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Chapter 1071 - Stark Differences
🕑 Added 2025-02-10 14:22:30 +0000 UTCMiranda scanned the latest reports from some of the officials she’d stationed on other planets and sighed after only going over a few. It was an odd thing to say, but she kind of missed the days when they were all at war. War did suck in many ways, yes, but in others, it was also a lot simpler.
In war, you had the option to just crush opposition, but it generally wasn’t viewed as very acceptable to kill people for what was the equivalent of a property line dispute. Not that she often encountered property line disputes. In fact, many of the problems she faced came from the fact that no one could agree on basic things.
It was easy to forget at times, but each planet had its own storied history. While seeing all these planets on a map, they only looked like strategic positions to occupy or allied locations, but now that the war was done, she and everyone else were forced to actually deal with how these planets operated beyond what they could contribute to the war effort.
This proved a lot more annoying than she’d hoped.
Cultural norms and each world’s leadership structures varied widely. Depending on how technologically advanced the planets had been, the difference only grew starker. Trying to make a few universal rules in the galaxy was a must should there be any kind of actual relationship forming between the different planets.
Like… they had to at least agree that murder was illegal, right? Because on one planet, murder was only considered a minor offense that would result in a minor fine. Unless the person murdered was of nobility, of course… and yes, it was also a massive problem making all the different races get along.
The system and Nevermore had helped make all the different cultures at least a little more similar, but there were still so many damn problems and things that had to be defined down to the most basic of levels.
Is violence allowed? What constitutes violence? Who does the law apply to? Sometimes, more importantly, who doesn’t it apply to? Are there any exceptions?
Reading the reports, there were so many examples of commonly accepted norms elsewhere she just couldn’t wrap her head around. Not in that she couldn’t understand the laws or norms themselves, but how the hell they could lead to a productive society. Like, on a planet of primarily beastfolk with a very tribalistic society, the way of ”courting” a mate was to beat them in a fight… and needless to say, the average Earthling didn’t consider getting jumped from behind and getting beaten up a romantic proposal.
Then again, thinking back, Earth also had a lot of messed up laws just a few hundred years ago… actually, they still had a lot of messed up laws. Laws and norms that other planets simply couldn’t make any sense of either.
Oh yeah, and none of these issues included the fact that the same planets could have several countries or territories with widely varying cultures and histories. The system had helped a lot to unify planets, but history was not that easily erased. Their best hope truly was time for more generations to be born into the system and this new world. That’s why Miranda wanted to craft some baseline laws that everyone could agree on.
Miranda wasn’t a lawyer, and right now, she was really happy she wasn’t. There were a lot of people smarter than her trying to work on these basic laws, but it was hard to find out what they all had to agree on, and even sometimes what the word ”basic” meant.
Needless to say, there were some things that were non-negotiable. As she looked over the reports, Miranda was also relieved that while there had been some instances of slavery in the galaxy, it was actually a lot less than she’d expected. What’s more, there was very little pushback to dismantling these institutions… perhaps because many of the current leaders had all just been crushed by a superior force and feared being made slaves themselves.
Miranda also had to admit that now, of all times, was perhaps the best to make all these very fundamental changes. The entire galaxy had just gone through a massive war and lots of turmoil with the Prima Guardians. It was a time of rebuilding, and leaders had died or been ousted. Change was in the air and Miranda was more than keen to take advantage.
As the saying goes, one should hammer when the iron is hot… though it was still hard, especially when dealing with the more underdeveloped civilizations. This was not to say that any civilization was easy.
One example in the opposite direction was the one ruled by Kindroth. They were much more technologically advanced than Earth, which helped explain their massive population and much of their culture. They were big on solidarity, and as they had an utter abundance of resources, they had barely any economic system that could be compared to Earth. In fact, according to Kindroth, the mere act of excessive greed was considered a criminal offense before the system.
Miranda could easily see why the Great Bright One, who was closely affiliated with the Holy Church, found them appealing. Anyway, for Kindroth, becoming the man in charge through pure regular leadership would have never been possible, so he ended up using religion.
