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Chapter 1130 - Vault
🕑 Added 2025-05-06 11:23:50 +0000 UTCJake had not expected to see anything that wasn’t a hunter with a Blessing somewhere literally called the Hunting Grounds. In so many ways, it made little sense at all, as from Jake’s perspective, these monsters were all set up as potential targets for young talents of the Pantheon of Life to hunt. Giving something like that was a massive gamble at best and a total waste at worst.
Not to say a Lesser Blessing was a tremendous investment from a god, but it was an investment nevertheless. Moreover, based on how Jake couldn’t see the name of the god that had blessed the creature, it had to be one capable and willing to hide their true identity, all while also knowing about Jake and being able to put together that he was the one at the Hunting Grounds.
Is it a member of the Pantheon of Life? Some outsider? Why would they bless a Chimera here in the first place? Is the Chimera being blessed related to me somehow?
So many questions, several of which he doubted he would get any answer to as the Chimera spoke again.
“I know who you are, even if the others don’t. Contrary to all these monsters, all this prey, I’m here willingly. I have been offered the opportunity to leave already and integrate into the multiverse, but I chose to stay,” the Chimera said, its words clearly shocking the Sovereign, who spoke up.
“You’ve been granted passage?” the B-grade asked, as if nothing else the Chimera had said mattered. “And yet you still stay? Why?”
“That is none of your concern,” the Chimera answered dismissively, its gaze still scouring the skies, looking for Jake, who remained hidden. “But to the Chosen of the Malefic One, I shall answer. None of you has any idea what the multiverse is truly like. Here, in this Hunting Ground, we are rulers. Supreme beings. At times, prey, yes, but on the outside, we are always prey. We are at the bottom of the food chain, nothing but fodder for the true B-grades.”
At this point, Jake had begun to realize something as he decided to stop hiding. He slowly revealed himself as he stared down at the Chimera before speaking, infusing his voice with Willpower.
“You are fodder, yes... unless you have backing,” Jake said.
“Precisely,” the Chimera said, its monstrous head doing its best impression of a smile. “I have been granted an opportunity. A way to thrive once I leave this Hunting Ground. And it’s all because of you.”
“You’re welcome?” Jake said with a shrug. He already had a very good idea what this opportunity was all about.
“Welcome? Yes... Yes, I will be welcomed with open arms and a feast beyond my imagination!” the Chimera said, its voice echoing throughout the island. “All I need to do is one thing...”
“Kill me?” Jake asked, having already guessed his outcome a while ago.
“You already knew... and yet you’ve shown yourself in front of me. You remain still and do not run,” the Chimera said, its pulsating bark-covered fleshy bits seemingly growing larger than before. “I may be nothing but fodder in the multiverse, but here, on this planet, I am the predator, and you, still only a mere C-grade, the prey! Now come, be the fodder that shall nurture my future!”
The Chimera discarded any further intentions to converse as its mid-section entirely unraveled, revealing eight thick tendrils of flesh and bark, and at the same time, it shot towards Jake up in the sky... or at least it tried to.
Before it could get far up, a taloned foot struck it, and despite being blocked by two tendrils, the B-grade was sent flying to the side. Cracks formed on the bark covering these freaky tendrils, showing just how strong the B-grade Rainbowfeather truly was.
“The Forest Fae is preparing to strike. Watch out,” Jake warned the Sovereign as he also pulled out his bow.
“Fae!” the Chimera screamed on cue, and just then, a pillar of white light erupted from the jungle below, aimed straight at the Sovereign. With Jake’s warning, the bird dodged to the side in time and created a platform to leap off as the B-grade charged toward the ground where the Forest Fae stood, surrounded by magic circles that had been hidden only moments prior.
These magic circles all activated at once, unleashing a torrent of energy upon the charging Sovereign, who responded by summoning his sound shield in an attempt to block the blow. Several of the spells were successfully stopped, but a few still made it through, damaging the Sovereign, but not slowing him down at all.
The Forest Fae was forced to teleport away as she turned into a flash of leaves right as the Sovereign touched down, his foot making the ground quake and break apart as all the magic circles were destroyed, and deep fissures were formed for several kilometers in all directions from the impact.
