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Chapter 1068 - Only A Few Loose Ends Left
🕑 Added 2025-02-05 12:15:06 +0000 UTCIn the end, Jake’s trip to the Holy Church’s planet didn’t conclude as he’d expected. He had fully assumed it would result in Jake and his faction having an all-out war with the stubborn Church, and he was genuinely relieved it hadn’t gone that far, as it would just have been so damn pointless.
That was also why Jake cut Jacob some slack in this entire scenario. He was still annoyed at his old boss, but it was hard being angry at someone who genuinely just wanted to do what he thought was best for others. With how utterly fucked up the internal politics of the Holy Church were, his life definitely couldn’t be easy either, and honestly... things had kind of turned out pretty okay. And Jake had to give Jacob at least some credit for the ending turning out acceptable despite how fucked the middle had been.
The Holy Church would retreat from the Milky Way Galaxy peacefully. All their elites were slain, and Jake even came out of it looking merciful and reasonable after having not gone all out despite finding himself ambushed by a corrupt head priest and False God.
Miranda would definitely also be happy with the result, and even Carmen had gotten some benefits from killing such a powerful False God, and, despite how much she countered it, it was still a massive feat. All in all, Jake returned to Earth pretty satisfied, even doing so through the capital’s teleportation circle in full view of every random Holy Church citizen watching.
Jacob naturally ensured the set dressing was proper, making it evident that Jake was the winning party and that even if the Holy Church had lost, they still maintained some of their dignity. More than that, though, it was all to show everyone that the Holy Church and Chosen of the Malefic Viper could still be diplomatic despite everything.
Returning to Earth, Jake couldn’t help but let out a massive sigh as he looked at Carmen, who had returned with him. “Could you imagine having to navigate that much political bullshit all the time?”
“Pretty sure I would end up beating a few people to death within a week,” Carmen fully concurred. “But... I guess it’s kind of necessary at times? Even Valdemar and Valhal have Gudrun, and every single large faction has a bunch of political folk walking around. Shit, you have Miranda, and I got Sven and Bobby, who are pretty good at handling all the scheming and politicking.”
“True,” Jake nodded with a sigh as he considered it a bit more. “But having a faction that’s good at politics doesn’t really matter if you aren’t powerful enough. You need that power as a base requirement to even be allowed at the big boy table.”
“You also need power to have a figurehead,” Carmen pointed out. “The average person doesn’t really respect those so-called political masterminds. It’s too damn abstract compared to someone truly powerful, and when shit really goes down, it’s the one holding the biggest stick who shows up to solve everything. Barely anyone respects and fears the Malefic Viper for being a good schemer and a really smart guy... they remember him for wiping out a tenth of a universe. Everyone, even a child, can understand why the Viper is worthy of his notoriety when they see the wasteland he created that still persists to this day.”
“Maybe it’s a lot simpler than we think. People simply don’t respect political masterminds because no one respects politicians,” Jake grinned.
“They totally do!” Carmen countered, acting offended. “They trust the good and honest kind.”
Jake and Carmen locked eyes before both laughing at the notion, Jake shaking his head. “Yeah, sure, because those unicorns tend to really climb that hierarchical ladder. Shit, even Jacob, who has a Path all about just helping people, has to do at least some scheming to have any influence. If he didn’t, he would just be used and manipulated by others... something I feel like he kind of still is half the time.”
“Some things don’t change no matter what,” Carmen agreed. “It’s so dumb. We have fucking dragons now, and people still care about how someone holds a goddamn teacup or if they remember to use the right titles to call others.”
“It is what it is,” Jake sighed again as the two of them teleported one more time, returning to Haven.
Jacob had stayed back with the Holy Church to properly solidify his newfound leadership position while also fully selling the story that the head priest was a traitor and all that other bullshit. He likely wouldn’t even be meeting Miranda, but instead, they would communicate using magic to hammer out all the details surrounding the Holy Church’s total retreat.
Upon reaching Haven, Carmen went back to Jake’s lodge while Jake headed off to meet Miranda. However, to his surprise, he didn’t find her back in her office, and after asking around, he learned she was at Haven’s prison.
Jake didn’t know Haven had a prison.
In his defense, it was definitely a new addition, and while Jake could scan everything using Pulse of Perception, that didn’t mean he fully understood the function of every building. Moreover, the prison wasn’t actually in Haven but a good distance away, likely in case any problems arose there.
