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Chapter 1138 - Event Horizon
🕑 Added 2025-05-16 11:21:03 +0000 UTCThe wonders of skill selection. Jake always liked them. They offered a great opportunity to review Jake's accomplishments since receiving his last one, but far more importantly, they provided the best system-supported method for directly experiencing a power increase. Outside of evolutions, that is.
This skill selection was perhaps the most exciting yet. At the end of every grade, one would get a skill related to the essence of that class. Before C-grade, Jake’s classes hadn’t been the best, but they had increased gradually with every grade, and now, Jake had a pretty damn good one, which meant he would also get a pretty damn good final offering. Just going by the tier of his class – extrapolated from the stats it gave per level – Jake already had high expectations of the final skill, and more or less already assumed now he would pick it.
For reference, in E-grade, Jake had gained Arrow of the Ambitious Hunter, a skill that had now become the legendary Protean Arrow. In D-grade, he had gained Relentless Hunt of the Avaricious Arcane Hunter, the skill allowing Jake to accumulate Hunting Momentum while fighting. It was effectively another massive passive skill that would allow Jake to make some devastating attacks by expending his Hunting Momentum, all without any cost.
And now it was time to see what the final C-grade class skill would be.
Jake could be wrong, but he was fairly confident it was going to be either a peak legendary skill or just straight-up a mythical one. Seeing as Jake already had three mythical class skills, he knew his chances of getting another one were larger than usual.
Of course, before it was time to see that skill, he had four more options to go through meticulously while waiting for the Sovereign to finish playing around with the Forest Fae. The first of which was at least a little interesting, if only for the reason Jake assumed he had it.
[Entangling Arcane Vinearrow (Epic)] – A meeting between life and arcane, resulting in the entanglement of your foe. Allows the hunter to shoot an arrow of life energy that will sprout into vines upon hitting a foe or whenever the hunter wills it to. These vines will try to wrap themselves around your target to limit their movement, and once the target is bound, the vines shall seal themselves in place using stable arcane mana. The durability of the vines depends on Wisdom. Adds a bonus to the effectiveness of Agility, Strength, Perception, and Wisdom when using Entangling Arcane Vinearrow.
Artemis’ influence was evident with this one. Jake had never even tried to make a vine arrow himself, but lo and behold, just because he spent some time with a goddess who was known to specialize in that kind of thing, he was offered the ability to.
As for the skill itself, it looked… fine? Nothing particularly outstanding, really. The only notable thing was that this was a fusion between the life affinity and Jake’s arcane affinity, at least to some extent. Its ability to turn stable and lock down a foe was also a novel application of Jake’s affinity, and he even theorized that he could make the entire vine blow up should he so desire.
However, Jake also got the feeling the skill was actually worse than it looked, at least for what Jake would use it for. Sure, it would definitely be able to constrain another C-grade around Jake’s level, but he had no confidence in it working against something like the Sovereign or the Chimera. Both of them would likely tear through the vines before they would even have a chance to wrap their bodies, all with very little effort.
There was just no scenario where Jake saw an epic rarity skill from a C-grade be capable of entangling a B-grade for any meaningful length of time, and if Jake wanted his foe to keep still, he already had Gaze.
Never having even considered taking it, Jake moved on to the second option, this one just straight-up boring.
[Arcane Clusterbomb Arrow (Epic)] – One explosion can easily be the beginning of many more. Allows the hunter to release an arrow that, upon impact, will explode into several explosive arcane orbs that can then be further detonated. This ability can be charged to increase the amount of arcane orbs. The maximum amount of mana the arrow can contain depends on Wisdom. Adds a bonus to the effectiveness of Agility, Strength, Perception, and Intelligence when using Arcane Clusterbomb Arrow.
Arcane explosions. Yay. Not like Jake didn’t already have a hundred different ways to make that happen. In fact, looking at this skill, Jake got the impression it only had two real use-cases.
The first one was if Jake was fighting huge armies of enemies and wanted to create some chaos by creating a lot of explosions. In that case, Jake would rather just shoot a good Rain of Arrows with exploding arcane arrows to get the job done, but this skill could technically be better.
