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Chapter 1238 - Dragon Hunter (7)
🕑 Added 2025-10-27 12:15:34 +0000 UTCYrelstromoz’s mind had been focused ever since she had realized the legitimate threat to her life. She had allowed her instincts and training to take over, believing in her innate power as a True Dragon. Old abilities, tactics, and skills she hadn’t used for decades had resurfaced in her mind, including some of the sure-fire strategies that should have allowed her to easily slay even powerful B-grades her own level.
However… nothing worked. No matter what she did, the human refused to fall. When she saw him take her Dragon’s Breath head-on, she was certain the fight was over. That he would be completely annihilated, as even if Yrelstromoz didn’t have the most powerful Dragon’s Breath or had trained the ability a lot, it was still the breath of a True Dragon.
So, seeing him still standing there afterward, his aura barely any weaker, had shaken her to the core. It wasn’t better when the Chosen of the Malefic Viper went on the offensive again despite his broken body. She tried to get him away, tried to kill him as she felt the state of her own body and soul deteriorate, but he just kept coming.
Her resolve had slowly waned, turning to fear. After her second Dragon’s Breath had also failed after the human used some kind of time-affinity survival skill, all doubt in her mind was gone.
This human… this C-grade… wasn’t someone she could beat. All thoughts of pride and arrogance disappeared, and all that remained was a desperate desire to live. Her mindset switched from finishing off the human to just running away.
At once, she did two things. Firstly, she tried to reach out to her aunt through the token she’d given Yrelstromoz. Secondly, she released magic to push the Chosen away and allow him to escape.
Yrelstromoz knew the state of her own body. It was doubtful whether she would even survive anymore without any external help. Perhaps if she got away fast enough, she could wait out the cooldown on the potion and drink one. However, her best hope was that her aunt would respond quickly. Maybe she would even come and save her… but Yrelstromoz couldn’t assume that and would do everything in her power to escape on her own.
Burning through her resources, she soared skywards, seeking the safety of space. As a dragon from the Lumenflight, she was one of the fastest variants of dragons, and while she fully recognized the power and even speed of the Chosen of the Malefic Viper now, she remained confident that he had no way of keeping up.
Perhaps he had some escape skills or methods to pursue her for a while, but in sustained speed, Yrelstromoz would win. At least that’s what she assumed as she flew upwards, and fortunately, it appeared that her assumption had been entirely correct.
After being pushed away, the human took too long to even begin giving chase, giving Yrelstromoz a massive head start. A vain hope even appeared in her mind that he’d given up, satisfied with the knowledge he’d won. Not that it should matter anymore, as she only got further and further away, the human just stood below, looking up at her.
Reaching the upper atmosphere, her path to the stars was wide open, and Yrelstromoz truly began to believe she could survive this ordeal… but such was not her fate.
Something changed. Shifted. Yrelstromoz looked at the distant stars until, suddenly, they seemed even farther away and began to dim, as a voice echoed from everywhere yet nowhere.
“Event Horizon.”
The stars died, and all light disappeared from her world. Even the brightness of her own dimming body was gone, and the entire world was filled with darkness for a moment before she saw something.
Vaguely, she saw a ring of light surrounding her. It appeared so close, yet impossibly far, and as she kept flapping her wings desperately, Yrelstromoz wasn’t even sure she was moving, anyway. Ahead of her was nothing, as if she’d reached the end of existence itself. She couldn’t feel herself move, and instinctively she turned to watch the planet below.
It too was gone, and all that remained was a single figure in this empty world, though it was impossible to judge the distance between the two of them. She couldn’t even see his actual form, but instead only saw two eyes in the sea of darkness staring back at her, making a shiver run down Yrelstromoz’s spine.
And then… it was gone.
Light returned, the world became normal, and Yrelstromoz felt herself moving forward once more. Everything appeared the same, but she knew something was different. Whatever he’d done instilled an inexplicable fear in her heart, and deep down, at that moment, she knew:
I’ll die.
Yrelstromoz had no way of surviving, and her only hope was that her final desperate call for help to her aunt had reached her in time.
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Jake had never used Event Horizon before, saving it for a moment like this. He wasn’t even entirely sure what would happen when he used it or what it would look like. When he finally saw, he instantly knew there was far more to this skill than he could imagine, and he was barely scraping the surface of what it could one day become.
The Event Horizon was… beautiful. After he’d spoken those two words, everything else disappeared until only Jake, his prey, and the horizon remained. He saw Yrelstromoz and a single line of light endlessly far away, marking the edge of reality itself. Then, in the very next moment, the horizon changed. I curved, folding in on itself until it formed a perfect circle around the True Dragon that flew hopefully on a perfectly black backdrop.
For a moment, Jake saw and felt everything. Even his Sphere of Perception expanded, encompassing this entire world. Yrelstromoz was already over a thousand kilometers away, yet he saw her clear as day. Nothing escaped his sight, and he almost felt as if the impossible-to-reach horizon was within his grasp…
Right as the glimpse ended.
Yet his Event Horizon remained.
Despite reality returning to normal, Jake still saw it. A ring of light, visible only to him, encircled Yrelstromoz, and he was fully aware of her with every shred of Perception he had. It was second nature as Jake lifted his bow and took out the Protean Arrow he’d prepared.
He’d already very slightly changed the shape of Eternal Hunger to look like an arrowhead, and slotting it into the designed arrow body was effortless. With it easy, Jake drew his bow and took aim, something that was more effortless than ever.
