayer towards the end. In truth, he had found that a bit odd, especially the way she’d said it.
It sounded like both praise and a slight warning at the same time. He had found it pretty damn weird, at least until he saw his system notifications and saw one sitting there right at the top. He hadn’t even noticed it before now… but apparently, Dragonslayer was an actual system-recognized title.
Title Gained: [Dragonslayer]
[Dragonslayer] – Slay a dragon. This title marks you as someone who has successfully slain a True Dragon in single combat. Wear it with pride, for all shall know of your feat, for better or worse. Dragons can innately sense that you have slain one of their kin. Grants negligible resistance to the Draconic Language skill.
Jake read the description and noted that it didn’t really seem to do much of anything. It reminded him a bit of the Kingslayer title he’d also obtained back when he killed the King of the Forest. The benefits of the Kingslayer title were notoriously weak, as nobility-based skills tended not to work on powerful people, anyway. Such skills tended to be population-wide, and in fact, having resistance could prove detrimental rather than beneficial. At least Jake had never benefited from his title as far as he knew.
However, that didn’t mean the Kingslayer title was useless… it just didn’t necessarily help the one who had it much. Instead, it was a title others could sense, serving as a warning. A system-recognized King could recognize that Jake had slain another king before.
In the same vein, this skill would allow other dragons to know Jake had killed a dragon. It felt more like a mark on his existence, telling other dragons he was a potential target for revenge more than anything, a bit like if one were branded a heretic.
Not that Jake particularly cared if dragons were butthurt that he’d killed one of their kind. He seriously doubted any dragons would dare raise an issue with the Chosen of the Malefic Viper over something like that, so Jake would wear the title with pride. Besides, it did make Draconic Language less effective on him, even if the effect was minuscule.
Overall, he found the title odd and would ask Villy about it later.
Moving on, Jake had naturally also gained some experience, but before that, he checked out the kill notification as he was curious exactly what level Yrelstromoz had been. He expected her to barely be B-grade… and he couldn’t have been more right.
You have slain [Luxellian Dragon – lvl 350] – Bonus experience earned for killing an enemy above your level
She had indeed barely evolved and hadn’t even gained a single level after becoming a B-grade. Likely her Path had been too broken, and it was only due to her heritage that she’d even become a B-grade in the first place, as all she had to do to get there was stay alive.
As for her race as a Luxellian Dragon, Jake believed it was one of the most common dragon races from the Lumenflight – as common as a dragon could possibly get, anyway.
Yrelstromoz had no doubt been a weak True Dragon, but she had proven herself a True Dragon in the end. Even the curse she tried to place on Jake at the moment of her death had some real heft behind it, and if not for Eternal Hunger making him borderline immune to curses at that level, he would have been in for a bad time.
The system also agreed that, despite her relative weakness, it was a good kill. At least he wasn’t going to complain about the experience gained.
’DING!’ Class: [Arcane Hunter of Horizon’s Edge] has reached level 333 - Stat points allocated, +50 Free Points
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’DING!’ Class: [Arcane Hunter of Horizon’s Edge] has reached level 337 - Stat points allocated, +50 Free Points
’DING!’ Race: [Human (C)] has reached level 339 - Stat points allocated, +45 Free Points
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’DING!’ Race: [Human (C)] has reached level 341 - Stat points allocated, +45 Free Points
Five class levels, while toward the end of C-grade, were pretty damn good, especially when one considered his prey had only just been B-grade. Jake had killed a lot of B-grades that were higher level without even getting close to getting a level from them.
Seeing his level-ups and that his race was now level 341, he wondered what Yrelstromoz would have thought if she knew a level 338 had killed her. For a C-grade human to kill a True Dragon was already a massive feat, but to do it while not even at peak C-grade yet had to be even more impressive.
Though truth be told, Jake felt that if he’d been peak C-grade, this fight would have been too easy. While those levels wouldn’t offer a massive boost in power, they would most certainly have mattered.
Not that Jake planned on putting it to the test. He wasn’t planning on hunting more True Dragons for now, though who knows about the future. Jake felt about True Dragons a lot like he felt about hunting other humans or enlightened races. It felt weird to do. Yes, Jake knew this was incredibly hypocritical, seeing as finding any B-grades outside of elementals and some rare other types of monsters who weren’t sapient was pretty damn hard.
Either way, Jake moved on as he had one more important thing to check out: his gift for allowing Yrelstromoz’s aunt to take her body. Jake didn’t have super high expectations or even put much consideration into his loot from the fight, especially not with how many rare and expensive dragon parts he’d gone through to make his Dragonsbane Poison… yet he found himself pleasantly surprised when he finally Identified it.
[Light-touched Luxellian Dragon Heart (Mythical)] – The heart of a Luxellian True Dragon, touched and empowered by her kin mere moments after death. Contains the focused Records of a Luxellian True Dragon, granting it incredibly potent energy of the light-affinity and even the true essence of a dragon. Has many alchemical uses, but be warned that manipulating the inherent power within will not prove easy.
Normally, the Dragon Hearts Jake used for his alchemy were of legendary rarity, and in many cases, it wasn’t even the full heart he used but just parts of one. He’d expected to see another legendary item at most from Yrelstromoz, but it appeared that he had severely underestimated the effects of whatever the aunt had done.