His planet had a weird relationship with religion before the system arrived, which the elf exploited to get influence. Even then, he was smart enough not to try and obtain total control but went the route of having a council do everything. His role had ended up as more of a spiritual guide than an actual World Leader, and the only reason he got elected was because the system required them to elect someone.
Due to this planet being so different from all the others culturally, it was hard to integrate them with any other societies. The people from there also tended to be overly naive and trusting… honestly, there were so many problems with the natives of that planet and having them interact with anyone else. Considering their close relationship with the Holy Church and Kindroth still being a bit in the doghouse, having them mostly stick to themselves, for now, was perhaps the best.
She had enough stuff to deal with. In the reports, there were also many instances of natives from different planets getting into altercations. They were trying to handle it, and things were getting better by the day, but something like what she was planning couldn’t be done in just a few years.
Miranda was glad they had completed the system event and achieved relative peace in the galaxy this quickly, as it gave her time to create a good foundation before travel and contact between the different planets would be made more difficult again upon the event’s end. Hopefully, given the time she had now, she would be able to fully solidify her position as the number two of the entire galaxy, with the number one being an absent alchemist who was more busy blowing up his lab than actually getting involved as a leader.
Speaking of, Miranda had never directly talked about it with Jake, but she assumed they were on the same page when it came to the Milky Way Galaxy. Jake had expressed that he wasn’t interested in directly taking it over, so Miranda would respect that… but she did fully plan on ruling the galaxy as the head of whatever Galactic Council was bound to form.
Every other planet would be a self-governing vassal under Earth, much like the independent territories currently on Earth. Some would have more self-governance and independence than others. Still, in the end, the ultimate authority in the galaxy would be Earth, and seeing as she was viewed by many as the current de-facto leader of the planet, thus her.
As Miranda had these thoughts, she couldn’t help but take a moment to herself as she put down the papers she’d been scanning. She looked at the office she was sitting in for a moment. She saw how simple it was, and if not for the magical elements, such as crystals containing information and the faint magical sigils placed here and there, one could easily confuse it for a pre-system room.
Thinking back, Miranda used to have a small office a lot like it. She was a manager of a mid-size company, mainly overseeing manufacturing. Back then, the biggest challenge of her career had been when a machine broke down on the same day an important subcontractor failed to deliver on time. Even now, she vividly remembered the stress. How trying to handle a single truck being late while the customer support for the machine manufacturer didn’t pick up their phone felt like the end of the world…
Now, she was casually considering how to eradicate unwanted parts of entire cultures while taking control of the galaxy, fully aware things wouldn’t stop there. She’d gone from a mid-level manager to someone standing at the peak of the new universe… from an overworked office worker to an even more overworked witch.
At first, Miranda had been apprehensive about her role. In her defense, it was scary suddenly having a guy wearing a mask tell her to manage his ”city,” with it not being any help meeting literal gods, giving her more context about who she was dealing with.
Slowly, she’d gotten used to her new life, and now, she was looking to the future. She was looking forward to expanding her influence and increasing the size of her domain. The methods she was willing to deploy had also changed dramatically. In the old world, Miranda felt dread having to reprimand, much less fire someone, while now, she’d casually killed people without thinking twice.
I guess this is what they mean when they say that power corrupts, Miranda thought to herself before sighing.
Miranda had changed a lot. She wasn’t the same anymore, but neither was the world. Even so, as she saw another document get teleported into her paper pile demanding more mushrooms, Miranda was reminded that at least one thing in her life hadn’t changed…
She still had a pain-in-the-ass boss.
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”Thanks, mate,” Jake said as the large creature handed him a basket full of mushrooms, all of them giving off a good aura. They weren’t the best ingredients, but considering he hadn’t been able to go back to the Order to restock, they were more than good enough. Especially considering he was still experimenting, and wasting any of his truly expensive materials wasn’t worth it.
The large creature in front of him pointed to the basket and showed two fingers, making Jake smile. ”You got more?”
With a nod, the large monster confirmed before motioning for Jake to follow, which he promptly did. They entered another cave and proceeded further down as Jake inspected the troll walking ahead of him.