Despite coming down with such force, the Sovereign used the momentum to give chase as the Forest Fae and Sovereign headed away from Jake and the Chimera, the sound of their fighting continuing as they clashed repeatedly.
“So, had you planned on teaming up with her to take me down?” Jake asked in a judgmental tone, the Sovereign having given Jake to taunt the B-grade and make it talk a bit longer.
“No... no, I merely used her for information on you. To know what kind of being you are. What you can do,” the Chimera said as it slinked through the air, its body continuing to twist and warp as the tendrils soon were fully unwound.
Jake saw each of them was at least a hundred and fifty meters long and filled with black bark that gave off an ominous feeling. These tendrils all grew out of a relatively thin stomach area that its legs were only loosely connected to by bone-thin limbs.
Mix of an alligator, dog, and octopus? Jake wondered. It definitely wasn’t those three exact animals, but just similar variants found throughout the multiverse.
These tendrils on the Chimera moved like feelers as they extended up towards Jake. “With the two distractions gone, show me what it means to be a so-called Chosen of the Malefic One!”
With swift movements, the Chimera shot towards Jake, running through the air on all fours, and during its run, Jake saw flesh and bark intermixing and covering its thin legs, turning them bulkier and stronger as the creature sped up.
Jake responded by launching himself skywards while shooting arrows down, but all of them were blocked as the tendrils merely swept them away. As he was shooting, Jake also considered the last words the B-grade had said.
It had called him “a Chosen of the Malefic Viper.”
Not the Chosen of the Malefic Viper. Almost as if it didn’t truly know what a Chosen was. The first time around, it had said it right, but this change-up sowed a seed of doubt in Jake’s mind that this Chimera hadn’t just been told this was Jake’s title by whoever anonymous god had blessed it.
Certainly a mystery, but not one Jake had the time to solve in that moment as the tendrils rapidly closed in on him. Two stabbed towards him, their tips sharpening like spears, while two others swept in from its side after having grown longer and thinner to function better as whips.
Jake was quick and stopped dodging backwards as he instead dove into the stabbing tendrils, getting him out of the way from the two whips as a katar appeared in each hand. Testing the durability of the tendrils, Jake stabbed into one as he dodged by it. He easily stabbed into the fleshy bits through the small gaps in the bark that had inadvertently been created to make the tendrils flexible.
However, right as he stabbed in, Jake had to rapidly retract his katar as the bark began growing to trap the weapon, and small vines even began reaching toward Jake’s arm as if trying to wrap him up.
A quick blast of destructive arcane mana allowed Jake to successfully disengage, but in the process, he couldn’t fully dodge an attack from behind as he was lashed across the back, but luckily, Jake’s armor held firm as he avoided getting a large laceration.
Jake didn’t even have time to consider his next move as all eight tendrils came for him from all sides, some stabbing, some sweeping, and some cracking like whips as they flew through the air.
His eyes were open wide and darted around as Jake avoided three dozen blows in the span of less than a second, finding every microscopic opening available to him before he finally got an opportunity to use One Step, taking him further into the sky and away from the constant assault.
It’s fast... extremely fast, Jake had already realized, and it had also quickly become clear he needed to make a choice. Either he needed to fight at range using his bow or in an extremely close melee situation. To be anywhere from ten to two hundred and fifty meters from the B-grade was a death zone, preventing any proper defense.
Jake’s first choice had thus been to try to get out of that range and use his bow. He continued to teleport upwards several more times, shooting downwards in between every teleport as he had his arrows curve and twist in the air in an attempt to hit the body of the Chimera, but despite his best efforts, every attack was blocked by the vines.
Switching things up, Jake stopped trying to destroy the body and went straight for the vines instead. A barrage of explosive arcane arrows collided with two vines, blanketing the sky in arcane destruction... at least for a brief moment.
In the very next second, the explosions imploded as the two vines glowed with dark energy, absorbing and nullifying all of Jake’s mana in the process. Right as he prepared to follow up, one of the vines whipped toward Jake, unleashing a large black crescent wave of energy towards him, forcing Jake to abandon his attack and dodge out of the way.