As for what he would use it for, Jake legitimately had no bloody clue. He considered eating it with Palate, but he still had half a desolate-ridden World Core to get rid of first. While it was an option to get rid of that core now, and it would likely even be the smartest move, Jake stubbornly wanted to keep it in there and at least get enough benefits from breaking his Palate skill while eating it to make himself feel a little better about his questionable decision-making.
Jake also only really now thought about how this was probably his first major fight like this that hadn’t resulted in any skill upgrades. Usually, he got at least an upgrade or even two during scenarios like these, but this time, nothing.
Not that it should come as a surprise. Mid-combat skill upgrades were meant to be extremely rare and something some people never even experienced. Jake remembered talking to Dina in Nevermore, and she mentioned how that wasn’t really a thing for her.
Instead, she would get inspiration for her skill upgrades during the fight, then consolidate those insights into an upgrade afterward — and, as Jake understood it, this was actually intentional. It was an approach to skill upgrades she’d been taught.
It was similar to how Jake had purposefully not wanted to upgrade his Meditate skill before going straight for the massive upgrade he ended up with. Others took it to what Jake would call extremes and didn’t want to get any skill upgrades without proper forethought behind them. In some cases, people even avoided upgrading a skill even if they could because they didn’t want to take it down a certain path.
Logically, it made sense. Getting a “bad” skill upgrade could result in making it far harder to upgrade it in the future, especially if one got unwanted aspects mixed into the skill. Take Jake’s Arcane Powershot. If Jake got an upgrade where he mixed in, say, the dark affinity or something like that to make the arrow explode in a big cloud of smoke, the skill would now contain Records related to that affinity.
While that could make the skill stronger now, it would also muddy the skill’s future upgrade path and risk making it an amalgamation of too many things at once that didn’t necessarily work that well together. In instances like those, Arcane Powershot could even end up weaker than what Jake wanted it to do, despite being a higher rarity.
Not that all this logic had ever stopped Jake from mid-fight upgrades before. Jake had embraced his instinctual side when it came to upgrades, especially combat skills. While he could be the type to sit down and plan out upgrade paths to his skills, Jake just isn’t that kind of person and trusted that even if he messed things up here and there, he could always get back on the right track if he continued to trust in his own instincts.
With all that said, Jake would have liked a skill upgrade, but alas, if it didn’t come, it didn’t come. He was overall happy with how things had gone, and was especially pleasantly surprised by Event Horizon.
He’d barely even gotten to use it, but that one arrow he fired after using the skill kept replaying in his mind. The sheer level of speed and power the mythical skill added to his shot was unlike anything Jake had seen before, and the knowledge he was barely scraping the surface of what the skill would one day be capable of doing only made everything all the better.
The skill definitely also had some downsides, though. Firstly, there was the cost of resources. It had not been cheap to use and had drained Jake of way more stamina and mana than he’d first believed it would. Secondly, it was a skill that worked only on one target, and Jake believed it could even prove detrimental if he used it against multiple opponents at once. While a target was designated as his Event Horizon, Jake couldn’t really attack anything else using his ranged attacks, as everything sought toward the horizon automatically. Canceling the skill didn’t seem possible either, forcing him to wait for its expiration.
None of this would be a problem if Jake could do more than merely glimpse the Event Horizon, a day he was most certainly looking forward to.
For now, he was just happy with what he had as he sat in meditation while recovering. His new Meditate skill came in handy once more, and while he was tempted to take a peek at the Gate of Enlightenment, he held himself back, seeing as he was on a foreign planet in the middle of nowhere.
Hours passed as Jake recovered, his body healing pretty damn quickly. After about four hours, Jake felt a lot better, though he was still far from being in top form. Opening his eyes, Jake cracked his neck before standing up. He floated upwards to get out of the crater Yrelstromoz had formed when she crashed into the planet, and as he ascended, he got a good look at the devastation caused by the fight.
As far as the eye could see, the environment was completely destroyed. Craters and holes filled the ground everywhere, and several large fissures had opened up here and there. Looking into the horizon, he saw that several mountains had their entire tops cleaved off by one of Yrelstromoz’s beams. His choice to make her fight on the other side of this planet had definitely been a good one, because if they’d fought near the lake with the holiday resorts, there would no longer be any holiday resorts. Maybe not even a lake.
“In case you’re wondering, they are mid-evacuation right now after unidentified seismic activity and powerful shockwaves of energy echoing all the way across the planet,” a voice suddenly spoke behind Jake. “Also… there was one casualty. Not due to the battle, mind you, the guy was just an old as fuck E-grade who drank way too much and poisoned himself to death.”
“Glad to see you caring enough for the civilian population to keep track of them,” Jake said as he turned around and saw the familiar snake god floating there.
“Oh, I don’t; I just thought it would be a funny and topical icebreaker,” the Primordial shrugged.
“Fair enough,” Jake smiled as he thought of something. “Wait, is it fine for you to appear here like this? Won’t it cause any problems?”
Jake remembered the Viper talking about how he couldn’t just pop in when Jake wasn’t in territory controlled by the Order of the Malefic Viper. For example, he couldn’t just choose to teleport into the domain of the Pantheon of Life whenever he wanted, as that could cause quite an uproar.
