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Dave

Tftc

Greg Alverson

I am curious how Miranda will handle the surrender. She is a lot more ruthless then when she started and the True Royal we all know would kill them or worse. The order would probably normally enslave them, but jake likely wouldnt allow that. I cant see them letting them go not when they attacked earth instead of just fighting for their own planet.

Trumangolorian

Who would have thought the augur is behind the desolate child? Tyftc.

Xien

There was a hint at the end of the chapter in which the FK self sacrificed to imply some part of him still existed

Greedsmith

Jake vs Desolate Child of Loss round 2!

Phil Ritter

Why does everyone think DC and FK even fused there is no reason to suspect that and I don’t think Jacob knows their connection otherwise he’d knew how majorly he fucks his own faction with this or maybe that’s the plan

Chloe

Tyftc

Crjourdan

I was correct. It came back with the fallen king fragment.

Roy

Kindroth is smart enough to know Miranda wants to root out the dregs of EH's army and how to make it happen. Her being prepared is a given as a witch, Kindroth understanding that fact setup this triple cross without needing to communicate much if at all with Miranda on the topic. Ty4c Zogarth!

Kyler

Called that shit

Xien

Soooo was I right or was I right? 🤣

Blaq Jesus

Yeah his choices seem conflicting. Maybe he only wants to play the "good leader," Now that he has ran out of options. This is his best bet. Don't respect King Iludar, there is nothing to respect about him.

Blaq Jesus

Quotes like that lead me to believe that Jake is essentially a self insert for Zog lol. Copy pasted personality. Respect.

Blaq Jesus

It makes the story unique at the very least I guess.

Blaq Jesus

Yes and no, but i don't think he has much of a backlog if any and has simply been writing on the fly. But, that being said, he has stated repeatedly that "there is no set schedule."

Blaq Jesus

It wouldn't be the first time Jake deviated from his own thoughts. I do agree with you, however, let's just wait and see.

Blaq Jesus

I don't see why you didn't tbh, but I can't wait to see the clash.

Martino Zanchi

You are wrong on this one. It was stated that the mask has lost its connection to the FK as the lines in the description talking about his soul resting inside disappered after his death. Also it would be pretty stupid if the mask lost its effect if the FK died.

Martino Zanchi

My man I believe that if you think about just a bit more you can understand that Kindroth was in on this with Miranda. Do you think Miranda goes around with an army in her pocket every day?

Asher Mack

Who reckons they’ll kill off iludar but either just exile or apprehended the soldiers?

James Evans

There are a couple things here. The DC killed FK in jake’s mind from the other chapters and at the same time jacob said it would only get bad if someone jake knew died? or something like that. So did jacob only get the DC after that battle or before. If after who was controlling it before? Next kindroth should be in trouble since he led everyone there to be ambushed and only attacked llundar after they started to lose.

Swan

Personally I remember a few chapters after the FKs noble sacrifice, it was alluded to that he may have merged or taken over the desolate child’s true soul. Just my opinion

Xien

👀 who is this? Where’s the real iludar? Further is Jacob trying to hook Jake up with a new bestie? Could it be whatever amalgamation of the fallen king and the plague thingy? Jacob is dismantling the holy church? What gives dammit! 😂

KollegvomMirgan

I actually like Iludar

Luke Scheffe

Jacob’s personal safety isn’t the issue with the desolate child. He feels confident that within a few months, he can get it to find a productive path. That means that he believes it can be turned away from trying to destroy worlds. Thus, since it can be subdued and helped in such a short time, it is not an unnecessary danger.

Luke Scheffe

When the desolate child was retrieved, it was just an aura clinging to a shard of the fallen king’s finger.

Jose Reyna

TFTC!!!!

brjenness

Yes Jake sealed it within scales in his soulspace after upgrading scales.

Lynderyn

I believe Jacob follows the Primordial but not her church. I bet if Villy killed the Loadstone Matron for this, there would be either crickets or a “LM effed around and found out, we were unaware until it was too late and matters have now been settled” statement.

Lynderyn

IIRC: the next scheduled post is always when Zog feels like posting. There was a nice long author’s note whose TLDR boiled down to if you want to complain, I don’t need your money, here’s the door, and don’t let it hit you on the way out

Lynderyn

DC is a false god, and people like Carmen hard counter false gods. I doubt a false god would go after an Augar of Hope, which is why Jacob was not worried.

Andrew P

I really hope that the Desolate King rises and targets the Church

Lynderyn

I thought the gains from the core of desolation were sealed in the stomach realm due to Jake Juice empowering Villy’s records.