For a second, Jake wondered if the Chimera had somehow absorbed and thrown back Jake’s own arcane energy, but he quickly saw that wasn’t the case. The mana the B-grade had summoned to counter Jake’s attack just had to go somewhere, and rather than let it fade away, the monster had simply thrown it towards him in a relatively haphazard attack.
The Chimera tried a few more ranged attacks as it chased Jake, but he easily avoided all of them. The problem was that his own attacks didn’t have much effect in return, the B-grade turning out to be quite durable. Another problem was that Jake had already activated his boosting skill at the stable 30% just to keep up a little while the Chimera hadn’t used any as far as Jake could tell.
Far in the distance, Jake continued to see the occasional sign of the Sovereign and Forest Fae battling, which made Jake feel as if he was on a bit of a timer. Not because he believed the Rainbowfeather bird would lose, but because Jake didn’t want the B-grade to return victorious while Jake had barely made any progress.
Jake, having tried to attack in a few different ways, finally decided to just go with the most straightforward one he knew. One that always seemed to get the job done. While keeping his distance, Jake kept shooting singular stable arcane arrows covered in poison toward the Chimera, making them bend and even slow down and speed up at times, turning them unpredictable. He missed a few, but most arrows struck the small gap between the bark and penetrated into the flesh, where they unleashed their toxic payload.
Slow and steady wins the race, Jake told himself as he waited for the Chimera to finally do something new as it chased him across the sky. By now, they had already moved far away from where they had originally met and were taking quite a tour around the island.
Realizing this wasn’t an advantageous status quo, the Chimera finally changed things up. Dark mana began seeping out of the B-grade, surrounding its body with a faint fog Jake couldn’t see through, even with his extremely high Perception. This fog also began to surround all the tendrils, and just as Jake considered what the point of this even was, the entire monster disappeared.
Jake’s eyes opened wide as his danger sense screamed at him right before the large B-grade appeared right behind him, its eight tendrils instantly lashing out. Going on full defense, Jake took out both katars and summoned several barriers of arcane mana to buy him a bit of time as he dodged out of the way from the initial assault of strikes.
Despite his best efforts, Jake still took a few scratches here and there, but he managed to close the distance. Rather than try to run away again, Jake estimated it would be smarter to draw closer and make it more awkward for the Chimera to attack using its long tendrils, and from the looks of it, Jake’s plan had been a good one, as the rate of attacks reduced.
Soon, he was face to face with the large monster, as its head, the same size as his entire body, stared down at him. The alligator-like head snapped down, trying to eat Jake in a single chomp, but Jake dodged out of the way and tried to stab the monster in the eye. Most creatures tended to defend their eyes, but to Jake’s surprise, his katar easily found purchase as he split the eyeball of the B-grade in two... only for the entire eye socket to start morphing as it grew teeth of wood and tried to bite off Jake’s hand.
Jake had to let go of his weapon and retreat, and luckily he had attacked with Eternal Hunger, that despite the B-grade trying to steal his weapon away, Jake easily recalled it as he backed a bit away.
The Chimera didn’t let up, though, as it tried to bite him again while manipulating its tendrils to strike him from behind. Jake kept making it hard for the B-grade to hit him as he moved so that any attempt to strike him with tendrils would result in the Chimera hitting itself instead, meaning Jake only had to deal with the head trying to eat him over and over again.
He managed to land a few solid hits before the Chimera once more changed the status quo. With a loud roar, a blast of black smoke was released, enveloping Jake and everything else. Inside this dark cloud, Jake could barely see his own hand, but what was more important was the constant drain he felt on his body, forcing him to activate Scales to fight it off.
With Scales active, Jake could mostly shake off the energy-draining effect as he kept striking with his katars in rapid succession, the Chimera’s attempt to force Jake away unsuccessful. It was a good strategy by the Chimera. Make a cloud in extremely close melee that drains resources and blinds opponents, forcing them out of it and into the optimal range of the tendrils again. Sadly for the B-grade, Jake was quite suited to face this kind of attack, as the blindness had no effect, and the energy drain was dealt with effortlessly through Scales.
What’s more, the Chimera definitely wasn’t used to fighting like this. Its attempts to bite and use its feet and body to attack were clumsy at best, giving Jake plenty of opportunities as he kept stabbing and cutting away at the far larger monster. He even got the chance to strike its stomach region where the tendrils originated from, and there, he found quite the tender flesh that he gladly ravaged.
