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Chapter 1094 - Nervousness
🕑 Added 2025-03-17 12:24:30 +0000 UTCJake was definitely nervous as he finally found himself alone facing Artemis. It wasn’t nerves born of fear, but a mix of anticipation and hope that everything would go as he’d wished.
So far, Jake still didn’t have full knowledge of how Artemis felt about everything. At most, he could make educated guesses based on how she and everyone else acted. If Nature’s Attendant and Yggdrasil believed she had any desire to end his existence, he really hoped they wouldn’t have assigned her to escort him.
On the other hand, it was also possible they did this so the two of them could squash any positive relationship between them. While it was true that relationships between S-grades and gods were considered pretty normal in the multiverse, even A-grades and gods getting together was insanely rare. B-grades? Jake had never even heard of it happening outside some of the times gods decided to impersonate mortals.
All of this is to say that Jake had no idea if a god would even consider a C-grade. They were, objectively speaking, superior beings to mortals. Jake knew how Villy didn’t even consider the average mortal a person. Their lives were too fleeting, too meaningless, for him to give even an iota of thought or care towards them. In his eyes, if they died due to getting killed by something or of natural causes, it didn’t matter as their lives were so short anyway.
Jake even knew that Villy didn’t have the most extreme opinion. Some creatures born naturally at high grades didn’t view anything below what their young were born at as creatures worth considering. They were nothing more than insects to the average human pre-system. This opinion some gods held of mortals... that mortals were all merely insects.
Naturally, Jake didn’t expect this of Artemis, but if she had even the slightest thought that Jake was fundamentally an inferior being, that would be the biggest turn-off in the world for both sides and effectively the end of anything positively developing between them.
Finally, as a god, there was a big difference in power none of them could deny. A far larger one than with anyone else Jake had ever been with. Sure, Carmen was strong, but she wasn’t “I could kill you with a thought”-strong.
In summary, Jake had many reasons to be nervous, and he didn’t speak up right away because he couldn’t help but wonder what Artemis was thinking about all this. He wondered if she thought Jake’s relative weakness wasn’t an absolute turn-off because if she did... yeah, that would suck.
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Artemis had experienced more emotions of nervousness in the last few years than she had in an entire era before that. Usually, when planning to fight something powerful, all she felt was excitement, yet the mortal in front of her was more nerve-wracking than even Godking monsters she’d hunted down.
She couldn’t help but wonder what he was thinking. Artemis was used to interacting with mortals, and they all had the same thing in common: innate fear and respect. It was something they couldn’t help themselves with. It was a natural response, no different than someone being forced to close their eyes when faced with a powerful light. Even if they tried to resist with every fiber of their being, they didn’t stand a chance.
The particular mortal in front of her was said to be immune to this sort of thing, yet a small sliver of doubt still wormed its way into Artemis’ mind. She knew her image in Nevermore had a very positive relationship with him, but that had happened under very specific circumstances. One where they were of equal standing and power, both lowly mortals, at least in body.
Things were vastly different now. She recognized the gap and power, and while she would be lying if she said she didn’t personally view it as an issue, in her mind, it was a temporary one. Artemis had lived for a long time, so for her to wait a thousand or even a million years for something wasn’t really a problem. It was one intense meditation session at most, and she’d spent longer working on upgrading skills in the past.
As a mortal, Jake’s perception of time was vastly different. Based on what she understood, he’d been alive a couple of hundred years at most, and that was factoring in time spent training with time dilation.
Concepts such as age difference weren’t really a thing gods even thought out normally. An S-grade had already lived for a very long time, to the point where neither party cared. Between gods, the level of care was even less. In the grand scheme of things, the difference between a million and a billion years of life was just meaningless when it came to considering maturity.
Artemis couldn’t help but consider it in this instance, though. Compared to him, she was positively ancient, and even if he could ignore her presence, he had to know that. He was also young enough for it to potentially even be an issue in his mind.
The more Artemis thought about things, the more reasons she found not to pursue anything... and the more she felt nervous that Jake had similar thoughts and concerns.
Because despite everything, when Artemis looked into Jake’s eyes, and when she remembered him in Nevermore as he’d stood before Valdemar, she couldn’t help but feel a shiver run down her back... and if that wasn’t a green flag and a massive turn-on, she didn’t know what was.
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Jake decided to just bite the bullet and take the initiative as he cleared his throat. “So... it’s been a while. Well, probably not to you, but from my perspective, it has been a little bit.”
Alright, he definitely screwed that one up. As a god, the time Jake spent doing the Prima Event and all that shit had to have felt like the blink of an eye. Luckily, she responded in a somewhat neutral fashion.
“It has, and I’ve heard you’ve been quite busy during this time,” Artemis spoke, and from Jake’s perspective, clearly wasn’t nervous at all. “You killed the Usurper of Yip of Yore and, after that, got into conflict with the Holy Church. Hopefully, that situation won’t escalate more than it needs to.”
Jake couldn’t help but be at least a little happy knowing that Artemis had kept up with what Jake had been doing since Nevermore. Even more happy as he detected a hint of concern when she spoke about his conflict with the Holy Church. Sure, it was possible her concern was with the many weak mortals who could be caught in the crossfire should things escalate, but Jake chose to interpret it as her being nervous about him.
“Yeah, things have been hectic,” Jake agreed. “Regarding the Holy Church, matters are kind of complicated. It’s only a schism of the Holy Church who acted against me, with the Holy Mother herself seemingly not that involved. I’m not exactly sure which part of the Holy Church wanted the Truesoul, but I do know the Lodestar Matron was one of their leaders, if not the main one behind the scheme.”