Lynderyn

I believe the defeated and probably not entirely dead has people assuming they will be tied together.

Lynderyn

The only things I remember about the desolate child are it was defeated but not killed and it is a false god. FK may or may not be dead as he was defeated again, but I believe FK’s true soul is contained by Jake’s mask, hence it showing when FK has/had soul damage. FK was defeated but Jake has not complained about the mask sucking so I believe FK as we know it is just a clone/avatar that may or may not be returning.

Drew G

Im forgetting—Where did we learn that the Desolate Child and the FK are related?

Comeback Kid

That was mostly guaranteed after EllHaken was killed.

Zogarth

Fixed some stuff.

PrimalFan

So that’s why Carmen is needed. The Desolate FK will be handled be her as Jake takes out the rest of the branch of the church to purge the wicked. Kudos! Did not see that coming!

brjenness

or maybe the first sage is and has always been an almamation of all records.. a library if you will

brjenness

rem...Jake's scales are made of desolation and absorb desolation and convert it to mana.

derrin davis davis

That is actually a really good idea with the falling king being a master in soul magic his ability to manipulate the soul of the desolate child to actually take over his body which would ultimately separate him from jake like he wanted

Luke Scheffe

Or the one who hard counters the desolate child and thus subdue it easily.

meh

I think we get the latest in his stock, so if he can't write that day, there's nothing to publish. Peeps on royalroad don't get a chapter either and they are way behind us.

Josh

And yet Jacob told Jake to make sure and bring Carmen, the one hard counter to the desolate child and the one who could easily kill it permanently. Clearly he doesn’t share your confidence.

TyranT-Rex

I can see that Steven. We'll see how it plays out tomorrow.

Arieh Sochaczevski

He only took positive steps for them after he lost his personal escape route. As a leader, having that at all makes him a total piece of crap. Doing something halfway decent after having his selfish options taken away is not a very significant credential. He’s better than the turd you accidentally trod on, but he’s not much better than the mat you wipe it off on.

Arieh Sochaczevski

Broken, and slowed, but not stopped. It’s been quite a while now, and this is one of those diminishing returns situations. He gets the most right up front, and more details and nuance slowly after that. He should have a solid - if basic- understanding of desolation that he didn’t have before. As for Carmen, she’s a counter to false gods, but I’d what’s left of the Desolate Child still a false god? Even if so, I think the interaction between her and Jake after he handles it without her will be hilarious.

John Durrett

I wish these gods had the balls to clean their own houses instead of manipulating others to do their dirty work

Luke Scheffe

Jacob’s opinion isn’t what’s relevant here. Jake’s is. You argue that it’s a danger. Jacob doesn’t believe it is. As such, I can say with confidence that Jake doesn’t either because he’s just as knowledgeable. Past actions clearly do not weigh into Jake’s opinions, and the fallen king isn’t resurrected no more dead than the desolate child. Both had all but their true souls destroyed, so they are already even.

Josh

Jacob’s opinion is irrelevant. That thing ate more than a dozen planets and killed the Fallen King. It would be a massive deviation in character for Jake to leave it alive.

Dim

Wait, if the Desolate Child is killed, doesn't that guarantee Jake becomes the administrator for the Throne of the Exalted Prima?

Gingerlochs

Which now has me thinking... Desolation of the Soul.... Good Lord.... If that little piece of the Fallen King absorbed those records and is incorporated into the FK's revival....

Gingerlochs

Man... When the Augur tells you: you done fucked up .. The audacity of that priest - pulling rank to make Jacob obey.... If any part of the Fallen King is in that bebeh, that priest is gonna find his soul fried xD

Okra Died

It was pretty clearly stated there's a massive internal divide within the Holy Church pantheon, largely because the Holy Mother became a bit more hands off, leading to other higher ups like the Lodestar pushing their own agenda. It's been hinted that Jacob is supposed to the start of her attempt to right the ship from the bottom up and clean up the church to a certain extent. And every God wants an augur. When Jacob got the class originally he was FLOODED with offers, he could go anywhere, but he believes the faction with the most people is where he's needed most

Michael Ferguson

Sweet!

Ray Light

It wasn't an attempt at flaming or w/e. Thought Zogarth might not be aware. That was all.