“This entire part of space is free real estate, and the closest major faction with any claim is the Lumenflight,” Villy answered casually. “Did I probably make a lot of gods whose senses cover this area panic? Yes, yes, I did. Do I care? No, no, I don’t.”
“Now that’s also fair,” Jake chuckled, shaking his head. “Say, speaking of the Lumenflight, there really won’t be any problems, right? I’m sure you say, but Yrelstromoz’s aunt stopped by and took the corpse, and while it feels like they won’t try for revenge… You never know.”
“I can’t say someone with a personal relationship won’t try to get revenge, but I can say that the Lumenflight won’t,” the Viper shook his head. “Didn’t I tell you that she killed the kid of some demigod from the United Tribes?”
“You did,” Jake nodded.
“Yeah, so she was dead meat anyway,” Villy said. “You seriously think she would have ever gotten away with shit like that? She would likely have died sooner if I hadn’t more or less reserved her for your hunting pleasure. If I were you, rather than the Lumenflight being mad at you, I would be scared of the Court of Shadows, as I may or may not have snatched one of their contracts.”
“Oh,” Jake muttered. “Alright, yeah, makes a lot of sense. I did question whether her punishment would really only be that they threw her out of the Lumenflight.”
“From the Dragonflights’ side of things, it was the only consequence,” the snake god explained. “It’s just that the second she was thrown out, she lost all the protection they afforded her while putting a target on her head… speaking of a target on her head.”
Villy waved his hand and took out a token before throwing it to Jake.
Catching it, Jake looked confused down at it. “What’s this?”
“The one to contact to cash in the bounty,” the snake god said, his tone making it sound as if Jake’s question had been the dumbest thing he’d ever heard.
“Yrelstromoz had a bounty on her head, huh…” Jake muttered.
“Obviously,” the Viper shrugged. “As I said, she was a very dead dragon from the moment she pissed off the United Tribes and got kicked out of the Lumenflight. I genuinely believe that aunt of hers when she said she was thankful you were the one to kill her niece. If she had to die, it’s a least more respectable to be killed by the Chosen of a Primordial rather than a gang of regular bounty hunters, or worse yet, the Court of Shadows, where your corpse would just be left floating in the Shadow Realm.”
“I guess,” Jake said with a shrug. “Anyhow, you got any comments on the fight?”
“Eh, for the most part, it was as I’d expected, though I do have one minor question,” the Viper said casually before his demeanor changed and he turned more serious. “Was that Event Horizon thing really a class skill?”
Comments
Booz Dowg
Rereading back a bit and enjoyed this whole fight more the second time around when I'm not just itching for what's next. I'll reflect on that a bit. I do still feel like Jake could have a reply to her hypocritical comments as far as "why...?". She killed how many for no reason? Maybe a response along those lines or simply a dose of her own logic, "Because I can.." or "What do the strong have to explain to the weak?". No response sends the same message really so all good as is. Just a thought
Chase Burleson
Tftc!
Rachel Clements
TYFTC!
Josh Ward
I could not help but rrad this in Nick Wilde's voice. Villy will forever more sound like Jason Bateman to me. “Did I probably make a lot of gods whose senses cover this area panic? Yes, yes, I did. Do I care? No, no, I don’t.”
Chloe
Tyftc
Michael Click
❤️❤️❤️
Rob Lyon
I know a lot of people think we will see his full race evolution at B grade but I honestly don't think we will I don't think it'll happen till S grade
Rob Lyon
Yeah. One of my favorite things from the more recent chapters was shortly after the failed ambush attempt where the Viper and ever smile were talking about Jake and the Viper kind of snaps at him so much that even ever smile backs off. It shows how much he actually cares about Jake and how important Jake is to him at this point Jake is basically family
Rob Lyon
I definitely see Jake creating his own faction I almost see him succeeding where yip failed and create the next generation faction of supremely powerful gods
Rob Lyon
I think it got used up in the ritual he used to draw her there
KenTX325
Did he pick up the expensive dragon heart he used as bait? Also, need info on damage to armor.
Xander
TFTC :) So just to be clear, Jakes still a naked, skinless, Ken doll at this point right? Cuz his Arnold made armour cant have regenerated back from nothing in this short a period. TBF its been so long I cant even remember if that armour had self repair as a property. Suggested edits: "your *Even* Horizon is a skill" should be "Event" " and running again as *long* as the panic" should be "soon" from context. "so I thought *by* odds were good" should be "my"
Ty Cooper
Lol time change sucks. Got another week before my breakfast goes back to normal. Man I am so addicted to this story. Zog you are doing an amazing job. I so looking forward to the chapters. Thanks for all the work.
russell west
So im not the only one disappointed that he hasn't released a vampire smut short story? Can't tease it and not deliver at all.
Daniel Jackson-Woods
Now to absorb the rest of that planetary core filled with desolation then absorb the marble vilas made for jake from yips leftover energy
levon
Nop, still got the part of that god that was killed.
Skarpi
I'm not sure any C-grade can ever keep up with Jake and his power ups. At this point Jake has soooo many unique advantages making it so hard for anyone to catch up.
Nathan Holliday
He will randomly come across someone in mid b-grade who will give him something or provide something he needs that he couldn’t possibly get in another way because of this.
Sergej Fel
Let's see now how Myamotos training montage went in order to keep with Jake :D
ABTelford
Omg that would be hilarious! And Jake is due a family visit. It’s been years.