Jake didn’t even truly need to aim. In his mind’s eye, he already saw the perfect path between him and his prey. As his Event Horizon, it was only natural that the end-point of any attack would naturally be Yrelstromoz.
His Arcane Powershot charged as Yrelstromoz kept fleeing, moving with absolute desperation as she kept burning through mana. By the second, she got further and further away, but Jake didn’t care as he kept charging the attack that would finish off the True Dragon.
Only when his body reached its limits did Jake release his shot. At the very last moment, Jake poured in every shred of Hunting Momentum he’d built up before he let go of the string.
Right before he did, Jake felt something else that nearly made him pause. He knew Villy was observing him, but right then, another existence gazed upon him. Something far more powerful than he was. Jake quickly suppressed any thoughts born from this and focused solely on his attack.
An explosion of arcane energy exploded all around him as the Protean Arrow flew skywards. It was faster than any arrow Jake had ever shot before, its speed incomparable even to his wildest imagination. Due to Unblemished Arrows and Jake’s high power, these arrows were normally incredibly fast already, but this was just on another level.
Within less than a second, it reached the True Dragon traveling at top speeds despite her burning through mana and having nearly reached space. She had no space or time to evade it, and the feeble barrier she tried to summon at the very last moment was far too weak to do anything. Not that it helped, as Jake used one final Primal Gaze the moment before his arrow made impact.
The arrow struck Yrelstromoz in the back and penetrated her body, dealing even more damage than Jake’s initial opening attack. She let out a loud roar as the Protean Arrow wrecked her insides entirely, destroying her from within and effectively ending her life. Coupled with an extreme extra dose of Dragonsbane Poison, she didn’t even fully finish her roar before she started falling back towards the planet, and Jake questioned if she would even survive till she finished her fall.
Her scales flickered with light, her consciousness fading. Jake didn’t see a need to shoot a second arrow as he started flying toward where she was falling. On the way, he detonated his Hunter’s Mark with the hope of finishing her off for good to end her suffering, but despite the massive flash of pure destructive arcane energy, the vitality of a True Dragon once more proved itself as she remained alive. In this instance, to Yrelstromoz’s detriment.
Jake knew that her body and soul were both too far gone, and all Yrelstromoz was waiting for was death. She could barely move her energies anymore; the Dragonsbane was too strong at this point. All she could do was fall slowly towards the planet below, and perhaps the only reasons she remained alive were her stubbornness and will to live.
She landed on the ground, causing a small crater, as Jake arrived a moment later. He watched the broken dragon lying there, her stomach rising with labored breathing. Jake didn’t hesitate as he teleported over, seeing no need to extend her suffering needlessly.
With a katar in hand, he approached her neck until her eyes suddenly refocused and stared directly at him, her gaze full of hatred and resentment. It made Jake hesitate for a moment as he felt something weird, the reason for which became clear a moment later.
Yrelstromoz’s body exploded with an aura unlike anything she’d ever released. All the rest of her energy was mobilized as the Dragonsbane tore through her body and soul, but she evidently didn’t care anymore. In fact, the fear and impending death only seemed to make what she was doing stronger.
A black smoke-like aura exited Yrelstromoz’s body as her entire body was overtaken by an aura of death and pure resentment as her final words echoed, dripping with untold hatred.
“Why? You had nothing to do with me. I had nothing to do with you. Why do this?”
She clearly wasn’t looking for an answer as the aura amplified, tendrils of black smoke enveloping Jake’s body as he stood there unmoving. This was the final energy she could muster, and the next words would be her last.
“I hate you… I want you to die… just… die…”
The last remnants of life left her body, which made the black energy fully explode as it rushed towards Jake, seeking to invade his soul. It was a purely emotional kind of energy that could only be born from moments like these. Energy born of intense hatred, often shown by large numbers of people at once or by particularly powerful entities, especially those with a magical nature. Yrelstromoz’s final emotions leading to an effect like this was certainly a possibility, though it hadn’t been one Jake even considered due to how rare it was.
Not that Jake was afraid.
As the energy rushed towards him, Jake took out his mostly arrowhead-shaped katar, and the moment he did, the intense flood of black energy changed target, and it, instead of Jake, went straight for Eternal Hunger.
Not because it wanted to… but because the Sin Curse of Hunger was far more powerful than the curse Yrelstromoz had just tried to place upon Jake upon her death. It took a few seconds before Eternal Hunger absorbed all the curse energy, the weapon humming with satisfaction after the fact.
The True Dragon’s final moment of revenge had just turned into another gift. In some ways, it was lucky she was dead and couldn’t witness it, as that would just have been pouring salt in the wound.
Shaking his head, Jake looked at the dead body of the True Dragon, but despite her death, he didn’t release his boosting skill, even if it was certainly not doing his broken body any favors. Because while she was dead, he still felt another observer besides Villy, making him speak up.
“Come out already,” Jake said, infusing his voice with energy. He’d released a Pulse and confirmed this person was outside its range, but he hoped his willpower-infused voice would still reach whoever it was.
Something it most certainly did, as only a second later, a figure appeared, standing next to the corpse of the dragon. It was a woman, or more accurately, a female dragon. She looked a lot like Yrelstromoz at first glance, though clearly older, and by her aura, far stronger.
She looked at the corpse and let out a loud sigh before turning to Jake. Cupping her hands, she bowed respectfully. “I greet the Chosen of the Malefic Viper.”