[Troll Grove Keeper – lvl 256]
Rick had made a lot of progress since Jake last checked, and he was even wearing a new pair of pants and an over-the-shoulder bag with spatial storage. From his understanding, part of the reason for his increased progress was the recent system event having helped monsters get a bit of a boost the same way all those of the enlightened did. Plus, Rick was hard-working, no doubt about that.
This only became clearer when Jake entered a new massive cavern that had definitely grown in size since the last time he was there. What’s more, when Jake entered it, he instantly felt the powerful death affinity in the air released by all the deathly mushrooms within.
While the cavern above was filled with life affinity plants, courtesy of the wellspring of mana from the Undergrowth dungeon entrance, this cavern was made to be the exact opposite. To enter the cavern, Jake had to walk through a wall of hanging moss which he quickly realized functioned as a barrier to keep all the death affinity inside.
Inspecting the soil, Jake saw a few bones stick out here and there, and as Rick entered, he even took out several large bones before quickly crushing them in his hands and sprinkling the bone dust on the ground. From that alone, it was evident that this entire cavern was carefully curated and created by the troll, and based on the bones, Rick probably also got some hunting done here and there.
Jake was brought back to reality by Rick pointing to a large rock with moss growing on it and letting out a low grunt. Following the finger, Jake went closer and saw that it wasn’t just a rock but that it had a lot of metals within. It was about five meters tall and seven meters wide, and all around it, nothing else was growing.
Getting really close, Jake breathed in the mana given off by the moss and found himself impressed as he inspected it.
[Leaden Black Moss (Epic)] – A rare type of black moss that has evolved after being in contact with a powerful death affinity metal for a period of time while under great care. This moss is extremely dangerous and will erode any vitality-based substance it comes into contact with. Due to its proximity to a powerful metal, small particles of said metal may be found within the moss.
”Pretty damn good,” Jake said genuinely after he was done inspecting the boulder. There was even a lot of moss on it, and Rick had taken care of it extremely well. He also hadn’t encountered moss mixed with what was essentially lead dust before, but he could see it had some applications. Sadly for him and Rick…
”With the thing I’m making right now, I can’t really use any of it, but just seeing it has given me some ideas,” Jake said in an encouraging tone.
Rick stared at him before grunting and shaking his head.
”Oh… well, once it’s ready for harvest, I may have an actual plan for using it, then,” Jake said after being promptly informed he wasn’t allowed to take any of the moss. Rick wanted to get it to ancient rarity before harvest, which Jake could respect.
Nodding, satisfied with Jake's answer, Rick led Jake to pick some more mushrooms while pointing and motioning for the things he wanted Jake to see. As they walked around, Jake really began to realize how little he knew about gardening and cultivating ingredients in general. He had also fully resigned himself to never really learning much about it.
There were some areas Jake had to limit himself and as a spoiled young master with unlimited resources courtesy of his Primordial sugar daddy, learning how to tend to a garden seemed like the obvious thing not to learn. That isn’t to say he couldn’t respect someone doing a banger job, though.
As they walked around with Rick in charge of picking mushrooms here and there while throwing bones and even a few carcasses with their blood drained out of his bag occasionally, Jake also decided to check his latest notifications.
Since the true death of Ell’Hakan, well over a year had passed, which wasn’t a long nor a short period of time. It was enough to get some progress on the leveling front, but it had felt really damn slow.
To be fair, any leveling pace would feel slow after the way he’d been blazing through his profession before this brief lull. From helping Villy plot to kill Yip of Yore to slaying Ell’Hakan before having a meeting with the First Sage, Jake had done quite a lot of things to gain levels that many would consider out of the ordinary. So, returning to regular experimenting and crafting did feel like he was moving at a snail’s pace.
Anomalous Soul and the fact he’d just gotten a lot of levels probably didn’t help much, either. Maybe that’s why, despite it being over a year of doing a lot of alchemy, Jake had gotten a grand total of… 1 level.
’DING!’ Profession: [Heretic-Chosen Alchemist of the Malefic Viper] has reached level 311 - Stat points allocated, +35 Free Points
Yeah, not the most impressive. Still, Jake wasn’t that sad about it.