While Jake was at Miranda’s office, he used one of Arnold’s walkie-talkies and got in contact with her. She gave him a super brief explanation of the reason she was at the prison and that King Iludar had launched an ambush while Jake was on the Holy Church’s planet. At first, he was a bit worried but was quickly informed the situation had been entirely under control from the beginning and that it had effectively been a trap, the hunter being the hunted from the get-go.
She didn’t elaborate more but just told him to meet her at the prison for them to talk. Jake agreed and headed out, and after a few minutes of flying and using One Step later, he reached the prison. The entire thing just looked like a large cube slapped down in the middle of nothing. It only had one entrance, and at it, Lillian stood waiting for his arrival.
Jake landed while still looking at the cube, wondering where the hell it had even come from. Lillian noticed his gaze and shook her head. “Arnold made it.”
“Arnold?” Jake questioned. “When did he have time to make a damn prison? Why did he make a prison?”
“He calls it a containment cube, and from his explanation, it was originally done in case he needed to trap living entities for testing purposes. Apparently, analyzing Sandy’s natural abilities inspired him, and he hopes to find other creatures he can take inspiration from,” Lillian answered.
“That somehow makes a lot of sense,” Jake muttered, not even bothering to figure out when he’d even found time to build the over a hundred meters tall and wide cube. “Why is it used as a prison now, though?”
“Because he has yet to need it himself, and Miranda offered to rent it in return for providing him with extra funds,” Lillian answered, the reason once again pretty logical.
Walking into and through the prison cube, Jake found the insides very basic. Everything was made of metal, and several formations were engraved into the structure everywhere. He also spotted several spider-like drones crawling around, maintaining and even engraving new runes here and there, giving Jake his answer to how Arnold had found time to construct the cube anyway.
He hadn’t... he had just reached a level by now where he could have his creations create more stuff. Scary implications with that one, but oh well.
With his sphere, he could already see Miranda in a room talking with some guy in what looked like a barebones meeting room where she’d brought all the furniture herself. Nearly the entire cube was filled with pretty small “cells” created with thick metal walls on every side beside the front, which Jake suspected to be some kind of glass.
The way to keep prisoners, well, imprisoned, was the classic method Jake had read about before. Formations were placed in every cell that drained the stamina and mana of those within, making them incredibly weak. It wasn’t pleasant, but it also wasn’t the worst.
One huge advantage compared to regular prisons in the old world was the existence of the meditate skill. The First Sage had really done the multiverse’s prison population a solid with that one, as it allowed them to have time pass seamlessly.
Jake didn’t really spend more time analyzing the prison besides that, but he did notice Lillian purposefully leading him through where many of the prisoners were held. On the way, she explained they were some of the elites brought by Iludar, and it didn’t require one to be a political mastermind to understand that Lillian wanted them to all know that Jake was now also there.
Entering the barebones meeting room with Miranda in it, he found her sitting across from an elf Jake didn’t recognize, but by the look the guy gave him, Jake assumed it had been one of Iludar’s soldiers.
“Ah, Lord Thayne, It’s good to see you back,” Miranda said with a smile. “How did your meeting with the Holy Church go?”
Jake instantly understood the assignment as he shrugged. “Slightly better than expected. Things did get a bit out of hand when a traitor amongst them summoned the False God that had destroyed several planets during the event alongside a few thousand of his elites. It took a bit to get the situation back under control, but after they were dead, I managed to reach a satisfactory agreement with the Church. They have officially surrendered unconditionally, and I expect you to handle the details.”
“I see,” Miranda smiled, her facial expression not changing at all besides that. “Mr. Jiulpoar, if you would excuse us for a moment, I will need to briefly discuss this with Lord Thayne.”
The man just nodded, looking deeply in thought as he was led away, now having even more to think about after knowing that even the Holy Church had been fully defeated. Iludar and his men attacked because Jake was gone from Earth, so they clearly knew he had gone to meet the Holy Church so just the mere fact he was back and seemingly unharmed for the most part had to mean things had gone his way.
Once the guy was out of the room, Miranda sighed and leaned back. “Just to make sure, did you exaggerate?”
“Nope, not at all,” Jake said, summoning his own chair. “I did lie, though. About the traitor part, that is.”