Andyr98
Event horizon is just unlimited void but with arrows instead of info
Andyr98
He goes home to see his brother " hey so I got this bounty to collect this true dragon I killed also tell the 58 assassins out the window they have no chance at collecting my bounty
Andyr98
I hope he does not that would invalidate the entire story that void dweller had the power of a new god
Gregory Schmitt
was this the last thing on the B grade checklist? I could go look but Im sure somebody can just tell me haha
Chris
Jake juice on the dragon heart before his b grade evolution
Sloth
I want to see Jake us his bloodline to kill a void dweller at peak c-grade. Can’t let the sage one-up him
Sloth
It’s like moment I think. Incorporating his bloodline more directly
Sloth
The skill seems to be a bit like moment in that it incorporates his bloodline a bit more directly
Childish Jordino
Yeah, the word "turf" feels like it should imply it belongs to someone, therefore it can't really be free real estate right?
brjenness
Something interesting will happen when Jake collects the bounty. New friend/info on something interesting, Wait...Jake put the token in his inventory didn't he? Nevermind. But we could have a scene where Jake thinks he's being hunted, but it ends up being some one trying to pay him.
Childish Jordino
Incoming impromptu visit to the United Tribes before B grade to cash in that bounty! He should invite Sylphie too
Carl Never
Now that the fighting is done we can again look forward to vampire smut poetry. The blood in my veins lusts for the cold black lips of my mistress. The extacy of existance lingers only while her cheeks remain rosey. I would remain cold till the end if only if only she would let me in.
Jeryd Greer
Ooooh so excited about event horizon!
Baged
Or he could snipe other gods on a whim
tyler
The part where he could only glimpse the horizon now made me think that by the time he is a God he would be able to see the horizon at all times and combined with his sphere, it makes me think it could be like Heimdall with the ability to see anything anywhere if he focuses on it
Joshua Little
Thanks for the chapter.
Corvid
That's always been one of the coolest world building things in the series to me. "Aeon, who stole a breath of time" is just legendary
Corvid
This man politics
Xander
TFTC :) Suggested edits: "This entire *turf* of space is free real estate" should be "patch" or maybe, from a sci-fi point of view, "sector".
Joshua Churchill
super needed update for my memory!!! thanks man !!
Peter Smith
More and more it feels like jake is going to create a faction for the sole purpose of progression. His soulspace is a forest made of conflict magic (destruction/stability), he holds favor with most factions despite being in conflict with each other, his greatest relationships were made in conflict with death on the line, and most importantly the world wonder that is slowly being unsealed is grounded in being worthy to compete no matter who, when, or why.
JW Saxby
Fantastic! 👏 👏 Keep ‘em comin 👍🏼 Tyftc 🍻
JW Saxby
Ha! That would be so F’ing epic lmao. Now I wanna see that actually happen some day 😂👍🏼🍻
GeneticSloth
tftc!
Brock
Wondering what is on Jake’s to do list before evolving to B grade. Some thoughts: - Consume Villy’s Yip of Yore gift - Use item left after killing Ell’Hakan (potentially to empower the above) - Upgrade archery skill to Legendary - Collect bounty? - Use Dragon Heart? - Add Desolation to toolkit? Since he still needs 13 Class levels, I can think of two options for a Peak C grade arc: - Myopic Depths (map out most dangerous (potentially never seen before) parts) - good for class levels, palate and potentially experimenting with desolation - Labyrinth City dungeon I do think that Labyrinth City might wait until B grade, right before the next Seat of the Prima Guardian event. This will allow the 93rd Universe to be more open and they’ll attract visitors from E to B grade, taking full advantage of the grand opening.
Ty Cooper
Oh man. Going to have a good talk about his skill tomorrow! Villy seemed to find it more powerful than expected
micah Hogan
Villy asking Jake for confirmation on where he got the skill is how you know the skill is cracked
Fyrtue
Zog will probably get into it tomorrow by adding Villy's perspective but my thought is that it establishes a pseudo-domain to isolate the target which empowers Jake while fighting them. Should be good for God hunting in the distant future as it won't let the prey escape to their realm. It's also worth noting that it bears some similarities to Umbra's transcendent skill of the Shadow Realm due to how it brings people into it.
Rob Lyon
I can't wait for Jake to get back to the academy and Helen and that a grade dragon teacher run into him and feel the dragon slayer title or even his next meeting with the Golden dragon princess from nevermore would be hilarious
Hornbach
I am afraid you will have to stand corrected. His class is called Arcane hunter of Horizons Edge maybe that caused the confusion?
Kurai Kami Sedrick
Zog, Thanks for the chapter. Secondly, Event Horizon is a Peak Aura farming skill, good shit bro.
OnEyeDevil
I waited over a week to read all at once and yet I still crave for the next chapter zogarth what did you do do me
Stephen
When a Primordial is impressed with the level of a "class" skill, you know its a good one.
daniel wingborg
correct me if im wrong, but wasnt the skill called endless horizon before?
brjenness
Yuck. Side story or something. Don't waste my precious daily chapter on skill recaps.