A second way to use it was for terraforming the local environment through arcane destruction. A practice recommended by zero out of ten environmental agencies. Jake wasn’t big on widespread destruction in the first place and saw no reason to get a good skill that really didn’t seem useful in any other situations.
Hence why he rapidly continued on to another interesting skill… a really interesting one, actually.
[Ceaseless Riposte of the Shadowed Hunter (Ancient)] – With one step ahead and a foot within the Shadow Realm, you always find an opportunity to strike. Allows the hunter to counterattack with a piercing thrust after successfully dodging a melee attack. While disengaging from this riposte, the hunter will be covered in shadows, allowing you to perform a minor vault, concealing your movements while providing defense against minor attacks. Has a low internal cooldown that’s reduced with every successful dodge. Successive strikes without taking major damage yourself deals additional damage. Adds a bonus to the effectiveness of Agility and Strength when using Ceaseless Riposte of the Shadowed Hunter.
So, this was definitely the newest addition to the list by Jake’s estimates, having perhaps been born not even a full hour ago when he was within the Shadow Realm and interacted with Umbra. The mere fact that Jake got a skill inspired by what had just happened proved the Records obtained by the experience were substantial, even if it didn’t feel like a massive deal to Jake.
The skill itself did look very Jake, though. Dodging was definitely Jake’s greatest ability, and this one directly took advantage of it. Additionally, Jake was limited when it came to melee skill as he only really had Piercing Fang, and another one like this would be nice, even if Piercing Fang and Ceaseless Riposte felt like they would have some overlap, seeing as both were effectively just stabbing attacks.
If Jake was desperate to develop his abilities as a melee combatant further, this would definitely have been an option, but more than anything, Jake looked to it for a bit of inspiration for when he had to update Piercing Fang eventually. Jake doubted he could even use the Shadow Vault portion of the skill, but he did like the look of dodges, making his attacks harder, especially the more damage from successive strikes portion looked tasty.
Looking through skills like this was great food for thought. Even if Jake knew there was no shot that he was gonna end up selecting it. Sufficiently inspired, Jake continued on to the second-to-last skill, and this was the first legendary one, as well as the first skill directly related to his class.
[Arcane Hunter’s Tracking of Horizon’s Edge (Legendary)] – You are a hunter willing to track your prey all the way to the edge of reality, and once you have their scent, there is no escape. Grants extreme proficiency in tracking down prey as long as you know their basic signatures, be they physical or magical ones. Makes it far easier to distinguish different tracks. Relying on your instincts, you are capable of picking up tracks and clues about your prey that others may be unable to, and while tracking, all your senses can be focused on the act. Once you have met all the conditions to properly track a foe, you will innately know their location, wherever it is. While tracking down prey, Relentless Hunt’s Hunting Momentum accumulates far faster. Bonus experience earned when slaying a tracked prey (dependent on the total time spent tracking). Adds a large bonus to the effect of Perception while tracking. WARNING: This skill is unlocked by and will serve as an upgrade to your existing Bestial Hunter’s Tracking, resulting in the loss of the skill.
Ah, tracking. Jake had done a bit of tracking here and there, including here in the Hunting Grounds, especially when he was looking for the Forest Fae. Of course, he had failed to actually find her before he went and teamed up with the Sovereign, but if he had this skill upgrade back then, he would have likely been able to track her down himself.
There were a lot of elements to this one for sure. It seemed to make every aspect of the Bestial Hunter’s Tracking skill it upgraded better while adding on a few more things, including the faster accumulation of Hunting Momentum and bonus experience earned for killing his prey. Assuming this bonus experience stacked with Hunter’s Mark, a skill like this would be good at making up for the experience penalty Jake suffered due to his Anomalous Soul and powerful Path.
Of course, another way to overcome those penalties was just to keep improving and hunt down B-grades, something Jake planned on doing, anyway. He also didn’t want to ”waste” a skill selection on upgrading a tracking skill he honestly didn’t care overly much about.
Pulse of Perception was already more than good enough at finding things, and he could always work on improving his tracking skill by himself. Heck, maybe Artemis could even give a few tips in that department, seeing as she was definitely skilled in all the traditional hunter abilities, of which tracking was definitely one.