It also kept trying to strike with its tendrils, and while they were annoying to avoid, the large size of the Chimera worked against it as Jake simply moved around its body, going above and below it, using the monster’s own body as cover against the tendrils.
Jake continued striking for a few more seconds before the monster made its next move. Having realized the black cloud wasn’t getting the job done, the Chimera chose to retreat as its body was once more enveloped in energy as the B-grade practically teleported backwards... no... it didn’t teleport.
Before, when the Chimera had moved, Jake had already felt the familiar energy, and now that he felt it again, he was certain. The Chimera indeed hadn’t teleported.
It had Shadow Vaulted.
Which could only mean one thing...
The Court of Shadows?
Comments
Justus Halbach
Not necessarily Umbra. It could be another god in the court that has a different agenda.
Morgan verburg
I am confused in book 8 chapter 36 it stated that the Court has "a rule against accepting the task of assassinating the leader or someone part of the leadership structure of a planet they operated on." as they operate on earth doesn't this technically break that rule???
Alex
Jake did tell his brother he'd enjoy it if he allowed assassination attempts. So Umbra knows that too probably. The again, its not like you have to join the Court of Shadows to use Shadow Vault. You just need Darkness affinity and maybe some random item connceted to Umbra. Jake got Shadow Vault cause he had darkness affinity and got some Umbra bracers during the tutorial. I bet there are many many darkness mages/fighters that can use shadow vault without being part of the court. But him being a hired assassin from the court is better story wise :)
DrDankness
Hmm. Bet in Umbra but whats the game?
Trumangolorian
An interesting creature to be blessed by Umbra. Was it blessed just because Jake was there or already blessed then told to kill Jake by Umbra? Tyftc
Kt-x
Thanks for the chapter
Zogarth
Fix
Xander
Sorry for the slow reply but TFTC :) Suggested edits: "surrounded by magic circles that had been hidden *by magic* only moments prior." repetitive phrasing I suggest just ditching the "by magic" "These magic circles all activated at once, unleashing a torrent of *magic* upon the charging" similar here. Maybe "force" "energy" "the Fae's power" "running through the air on all *four*," should be "fours" " by *shooting* skywards while shooting arrows" repetition. Maybe "leaping"? "*Jake*’s armor held firm as *Jake* avoided getting a large laceration." either "his armor" or "he" using Jake twice here is, not wrong, but odd. "Jake had barely made any *leeway*." should be "headway". "leeway" is freedom or latitude. Headway is progress. I realise you probably already know but just for clarity. "Jake only had to deal with the head trying to eat Jake over and over again" same here with the dual Jakes
TheIronDragon
Well he DID specifically ask to have assassin's sent after him. I guess he wasn't expecting Umbra to respond with 'bet'
John Durrett
Hmmm is Jake going to take Umbrage with this? Gasp! Pow! Brrrt! Brrrt! Bang!
ABTelford
I thought the title was referring to something like a treasure vault. Hehe.
JJB4345_80_815
Yes, thank you for the chappy Zogarth!
Patrick Ralston
If nothing else, one would think a god level assassin would have a better plan than this if they were actually trying to kill him.
Vhena
Dun dun DUUUUUNN.
Phasmatic7
Thankies
Jake Thorpe
Na the creature has never left the planet in the Pantheon of Life yet has shadow vault. The only way fro him to get that is the god that blessed him to have the records give him access to it, so it's someone from the court of shadows or someone who use to be in the court
Joshua Little
Thanks for the chapter.
Havoc99
Its Artemis. Callin it now. She cant bless his so blessing his prey is the best way to give him some of her records
Jack
My thoughts exactly
SqrlyGrly
My bet is that the Chimeras patron is someone who got turned down by arty. Or he was hired by someone turned down by her.
Nick Elliott
Umbra has an interest in Jake reaching God hood. He hard counters her. And for a near primordial level god queen to actually grow she needs challenges. Villy said as much I think during colusseum. I'm not convinced this is Umbra just yet. But if it is this is deffo more akin to fattening up the sow prior to butchering than any attempt to actually end him. I really don't think think this is an assassination contract by the court.
