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Chapter 1137 - Cloak & Katars
🕑 Added 2025-05-15 11:29:13 +0000 UTCThe shadows became denser while Jake floated over toward the cloak as it floated within the Shadow Realm. It was giving off a powerful aura now, and as the item was complete, he instantly knew. Despite it being an entirely new item, the cloak was already bound to Jake as it had been created using his old cloak.
Looks-wise, not much had changed. It remained an entirely black cloak, except now it looked almost intangible. Holding out his hand, the cloak began floating toward him, and as it did, Jake naturally used Identify on it to know what he was now dealing with.
[Umbral Cloak (Legendary)] – A cloak born using a B-grade Chimera and the very essence of the Shadow Realm itself. Incredibly durable to all kinds of attacks. Allows the wearer to meld into the shadows when they stand still or move slowly, masking their presence and all of their actions, including energies. This cloak is eternally connected to the Shadow Realm, faintly drawing on its energies. As long as the soul of the user and the Shadow Realm persist, so shall this item. Allows the user to temporarily expend the absorbed shadow energy of the Umbral Cloak to form a Cloak of Shadows, defending them from all forms of attack.
Requirements: Soulbound
There was quite a lot to unpack in that description. It retained the old function of the cloak that improved his stealth... well, alright, it didn’t really improve his stealth as anything it did, Unseen Hunter did better, but maybe Jake could still layer the two effects somehow.
The next section was all about how the cloak was connected to the Shadow Realm, and how that meant it would never be truly destroyed as long as Jake was around, all while absorbing energy. The rest of the description was talking about its new true use, which was to create a so-called Cloak of Shadows to defend himself. It was something Jake would naturally have to test the effectiveness of, but for now, he was stuck on the part where it was constantly connected to the Shadow Realm.
“Clever,” Jake said as he touched the cloak. The item was made entirely of shadows, yet when he touched it, it felt more like silk. The cloak was incredibly comfortable to touch, and it was practically inviting him to wear it. “Really clever.”
“What may the Chosen of the Malefic Viper be talking about?” Umbra asked, still observing him. “Are you unsatisfied with your reward?”
“No, no, it’s really good,” Jake shook his head. “I’m just admiring the cleverness of what you did. This cloak feels almost like a trap.”
Umbra was quiet as Jake continued speaking.
“Since it’s always connected to the Shadow Realm, considering your own relation to this place, I’m going to make the educated guess you can easily detect an item you’ve even taken part in creating. In other words, if I bring this cloak with me, it means you will always know my location even with the protection of my Patron. Which seems like quite the hazard, considering the Court of Shadows has a contract out on my life right now.”
“I’m almost insulted by the insinuation,” Umbra chuckled. “I’m not saying you’re wrong. In fact, you’re entirely correct in all your assumptions, besides the fact that it will affect the current contract out on you. Do you truly think I’m directly involved in a contract on a mere C-grade?”
“Well, you are currently being directly involved with said C-grade,” Jake shrugged. “Not a stretch to assume you’re involved with other details of the contract.”
“Hence why I said I was only almost insulted. Your suspicion isn’t entirely unfounded, but do allow me to clarify that I have no interest in directly interfering with any matters of your contract. I shall neither hinder nor assist with what happens. Outside of this little encounter, that is,” Umbra spoke. “Besides, why act as if having a contract out on you is a bad thing? I’m genuinely impressed that the Malefic Viper wouldn’t be the first one to take out a contract on your life. It’s good training and teaches the young to be more wary.”
“Thanks for confirming the Viper isn’t behind it,” Jake said. “Say, I wouldn’t happen to be able to convince you to tell me who took out the contract, would I?”
“You could,” Umbra said in a slightly teasing voice. “All it would require was for you to renounce the Malefic Viper as your Patron and join the Court of Shadows. If you did that, the contract would naturally also be cancelled. I also believe I may soon be in need of a new Chosen, as my current one is preparing for her ascension.”
“Yeah, I think that’ll be a non-starter,” Jake shook his head and chuckled.
