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Chapter 1100 - First Archery Lesson
🕑 Added 2025-03-25 12:19:58 +0000 UTCVisualization was key. All skills had Records that represented them, and all Records could be imagined if one understood them well enough. At least, that had always been Jake’s understanding. He needed to fully understand a skill before he could properly visualize it within his Soulspace.
However, that assumption was far from complete. It wasn’t wrong per se; it was just one of many ways to make a visual representation of something appear in the Soulspace.
The easiest way was one Jake knew, seeing as there was already objects within his Soulspace with physical representations. Absorbing a physical item that turned into pure Records was incredibly easy to visualize and see within the Soulspace. In many instances, it was even unavoidable as the physical nature of the items was part of their Records in the first place, making them appear within the Soulspace without the owner of the soul even trying to make it so.
Villy’s drop of blood, Eternal Hunger, and the book from the First Sage were all such items. Right below them, in things easy to visualize, were one’s energies and general Path. The sky of arcane mana, the crystal forest below, and all of what Jake had summoned during his training with the First Sage as he improved his Anomalous Soul were all considered part of what was easy.
If Jake wanted to heal his own soul and repair Palate of the Malefic Viper, he would have to move up a level of difficulty. Visualizing specific skills was very difficult in comparison to his Path in general. All the skills were part of Jake’s Path, and he would effectively have to isolate a segment of Records and visualize them.
Such visualization wasn’t as rudimentary as merely imagining how a skill would look within the Soulspace. Imagination and interpretation were certainly part of it, but the most important aspect remained to comprehend the skill itself or the alternative option Jake was now looking into:
Understanding the very concept of skill visualization, and rather than fully comprehending a skill to visualize it, employ the assistance of the system in the matter. To do that, Jake had to be able to “see” the skill, and he could only do that if he could better understand his own Path and all the building blocks that it was made of.
Meditate was – in the words of the First Sage – a skill primarily made to understand oneself. Jake had spent a lot of time and effort understanding his own body and the pathways of energy going through it. He had even studied the soul with the purpose of creating poisons to destroy it.
This understanding had helped Jake create a very powerful boosting skill, likely the reason he’d obtained Arcane Supremacy to further strengthen his body, and perhaps most importantly, it was what let him move the way he wanted to, when he wanted to.
Compared to other fighters, Jake had far fewer times where he wanted to dodge something but simply wasn’t fast enough. He didn’t miscalculate minute distances but dodged with a hair’s breadth purposefully. His instincts allowed him to know and adapt, but to do that in the first place, he needed to understand the hardware he was working with, something that had also come very naturally to him.
Understanding his own soul was to understand the software. While it wasn’t the exact words of the First Sage, Jake thought his comparison was rather apt. Using a skill was just knowing how a program worked while understanding a skill fully was to understand the entire codebase. A daunting task, especially if the skill was something as complex as Palate of the Malefic Viper.
However, what if Jake didn’t have to understand the entire code but just how to use the directory system of the software that was his soul? What if all he needed to do was learn how to – and then successfully – locate and navigate to Palate of the Malefic Viper. What if that was all it took to then spark the system to help create a representation within the Soulspace as Jake would have effectively isolated the Records enough?
Needless to say, this was all still a gross oversimplification, but the concept was there, and Jake remained positive as he progressed toward this goal, using the book left by the First Sage as his guide. By now, he’d already gotten a lot better at many things.
Standing within his Soulspace, Jake raised a hand as a swirling orb of dark green energy appeared. It began to change shape and morph, wings sprouting as it turned more physical, scales scattered throughout the storm of energy, mixing with several other concepts and powers.
Yet as the swirling mass of Records began to increase in size, it began to wobble. The spinning orb became erratic, the energies no longer balanced, and the Records' unity was broken. A moment later, the entire swirling mass of Records broke apart, resulting in a massive explosion of malefic light that Jake easily suppressed as a barrier of arcane energy encompassed it.
“Corrupted, huh,” Jake sighed as he once more leaned into the software analogy. What Jake had just done was summon all the Records related to his Malefic Viper legacy skills. As they represented such a big part of his Path, Jake could create that swirling, incomprehensible mess of the nine skills mixed together, but even when he did so, it wouldn’t last long.
