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Chapter 1230 - A Lucky Man
🕑 Added 2025-10-15 11:10:24 +0000 UTC<AUTHOR NOTE>
Oh, look, it’s book release day again!
Book 14 is out now on Kindle, so if you wish to relive the confrontation between gods and their Chosen, now is a great time! Or if you just want to support the release. I’m fine either way.
Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH198HF7
As always, any support is highly appreciated, so go give it a download on KU, leave a review, share the release, call your grandparents to disappoint them with your taste in literature; the choice is yours!
Before anyone asks, which I know people will, no, I haven’t the faintest clue when the audiobook will come out. All I can say is that audio for book 13 is currently being recorded (though it’s on pause due to Travis being away). As for when book 14 will start recording after that, yeah, fuck if I know.
Finally, just a little warning: I won't be posting any chapters next week on the 27th and 28th of November 2025, as I’ll be away from home. I’m still away over the weekend and may not have a chapter ready for Monday, the 1st of December, either, but time will tell.
Anywho, on to today’s chapter!
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It wasn’t like she needed them anyway. When was the last time her Dragonflight had done anything for her? Their only role in her life had been to try to control how she acted and limit her freedom. Her family had been the worst, constantly forcing her to do this and do that while growing up, and then the second she was about to be fully grown, her parents went and killed themselves with the excuse that it was all for her sake.
Yrelstromoz found the sentiment disgusting. She’d never asked them to do anything. They were the ones who wanted their daughter to continue the useless Legacy they’d wasted their lives on.
From the beginning, she had just been living her parents’ dream, and when she insinuated she didn’t care about trying to reach S-grade or whatever, they never listened. They were too caught up in their own fantasy, and besides, how could they even know her? She barely saw them once a decade, and that was an optimistic estimation.
They had been too stuck on their Paths and a useless pursuit of power. A Path Yrelstromoz saw no need to mimic. She already had power. She was already a True Dragon, a pinnacle being in the multiverse. It was more than enough for her to experience the world as she saw fit and live life the way she wanted.
She refused to be bound by traditions that held no meaning for her, or by expectations rooted in the past. Instead, Yrelstromoz embraced the present, reveling in the freedom she had earned through her own innate strength and choices. The world stretched before her, vast and uncharted, a canvas for her ambitions and desires. Filled with weak beings fit for her entertainment.
Her recent act of slaying a dog from the United Tribes had been entirely premeditated to finally get the damn Dragonflight off her back. It had worked wonders, and she was officially thrown out and had been left alone for a good while.
Of course, Yrelstromoz knew that she’d made some people mad, so lying low for a while only made sense. She also found it funny to prove that if she were the one in charge, she could indeed choose to be a peaceful dragon, even if she found herself surrounded by prey. Just imagining her aunt and the other old morons who wasted their time risking their lives for no good reason, seething at her suddenly turning a new leaf after leaving, was riveting.
As for the United Tribes, she didn’t expect much from them. Sure, they had some impressive members among their ranks, but did they truly dare confront a True Dragon? She thought not. If they wanted to deal with her, they would have to find someone of a far higher level, at which point she believed that the Lumenflight would intervene. Even though she was not a member anymore, she was still a daughter of the faction, and those old coots were obsessed with protecting its members.
All in all, officially leaving the Lumenflight had proven itself a brilliant decision so far, and the freedom she felt as she continued to travel was unprecedented. Most recently, she’d settled down on a small planet known for its vacation spots, and she’d quite enjoyed herself so far.
The resort she was at consisted of a massive complex with plenty of entertainment all over. She mostly enjoyed the local casinos and bars, even if the alcohol was far too weak for a B-grade to find any real satisfaction. Then again, if she could find good alcohol, it would mean the establishment catered to B-grades, at which point this wouldn’t be a very good place to lie low.
From her scans, the most powerful people were around peak C-grade. Decent, sure, but compared to her, it didn’t really matter if they were at the beginning or the peak of C-grade. Killing them with a single attack remained effortless, and so far, she’d yet to encounter a single person not dying to a single subtle attack.
Alright, sure, she was lying low, but some morons still had to bother her, especially when she was just trying to enjoy herself. Especially men liked to approach her, which was understandable, as who wouldn’t be drawn to her noble self, but how could she ever look at inferior beings like that with anything but disgust? It was only fitting to punish them for their arrogance.
And annoyingly so, it appeared that today would be the same. Yrelstromoz was just enjoying herself alone at one of the card tables, having a pretty good run so far, meaning the dealer wouldn’t need to experience an unfortunate accident like the one who robbed her yesterday.
A man walked over and sat right next to her, not even throwing her a glance initially. He put down a hefty stack of chips and looked at the dealer. “Let’s hope the heart of the cards is in my favor today. I’m feeling fairly lucky.”
“I can only wish the gentleman luck,” the dealer answered with a smile as she dealt the cards. Based on that brief interaction and the way he handled his cards, she already suspected this human was new to these kinds of places.