More than anything, from the very beginning of this entire skill selection, Jake had known it would be the final skill he was most interested in and would pick ninety-nine times out of a hundred. Looking at the next offering, Jake had indeed been entirely correct, as he was offered his very first mythical skill in a class skill selection... well, the first real one anyway, as he didn't count the useless war god skill he was offered after his little duel with Valdemar.
[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.
Jake… had a lot of questions. This was definitely a complicated skill that Jake needed to read several times over to get a good understanding of, and even then, he knew he still had a lot of things he wouldn’t be able to grasp before taking the skill.
To remove any doubt, this would be the skill he was going to select, but he still wanted to ponder it before accepting, not just out of habit or vanity but to try to get an understanding even before he would receive innate knowledge upon acceptance.
Starting from the top, Event Horizon was a rather simply named skill and referred to a known concept. The Event Horizon was the endpoint of everything, at least from the viewpoint of an observer. It was, quite literally, the horizon of all events that could ever have happened. At the true Event Horizon, everything ceased to be, and nothing could escape it.
Most often Event Horizons were talked about when discussing black holes pre-system, but now, with physics changed, something like the Event Horizon had turned into something entirely conceptual. A concept of immense power based on what Jake could see, and perhaps most importantly, one that was limitless by definition.
The skill even referred to it as ”your Event Horizon” and didn’t speak of the concept as an absolute, once more clarifying its relative nature. Again, overall a very confusing skill, but, in words similar to what the Sword Saint would probably say, there were many profound truths contained within.
Getting to the actual effects of the skill itself, it seemed to have two major parts to it. The first part was when first activated the skill which would allow Jake to glimpse the Event Horizon for a moment, at which point he would only be able to see himself and potential prey according to the description. Definitely something he would have to test to really figure out how worked.
The next part was when one got to the meat of it. Jake could designate a target to be one with the Event Horizon, at which point quite a few things seemed to come into effect, the most notable one definitely being the part about all damaging scaling off distance getting maximized.
This would effectively just be a straight-up damage bonus alongside the other weird stuff the skill did. It also seemed like the skill would make it easier to hit his target, though, again, experimentation was required. The distance thing looked as straightforward as could be, though, and lest it be forgotten, Jake had one skill that gave him a damage bonus to enemies based on how far they were:
His Archery skill.
”Adds a small damage bonus to all arrows based on distance traveled and Perception.”
Jake never thought much about this aspect of his archery skill, as frankly, he often couldn’t control how far he was from his target when shooting. Being too far away also had its obvious downsides, so he’d never even tried to see what the maximum damage he could get out of his Archery skill was.
What he did know was that the distance portion of his Archery skill seemed to also scale with Perception, the two effects complementing one another. This part of the skill also wasn’t something Jake had even thought about upgrading as he worked on improving his Archery skill, but now with Event Horizon, Jake felt an even bigger fire under his ass to finally upgrade the damn skill.
He also saw a new upgrade path that focused more on increasing damage based on Perception and distance traveled, rather than trying to implement any other complicated concepts like time magic. Yeah, he should just keep things simple when it came to his Archery skill when he already had so many other passives taking effect whenever he shot an arrow.
By now, Jake had spent long enough considering the skill he knew he would end up picking anyway, so without further ado, he made his selection.
Instantly, innate knowledge flooded his mind, telling Jake far less than he would have expected. The only actual knowledge he got was how to activate the skill, and he considered for a moment doing so; however, sadly for Jake, he found himself distracted by the approaching B-grade.
Turning his head, he saw the Sovereign flying over, looking a bit more injured than before, but it wasn’t hard to determine who had won the duel between B-grades as he carried a head in one of his talons.
”It is done,” the Sovereign said, definitely looking tired as he observed Jake. ”And somehow, you appear more powerful than when we last parted. From my guess, you grew once more from your battle with the Chimera, only confirming the foolishness it would have been to fight you.”
”Hey, don’t be that negative. Also, I do have something I would like to test out if-”
”I would remain still and accept my untimely end without any resistance,” the B-grade said without missing a beat.
”Spoilsport,” Jake muttered. Oh well, he would have to find something or someone else to test it on. For now, as Jake gazed out over the planet and looked at the Sovereign, he felt that there wasn’t much left in this Hunting Ground actually worth hunting.