Mohammed Sheekh

Meh, it's just a day, not a month so just relax lol

Booz Dowg

Hoping his desolation resistance is high enough to withstand the child and when he recognizes it's the fallen kings soul he can absorb or store it back in the mask some how

Lizy Flore

Basically I’m taking your idea that his bloodline can read records, then expanding it further. His bloodline isn’t only reading records, but remembering them eternally as well - thus this idea of storage. Then the beginning of the mini FS arc came to mind, with those questions of forgotten records. Then I remembered the FS is dead but still live on through his skills and his records. And it’s the system that’s managing skills and records. So why not keep track of all records through the eternal mind. That would explain some hows on whys being asked during FS’s and Jake’s meeting. Maybe it’s clearer put that way. Tbh it’s quite late where i am and I have had a long day, plus my idea isn’t quite fully formed even in my head.

Fyre

I also got the impression villy was referring more to the false deity thing when he said runemaidens were a hard counter. But it wouldn't surprise me if she hard counters the desolation too in this particular instance. Carmen's body is imbued with the blood of Valdemar. I don't think that's something a C-grade concept of desolation can effectively combat. It's one thing to damage her physically, but trying to attack her existence on a conceptual level like desolation does is like bypassing Carmen to square up with Valdemar instead.

Grond (James)

I don't fully understand your idea, but from what I am picking up it's really interesting.

brjenness

yeah. but he also told them to escape.

Lizy Flore

It makes me think of something… at the beginning of this mini arc, those questions « what really were records » and « what happened to records that were forgotten » were brought up. Your theory is giving me this crazy theory. There are been a lot of thought on what « eternal mind » really means as a bloodline. It had been theorised that the eternal mind allows his mind to remain eternal, even after his death, and that would explain the fact that he knows things he shouldn’t. But then you have Villy who sees him as a system humanoid. What if… and I’m gonna do a mix of your theory and what I said above… what if the system is using his « eternal mind » to store records ? If his mind is eternal then no matter what happens to it, it will remain. And bloodline are known to be recycled by the system, which means it had had an access to it at some point, which would explain the very different bloodline Villy got that what the fandom had deduced. And we know he absolutely transcended the concept of transcendence skills, and after him transcendences were heavily limited. And, also, the system made his skills (meditate and identify) into system-granted skills, which means it already integrated some of his… stuff. Why not his bloodline too ? That would explain why the memory lane was a place created by Jake and allowed by the system, and not something the FS did. If his « eternal mind » is used by the system to store records, then « he » can not really control it, only witnessed the records stored. And if "he" is part of those records, then it creates something that shouldn’t be possible… a meeting between someone dead that cannot forget and someone who -somehow- reached out to that person. If that’s true, then it makes that meeting really sad, cause the system really « re-created » him just for Jake at a specific level that will allow them to meet. It also means that the birth place of the FS are not stored in his mind… so the « first sage »’s eternal mind that is used by the system no longer remembers it. Idk if I explained that correctly but simply put, I think the system can be using his « eternal mind » or something similar or maybe a copy to store records. Which really makes him a Librarian of Records and/or some kind of system developers. Anyway, what a badass character.

Luke Scheffe

And Jacob specifically believes that the desolate child isn’t an existential threat, ergo it isn’t. So, again, why would it need to die?

Joshua Little

Thanks for the chapter.

Crjourdan

Didn’t it combine with a remnant of the fallen king?

brjenness

oh sure... be nice to the guy who purposely rewrites the story so that my predictions never come true making me look like a fool.

Alex

Yeah no. The Desolate Child is a living calamity; Jake can be pretty dense about what constitutes an existential threat to the galaxy and what doesn't, but he's not going to allow it to live. Also, it's been heavily implied that Carmen is a hard counter for desolation as a Runemaiden, and unless Jake straight-up ignored Jacob's advice (which again, Jake is dumb, but not THAT dumb) she's on standby and will get called in when the Desolate Child shows up.

Jake Johnson

Zog doesn't have a set schedule. He releases them when he can. Let the dude have a day off.

Xander

TFTC :) Sad I still didnt get to see Lillian fight but looking forward to the FDKoL v Jake rematch :) Suggested Edits: "he is not *someone* capable of merely apprehending someone" repeated someones perhaps "a being" instead? "Jacob looked at the man only for a single *more second* before sighing" should be "second more" "didn’t work *just* to keep the same fighters *constantly* going during big wars by just having them constantly topped up in resources by support classes." repeated justs and constantlys suggest removing the first of each. "and he could feel the energy move *smoother*" should be more smoothly

Ty Cooper

Lol or just have Umbra do it.

SunStar

If she wanted the Loadstar Matron gone, the Holy Mother wouldn't need help from Jake or Jacob unless she's too squeamish to be her own janitor with all that entails. It's her church and she's a primordial.