Perhaps he was one of the people who believed it possible to fool the house without throwing out the rules entirely. Sadly for him, there was no way around the system skills that allowed the dealers and casino operators to ensure cheating was impossible, even if a god had been sitting at the table. Only the ones who were dealt the cards could see what they had, and the cards would only be “revealed” once actually dealt. Counting cards could help, but usually they used infinitely generating decks and mostly true random card dealing, making it effectively impossible.
Yrelstromoz was sitting out a few hands, ready to enjoy the show as the newcomer was robbed blind... except that didn’t happen. He just sat there with a silly smile as he won round after round, and when the dealer did win, he never lost too much.
“I guess I am really lucky today!” the human laughed, as he asked the dealer to hit him again, only to hit another twenty-one.
Yrelstromoz narrowed her eyes, her interest piqued. There was something off about the ease with which he was pulling win after win, yet her keen senses detected no indication of cheating or concealed skill usage. She leaned back in her chair, her posture relaxed but her mind suddenly much more attentive, observing the human with growing curiosity.
Perhaps he was simply fortunate, or perhaps there was more to him than met the eye. Either way, Yrelstromoz decided she would stay at the table a bit longer to see just how far his luck—or whatever it truly was—could stretch.
After another few wins, he finally turned to her. “Is the lady not playing?”
Yrelstromoz looked at the human, only noticing now that his eyes weren’t very customary for his race. They had a bestial look to them, likely from some sort of skill. Besides that, there was nothing notable about him, besides maybe his strength, which put him in mid-tier C-grade. Decent for an inferior race, but still pathetic.
She met his gaze, a faint smirk on her lips. “Sometimes it’s more entertaining to watch than to play. But I suppose if you’re going to keep winning like this, maybe I should join in and try my luck as well. Who knows, maybe it’s contagious.”
Her tone was light, but her attention was razor sharp, searching for any tell that might betray his secret. It wasn’t often she encountered a human who brought an air of mystery to the table, and that alone made the evening suddenly more engaging.
“The more the merrier,” the human chuckled as she joined him for a few hands... only to find herself on the losing end once more. Yet he somehow kept winning, making her slightly frustrated as she kept looking for any trace of how he did it.
Even the dealer looked surprised, even if they weren’t quite suspicious yet. They trusted their skills and didn’t believe cheating was possible. It shouldn’t be possible, but this man just kept proving himself far too lucky.
“Fortune really is in your favor, huh?” she asked the human with a tilted head.
“I have been known to go on lucky streaks,” the human smiled as he responded casually. “How about you? Do you come to these kinds of establishments often?”
“Yes,” Yrelstromoz responded, her dislike for the human growing due to the way he talked. Sure, she was hiding her status as a B-grade, but even an inferior species like a human should instinctively recognize that he was interacting with a superior being.
“Well, I hope things go better for you, usually. Oh, hit,” the human said, barely paying attention as he got another card, before deciding to stop on a fourteen, which somehow resulted in the dealer going bust.
“Not like winning consistently is a viable strategy,” he continued after raking in more of his winnings. “The casino’s got the math down, and they make sure to always come out on top. It’s genuinely all a scam that just preys on the psyche of its customers. Hence why I don’t feel too bad when I’m the one ripping them off.”
Yrelstromoz narrowed her eyes. “You say it’s a scam, yet here you are, seemingly being the scammer.”
“Maybe I am,” the human chuckled and shook his head. “But even if I were, no reason to feel bad about it. It’s pretty fucking despicable for those far more powerful than others – such as the casino in this case – to exploit and make use of others. Oh, not calling you out; you’re just working here and at least consistently extracting some money from this horrid place.”
The last part was said to the dealer, seemingly an attempt by the human to avoid making her feel bad. It just kept going with the human consistently making her more annoyed, especially as he just kept winning while talking, all the while she was slowly losing Credits.
“Isn’t it only right for those superior to take advantage of those below them?” Yrelstromoz shot back, still trying to figure out how the hell the human apparently just couldn’t lose.
“I guess it’s inevitable that some advantage will be taken, but that doesn’t mean one should wantonly take advantage,” the human shrugged. “Purposefully causing suffering or making their lives worse just for your own entertainment is just pathetic.”
Yrelstromoz was unable to hold back a scoff as she shook her head. “Those sound like the words of someone who knows they’re inferior.”
“Oh, no, quite the opposite,” the human chuckled. “They’re the words of someone confident and powerful enough to never seek conflict with those weaker than himself. Someone who aims only to punch up and find a challenge.”
She didn’t even bother to respond as she was seething more about losing a hand despite having a twenty. To make matters worse, the damn human continued speaking.
“How about you? I can tell you’re decently powerful in your own right, and I reckon that means you’ve also conquered your fair share of challenges to overcome your own limits,” the human asked her, speaking so casually she had to clench her fists.