The Chimera had been the strongest B-grade, which really showed the low average quality of the place, and Jake had even defeated an even more empowered version of that monster, so unless some other B-grade had abilities that directly countered Jake, he doubted he would find any proper challenge.
I guess it’s time to head home… though I do have a few stops to make on the way, and a promise to fulfill.
Comments
Chloe
Tyftc
Rachel Clements
TYFTC!
Tony the Tono
That skill referenced its name so many damn times
Ronan B
Snaffles, because he likes to snaffle things
deus vault
No lol. Probably someone from the pantheon of life who felt "offended". You have to be unfamiliar with jake to think a hit would actually work on him. Unless you do it to give him a slight challange, and the malefic one is out. Maybe a demon though. Jake does have that wedding soon.
Kristoffer
It be fun if the dinner he was invited to, was told from the perspective of one of the hosts
Thenais
my bet on eternal servant being the one behind the assassination attempt.
Azayrian105
Oh someone called it. I directly remember someone saying it in the chapter before. Man was prophetic.
brjenness
best zog twist of the story...my nominee is "...molt" some of us felt there was a possibility of villy dying in someway including a fight with a clone and big reveal, but nobody thought of a snake molting.
Tom
I think it’s time is severally limited so it’s more of stacking damage for his protean arrow finishers from what i understand
Alexander C Hyde
Definitely something he would have to test to really figure out how (it) worked.
Tyler S.
This and timeless arrow go hand inhand
Hotep Saxis
To me, it sounds like Event Horizon will give him a glimpse of himself at his ultimate full primordial-type power level and then point out the best next mob to target that will lead him towards that goal. Exciting stuff. Still loving this arc. Hopefully, after a slice of life interlude, the Pantheon has another hunting ground with some tougher B's.
MarineDebris
Yea, I can't see two random people being able to sit down for a nice relaxing dinner with a god.
MarineDebris
All kinds of records have bled through. From other races, like the elves you mentioned, to creatures like dragons and elementals, to even people that are my and legend. Valhal (Valhalla) is the perfect example. Gudrun and the Runemaidens, Valkyries, etc.
HoresKnight
Clarification? If records of different multiverse bleed through. Does that mean that lovecraftian horrors are cannon? Which could be void beings(Oras). And if that true wouldn’t that make The hobbit and Lord of the ring technically also cannon? Since the idea of elves, and other races in middle earth bleed through to earth? I guess cannon isn’t the right word but hopefully you get the gists of it?
Corvid
The system really just gave him his own personal voidsphere
Stephen
It seems that it's evolving that way.
Adam McCarter
Dude YES exactly what I was thinking XD
TyranT-Rex
Underrated comment
TyranT-Rex
I think it would be hilarious if Jake used Event Horizon on Villy just to test it out.
Czar
I wonder if, as a god, Jake's perception sphere will be his domain that he just carries with him everywhere
Scion
Time to turn in the points
Rahsheem Reid
If Jake can actually utilize the concept of Time to upgrade part of this skill it would be so very op.
Frankie Rose
Can’t wait for Jake to get to intertwine Event Horizon and time magic when he is 👑
Avery Howell
He'd already converted shadow vault into another skill. It would probably just add to eternal hunger
Samuel Granderson
Ah, I scrolled down like seven comments and found I had posted a very unoriginal idea 😅
Samuel Granderson
Very interesting new skill. From the sound of it, it functions as part location monitor, part domain creation, part aim-bot, and part increased damage from ranged attacks. Tied all together, I’m picturing Jake using this skill to prevent prey from escaping. If the chimera had instead used its skill to escape to the shadow realm, Jake would have had few avenues to continue the fight. In the future, I see this skill being used to hunt gods who are hiding in their domains or in layers of reality like the shadow realm. And the line about arrows reaching them makes it sound like this skill will pair with Unblemished Arrows to penetrate those layers of reality to reach prey in other domains if they manage to escape the arena-like domain the skill creates.
joel southard
Thank you for the chapter
Max
“Jake doubted he could even use the Shadow Vault portion of the skill” why?