“A pity. Not like you hold much fealty toward the Malefic Viper in the first place. Oh, and don’t worry, I wouldn’t expect you to have any toward me either. It doesn’t appear to be in your nature, and besides...” Umbra said, having a dramatic pause for effect. “Having a Chosen that’s also a Heretic would be a rather novel experience.”
Jake was a bit taken aback at her words, but kept his calm as he chuckled. “I’m pretty sure being a Heretic and a Chosen are mutually exclusive.”
“So am I, but that’s what makes it interesting, isn’t it?” Umbra chuckled. “Alas, I shall not hold you up for much longer. Be free to use the cloak if you want to or not. You could even leave it here if you so desired. Doing so would certainly be your loss, but the choice is yours.”
Still holding the cloak in his hands, Jake just sighed. “Oh well, I am known to walk willingly into traps occasionally.”
With those words, he put on the cloak, fully aware of the potential dangers it posed. As he put it on, the entire thing shifted to better fit his body, and from his connection to the item, he felt his ability to manipulate it. He also confirmed that, despite it not being mentioned anywhere, he definitely did feel like traveling around inside the Shadow Realm would be a lot easier while having it on.
Finally, with just a mental command, Jake could make the entire cloak disappear as it faded into the shadows. When he did so, it even became entirely intangible, once more just confirming to Jake that the cloak’s true form was just a bunch of shadows mashed together.
“A wise choice,” Umbra said. “This may sound odd coming from me, but I wish you luck in surviving your contract and whatever other endeavors you’re up to.”
“You too,” Jake said. “Well, alright, I don’t wish you luck in successfully having me assassinated, but all the other stuff. Oh, and do remember to be nice to my brother.”
“And if I’m not?”
“I don’t need a contract to hunt someone or something down, and I’m quite comfortable setting long-term goals,” Jake said, not a hint of jest in his voice.
“Almost tempting. However, the Court and I treat the Judge based on his own merits, even if his connection to you did play a role in how he originally obtained his position,” Umbra clarified.
Hearing that was oddly comforting to Jake as he nodded, glad to hear his brother wasn’t just riding high on nepotism. Though, based on how strong Jake’s brother was, thinking he was just relying on connections was a bit insulting.
“That’s reassuring,” Jake said as a thought just struck him. “Wait... how am I supposed to leave the Shadow Realm again?”
“You will automatically be returned once the being that brought you here perishes or runs out of energy,” Umbra explained.
“In other words, you’re keeping me here?” Jake asked rhetorically, as Umbra’s influence was really the only good explanation Jake could find.
“I was, but yes, it’s your time to leave, and as I said, I wish you luck on your Path. Till next we meet, Heretical Chosen of the Malefic Viper.”
Jake didn’t even have time to say anything before the world around him was suddenly filled with light. The shadows faded away, and mere seconds later, he found himself standing back in the sky above the island, not a single trace of the battle he had just had in the Shadow Realm visible anywhere.
The only trace that remained was the black cloak swaying in the wind behind him, still accurately looking like it was made up entirely of shadows. Alone once more, Jake had quite a few things he needed to address, first and foremost being the upgrade Jake had gained during his adventure to the Shadow Realm.
Taking out Eternal Hunger, Jake grasped it in his hand and instantly felt the effect activate once more without him even willing it to. He saw strands of curse energy mixed with something else enter his hand and forearm, empowering it as everything affected pulsed black for a moment before returning to normal.
With his other hand, Jake tried poking his wrists and found them incredibly tough, yet still flexible. It wasn’t just the skin that had grown stronger, but the entire bottom part of the forearm.
Dismissing Eternal Hunger again, the effect instantly disappeared. Another flick of his wrist later, and the katar was back in his hand, followed by another pulse of energy. Using his other hand, Jake took out his Voidblade katar, once more feeling the effect as that hand was also made far more durable.
Finally, he tried to cut his own skin in the empowered area, and... yeah, alright, he cut right through. So, his skin had not turned cut-resistant or anything like that, but then he tried punching his own forearm. Jake definitely felt its increased resilience, finding it far tougher from bone to flesh.
Deciding to stop experimenting, Jake instead did what he should have done in the first place and checked the notification he’d gotten regarding the skill upgrade to Fangs of Man.