Ty Cooper

I think the only reason Jacob can even stand in opposition is because of the influence of Jake and being in his proximity. That is the only reason he can look at what the gods are doing judgingly.

Ty Cooper

Hey I am just happy he is one of the only authors I follow that still tries to post five a week. If he misses some here and there it's ok. I still on average get two more chapters a week more than the others.

Luke Scheffe

I’m predicting that the Desolate Child is defeated, but not killed, and the, as part of the agreement between the order and the holy church, Jake and Jacob have joint custody of it, making it Jake’s second adopted child. The fallen king isn’t resurrected just yet, but this eventually leads to it somehow.

Ty Cooper

I kinda think the Holy Mother backs Jacob's thinking. Do notice how the head priest pulled out a token that made his orders be followed or you were going against the church. Kinda signify Jacob is in another camp but is trumped by a higher priest than himself. Jacob lost earth and is now a follower not a leader. I think they took that from him but he is still a guide and and respect him as a auger only. The high priest was even hating on Jacob for following his path but not happy he is being a guide to all and not just holy church members or prospective members.

Luke Scheffe

A day of travel also means a day without writing. No, he can’t post.

Tristan

Thanks for the Chapter enjoy your trip!

Tristan

Dude be nice to Zog he's allowed to not post and he was nice enough to give us a heads up

Vinstro

I dunno, he was planning to escape and leave his army to die as a "necessary sacrifice" up until Kindroth took the escape token from him.

zukerburg

I don't think it's desolation that she hard counters I am pretty sure it's false God's she hard counters witch is what the desolate child is

Phallusar

The Holy Church is broad enough to be divided against themselves. It is fundamentally his Path to guide them, even against their stated interests.

Ray Light

About the author note: Posts can be prepared and planned, similar to Instagram posts. So there is no reason not to post according to schedule?

Vega

Good theory, it aligns nicely

Vega

Jacob & Bertram clearly don’t condone how the Holy Mother does things, but can’t jump ship. It’s a shame that the Vilas couldn’t use an Augur in his faction, or can he? Augurs are said to be in demand by gods, but faith-based factions so far seem rare. No matter the fact that gods in general seem to be worshiped, few gods seem to utilise faith as a source of power. Are Augurs only in demand by factions empowered by faith? On another note, hoping Jake could turn the Child of Desolation into an ally. Frankly, my only regret about this chapter is that Jake will barely get any exp from this fun little massacre.

Alex Lane

What if it's the Fallen King fragment and Jake uses his understand of desolation from his Palette and the mask to make Desolation King.

Baged

I think I recall that the warriors from Valhalla, especially the Rune Maidens, are very good counters to desolation damage.

Steve

Thanks for the chap! Not sure what this means, thinking it's a typo: "he knew the juicy versions could have way more take part" Edit - the next sentence helped clear it up, meaning more people could take part... Makes sense now

Ty Cooper

Villy casually told him to just have the ruinmaiden fight it and it will be fine. I have a feeling villy has tried to destroy a ruinmaiden before and has a funny story about it. I have a feeling Carmen will get powered up by desolate child and go nuts.

LongMickeyRicky

True but i cant imagine hed take it well either way considering his record with dealing with things of that nature

Grond (James)

Precisely my thoughts

Bob of Doom

If his bloodline was to actually read records that would fit with all he's done and why his bloodline gave perfect memory

Phoenixdrop

You know I got to admit I didn’t really like Iludar before this but dame you have to respect him after something like that didn’t for a second try and save his own life just went straight for saving his people of course this could all be a plan to eventually incite a revolution or something so who knows

Rob Lyon

I don't think he's going to even fight the desolate child much That's why Bertram told him to have Carmen waiting is backup

Rob Lyon

This is why Bertram told him to have Carmen waiting in the remix she's a direct counter to the desolate child

Rob Lyon

Maybe or maybe the king is dead and just his true soul is within the mask and he gets resurrected later and if Jake can figure out how to resurrect something with the true soul then he can maybe resurrect The vipers family

Rob Lyon

Even if she loves the fighters live I think she'll kill the king because he was the ring leader and one who's started this entire idea

Rob Lyon

Decimal child is the entire reason of Bertram told Jake to have Carmen waiting as backup