Rob Lyon
We do know for a fact that the Viper and other gods have acquired levels from the things Jake's done. Yes it's extremely odd that a God took a f-grade as a chosen . But I suspect it's even more rare for a C grade chosen to actually lead to his patron gaining a level. And that's not to mention all of the other records and experience that the Viper gets from Jake. And the Viper has already mentioned a few times that he's already got a full return on his investment and Jake and we know making a chosen is a huge investment for a god . Just the fact that many other gods have made people tied to Jake they're chosens and that list is still growing should show the benefits of Jake being the viper chosen and picked at such a low level
jobe matula
Just keeps getting better and better
bioticisbasic
Gotta say i loved the length if this one. Didnt get tediously long, but had enough chapters to really flesh it out!
jackson singley
Great fight, not too short but not too long, I would say Jake is probably a tiny bit disappointed that he wasn't pushed to the absolute limit, but satisfied that he was pushed pretty damn far. I still don't entirely understand what event horizon does other than increasing speed and power of ranged attacks along with adding homing? But all in all a great time!
kaimen jones
Anyone else think that villy gave the guy some alcohol he couldn’t handle on purpose. Like a bet or something.
smore
Turns out, Event Horizons isn't suppose to be that powerful a skill and his Primeval affinity make it OP!
Nathan Holliday
I think Event Horizon is just a unique skill with unique concepts centering on Jake’s path. Villy is so intrigued because it is unique and more powerful than anything a c-grade should produce.
Jordan Jones
Now that Villy says it, Event Horizon does kind of feel like something verging on Transcendence. The target’s impressions make it feel like more than just a skill.
dash w
Thanks for the chappy zogarth
Biggy smalls
Given how hyped up it was I’d say it was a let down. She didn’t push him to any skill upgrades and didn’t provide anything really meaningful upon her death. No good titles and just 5 levels from it? He got a mythical heart drop but does that really matter when you’ve got nepotism out the wazoo?
Eden
Yeah, event horizon basically the domain ecpansion of this world.
Arieh Sochaczevski
Why would it be? On the surface it’s not related to anything we know to be forbidden knowledge.
Siethrobo
I've got to wonder if event horizon is forbidden knowledge and the only reason Villy can talk about it is his bloodline.
James Cobb
No we will see villy dodge questions about why he even bothered to ask the question
Polaris
Most titles like that seem to be same rank or skewed rankings in favor of the one getting hunted. The records wouldn’t really make sense otherwise
Siethrobo
What's the over under on useful items Jake currently has in storage that he's completely forgotten about?
tigerfishie
Tyftc! Idc what anyone else says, I enjoyed it and I didn’t think the fight was too long or anything. It wasn’t one I was particularly excited for in general but I still think it was at a fine length and was good overall.
Andrew Massey
I’m really curious to see if Zogarth ever really quantifies the benefits that he has gotten from making Jake his chosen so early on. He must have been the lowest ranked chosen of all time. Villy is probably laughing all the way to records bank.
David
Probably that bloodline thing he did against Valdemar in nevermore's colloseum
Siethrobo
Well at least a void dweller, there are only 7 void gods and they've existed at least since the beginning of the system and even the primordials haven't tried to kill them, as far as we know. Maybe Valdemar tried fighting them before and lost, seems like something he'd do.
Jon Hanson
I'd love to just get a big overview chapter of all Jake's abilities again
Arieh Sochaczevski
Thanks for the chapter!
MarineDebris
Same. Seems like C grade happened forever ago. I know there's gonna be significantly more time between reaching each grade, but unless there's a HUGE time-skip at some point-which doesn't seem logical-it would take another 10 books just to reach A grade. Not that I'm necessarily opposed to that many more books!
Joshua landry
To me I The description sounded like the beginnings of a transcendent skill but I guess we'll see what the Arthur thinks next chapter
Kenneth Welever
Ooo. Vily thinking it's not a class skill. Did it feel odd to the god?
Kaladin
Thought he would ask, "did you really have to take the breath attack to the face? Not very smart of you." Also I'm curious if you need to be equal or lower in rank to the dragon to get the title or if any old S rank could kill a young dragon.
Bruno Alencar
level B = so strong that it can dominate/destroy a planet the size of the earth post system if it tries hard enough, level A must be the level of destroying planets directly as Vylas showed in the flashback, level S of "demigod" must be the beginning of a divine domain// destruction of entire galaxies// creation of entire worlds with the right materials... and literal gods that are: "almost omnipotent and almost omniscient"... seeing this scale of power I don't know what the hell of miraculous juggling my dear author will do for Jake to kill a god at level A (something that will certainly happen given the theme that "some S kill gods", our protagonist being the first level A to do this is basically his obligation hahahah)
David
We're sooo close to B grade finally. I'm really looking forward to finding out more about Jake's real race. I wonder what it'll be called
Alexander Dalton
Tyftc!
K R
Jake is definitely going to shoot a void god or god hiding in their own domain with event horizon one day.
BobbyMcDilan
Zog doing us dirty again. Cant wait for tomorrows chapter
Mike_L
I dunno man, to me it seems you thinking a little to hard about it? Like I see the numbers being a way to track Jake’s and other main characters progress and give a rough idea of an opponents strength , and yes they should be consistent and usually always are i think, also in regards to Ell’hakan you have to take into consideration the level Jake and him where at the time, Jake’s growth then vs now and also Ell’Hakans conceptual strength towards the end of the fight when he was so delusional that the system recognized and manifested his delusions into reality, and as for skipping the latter half of chapters, I enjoyed the length of this fight, it felt much shorter then most major fights and was handled nicely and I enjoyed the entire read, but that’s just me, you’re free to enjoy it how you want, and if you decide you just don’t like it, that’s cool too.