Richard Lee
Well, tbf, it's hard not to roll 1s for saving throws vs destruction when you don't have thumbs
deus vault
IDK bro. that seems to be kind of the norm in higher grades. all creatures being sentient and all. the author stated that several times. jake doesn't mind killing humans to further his own path, let alone monsters. sim-jake was just another version and they were specialized in killing people. jake doesn't care who he fights as long as there's a challange.
T
"Jake’s armor held firm as Jake avoided getting a large laceration." The very first time armor has done anything in the entire series.
Arieh Sochaczevski
Thanks for the chapter!
T
Pretty sure that only applies to contracted hits, this is seemingly a god with a scheme. One of my theories, with nothing of substance to back it, is that Umbra is intentionally providing Jake a challenge. Potentially with the intention of asking him to do something for her.
Stefan S
Thank you for all the books. I just finished re reading them and had to hop on here. Good good stuff all around thank you. Can I just add something really small . Hunting sentient monsters that are just minding their own business is ...a bit much. So if Sylphie is killed by some random hunter is devastating, but Jake just slaughtering monsters for fun is great ?The sovereign arch really freaked me out. Anywho, keep up the good work
ABTelford
Small critique: in a battle with 3 B-grades, referring to one as “the B-grade” is confusing. Fun chapter, great fight! And the possible implications from the chimera using shadow vault at the end are tantalizing!
Deborah martins
I thought world leaders were exempt in the assassination attempts from the court of shadows.
Kirivina
Indeed! This fight is better with treats.
Andrew K
Minor consistency concern in the part where Jake is considering the "the Chosen" vs. "A chosen" distinction: The chimera has thus far been saying "Malefic One" rather than "Malefic Viper", so it comes off as odd for Jake to substitute "Malefic One" -> "Malefic Viper" when he's mentally quoting it, especially when the though is about a phrasing inconsistency.
Austin Barton
Shadow affinity that is umbras arcane affinity and the reason Jake’s kinda sucked.
Thenais
Umbra is a tsundere 👀
Sanguinar
I think the B grade is part of bringing the King back. Umbra giving jake a good hunt, knowing he would need part of this creature to fully restore the king. I even bet after this fight both Nature's Attendant and Ygg, summon him back immediately.
Stevean Bozek
I was thinking the same thing. Convince that idiot to creature that if it kills Jake it could leave that way it stands and fights instead of flees when it realizes Jake isn't the prey it thought he was
Hunter
Definetly could be a contracted killing but this has Umbra written all over it.
Marcus Evenett
Has everyone forgotten how Caleb literally told Jake that people have put assassination contract out in Jake literally told him I would like to see them try or something to that effect
Ryan Ulrich
While I think it is Umba having a shadow vault skill doesn’t mean you are necessarily tied to her faction. Jake is proof of that. Everything else considered it is a basic movement skill that employs the shadow affinity.
Nick O'Gara
That one is dead.
Daniel Brian
Freakin' Umbra... I'm starting to think that this is a gift TO Jake, not an attack ON Jake. Like, "my gift is a worthy hunt!"
Wselby64
I think it might be villy to because otherwise the god that did this has already decided to offend the viper and there aren't many gods who would do that, but I guess if it's him he did it as a practical joke cuz he knows if jake needs a challenge he will go find one himself.
Wselby64
Would be funny but It was stated that umbra is one of the gods that wants jake to succeed the most to help her develop a transcendence cuz its so hard to avoid his sphere
Alexander C Hyde
With swift movements, the Chimera shot towards Jake, running through the air on all (fours)four, and during its run, Jake saw flesh and bark intermixing and covering its thin legs, turning them bulkier and stronger as the creature sped up.
Alexander C Hyde
“So, had you planned on teaming up with her to take me down?” Jake asked in a judgmental tone, the Sovereign having given Jake (advice) to taunt the B-grade and make it talk a bit longer.