Because some of the Records in the swirling mass were broken. Corrupted. Like a memory leak in a program or some bug that would inevitably lead to a crash. The Records from the broken Palate of the Malefic Viper affected the balance between all the Legacy Skills, and Jake came to better understand how disastrous it would be if he evolved with a broken skill. Assuming he could even evolve it in the first place.
As doing a full system reinstall wasn’t an option, Jake would have to repair that one broken program and fix the corruption. He would have to locate the files that had been corrupted when he failed to forcefully upgrade his Palate of the Malefic Viper back then and personally replace them with new ones that were uncorrupted. In other words, he would have to get new Records and get rid of some of the old ones.
I’m getting closer, Jake thought to himself as he turned back toward the book and kept reading as yet another chapter would soon be unlocked. By now, with all he had learned and could do, Jake was confident that if he decided to try and upgrade his Meditate skill at that moment, it would be a legendary rarity one, and not even a bad legendary rarity skill at that.
But he still hesitated as he wanted his upgrade to be “perfect.” He didn’t want it to be just good enough. Maybe it was possible that if he upgraded the Meditate skill now, he would be able to use it to repair Palate using it, but that wasn’t all Jake wanted the upgraded Legacy Skill of the First Sage to be capable of.
Jake was greedy. Of that, there was no doubt, and so far, he was happy with his progress. Even if he did feel as if he was frying his brain a bit the further he got into the tome left by the First Sage. Jake had no idea how many chapters it had in total, but so far, he’d gotten through seven, nearly unlocked the eighth, and he got the feeling that when he was done with chapter ten, it would be time to upgrade the Meditate skill.
It had been about three weeks since Jake had reunited with Dina, and during all this time, Jake had just been cooped up and meditating in his own residence, working on understanding the tome. After having been back for four days, he got word that Artemis would also be back after roughly three weeks, so now, Jake was just waiting for her return.
Another fourteen hours ended up passing before the palace got a whole lot less lonely.
She didn’t even bother to knock, not that she had to. Jake had given her permission to come and go as she wanted and whitelisted her on all the barriers, after all. He vaguely felt her observe him before, and a few seconds later, a figure appeared within the chamber where he sat in meditation.
Jake smiled and, within his Soulspace, closed the tome of the First Sage before opening his eyes to see Artemis standing in front of him. She, in turn, observed him, her expression a bit weird as if she’d seen or felt something she definitely hadn’t expected to.
“What were you doing?” Artemis asked, looking at him with a mix of astonishment, respect, and just plain old confusion.
“Meditating,” Jake answered casually as he acclimated to the world outside of his Soulspace. He’d spent over a week in constant meditation, and he did feel a bit out of it and needed a moment to fully return to the real world.
“You were doing more than that... I felt something odd. A presence, almost. Ancient. Powerful,” Artemis wondered out loud.
“I was reading within my Soulspace,” Jake explained, not seeing any reason not to answer honestly as he knew he couldn’t actually explain what he was doing even if he wanted to.
“Reading you say... what exactly could you have been reading that would produce that kind of effect? I didn’t get the notion it was something related to the Legacy of the Malefic One, but something else,” Artemis muttered, clearly fishing for an explanation to soothe her curiosity.
“I sadly can’t tell you,” Jake shook his head.
Artemis sighed. “I understand. Everyone has their own secrets.”
“No, I literally can’t tell you,” Jake did something Villy had done several times to him before as he smirked. “It’s related to Forbidden Knowledge. The book I’m reading is Forbidden Knowledge made material.”
“You have a book full of Forbidden Knowledge within your Soulspace?” Artemis asked.
“Yep. With knowledge not even the Viper knows about,” Jake said with a cheeky smile.
“And you can’t even give me a hint who this book was made by? I must assume it’s a Primordial or at least an individual with power approaching one,” Artemis really wanted to know.
“The creator is already dead,” Jake shook his head, wanting to convince her it was hopeless to even guess the creator.
However, it seemed that explanation wouldn’t fly as Artemis just kept looking at him before frowning. “You just said something considered Forbidden Knowledge, didn’t you?”
“I did,” Jake confirmed, not having known that even the simple fact the First Sage no longer lived could be considered Forbidden Knowledge in this context.