“Oh?” Artemis responded with some genuine interest. “What’s this about a Truesoul and the Lodestar Matron? I have a hard time imagining someone of her status wanting a Truesoul... unless...”
“Ell’Hakan,” Jake commented, Artemis frowning.
“Did the Holy Church attempt to steal your rightful bounty after you defeated the Usurper? That’s rather audacious,” Artemis said, clearly offended by the concept itself. “Even if you didn’t have any uses for the Truesoul, it wasn’t theirs to take.”
“Of that, we’re in complete agreement, and it did eventually end with me getting the Truesoul back and forcefully dispersing it, fully completing the hunt,” Jake nodded. “As for how I know the Lodestar Matron was behind it, well, I had a small meeting with her regarding the matter. It didn’t end that well.”
“You spoke directly with the Lodestar Matron?” Artemis asked with surprise.
Jake nodded, not really seeing it as a big deal. “I do know she’s kind of a big deal, and I get the feeling I spoke to her directly, likely in an attempt to intimidate me on their part. Needless to say, that didn’t work out well for the Holy Church. Either way, I don’t know if there will be future trouble with them, but I would be surprised if there wasn’t.”
“You don’t seem very disturbed at the notion?”
“Why would I be?” Jake smiled. “I’m already not a fan of the faction and how they operate, so if they want to offer me enemies for target practice, I’ll welcome it. Not to say I would be that disappointed if they just let sleeping dogs lie and moved on from their loss in my galaxy.”
Artemis nodded, looking to be in thought for a moment. Jake wasn’t gonna lie; he had mainly just been saying all that to feel as if he had something to talk about. Seeing as Artemis kept asking questions, he reckoned the topic did interest her at least somewhat. Gossip involving other top gods of the multiverse had to be intriguing for most gods, right?
“Let’s hope they don’t go overboard in their response,” Artemis said in agreement after a few seconds. “Now, let’s get to your assigned residence. From what I’ve seen, it’s pretty nice with a good alchemy lab attached and some high-level study material you shouldn’t be able to find in the Order.”
“Sounds like a nice place,” Jake nodded. “How will we get there? Just a teleport, or?”
“How would you like to go there?” Artemis asked. “We could just teleport, or we could fly there, and I can get you more acquainted with the city surrounding the trunk and roots of the Mother Tree.”
“Flying sounds good,” Jake instantly agreed, gladly taking the chance to spend some more time with her. “Also, I do find it a bit entertaining you call it a city, considering just how utterly humongous it is. I thought the city at the Order of the Malefic Viper was large, but this place is just... silly big.”
“I guess by your standards, it is huge,” Artemis commented. “However, compared to some of the cities in the Altmar Empire or Holy Church, it’s not that impressive, at least not from a pure size and population point of view.”
“Well, I can’t exactly comment as I’ve never been in Altmar Empire or Holy Church territory, but I still think this is plenty huge,” Jake shrugged. “Any idea how many people live here?”
“No idea,” Artemis shrugged as she motioned for him to follow. “I don’t think anyone knows. Too many to count is the right answer.”
“Makes sense,” Jake muttered as he went after Artemis who walked toward a flat part of the wall in the wooden chamber. When she touched it, it looked as if the wood opened up, revealing the outside world... but seeing as Jake could clearly feel that they were inside the trunk with wood on all sides further than his Pulse could detect, some magic was definitely going on to make that portal.
Once outside, Artemis took out what looked like a whistle and put it in her mouth. To Jake’s senses, no sound was produced even when Artemis blew, yet at the very next second, a giant creature filled his vision as it appeared.
With a huge beast in front of him and a trunk that formed what looked like an entirely flat wall endlessly behind him, Jake truly felt the scope of things. Looking up at the beast, Jake saw a giant bird-like creature without any wings and an extremely elongated body with a beak nearly the same length as the rest of its body. It looked like a massive lance from Jake’s point of view. It honestly looked a bit like a feathered missile or blowdart projectile, just one without the fletched endings.
Size-wise, the beast had to be at least a few kilometers long, but after using Identify, he felt pretty damn certain it could decide its own size at any point.
[Divine Voidpiercer Empress – lvl ?]
As he looked at the divine beast, the divine beast also observed him back. It didn’t speak to him. Instead, Artemis introduced them.
“Vitesse, this is the Chosen of the Malefic Viper I mentioned to you before,” Artemis said to the beast before turning to Jake. “And this here is Vitesse. She is a natural-born divine beast right here from this Great Planet.”
“Pleased to meet you,” Jake nodded in greeting. In response, the big creature just let out a loud humming noise before going quiet.
“Vitesse can’t speak, and while she does know telepathy, she rarely ever uses it,” Artemis explained. “Now come, the building is on her back.”
Jake followed Artemis as she flew up toward the top of the god-tier beast. Up there, Jake saw that in between the feathers, what looked like a small dome was embedded into the beast’s body. It was only about twenty centimeters across, and Jake questioned what it was until Artemis raised a hand. “Don’t resist.”
Doing as told, Jake allowed himself to be teleported, and a moment later, he found himself within a large dome of glass. At least it looked that way, but as he looked outside, he realized they were within that small dome on the beast’s back.