A pathetic human had no insight into what it meant for a True Dragon to overcome their limits. The lengths she would have to go to if she wanted to continue progressing on her Path after being fully grown. How it would require her to risk her life — something she simply refused to do. Only idiots would do something that moronic.
Looking at the human, whom she had already decided the fate of, Yrelstromoz narrowed her eyes. “Why are you even talking? Who are you to take such a friendly tone with someone like me?”
“I was just trying to make pleasant conversation and see what kind of person you are,” the human responded as he looked directly at her.
“Why?” Yrelstromoz scoffed. “Do you think you have anything to gain from me? Are you so bored that you strike up a conversation with anyone you meet? Also, why come to this table in the first place when I was clearly alone for a reason? Wait, I know... You want to fuck me, don’t you?”
“Can’t say the thought ever even crossed my mind,” the human shrugged, entirely unfazed by her words. “As for all your other questions, I guess you can say I already got what I wanted out of this little talk. Well, I did hope for one more definitive thing, but we can’t always get everything we want.”
The human looked away as he stood up and stretched. “Alas, seeing as the situation has turned hostile, I believe it’s high time for me to cash out.”
He looked down at her as the dealer nodded and activated a small magic circle on the table that turned all his chips into Credits.
“I wish you luck today, and I hope you end up finding it as enjoyable as I do... and will,” the human said with a smile. After confirming he had cashed out all his chips, he started walking away, Yrelstromoz staring after him.
Looking at him just walking away, she sneered. The inferior creature had appeared before her, annoyed her at the table, spoken to her as if he were her equal, and so much more, and after everything, he believed he could just walk away after getting in the last word?
Truly, the hubris of a weakling from an inferior race. Just because he’d reached C-grade, he believed himself invincible. Little did he know how fragile his existence was. It wouldn’t take much, and she’d done it many times before, even on those at a higher level than he was, with it never once having failed. All she would have to do was use her favorite skill and one of the few she’d bothered to upgrade and create herself. It truly was a lovely skill because it could bring her satisfaction in situations like this.
Raising a finger and pointing it his way, she smiled and gave a silent goodbye to the annoying human. A beam of light erupted from her finger, traveling too fast for all the weaklings around to notice. It carried enough destructive power to instantly destroy the brain and extinguish the soul of even a peak C-grade, all while leaving little to no evidence of what had happened.
With glee, she watched it pierce out toward the back of the human’s head... but her smile quickly faded as her eyes opened wide. Right as the beam erupted, he swayed slightly to the side and dodged the beam entirely. Almost as if he’d seen it coming before she even used her skill.
While she was still surprised at having failed, the human slowly turned his head toward her. The two made eye contact one more time, his voice echoing in her head as he sent her a telepathic message.
“And that was the last confirmation I needed... I’ll be seeing you later, Yrelstromoz.”
As the words went through her mind, she felt a faint shiver run down her spine. For a moment, she considered attacking then and there, but before she even had the chance to fully decide, the human was not only gone but somehow able to avoid her detection.
Comments
Parker Bond
Sir, this is a Wendy's. You: I know
Parker Bond
I wonder who would win if Jake played cards against Mat Cauthon from The Wheel of Time. They both have cheat level abilities: Jake knows when to play and when not to, but Mat warps chance in his favor. My guess would be that Jake would just refuse to play whenever he'd get a losing hand so it would be a draw.
Chase Burleson
Tftc!
Drake The Snake
Peak
Steven Lacks
I love litrpg and cultivation but I myself don't want to "challenge the heavens" or to seek immortality. I probably would have related more to that schtick when I was younger. I try to set my kids up to follow their own paths. I found myself agreeing with her way too much 😂 not the being an ass and murdering innocents. Anyway, this was literally posted from a Wendys
Lukáš Cabák
S,,
Dave
Tftc
Cees Tollenaar
Would be funny if there was an easter egg like: "She had it coming, she only had herself to blame"...😂
Goose18
Anyone else imagine Frieza doing a death beam lol
Chloe
Tyftc FA&FO
Rachel Clements
TYFTC!
Michael Click
❤️❤️❤️👏👏👏
Jacob Hopkins
Same. This was just Jake being 100% big game hunter.
Cory Crowell
This is one of my favorite chapters.
Shadowind
Tftc
Cody
This is awesome! Jake’s training montage was fun, but a prelude to a battle out of nowhere was perfect.
Thenais
Incoming grandma next chappy
Jeryd Greer
So good!
Phil Ritter
Okay that was really badass. Zog is going all out from the start. I’m really wondering if I should keep reading now or come back at the end of next week and hopefully by then it will be concluded. Don’t think I have the patience tho
WaxDinosaur
Yes! I forgot about that, really hope it comes out soon!
Zogarth
Fixed some stuff here and there.