“I see...” Artemis let out a loud sigh as she looked at Jake closely. “You really are hiding a lot of secrets, aren’t you?”
“Come on, who doesn’t like someone with a flair of mystery?” Jake said in a teasing voice. “I wouldn’t even say this one is my top secret.”
“I reckon that one is related to your Bloodline somehow,” Artemis said.
“I can neither confirm nor deny that,” Jake said, genuinely not knowing if that would be considered his biggest secret anymore after what happened in Nevermore. There was probably more to be revealed, but even that remained a secret to Jake. At least for now.
“Keep your secrets,” Artemis smiled and shook her head. “I’ve cleared my schedule for a good while and will have avatars handling my daily matters. I also heard that your comrades have left the city to explore the territory of the Pantheon of Life on their own, and I can only guess you want to do the same.”
“That I can confirm,” Jake nodded. “I want to hone my archery a bit before I go hunting, though. In that way, my leveling can double as practice for what I want to improve. I’m confident I could do well already if I decided to just go now and try to improve on my own, but some good feedback would definitely go a long way.”
Artemis nodded, having already expected this as they’d discussed it earlier. “I would be glad to help. I’m not going to really be teaching you anything, though. I saw the recording of my image in Nevermore, and from that, I’m clear on the fact that you’re not the type of person to learn from pure theory. You need to experience something first-hand and reach an understanding on your own.”
“The Malefic Viper has said something very similar in the past,” Jake nodded in complete agreement.
“That being the case, I believe the best approach would be for you to experience archery of a higher level directly,” Artemis said as she smiled. “Plus, it should be at least a little nostalgic for you, while to me, it will be a chance to experience something I’ve only seen recordings of myself doing.”
“I see great minds think alike,” Jake said, as he already knew where Artemis was going with this.
Seeing as Artemis was so much stronger than Jake, it was hard for her to show him anything he could learn from. That’s why they needed a way to level the playing field and not make sheer power the limiter... and Jake had just the thing for it, something Artemis already knew all about.
Taking out the item he hadn’t used since he used it duel with Carmen, he and Artemis both used Identify on instinct.
[Emblem of the Grand Champion (Mythical)] – An emblem infused with the powers and concepts of the Colosseum of Mortals, given only to those deemed worthy. This Emblem can create a replica of the Colosseum of Mortals arena within a virtual space for individuals to duel one another. Allows the user to choose two targets who must consent to take part in a duel within the virtual space. Those entering will leave their true bodies defenseless during the duel period. All levels and stats of those entering will be normalized. Most skills and abilities will also be restricted. Dying within the virtual space will have no negative consequences. As the owner, you can always observe the inside of the Emblem of the Grand Champion. Cooldown period: 1 hour.
Requirements: Soulbound
This was likely the perfect item for this exact kind of situation, and Jake didn’t doubt the creator of the item knew that when giving it out in Nevermore. What’s more, because Jake’s actual archery skill wouldn’t exist within the Colosseum of Mortals, he wouldn’t get any of the system’s passive benefits but would have to consciously think about using it.
The same was true for Artemis, so it would truly be a difference in competence that separated them.
“We should enter right away,” Artemis said. “There is an hour cooldown between each use, after all. Might as well get that running.”
“You think I’ll go down that quickly?” Jake said with a cheeky smile.
“Yes,” Artemis said without a moment’s hesitation.
“I guess we’ll see,” Jake said as he used the Emblem. Artemis didn’t resist, and moments later, they found themselves standing across from one another within the familiar Colosseum of Mortals.
They each stood behind their respective gates that had yet to lower. All the equipment one could ever want was available, and the two of them decided on just going with a bow each, along with the basic starting armor which offered no real protection.
“You promise you won’t be dejected no matter what happens next?” Artemis yelled.
“No worries,” Jake assured her. He remained confident and was ready for her to take the first shot.
“Alright... let’s start simple with a quickdraw,” Artemis said as she lifted her bow, knocked an arrow, and loosed the string in one fluid, quick motion.
Before the arrow was even released, Jake’s danger senses screamed at him as he dodged to the side right as an arrow flew by him the second Artemis had let go of the string.
Jake felt cold sweat run down his back as he felt as if he’d just dodged a sniper bullet. The speed that the arrow had flown with made no sense at all, and all he could do was stare as the goddess with stats equal to his own looked at him with a little surprise.