“Vitesse and I are old friends. I defeated her during a hunt a few eras ago as she was causing ravage, but I chose to spare her after she offered to instead serve the Pantheon of Life,” Artemis explained. “It was only meant to be temporary, but she stayed around after that and insisted on being my mount, and seeing as it’s rather convenient, I didn’t reject her.”
“Nice ride, indeed,” Jake commented. “As she’s called a Voidpiercer, does that mean she can actually pierce the void?”
“When I hunted her down, we did so across twenty-two different universes and even more minor worlds spread throughout the void,” Artemis said with a smile as if recalling a pleasant memory. “Took me over a year before I finally caught her for good.”
“Damn,” Jake muttered. “Sounds like you have a lot of great stories to tell.”
“Such things come with a long life,” Artemis nodded. “Oh, and in case you’re wondering, no one can listen in or observe us while within this place. Not even Vitesse.”
“I know,” Jake said, already able to tell that no one else was observing them. Jake couldn’t tell if Villy would also have been cut off as the god had stopped observing him when he got really close to Yggdrasil, making Jake assume he either couldn’t with another Primordial so close, or he’d stopped out of respect as she could likely detect him doing so.
As for why he told Artemis, he knew no one was observing him... well, he didn’t really feel like keeping any secrets from her, at least not ones like that. If they were to spend time together, he at least wanted her to know a bit about himself and his abilities. He was still going to keep some secrets, but he felt more prone to sharing when it came to her.
“I want to ask how you know, but I guess that can wait for later,” Artemis said as she turned more serious. “Seeing as we’re away from the prying eyes of everyone else, I believe it’s time we had a proper discussion.”
Finally, the moment had come. Jake had kind of hoped they could have continued to just speak casually while ignoring the elephant in the room, but he knew it had to happen. He just hoped that she wasn’t going to outright tell him to forget everything that happened in Nevermore and-
“Allow me to start. I have no regrets about anything that happened in Nevermore, and going on the advice of my other self and my unquestionable attraction toward you, I'm open to exploring the matter further,” Artemis said in a very matter-of-fact kind of way.
Jake just stared at her for a moment, taking a bit to process what she’d said. More than a full second ticked by with Jake not saying anything, and he was only shaken back to reality when he saw something he hadn’t expected from the god... nervousness. She had been hiding it well, but his silence had allowed it to surface, and he couldn’t help but smile at the notion of a god being nervous after saying something like that.
“Likewise,” Jake simply answered with a smile. “Especially the attraction part.”
Artemis looked surprised at his answer for a moment before letting out a sigh of relief. “Goodness... now I feel bad for all the people I rejected in the past because I would have felt horrible if you’d outright rejected me, much less made a scornful face while letting out a disgusted voice.”
“Ouch, yeah, that would be a bad way to let someone down,” Jake said, unable to hold back a chuckle.
Artemis looked at him and returned his smile. “I do want to make one thing clear, though. In Nevermore, I – that is to say, my image – was heavily limited in time, which undoubtedly influenced my approach there significantly. Out here in the real multiverse, there are no such time constraints.”
“I get it,” Jake nodded. “We’re not in a rush.”
“Good that we’re in agreement,” Artemis said, once more looking relieved. “Also, while I did use the city tour as an excuse to get you in here and alone, I do reckon I owe you one, assuming you’re still interested.”
“Sure, I reckon I’ll spend some time here, so a city tour would be awesome,” Jake said, genuinely interested in knowing more about what he could only assume was effectively the capital of the Pantheon of Life.
Artemis nodded, and a moment later, the world began to move outside of the glass bubble as the Voidpiercer began to fly. There was still some awkwardness left between the two people in the room, but the nervousness that both had felt only a short while ago quickly disappeared as they now knew how the other party felt.
Comments
Parker Bond
I agree Artemis best girl, but the succubus isn't bad either.
Gabe Stankiewicz
The amount of pure joy I got from reading this chapter about a very high level god being nervous about Jake’s attraction towards her and the same feeling from Jake is immense. I’m sooo glad we got a character like Artemis because I can’t see Jake ending up with a mortal, it’s just not something I’d expect to see from him. He views nobody as superior to him instinctively, so it only matters his chosen partner would be someone of immeasurable power and quality. Also, Artemis best girl 💜
Eden
Adorbs, also nice to know that artemis aint no oushover and is also hitting above her power hunting godkings.
Greg Alverson
I wonder if the void piercer might give sylfie lessons on speed
Greg Alverson
I was going to say lets see how long before Jake remembers to give her the gift.
Keegan Smith
Nice
Chloe
I am so happy for them, just REEEEEEEEEEE REEEEEE REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Tyftc.
Inv7ctus
My god, she's nervous about being old, and he's nervous about being weak. These self conscious dorks, they're so adorable.
Thenais
i hope we will read some reactions of rejected gods ;o
Daniel Heritage
Well it also means speed in French so it's an apt name for the beast
Jordan Rogers
Some people just like watching the world burn (or burn it down themselves)
Imox
That's ...evil...I don't even want to admit how many times I've tried....pure evil
Trumangolorian
Thank you I felt like I recognized that name but couldn't remember.
Anamolii
Really happy about this Artemis / Jake thing
JJB4345_80_815
Yes, thank you for the chappy Zogarth!
Daniel Jackson-Woods
High elves can and with Jake's power im sure he could make it happen but I'm just saying. Kind of like Sylphie hasn't hit her true grade yet either Jake is the same way as we're all his creations none are at the grade they are supposed to be kinda why jake has no racial evolution quests. So yes if they are a rare variant they can have a true grade above which they are born at.