Georgia Guy-Williams
You're not the only one
Graham Murray
Hey Zogarth, any chance we could get some more of the side stories? I truly enjoy the views of the mutliverse from other people and loved the short stories.
Chris Bailey
The names Warpy
Zizawah
My guess is Kindroth's people. So, holy church Jacob's side.
Arieh Sochaczevski
“[…] as he was offered his very first mythical skill in a skill selection[…]” this isn’t true. It’s the first mythical CLASS skill, though.
Drew
Man, can you imagine when Jake reaches S-grade, just straight up one-shot sniping lesser gods from across the multiverse?
Lynderyn
He must choose event horizon at some point. I think that will be his ace skill in killing gods, as it sounds like once marked the arrows with seek out the target anywhere so them running will just increase damage
Peako Lynch
Really interesting skill, seems like a ‘marker’ on his target alongside a potential domain to prevent targets from escaping. Alongside sphere, fighting Jake inside a domain where he’s got these tracking arrows, sounds like a real bad time. Tftc.
Ryan Ulrich
Sovereign and king meet????
Phoenixdrop
OH BOY I CANT WAIT TO SEE WHAT THAT NEW SKILL DOES
Fyrtue
I'm picturing that next week is big on slice of life stuff. He could bring the warpsnatcher and sovereign out of here, have a hunter/dryad themed dinner with the two he met plus him and Dina (I somehow doubt Artemis was the plan for his plus 1), and fulfill a promise to King by bringing him back again.
Kirivina
Yes! So many fun things ahead! And new friends!
Anthony Smith
Random but did we ever find out who the people informing William was. The conversation with William and Jake right before the Exalted Prima arrived on earth. Wonder if there's any correlation. Both seem to want to push Jake. I doubt the assassinations were ordered with the true intention to kill Jake.
Alex
I can’t imagine the contract being a factor in Jake’s evolution quests; I’m thinking he’ll get an N/A for his racial quest, kill a pinnacle being of a higher grade (i.e a True Dragon) for his class, and upgrade all legacy skills of the Malefic Viper to Mythic rarity for his profession.
Johnny
Dinner with Artemis, random hunters he met blessed by her and porcucat
Alexandre8901
I hope monday start's with a Villy's little chat! And, can't wait for the misterious contract owner to reveal himself. Probably the B grade evolution path is going to be link to this trouble maker. (Which probably doesn't know yet that he is helping Jake more than causing serious harm!!)
kinglemur
Kinda seems like it. It’d be useful in higher grade fights. No need to use a void sphere. Just wham bam and your stuck in the event horizon in a battle to the death
frankie doerr
Him or Val both would probably be curious enough to try it out
doctordirt
I have an addiction
KenTX325
At one point it implied he was unable to check in due to being in another primordials territory. But Villy was able to see when the contract was put on him and Unbra could see him in the shadow realm.
Corey S
I think that is what he was referencing about a promise. Either his promise to help it leave the planet, or that dinner with those two hunters and potentially Artemis.
Aiseiri Akushi
He's gotta go get the Lil guy!
Tom C
Yay time to help out the little hopping gopher thing (can’t remember the creature). Maybe get it outta the hunting ground! TFTC
Matthew Smith
Does that mean his dinner date with Artemis and one of her followers is coming soon? More importantly how the hell does this skill work? With the part saying "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" does that mean Jake can now isolate himself and his opponent in a separate space kind of like the void sphere? But the duration of how long they remain in this separate space is limited by the power of his soul.
Kaladin
Surprised no Villy input or check ins
Kevin Watson
a skill befitting a friday chapter, the way the skill is described very loosely reminds me of Gon’s final usage of nen, how it took him to his theoretical peak
Nathan Moore
Definitely a skill with alot of flexibility to whatever Jake wants it to become
Ivo Wißen
Atleast before the evolution
brian rowan
Just imagine now there are two Sandy's out there, except the small cute one just steals your stuff to make his home shiny
Thenais
« villy, can i test something on you ? »
Borbino the great
I don’t think it’ll be alchemy I think it’ll be when Jake gets his new fancy bow
Keion
I forgot when is he going back to earth he has a moon sovereign to beat that’s prob way stronger yeah I’m looking forward to b grade
Manowar
Perhaps even being able to target things like concepts?