It didn’t take long for Rick to finish gathering mushrooms, getting Jake two more full baskets for him to continue experimenting. In return, Jake also gave Rick some stuff he’d collected here and there that he didn’t need, something the troll happily accepted.
Going up to his lodge, Rick followed him as the troll wanted to have a look at Jake’s musa. After Rick had helped improve the soil after Jake’s return from Nevermore, the troll had taken the musa under his wing and was carefully taking care of it, something Jake definitely appreciated.
Reaching the musa, Rick instantly went to inspect it. Jake saw him do this as Jake sighed.
”Hey, just gonna let you know right now, I’ve had a steady stream of banana thieves coming in and out of the valley,” Jake said with a sigh.
Rick turned to look at him… before dropping the biggest plot twist imaginable.
Comments
Dave
Tftc
Wren Redwood
TYFTC This is the most distressing cliffhanger yet, I’m in the edge of my seat waiting for tomorrow’s chapter
Jason Hardman
The whole beast people courting ritual bit can probably be wrapped up in a "as long as it's between consenting adults" rule.
Gayle Pierce
Another Miranda POV without mentioning the ambush attempt. Are they ever gonna discuss or even think about why the church specifically targeted her so hard? I mean they had to know that Jake's odds of winning against the church were good, so what was there goal that he would come home and have a dead 2nd in command? That doesn't feel right it would just create more enmity when they were weak. Any thoughts?
Chloe
Orange you glad I didn't say Banana?
Chloe
+1
Chloe
Tyftc
Phil Ritter
No how could Rick be corrupted. But in all fairness if anyone deserves its fruits it’s the one who takes care of it and not the one who ripped it out of another’s garden and planted the stolen goods in his front yard
Fall’s Kiss🍂
I need Jake to call villy his primordial sugar daddy to his face in front of another god. Please and thank you
Carter
Gonna be honest Rick’s plot twist is probably the worst cliffhanger in the entire series…. Glad I’ve saved a few chapters so I hear it without needing to wait! Haha!
Alexander C Hyde
Like, on a planet of primarily beastfolk with a very tribalistic society, the way of (“)”courting” a mate was to beat them in a fight… and needless to say, the average Earthling didn’t consider getting jumped from behind and getting beaten up a romantic proposal.
Tom C
Ahahahahaa
Sarianne Roodenburg
Poor Miranda, so much work. Yey, ❤️ Ricky the garden troll 🥰
Ender419
Damn Rick!! As a fellow gardener I would like for you be my patron as you are doing some great things!
Death56
So I have been wondering when he identified that moss and it was epic is that for his grade or would let's say villy identify that to and it also say epic
S.w.
And they all sleep in Banana Hammocks!
Stolen Hero
NAH RICK IS 100% ABOUT TO SPEAK
Little Silly
Jake becomes a godking and realizes all the eels are Demi-gods. Jake: ( •̀д•́)
Little Silly
People probably just no longer “need” to poop, unless it’s been specified they no longer are “able”. They no longer need to breath, sleep, eat, drink, bathe, pee, or poop, but many will at least still breath regularly. Food is still popular/useful, alcohol is made by and drunk by the Viper and Valdemar let alone mortals, and some races that don’t sleep naturally even choose to learn for its benefits. Monkeys who use their shit as weapons likely just choose to poop, potentially eating specific things to create different consistencies. The Viper, Scarlett, Draskil, and poisonous monsters and scalekin in general make their own poison in their bodies, so why not shit for monkeys? This may also be an example of Dragons potentially needing to breathe and eat for their breath weapons. At least newborns, though breath weapons not requiring breathing sounds illogical…system fuckery?
Zogarth
Fix
JJB4345_80_815
EH was their god basically and because of his bloodline they were tied to him. Each and every one probably felt his death and it either caused them to suicide OR ripped apart their minds to the point of them becoming mindless beasts. At least, that's my theory. EH stole the agency of his people. Without EH I have a hard time seeing any of them choosing to live for any personal goals, including revenge.
JJB4345_80_815
Laxative-based poisons? A Pooping-based skill? (Useful for politicians since spreading manure is vital for their Path?) Good ole System Pooperie? Mushrooms are known for flourishing when being fed crap and being kept in the dark. Therefore illuminating this concept might be catastrophic for the poor ole fungi.