Jake proceeded to explain what had gone down on the Holy Church’s planet, gladly making use of the soundproofing of the meeting room. Miranda was surprised at quite a few points but didn’t seem overly shocked when Jake explained what had happened after the fight and the explanation Jacob had cooked up to explain everything.
“I didn’t expect them to have the Desolate Child of Loss... but in some ways, it puts my mind at ease knowing they did. Now we at least know for sure the False God is dead and gone and not some unknown potential threat that could reappear at an inopportune time,” Miranda said after thinking a bit. “I’m also glad to hear you found the fragment of the Fallen King... hopefully it can lead to something.”
“Thoughts on Jacob and what he said?
“I’m not surprised. Say, did the Augur not mention Kindroth at all?” Miranda asked, looking a bit perplexed.
“No?” Jake asked, confused. “Should he have?”
“I would say he should,” Miranda sighed. “He has been working with Jacob all along. To clarify, he isn’t part of the Holy Church, and the Great Bright One isn’t part of the Holy Pantheon either, but they are close allies of the Church. I’m still trying to figure out how exactly we’re going to deal with Kindroth. Still, it’s unquestionable he’s helped us out during this entire system event. He was also the one who tipped me off about Iludar’s ambush and helped set it up to eliminate this hidden threat.”
“Great, just great... I did always think there was something pretty shady about him, so I can’t say I’m overly surprised. I am a bit disappointed, though,” Jake sighed. He had heard that the Great Bright One had positive relations with the Church before, but he hadn’t expected them to outright work together behind the scenes. “What are your current thoughts on handling him and his planet?”
“Before this, I didn’t really have any set plans, but now... I feel like the best approach would be to not do anything but just continue as normal,” Miranda said. “Even with the Holy Church gone from the galaxy, we will no doubt have to deal with them again in the future. Especially with them apparently having quite a presence in the closest galaxy. While we can try to entirely isolate ourselves from them, I don’t see that as realistic, and my guess is that both the Augur and Kindroth also realize this. At least, I suspect that’s part of the reason they chose to work together in this fashion, to have a backup should the Holy Church be thrown out of the galaxy.”
While Jake wasn’t the fastest at political stuff, he did realize what Miranda was getting at pretty quickly. “Kindroth and his planet can function as a compromise. As they’re not actually part of the Church, having them here doesn’t violate their effective ban from the galaxy, yet at the same time, it allows the Church to retain some connection the the Milky Way. We do need to make sure the benefits aren’t all one-sided, though.”
“Leave that to me,” Miranda said with a proud smile that Jake had seen through what she was thinking. “But one headache at a time. For now, I need to deal with all the elite soldiers left by Iludar.”
“What’s the current plan?” Jake asked.
Miranda sighed and leaned forward. “Right now, they have nothing. Iludar is dead, the Holy Church has surrendered, and they have no allies left besides each other. What’s more, Iludar even tried to just leave them all behind to save his own skin. While I’m not saying they will be a big boon or anything to have on our side, I do believe there are some benefits to expanding our fighting force. Successfully integrating them will also reinforce your actions today that even if we are a faction led by the Chosen of the Malefic Viper, we can still be reasonable and merciful.”
“If you think they can be successfully assimilated, go for it,” Jake shrugged, not really having a big opinion. She had been the one getting ambushed, not him.
“I do, but it’ll take some convincing, and I will have every person vetted individually, hence why we’re keeping them here for now. Hopefully, we’ll be done within a few days,” Miranda said. “Could end up being a little longer, though. The negotiations with the Holy Church may drag things out more than I would like. By the way, did the Augur mention anything about how they plan to compensate us?”
“Compensate?” Jake asked before realizing. “Oh... yeah, I didn’t think about that at all.”
“It’s only right to expect some kind of war compensation from a defeated force. Especially when that defeated force is the largest faction in the entire multiverse, and with so much attention on the Milky Way, they need to come out of this looking as good as possible... so I reckon I can get quite a bit out of them,” Miranda said, truly looking in that moment like the evil witch from the Order of the Malefic Viper so many believed she was.
“And that’s why I said you would handle all the details,” Jake gave her a thumbs-up.
The two of them were quiet for a while before Miranda smiled. “It’s finally all over, huh? Only a few loose ends left to tie up.”