Jordan H
I feel like that's how he will upgrade his archery skill, using the haunted moon's immobility to shoot from hundreds or thousands of kilometers away and gain insight into the horizon
Nathan Holliday
Event Horizon! I read the description like 3 times and still have no clue what it does. But let me just say it sounds sick!
Manowar
I personally feel it will be his last kill before evolving. Though would be funny if he would be completed with all his goals before hitting 250.
Thenais
The lack of cliff is a cliff in itself
Bookreader97
I wonder if his soul flame is ready yet?
ABTelford
Thanks for the chpt! No hope you’re having a lovely Spring.
TwistedVanity
I felt it was phrased as I would expect Jake to word it. Maybe delete the NOW. So ". . . .had high expectations of the final skill and more or less assumed he would pick it" The second sentence seems sound to me. Agreed with your suggestion of the third edit The fourth. Replace AND with HAS... so ... your path HAS taken you here. Totally agree with the last two
TwistedVanity
Brilliant. But I would have expected Jake to give the Sovereign a parting gift. Maybe a healing potion? Or some sage advice.
Zizawah
Penultimate for the tracking skill if you are counting the number of skills being offered for this skill selection.
Ty Cooper
The dinner will be a great few chapters.
Ty Cooper
I feel one step is a first Sage creation also. He will probably get a feeling of it's origin later and realize the connection.
Ty Cooper
I am curious what will happen with the spiky cat! Sylphie gets a sister? I like Jake's new friend and hope it can stick around.
Tanner Matone
So Jake is gonna fuck up the moon now, right? DragonBall that bitch.
Daniel Brian
He'd probably end up seeing the First Sage of he tried 😆
Corrin Waller
Such a good stopping point for the week. Thank you!
Jeremiah Lambert
It is time. Let us walk down the path and see this warpsnatcher let loose on the Multiverse
islandcastle11
Tyftc good one too, new skill has lots of little details
NoctisMi
I'm wondering, can Jake designate the system as his Event Horizon? It would turn into a paradox probably since at the point you are strong enough to fight the system you are the system but it would be cool to see if Jake can try to set the system as his goal: Probably getting an Error message from the system original maybe he can talk to it🤔
Tui
I miss Villy, I hope he brings a clone to visit soon. Hopefully they have a fun Alchemy session with Duskleaf, Jake and Natures Attendant.
BlackRazaras
Thanks for the chapter
Tetsu-nii
Hey, in defense of wuxia/xianxia stories, the lifespans of the protagonists means long narratives. 🤪
Tetsu-nii
Tsukimichi FTW! (Sorry to prose pedantic, but for those unfamiliar with the series, it's published in English as _Moonlit Fantasy_ by Hanashi Media and is available for Kindle.)
Cizril
And the mythical shroud skill for heretic blessed people.
Cizril
To be fair in the chapter it did specify that it was the first one Jake considered a real skill. Even directly mentioning he didn't accept the post Valdemar one as real.
Zack Leach
Sylphie is an innocent soul. Keep your dirty shipping ideations away from her!
kingofshibainu
Now that is an interesting skill which may illuminate the path forward for his archery. What other class skills should he update before b grade? Archery definitely; stealth attack to the same level as his stealth skill (especially since the system already showed him the upgrade path to legendary). One step? Piercing fang riposte? Tracking?
Matt Greenstein
Event horizon to help him get his one shot kill on a B grade
Leviathan
I get the feeling this skill is basically going to almost replicate Artemis' instant hit arrows
Phil Ritter
Hey Tom what are you doing here? Who let you out of Sandy? Get back in there! In all seriousness I really hope next week we’ll exclusively get some good SOL. Really looking forward to the rescue action and dinner. Even if usually kidnapping endangered species is a no no I’m sure he can do something with his chosen clout. Since be abuses it so rarely might as well go for it now
Dan
This sounds like Jake effectively just created his own subspace like the Shadow Realm. I bet his first event horizon is gonna be a GODDAMN DRAGON
Phil Ritter
And don’t forget his sphere. Since it’s perception scaling I’d imagine there is a synergy
OnEyeDevil
I liked the hunting ground but I'm happy it's over, I miss Artemis and I wanna see the 2 elves when he visits with Artemis
Ithoughtofsomething
It was mentioned in the chapter
Orod
There is an anime named "Moonled fantasy". Main character is also an archer. In the novel he eventually gets strong enough to not just shoot arrows across the planet but as soon as the arrow is let go it just appears inside the target. Completely unavoidable. He uses it to kill an enemy and just makes a pin cushion out of her. Even targets her soul directly. I am hoping to see Jake reach such a level
Burkes
Lmao Zog is getting to the point where there’s so much happening he can’t remember what contradicts other things already said. Truly we have reached chinese novel level shenanigans.