Jake was instinctively on guard, seeing as he was evidently dealing with another dragon from the Lumenflight, but he quickly relaxed. Feeling how strong she was, it didn’t matter if Jake was cautious or not. If she wanted to kill him, he would already be dead, and her respectful attitude made him believe she wasn’t there for revenge despite how sad she clearly was over the death of her kin.
“I take it you knew her?” Jake asked, nodding in greeting. Maybe he should be more respectful, but considering he looked like a corpse and wasn’t very happy he had to delay deactivating his boosting kill, Jake reckoned a bit of impoliteness would be fine.
“She was my niece,” the True Dragon sighed. “Not long ago, I gave her a token to reach out. She had never used it before now.”
The dragon let out another sigh. “Don’t worry, I’m not here for revenge. I’m just sad it had to come to this. Yrelstromoz always had problems and was a difficult whelp from birth, but her parents tried to keep her under control. After their death and she became a fully grown True Dragon… I want to say that was when she lost her way, but I fear it only allowed her to express her true nature. In some ways, what happened today was inevitable.”
Jake wasn’t quite sure what to say, and while it felt a bit insensitive, he still let out a sigh himself. “This may sound weird, but I’m sorry for your loss.”
“Don’t be,” the dragon said with a small smile. “She went too far. She killed someone she shouldn’t have, and if it hadn’t been you, it would have been someone else. If she had to die… I’m happy someone like you killed her. At least then her Legacy will be more than just that of another dragon too drunk on arrogance getting themselves killed.”
“If it’s any consolation, I think it was a good fight,” Jake said. He couldn’t quite say if it lived up to the unrealistic expectations he’d built up in his mind, but overall, he did believe it was a good fight. It was just an odd one.
Yrelstromoz had been incredibly weak yet also powerful at the same time. If she had fought seriously right from the beginning, it would have been far harder, but even with her change in demeanor coming a smidge too late, she had still proven why the True Dragons were an apex race in the multiverse.
“I’m glad to hear that,” the dragon said, sounding sincere. She looked at Jake for a few moments before turning from sad to a more severe look. “Now, this may be presumptuous of me, but she is still family. If the Chosen allows it, I would like to put her to rest with her parents… to at least allow her in the ancestral graveyard.”
Jake raised an eyebrow at the request as the dragon continued.
“In return, I’ll make sure you don’t suffer any losses from it. I’m fully aware the body of a True Dragon holds immense value, but if you allow me to take her, I’ll at least help you extract and empower her heart with all the useful Records in the corpse before leaving,” the aunt of Yrelstromoz offered.
“Alright,” Jake said, not needing to think about the matter much. Even if she didn’t offer to empower the heart, Jake would feel weird about telling the aunt he wanted to keep the corpse to peel off the scales, drain it of blood, cut out all useful organs, and finally extract the bones.
“I thank the Chosen for his magnanimity,” the dragon bowed. “The Lumenflight owes you for your kindness.”
She raised her hand towards the corpse and spoke some words Jake couldn’t even hear. Jake saw the entire corpse of Yrelstromoz light up for a second, and a moment later, a heart was phased out of the dead dragon’s chest. It floated out toward the aunt, who quickly directed it toward Jake.
He didn’t take the time to inspect it yet, but merely accepted the heart. Looking at the corpse, he saw that it looked even worse for wear now, and it no longer gave off the same aura as before.
The aunt also looked at it one final time before waving her hand, depositing the corpse in her spatial storage. She closed her eyes for a moment, let out her last sigh, and turned to Jake.
“Once more, thank you. I shall leave you now… Dragonslayer,” she said, and true to her words, she was gone the very next moment, leaving Jake alone.
Feeling she was no longer watching him either, Jake fell back on his ass, also finally letting go of Arcane Awakening, allowing weakness to flood his beaten and battered body.
“Fuck me,” Jake muttered as the pain came back with full force now that he relaxed a little. His body was a royal mess, and even breathing hurt, but he focused his mind and closed his eyes as he entered meditation to recover.
He still felt lingering energy from the Dragon’s Breath in his body, and it would take a bit before he was back to full power, but hey, at least he had a nice stack of system messages to go through and keep him distracted.
But more than that, as he sat there relaxing, full realization kicked in, and he couldn’t help but smile.
Finally killed a True Dragon…
Comments
Dave
Tftc
Chase Burleson
Tftc!
Cerby
Hell ya boyyyy
Rachel Clements
TYFTC!!
zran
id say its less what she is decent and more what she feared the repercussions of even entertaining the idea of seking revenge since she knew jake was the chosen of villy
Chloe
That was well written. Can't wait for the Notifications. Like the Aunt too she was pretty decent. Tyftc
Michael Click
❤️❤️❤️👏👏👏
A Flashy BR
Tyftc Hell Yeah!!
Patrick McCarthy
Yes he fixed it when doing the crazy semi-divine meditation thing with the First Sage recently
Cet
Has he already fixed palate? I guess I missed that.
Nate R
Yesterday and today has had me checking every 30 seconds haha
Keion
Do you think his now progressed at all and where’s the chapter lol
Xerecs
The only way I think he could consume it now is if it was held within his palate to be consumed over a long period of time. As I'm guessing a momentum boost over time as he slowly absorbs the records contained within it. It wouldn't be something he could just consume within a grade considering it's a piece of a high tier god.