Tyler
Doesn’t Fang of Man require physical contact? I get the curse energy but I’m pretty sure to use poison with Fang you gotta hold onto the weapon
Kaladin
Could be one of the many gods under umbra
Grant Anderson
Wouldn't it be wild if the Chimera had lighting abilities and was somehow connected to the god whose legacy Jake's brother has a tie to (Tan Lucis? Probably didn't spell that right). It would be a deep cut and I wouldn't be surprised if I'm totally wrong lol
ThatGuy
Why don't we ever hear about the curse energy eternal hunger let's off? Why doesn't it affect anything anymore? He could have left it inside the chimera and pumped out curse energy or poison through fangs of man but he didn't. Why?
brjenness
Nah, he'll thank her for the challenge and more practice against shadow.
brjenness
Value shopping. Think of how much she saved by buying the info before he became all time record holder.
brjenness
In chapter 1145 we discover villy is not only encouraging gods to take shots at jake but also gambling favors on the outcome...only rule is it has to be at least relatively close to being considered a fair fight...
Christian Sullivan
Going to be really funny if Umbra put out a hit on Jake cuz she's scared of him LOL
Stefan Nilsson
Tftc
dash w
Thanks for the chappy, I think the viper hired the court to try to challenge Jake because he thinks Jake can take it
Andyr98
If it's umbra she would know that Jake is practically a hard counter to the courts abilities so it would be a assassination attempt but a feeding of record
D
I like the name of the chapter.
fanfan8000
What makes you think the aura resistance will disappear with Jakes death? The way it has been described makes it seem like its the equivalent of having been in the presence of a primordial all the time. Therefore finding anything less than it not as bad/scary
Dan
I don't think this was a setup to kill Jake, it doesn't make sense that any of the bigger names would actually expect such a coddled B grade to take him down. I could see gods who wanna see Jake reach godhood giving him "challenges" to help boost his growth
islandcastle11
Tyftc by far my favorite chapter on the hunting grounds planet so far, there was a nice twist with challenge and political connotations
austin kutz
Umbra is probably just trying to study him. She's probably watching this fight closely through the link the blessing provides. I doubt it's her intention to kill Jake, otherwise she wouldn't have used some stagnant loser with little to no experience fighting humans. I think she wants to find Jake's limits and maybe even force him to use the attack that killed Valdemar's image.
Miotara
I wonder if this isn't Villy's doing. I don't think Umbra would be crazy enough to try and have Jake killed while knowing what happens to whoever crosses the Viper, he would find out who did it and retaliate. I think it is more likely Villy is trying to prank him while making sure Jake doesn't realise it's him, at least not right away. That or someone from the Court of shadows without Umbra's knowledge.
Zeroxith
I'd bet it's the HC, who hired one of the lesser gods from the CoS to try and take Jake out If Jake wins no harm no foul, if Jake loses, then they have gotten their revenge
khielira
Could also be Umbra to see if Jake has what it takes to be a future rival that could help push her further down her path. There was something Villy thought/said about it during Nevermore and why Umbra want copies of the fights with her image. Anyone who could be a danger or help her path are rare. And I can see her keeping an eye on anyone who meets those qualities she wants. She might even try to have some of her lesser skills tried out on Jake and others through proxies. Because if they can't overcome lesser skills how could help her grow. If what I've thought has any truth to it I can see Jake fighting people from the court to test him and check to see if his skills are in anyway a help to Umbra or her people.
Tom C
Me too!
Ty Cooper
Well to all those guessing Umbra 👏👏. I didn't think someone would go as far as to hire the Court. I also though he was off limits to the court since he is a world leader or does that only apply to his planet
Tom C
I guessed Umbra yesterday but I’m thinking now it might be another lesser god of darkness? Or maybe umbra set this up for Jake to have a good battle? Idk
Tom C
I guessed Umbra yesterday, but I think it’s more likely a lesser god given chimera the blessing since Chimera is saying it’s been tasked with killing him. Unless Umbra is setting it up as a fight for Jake but I doubt that tbh. TFTC!
Zogarth
Fix
Corvid
Umbra's way of flirting with Jake is somehow both more and less direct than Artemis, just saying.
Dave
Ttfc
Sean
I don’t think Umbra put a hit out on Jake. I think umbra is giving Jake what he needs to grow. Almost all of the B-grades on this planet aren’t challenging and he needs the records. Plus as long as Jake is alive than his brother will continue to benefit from Jake’s passive aura resistance which allows him to withstand the aura of stronger beings. Making his brother a fantastic assassin for stronger beings. I figure he might get an assassin version of big game hunter.