“For now, at least,” Jake nodded. “But there’s still a lot to do. We need to stabilize the galaxy as much as possible before the system event ends and the universe opens up more than it currently is. I also suspect it will be more open than it was before the event began... likely even allowing some of those from across the multiverse to come here.”
Miranda nodded solemnly. “Yeah, I’ll make sure we’ll be as ready as we can. You also do your part. Keep being the big scary Chosen of the Malefic Viper that no one dares mess with.”
“I’ll do my best,” Jake grinned before getting up. “I guess I’ll get to just that. See you, and good luck.”
“Take care,” Miranda nodded as Jake headed out of prison and back toward the lodge... where he instantly spotted two of the few people in the multiverse who dared mess with him. Both of them committing a horrendous crime.
Because not only had Carmen stolen more of Jake’s bananas... she had even gone as far as to rope Sylphie into being her partner in crime.
Comments
Dave
Tftc
Trumangolorian
I'm catching up to the chapters too quickly but can't stop lol. TYFTC
Phil Ritter
As of now I see no chance of that happening. Jake likes the strong and independent kind and while Meira has come a long way she’s still way too meek. Also i think Meira isn’t the casual type but more all or nothing and with Jake not the type for a harem I don’t see her holding her own against the competition
Chloe
Reeeeeeeeeeeee! Sylphie yay. Reeeeeeeeeeee!!! Tyftc
Issei Hyoudou
He has a god girlfriend that can help him with archery on the ropes. Why would he go for his freed slave. Meira would just try to hold him back if they became a thing.
Zogarth
Fix some stuff.
Trevor Mergen
Thanks!
Phil Ritter
@Corvid the timing without any explanation was just impeccable
Pole Fire
Ok I can’t wait for the whole universe to open up and see what happens or where Jake goes. Also I say full send to Jake and Meira!
Michael Ferguson
Defying Jake is probably good aura training.
Corvid
*[Dingdong of the Malefic Viper (Legendary)]
Corvid
I want to see a shapeshifted human form of hawkie and mystie. I know Sylphie has said she doesn't care about a human form, but I want to see a Jake/Carmen/Hawkie drinking competition with human mystie shaking a wooden spoon at them.
Corvid
This is making me think of Rocket Raccoon's path. He would have prison escape skills.
Corvid
On that note, I legit think the whole "LICK IT! You know you want to" was my favorite interaction in the entire series.
John Durrett
Got it, thanks. It did take slowing down to really let it sink in because there was that little to it compared to the lost child and fallen king fragment
Michael Ferguson
I think Villy got trapped and made Jake's escape skill
Michael Ferguson
Let's fight!
Michael Ferguson
MY BANANAS! MINE, MINE, MINE!!!😋🍌🍌🐒
Gardor
Skills have like, tiers. As they improve, they go up in rarity. And that seems mostly dependent on effort and insight. So you're saying it's impossible for someone sitting in a cell all day every day to focus on making their meditation skill immune to the sapping effects?
Michael Ferguson
You could practice a movement skill till you can get out. Jake has an escape skill that worked on Sandy. So it would probably work on the prison. These are people who surrendered. They just want to hold and interview them.
Xander
Yes skills have levels but you dont gain skills arbitrarily. The best you could get I suppose is a skill choice at your next milestone and since you cant get XP you cant get to that. With the stamina and mana draining effects running youre unconcious and unable to perform freeform magic so its hard to train any skills or even do sword meditation like SS. In conclusion its pretty much impossible to make any head way at all on improving while in jail.
Sam
Why would he use the dragon when he has villy
Sam
Jake used that juice on the demon lord ritual
Niklas Österljung
Jacob did release the remnants of the truesoul in front of jake. They "turned to nothingness" or smth like that after leaving Jacob's lantern.
Gardor
I legit forget, do skills have levels? Can't someone just meditate until they get a prison-proof skill? That's just one skill, tweaking a movement skill to go through enscribed walls or something is another option, just off the dome.
Jordan Jones
You just missed that resolution. It was written a few chapters ago. I’d reread the end of the battle and focus on Jake and Jacob’s conversation afterwards.
Michael Ferguson
How would you get xp in prison? Is your path to always be captured? You would need to kill the other inmates, which happens in real life. Or work on your profession if they let you.
Michael Ferguson
Yay Sylphie!