Seen Death
Basically a granted hes going to do serious damage on the opening shot, well see how it goes haha. I think its an incredibly low chance he could 1 shot this B grade though, the ones he was previously 1 shotting were very weak variants This one was selected to be a trial I think hed feel conflicted- extremely proud he 1 shot a true dragon at C grade but would feel even more regret because he was looking foward to a extremely challenging fight that would push him to his limits. Maybe even a bit of anger at villy for picking too weak of an opponent - but like i said, i bet this is going to be a devastating fight Hopefully the civilians will be mostly unharmed but even if the whole planet dies, would still be a net positive to get rid of this leech
Seen Death
My guess is basically 100% hunted haha Shes basically the opposite of jakes type mentally, and at c+ grade everyone can make themselves look attractive so any beauty she has is basically meaningless Besides, i cant imagine her ego would ever allow her to sleep with an "inferrior species" to begin with
Tyler Sutfin
I love these chapters where we see Jake from an outside perspective!!! I'd love to see more fight scenes from an enemies pov. It feels like we see truly how horrifying fighting him is!
Fyrtue
I mean there's the wiki, but since that's divided into pages it doesn't work quite as well.
Nano
The creatures on that island were there to be hunted
Rahsheem Reid
Im itching.. this is going to be a good one.
Joshua Knight
Farming some aura I see
Taylor
Is there anywhere with characters names and a small description to jog memory? I keep forgetting who people are after they've not been in the book for awhile.
Tommy
So he’ll wipeout an island to get levels but need to justify killing one dragon?
Ender419
Lmao! I just had an image of Jake getting some an upgraded skill called Jackpot when he defeats her! Hunting Momentum-> Jackpot ([Sacrilege] Through the combined usage of high Perception and antagonizing your intended prey during a gambling match to which you always won while they have lost. You have built enough momentum that your prey becomes blinded with rage and seeks you out for their self destruction. + 7.77% x Attack + 7.77% x Dexterity + 7.77% x Defense + 7.77% x Perception
Steven Saddler
This is one of my favorite chapters so far. I had a fear of how Zog would handle the fact that Jake HAS to eventually hunt a god as an S grade/ Demi-god. This though, is peak content and an exciting introduction of how Jake’s path develops in the future.
Wen L.
Lol, Jake is being James Bond about his hunt. I am not sure if the dragon girl will be hunted or be bedded, but it will be eventful
Henrik Nørgaard
There's actually a part of me that wants Zog to Publish some Vampire smut now that he mentioned it. But yeah the next couple of weeks are going to be full of cliffhangers while Jake kills the Dragon.
Xerecs
A or B grade version of Snappy from the order dungeon?
Rewdan
Literally what I’m doing now 🫨
Thalamus Dredge
Jake building hunting momentum at a fucking blackjack table lmao
brjenness
I can see the aunt trying to force a compromise until she realizes who Jake is.
Ben
Based on how she talks i doubt she went to nevermore
Takoda Heitz
I 2nd this. Would be an awesome villy moment.
Takoda Heitz
You know it’s a good chapter when I feel like I need to reread it and check the comments multiple times in the same day.
K R
I can't wait to find out who Jake puts on the hit list after finally satisfying his dragon itch. Hunter gotta hunt after all
Chris
My prediction: She uses her aunt's token before she dies, begs to rejoin the lumenflight and promises to mend her ways, her aunt is ecstatic at getting what she wants out of her niece...but Jake wants to end it and ends up fighting 2 dragons.
Alexander C Hyde
All she would have to do was use her favorite skill and one of the few she’d bother(ed) to upgrade and create herself due to how useful it was to bring her satisfaction in situations like this.
Blutako
Zogarth is doing this on purpose, the battle is going to get good within 2 chapters or the build up is going to be intense then..... boom weekend zogs going to leave us with a cliffhanger and then is going to publish his vampire smut for the week before halloween and most of halloween week just to drop one Friday cliffhanger chapter on Nov 1 because zogarth loves watching us squirm under cliffhangers and breaks
KingGoomba
I highly doubt this will happen but I think it would be really cool if at the last minute the Lumenflight try to stop Jake and then Villy steps in and tells them not to get involved in his Chosen’s hunt
Labyrinth Maze
She definitely deserves what is coming.
Trumangolorian
Tyftc
Daryl
Yrel is my favorite kind of villain. I love to see arrogant jerks get humbled. This chapter was really good at making me excited for this fight. The fact that Yrel is a well-defined character and not just a dragon-shaped stat block is evidence of the quality of this series.
Joshua Little
Thanks for the chapter.
Daryl
I think both Jake and the casino are rich enough that it's a negligible sum for either of them, even if it would be a lot for a regular patron.
SyndaXatrix
He does
Gumwadd
That was rad. I love the outside perspective of someone being hunted 🤣
kaimen jones
Can’t wait for her crash out after she realizes she can’t win and offer anything to live.
Leon Denton
I’ve forgotten, does Jake still have the core of desolation inside palette ?