Clint
Poor Jake. He can’t just have a relaxing hunt without some fae or god trying to mess with him.
Matthew Smith
Best guess why Umbra blessed this creature is her genuine curiosity surrounding Jake. Shit she pre-paid for Jakes information back in Nevermore in the Colosseum of mortals. He's literally her bane of existence and is probably using this chance to gather more information on him and this whole situation was manufactured as a way to limit test Jakes current abilities but phrased as an attempt to kill Jake. Especially considering how little the chimera actually knows about Jake and the whole "the" and "a" chosen issue.
Canis
A gift perhaps?
Kristopher Hanson
Typo here I believe it's supposed to be "flash of leaves" "The Forest Fae was forced to teleport away as she turned into a flesh of leaves right as the Sovereign touched down, his foot making the ground quake and break"
Tilen Praprotnik
Thanks for the chapter
Michael B
Why did Ombra bless this chimera knowing it'll be Jake's dinner?
Xarow
Jake had Shadow Vault. He also retained it after gaining a blessing from Villy. I don’t think this means anything definitive. Maybe even an attempt to cause beef towards Umbra.
eatingpitza314
Villy prank?
Rewdan
Jake hard counters her. He absolutely destroyed her in the Colosseum of Mortals.
Michael Ferguson
I would never have guessed it, but someone mentioned it yesterday, and I was so excited too find out this morning. And now I'm so happy 🤗
Rewdan
Cheers Zogarth. Will Jake be putting Umbra on the god kill list above Eversmile? 🧐
TyranT-Rex
Ayy someone called it as Umbra yesterday. Congratz!
joe schmoe
That's wild, i wonder what umbra's angle is .
Tui
Yes it does, you can only get lineage skills like that from available records. Like how Jake got shadow vault from the wrist guards. It would also hinder his path to accept skills from any other god if he has a blessing and with his beast instincts he would know to avoid doing that.
Mohammed Sheekh
I thought jake was too important to be killed, where the consequences outweigh the benefits, so why would court of shadows plot against him?
One Winged Angel
huh, Court of Shadows is either gathering info on Jake since he is closing in on B-Grade and they may need it, or they are doing it BECAUSE they have a contract on him....
Nathan Holliday
Wow. I will say I did not see that coming. However there were a few who called it yesterday so congratulations!
Tyler S.
I see this as maybe a slight offering of extra records with maybe an added benefit of unaware murder for hire.
Matthew Smith
Just to let everyone know I am indeed a genius who called that it was Umbra who blessed the chimera yesterday.
Georgia Guy-Williams
Just cause it's Umbras skill doesn't mean it's Umbra
Michael Ferguson
Nom nom nom give me more Umbra records.
Andyr98
Someone in the court is sacrificing the poor chimera like anyone in the know in the court would know Jake is a bit of a hard counter to court of shadow abilities
Straat Junon
Tyfc
Burkes
Subtle jake assassination plan????
TKOva
Is Umbra trying to get rid of him or is the Viper doing some wild shit and giving him a challenge. Or could this be something else. Good start to a new antagonist?
Naotsugu97
TFTC!
Sylphie
REE!!
Tom
Who is about to be in trouble because they cannot target world leaders who allow them a presence from what I remember
IntenseSushi
Tftc
joel southard
Thank you for the chapter
Michael Ferguson
We need to send Caleb a thank you basket for the good fight. With a note that says send more blessed offerings.
Abdulaziz ALRumaih
I highly doubt it’s umbra Much more likely a subordinate god also maybe with a contract on Jake’s head
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Michael Ferguson
Umbra!!!!! Sweet 🎂!!!! I'm so happy right now. It's going to be a good day.😊
Arrogant Savant
lol so it probably is a god "feeding" Jake or maybe some misguided jealousy against Jake.
Rui
ohh, Umbra's trial. She blessed the chimera so that she could have a quick way to study Jake?
Matthias
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Connor
Thanks for the chapter
SCHWING PAPI
Team up SCHWING
angel
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Beemoss
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BlackRazaras
Thanks for the chapter