Maverillion
Ah, reread the last chapter, it’s short but mentions the orange squid
Michael Ferguson
Ree!
Jacob
Jacob released it. It was at the very end of the last chapter. El hakans spirit is gone forever. That was what he was there for. Not to GET it. But to make sure it was GONE
Daniel j
Thinking maybe you should reread the end of yesterdays chapter a little slower
Daniel j
Book 12 starts in nevermore still so I think you are a few books off there lol
Phil Ritter
He gives too little of a shit for that to happen in the near future but I can see him potentially support an enemy with some of his creation if he gets enough compensation. In the end he is someone who sides with whoever is most beneficial to him but cares too little to act himself. So whatever he gains would have to outweigh the risk of making Jake an enemy. But I can also see him making Jake some fancy equipment as compensation for backing an enemy of his
Phil Ritter
There is the chance that she didn’t have all the info or was just trying to keep up appearances in front of her subordinates. Being outwardly too friendly to a potential traitor/ conspirator of an “enemy” faction could be seen as a sign of weakness. Keeping him at more distance could also leave her with more options to gain some kind of compensation be it him giving up all influence or materials
Phil Ritter
He could probably take a lot of inspiration from them since they seem to be the most technological advanced faction so taking their tech and infusing it with void could be interesting. He should also be save with Oras as his backer even if his blessing is just divine nobody would want to fuck with an Eldrich God with his powers
Phil Ritter
Doesn’t matter if there is technically competition no one will challenge Jake the holy church especially won’t and Kindroth knows he’s kinda on thin ice and he’s too smart to oppose him. Also I’m expecting there to be a point score hidden somewhere so place 2-5 won’t amount to the same as Jake
Phil Ritter
Im pretty sure he doesn’t really have to do anything active with it and just check it from time to time and infuse a little of his mana. It wouldn’t surprise me if he got it as the last thing before ranking up to B-Grade or even after entering B-Grade. Would also be nice if he got the supreme one directly without having to rank it up so strengthens an already peak flame instead
John Durrett
Tyftc. Ok so did Jake and everyone just have a massive ADD moment? Jake went to get the fragment true soul of El Hakan then is distracted by the lost child (false god), then getting the fallen king piece after Carmen’s kill. Jacob never handed over THE VERY REASON for Jake going there. I mean the entire scenario was about getting it back and it’s whitewashed at the end? Feel a bit jibbed
Phil Ritter
@Jeff McCulley I’m really not sure using Jake Juice on the FK is a good idea. In the end it always transforms whatever he uses it on into something completely new so there is a chance he would just birth a new unique Lifeform but not the FK. Just seems needlessly risky since he himself doesn’t really have a clue or any control of what exactly happens
Phil Ritter
I can see him leaving for a long time only to go back after many years only to discover he has a completely bonkers garden with an A or S grade professional troll gardener tending to it all this time
Phil Ritter
It will never not be funny for Jake to be offended by others eating the bananas when he himself can’t even use any of the agility because he is obsessed with licking his perception ball
Phil Ritter
Could very well be the end of book 12
Taylor
Is that a snake ding dong
Apollo Greed
Yep! The heretic part is what I’m curious about. How will the rest of the order act knowing all that. Hopefully we will see
Jaroslav Zapadlo
👀🥒
Jaroslav Zapadlo
Yeah tbh other series suck balls! I just love how grounded Jake is... damn this shit, it really is way better than fucking crawler carl! Malefic viper ftw
Joshua Little
Thanks for the chapter.
Luke Scheffe
This feels like the end of a book.
Jose Reyna
Banana thiefs!!!! TFTC!!!
Ty Cooper
The rewards for the system events would be nice but I am guessing Jake fixing palette while going through meditation FS records
Gardor
She was giving him side eye before he (unnecessarily) talked about being a triple agent.
Gardor
Wouldn't any prison just eventually train the prisoners to be stronger?
Gardor
Which kind of made it silly for Kindroth to even mention it? I also had a problem with Miranda's side eye, or at least what the implications of it were.
Ty Cooper
I believe the next part will be him fixing palette, making sure the flame is dominating the Cradle, and raising the rest of the Viper skills to mythical. I do have a feeling that once his flame starts hunting the rest of the other soul flames it will go rather quickly. His affinity soul flame has to have monstrous instincts
Timothy Spradlin
Tftc. First failure to ween myself from this on patreon.