“Impressive speed... let’s try again, but this time, no breaks,” Artemis smiled as she took out another arrow. “Dodge well.”
Not needing a reminder, Jake barely dodged the next arrow as he stepped to the side... only for another one to come at him right away. Jake bent his body out of shape and barely dodged it, leaving him in a position unable to react as a third struck him in the thigh. It barely penetrated into his flesh, but it stopped all his movements and made him vulnerable as another more powerful arrow struck him in the chest before a final one to the eye ended his very first training session.
The two of them were instantly thrown out of the Emblem with Jake’s death as he found Artemis looking at him with a smile. “Let’s have the first lesson be about one of the simplest concepts of archery there is... speed.”
Comments
Emiya
I think you're looking in too deep But i'll play devils advocate. She in the safest place she could possibly be in that moment diring training. In the temporary home of a primordial's guest to attempt to attack her there would be an afront to jake by proxy the Vilas and most apparent Yggy
Nazmus Saadat
"Those entering will leave their true bodies defenseless during the duel period." This alone feels like something a god would never agree to. Even Artemis with all her fondness for Jake surely wouldn't leave her true body at risk like that. I feel like even the smallest chance that this is a trap by Jake to lure her in while some rival god attempts to kill her, would make it so she never agrees to this. I was hoping for some kind of explanation to that, or why she wouldn't be vulnerable to that effect of the item, but the complete lack of hesitancy or explanation feels eh.
Eden
Aka a dom switch
Chloe
Tyftc
Ricky Keenum
I feel like Artemis is a Dom, but she’s a dom secretly looking for a higher authority. This is gonna be a great training arc
Jules Deathwish
Pretty sure the bit a few chapters back about Villy being the Patron of only his Alchemy Path was a bit of foreshadowing, and he's going to manage to get her blessing for his Hunter Path and be a double Heretic double Chosen
Phil Ritter
I’m expecting him to stay a few years anyway since there is nothing pressing him for time if I remember correctly and there are endless benefits for him staying in the pantheon right now
Anomander_Rake
Of course. Perception is the best stat! lol
Ender419
I can see how this relationship will play out… with Artemis being the cougar teaching young cub Jake all about the love of archery.
Carl Never
Glad to see him in here tho i listened to an interview once decided he was a pretty cool guy with all the same hobbies
Carl Never
She said it did. Shes been gaining levels sense then regulaly
LongMickeyRicky
Nobody saw how he beat valdemar, the screen cut out while it happened. He basically made his own domain that pushed out the wyrmgods influence is what i think minaga said. Nobody actually saw what he did just the outcome
jazz
Yes you can lol
Bruce Sheplan
want to bet his perception is gonna be a huge part of it.
Corvid
least she hasn't thrown a dinosaur at him....... yet.
Ollie
I had a wild thought back when he gave her the potion. What if his stay in nevermore with Artemis gives her enough progress to not needing it? Similar to benefits Villy and Duskleaf has gotten
JJB4345_80_815
Remember that Villy was actually disappointed that both Umbra and the Undying General were heavily nerfed during Jake's run of the Colosseum of Mortals. Villy actually commented on how Jake's approach to beating the Undying General wouldn't have worked against the actual being. The mid C grades wouldn't have had a chance against beings that had trillions upon trillions of years to perfect their craft. The real Artemis is choosing not to nerf herself in order to give Jake some perspective. The great thing is that since they are both at level Zero, it's something that Jake can learn from and incorporate into his own build.
JJB4345_80_815
Yes, thank you for the chappy Zogarth!
JJB4345_80_815
Jake doesn't want to give Artemis that visual. She'd be like: "Don't touch me! I find you repulsive now."
Winter-ad
No he replies regularly, especially to grammar or spelling errors! If he’s got some shit to say he makes a post or adds it as an author note
Winter-ad
Arrows wrapped in cloth!
Matthew Lemon
Actual rage bait
Ty Cooper
I am wondering if we are going to get some time skips after he has had a few lessons and he is incorporating some of the stuff he's learned. Hopefully while hunting of course.
Thenais
I can only see him greatly improving his dodging for the next days. Can’t learn from such higher bow skill.