AetherBoye
I do believe that the tutorial is long over, and the current system events are simply integration events for the new universe, or possibly even just things that were already going to happen that the system codified into an "event" instead of actually being caused by the system. Plus, we already know that system events continue to happen even beyond when someone achieves godhood, since Villy said that he gained his bloodline from a system event after he was already a god
AfroMocha
But there are beast and nevermore I think it strictly just amount citizens. And not all beast and monsters will be like on earth. Some planets the beast won over the enlightened races
Tommy S
Rick was actually a Banana this whole time. He was only pretending to be a troll
Iron Knight
HE GRABS AND EAT A NANNA!
Lynderyn
Or the Musa has been a tree this entire time
Little Silly
It’s been like 10 years, 15 tops. Jake has experienced time dilated a bit less than 85 years, I think 83 and a half.
Lynderyn
Rick can turn a banana into a second Musa!!!!
brjenness
I read an interesting article once explaining how that would be an ideal boss for Gen x because the had raised themselves. however, millennial who grew up supervised 24/7 would hate that style of leadership because they are used to being told what to do. gen z wasn't in the workforce yet, so they weren't discussed.
Michael Ferguson
Thanks for the chapter.
Ty Cooper
I am hoping Rick puts down a protection of some sort around it.
Jordan Jones
As much as I would love to see it, I just don’t see how? Maybe if the tutorial lasted until the first god was created out of the new universe, which for all I know is the case even if I find it doubtful, but even then, to keep primordial and elder god factions completely out would take a massive alliance, and then it wouldn’t just be Jake as the only god with rights to the 93rd. But hey, if he is on track to mimic the first sage at a higher grade then who knows? Sky’s the limit with stories like these. Lindon from Cradle did it, basically.
Tom C
TFTC Banana Musa needs a spot on Jake’s coat of arms. The banana legion can be his elite fighting force. LOL
brjenness
oh yeah. that was a brilliant example of the relationship between time and gravity.
dash w
Thanks for the chappy, sorry you are sick zog
Noname
The monkeys that the manure came from used their poop as a weapon
Burkes
The REAL questions are being asked here.
Jordan Mazza
A Rick cliffhanger is definitely unexpected but overall welcome, I'd say.
Joshua Little
Thanks for the chapter. Ah so picking the bananas is good for it?
Gardor
Great so theyll copy the ancient mercenary organization of battle maniacs. Again, it's not like the laws will be some sort of secret. There are a bunch of factions but they'll probably just use the template from one of the 12 primordials, easy peasy lemon squeezy.
Clint
I’d bet each faction has a very different idea of what those rules should be. And there’s no way Miranda (or Jake) wants to implement the Order’s idea of how to run an empire. In fact she probably doesn’t want to run an empire at all, just head up a loose alliance of sorts.
Peter Smith
It turns out that the musa grows better when the bananas are removed
Roy Boy Meyer
He dropped a banana peel poop or his mouth was stuffed with bananas 🍌
Sharibri
I assume the manure was probably either stolen or traded for. Maybe the monkeys became gardeners or something, and gained skills that allows for their own poop to become fertilizers?
Arieh Sochaczevski
Thanks for the chapter! I’m torn. “Rick turned to look at him… before dropping the biggest plot twist imaginable.” is either laugh out loud funny, or the laziest “I’m too sick to bother” chapter ending of all time.
Steven Bartels
Miranda the no murder law can't work. You have to kill things to level a class and you have to either decide that beasts aren't people so you have something to kill, which won't work, or that killing can be okay, or condemn everyone to f-grade and get conquered. You need rules restricting murder, no kids, nobody significantly lower leveled, stricter rules in areas under pylon influence so that there can be safe-ish zones but not rules so loose that people can take an army into the wilds and have it be considered okay. One to six people, or maybe five since that's the party size for dungeons... Things like that that keep things fair. Even rules about what to do when a beast wipes out a city so nobody starts an endless war or wipes out the other group..