Joel Lindqvist
Elfs can't be born above c grade
Jaroslav Zapadlo
It is actually very well documented in an obscure chapter I happened to stumble on during my early reads on Royal Road and ..show more
King Nereus
That was his party members, Dina I think?
Jordan Rogers
Really love this story/multiverse. It’s has developed into one of, if not the best I’ve come across. I really just enjoy it. I’ve said it before but it’s like I wrote a story specifically for myself.
Jordan Rogers
I’d like to know the rough estimate of how many gods the individual (like the big ones)pantheons have. Does the holy church have like 10,000, or 500 or 1,000,000? Does Valhal have less or more? Does the average pantheon have atleast one godking/queen? If so does that mean each new universe wouldn’t have its own pantheon until someone reaches that point? I guess I just like lore and I’d like to have more in the area
Tyler S.
The Knuckles meme popped into my head lol
Daniel Jackson-Woods
Could be but I think he is the variant of human that was created at the beginning of the multiverse and all other humans have become a bastardization of the humans origin. That's what jake is the long dead first human variant
Tyler S.
Calling it now either when Jake reaches S grade or he has a kid the race will read Goddling
Tyler S.
Knuckels meme: Approved *bamb*bamb*bamb*
Kelfu
Bro, that scene is both fucked up and hilarious
Johnny
Ofc they don’t “need” to
Korrasis
Sincerely hoping he gets a good night with her and a title for it. Title doesn't even have to give stats in any way it would just be hilarious.
Borbino the great
Don’t forget doomfoot!
Hotep Saxis
They’ve told us over and over monogamy is not really a thing in the multiverse
MarineDebris
Pfft! Hahaha!!
Real
I do wonder if Billy will connect Artemis to Jake TV. That would be funny
Daniel Jackson-Woods
I know
Corvid
Forgetting the most important part. Jake isn't a normal human and still hasn't hit his own "natural" rank.
Daniel Hamilton
Lets see what happens when Jake gives her his gift 🎁 😻😘
Naomi Roberts
Thanks for the ‘no rush’. It’s one thing to jump into bed if you’re time limited and quite another if you’re looking for a long time relationship. Awesome as always.
Quyan640
That’s slaying, what about “slaying”? I wouldn’t doubt the first sage would be the best if he applied himself in this sort of thing, but I doubt he’s that sort of person.
Ira White
That would be hilarious
Ira White
I don't think it's possessive or toxic to expect someone to not be cultivating other possibilities while exploring things with them. I agree they haven't exactly met the criteria to assume that's what this is yet but it could be misconstrued as such. Also this is Artemis the goddess of the hunt Greek mythology is littered with the bodies of people who have pissed her off. Would you really want to be on her shit list because of a simple misunderstanding? We need more information and they need to have a chat like Jake and Carmen had 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣
Hayden Leech
Death by snu snu
Microwavey
Was that a HWFWM nod, Vitesse being the city Rufus is from? TYFTC!
Hayden Leech
The first sage killed a god in c grade. Just used his /kill admin command. I doubt Jake is breaking that record.
Phoenixdrop
Oh obviously but when he does actually have a kid that relationship will be something
Matthew Hay
If she accidentally snaps off his willy, he can just regrow it since he's C-grade. Not as bad as us mere G-grades.
Matthew Hay
You bring up a good point. It seems likely he could get a Concubine of Artemis class suggestion, given others of Jake's rank have received suggestions related to him in a similar vein. Artemis being such a higher level would surely impact at least 1 of his choices, just as he got choices related to Duskleaf by working with him for a little bit. The only question is what's the class name?
bioticisbasic
Awesome chapter! This stuffs gettin me through finals so keep it up please <3
Matthew Hay
Should be a title involved right? Definitely some new records being generated
Phil Ritter
I see him forsake all others at some point for her once they starts serious relationship like Villy did when he met his wife. I don’t think he will go down the harem route but I could see a more open relationship with one real partner and a few friends with benefits
Phil Ritter
I see her more hanging back while he fights coaching him in the process. It would work out well for him too since he gains power from hunting solo
Phil Ritter
It just takes the right people for that to work irl
Phil Ritter
I mean I see a possibility of that happening but not with Artemis. I recon she has good enough control
Phil Ritter
Nobody said they would wait till S-Grade but it doesn’t mean they need to bang on their first real encounter
Osirim
Can't wait for Villy to give Artemis her own Jake TV channel
Phil Ritter
If it’s a possibility there surely is a reward for it. The question is if he will get rewards for it. Someone like an incubus would surely benefit immensely
Phil Ritter
Like all the others I think the holy church fits him best. First of all because his path is working with humans and a place like the pantheon of life wouldn’t fit him as well since they focus more on beasts etc. the dao sect is too reclusive, the Altman empire would have problems because he isn’t an elf. Not so say because the higher ups would mind but the people he would work for. No other big faction comes to mind that could fit him like the church
Phil Ritter
Almost forgot he had one for her too
Phil Ritter
Not gonna say I’m surprised by anything but it does feel nice to have them sort it out immediately than dancing around the topic for the next few chapters
John Durrett
Piercing the void together, at last! Shiver me timbers!!!
Richard Rader
Lord Thane, Chosen of the Malefic Viper, Harbinger of Primeval Origins, Peerless Champion of Nevermore, Ruler of the Milky Way Galaxy and God Layer
Desmond Willey-peck
Tftc. Yeah that's my Boy go get em Jake.