Ty Cooper
I do not believe Misty was able to participate because she consumed the mist bone. Sylphie has part of that mist bone in her from the ritual but the circumstances involved in her creations removed or side stepped that restriction and Hawky sticks with Misty. The book mentions Sylphie going to show off for them and go hunting with them. I do also love the side character stories and pov. I am sure we will get a check in on cgrade Rick and kids and sylphie story time to her parents
Benjamin Mages
It was actually stated in conversation with the Viper that most people are rationalizing this as "somehow he used his totally-presence-based bloodline to fake it" and the Viper is just not bothering to correct people.
Vega
Heck yeah. Honestly the chapters that are Jake just fucking around & exploring (& fighting) the world he inadvertently created / slice-of-life and interacting with regular folks are so fun. Or maybe some interactions with Scarlett & that Frostpeak Wyvern.
Vega
Thanks for the chapter. Would be good to see Sylphie’s parents a bit. I know Jake’s outgrown them in power, but ever since that happened, he’s barely interacted with them. It’d be a shame if he starts leaving behind characters that are no longer useful to him. What did they do during the Prima Event, given that they are beasts? What do they think of their daughter Sylphie that they sacrificed their time & System item for? Some slice-of-life chapters wouldn’t go unappreciated, either from the POV of Jake or Hawkie & Mystie. I know you’ll have to hop to a different plotline soon, but in between them, I think it would be loads of fun to slow down & explore the lore & world you’ve built! Edits: despite his fucked the middle had been -> despite how fucked the middle had been
Ty Cooper
So the Fallen King is soul bound to Jake storing records in his soul. Does anyone else feel Jake is going to absorb the records from the remnant left by the desolate child. Then patches the Fallen King back together reviving him a second time. Doing another impossible thing. Maybe even adding Desolation to the unique lifeforms skills, completing two impossible tasks at once.
Jeff McCulley
He’s about to give her a cucumber instead.
Jeff McCulley
Or getting FK back? There’s a reason Nevermore made sure he was topped up on Jake Juice. To be honest, I doubt he tries anything big before he can sit down with Villy.
Jeff McCulley
“sitting across an elf Jake” >across from. Otherwise, nice to see Miranda has a new boyfriend.
Josh Hietpas
And now we are in for the best chapters of the whole series: “jake just doing shit” chapters. I love periods like this because its how we get major story/character development like the sin curse weapon, or fighting a fricken cave mushroom
Patrick Kenney
TYFTC. 7th paragraph misspelled week as weak
Psyck0
JUSTICE FOR BANANA'S :TFTC
Borbino the great
I think that would be really nice especially since that whole faction I think is still trying to get into the good graces of the viper right?
Stuart Thwaites
Don't even joke about that! Can you actually imagine what it would be like without a healthy dose of Primal Hunter? We'd still have other series' ,like HWFWM, but I guaranteed that 9/10 of us would suffer severe withdrawals. Insomnia being one of the mild symptoms and worse cases being wracked with the shakes and frothing from the mouth... and other places.
Ray Light
Can they ever though? His records are party the size of the Malefic Viper himself due to the drop of blood😂
Ray Light
One of the few loose ends to wrap up? Or perhaps an inciting event for a small new arc where he returns to the Malefic School and shows his flame to that red dragon and him showing how to use it?
Allie Fischer
I wonder when Jake is going to remember the soul flame cradle.
Jack Liu
TFTC Banana thieves strike again lol!
Kyler
He’s the chosen of one yes but that doesn’t mean he can’t go there and be a visitor, I’m sure they’d love to have him as an ally
Lucy
Noo not the bananas! Also can’t wait for more Sylphie-Jake-Carmen time! Tyftc Zog :)
Jaroslav Zapadlo
what do you mean, next arc? I thought this is it. Good night!
brjenness
loser buys the beer
ABTelford
I enjoyed this chapter: a good wrap up of the story arc. And now onto the next!