Matthew Hay
I'm not sure that's the implication. Separately, we were informed Eversmile has a transcendant ability to erase someone's records from the multiverse, essentially turning them into forbidden knowledge where only Villy would know they existed. This was to inform us there are ways for people in-universe to create forbidden knowledge, not just the system. I think it's safe to assume Eversmile isn't behind suddenly erasing the First Sage, but I don't think it's safe to assume we know who would or could do this, other than they would likely require a transcendant skill. The first sage is dead, the being Jake sees and interacts with in his visions is a recreation from records that exist in the multiverse. Since the first sage's records permeate essentially all living beings, when he is recreated, he has knowledge of all happenings since his death. This is not to imply he still lives, just that it is inevitable he has awareness of everything since his records are literally involved in everything. I only bring up the distinction he is truly dead, because him being behind something happening in the present would require either: he is still alive, or records can act on their own. Both options go against everything we have been told by both Villy and the First Sage.
Matthew Hay
Yeah, the only significance of the images in Nevermore is that they are all from talented individuals who eventually became powerful gods, not just some chaff.
A Flashy BR
Tyftc good stuff
Michael Ferguson
Na. Jake can beat her in that arena.
Will R
Awesome. Cannot wait to keep reading
Xander
Rocks then arrows iirc
ABTelford
Very fun chapter! Loved it and I can’t wait for the ego beatdown Jake’s gonna get tomorrow!…oh who am I kidding, he’ll have a blast and not get an ounce of humility out of it. Lol!
TwistedVanity
We need Zogarth input. 1. Beating Valdemar using concepts from his Bloodline. [Those watching saw, the wyrm God, mingar and valdemar at least] 2. Beating vademar full primordial god in an aura battle. Sooo many saw that. 3. Primordial orb someone mentioned. Please jog my memory to that. [Was that what he created for the world wonder that not even the gods could observe. I can't recall much re that] 4. Finding out he's a higher evolutionary form of human. 5. None of the above and we all missed something else???
TwistedVanity
True
Jaroslav Zapadlo
Is this your first reply
Jaroslav Zapadlo
I hope you don't plan on dying before finishing the series. Finished reading Tower of Jack and it seems like the author disappeared. It would be so! disappointing
SnowReason
It was implied that the first sage made himself forbidden knowledge somehow as previously Villy was able to talk to others about him.
Forrest
Jake has lived for 50 years? Maybe more, maybe less. Artemis on the other hand has been alive for so long I struggle to comprehend her age. Jake stands no chance against her right now. The same would be true with any god at G grade.
Seen Death
Haha i cant wait. tyfc! I have a feeling jakes method of fixing pallet (misspelled) is going to be rediculous. Similar to how he trained his shroud, instead of doing it an easy method he didnt think of, he seems to be trying to system fuckery his way to way more control / insight over the viper's lineage skills than he was supposed to be allowed from the system... and its going to be great
Andyr98
Those images where taken with how skilled they where in c grade it wasn't just lowering there stats to ovl 0
David
I hope that they both end up teaching each other new things with how quickly Jake tends to pick things up. Would be interesting for both of them to come out more skilled out of this.
Joshua Little
Thanks for the chapter.
Ira White
SENSU BEAN
dash w
Thanks for the chappy
Dags
I think it’s referring to the fact Jake isn’t a normal human. Elves can be high elves but there is no high human. The fact he didn’t have a quest to upgrade to C grade when all other humans do means his natural grade is something above C, unlike every other human in existence. This is the same as when he was given the option to become a malific dragon kin and his bloodline rebelled. The fact he is something beyond human with his arcane affinity, bloodline and race still being suppressed at C grade is his biggest secret.
Michael Ferguson
No thump. Jake was holding back.
Thenais
Jake should try Australian breakdance to escape arrows.
AetherBoye
Reminds me of the early chapter where he was trying to unlock his bloodline by having his co-worker throw stuff at him (or maybe it was arrows? I don't remember exactly)
Zogarth
Fixed some things
Xander
Nah, God skill Artemis outclasses Jake easily with her full knowledge. He won in the colleseum because the image was limited in conceptual understanding as well as power. This is not the case here.