Brian Schutt
Thought they confirmed it a while ago when Artemis first got back from meeting him in Nevermore. Said she was able to withstand Ygg’s presence much more just from being around Jake blasting his aura all over Valdemar during their conmpetition.
J7
Actually, Duskleaf gained levels because of Jake.
Joshua Little
Thanks for the chapter.
Rodney
Wooo archery training montage time lol
Thenais
Death by snu snu
David
they do have that arena thing to be mortals for a while, so at least they could spar
Anthony Smith
Jacobs path is odd. He's all about the greater good for the greatest number of people. Being the holy mother is the biggest faction in the multiverse it oddly fits him well. Granted he would probably have a better experience with the pantheon of life or others but his path is more selfless and for the masses vs himself.
David
"No rush" eh... when both of them are straight forward individuals and know what they want. This is turning out quite good, I'm looking forward to see what chaos or drama they cause in the next few chapters. The nevermore arc and the few PoV swaps we've gotten makes them seem like quite the cute potential couple too.
TyranT-Rex
I also believe that the Holy Mother wants to change the way the church is now. I think Jacob and the Holy Mother have the same long term vision. That, or she is just bored and wants to see what happens if Jacob does his thing.
Xander
It seemed weird to me too but I googled and you CAN use ravage in that context. I've never heard it before and I am waiting to to see if its just a slip or if its a choice by the author.
Gareth Morgan
The Holy Church is theoretically the right place for Jacob IMO. Basically his path is to make the stated aim of the Church more real.
King Nereus
I think it has been suggested that Jake’s records can benefit his party members when they are hunting together, such as in Nevermore, gaining experience. But I doubt he has enough records to be all that impactful to a god, they are simply too far apart still. I think the effect his bloodline has on anyone that spends time with him (including gods) is because his bloodline subliminally conveys he is the supreme existence in the multiverse. And when they later encounter gods and primordials that primal instinct to fear and worship these gods is lessened because of the resistance they have built up around Jake. He isn’t powerful enough to bring people to their knees with quantitative power, but the aura he exudes is more qualitative than even the primordials. Hence the resistance building over time,
King Nereus
Really nice chapter. Small errors aside, I really enjoyed this one,
King Nereus
More like he got so wrapped up in what was happening he completely forgot about the gift.
Carl Never
I think jacobs story will be best with the holy mother there ideas fit together and she will use him similar to the viper using jake to sort out how the church is run.
King Nereus
She doesn’t own him nor can make any claim on how he spends his time and who with. They barely agreed on some mutual interest and a future where they might rekindle what they had in Nevermore, It sounds like she isn’t that person, and if he did swoon over her all dreamy eyed and his world started revolving around her she would no longer respect him and her interest in him would die. If she was so possessive that she expected he’s going to have zero other relationships while only agreeing there is mutual interest to pursue something more in the future, that would be ridiculous and a sign of a toxic relationship before it can even kick off.
Alejandro Piña
It’ll be like me and my GF, we had a long distance relationship for 3 years, when she moved in with me we said we would take our time to get to know each other (it took us all of 40+ minutes)
Lawrence Dillon
Did a second read through, i just feel like that in no rush comment is going to play out ironically 😂
Ty Cooper
Lol and after the tour he is definitely going to give her the gift.
Sarianne
I think during the last visit to with the family Jake and Caleb talked about it and Caleb said something to the extent off that their parents were fine with dieing, that they felt they had lived long enough already or something
brjenness
maybe that will make them interested in leveling
Eiv
Ayiieee! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
brjenness
I am currently considering a theory that it helps even high level gods with dealing with presences of other gods. for example a curmungeonly spiteful snake god might be less likely to strike out at others if he doesn't feel any pressure or irritation from the pressence of God's he interacts with and his snakely instincts are not triggered.
Alejandro Piña
Jake’s new title “God Layer” hahaha
Almer Reyhan
SMASHHH
Staudi
Tyftc as always Zog!
Nathan Holliday
Okay I know it isn’t something we have seen yet at least not in a tangible way but I would be interested to see how Jake having a close relationship with Artemis going forward effects gods. We have seen his effects on others around him effectively allowing them to grow alongside him and we know he has also brought benefits to Villy though it would be hard to tell if that is a result of their closeness or the true blessing. And while he has interacted with Duskleaf quite a lot we haven’t seen anything there yet at least. Would it make sense that he can also affect gods? IDK but I am insanely curious to find out and really anticipate he actually can and want to see how it effects Artemis.
Jip
I think it would be kinda funny tho. Like i could see villy breaking his promise and resurrect him just to make fun of him for the next 1000 chapters lmao
Sarianne
I'm listening to book 1 atm in preparation for book 12 and I just listened to the bit where Jacob gets the Augur class and it made me wonder all the things that could have gone differently if he had picked an other god to visit, like Yggdrasil, the Daofather or even the Eternal Servant, instead of the Holy Mother...
Maverillion
It was heavily implying that sword saint did it with the vampire god a few chapters ago sooo should be fine ig? They are gods, should have eons to learn to control their strength unlike in The Boys.
Quyan640
I wonder if there’s a record for “slaying” a god queen as a mortal, especially when C-Grade. It’d be funny is the system somehow mention this as a title, class or skill option.
Hayden Leech
To a c grade Jake? No difference.
brjenness
all right professor telford...no poo pooing on our fun or I'll tell everybody what the "ab" REALLY stands for. muhahahahaha. ps...I don't really know but I can sure as heck make something up.