Michael
Jake has to eat the fragment Villy prepare from the god he killed first
Babuui
Doubtful on the light magic, but something else he could learn for the dragon scales or even just their base toughness or something. I feel like he may use it on a ritual or something. Hopefully he doesn't forget about it XD
Tamathon
Anyone else think he’s going to chuck the super powerful record holding heart into Palate… then learn some cool light magic?!
Vega
Jake can help evolve Draskil or Scarlet now!
Polaris
He’s achieved all his goals so I expect so
Josh Strange
It feeds constantly. So it's always getting stronger, as it's Sin is Hunger. It just likes cises best. I doubt it could handle a curse 2 grade above Jake though. But eventually? That things a catastrophe in weapon form.
Michael
How does eternal hunger work? Can it consume a curse from A grade? Does it get stronger, do more damage as it consumes more? If so why not just feed it a lot intentionally?
Xerecs
I'm hoping the conclusion of this fight marks the start of the final push for B grade.
Peter Smith
Scarlet. If he used it in a ritual for scarlet, to see what would happen. Imagine if she transformed into a Quetzalcoatl.
Daniel Hamilton
Edit: . I curved, folding in on itself -> it curved, folding in on itself
Ronan B
"Ah, Jake-san, a true Dragonslayer, most impressive. I too have been working on my records in a similar vein... The system has also awarded me a new title: 'Dragon-Layer' 😈"
Shadowessence
Hmmmm a gift? Hehehe imagine he offers it to the old man? That would be the coolest, dragonheart sword saint? I doubt draskil because they aren't that close, though imagine he gets Arnold to make him a mecha-dragon because.... mecha dragons...
Takoda Heitz
Draskil Primeval Awakening when?
Cody Williamson
Fuck yeah! He should have gotten her spatial storage contents as well. But fuck yeah!
Phil Ritter
I just remembered that Myamoto is trying to catch up rn and when Jake comes back whatever he cooked up will probably look a bit shabby compared to a true dragon hunt. Stay strong my lustful old man
Phil Ritter
Who would he even use it on? Scarlet? She seems to be the only candidate since using it on the frost wyvern would probably be a waste. Not to mention Scarlet is already B-Grade and I don‘t know if that evolution would be possible at this grade. He should probably evolve before trying anything of that sort
Joken
The bed sheets with the fight’s motif are already available in the Malefic order shop.
Phil Ritter
I was wondering if the wyvern on the frost mountain has any chance. He should have an abnormally high amount of records due to living on earth but Villy mentioned independently evolving Dragons are absolute monsters of slaughter and he never gave of anything close to that
santiago villa reverte
sooo i am betting for the true dragonization of scarlet
William Rossi
I really agree. Before I expected him to have to use his THUMP! card to succeed, and still want to see a fight he has to use it, but this fight was perfect for him and we really got to see his maximum power
Patryk
He made it not long after the treasure hunt combining the chimera weapon set (Count loot), C-grade Nalkar Vampire heart, supreme carbonic catalyst and transferred to this vessel the sin curse from scimitar empowered by the curse from the root of eternal resentment, Everybody on the planet got pretty hungry for like almost 3 weeks (imagine Sanctodomo then) and he almost* got rekt by the curse he channeled through his soul (curse was like A-grade strong or smth) Edit: he did it in the temite hive Edit2: and his simulacrum from the myriad paths event kind of merged with the curse (with the chimera in his soul to be exact i believe, it was a bit complicated)
Ryan Linus
What’s the back story on eternal hunger again?
Joshua Little
Thanks for the chapter.
Patryk
Everybody comments on how Jake will make/evolve a True dragon with this new heart, but iirc the el hakan bloodline loot was a heart too so I see some possibilities here ... Especially that he decided on 'maybe crafting something' from el hakan heart (tho he may have forgotten it lays somewhere in his spatial storage)
NicN
Tftc
Kevin Watson
Shorter than expected but i think that’s a good thing. perhaps the next major fight will be the ten chapter terror
brjenness
she saw people as little more than bugs...not an irredeemably villain... no conflict in those two statements at all.
Ty Cooper
I think that whole area got destroyed along with the heart
Ty Cooper
Anyone else wondering how much his new bow healed him during the fight. EH does also. Almost no matter how he hits someone he gets healed. Only the void katar doesn't heal.
Xander
TFTC :) Heres hoping Jake remember to pick up the other heart he left powering the bait circle. Suggested edits: "Breath *or had* trained the ability a lot" should be "and hadn't" "After her second Dragon’s Breath had also failed *after the human used* some kind" clunky repetition of after. Change to "with the human using" "the Chosen away and allow *him* to escape." should be "herself" "True Dragon that flew *hopefully* on a perfectly black backdrop." odd choice of word here. I dont know what you were going for this word just seems odd in the circumstances since Y is certain shes going to die. "*With it easy*, Jake drew his bow and took aim, *something that was more effortless than ever.*" should be "With ease," and the avoid the repetition of effortless, ditch everything after the second comma since its just labouring the point. "it was only *natural* that the end-point of any attack would *naturally* be Yrelstromoz." repetition. Even changing the first to "inevitable" or similar the naturally feels excessive. "An explosion of arcane energy exploded all around him" repetition. Change one to "burst" or "detonated" theres choices. " her stomach rising ** with labored breathing" heres a new one, missing "and falling" to complete the phrase. "just tried to place *upon* Jake *upon* her death. " clunky. Maybe change the second to "with" "had to delay deactivating his boosting *kill*, " should be "skill"
Roguewave1737
Honestly, this one made me sad and I kinda saw it coming. She was a true dragon and a bully, but not a fighter. She didn't want to put her neck on the line, and she did have a somewhat sympathetic backstory with her parents getting killed trying to help her along. She begged for help at the end when there was still a chance of survival, and maybe she could have been reformed following that smackdown. It honestly sounds like nobody ever tried to discipline her or put her in her place, just cut her off when she still had plenty and didn't care. A poorly raised child despite her true age, killing people that she saw as little more than bugs in an act of boredom, lashing out during grief, and rebellion. I halfway hoped Jake wouldn't kill her because despite being inherently strong and a bit of an asshole she seemed more like a brat in need of correction than a worthy adversary or irredeemable villain.