Xander
Firstly he did impress her by dodging the first shot. Secondly, we were told in Nevermore that even at level 0 god level fighters would dominate due to their far superior conceptual understanding which is demonstrated here. Besides if Jake was already good enough to fight a god successfully where does he have to go in terms of skill?
Xander
TFTC :) Nice to see Jake outclassed. This should be a massive growth opportunity for our boy. Suggested edits: "Assuming he could even evolve *it* in the first place." from context, this is an extra word "was one Jake *already* knew from there *already* being objects" unnecessary repetition you should ditch one. "the *entire* swirling mass of Records broke apart *entirely*" more repetition. "he would be able to *use it* to repair Palate *using it*, " repetition "After *having been back* for four days, he got word that Artemis would *be back* after roughly three weeks," repeated phrasing. Perhaps change the first to "studying" "so *by* now, Jake was just waiting for her return." little picky but the word *by* is unnecessary here and effects the flow of the sentence. "a figure appeared within the chamber ** he sat in meditation *within*." repetition of "within" maybe remove and insert *where" or drop the whole end of the sentence. " not seeing any reason to not answer honestly" awkward phrasing maybe just "answering honestly"? "a secret to Jake for now. “Keep your secrets *for now*,”" repeated phrasing. I suggest ditching the second "for now" "you’re not the type of person to learn from being told *anything*." unnecessary and repetitive from the sentence before. "he hadn’t used since he dueled with Carmen *within*" awkward phrasing. you dont need "within" here
TwistedVanity
Erm.. the deleted text was my other half leaving me a list of stuff to do on my phone for me to find.... she didn't realise she had posted it in the comments here.
Staudi
Ah thanks
Fall’s Kiss🍂
That’s just feels like asking to question his sense of self.
kinglemur
That’s fair considering the system classified him as forbidden knowledge he probably saw the truth behind the system or how it truly operates
Thenais
told you ^^
TwistedVanity
Okay. Slightly disappointed at jakes performance. After all she should be the same as her image in Nevermore. And Jake defeated her there. I expected him to impress the goddess. And thank you for the chapter
Saimon Vi
I'm waiting for him to surpass her. That would be cool. 2 archers, but different .
Michael Ferguson
Also, I think Jake let her win because he likes her. No way Jake goes down that easily in an even fight.
Adam
He got it in nevermore for beating Valdemar's image
PatienceHoney
Congrats on 1100!
Michael Ferguson
Jake can't use mana in there? She lost there last fight. I think Jake was holding back to work on his dodge, but he would have used mana in a real fight.
levon
Picollo is screaming. Dodge.
doctordirt
Uh did you read the coliseum of mortals in nevermore he can't use anything but his base abilities.
bioticisbasic
Tyftc!
SUlex
More like system-level understanding. Calling the first Sage merely God-level underestimates his power
Staudi
I can't remember - who did he get that item from again? Anyway.. tyftc Zog!
SinCinnamon
YES
SinCinnamon
You and us all
Michael Ferguson
No arcane shield? Jake really doesn't show his best when death isn't possible.
C. Adkins
Solid idea!
C. Adkins
Dude. YES. I
C. Adkins
Someone please answer this!
Hotep Saxis
His biggest secrets are he’s not actually human and that his bloodline levels up, some of the latter was shown in Nevermore
Michael Dugan
If you can dodge an arrow, you can dodge a ball.
Jack Liu
Totally forgot about that item. This is going to be a badass training arc!
Alejandro Piña
I imagine he’s referring to the creation of the perennial orb of arcane affinity, and also the way he won against Valdemar.
Darshar Griffonmane
Jake is reviewing the basics. Dodge, Duck, Dive, Dip......and Dodge.
Gareth Morgan
It is conceptual. She did the same thing Minaga did to the Sword Saint in Nevermore. She's leaning on god tier conceptual understanding of archery even if her stats are equal
Gareth Morgan
The melee offence was a bunch of things. The Fangs of Man stuff was important too
Carl Never
Oh god that would be great
Carl Never
I think this just means his bloodline isnt actully very secret anymore.
TwistedVanity
I was just going to ask the same. It can't be what he did with Valdamar with his bloodline can it? As I'm pretty sure a lot of gods know about that. The arena fight bit not protecting artemisia from Valdamirs aura
Trevor Mergen
Thanks!