Taylor
I'm still hoping for a war with valhal over the banana's
frankie doerr
So with Jake being so strong I can see a time skip where he gets suck into a space time portal so everyone can catch up to him and I wonder who the next big bad is going to be
Rob Lyon
I think he told her about the ambushed and helped her set up the trap but she didn't know that he was working with Jacob or that his God was allied with the Holy Church
Rob Lyon
I think we may get some small time skips But I think they'll be worked in to like a montage. He'll get some family time do some hunting do some alchemy maybe once the multiverse is opened up a little bit more Go visit some pantheons. I honestly hope we get a little bit of a break until he hits B grade. I have a feeling in B grade that will be another event dealing with the seat of the exalted prima. So till then it would be good to see some ketchup chapters with him and even chapters from other people especially those from the order so we can get some updates on what they've been doing while everything's been going on.
Tilen Praprotnik
Thanks for the chapter
Rob Lyon
She would care same as most of the order would care because he basically out of himself as a heretic to the multiverse. I mean they could sweep it all under the rug by him and the Viper coming out and saying yes he's a heretic but he's still my chosen fuck off. But it's still going to have some ripples
Rob Lyon
I don't think he'll be a villain I'm thinking more along the lines of Batman He was making a contingency in case Jake goes rouge
Rob Lyon
And Miranda wasn't nearly this strong in the treasure hunt
Rob Lyon
She knew he was a double agent and set up the ambush as a trap but she did not know he was working with Jacob or how close his God and the Holy church are
Rob Lyon
Not hes not The three administrators from the Milky Way for Jake EH and the desolate child. With those two completely dead Jake should be the only administrator candidate left in the Milky Way
dash w
But he already works one of the most powerful void gods
dash w
Besides if the holy church is retreating Jacob will probably have to give up his spot from that Galaxy
dash w
Thanks for the chappy
MrEarthCreeper
"despite his fucked the middle had been." his -> how
Roguewave1737
Banana musa evolution quest clearly. Can't let such an important character fall behind in the power creep.
Profile Name
Nevermore already said he reminds her of them but better at adaptability and ”multiplying” (arnolds drones)
Max
The Cube only Works for Low Cgrades. I dont think Arnold or anyone in the Galaxy could make a Cube for people with stats like Carmen, the swordsaint or Jake.
Jordan Rogers
Correct I forgot about the end of that chapter
MrCynical
Nah. Arnold is too practical to make an enemy of Jake. When he met with EH there was the brief POV segment for him where he literally dismissed the idea of joining EH against Jake because he was confident he could survive EH as an enemy and equally confident he would not survive making Jake an enemy. Plus he benefits from being at least neutrally aligned with Jake and the two are too different to really have any points of contention.
Brian Schutt
Miranda killed him already I thought.
MrCynical
Iludar is already dead. He was almost certainly killed in the lagoon summoned by Miranda. The only reason Eron survived is because no one is sure how to kill him yet.
Jasu
ree ree. ree.
Jordan Rogers
Interested to find out if the system back fills the list of 5 with the next highest, or if the administrators select the replacements
Jordan Rogers
Question is if that priest or Jacob is the servant? With Ildar and the servant, and kindroth and Jake it’s a tie for a vote.
Nate
Yeah, I noticed that too... also its poor grammar to start a sentence with a conjunction unless it is "quotes".
Xander
hes already dead. Miranda killed him at the end of the chapter.
Jordan Rogers
Ok as Iludar is one of the administrators, Jake really needs to get that dude executed before the end of the event. Edit:Iludar is dead, El Cheeto is dead, just leave Jake and Kindroth, with potentially the servant still alive, any chance that was the priest who tried to kill Jake?
Danny
Oh nice my day tomorrow is alredy made Sylphie for Präsident!
Mitchell Calhoun
Hoping some dude rolls in thinking he’s a big shot and gets absolutely humbled by Jake.
DT
Also he doesn't have a reason too he didn't go with ell Hakan when he asked and he had the backing of the church
DT
I don't think so Ora's his god told him not to make the chosen of the viper his enemy a while back
Kyler
I think Arnold should go to the automata seems like it’d be interesting
Xander
Im even more confused now. Before the ambush I thought Kindroth being a triple agent or whatever was well known to Miranda, then shes giving him epic side eye and her PoV after the ambush says she didnt know, now she says to jake she did know and it was all a setup. Somethings a little screwy here.