Titaniumtac
its time to duel
Xander
TFTC :) Jake better kick this bitches ass :) Nice use of the "John Wick" strategy in making her more evil. She killed a "dog" ok, ok it was a sentient dog from the United Tribes but still :D Suggested edits: "but how could she ever put a bunch of inferior species in her eyes?" Odd phrasing. Never heard this phrase before so I dont know if its correct or not. It seems the meaning is along the lines of "how could such laughably inferior specimens expect to earn her consideration?" "Only the ones who were dealt the cards could see what they had, and the cards would only be “revealed” once actually dealt. Counting cards could help, but usually they used too many decks and frequent shuffles to make it feasible." Ok this ones all me :) I used to work in Casinos and all this is fine for real world gambling but seems far too mundane for PH. The safeguards against cheating were system level when Jake and Carmen went to Paradise ten books ago so should definitely be system level at this multiversal resort. The cards could only come into existence when dealt removing the need for multiple decks, hell the shoe itself could be a system supported artifact with infinite quasi-random cards making the concept of counting laughable. I know, i know, too niche for most but since this is an area of considerable experience for me it took me out a bit :D "Who are you to take such a *friendly* tone with someone like me?" in context "familiar" would be more expected and saves the repetition in the next sentence. "he believed he could just walk away *without* getting in the last word?" should be "while" since Jake was the last one to speak and him seemingly getting the last word is what is upsetting her. "one of the few she’d *bother* to" should be "bothered" since the upgrades would be in the past unless shes talking about upgrading in the future in which case dont mind me. It all depends on if the use of "she'd" is short for "she would" or "she had" Perhaps expand the contraction to clarify. "the human was gone *and* somehow able to avoid her detection." either this is an extra word or youre missing a "was" after it.
Almer Reyhan
MOMENTUM ADDED
Aaron Tavernier
Well, definitely taking a small break here. Got to let this whole fight be written before I consume it like a starved animal. Thank you so much for this story Zogarth. I absolutely adore your writing, and it genuinely always brings a smile to my face, and usually a chuckle.
Kevin Watson
my favorite kind of arc. excited for what will be an exceedingly fun hunt
Navi
This is what the primal hunter is all about!!! Time for a hunt :D
Starkly Glim
Yrel should have learned her lesson from that one Nevermore floor, if she even attended: Punch down long enough, and you'll piss off someone from a major faction with the power and motivation to crush you. Jake's doing his job as a Chosen here, I think, even if he doesn't see it that way. I wonder, too, if Villy hasn't cut a deal with that demigod from the United Tribes, so that the S grade gets his vengeance for his son being killed, and Jake gets a target.
Toni
Oh this gonna be goooooood.
micah Hogan
I can't wait for tomorrow
Fdrugc
Tftc good build up also i hope we see his latest hunting skill
Gabe Stankiewicz
Oh my god this gave me goosebumps, seriously this was insanely cool. The POV change is so awesome and Jake making her sweat, a peak C-grade making a powerful B-grade true dragon sweat? Priceless 💀💀
Keion
The only time I’ve really seen Jake spend money is after a system event lol everything else is gifted from big bank villy he bought a couple trinkets but dog is the deadly sin of greed 😂
Spencer Needler
TFTC the build up is great can’t wait for the rugpull
Psyck0
I kinda hope this will be anticlimactic and Jake's new skill one shots her .
Lyn Shirley
Short, sweet but totally satisfying. I loved it.
Lemonsqueezy
Oh I am sure there are a few gods watching what is going on. Everyone wants to see/know what Jake is capable of.
Lemonsqueezy
The skill is too fast for people to notice (I am expecting light speed or close to it). Also in this universe, no one really cares until someone important or connected is killed. The only reason Jake avoided the attack is because of his bloodline. Since there are 93 universes filled with people it means that there are probably quadrillions of them, no one really gives a shit about you until you are in the way higher grades. Then factor in the fact that she is a B-Grade true dragon that is/was connected to a dragon flight, most people are afraid to say/do anything about it.
Lemonsqueezy
There could also be a filler chapter of the POV of another character(s) doing something unrelated, or stalking Jake while he stalks Yrez leading up to the interference I mentioned above.
Lemonsqueezy
I thought there would be a chapter of Jake making the better bane potion, tomorrow being this chapter, and then the beginning of the fight on Friday. Leaving us on a cliff hanger for the actual fight and outcome. I am going to hypothesize that tomorrow will either be Yrez trying to find out who Jake is while Jake silently stalks her everywhere, the Luminflight finding out what Jake is going to do and pleading with the Order to stop it or most likely the fight starts tomorrow and someone intervenes pissing Jake off for denying him his kill.
Tobias
Would have been Nice to know how much jake won from the casino. Was it a large sum for who? Large sum of money compared to what it could buy? I love this chaptor for jakes need to selfconfirm that she needs to be killed 😀 and thus his last comment. Tyftc
Andrew Massey
The name is Thaine. Jake Thaine.