ChRiAn
I want Jake asking VIlly for the recording of that fight, so he can have a cuddly movie night with Artemis.
Rewdan
Eternal Hunger was like yum can I get some more please?
JW Saxby
Damn 😯 Nice job 👍🏼 Tftc 🍻
Alexander Dalton
Tyftc!
Nate
It might also read well as "with ease, Jake drew"
Andyr98
Ohhh nooo he gonna evolve a dragon isn't he
CT
I bet it will be like prodigious dragon slayer or something like that since he did it grade lower than expected. As a side note I love the fact eternal hunger just keep owning other curses constantly when the opponents think it is their last gambit.
Joken
Isn’t that exactly what the Frost Peak Wyvern needs to evolve to a true dragon? An empowered heart?
Ty Cooper
I have been wondering if that is a title that is forbidden knowledge. You cannot know till you are older than the ability to get the title or another that has the title.
Ty Cooper
Woo! I find it odd that I cannot wait for the weekend to end so I can have another chapter. Tftc! Looking forward to tomorrow with all his notifications and Villy's view... and I guess Eversmile also
Walter Kimberly
Hell of a way to start off the week. Thank you for the chapter!
E H B
I want my notification
Brandon Smith
His bow is like feeb me another
DARK LORD DAISHI
TYFTC
Tommy
LOOOOOOOOOOOT! Let’s go! TFTC
itsdlow
Event Horizon was so dang epic! Thanks for the chapter Zogarth!
Titaniumtac
I curved ----- It curved
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BP
To be fair, he approached her there to test her.
smore
Dragon Slayer!!
bioticisbasic
Tyftc!
Jason
"Why? You had nothing to do with me. I had nothing to do with you. Why do this?" Um, you literally tried to murder me last week because I fared better at blackjack than you.
InfernoDroid
Tbf she knew if she slighted him in any way, she wouldn't have left the planet alive
GeneticSloth
tftc!
brjenness
I still chuckle at the idea that instead of high human, zog uses denmarkian (sounds better then danish)/belgian/or zogarthian as the new race. you know damn well a Texan or a new yawker would.
Chris Carnegie
His shoes - one step mile
DirePants
It fit perfectly. Both a difficult fight and surprisingly easy. It was the perfect combination for Jake to take down a True Dragon. Now he understands, truly how powerful dragons are. Can’t wait for notifications!
Hotep Saxis
One small correction.. “Jake didn’t hesitate as he teleported over, seeing no need to extend her suffering needlessly.” Jake can’t teleport yet.
Wen L.
Another time chamber session, the goku comparisons are going to keep coming :P
tigerfishie
TYFTC im SO excited to see what comes next!!
Daniel Jackson-Woods
Just enjoy the chapter for what it is and stop nitpicking nobody else gives a crap.
Namorat
Secondly, she released magic to push the Chosen away and allow him to escape. - her to escape?
AetherBoye
My bet is this got him within 2 levels of evolution, 3 max. He was already pretty close, in the last 10 levels I think?
Cory S.
Should be interesting indeed to see how Helenstromoz(spelling?) treats him if/when she ever speaks with him again.
AetherBoye
All we need is a ritual to create a dragon injected with a little bit of Jake juice and we'll see what grade a *real* true dragon is, my bet is on A grade at least
Hunter
I’d imagine he will get a title
AetherBoye
Jake really needs to spend 10-20 years just meditating to expand his permanent sphere perception to maximum. It won't be a perfect grade up if he can't have his sphere at maximum all the time, and honestly it's lost potential that he still has to use it as a pulse
Gregory Schmitt
I love the quip about forgetting the heart. Nice touch
Kris Piskorski
So now with the heart he needs to do a ritual and get a new and overpowered Dragon friend
Biggy smalls
Nah, the last person Jake used creative mode on was Valdemar. The sword saints no Valdemar. It’s got to be somebody stronger than Yrel, perhaps a surprise life or death fight. The Sword Saint can’t kill Jake.
Gregory Schmitt
Yeah I'm with you, screw her. To the very end she proved why she didn't deserve to live
Gregory Schmitt
I think that politically they're painted into a corner. If one of the lumen flight takes revenge the viper will lay waste to them. The gratitude also stems from what is apparently a pretty well respected rule of the multiverse that one does not touch someone else's prize from a hunt. And Z notes just how valuable that prize could be as it is a True dragon corpse
Bruce Sheplan
True but in Jakes defense the aunt asked nicely and didnt take before asking ( also offered appropriate compensation), but in the end its the hunters decision.
Lazy Dragon
I too really want to know if Valdemar killed a true dragon! Though, I doubt Jake is the first human to do so. It's been said several times that while it's very rare, it isn't unheard of.