Andyr98
She isn't a god queen she's one step below it
Lawrence Dillon
Yes yes yes iike the hunters together
Lawrence Dillon
There was a post a while ago when Zog basically said “I drop them when I want” 😂 im just happy they keep coming
Robert Phipps Jr (Perren d'Wolff)
I'm almost 100% sure there is a way. I may not be easy normal or common, but somewhere somehow there is a way. We've seen several times that the absolute rules are not so absolute.
Crjourdan
I 100% would like them to have an actual relationship.
Johnny
Surely they can bang already no way she can wait til S grade she prob has been bingeing the image memories
Jip
Weird thought but i just watched The Boys and theres a scene where someone dies while having sex with a superpowered person, so like… dont judge, it was seriously disturbing and its on my mind If artemis is a god queen and jake still in c grade, could she like… you know… “finish” and just blink him out of existence with her immense power on accident? Sorry if this ruined anyones day lmao
TDMC
I laid a god in C grade. Damn how did you slay a god? No no no, “LAY”
Paulo Furlaneto
Tftc
Rocotrap
If only real life interactions were as "easy" as this one, where you actually talk about your feelings together hahahaha
Jordan Rogers
Think villy basically told him not to spawn until god hood cause the first to get the bloodline from him typically gets the most records, but the more records he has the better off the child will be
joel southard
Thank you for the chapter
SinCinnamon
Jake would not cheat.
Ibn Nuh
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ME NOT HIM!
Esch
Artemis is a Hunter; Jake is the Primal Hunter. Their kid will obviously be called Huntie
Finley
Yeah I'm pretty sure they can only create avatars of the same grade just varying in strength, that's why minaga is different being able to actually interact with the mortals using a lower grade body
Rewdan
Thanks Zogarth, my withdrawal symptoms are over now
Henrik Nørgaard
I'm pretty sure she can't make a C-grade avatar. For the same reason a god can't make equipment for mortals. The system doesn't allow it.
Darshar Griffonmane
That was an adorable chapter. This feels like a potential slow burn relationship that is going to be very very intense when it lights off. And they haven't even started hunting together yet! tyftc!
Clint
Depends how fast Eron’s research project is… or if the parents find some motivation in the next few centuries.
Clint
I still want Artemis to bring out a peak-C avatar to go hunting with Jake, even if nothing conventionally romantic happens until S grade or later. Do we think Jake has forgotten that he’s carrying a priceless gift for Artemis from the Viper? That would be in character.
Daniel Jackson-Woods
Probably with Jake's bloodline they'd be a rare varient of human/elf that's on par with high elves or higher. But Jake's true grade for his human variants is probably naturally at god tier so he won't be full power til then. But I'm sure his kids would be higher variants as well.
Connor
Thanks for the chapter
Daniel Smith
With the potion from villy she will likely evolve to God queen which is an extremely high tier on the god scale, also actual strength doesn't matter for settling down in this case since they will both be immortal as gods (I'm sure villy's wife was much weaker than him). That also doesn't cover the fact that she will likely get a lot of records from him and he may use his actual Jake juice as well as his "Jake juice" on her somehow helping her even further.
Jordan Rogers
It saddens me how much they will miss, like Jake could be having babies tens of eras after they’re dead
Jordan Rogers
Jake’s mom is really gonna like he found him a nice girl from the pantheon of life to get her boy away from that evil snake god…
Jordan Rogers
They wood be half wood elf/ half quasi(whatever Jake’s human evolution equivalent is)
Jordan Rogers
Or she was rampaging. Or she was ravaging the cosmos or something to that extent
Jordan Rogers
If you’re Russian when you go into the bathroom, and your Finnish when you leave the bathroom. What are you in the bathroom? European or Europoopin…
TwistedVanity
Another excellent, and well executed chapter. One i highly anticipated and you blew it away as usual. Awesome.
Ira White
OK Artemis doesn't really strike me as the quasi harem accepting type. I wonder how she's going to react to Jake's totally not harem? Or will Jake fall madly in love with her and forsake all the characters development of Meria, Irin, Reka to a very small degree, Carmen to a smaller degree, and anyone else that I'm forgetting or haven't been introduced yet? Maybe I'm wrong and Artemis is opened to the idea. Hell maybe she just wants Jake's babies 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 and a friend's with benefits relationship untill he becomes a god and he's got the stamina to fire off a divine grade primeval arrow of goddess Wooing?
TwistedVanity
EDIT “Allow me to start. I have no regrets about anything that happened in Nevermore, and going on the advice of my other self and my unquestionable attraction toward you is open to exploring the matter further Sentence doesn't feel right. I believe "is" should be "I'm". Or just restructured slightly differently
Gareth Morgan
Artemis uses a bow so is clearly a superior partner.
Daniel Jackson-Woods
But their kids wouldn't be human
Phoenixdrop
You know with how this chapter is going I can’t help but imagine what Jake’s kids will be like if they get his bloodline I mean the desire to be better than your dad plus the innate feeling of superiority that comes from his bloodline oh boy that will be a interesting relationship
Joel Lindqvist
Humans can't be born above d rank
TwistedVanity
EDIT. a hunt a few eras ago as she was causing ravage Sentence doesnt sound or feel right. Shouldn't this be "Damage" not "ravage."
brjenness
Or... not exactly feasible with what we know...but zog up some way to have Artemis and pals actually be from earth and they followed nature's advice they were told, "you're too big for this small town."