Daniel
"and after everything, he believed he could just walk away without getting in the last word?" > "and after everything, he believed he could just walk away while getting in the last word?"
The Dregs
Ooooooohhh, this was a banger of chapter. I’m so hyped for the fight. Seeing it from her perspective was genius.
DirePants
That was amazing lol he acted like James Bond turned assassin 😂
John DiMatteo
Tyftc! Anyone else think it’s weird that Yrelstromoz can kill c grades without anyone seemingly noticing? Even if the beam is undetectable, still if multiple c grades dropped dead (each after living hundreds or thousands of years), wouldn’t someone act like something is wrong? Or maybe anyone who noticed would be too afraid to do anything?
Posiden 300
Oh come on that was epic at the end!!
Ian
Wow, what a great POV. I enjoy most chapters of this series, but this one had me glued to my seat till the end. TFTC!!
JW Saxby
😂😂 I’m literally envisioning Michael Myers doing that stand next to a tree or bush thing now lmao 🤣
bioticisbasic
Tyftc!
Sergej Fel
Imagine the horror chapters from the point of view of a monkey tribe or a mushroom community, where their kind is disappearing one by one in the dark, genocided by an unseen, primal, hunter
Jason K
Maybe my favorite chapter from a character writing perspectives
Carl Never
Solid chapter hope theres a few sets of eyes watching maybe a cute hunter who will appreciate a head offering
GeneticSloth
tftc!
Jason
Not clear whether you can carry over momentum like that (i.e. when taking a long break in the middle), but will be interesting to find out!
Arieh Sochaczevski
Thanks for the chapter!
Carl Never
How would jake get to breath in all the mana if the planet still lives. Gotta at least match her kill count while we chase her around.
JW Saxby
Incredible! 👏 👏 👏 so freakin hyped for this, LFG!!! 👍🏼😁👍🏼 Tyftc 🍻
CT
"You FA now it is time for you to FO" - Jake probably.
Alex Vlad
I really liked the view point change, it's like a glimpse in the future where all Will fear the Primal Hunter 😌
Corvid
It's always more fun when the bad guys get told exactly the degree to which they have screwed up right before the consequences of their actions smack them in their face. Or shoot them in this scenario. On a side note, it would be fun to see Jake stalking her for a while, Michael Myers style. Just randomly catching glimpses of him building hunting momentum and getting into her head. Make her doubt her sanity a bit until the orbital protean nuke of the primal hunter hits her head.
JW Saxby
Ooooo that’s interesting 🤔 I like it 👍🏼 or if he could atleast toggle the stealth aspect maybe even.
MarineDebris
Maybe early teens. The Prima Guardian event took place 5 years after the third world Congress. And Jake just spent the last 3 years in his lab.
Hornbach
Ok i guess i can still have my wish then, nice.
Hornbach
Halfway through comment: i am 100% Sure the guy who just sat down is Jake but i was really hoping we get a fully charged powershot with some Horizons Edge mixed in to start the fight. I get that that would level the City she is in so it wouldnt be possible but still. I love it anyways tho.
Paw McArfney
Not enough pop culture and sandwiches
InfernoDroid
I'm pretty sure Jake had started building hunting momentum, her time left is short. Also, I do like when Zog let's Jake he a decent person.
Leaf
Yeah you’re right that wasn’t very nice of her. How would you know if she’s smelly though?
tigerfishie
TYFTC, awesome start to this, loved how Yrel is even more of a perfect target considering her lack of ambition
Max V
Did Jake just go full Jason Asano? 😂
Marvin bennett
As punishment for her and yeah the lives she has taken definitely does deserve death tho
Marvin bennett
Ngl is it bad that if she turned out to be a servant or turned into one to be his eternal servant/slave idk she seems like a good attack dog
Prospects
His intuition is good enough to do it without that, he could tell what number the seeker’s true random die was going to be before it was revealed too. This is pretty much the same thing.
Matthew Hay
Seems like it should be 'while' not 'without'
CT
Just a random thought : Adam(the nephew) should be in his early 20ies considering how much time has passed right?
Prospects
Pretty much everyone has telepathy after F-grade
Joshua Gambrell
I forget how does he have telepathy?
ABTelford
AWESOME Start to the dragon hunt!!! 🥳
Sylphie
Ree!!
Jacob Holmes
I don't think long would have passed between last chapter and this one, and few months at most I'd reckon. It's not like he was learning to make a new poison, he just wanted to recraft a poison he can already make with his higher stats so it would be as effective as possible
MarineDebris
That's a very, very good prediction. And highly likely to go just like that.
DeAndrea H
My guess for the next chapter is a small time skip where after a few preliminary skirmishes with Jake she contacts her aunt to figure out who Jake is and the aunt being heartbroken bc there is only one person that fits that description at C grade. Yrel pleads for refuge or for them to contact the Order, invoking her dead parents, but the aunt has to sadly tell her that the lumenflight can do nothing to protect her so she’s on her own, just the way she always wanted to be.