Xander
TFTC :) Guess the whole galaxy is gonna have a green tint pretty soon. In before the "Ancient Banana Time Musa Grove" reveal with fruits that add 10 to different stats on consumption now being pilfered by telekinetic C grade pond eels. Suggested edits: "Because on one planet, murder was *only* considered a minor offense that would *only* result in a fine." repeated "only" "Miranda also *has* to admit that now, " should be had "unwanted parts of *entire* cultures while taking control of the *entire* galaxy" repeated entires "and as Rick entered, he even took out a few ** large bones before quickly crushing them" missing "more" "Nodding satisfied" should be "Nodding in satisfaction"
brjenness
I assumed no one pooped since we hadn't ran into any toilet mimics.
Michael Kawesa
Why did he have to fax Miranda for mushrooms?
Comeback Kid
D grades don't poop, I assume there are still a lot of E and F grade monsters out there.
Jose Reyna
TFTC!!!!
John Durrett
Agreed. Jake is not an asshole boss. He doesn't chew on her, doesn't undercut her standing with anyone, she's almost completely free to run things the way she see's fit with only a few outstanding modifiers from Jake like - No Slaves Ever and Free all Slaves. She is where she is because of Jake, and has also have a huge level of freedom of time due to people not wanting to mess with Her when Jake will rain down hellfire on anyone who manages to touch or threaten her. She's negotiating from a position of prestige and advantage, not begging for scraps. Plus she's free to hire as many people as she trusts to lighten the workload.
John Durrett
If others are eating the Bananas, it would just be an addendum not a plot twist.
Gardor
I wasn't really talking about the growing pains of her trying to get people to follow the rules, i was saying there has got to be a bunch of foundational laws that have worked for billions of years in the 100 universes that she can adopt. She's talking about the culture clash, where some planets don't have a culture that'll respect whichever law, but so what? Just say what the laws are, say what the punishments are, and move on. She's acting as if she needs to develop a bespoke code of law that'll be acceptable for most people, but it's all been done before. 92 times. There's are definitely immortal administrators who have this down to a science.
TwoMoreYears
TFTC I like getting to see some chapters from the slower periods, and detours like this help make how quickly earth finished the event seem more tangible. Im really hoping Rick used the banana seeds to create more musas in their garden and Jake has been jealously guarding his for little reason other than the principle of it.
Sloth
Take it straight from their bowels? Maybe it gets turned to magic just before exit?
Chris
Rick is also a banana thief?
Psyck0
I'm waiting for those ells to reveal themselves as c grade for Constantly being in Jake's presence making them elites
Lizy Flore
… magic ? System-fuckery ?
brjenness
very serious thought. if people and animals no longer poop...how do seed plants reproduce and where did the monkey manure come from?
Lucas Callahan
Banana thieves cultivate the best Death Essence!
Jed
I thought for a second that the dangerous metal lump with a death affinity moss was a reference to the elephant's foot of Chernobyl, but it's lead so i guess not. I bet it would've become a natural treasure though and the radiation eating moss probably became sentient.
Niels Valkenborgh
As expected when adding manure, the plot thickens.
Blake N.
Boo
Vega
Yessss
AetherBoye
I wonder if Jake is going to become the first god to conquer an entire universe. I could see him telling everyone and everything to fuck off from his home universe. Get your own planets, there's 92 other universes to choose from, you're not getting shit from the 93rd that's all Jake's
brjenness
he be jakofied now. plenty of attention.
rossmwi .
Recommendation, the saying usually goes ‘Strike while the iron is hot’. Not ‘hammer’.
Mat
As a former dungeon creature, he shouldn’t have sufficient records to gain interest of a god
Mat
What did Miranda do with the remaining nahooms spread across the galaxy by EH? I don’t think that SS performed genocide during the war.
ItsFin
He never put up the barrier did he
Daniel Hamilton
That would be amazing 🤩
Clint
Banana twist? Five tricks for infinite time bananas. You won’t believe number four! Click now to be Rick Trolled.
Clint
Jake’s nephew Adam was born during the Tutorial, and is still a kid.
Nate Slusher
This was a really well done gap chapter. Great job and thank you for the constant work! Hope you feel better soon Zog!!