AfroMocha
Jake at B grade is going to be an absolute monster. I don’t think anyone except for the people on his planet and maybe the odd few other standouts of his universe. Cheetos what’s from the Milky Way galaxy everything that we’ve encountered so far is just from the Milky Way galaxy. We haven’t really heard anything about the other galaxies in Jake’s universe. Stand the reason that we could encounter a lot more possible chosen from this new 93rd universe, maybe not a primordial, but a lot more chosen of other gods And the nevermore standings yeah Jake is a stand out for the universe, but that’s for people that went to nevermore. I could very well see someone coming from the 93rd universe from another galaxy that didn’t go to nevermore or simply just ranked up late and ends up coming close to beating Jake’s records or even Cheetos records at Nevermore.
Mat
“I knew it. The whole interrupt my hunt was horse s**t.” - The Lodestar Matron after hearing that Yrel body was retrieved
Rahsheem Reid
That was a gooooood chapter. Jake going back to earth will be interesting lots that could happen. I wonder if all dragons will be able to tell he is a dragon slayer? Maybe some other added benefits/bonuses? Looking forward to this weeks chapters.
AfroMocha
I’m glad she wasn’t able to push Jake to use his bloodline. The next time Jake fully unleashes his bloodline, I think might be against the sword saint.
Jordan Rogers
If he doesn’t tease us with talking to Villy first
Alex
Wonder if Dragonslayer is a title for killing a dragon in C grade.
Rewdan
True Dragons are ridiculous seeing as she was still alive after Event Horizon
Rewdan
What a great ending to the battle. Thanks Zogarth
Christophchristoph
Amazing fight and conclusion! Thanks for the chapter!!
Bobo
Thx!!!
Jordan Rogers
So harsh keeping them system notifications to yourself… not to kiss your butt too much Zogarth, but you’re entirely too good at leaving us in suspense
Mat
Jake’s chosen status is ridiculous. He kills someone’s niece, the sad aunt thanked him. To collect the corpse, her faction owes him a favour and will probably use it as a way to get closer to him. I mean at this point the dragonflights and the united tribes will approve of the Lumenflight’s failure to guide Yrel.
Daniel
I have been waiting for this since chapter 1, it’s a long time coming.
DaMule
Worth the wait, thanks Z!
Wen L.
It's essentially Jake's nascent domain skill from the look of it. I think at the heart of Event Horizon is Jake's future realm. At B-grade, this thing will be incredibly powerful, but by S-grade, lower Gods will have a do not engage order on Jake from their pantheons.
Doodlenoodle
TYPO Maybe he should be more respectful, but considering he looked like a corpse and wasn’t very happy he had to delay deactivating his boosting KILL (prob meaning Skill instead)
SinCinnamon
I love notification chapters
DeAndrea H
Love it! I wonder if he’ll get a Dragon slayer title or if it will upgrade his Prodigious Slayer of the Mighty title. Probably the former since the aunt specifically called him Dragon Slayer. And if it is a separate title, I wonder if it’s something True Dragons like Scarlett and Drascoll (who have probably reached that stage by now) can automatically sense? I love that Yrel was hateful to the very end. It would be so easy to try to redeem her at the end with some “maybe I was wrong? Maybe I deserve this for my misdeeds?” But nope she was like “how dare you kill me, you inferior peon. With my last breath I curse you!” I totally disagree with Jake. I wish she’d known her curse didn’t do shit but make him stronger. Rub that salt in! 🧂
Joshua Millins
Scarlett would be my choice. Her loyalty to Jake and friendship to most of his closest supporters makes her ideal.
Wen L.
"Dragonslayer", did Jake get the title? Sweet I can imagine Wyrmgod looking over at Villy and Eversmile with annoyance and a little weariness, "Hey I resemble that" :P
djthomp
delay deactivating his boosting kill --> delay deactivating his boosting skill
Lommy Coldhands
Yeah I thought Oras or someone on that level was going to appear
Matthias
Tftc
Paul B
Here me out....what if Jake used the heart to empower and evolve draskil or the lizard from that peak...food for thought 👀
Wahid Alam
Awesome fight, brought back memories of ell hakans fight when she stopd back up, thought she was gonna keep it going and o got hyped for a sec. Peak fight, i give you two cookies
Nathan Holliday
While I think the fight does feel odd in that it was both easier and harder than it should have been I do like it. I think it feels so weird because Jake is more powerful than any c-grade has any right to be so we are bought in a place where he is stronger than most base b-grades yet without the power boost from evolution. When he does finally evolve to b-grade he will have a hard time finding anything less than 50 levels above him to give him any challenge at all.
Daniel Golding
How many levels do we think he got? Lots o' records here
Spencer Miller
Interesting that Event Horizon seems to rely not just on the concept of what it looks like from the exterior of the Black Hole, but also, to some extent, the interior. In particular, inside the Event Horizon of a black hole, spacetime is warped in such a way that literally no direction around you leads outward, from your perspective. This fits perfectly in line with it being both a targeting skill as well as an anti-escape skill.
Nathan Holliday
We finally witnessed the future god killer Event Horizon be used. The first of many mighty foes has been slain!
Cyranosaurus
Thx!
ABTelford
This was a worthy finish to this great fight mini-arc. And the aunt coming but not interfering and mourning - that whole scene was perfect. 😘
Russell Widger
The system isnt giving him any so why not? Lol
joel southard
Thank you for the chapter
Violet
Awesome fight!! Tftc
islandcastle11
That’d be funny
atome 4 000
And soon B Grade and possibly Jake new race revealed.