Noir
Very much enjoyed this interaction. It was a fantastic way to set up their first meeting. Bravo
Matthias
Tftc
Staudi
Tyftc!
C0bra$
Thank u for the story
Tom C
She is so fucked! This is so epic I cannot wait TFTC!
Eric Shivak
I do believe that dragon has busted. Meats back on the menu boys
Sushi
Edit suggestion: the beginning of this chapter felt weird and abrupt, like it started mid paragraph. I honestly rechecked the last chapter to make sure I didn’t overlook something. I’m fine with the viewpoint change, but it felt off.
Era
I don't think so because it's a woman. But they are maybe in the confidence
StrangeBee
Tyftc
Brian Small
The hunt is on
Rewdan
The funny thing is she thinks she’s the predator when really she’s the prey.
Den
Who knows if Jake didn't pull a Villy and covered the cards with some toxin that he will activate during the fight. He did watch the technique in action multiple times after all.
Anthony
Hear it in that voice: "and it was at this moment that she realized that she had fucked up" 😂
Dan
Your fate is SEALED motherfucker! That's the last C-Grade she'll ever attempt to murder
Morazain
Some of the best chapters are like that. I would love a whole book from Caleb's perspective as a point of reference, like Little Brother, Court of Shadows, etc., but seeing it from the person who was most exposed, actively fighting in combat, and his point of view would be interesting.
Rewdan
And so it begins. She’s a dead dragon flying.
Colton Horton
Idk, i feel like tomorrow is gonna be a flashback episode of Jake specifically outing her out and coming with the casino approach.....🤔
BumAssBumAss
Based on what Jake did here, I got an idea for Jake's mark skill upgrade. By sacrificing the stealth portion of mark, he can increase every other effect of it. Making his prey constantly in fear and increase the effectiveness of primal gaze as a bonus.
jobe matula
I wish I had that type of unfathomable willpower lol.🤣
jobe matula
ohhhh let's goooooo!!
Chris Connolly
I think the level of disgust Jake has toward a path like hers is way too big for him to do anything but kill her. I’m sure there will be some unexpected aspect of this interaction, but this bitch is dead for sure.
Evan Zablocki
Ima be so pissed on Friday when I drive my car right off the cliff hanger of the fight truly starting.
Leo Serdar
Lfg
Christopher cashen
I feel like a twist will come out of this it’s just a feeling she’s being set up as more tragic rather than evil, I think she will end up being a new citizen of haven. I could be completely wrong and I probably am but something is screaming at me that Jake’s not going to end up killing her. Just to much work is being done to make feel slightly bad for her. She’s acting out cause her parents died and something’s just tearing at me that this isn’t going to go the way we think.
Jose Mora
Tyftc
Alexander C Hyde
The inferior creature had appeared before her, annoyed her at the table, spoken to her as if he were her equal, and so much more, and after everything, he believed he could just walk away without getting in the last word? (Is without the correct word here?)
Cory S.
We must have hit another time skip that just hasn’t been explained yet. We left off with Jake going to make a stronger Dragon’s Bane poison. The first one took him years to make. Wonder how much time has passed? Great chapter BTW. The cliff tomorrow is probably going to be diabolical.
Potato Sandwich1
I always love seeing the mc through another person's eyes
Christopher cashen
We are the only ones on the planet praying for Monday.
Kt-x
Oooh! Thanks for the chapter!
David
Not a chance. She's way too arrogant to run or panic. Why panic when you believe all C-grades are piss ants? She's gonna be confused and curious to be sure, but it won't be until the fight is on that she learns to fear.
Namorat
he believed he could just walk away without getting in the last word? - without seems wrong here, since he did get it in?
Weebeedee
Don't tempt him where he can read. The sadist might see it. xD
Temlat
Right, i learnt my lesson last arc. This time im not reading each chapter the second it’s released - i’m banking this fight till friday week and bingeing it. Till then, Peace out Villy fans.
WhiteLeeopard
Villy will doubtlessly shed a tear while watching
CocoaBleu
And that’s when she realized…
glutton 12
The hunter has found his prey. PRAISE BE TO THE MALEFICS CHOSEN MAY HIS ARROW STRIKE TRU IN THE HEARTS OF ALL HE DEEMS AS PREY.
Fyrtue
I have this sinking feeling that tomorrow the fight will kick off, it will really get going Friday, then at that point Zogarth, King of Cliffs, will end the week on our boy Jake saying 2 words, Event Horizon. I have been waiting so long to see this skill in action...please don't make me wait the weekend.
IntenseSushi
Tftc
CocoaBleu
Jake with the mysterious stranger act… I love IT!!! I can just imagine Villy watching that whole interaction and laughing his butt off as he drinks a beer… TFTC
j
Tomorrow can't come soon enough, this should be a good fight.
Anthena Sales
The predator has turned into prey.
Shiralee
Love this. Whenever he has a cool moment Jake Bond is going to be in my thoughts.