[Fangs of Man (Ancient --> Legendary)] – Walking in the Path of a legendary warrior, you, too, refuse to see yourself limited by what others claim to be humanity’s natural weaknesses. Humanity’s natural weapons have never been their teeth, claws, or anything else innate to them, but the tools they wield and their ability to adapt anything into an instrument of destruction. Your hands are made to hold tools, now more so than ever, as you refuse to have your body be your limiting factor. Allows the hunter to more effectively use anything deemed compatible as a melee weapon. Makes the hunter more familiar with any melee weapon wielded. Allows you to forcefully integrate a weapon into your Soulshape temporarily, vastly increasing its durability if otherwise fragile. In return, the durability and stability echo back into you, vastly increasing the durability of whatever part of your body wields the weapon. All effects related to weapon integration are more effective and easier to accomplish with Soulbound weapons. Adds a bonus to the effectiveness of Strength and Agility, no matter what melee weapon you wield. Durability increase of weapons and body based on Willpower.
Reading the upgraded description of the skill that had gone from ancient to legendary, the only real change was the portion about durability echoing back into his own body from the weapon he was wielding.
Fangs of Man had always been able to make whatever melee weapon Jake wielded more durable. Usually, it wasn’t an effect Jake used as both Eternal Hunger and the Voidblade Katar were already plenty durable, to the level where Jake couldn’t realistically damage either, even if he wanted to. Not without Alchemical Flame or maybe Touch of the Malefic Viper, anyway.
Now, that relationship had kind of been turned around, and now Jake’s own body could adapt to the durability of the weapons he used. From what Jake could see, this wasn’t some defensive skill that would suddenly allow him to block swords with his hands, but solely something to ensure that he wouldn’t be harmed when blocking or striking. Alright, he probably could still be damaged if he tried to block something way too powerful, but the Fangs of Man upgrade had definitely raised the threshold.
Another major boon of this upgrade was the fact that it was his general melee skill. The counterpart to his archery skill. It meant that, without Jake doing anything different or expending any energy whatsoever, he would get a higher stat boost when wielding weapons. It was pretty much free power given by the system, which was why upgrading one’s basic martial techniques was considered so important... and why Jake, in some ways, found this Fangs of Man upgrade a bit tragic.
Not to misunderstand, the upgrade itself was awesome, but Jake had come to this Hunting Ground in part to upgrade his Archery skill, yet he instead found himself upgrading Fangs of Man to legendary. Targeting specific upgrades really was hard, and more often than not, for someone like Jake, who tended to find most of his improvements from battle, whatever epiphanies he had were as much dependent on what he fought as it was on his own desires.
Jake considered testing things a bit more, but he really wasn’t in a state to. His body was quite battered and bruised all over, and he still had his boosting skill active, though he had toned it down a bit after the Chimera had died. Still, he would have to deactivate it eventually, at which point he would be in for a nasty period of weakness.
Before that happened, he had one thing he needed to check out. Far in the distance, right in the center of the island, Jake felt discharges of energy from two fighting B-grades, telling him that somehow the Sovereign hadn’t been able to finish the job despite all the shit Jake had gone through, including his conversation with Umbra.
Not wanting to find himself weakened while getting ambushed by a victorious Forest Fae, Jake quickly began making his way over there, happy that One Step was back on the menu as he rapidly traveled across the sky.
It didn’t take him long to reach the site of the battle, where he found the jungle in quite a messy state. He saw signs of the Sovereign charging down several times, and mana still lingered in the air from the Forest Fae’s magic.
Continuing to fly a bit further, he soon spotted the two B-grades. The Forest Fae was teleporting, leaving clones behind her every time she did so, magic constantly swirling around her, creating thousands of attacks where most of which were illusions.
Meanwhile, the Sovereign was fighting as he usually did: with incredible speed, power, and the occasional sound attack. Jake saw how the Sovereign ignored most of the illusions through his echolocation skill, but he evidently couldn’t tell with certainty what was real and illusory all the time, resulting in a lot of inefficient movements.