Cory S.
On today’s episode of THE PRIMAL HUNTER! The might of the True Dragon, Yrelstromoz, has been broken! Her powerful Dragon's Breath, a weapon of absolute destruction, failed to fell the seemingly unstoppable C-grade human, Jake, the Chosen of the Malefic Viper! Her pride shattered, the desperate dragon fled to the stars, burning her remaining energy in a desperate bid for freedom! But her escape was for naught! Just as hope was within her grasp, the human warrior uttered a single, chilling phrase: “Event Horizon.” In an instant, reality itself warped! The stars vanished, swallowed by an unending darkness, leaving Yrelstromoz alone, trapped in a void with only a terrifying ring of light and the twin, piercing eyes of her foe to mark her demise! Though the illusion faded, a chilling premonition of death settled in her soul! The victor needed no second chance! With unerring accuracy, Jake unleashed his ultimate attack, a Protean Arrow charged with all his Arcane Power and Hunting Momentum! Faster than light, the arrow tore through the vast distance, striking the fleeing dragon with devastating force! The True Dragon was defeated, her body ruined and falling! But even in death, her hatred exploded in a final, black surge of emotional energy! Yet, even this final curse was futile, absorbed completely by Jake’s ever-hungry katar, Eternal Hunger! But the battle was not truly over! A powerful, sorrowful new presence appeared on the scene, Yrelstromoz's aunt, a far stronger dragon from the Lumenflight! Jake eyed the new dragon, but the new arrival sought no revenge! Instead, she offered a peaceful exchange, the heart of her fallen niece, now supercharged with the dead dragon's power, in return for the corpse, a final dignity for her kin! The weary hero agreed, and the dragon vanished, leaving behind a gift and a new title: Dragonslayer! His victory complete, the Chosen of the Malefic Viper collapsed, his battered body screaming in agony! Now, all that remains is to recover and face a massive stack of system messages! What new power lies within the True Dragon's Heart? Will we ever find out or will Jake once more forget about another powerful treasure lost to memory and time? Find out next time, on THE PRIMAL HUNTER!
beeve
You mean when he was ambushed after already fighting another b grade and without any bane poisons?
Richard Loveless
So tomorrow is a notification chapter.
Arieh Sochaczevski
Thanks for the chapter!
Mohammed Sheekh
I wonder how the multiverse will react to a barely peak C grade jake destroying a true dragon
Ra
For a hot minute or two I thought one of the gods from the unknown faction was watching Jake. Ref: "He knew Villy was observing him, but right then, another existence gazed upon him. Something far more powerful than he was." Later I realized He = Jake, not Villy.
Titaniumtac
him to ----> her to
Corvid
He probably just remembered when people wouldn't stop complaining about ell'hakans fight taking way too long and adjusted
Era
Possible, but we know there were no such title for any other race, moreover it should encourage to hunt dragons so I think not
Jayce Sul
Niiiice fiiiight, clean and concise. Still, i thought there would be some twist. I gotta say the entire fight does feel slightly “patched in” now that its just over like that, considering this is a huge deal to Jakeys entire path.
Koof Tron
Apex Hunter!
Corvid
His yip and ellhakan snackos
Almer Reyhan
Dovahkiin, Dovahkiin!!!!!!!
Abriel Blauer
Secondly, she released magic to push the Chosen away and allow him to escape. --> Secondly, she released magic to push the Chosen away and allow her to escape.
Jerry Wieder
Dragon Slayer Jake
Corvid
I bet there's a dragonslayer title too
STAsi0 23
So fight with the bird at the start of b grade fighting was more dangerous that with the true dragon.
Corvid
This chapter made me wonder something. Do you think eternal hunger and bowbow talk to each other? Are they like, murder bros? Or would they be more like two deadly implements standing around a metaphorical water cooler complaining about their boss doing stupid stuff all the time. An argument could be made for the mask too, but fallen king gives Jake sass on his own already
Vex
I mean what could she really do without risking getting the entire lumenflight annihilated by an angry Villy
Lucas
Tftc
Beemoss
Tftc
Eden
His bow must be happy
David
I wonder if Valdemar managed to kill a true dragon at C grade. I know he isn't the 1st being to succeed, but is Jake the 1st HUMAN to accomplish this?
Kaladin
What's left on the checklist before B Grade? Maybe the soul cauldron, but can't think of anything...
Steven Tuttle
the way she said dragon slayer makes me think there definitely a title for slaying a true dragon or something to make him even more over powered i would also like to see him suck all the engerys up with palet
IntenseSushi
Tftc 👨🍳💋
Chris Connolly
I hadn’t even considered he could be making an entirely new realm within the system. I love that idea. Holy mother created the holy land, umbra has the shadow realm, and Jake eventually becomes a transcendent by creating the event horizon of the primal hunter where paths end. The final destination of all prey of the primal hunter
That one, right there.
B grade is coming up.
Javelle Thompson
I've been waiting on this since book one was released. Hell yeah. Thanks Zog
David
‼️Stop tempting him!!! He could easily spend the next week on stories about Sylphie or the Saint, or Miranda or Carmen or all of them!!! Never tempt him to strengthen his dao at our expense!