Tom C
Cheers guys 👍
Dragon
I think he’s talking about when he used his full bloodline to kill valdemars mortal self in the final battle
Brandon
I think its the primeval origins stuff, how he used Jake juice when fighting Valdemar. That was my initial thought anyway
MrEM4N
Reading this story is like a drug. I itch for my fix every morning
CJ King
Thank you for the chapter!!
Tom C
“Jake said, genuinely not knowing if that would be considered his biggest secret anymore after what happened in Nevermore.” Sorry to have to ask, but nevermore covered over 200 chapters iirc, so I can’t remember what he is referring to here - what happened in nevermore specifically that was a huge secret? Also agree with other commenters. Love how Artemis is shaping up as a character ❤️ TFTC!
Rewdan
Cheers Zogarth, really appreciate your work
IntenseSushi
Tftc
Alex
She already said that she got over her bottleneck after Nevermore — dunno how surprised she’d be about getting a bunch of records from training Jake.
Havoc99
Mommy
Unwillingmainer
Well, she might kiss it to make it better after a certain point. After all, everyone needs breaks.
Benjamin Mages
You don't remember quite right, it didn't have anything to do with dodging, she was criticizing that he had no idea how to attack properly. This is a problem that was fixed when he learned from and merged with sim Jake.
frankie doerr
I want Jake to challenge the viper for shits and giggles with the medallion
brjenness
Toadzy's hidden cliffhanger... what outfits will minaga dress Artemis and Jake in and take pictures of when he discovers their defenseless bodies while they are in the coliseum.
Noah
The Goddess of the Hunt is teaching the Primal Hunter? It’s over for the multiverse
Amanda Dimitrov
Artemis is goning to be surprised at the end of this when Jake is done training and she gets a bunch of records too!
Lucas
Tftc
ByLordMatsLuck
🔥🔥🔥
KodamaZelk
Good thing Jake has the drop of blood from Viley. Should be a good source to draw from replace the corrupted parts of the skill.
Mike_L
TFTC
kinglemur
That’s basically what the first sage was, I have a feeling that he had god level comprehension of concepts at g grade when he was first initiated. Hence all of his crazy ass transcendent skills he used to kill the void dweller which even gods would run from
Czar
He has this problem whenever fighting anyone who has actual fighting skill tho, if I remember right he did some training with Carmen a while ago and she tried to tell him he dodges too much on instinct and it makes him predictable. So anybody with skill will be able to predict his movements more easily
A. B. Edwards
I really am starting to like Artemis so much. She lives up to her namesake. I already thought she was best girl in the Colosseum but even more now. And she is really showing just how far ahead a God is from a mortal just in terms of pure technique. Jake matched her in Nevermore when she had C-Grade understanding. Maybe even surpassed her a bit. He kind of cheesed it a bit with his arcane mana. But this shows that even with equal stats, just that pure, higher understanding is all one needs to be a monster. Makes me wonder if a God with G-Grade stats but God level comprehension could beat a normal C-Grade. Just how much can high level comprehension make up for lacking stats and levels and grades I wonder.
WESTON FRENCH
Yeah it’s like when minaga schooled the sword saint with a regular steel sword and no magic
joel southard
Thank you for the chapter
Noah
I believe it’s him evolving to b-grade not the skill getting an upgrade
Corvid
Or until she gets tired of it. And gods don't get tired.
Lonez Zhavec
Friggin great chapter!
Corvid
Yeah it's kinda the equivalent of a brand new MMA fighter who just started training seriously fighting a long time champ. Even if physically they are still in the same weight class, the years of experience mean you can probably dodge a punch but you'll still end up on the mat.
Corvid
Maybe it's Jake not wanting to be seen like that one racist uncle at thanksgiving who's always saying off the wall stuff. Everyone's always like "Oh, it's uncle Jimothy, he's just old, don't mind" but they still cringe every time he talks. He doesn't want Artemis or Yggdrasil to be like "Oh that whacky Jake, he's just young, don't mind the heretical banter" while trying to usher him out of the room.
Corvid
The fundamental concept known as "git gud scrub, Artemis edition."
James Faulkner
Goddamn lol, Tftc!
James Faulkner
Cardio?