SetherAedekae
No way you got 43 people to sign that lmao
Ron Whitlatch
Villy is in real time i believe but other gods are delayed
Nicolas Coons
Question, last few chapters Villy mentioned again that he watches Jake on a time delay to avoid Jake feeling him, but Jake last chapter said he absolutely still felt him watching. Is this Villy not being aware that his choice makes no difference?
Nathan Holliday
Here’s the thing though they would need Villy and Aeon to referee and make sure they didn’t end up killing one another like they almost did in the treasure hunt. I’d like to see a rematch as well but knowing those two the planet they are standing on would be in danger.
Nate
I was saying the same thing last chapter. It definitely seems like it's going that way.
Nate
Nah, that was Yrel's aunt
BP
So bets that Jake puts the token in storage and completely forgets about it? Anyone taking no…anyone? Sigh
Dani
My theory is, that Event Horizon is already a small step towards a gods domain. He got the skill after his soul space training with the sage. We already suspect that the soul space and domains are connected. The effects of the skill are also kind of fitting.
Exaiter
Think that observer he noticed during Event Horizon was the system. Cataloging it for future people to have vision about killing dragons or some shit.
Cyranosaurus
Such evil chapter endings🤣
David Hall
Another banger chapter, many thanks to you ZogGod. Event Horizon is a cheat transcendence and is competing with moment for jakes first divine skill. Imagine the rematch against the swords saint with these skills in their pockets. Can't wait for that fight probably 4 books from now when they're entering A-Grade or something
DeAndrea H
Reminds me of the tutorial where Jake was nonchalantly like “your bloodline gives you stat multipliers right?” And Villy gives a flat hard “No. it does not. Jake, NEVER tell anyone that. Ever.”
Wheels42
Maybe the system trying to echo a transcendence skill given how much harder transcendence is for those with a strong bloodline?
Blank
Dragons are wayyy too overrated, kitsune for the win!
Vega
I’m curious about the wedding too!
Luis
Event Horizon will likely become something similar to the Shadow Realm once Jake becomes a god
Jose Mora
Tyftc
DeAndrea H
If at S grade, Jake doesn’t fight a god for that Divine Heretic title, I’ll be a little disappointed.
ABTelford
Fun chapter! And now - is it Demon Wedding time? It’s been years in-story since it was announced Jake would be invited to the wedding so I’m expecting it to either happen soon or be mentioned that he missed it. I liked that blue demon guy and I hope for fun times in the hells. 👹😈🤡. Lol. The emoji now has me wanting one hell to be filled with clown looking demons. 😂
Nathan Holliday
I could easily see Event Horizon becoming known as a death mark even if it isn’t instant. I could see a group of gods hanging out and then all of a sudden they notice one of their number has been marked by Event Horizon and the others just back away with solemn looks of goodbye on their faces.
Titaniumtac
sure you say -----> saw
Nathan Holliday
It isn’t there yet but the concepts are there just ready for Jake to realize it.
ABTelford
Yea, that Event Horizon skill really does feel OP broken. Can’t wait to see it more! Also, edit: “While he could be the type to sit down and plan out upgrade paths to his skills, Jake just isn’t that kind of person…”. Past/present tense slip. “Isn’t” Should be “wasn’t”. And… “If she had to die, it’s a least more respectable to be killed by the Chosen…”. Change to “AT least”.
alaric
The system plays favorites with dragons too much. Their killers are basically punished and its as if the system automatically considers all dragons an existence similar to a king. Fuck em, I say. Its not like any dragon would give a damn about earning a human slayer title.
Devillelouch
wartgalore
I'm calling it: event horizon has transcendent aspects to it
David Hall
I think it will. Right now, its functioning like the sword saints glimpse of spring. Jake was even speculating like Miyamoto during his visit with Aeon. What will it be like to fully grasp the Event Horizon?
Cryfdwr
Well, they are near a resort. They could enjoy some beers while people evacuate in fear of a primordial, rather than some measly seismic activity 😏
DeAndrea H
It was really interesting to see how divorced from reality Yrel actually was. She thought she was laying low and preparing for a life of independence and fun while the whole multiverse knew she was just living on borrowed time and the only reason she received that was bc the Malefic One called dibs and Jake was still preparing. She cursed him with her final breath but she actually probably owed the last year or so of her life solely to him! Also, it kind of makes sense that the Aunt would thank Jake. The optics on this are insane. The lumen flight can pretend that Yrel was so powerful that it took a Primordial Chosen to bring her down. The United Tribe can pretend they have so much pull that when one of their Divine Blessed slain they were able to call in a favor with Malefic Viper who had his Chosen personally to hunt her down. And of course, Jake has a dragon slayer title before even reaching B grade. So much face!