He was too fast for the Forest Fae to ever hit, and as Jake watched them fight for a good thirty seconds, he totally understood how it had dragged on for so long. The Forest Fae was one slippery bastard, and the Sovereign had an answer to every kind of attack the Fae could throw at him.
Still, based on how the two looked and their respective auras, it wasn’t hard to determine which of them had the upper hand. The Sovereign was injured in several places with many cuts all across his body, but nothing that Jake could consider lethal, though his missing eye did admittedly look quite painful. Most importantly, the Sovereign’s aura remained stable.
The Forest Fae, on the other hand, had an aura reminiscent of a flickering candle in a windstorm. She was missing an entire leg, her wings had long been torn off, and while she was clearly using healing magic on herself all the time, she couldn’t keep up as even during the time Jake watched, he saw the Sovereign rip out a good pound of flesh from her side.
Looking directly at the Sovereign when the fight had a momentary lull, Jake reached out.
“Need help?” he quickly sent mentally, already aware the Sovereign had spotted him.
“No, she’s mine,” the Sovereign responded.
Jake just smiled in response, having totally been ready to answer “too bad” if the Sovereign had said yes. He trusted the Rainbowfeather to handle his own business. Meanwhile, Jake calmed his boosting skill a bit more to buy himself some time, as he also had a very important thing to consider.
Opening his system menus, the option was sitting right there, and seeing as the Sovereign was being so damn slow, he took a quick peek.
Arcane Hunter of Horizon’s Edge class skills available
Comments
Chloe
Tyftc
McMadow
That sounds absolutely like something he would do 😂
Henrik Nørgaard
I doubt that Jake will ever destroy the Shadow Realm, I think it's far more likely that Umbra and Jake will end up as Frienemies in the future.
vio
Man the line where it says “as long as the users soul and the shadow realm exist, so will this item” or smth, I can imagine one day when Jake is powerful enough to rival the primordial where he challenges Umbra and somehow manages to destroy the shadow realm. The cloak that has stayed with him upgrading alongside him getting destroyed as collateral lol
Rachel Clements
TYFTC!
Cees Tollenaar
Foot? More like Claw hehe
Arieh Sochaczevski
Thanks for the chapter! Upcoming chapter title: Doomfoot II - Boot to the Head
John Durrett
Tyftc. If Jake could turn the cloak into an outfit he could be the naked hunter. ;)
Phil Ritter
It gotta be Artemis. The setup is just way to good to be anyone else. Should Artemis decline tho I’m sure Dina would be a nice too
Shaibene
I reckon Minaga made a C grade clone then took the contract out on Jake, not to get him killed, just to make him wonder who done it, all because Jakes a cheat and wouldn't be his roommate 🤣
Alex Webb
Can’t wait for the dinner with Keerla and Solana! And please let the plus one be Artemis!
Tom
Remember when after nevermore Jake ran into eversmile and his boots showed strong karmic connections to all of the primordials. I think this has to do with the weird time stuff going on with the first sage and hinting he will make some sort of karmic connection with each of them
Adam McCarter
Umbra aura farming over here with the title drop before Jake can respond is gold XD
Thorias
I hope the Sovereign leaves with Jake. I imagine him as a Toucan version of Foghirn Leghorn.
John Burton
The shadow cloak is giving me "name of the wind " vibes
Drew G
I think that Jake will go onto to obtain some sort of weapon/skill/item from every primordial and primordial adjacent.
Kelfu
I actually would've pulled her up on the whole assassinating earth leaders bc of a church contract, even if they were shit
ItsFin
Do valdemar's legacy skill not get the flavor text like villys do?
Michael Ferguson
There is some awesome gains! New cloke and Jake drew closer to Valdimar's records. I am surprised he didn't embrace some shadow knowledge. He chose defiance, not that surprising I guess.
Loststar7
TFTC
Ty Cooper
Tftc. So think Jake is wanting to play with a new skill or something weird like the forest fea is who placed the hit and not a up tight God in the Pantheon of Life?
joel southard
Thank you for the chapter
Alex
Villy’s said he doesn’t give a shit anymore; he mainly wanted to keep the Heretic thing a secret so that it could be unveiled to give Yip a huge power-up so that his corpse would become a better consumable. He’s told Jake that it doesn’t really matter at this point because it’s between him and Jake, so everyone else can fuck off or they’ll be fucked off.