C0bra$
Thank u for the story
Orod
I can't wait to see his full status sheet. He has some insane skills now.
IntenseSushi
Tftc now referring to fridays cliffhangers as the Event Horizon
Kt-x
Thanks for the chapter
Ritsu
This is just me being pedantic, but penultimate means second last, and ultimate is last. So this is Jake's ultimate C-grade class skill. I guess it's penultimate C-grade skill if you count that he has a profession skill left.
Beemoss
Tftc
Rewdan
Event Horizon! Fantastic! Can’t wait to see how it works. Thanks Zogarth I hope you have a great weekend.
Kristoffer
I don't think he will take it back, as that was not allowed. He for sure will help it evolve and I assume that will be enough for it to leave "without help".
Josh Hackney
I feel the end game for this skill is going to be gods ultimate domain. Maybe even something similar to the shadow realm. Basically he can teleport him and his target to a different place and fight there
Cory S.
Oh I can see some eventualities happening with this this skill. From previous posts stating eventually Jake would be able to be wherever and if he needed to end something or someone he would be able to use his perception to find them, in this case mark them with event horizon and just fire an arrow toward them and no matter if they were on the other side of the universe or in a completely different one his arrow would find them and end them. This skill sounds like that is the eventual end goal once godhood is achieved.
Keldra
Elf dinner time
Tyler S.
If he does let it be his meditation
Daniel Jackson-Woods
Hope he takes the warpsnatcher back with him and helps it evolve
Thatguycant
I'm curious if Jake is going to try and push a skill past mythical and get that title upgrade. We still don't know what's past mythical do we?
Lawrence Dillon
Jake takes his new friend home with him 🥺🥺
Xander
TFTC :) Have a great weekend peeps and everyone get ready for reuniting with what is soon to be Sandy's Theft Squishmallow on Monday :) Suggested edits: "Jake already had high expectations of the final skill, *and more or less already assumed now he would pick it*." this seems oddly phrased and im not sure what you mean here. "upon impact, will *explode* into several *explosive* arcane orbs" repetitive phrasing. Perhaps "burst" for the first instead? "With one step ahead and a foot within the Shadow Realm, " awkward phrasing maybe "Slipping easily between reality and the Shadow Realm," instead? otherwise it just needs rewording. "The power of your soul determines the duration of Event Horizon. Your Path *and* taken you here," dunno whats wrong with this but something definitely is. Since I dont know what you mean here I have no suggested edit. "have to test to really figure out how ** worked." back on firmer ground now :) Missing word "it" "all *damaging* scaling off distance" from context should be "damage"
JJB4345_80_815
Yes, thank you for the chappy Zogarth!
ChRiAn
And also seems able to transport the prey onto an isolated plane, so no hiding or escaping.
Joshua Little
Thanks for the chapter.
Michael mann
Holy Ree! Event Horizon, I can imagine once that’s an S grade or Demi god skill he’s gonna be tracking his prey across universes! Sending arcane arrows through the void.
Zogarth
Only first real choice.
RnR_ RnR
Damn. That arrow could be a game changer!
William
ryõiki tenkai: Event horizon
Matthias
Tftc
Tom
Definitely will, just a matter or when, it might allow him to fight it without destroying the real moon!