Rob Lyon

No after the king died the mask updated a little bit and said that the true soul of the king lies with him so the true soul has not went back to the system yet but I don't think that's going to have anything to do with what's going on now releasing the desolate child is why Bertram told Jake to have Carmen waiting in the wings she's a direct counter to the desolate child. I think the king will get resurrected by jake later using his true soul. I also think that that will help The viper be able to resurrect his family once Jake works out The kinks

Rob Lyon

I think this is all a setup by the holy mother to clean house and get rid of a problematic faction

Rob Lyon

The desolate child coming back is why Bertram told Jake to have Carmen waiting in the wings she's a direct counter to it. I think this is all a plan at the holy mother's to clean house and take care of a problematic faction in her church

Grond (James)

I was thinking about the First Sage, and what makes him so different. What if he had a deep understanding and ability to manipulate Records? We have seen how people have blood lines able to manipulate almost everything unless so why not this? You did say his bloodline was slightly different than the one the Viper got. It would also explain how he had such in-depth understanding as to create both the Meditate and Identify skills. Edit: As someone pointed out below, if he could read records that he would have perfect memory because he would know his own records. He would understand how everything works, so he would also understand how to push the boundaries. Hence his perfect recall

Rob Lyon

I also think this is the holy mother's way of cleaning house and getting rid of a problematic faction

Rob Lyon

I think it more the lodestar matron then the whole church. I honestly think this is the holy mother's way of cleaning house and taking care of a problem faction she wants gone

Tim Campbell

I thought it was Kindroth that created the desolate child. Having it be Jacob was a surprise to me.

Rob Lyon

I honestly think that it's all according to the holy mother's plan I think she's cleaning house and getting rid of a faction of upstarts that could cause a problem for her and the church down the line

Tim Campbell

Good thought. No question that between him and Carmen he'll be fine, but it'll be intesting to see if he brings Carmen in on the fight.

Little Silly

Last we knew Jacob had only 1 revive left I thought?

Rob Lyon

I'm pretty sure this is all to the holy mother's plan as a way to clean out a upstart faction from her church

John Durrett

Yep

Rob Lyon

Yeah that's why Bertram told Jake to have Carmen waiting in the wings because she is basically a direct counter to the desolate child

Tony Breckenridge

wonder if he’s got s grasp on the concept yet.

Tony Breckenridge

Jake is still absorbing that desolation corrupted plantet core in palate?

Rob Lyon

That's why I Bertram told him to have Carmen ready she's basically a direct counter to the desolent child so they're going to do a ritual The child's going to pop up Jake's going to send Arnold a message Carmen's going to beam in and whoop its ass wow Jake takes care of the rest of the Holy church. I also think that Jake will have to kill Jacob and Bertram to sell the ruse to the lodestar matrons faction But that's fine because if I'm not mistaken Jacob still has two revivals in the bag and as long as Jacob's alive Bertram can revive. I'm pretty sure this entire thing is just the holy mother cleaning out a faction of upstarts in her church

John Durrett

Yes and no. Wtf does he even have the thing as a pet project???

Rob Lyon

Personally I think Jacob is working with orders from the holy mother to get rid of the loneStar matrians faction . And if the holy mother has Jake do the dirty work and clean house she doesn't have to get her hands dirty and can play it off as the lodestar matrons own fault

Rob Lyon

Honestly I think Jacob is working with orders from the holy Mother to clean up a fringe faction of the church. I think she wants the loadstar matron and all of her followers gone. They are close to breaking the bloodline accords. Plus I don't think the holy mother truly wants EH'S blood line in the church. Yes there are a group of religious fanatics but with that bloodline the lone Star matron could make a move against the higher ups in the church maybe even the holy mother.

John Durrett

Rings a lot of bells here on this earth. ;)

John Durrett

He created the desolate child

JJB4345_80_815

Yes, thank you for the chappy Zogarth!

Matt Spratte

Yay the desolate child will finally be put down for what he did to the fallen King

William WIlson

Desolate child not king the Fallen King is suffering major soul damage inside the mask.

William WIlson

No desolate child currently. Jake and villy may use the loot from him as materials to bring back the Fallen King.

William WIlson

No the true soul always resided in Jake's mask and can be felt it's just super weak. However I think the loot from the desolate child will be used in resurrecting the king

KenTX325

I think we will see the King again, with a new name. If he also has desolation powers that would be awesome. Jake will need strong forces to defend his territory when he is busy.