Alex
I’m pretty sure Zog is deliberately leaving the skill rarities open-ended to avoid writing himself into a corner. He already sort of had that problem where he had to downgrade Jake’s skill rarities because they were too high for his level, and if he kept following the same rate of upgrading them there’d need to he like 50 rarities between Legendary and Divine.
Alex
Spending a skill selection on an upgrade is really dumb unless the upgrade is literally impossible to achieve on your own. Wouldn’t be surprised if he was offered an upgrade to anomalous soul, but I don’t think he should take it since he could probably get it without spending a skill selection on it.
Cody
350 is B grade
StarWolf
Okay I'm confused. What makes B grade in this series/universe? I was kind of thinking it was lvl 300 Jake is over 300 and fighting B grades that are under 400. So what makes a B grade?
Jose Reyna
Tftc!!!!
KinglyTimes
He's only got another 30 levels for his class until it can't gain anymore experience, which means Alchemy sessions are-a-coming! Also can't wait for tomorrow with the next Skill Selection. I wonder what he'll get this time? Will he get a new active Skill? A passive? Maybe he won't like any of them and choose one from a previous Selection if he can? Hell, he might get a new Soul Skill since he upgraded his Anomalous Soul! The possibilities are wide and far. Cheers Zogarth, another amazing chapter!
A. Person
Umbra isn't a primordial herself, though she has been compared to them repeatedly in terms of power and influence.
Joseph Serret
NOT THE SKILL SELECTION CLIFF. ANYTHING BUT THE SKILL SELECTION CLIFF
John
I wish just coming to say something similar, I can definitely see Umbra asking Jake to give a Chosen candidate a grimoire
kingofshibainu
I hope Villy teases Jake for dressing like an edge lord, wearing a cloak made of shadows 😁
Hornbach
I am wondering if the reason Jake has no skills above mythical is that Zogarth can't think of a word that would describe it and fit between mythical and devine.
Death56
I was think about this and he now has a skill based on 3 primordials 1 villy obviously being a the of malefic viper skills. 2 eternal shadow based on umbra as she said. then the 3rd one is fangs of man based on valdemir. Jake is collecting them like pokemon
JohnSnowden
Zog, I just wanted to say how much I appreciate that you still do still descriptions. So many others phase those out over time so eventually I have no idea what the new skill actually does. Your skill descriptions are also top notch every time
Steady
Yes
TwistedVanity
Didn't the earlier blurb say something about a set number of attempts before they refund the money? I think it said 5 to 8? But I'm not sure
frotes
Oh my, the heretic choosen call out. Wonder what Villy will have to say about it, since they were trying to keep it under wraps Also really hoping the cloak has a side effect of enhancing Sim Jake when used due to with it's connection to shadow realm
Hayley
350 is B grade right?
Hunter Ferris
This specific to his C grade Profession. When he evolves to B grade he will need to pick a new class and profession which may have different rewards
Jordan Rogers
What are the level marks for b grade skills? Do they happen less often than in c grade? Cause c grade was less than the previous grades. Do you only get two in B grade and 1 in A grade, then start learning to create your own in S?
Weebeedee
Oh he loves it haha
Jordan Rogers
I’ve literally been dreading this for 3hrs
Phasmatic7
Thankies
ABTelford
Wait, I thought since Jake survived the assassination attempt by the Bark-dog thing that would be the end of the contract?…but this is more exciting!
Matthew Smith
Poor Villy with all these pesky gods trying to nab his little chosen all the time.
Gurel
Skillsssssss
Tom
I think the court is only obligated to open the contract, with additional fees probably for each attempt and if it is successful. It’s probably refusable for the actual assassins, because attacking Jake is almost guaranteed death at his own level, I think we will see some creative attempts, especially if they are confident in escaping. At least I think we will see attempts until Jake makes it clear he will and can hunt down and kill anyone making an attempt
Kristopher Hanson
Hype for this selection and ofc its gonna be a cliffhanger hahahah! Tyftc!