Trevor Mergen
Thanks!
Ira White
Right, it felt like watching someone in high school ask someone to prom 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣.
kinglemur
That makes me fucking cackle
William Rossi
While not having the conversation of doom that somehow turned out to be just perfect occupying his mind anymore, Jake remembered something. “Soo since we’re out of prying eyes and before I forget…“ Jake said while bringing out a small bottle from his spatial necklace. Artemis face became a millon expressions at once, and if Jake had said she looked nervous before? Yeah, that face was a stoic emperess compared to what he was witnessing now… Beginning of next chap, calling it🤞🏼
Ctrl Alt Dust
Mucho Gracias Senor.
Real
Tnx for the chapter
Daniel Jackson-Woods
Image jake and Artemis having kids with Jake's bloodline. You think jake is a monster, their kids would likely be born with their natural level already at god level but be born at C-B grade.
shawn B
For others he doesn’t know if they’d reach godhood with him… Artemis is already there so it’s worth building if he desires
TwistedVanity
EDIT. Jake even knew that Villy didn’t have the most extreme option. Should be opinion not option
Beef Wrench
I felt awkward just reading this convo 😂
ABTelford
Hm…not quite as fun as I hoped but still a good outcome. I felt there was a bit much back- explaining but I’m not sure how biased I am because I have a great memory for in-text events, so recaps always annoy me. And then I can’t remember where I put my keys…
Salguod
Jakes gonna give her the Jake Juice™
brjenness
Imagine the shock if sandy turns out to have extremely high rizz. Youngins, did I use that correctly?
Baged
Oh... And a Wizard is never late.
Baged
He's from Denmark, and they have daylight savings, like most of the world does, in fact.
ByLordMatsLuck
Shooters gonna shot
Corvid
If a plague spirit endorses the romance, I dont know if it's a good thing.
vio
I kinda hope she does, artemis the best
Corvid
"Make no mistake, this is me invoking the sacred right of dibs on that ass" -Artemis
Carl Never
One small step for story one gaint leap for jakes future kids
Corvid
Humany, duh. Or Half-Elfy maybe.
vio
That would be so cool!!!!!
Roguewave1737
This exactly. Especially if Jake turned out to have had a mythology kick as a kid. As an archer goddess, she might have even been a childhood myth crush haha!
Steven Myer
I doubt she cares before he's a God, but we shall see!
Steven Myer
Icarus or Athena would work perfectly depending on what foreshadowing Z wants!
Carl Never
Imagine the double dates they can have
Jayce Sul
So, what’s a good baby name? Im thinking maybe Orion. Since he’s a hunter in greek mythology.
NovaZero
Lol. It counts as Slaying a God at C-grade. Dumps a whole bunch of Heresy records on him.
brjenness
Yeah, but you weirdoes don't even have summer/winter at the right time. No one expected you to have similar daylight savings time. 😆
Alexander C Hyde
She recognized the gap (in)and power, and while she would be lying if she said she didn’t personally view it as an issue, in her mind, it was a temporary one.
Carl Never
I know end of the chaper i wasnt sure if it was the end of the chapter really felt like i was going to read about the citty lights everyone forgets to look at
Marcus Evenett
I like how Jake is trying to build something this time rather than every other time it was just a quick fling and move on.
Shadowessence
That works, he even was helping them get together lol
Carl Never
Thats ok jake dosent care if your weak just that he gets to be strong. Hes going to be the strongest sometime going to have to get used to everyone being weak
Aaron Lack
I hope she isn’t the jealous sort, I don’t see Jake not helping Irin or ignoring Carmen
One Winged Angel
Is Minaga the Genie?
Jennifer Leigh
US changed/expanded it a while back, because why not. I think it used to be the same dates as other countries. :/
Boffadeez
I feel like i just watched my boy bag a baddie and I couldn't be more proud. Lmfao
Mrburns93
Tbf Jake is also not the type to step out once he is commited. If Artemis gets the gf title Jake will be loyal.
Naotsugu97
Very nice chapter. Arigato!
brjenness
Not a lot in nature is monogamous...wolves, penguins, swans, maybe ducks?
MarineDebris
Some states in the U.S. doesn't have it either.
john
Dude she's a freak 😭
brjenness
I doubt Jake expected to be riding on her giant worm. My apologies...I'll see myself out.
Jennifer Leigh
I don't think she'd care. They're both mortals. Artemis is in it for the long view. She might be upset if he were to have kids with someone else.
Kt-x
Thanks for the chapter 🙂
Tui
Kiwi here, Australasian daylight savings happens at a different time from US, EU or UK daylight savings.
Xander
TFTC :) Before today I didnt know you could " cause ravage" always good to learn. Looking forward to the city tour and Jake shopping and slaughtering :) Suggested edits: " but a mix of anticipation and *hope* that everything would go as he’d *hoped*" repetition "Villy didn’t have the most extreme *option*" should be "opinion" " I spoke to her directly in an attempt to intimidate me" this sentence is confused. possibly should be "She spoke with me directly..." to keep the objects and intentions straight from one end to the other. "unquestionable attraction toward you *is* open to exploring the" should be "I'm"
Shadowessence
...... a whole new world is playing in my head at this scene....
A Flashy BR
Tyftc CUTE
Salguod
I hope they discuss the fact her records bled through and she was a Greek goddess on earth! Could be a fun discussion
Joshua Morris
Europe does have daylight savings time. It's just it starts at the end of the month instead of the beginning of the month.