Ty Cooper

What!? Jacob is trying to save the desolate child? I don't know if he was the one to get it from the world after it killed the king but was given it, maybe. Or maybe it was Jacob's fault that it came about. Tried to cure the child of EH's influence, but in doing so messed the desolate child up well to becoming the desolate child. I believe Bert wanted Carmen to defeat it and Jacob is just acting it up so Carmen cleans up one mess while Jake cleans up the EH soul issue. Maybe this is Jacob's way of fixing all his problems/mistakes using Jake as a cleaning crew. The Holy Church is definitely getting kicked out of the milky way galaxy.

Palmer Evans

Jacob realizes this lol. His hands are tied by this Lodestar faction of the Holy Church.

Tirae

Don't forget palate is broken right now, so hes not receiving much info if any at all because of how slowed the pace is now

Boomer

Yea, yea for sure this time... *laughs in unique life form*

Sébastien Kingsbury

The holy church seems to have a lot of conflicting internal factions, and I think the issue is that Jacob isn't in the chain of command of the faction causing the problems. Hence sabotaging the church indirectly. We already know Carmen hard counters desolation kid, and Jacob straight up told him ahead of time to have her on standby.

Boomer

Brokenish it does what is does really slowly and on the one thing "forever" but I think Jake's sneaky snack will fix that right up when the event is over and villy can help him eat it.

Justus Saucedo

Yeah that's what I was thinking too

Allen Hartman

No I don’t think so.

Swaggernaut77

Don't let Carmen distract you from the fact that in 1998, The Undertaker threw Mankind off Hell in a Cell, and plummeted 16 ft through an announcer's table.

Josh

First the brainwashing bloodline and now the child of desolation that ate at least 12 planets…Jake needs to wipe out the Holy Church in the Milky Way completely. And Jacob needs to wake up and pull his head out of his ass. He’s not working for the good guys here.

Naotsugu97

Enjoy your trip!

Little Silly

…man, great chapter, if it wasn’t for the chance to remind us and Jake how Jake’s bloodline can take over emotionally due to instincts, I- wait…maybe my idea is still what will happen…extremely unlikely, but interesting. Jake and the Child will have big instinctual hate boners exacerbated by killing each other’s important friends. If SS was here I would expect him to point out where Ell’Hakan is to let the DC help Cheeto ‘ascend’ (aka become desolate = death). But hey, maybe Jake leaves fugue and tries trickery if he can calm down…and DC doesn’t copy the Fallen King’s form too much.

Shadowessence

Oooo, the church is gonna be in trouble, and the child is going ti be wasted, that was why they said Carmen, muahahah can't wait to see the head priest's reaction

Joseba LM

Perfect counter or only viable counter?

Ali Asgar Amin

Yep - Villy had mentioned that she hard counters him !!

D3monEmper0r

Can't really see that much trading happening with the church after Jake's done doing his thing...

Hussein Zenki

it’s the desolate child watch

Tom C

Daaaamn. Unexpected honourable surrender from King Iludar. Indentured servitude with a timer? Let him work for the betterment of Earth and to pay for his crimes? Or execute Also, when the text said the box was a curious monochrome - child of desolation. I’m sad because it’s a child, and now being forced into another conflict before it can grow. Before it could make rational decisions to potentially become its own person (and not be tied to the church). That head priest better get a double serving of death and dismemberment! What a c**t TFTC

Rewdan

thanks Zogarth.

Adurna

Yeah I really enjoyed Augur basically saying "Just don't complain later!"

Enzo Elacqua

I think they’re actually a pretty fantastic example of a multiversal faction. They have existed for such a long time that they have become a complete society filled with preconcocted beliefs that were all made to benefit those at the top. They established what is good or evil, with that determination purely depending on if it benefits them or not. It is such a simple but genius thing that honestly makes total sense, especially in light of what we’ve learnt recently on how easily inflicted people can be persuaded to act by charismatic leaders.

alejandro jimenez

I don’t think he is politically involved enough with what is going on in his faction to know.

Sarianne Roodenburg

Isn't palate still broken?

brjenness

saves them all leaving the king's fate up to Jake who let's him live

kinglemur

I imagine it’s more of a merging of the FK and Desolate child of loss making it into a new being entirely

alejandro jimenez

Is it? I thought the true sole was gone. (Or with the system now) I thought that the almost unkillable healer guy with the life sensing bloodline said that the fallen king died for sure this time.

brjenness

I'm of the opinion Jake already knows

ABTelford

Palate is broken af and it stated he’d only absorb a trickle so…no I don’t think Jake will do any better. And apparently Carmen is a perfect counter to Desolation or false gods so I’m looking forward to that.

doctordirt

Nah it might be more of an upgrade if Jake uses origin energy

ABTelford

Great chapter! Two great fights, and I can’t wait see what the desolate child of loss has become.