Colton Horton
Huh....this takes me back to when Jake first saw the mural of Villy in the challenge dungeon and thought "I want to fight that dragon one day." Since this is genuinely a more daunting goal than even becoming a god, I wonder if fighting Villy is currently the "Event Horizon" for Jake, the absolute maximum difficulty goal he can currently see. If that's the case, maybe the skill gives a small glimpse of what he could be when he's finally strong enough to challenge Villy, and if so, I wonder if Villy can feel some small echo of the Records in the skill? 🤔
Brian Schutt
They said it will almost definitely never talk. It focuses energy on killing instead of other stuff due to Jake’s instincts. Or something along those lines when he was speaking to Artemis and NA.
Daniel Francis
Excellent!
Abcras Shadow
Event Horizon really does feel like the old mans transcendens, where jake can only glimpse the horizon just like the old man can only glimpse spring time.
Blutako
I have had a major migraine for over a week so I haven't been causing as much chaos but here since zogarth hasn't asked me to take it down https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/zogarth-vampire-smut
Alex
Eh, grinding profession levels can be a big time sink, and I can’t remember how close Jake was to 350 on the profession side of things.
Tom C
I think Villy has clocked the potential of that skill. He’s like, fuuuuuck that is gonna be some godslayer shit eventually TFTC!
Keion
So no progression on a talking bow lol?
Simon Andriessen
Villy: "Hey is that extremely high level spacetime effect a C-grade class skill? WTF Jake?"
SyndaXatrix
I can already see it now that Event Horizon is likely going to be one of Jake's Legacy skills when he reaches godhood
C0bra$
Thank u for the story
Pretzel Warrior
A sense a "thats not how class skills work" from villy and Jake just going huh
Orod
The Viper coming in to gawk at how many skills Jake now has that are basically transcendence skills at this point lol
Posiden 300
I love when the viper is interested in Jake stuff.
KenTX325
I do wonder what the Primal Hunter legacy skills will be. Moment, Gaze, and something arcane are leading contenders. I wonder if tomorrow we find out that Event Horizon looks like a transcendence.
Rewdan
Thanks Zogarth
Patrick Vieira
How many years, in real time, to Jake get to B grade? I bet between 5 and 10 years...
Nick O'Gara
Wyrm god got a chosen in the nevermore arc.
Schneeente
Noooo, I need more. Your cannot stop in the middle of a conversation, that's just... rude
Roy Boy Meyer
That question gave me goosebumps. A primal hunter skill. Primeval Existence bows to Jake when he locks in his target. There is no escaping it, even a God that originated somewhere will find only one way to escape: an instant ticket to oblivion by Jake
Rewdan
He is that guy 🤷
Shai182
TFTC! Ahh, nice summary of things. Can't wait for the talk between the two, and they really should move to a nicer spot with some beers in waiting!
Takoda Heitz
Ooo can we can the rest of this conversation from Villy’s perspective? His perspective is always a breath of fresh air after Jake’s… simpler mindset lol…
Kris Piskorski
Now my hope is that in B-grade Jake will use his juice to combine both heart from Ell-Hakkan and the Dragon to make a new Dragon friend (and new Chosen for the Wyrmgod as discussed many chapters before) Heart from Ell-Hakkan -- [Starlight Heart of the Celestial Child (Unique)] – The crystalized heart of Ell’Hakan, also known as the Celestial Child, former Chosen and Usurper of Yip of Yore. This Starlight Heart was created after his death, containing his Records. Contains remnants of the Bloodline of the [Redacted], granting it unique powers. This item allows you to [Redacted] while held. Additionally, if consumed, the Starlight Heart of the Celestial Child may grant the consumer [Redacted]. May the powers of the moons and stars guide you. Dragon Heart -- [Light-touched Luxellian Dragon Heart (Mythical)] – The heart of a Luxellian True Dragon, touched and empowered by her kin mere moments after death. Contains the focused Records of a Luxellian True Dragon, granting it incredibly potent energy of the light-affinity and even the true essence of a dragon. Has many alchemical uses, but be warned that manipulating the inherent power within will not prove easy.
joel southard
Thank you for the chapter
MarineDebris
Villy would still be able to observe the concepts that are occurring when Jake activates the skill. And like Jake said, he's only scratched the surface of what all Event Horizon encompasses.
polyx
god damn cliffhanger - at least its not friday and we get a chapter tomorrow
Lynderyn
Event Horizon is definitely becoming a Divine skill/ability/domain
Spencer Miller
I almost wonder if one function of a fully-functional Event Horizon is to be Void Sphere: The Skill.
Jonathan Hovey
Ok, who put money on Jake getting a class skill that is broken for his grade?
Abdulaziz ALRumaih
That’s what the ending of the skill description implies He’ll reach it in the future or the domain
Ander Barbot
My 2 cents is that jake will one day claim the horizon like aeon claimed a moment of time
IntenseSushi
Tftc
Kirin
Ty paragraph guy.