Zizawah
So, the assassination contract is still active even though this particular attempt failed. The question is when will the contract be null and void if each attempt fail? Ie. you are getting paid to kill someone. How many attempts are you obligated to do (and lose your people) before the cost is higher than the payment you received? Thanks for another wonderful chapter!
Sarianne
Cheeky Umbra, sounds like lots off fun for the future there 😊 thanks for the chapter and untill tomorrow.
Sushi
Hmm seems like the perfect cliffhanger opportunity for a Friday. Skill choices can be difficult and Jake likes to be indecisive
Phoenixdrop
Can’t wait for the new skill tomorrow hopefully Jake will be able to get a skill higher than mythical before B-grade for that sweet sweet genius title
Cory S.
TFTC
Beef Wrench
Oh man it feels like forever since we seem a new class skill !
Jordan
New Skill Tomorrow!!!
Rewdan
Thanks Zogarth great stuff
Colton Horton
For whatever reason I keep imagining as some kind of cross between an English honey badger and the Cheshire cat from Alice in Wonderland....🤔
Zogarth
Fixed stuff. Also, Alas is on purpose as it does communicate regret that sadly they'll have to part.
Joshua Little
Thanks for the chapter.
Fdrugc
Tftc
Kristoffer
No I don't think the skill upgrade works with uncle's smelly pot.
Matthias
Tftc
Tom
I think it is more valuable to keep to herself at least for now as she wants a heretic chosen
Tom
Sovereign is to high level to go to the 93rd as of now :(
Zack Leach
That urn is a really slow-burn reveal.
brjenness
princess diaries vibes
Xander
TFTC :) If Jake absorbs the resilience of the weapons he uses in melee does that mean his feet are nigh invulnerable now since the boots of awesomeness are indestructible? Kicks have got to count as melee attacks surely? Suggested edits: Ch.1135 "Jakes has entered" should be "had" Ch. 1137 "The shadows became denser while Jake *floated* over toward the cloak as it *floated* within the Shadow Realm." repetition, maybe change one to "hovered"? "well, alright; it didn’t really improve his stealth as anything it did. Unseen Hunter did better, but maybe Jake could still layer the two effects somehow." something funky going on with the punctuation here. maybe should be "stealth, as anything it did Unseen Hunter did better," semi-colons throw me entirely :D “Well, you are currently being *direct* involved with said B-grade,” should be "directly" and no one has mentioned a B grade so far this conversation so that might also be an error. "assume you’re involved with *what* else goes on with the contract.” should be "whatever" “Alas, I shall not hold you up for ** longer." missing word "much" or "for" should be "any". I feel "Still" would fit better than "Alas" here. You keep using "alas" in this kind of situation and it rarely seems to fit with my understanding being that Alas is mostly used to imply regret that circumstances beyond the participants control are causing the encounter to end, This is not the case since jake and Umbra can chat forever if they want. Your use is not entirely wrong it just always strikes me as odd. "*Be* free to use the cloak " maybe should be "Feel free"? "mixed with something else *entire* his hand and forearm," should be "enter" "Jake definitely felt its resistance, by far harder than everything from bone to flesh had been reinforced." not sure what youre trying for here but something is definitely up with this sentence. "Jake definitely felt its resistance be far higher than before. Everything from bone to flesh has been reinforced." maybe? Though if the flesh is reinforced why can it still be easily cut? "The Forest Fae *were* teleporting," should be "was" unless there are multiple forest fae teleporting? " she did so *as around* as magic " extra words?
Cryfdwr
And here I thought dinner was on the horizon 😏
Dave
Tftc
Avi Singh
Now, I’m even more hopeful that the Sovereign and the Warpsnatcher are able to leave with Jake. There is something about the idea of the two of them becoming new companions that is just enthralling.
Sprightly Ebbie
Ok, Sovereign and the teleporting Ferret thingy that talks "cute" need to go off world with Jake and join the Order of the Malefic Viper. I really like them both and I would love to see Sylphie’s reaction to the Sovereign and Sandy’s reaction to the "teleporting ferret" i don't know why I keep calling it a ferret lol please correct me if I'm wrong
eatingpitza314
Haha umbra you fool you think he is a heretical chosen when he is actually a heretic-chosen. You fool. How could you make such an obvious mistake. You fell for the classic blunder. You should kill yourself out of shame for uttering such words out loud.