Daniel Brian

It's the Desolate god thing.

Drew

Really dislike the Holy Church. They seem determined to play with and perpetuate evil things, justifying it as "good" because it benefits them.

Borbino the great

You’re taking my birthday off! That’s pretty neat

Gareth Morgan

Holy Church: We can definitely be trusted to use the planetary brainwashing bloodline morally Also Holy Church: Lol he doesn't know I'm hiding a desolation natural calamity behind my back

Gareth Morgan

Turn them all into record snacks

Endern

I don't know if someone mentioned it yet, but these two events told together are mirrored to each other. We have Jake invading an enemy planet, openly confronting their leaders. While Iludar is trying to sneak in and setting up a trap to kill the leader. We have the inside man Kindroth "helping" the invaders who is loyal to the defenders, while Jakob is actually helping the invader. And when the result is known one side surrenders trying to save as many lives as possible, while the other triple downs having no regard to sacrifice evrything. That's why I think Iludar will actually survive this (he just wanted to have a future for his faction), while Jake kills the Holy Church people.

Crjourdan

I am hoping the fallen king is back in some form and chooses to side with Jake, and also upgrading his mask in the process! The holy church would not see that coming and it would be funny af

joe schmoe

*glass shatters, music starts to play*

Lynderyn

But the true soul of the fallen king is still on Jake’s face

Arieh Sochaczevski

I’m expecting Jake has learned a thing or two about desolation as a concept by now.

Arieh Sochaczevski

There are contracts that can be agreed to that are not slave contracts. If they’re system enforced they don’t need to demand permanent obedience at the pain of death. A temporary period of full servitude (forced labor or some such) as punishment followed by a permanent expulsion from the 93rd and agreement to take no action that will knowingly harm any of the factions involved.

Arieh Sochaczevski

Thanks for the chapter! If Jacob is bringing out the Desolate Child, I wonder if he’ll even need to call Carmen. He’s had that piece of a world core in Palate for quite a while. He should have learned quite a lot about desolation by now. I also wonder if this will turn out to be a step in resuming the King. I hope so.

Mike

It has been specifically mentioned that it is because she is a rune maiden. That she is one of the few people in their grade that can kill it for good. There is something special about their path for killing false gods.

Signspace

Just to remind Y'all, Carmen is waiting in the wings with a steel chair, specifically for this occurrence.

Ritsu

When the guy who's entire Path revolves around seeing the future tells you it's a bad idea, it's a REALLY bad idea.

Jo

DOOMFOOT MAKES HIS RETURN!!

Jo

Kinda cool that he surrendered rather than doing the boring “I will fight to the very end” stereotype. I am very interested in what happens next. Also imagine how pissed Jake is gonna be once he hears about the attack on his planet. Oooooo the next few chapters are gonna be juicy, my friend.

Mateo Lopez

I have a theory. The Desolate Child of Loss is now mixed with the Fallen King. So Something like the Fallen King of Desolation is all that’s left. Well when Jake eventually fights it. He manages to break through to the records that make it and stabilize its existence. As for what happens after that not sure I’ll make this edit to clarify some things. Thank you for reminding me that the FK soul is in fact still on Jake’s face. That is a true fact. But you also have to remember the FK is a unique life form. And his ability to have his soul on Jake’s face and have a body is well unique. What I’m getting at is that the Fk is dead he died fighting the DCL. But their records mingled and that has been nurtured for this new being. Will Jake’s soul mask do something to help this process. Who knows. Again this is just a theory

Karim Saadi

Jacob calling it a child points against that one. I also would hate for the FK to get a zombie comeback

Jo

Lmfao, My thoughts exactly.

Matthias

Tftc

Daniel is ŁØNE

I mean yeah but half of that creature was soul tied to Jake for a Long fucking time. So what says it doesn't keep all the power and feels the splintered remains of what was once a soul bond.

NovaZero

To feed the lagoon.

brjenness

how much is his position because of el's powers.

Sayjinlord

Time for Carmen to put the Desolate Child over her knee and give it a good spanking.

HardcoreLace756

Yeah I could totally see him being either traded back to the church, or be a military leader since I don't think haven actually has one yet.

brjenness

any possibility we are about to see the desolate king (formerly fallen king) and he senses his connection to jake?

Zogarth

Fix

brjenness

banishment?

mitchell kaiser

I don’t think it will, remember it had a visceral hatred for our MC? So I doubt it. It could destroy the planet though.