Georgia Guy-Williams
Peak 340 so he was basically there
Leviathan
Betting villy thought it was something that was stoked from his bloodline
Ander Barbot
Copy/pasted from chapter 1236 comments From Chapter 1138: [Event Horizon (Mythical)] – For a moment, you glimpse the ultimate goal of the Arcane Hunter of Horizon’s Edge. At the end of your Path, at the edge of all one seeks, you find the Event Horizon… and make it your prey. Allows the hunter to glimpse the Event Horizon, designating a target to be one with it and thus considered your new Event Horizon. Upon activating the skill, gain a glimpse of your true Event Horizon, creating a reality where only you, the horizon, and any potential prey exist. The Event Horizon encompasses all realities, inescapable and unavoidable. Only you are capable of glimpsing the Event Horizon, and what you are capable of perceiving is determined by Perception. Your arrows naturally seek toward the subject designated the Event Horizon and will always reach it should you so desire. You will always see the location of the Event Horizon once a subject has been specified. All effects that scale off distance to your target will have their effectiveness maximized when hunting the Event Horizon. The power of your soul determines the duration of Event Horizon. Your Path has led you here, but for now, a mere glimpse of the Event Horizon is all you are capable of, knowing it carries the promise of an endless domain to one day make your own.
Sylphie
Ree!
Orod
Does anyone remember the description of the skill?
Beemoss
Tftc
Ben Woodward
I guess I still don't have the levels figured out because she is a low B at 350 and he is not even peak C at 338
MrCynical
All of the "of the malefic viper" line skills are ridiculously intricate. But Villy intentionally upgraded them to be that way. That's why Event Horizon is so weird. Jake did nothing to guide it. He just picked it as the capstone class skill option from the five new ones he was offered. Which is insane. The only other class skill he has that's still far below in complexity but even can be compared is eternal shadow. And we know the bonkers way that confluence of events had to come together.
Spencer Miller
Villy be like “I thought your class was high-tier. If that was the capstone skill, it was not.”
Quantainium C
Event horizon probably has a high chance of evolving into a transendent skill, At least from a narrative point of view. Seems very high potential, if Jake could let's say activate it on a large scale and prevent anyone from escaping his horizon.
Bruce Sheplan
I was wondering about this yesterday: was villy able to see what Event Horizon does? According to the skill description only Jake can glimpse the event horizon, Yrel was the target so felt the effects, but what does an observer see? Just jake standing there and shooting an insane arrow?
A. B. Edwards
The whole concept of the Event Horizon is really cool. It really ties Jake's character together, to always chase the horizon that will forever be out of reach. Yet that damn skill let him get a small glimpse of it. I have a feeling the skill is more akin to Moment of the Primal Hunter. It is a very, very small piece of the true potential of the Primal Hunter, of the sights and targets Jake will see once his bloodline is fully unlocked and he truly becomes worthy to embody the Primal Hunter.
mahmoud fathy
Is this a glimpse of Jake race evolution
Michael mann
Oooooh I love when Villy gets professionally curious! This is where we find out Jake’s basically bending if not breaking rules in new and unique ways
Fyrtue
I'm guessing domain related skills are something with conceptual power/significance and Jake making inroads to claim the horizon as a C grade isn't normal.
Jared Bell
Tftc
Ra
Zogarth, come on my man. You can't simply end the chapter with such a primordial question. Friday cliffs are just the norm, but not on a holy Tuesday! Ohh who am I kidding, that's exactly like you.
Wen L.
Jake is the literal abyss, when he uses Event Horizon, gazing back at you.
Kyle Stitt
Freaking epic!
Death56
I should have waited now I have to wait for villy to break it down and lore drop
Timothy Spradlin
Even Villy is curious, well damn now I'm curious
Cory S.
Villy is interested in Event Horizon. I hope he shares his thoughts about it.
Fdrugc
Tftc will the title get stronger if he kills more Dragons? Also what does Event Horizon do exactly?
djthomp
Interesting that it's Event Horizon that Villy took particular note. Kind of funny considering that Jake has been sitting on that skill without using it for probably a decade or so at this point.
Nathan Holliday
Okay so tomorrow we get to hear Villy and Jake talk about Event Horizon and we will hopefully get some insight from the viper as to how utterly busted that skill is!
NicN
Tftc
Stephen Heng
Man event horizon has to be a crazy skill if even the viper is curious about it. Tftc.
Samuel Nelson
Whoo!!! TFTC Zogie.
Shadowind
Tftc
Matthias
tftc
Lizy Flore
1137 or so. I don’t quite remember, but it should be around that.
Den
"What the fuck did you pull out with that OP-as-fuck System-fuckery?"
scarredrazor
Thanks for the Chapter.
Ben Cox
Tyftc
Yahyo Malikov
Event horizon is so good its even making a primordial question it
Meir Banon
Tftc
Noah Mclelland
I think event horizon is a little too broken if villy is doubting if its a class skill.
Alexander C Hyde
I’m sure you (saw)say, but Yrelstromoz’s aunt stopped by and took the corpse, and while it feels like they won’t try for revenge… You never know.”
Blutako
Tyftc
Georgia Guy-Williams
Time for villy insights :)
Gavin
Event horizon is gonna be the next palate with how intricate it seemed. Will take awhile to really dissect that
Abdulaziz ALRumaih
Anybody remember which chapter Jake got the skill?
butterfly
Tftc
Misa
Tftc
Sogala
Thank you for the chapter
Desmond Willey-peck
Yessssss... tftc
Connor
Thanks for the chapter
BumAssBumAss
Thanks for the chapter
Daniel Hauck
Thank you sir!
Ben Toasty
THANK YOU
Wolfgirl-Sylphie
Tftc
SCHWING PAPI
SCHWING!!
Adventures In Youmans Land
Tyftc!
Wade Cox
Tftc