Numbzy
I think this less of a planning out dodges problem, and more of a Jake is completely outclassed problem. He basically has no chance in anyone of these duels. Remember when they dueled Minaga in Nevermore, Minaga has to hold back. Slowing down his casting, limiting his concepts, making rules for Minaga to follow, otherwise it would be completely impossible even with his lower level.
Kt-x
Thanks for the chapter 🙂
Blake
No, I think he is referring to evolving to B grade
Jennifer Leigh
Calling him 'my patron' puts the Viper above Jake, at least to other people. Hasn't Jake only called him Villy in front of Duskleaf, Miera, his closest friends and family? Jake isn't a total moron about what is expected.
Timothy Scott
I'm loving this. Some great ideas being explored, thoroughly enjoying the budding relationship with Artemis and also Jake's progress with meditation.
Lizy Flore
Maybe it’s a problem of image. Even if Jake doesn’t care for ranks, I think he is mindful of how his actions reflects his patron (bc he can reveal he is an heretic yet)
Clint
Oops. She forgot to stop concentrating on the concept of speed. 😳
Clint
And concepts. I’d bet she’s infusing a concept of speed into the arrows.
Czar
Jake still needs to figure out how to dodge in a way that doesn't leave him open to the next attack
Jordan
They were both at the same level effectively due to the Emblem of the Grand Champion. Her defeating him so easily wasn't power, it was experience and knowledge.
Tilen Praprotnik
Thanks for the chapter
Alexander C Hyde
Assuming he could even evolve (it) in the first place. (Is the selected word needed here?)
BumAssBumAss
Just like sword saint applied the very concept of sharpness to his sword, Jake is now applying fundamental concepts to his archery.
Arieh Sochaczevski
Keldra - I’m relatively certain that’s not what Yahyo meant… get your mind into the gutter.
Max
Kinda hoping that Artemis would be able to know about the first sage.
Timothy Spradlin
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Michael mann
DAYYYYYUM! I suppose a few Billion years will give you an edge 😂
Alexander C Hyde
The spinning orb became erratic, the energies no longer balanced, and the Records(’) unity was broken.
Dave
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Jordan Rogers
God level concepts.(or possibly she was only showing a or s grade to start off)
Matthias
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Arieh Sochaczevski
““The Malefic Viper has said something very similar in the past,” Jake nodded in complete agreement.” Since when does Jake refer to Villy as _The Malefic Viper_? He’s shared enough secrets with Artemis to be less formal than that. Even if he doesn’t call him “Villy” it would be less awkward to say ‘my patron’ or ‘the viper’.
Blackbriar
This is great. Artemis not giving him any leeway is exactly what he needs.
Jordan Rogers
I don’t know if there is a technical level number for how the god tiers work, but being at the cusp of god queen, 10 levels or evolutions into godhood, but equivalent of thousands of levels probably worth of concepts ahead shows how broken Jake is that he dodged anything Artemis threw at him.
Alex
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Zizawah
Fantastic progress report on meditation and the beautiful start of archery lesson extravaganza! Thanks for the chapter!!!
Unwillingmainer
The pin cushioning will continue until moral improves.
Kristopher Hanson
Ooooooh yessss
Keldra
Yahyo - Only 1 minute? That's not his fault. She used her God-level skills!
Rick Delallata
This is a really cool character in multiple ways
Yahyo Malikov
And after that what will they do for the next 58 minutes xd
Ritsu
That went about as well as I expected. It's Minaga and the Sword Saint all over again, normalized stats mean jack against eras of experience.
Frost1005
Thanks for the chapter
Arieh Sochaczevski
Thanks for the chapter! “[…] he would be able to use it to repair Palate using it[…]” drop one of the instances of “use”. “Jake was greedy. Of that, there was no doubt, and so far, he was happy with his progress.” I think this world be better as: “Jake was greedy, of that, there was no doubt. So far, he was happy with his progress.”
Keldra
Ok, so what are we going to do during the next 59 minutes until the cool down ends?
C0bra$
Thank u for the story congrats on 1100
Connor
Thanks for the chapter
Anders Jensen
Cheers for yet another 100 chapters milestone, and hopefully many more in the future :)
Sylphie
REE!
Mrburns93
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Syf0
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Beemoss
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