Gabe Stankiewicz
WOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! Best Monday chapter, EVER!!!! God damn this was awesome Zogarth, thank you for the chapter! I knew the aunt would show up and be like “yeah it’s sad but she deserved it tbh. Anyway, no hard feelings!” At least, pretty much like that lol
Ritsu
I'm sure we'll get a more in depth explanation, but what I'm getting is that Event Horizon basically buffs Jake's arrows to their absolute maximum potential, ensuring that it will always hit no matter the distance and boosting the effects of all of Jake's other skills on his arrows. Simple, but oh so effective. That's one hell of a signature skill.
djthomp
It was worth the hundred chapter wait for that shot, beautiful. Nice to see the Aunt not make trouble, it was strangely even a touching conversation with her. Better Jake kill her niece then somebody who would have also taken the body and used it to make curtains or something. Here's hoping Dragonslayer is an official title with some nice effects. Maybe something for the bow too.
David
Chapter 1239 : Dragonslayer
beeve
Something that we’ll find out during the next prima arc
beeve
Maybe another encounter from the hidden faction too
Tyler S.
Lifes Horizon Arrow
KevB
Can't make us wait a whole weekend this time!
Takoda Heitz
Good work Zogarth! Jake is a fucking Dragonslayer now baby!
Ben Cox
Actually seeing as being a true dragonslayer at C-Grade is so wicked rare I wonder if it comes with a title. Because if it does and he gets it right after he got Sacred prodigy I'm very sad for all Jake's friends who aren't stacking nearly 200% stats across the board. Tyftc
Tyler S.
Would bet scale man Villy may have shone the fight in a similar fashion to Eversmile; she might lol
X
I wonder if dragon slayer comes as a title
BlissForgotten
Amazing chapter and conclusion to the fight. All this leaves is the question... What is Jake going to hunt when he needs to evolve from B to A grade?
Daniel Jackson-Woods
Damn was hoping to see the system messages today but tomorrow works too. Lol
Nate
Event horizon is incredible. I can't wait until it's fully powered and becomes like, the newest demiplane since the Shadow Realm. Jake is making something seriously wild here.
Loststar7
Yeah I didn’t have any doubts either. Did you see that other dragon run away from your awesome uncle.
Wade Cox
Thanks for the chapter
Cody Cahill
TIME FOR B GRADE
Loststar7
Fucking Jake out here setting his own damn evolution requirements. Thanks for a great chapter and a fantastic story. Hope everyone has a pleasant Monday.
Arrogant Savant
This fight was King of the Forest V.2 where Jake has his shit together.
effigy
At least it’s not cliffhanger Friday 😊
Hmmm... okay
Jake the dragon slayer Let's Go tyftc
Staudi
Lets fucking go Dragonhunter! Tyftc Zog!
Posiden 300
She was definitely strongly weak lol.
David
And now, all that's left is to wait for all those beautiful, beautiful system messages!!!
Burkes
And thats all she wrote for this true dragon.
Emmanuel Achaab
Beautiful done. Thank you Zog. Now for the euphoria of levels and a chat with Villy
The Ravenger
Huzza!! TYFTC!!
no
How did I know we would get left hanging with the system notifications amazing chapter
Athena
tftc :D "With it easy, Jake drew" -> "With it ready, Jake drew" Suggestion to prevent repetition: "took aim, something that was more effortless than ever." -> "took aim, something that was more natural than ever."
Matt
I'm sure he'll go over that in the next few chapters
Fdrugc
Tftc, will he get another title? It would be funny if after he said F me Artemis just did it.
Kyle
Noice, also hopefully this will aid his bow after completing his first promise
Daniel Brian
Dragonslayer!! And now...B grade! FIIINALLY! (Don't get me wrong, I love that he doesn't speed through to these things, but that doesn't help my need for instant gratification!)
David Shoemaker
A missed opportunity to show the bow’s power of being alive and able to grow. I remember his bow partially joined him bc it wanted to kill a true dragon.
KazuhiroRiko
What a wonderful way to start a Monday morning, thanks for the chapter
Michael mann
Holy shit! To be named Dragon Slayer by another dragon is nuts!
Shadowind
Tftc
Hopeless Harp
Good chapter, I wonder what sylphie is up too?
Bonktrauma
Amazing! C grade dragonslayer
Paulo Furlaneto
Tftc
Nate Green
Tftc
Bitburger
Dragon slayer!
Meir Banon
Tftc
Daniel Hauck
Yessss soooo gooood!
Jarrett Glass
Awwww yisssss.
Thomas Kuhn
Hell yeah! What an awesome fight!
solomon pagan
Well Event Horizon is certainly a capstone ability damn
Andrew Omeara
EVENT HORIZON
effigy
Nice !
GeneralBlack
ALL HAIL JAKE THE DRAGONSLAYER!
mitchell kaiser
Ayyyyy good conclusion to the fight!
Alexander C Hyde
I(t) curved, folding in on itself until it formed a perfect circle around the True Dragon that flew hopefully on a perfectly black backdrop.
Cory Smith
I was starting to worry something was wrong. Zog knows drama…
Sylphie
REE!!
Smiley Face
FINALLY!!!
Daniel Hauck
Finally!!!
Rose angel
IT HATH ARRIVED MY DAY MAY START
Ben Toasty
SWEET CHAPTER
BlackRazaras
Thanks for the chapter
Connor
Thanks for the chapter
Timothy Paulson
Haha yay!!!!!!
C0bra$
Thank u for the story
Adventures In Youmans Land
Finally! Let's go!
Ed Soto
Tftc
beeve
Thank you!
Alex
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