Zach Newman
Artemis and Jake sitting in a huge ass tree......they haven't gotten to the k.i.s.s.i.n.g yet lol
Corvid
Yeah, you right. The voidpiercer really was just a less fun Sandy.
MarineDebris
Zog never actually kept a schedule. Chapters get released whenever he releases them. That's how it's always been. No reason for him to change how he does things, now.
ThatGuy
Where he lives doesn't follow daylight savings. He is releasing them at the same time. We are the ones who changed.
Temlat
I feel like I’ve waited a whole lifetime for this. Or at least, a whole evolution. Bring on the origin of the new ‘Hunt’ faction… I’m here for it. #ArtemisThayne
Matthias
Tftc
Admorias
This is going to be an awesome Arc. I do hope we get a training montage of archery with Artemis.
Hayden Leech
Wonder if Artemis will have an issue with Jakes relationships with Carmen/Irin. She might not be too interested in sharing.
Eden
Australian here, we get daylight saving as well. For me, the chapters get released at like 11:30 at night
Cory Sauls
I’m going to enjoy this arc.
MrCynical
Just when Zog posts them. Some will be closer to 7, some closer to 8 during daylight saving. Just like how during daylight standard some are closer to 6 and some closer to 7. Or on the happy rare occasions slightly before 6 and on the unhappy rare occasions after 7. Personally I'm just happy to get 5 chapters a week and if that means not know exactly when within an hour or so of the day that chapters uploads I'm more than happy to accept that.
Leviathan
I find it funny that more and more, Artemis is basically being shown to be a rather great match for Jake, but I'm not going to believe that he's going to settle down with her immediately. Because once he gets to God hood, he'll surpass her very quickly
Corvid
I dunno, I can see her following the whole "it's the right of the strong to pursue whoever they want" mentality. But also I could see her not too.
Salguod
I approve!
Toff E
There ain’t a set schedule. Zog dropped a chapter like a week ago at 4 am. Its just when he feels like it / is awake to.
Noname
Tyftc
locos back
Hell yes, it's adorable, a god queen set up on a pseudo date with a low(for now) rank mortal, both just nervous and awkward as hell. 10/10
C0bra$
Thank u for the story
A. B. Edwards
I seriously hope Artemis becomes main girl/First Wife of the Primal Hunter. There is so far no better girl for him. Someone he views as an equal due to his natural superiority complex, a fellow hunter, someone who lives by instincts like him, an elf (that is my personal thing but hey), she ticks all the right boxes. Really hope, as Minaga foreshadowed, they make some little Jakes in the future. Though not sure how Artemis would feel about a harem. She does not seem the type to be open to Jake seeing other people at the same time.
jb qspam
I think the part where Artemis says “…unquestionable attraction toward you is…” the ‘is’ should be ‘am’.
LongMickeyRicky
Even more reason to just get rid of it. Just ruins everyones sleep schedule for no reason
IntenseSushi
TFTC, genuinely impressed with how Zog does romance
Corvid
"Title Earned: Divine Sugarbaby of Horizon's Edge"
Unwillingmainer
Like a pair of teenagers on a first date. Adorable for our two powerful hunters. Now, are they going to take it slow now that they are out of Nevermore, or will that dome be locked for a good while?
Coach Knlla
I was having the same thought this morning when my girlfriend pointed out the US is odd with that. It's only a different time for us haha
Steven Myer
Class Upgrade: Arcane Hunter of Horizon Edge >>> Arcane Hunter of Her-Eyes-On Jake (Divine) God Speed my man, God Speed.
Allie May
Fantastic. Love the switch in view. Worth the weekend long wait!
Corvid
Pretty fun to see Jake have to actually think about social interactions for once, almost like he's real people and not just a sentient calamity.
Coach Knlla
Tftc
LongMickeyRicky
Wow i never knew europe did not do daylight savings
Rick Delallata
They're kinda cute, I look forward to reading more about their interactions
Tom C
Aye, couldn’t agree more!
John Looney
Good shit 👌👌
Phasmatic7
Thankies
brjenness
Sleeping, awake, excited meme... Hearing your phone and tablet chime. Realizing it's Monday. Seeing Zoggy just posted.
Black Leg Sanji
Imagine the title Jake would get if he screwed a god in C or B grade lol
mitchell kaiser
Uggghhh it feels soooo short but I know it isn’t. Thanks Zogarth
Arieh Sochaczevski
Thanks for the chapter.
Arrogant Savant
This is like a couple nervous of their first in-person date after talking online for a while.
Canis
Great chapter. Thanks Zog
Gavin
Normally I eschew romance in my litrpg but this felt normal and not weird at all. Well done
Canis
Really? I thought the voidpiercer was pretty cool
Alex R
Because he's European and they don't have US daylight savings.
Zach Newman
She said "First!"in case anyone was wondering
LongMickeyRicky
So why do the chapters come out around 8 now. I get its bc of the daylight savings but why not just keep it 7 ? Edit: guys i understand that theres no set schedule that why i said around 8 i understand that he just posts whenever he wakes up or whatever
dash w
Thanks for the chappy
mahdi aghajani
tnx for chapter and i wait for all weekend for this
Thomas Krajewski
Woooooooo
Beemoss
Tftc
Karana Jade
Third! Tyftc!
Elijah Reitmeier
Tftc.
Sylphie
REE!