Kt-x
Thanks for the chapter
Alexander C Hyde
The Forest Fae were teleporting, leaving clones behind her every time she did so (as around) as magic swirled around her, creating thousands of attacks where most of which were illusions. (Delete selected words.)
Burkes
Lemme see them skills boiii
Xarroworth
Hell yeah, skill selection time, tftc
JJB4345_80_815
Yes, thank you for the chappy Zogarth! Also, I loved the chapter title. Having Jake interact with Umbra is great 👍
Tom
Problem is B grades can’t travel to the new universe for a while
Childish Jordino
I think Umbra was just able to get a unique insight into him being a heretic chosen due to SIM Jake's connection to Umbra, having been blessed by her. She said that just as simulated records of Jake were his, simulated records of hers were still hers and she could detect them.
Mat
Looks like Caleb or one of the court members got offered the heretical-blessed class or professional option. That is some valuable information to sell to the church
dash w
Thanks for the chappy
Tom
Oh we are gonna see the skills but definitely not the selection, maybe he even gets cut off reading them as soon as an interesting option pops up
Dan
Hell yeah, ending the week with some new skill possibilities. I'm betting on a time-related archery skill for this one, just to balance out the melee upgrade.
Alexander C Hyde
Jake definitely felt its resistance, by far harder (as)than everything from bone to flesh had been reinforced.
Jordan Rogers
But, Thanks for playing with our emotions so viciously
Jordan Rogers
🏔️😱 zogarth, if the suspense genre ever discovers you, you are going to be named king.
Tom
I imagine the shadow cloak will help Jake re enter stealth faster or while someone is aware of him. Now Jake has the potential of selling his heretic chosen grimware, can probably get some nice things or even promises for helping umbra obtain a heretic chosen
Alexander C Hyde
He saw strands of curse energy mixed with something else (enter)entire his hand and forearm, empowering it as everything affected pulsed black for a moment before returning to normal.
Matthew Duberville
Check that urn! 👻
Unwillingmainer
So Umbra knows he's a Heretic Chosen, wonder how many other powerful gods he's interacted with know? I imagine most don't really care, beyond the fact it's interesting. Which may be worse than if they just hated him for it. Being interesting to being older than dirt is dangerous. Oh well, Jake will have a good time with it, but first, NEW SKILLS!
TKOva
Jesus Umbra really wants Jake, and I think she really wants some Jake Juice 😅
Sam Irvine
Zog are you ok? You do know it’s Thursday right? How is this not Fridays chapter given the impending skill selection cliff?? Hmmm, maybe I’m underestimating your power. Are we being set up for a bigger cliff tomorrow?…
Tim Schillinger
Tftc
Nathaniel France
Fun chapter. I’m not surprised if the really powerful gods are starting to realize Jake is a bit odd with the heretical stuff and chosen. That to the side, I honestly hope the rainbow feather ends up joining with Jake’s group or faction or whatever you want to call it, I’m already enjoying their interactions.
Tilen Praprotnik
Thanks for the chapter
Naotsugu97
“It’s a trap!”
Alexander C Hyde
“Well, you are currently being (directly)direct involved with said (C-Grade)B-grade,” Jake shrugged.
Abriel Blauer
He saw strands of curse energy mixed with something else entire his hand and forearm --> He saw strands of curse energy mixed with something else enter his hand and forearm
GeneralBlack
We need More. Thank you for the chapter.
Sylphie
REE!!
Daniel Everest
It's been so long... it's skill time!
Connor
Thanks for the chapter
Alexander C Hyde
It retained the old function of the cloak that improved his stealth... well, alright; it didn’t really improve his stealth as anything it did(,). Unseen Hunter did better, but maybe Jake could still layer the two effects somehow.
Beemoss
Tftc
SCHWING PAPI
Umbral SCHWING
Teshkal
First?
Terry Robinson
Thank you