Profile Name
Not his first mythical skill offered he got one in nevermore that hid other heretical-chosen and boosted those records. Jake did consider it shit though. And the Valdemar inspired aura for leaders was also mythical. It will be the first one he picks that is mythical. Went back and found them “[Hallowed Shroud of the Heretic-Chosen (Mythical)]” And “[Brave Presence of the Emerging War God (Mythical)]”
Tom
What is this!? Not a cliff!? What am I going to stress about all weekend!? Also event horizon seems like a domain skill that can only be used on powerful foes, a nice power up to have for the eventual true dragon fight. Excited for some post fight shenanigans next week, like being pulled over by the nature police for moving an endangered animal with the excuse ‘he asked me to’ not working.
Unwillingmainer
Damn, that does sound like a powerful skill. And you didn't even make us wait til monday for Jake to pick it. Still, another skill that helps him fight singular and powerful foes while giving lots of bonuses is real good.
kiewitz
"[...]he was offered his very first mythical skill in a skill selection." -> "he was offered his very first mythical skill in this skill selection." He already got offered one based on his interactions with Valdemar before
BumAssBumAss
Jake's very own domain expansion. Love to see how this interacts with pride of the maleific Viper since it also technically is a domain skill.
William WIlson
I'm hopeful that Jake tosses the sovereign a few health potions and the sovereign sends him with an egg to raise. Which annoys Sylphie to no end until that bird grows up and that's who Sylphie decides to mate with.
Nick Elliott
I hope Zog remembers he wrote that bit. Especially the part where he said he might invite Artemis.
Arrogant Savant
Zog this is the 3rd mythical skill in his class/profession selection!
Sean
Is he going back to get that cute little creature? I think he should bring the sovereign back too. It’ll give Sylphie a fun partner to go destroy things with and maybe have little babies for Jake to take care of and create a whole new line of birds that’ll terrorize the known universe adorably.
Jordan Rogers
I like the skill, and the wording makes me think, it kinda gives Jake his own version of isolation like umbras, but more on the fair fight side of things.
Indevan Jones
Yay tyfc
eatingpitza314
EDIT: In the desciption of Entangling Arcane Vinearrow it sais Arcane Vinearrow of Artemis at the end. Also this isn't the first time he has been offered mythical skill. In nevermore he was offered some heretic-chosen hiding skill to spread his path. He was also offered a valdemar related skill. This is just the first he has taken.
Loststar7
TFTC and happy Friday. Thanks for the non cliffhanger and great close to the week. Correction: Your Path -and- (has) taken you here, but for now, a mere glimpse of the Event Horizon is all you are capable of
Jana
I wonder if Jake will Event Horizon the Moon Monster now that B Grades are fair Game :-)
Kristopher Hanson
In this paragraph explaining the event horizon skill the wording seems weird to me. "you're path and taken you here" The power of your soul determines the duration of Event Horizon. Your Path and taken you here,
Jack Dawson
Hope Jake remembers to have dinner with those two other hunters he met
Fdrugc
Tftc also wow I'm impressed i never thought Jake could spend so little time on a skill upgrade
Mohammed Sheekh
So essentially, the skill makes the arrow unavoidable to dodge or block, while increasing the damage output depending on how far away the target is
Josh Beckman
That last skill sound like the beginning of a domain
AfroMocha
The concept of this new skill is fucking terrifying if the implications are what I think they are.
AfroMocha
Woot woot
Ed
I'm gonna guess Sandy will love Jake's new friend that the promise he is about to keep refers to. 😄
Sylphie
REE!
Alexander C Hyde
Looking at the next offering, Jake had indeed been entirely correct, as he was offered his very first mythical skill in (the) a skill selection. (Thought he had one mythical skill option related to Valdemar before?)
Canis
At first I thought event horizon would let him shoot ftl arrows into people which would be hilarious.
BumAssBumAss
Haven't read the chapter, but the title alone already tells me it's a banger
Apollo Greed
Gotta free the homies!
wyattmon
Okay this ability sounds insanely interesting, This little hunting seems to be coming to a close and it definitely turned out way better then I expected, so excited for whats still to come!
Daniel Everest
Interesting skill
Arieh Sochaczevski
Thanks for the chapter!
TyranT-Rex
Damn, the system already trying to "Entangle" Jake and Artimis
SCHWING PAPI
Arcane SCHWING
Connor
Thanks for the chapter
SebAstien
Yay
Rick
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