Tristan
Ohhhhhhh that'd be really cool
Bailey Luce
I'd love to see Rick and Duskleaf meet and bond over herbalism and maybe even see Duskleaf hand out another blessing.
Zuuuuuri
Ah, ya that checks out
Tyler Poole
The level requirement for B tier is 350 if I remember correctly
brjenness
rick= banana thief= humurous little twist we get sometimes, but I smell a trap.. maybe bananas being eaten is good for tree as others have said... maybe tree gets records that way. or hawky and mystie suddenly appear to eat a banana. or those dastardly eels.
James Squibb
350 I believe
J
Yeah, but integrating societies that evolved without the system has only been done 93 times. Which is kind of a lot, but a totally different scale than the normal system society that's had billions of years to solidify.
Vega
Nah that sounds exhausting for her, & Jake’s a simple guy, but he’s competent & respects her enough not to do her like that. Honestly, despite him joking about shafting things onto her, he’s always been good at being considerate of Miranda’s position when he’s taking action, which is something I’ve always liked about him. He isn’t a shitty boss. I think Miranda’s more galactic warlord than anything right now. Warlords need to talk to people and organise raids, which Jake isn’t wont to do anyway. Jake answers the question, what is power? Miranda answers the question, how do I use that power?
Gardor
This is the 93rd universe, I'm pretty sure there's some homogenized foundational rules for how to run a galaxy by now. It's not like she needs to invent any new laws, just crib from the Order's play book sans slavery. Or even a less "villainous" organization, probably, since the Order of the Malefic Viper is a pretty "bad guy coded" group of people.
Canis
3 months for the tutorial 3 years for the first system events and another 5 waiting on the Prima I think so we might be around 9.
brjenness
I was thinking meira bless him for duskleaf.
Trevor Mergen
Thanks!
Samuel Lévesque
Rick needs a Blessing ASAP, hook him up Jake!
AngeTrap
Tftc
Vega
Thanks for the awesome chapter! Glad all’s well. We got Miranda’s POV & some great exposition, plus we got to catch up with Rick the troll. Love this chapter!
Jhaxx
Miranda is going to need a bigger office. Probably a separate staff for each planet. Heck, she is going to need to create a city just for the administration offices. Primal City... hmm
Colton Horton
Huh, I coulda swore I remember reading in one of the books that it had been like 80 years even outside of time dilation, but I could definitely be wrong.
brjenness
Miranda needs to make sure she and the absent minded world leader are taking advantage of their prestige to get training and opportunities for the galaxy... Rick and the kids can visit the order and nature/life for gardening classes.
Jonathan Venn
Thanks for the chapter zog, though this has to be the chapter with the most 'here and there' phrases..one paragraph has it twice, and it's said again below.
Jordan Rogers
Jake has experienced several times with time dilation but earth itself is less or around twenty years. The second event was around the three year mark, they were in nevermore like 2-3 years (50 years personal time in dilation) this last event is like 5ish years now. So I’m thinking the 20 year mark is when the universe opens up to c rank and below 🤷🏻♂️ would appreciate getting some info on this in a chapter at some point. Or zogarth maybe just giving a timeline if he hasn’t already somewhere
Paulo Furlaneto
Tftc
Numbzy
Pretty sure without time dilation it's more like 10-15 years. Maybe 20 years tops.
John Looney
I bet it needs the bananas taken more often to grow
Grant Anderson
Is it weird that I am as excited to find out what the Rick plot twist is as I was for all the first sage plot twists...?
Rewdan
Thanks Zogarth
William WIlson
Or Rick has been eating the calming soothing berries and it's actually an extremely rare plant now
Adam McCarter
Or is himself, a banana thief
Jordan Rogers
G was lvl 0-10 only for those new to system becomes F rank starts at F rank if born into the system F was lvl 0-24 E was lvl 25-99 D was lvl 100-199 C was lvl 200-349 B was lvl 350-499 A was lvl 500-749 S was lvl 750-999 According to the wiki
Laurent Jerry
Zog was late so we obviously assumed he was patient zero of some kind of new flu
Adam McCarter
For B Rank you have to be lvl 350 in all
Phasmatic7
Thankies
Zuuuuuri
There was a new pandemic?