Rewdan
A great chapter, thanks Zogarth
Michiel Deruytter
Pretty sure I would end up beating a few people to death within a weak=> week
Xander
I doubt a time skip between now and B grade evolution. Too much stuff that people have been wanting to see. Legacy and other Skill upgrades, the results of FS assistance, the contents of the FS book, jake fixing his stomach damage, the death or reclaimation of the moon zombies, how Meira, Scarlet, Reika, and a host of others are getting on etc. I figure Jake will get B grade do a bit of fighting and then we get a time skip before he visits Nevermore or the Minagalopolis opens up in a century.
Ira White
Oh I can't wait for Jake to go back to the order. I'd love to see Jake and Villy walk around the order drinking and having a great laugh as everyone else look confused. The girls will be fine with it. Meira is going to have the most time skip character growth I think. I hope she's more confident going forward.
A Flashy BR
Tyftc SYLPHIE
Arieh Sochaczevski
About what? The fight with the HC? Why would she care, so long as it’s over?
Arieh Sochaczevski
Thanks for the chapter!
Canis
Now what possible cliffhanger will we have Friday. Maybe some bomb drop on the system event?
Jordan Rogers
One can hope, I personally don’t want the series to ever rush into an ending. I’m only in my 30’s so if zogarth wraps it up in about 40 years that’ll be good for me. So another 10,000 or so chapters to reach system slayer status sounds good
mrthorwahl
Tsk tsk Carmen corrupting the youth...
Kt-x
Thanks for the chapter! 😁
Fyrtue
The bestest bird has finally returned.
Xander
TFTC :) Looking forward to seeing where we go from here. Just to check, if miranda knew all along that Kindroth was a triple or however many agent, which seemed to be set up in previous chapters, and knew about the ambush, why was she giving him epic side eye and saying in her own PoV that she didnt during that chapter? Her knowing makes her having an army in her sleeve perfectly reasonable and the chat before about the dungeon could be a ruse to throw off the last of the agents in her own party, but the PoV stuff doesnt make sense if she really did know. Is she lying to Jake about knowing to protect kindroth from any fall out? Suggested Edits: "acceptable despite *his* fucked the middle had been." should be how "all their elites were slain*, and Jake even came out of it looking merciful and reasonable after* having not gone all out after finding himself ambushed" full stop instead of a comma, ditch the "and" and also the first "after" adding a comma instead. Makes the sentence flow more smoothly and avoids repetition. "God, and despite how" comma should be after the and "few people to death within a *weak*,” " wrong week "just really powerful, and when shit *really* goes down," repeated really either ditch or try truly for one of them "he found her sitting across ** an elf Jake" missing word "from". Though Miranda is becoming Maleficent so maybe she really was sitting across an elf.
wyattmon
Thanks for the chapter!
Jordan Rogers
After this and they recruit all the ambushers and execute Ildar, Jake is gonna have to borrow Arnold’s prison to protect his bananas
Beemoss
Tftc
Eric Haase
Can‘t wait for the next arc. TFTC
Loststar7
Thank you for the chapter.
Willson Buchanan
The real injustice of all of this is how bananas keep getting stolen
Matthew Paulin
Arnold is going to end up a villain, isn't he. He made that cube for Jake. I really liked him, too.
Little Silly
Last line second paragraph, “despite his fucked” -> “despite how fucked”.
Cory Sauls
Damn banana thieves.
JJB4345_80_815
Yes, thank you for the chappy Zogarth!
Apollo Greed
TFTC! I am concerned how his Order friends will take all of this now. Like what is Meira thinking in all this?
Matthias
tftc
Darshar Griffonmane
Man so excited for what's coming, whatever it may be. I imagine a time skip might happen too. I really want to see/hear the results of the future spar tween the viper and valdemar. And we know some faction or individual is gonna roll into the galaxy determine to challenge the new status quo. tyftc!
C0bra$
Thank u for the story
joel southard
Nice thank you for the chapter
eatingpitza314
now only like 500 more chapters till b-grade
Clint
Tftc. Glad to read that Kindroth did tell Miranda. I was confused about that at the end of the ambush.
BlackRazaras
Thanks for the chapter
Preston bodenheimer
And Jake had to give Jacob at least some credit for the ending turning out acceptable despite his fucked the middle had been. His—how
Connor
Thanks for the chapter
BumAssBumAss
Thanks for the chapter
Shai182
TFTC!
Preston bodenheimer
Yeah buddy
Lawrence
Hahah first. Tyfc