The Uub
You want snoot boopage?
Kyle Stitt
Gotcha lady!
Loststar7
Thanks for the chapter. I smell a cliffhanger on the horizon 😂.
Ed Soto
Tftc
Joseph Dizdar
Absolute cinema
The Uub
Find out next time on another exciting episode of... Mystery Science Theater: 3000
Stormy
Hope the planet survives
Lynderyn
She attacked first.
David Hall
The Hunt Is On!!!
D.M Wortham
As a Texan i read most scenes to have a Texan accent by default and it makes most scenes so much better.
Christopher cashen
That was so fucking cold. “I’ll be seeing you later yrelstomoz” I almost audibly gasped. What an absolute lad
A. B. Edwards
Yeah, she is doomed. She just had to be so arrogant in front of Jake. Bad idea.
Bruce Sheplan
I thought about it as well but i think this chapter rules that out
Jordan Rogers
She’s gonna do a runner but he already got his mark on her. Or she’s gonna panic that she’s been found and try to eliminate him quick before anyone else does but gonna find a face full of arrow Before she knows it, it would be funny if Jake had already spoiled her drink during that interlude
brjenness
Was villy the dealer? Made me wonder a little about IRL, of the people I feel sorry that their circumstances had a negative impact on their life, how many of them would I lose all empathy/sympathy for if I knew what they were truly thinking.
Joken
This…was a different kind of foreplay.
BumAssBumAss
This Yrelstromoz really is just an asshole.
Meir Banon
Tftc
Morgan LF
I love it! This fight is definitely going to go into next week - goddam weekends!
STAsi0 23
Damn I have shivers
Xerecs
Honestly I was expecting there to be two prep chapters and a chapter like this on friday XD
Fyrtue
This was exactly the setup chapter I wanted for the fight. A soft approach, calling her out on her shit, and a warning as he exits. LET THE HUNT BEGIN!!!
Ben Cox
Damn it this is definitely going over into next week. Still can't wait this is going to be wicked. Tyftc
djthomp
The heart of the cards, never change Jake.
Will
This is going to be GOOD.
Stevean Bozek
The chapter felt short but I do love the entire vibe of the Hunter taunting his prey
Den
Yikes, he didn't become the Chosen of The Malefic Viper just by being a chill friend.
Bladehawk256
I'm so glad we didn't have any more prep chapters before the confrontation!
brjenness
Yrel bane. So many ways zog can take this. Will she find out who the weirdo is. Where will the weirdo go to await yrel to hunt him down. I wonder if Jake knows there is another human with bestial eyes and some similar abilities hunting down yrel?
NicN
Tftc
joel southard
Thank you for the chapter
Gavin
Damn that was insane. Jake confirmed on his own the type of being she was and she just fucked that up entirely
Daniel Smith
I really want a bad dragon joke
John Burton
Oh, it is so fucking on. Also, I don't know why but I had Jake talking with a Texan accent during this chapter. Made the conversation so much funnier
Morningfrost
The name's Thayne. Jake Thayne. I prefer my toxins shaken, not stirred. 😂
Brentley Meersman
Tftc
Hopeless Harp
Amazing chapter and I love the buildup to these fights hopefully we get to see a solid beat down
Kristopher Hanson
Man this is all I get fuuuuuuuck
Andrew Lavoie
That was a good chapter I can't wait to see Jake put her down
GeneralBlack
İncredible! Fantastic! Fuck it will stretch to the next week and my membership ends this Saturday. Anyways thanks for the chapter Zogarth let the dragon hunt Begin!!!!
Cyranosaurus
Let’s go!!!!! Nice chapter….. she does suck hope it’s a good dragonsbane!!!!
Shadow S
I love when Jake aura farms
Daniel Brian
Badass Jake moment at he end!
Alos
Hype!
Karim Saadi
What a chad
Michael mann
Damn Jake. Talk about playing with your food.
Violet
Love Jake aura farming chapters, tftc
Jason
Oh, this was a good one.
Chris
Jake just aura farming
Arrogant Savant
Jake be playing the ole' western bounty hunter talking to his target and confirming how awful they are.
BlackRazaras
Thanks for the chapter
Kirin
Thanks for the chapter!
Ritsu
I saw a few people speculating that there would be a face turn for Yrelstromoz during the fight, and boy am I glad that that was wrong. This one would rather choke on her own blood than admit to any wrongdoing. Lady's just another narcissist needing a good stomping, and it will be oh so sweet.
effigy
Ooooh 😊
crazyfiend
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees. TYFTC
Strato Junon
Best not main character pov chapter possibly ever. Goosebumps. Tyfc
Connor
Thanks for the chapter
Beemoss
Tftc
Ellis Stewart
How are yall so fast lmao
Roland Haller
Damn, you guys are fast. Tyftc
Mohammed Sheekh
Damn, thought I was first
Damascus
Early today.