Sailesh Kumar Kumar

TFTC

AA

Yeah this will just give Jake more reason to point to regarding El....if they bring back one they can bring back another

David Sanders

Arthur, I think?

Xarow

As they don’t keep slaves will they all be executed? Surrender does not absolve what they have done.

Xarow

Or it just switches sides. That would slap the priest in the face.

Burkes

Menace to Society

RadiantSpren

Jacobs dad? I forget his name.

Steven Myer

Judging how the settlement started, they'll spare the followers. But the king has to die if they managed to kill anyone from haven if no one died, their is wiggleroom, Jake has given up revenge before for political gain if Miranda asks him too. But I feel this is Miranda's time to give the thumbs down, Ceaser style. 👎

Beemoss

Tftc

Karim Saadi

Uff, if they thought Jake was unreasonable before they gonna shit their pants now. Stop bringing back foes he already defeated!

Stuart Thwaites

No, it's The Desolate Child vs The Rune Maiden. I can't remember who said it (probably Villy) but they said Carmen would have handled the desolate child easily

Adam

Carmen's Runemaiden skills that give her the impervious skin is one of the only things at their level that is supposedly a counter to desolation magic. If you recall Jake's vision of Valdemar and the Viper fighting, and since the Viper was a desolation expert but Valdemar was still able to shrug it off. The idea here is that Carmen does the same.

Loststar7

TFTC. Nice to see Iludar has the ability to admit when he’s lost and face it.

Posiden 300

Well she is a witch so she could probably use them some how.

Justin Moen

Um I don’t like the implications of the Jacob having something relevant to the fallen kings aftermath with the desolate child… As Villy would, “What did they do now?”

LongMickeyRicky

That coupled maybe with jake being informed of the attack on earth should lead to a bloodline fueled rage

Rimantas Podlinevas

Here comes the desolate king of loss

Iza Wozniak

Great chapter - thnx Small typo: but that wasn’t to say he couldnøt eventually get tired out anyway.

Baged

Lawrence Dillon

Jake going up against desolation again? Feels like time for a break through

LongMickeyRicky

I hope we see a primal bloodline go absolutely berserk seeing the same creature that killed the king. Havent really seen Jake confronting someone who killed one of his friends since the tutorial and it was a fucking slaughter

Gwiddion

Desolate child Vs runemaiden (1)

BuckleYoPants

Is Jacob pulling out a child of loss?

mitchell kaiser

I Can’t wait for the Desolate creature to be punched to death 🤞

deus vault

man, you know, now that I think about it. the first sage kinda reminds me of trismugustus. considering the guy invented alchemy, was that intentional?

Mohammed Sheekh

I bet its the desolation child coming back for a round 2

Darshar Griffonmane

So Carmen will kill the desolate being, though I don't think it's been explained why she is a natural counter to it. I know it was mentioned a few times that she could counter that false god. I think Miranda will execute Illudar and forget to ever mention it to Jake unless he asks. Pretty sure Kindroth was her agent all along. So much fun in this chapter! tyftc

Burkes

Thats what i thought. Now that he surrendered, i’m sitting here like “well now you just made it weird, mate”

TyranT-Rex

Spares them all

Ali Asgar Amin

So now it’s going to be the “The Desolate child vs Primal Hunter (1)”

Kevin Watson

is that REAL fucking leadership in what is essentially a seasonal antagonist??

TyranT-Rex

Spares the followers

Burkes

Iludar doesn’t strike me as a bad person, just bad at gambling. I could see miranda giving a second chance to him, just like she gave one to that one fella i don’t remember the name of who tried to make a rebellion or something lol. Maybe he’ll make a good advisor or something, idk. Or maybe he fucking dies next chappy, all will be revealed.

TyranT-Rex

Kills them all

Cory Sauls

The desolate child is making a return. Round 2, FIGHT!!

TyranT-Rex

Alright let's take some guesses. Does Miranda spare him and his people? Just his people, or kill them all?

Staudi

Tyftc !

Kt-x

Thanks for the chapter

Frédéric Cantin

Tyftc

Unlisted Pokémon Hudson

Well at least he surrendered

Exaiter

that wasn’t to say he couldnøt eventually. Vi vill nåt, ænd kænn nått!

Jana

Self-deprecating Antagonists are such a pain in the behind because they only come out after they lost and it makes killing them feel wrong, although they almost always deserve it. I feel more like kicking Iludar in the nuts than killing him but killing him is definitely the smarter thing to do. Him and his goonies - fanatism like this doesn’t just evaporate - it festers.