Colton Horton
You know, the mention of newer generations being born reminds me, it's actually been like 150-200 years since the Integration at this point right? With E and F grade people existing, shouldn't there be people who's parents/grandparents were born before the system, but who only have vague ideas about a world without it? Could be kinda interesting for jake to be comoletely thrown off by meeting someone who's all "yeah, my grandpa was here when you formed haven, he always tells us about the day you came and obliterated the crazy guy and his daughter who were forcing us to follow them! It's such an honor to meet you, Great Elder!" Or some such, lol.
Jack Liu
level 350 is for B rank. also expect Jake to keep in his perfect evolution going
Cory Sauls
I gotta say I’m enjoying these SoL chapters after all the fighting. It’s good to be able to take a good break between all the action. Thank you for that Zogarth.
Jordan Rogers
The real plot twist would be if he had saved them, or planted more. Since everyone had been stealing them that would be a twist, it would just be further treachery for Rick to have been stealing them as well
Gavin Wayne Pitcher
he speaks fluent french
Cory Sauls
TFTC.
Anna Esswein
So the bodies Rick has been getting are the banana thieves. But all hail middle overlord Miranda
frankie doerr
350 I think is b rank zog wrote it down somewhere all the way up to godking
Jana
Pretty sure if shirts with prints were still around Jake would have one saying: This meeting could have been an Email to Miranda.
frankie doerr
Troll gotta troll
Jhaxx
So this might be a dumb question at this point but why hasn't he evolved to B rank yet? Isn't he well past the B level requirement? Unless level 300 is not the required level for B?
Kt-x
Thanks for the chapter! 😁
MarineDebris
Exactly what I was thinking!
Justus Saucedo
Thanks for the chapter!
Ibn Nuh
she starts talking or eats a banana
C0bra$
That’s that good shit and thank u for the story
Lonez Zhavec
Cant wait for the Galactic Congress. I wanna see all the Kings and then we have Vesperia with all the Hive Queens. Im sure Jake’s gonna get upgraded with his Nobility Status!
Rahsheem Reid
He going to eat a banana.
Jack Liu
TFTC plot twist!?!
Wraithy
Primordial sugar daddy. 😂😂
JJB4345_80_815
Yes, thank you for the chappy Zogarth!
Beemoss
Tftc
Tyler S.
Thanks for the chapter, love seeing Rick again and the work hes done on the caves
William WIlson
Or has been saving a bunch.
William WIlson
Also any bets on Jake giving the minotaur mind cheifs body to Rick here to use in his death cave.
SinCinnamon
RICK! Can’t Vesperia start a Honey Bee Hive in Haven? With the new Queen cozying up to Rick? Jake needs his hive. And a kind of granddaughter who flirts with a troll
Shafan Knight
TFTC!
William WIlson
So is Rick stealing bananas or saving bananas.
Laurent Jerry
So glad you all well and the new pandemic was avoided
Unwillingmainer
Ahh, Miranda has gone from corporate middle manager, to a galactic middle manager! I really do believe she is going to get to godhood by standing behind Jake and cleaning up his messes. So, Rick can either talk or has a way to stop banana thieves.
Michael Fannon
The tree grows better with fewer bananas so the thieves are really a good thing? Boy, that must be embarrassing for Jake. Cue Villy laugh!
Tilen Praprotnik
Did Rick steal some? Thanks for the chapter
CaptainFlowers
You just know Rick is snacking on em too 🤣
joel southard
Nice thank you for the chapter
Zizawah
Plot twist: bananas wanted to get eaten? Thanks for the fun chapter! Hope you feel better soon!
Loststar7
Thanks for the chapter.
mitchell kaiser
Feel better Zog!
Brian Schutt
Bet the troll finna speak finally.
Logan Jones
Pumpernickel
DT
Bruh cliffhanger lol thanks for the chapter
Thomas Todd
Rick can talk?! Or he tell Jake's they aren't Bananas
Ryan Smart
BANANA THIEF!
Pheo
Ah... the good stuff
Connor
Thanks for the chapter
Mrburns93
Hope you're feeling okay today.
frankie doerr
Hell yeah
