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Chapter 1027 - Jake Thayne vs Ell'Hakan (4)
🕑 Added 2024-11-25 12:26:12 +0000 UTCJake had to react quickly to the attacks arriving both from above and right in front of him. Rather than try to retreat as Ell’Hakan would probably expect, Jake dove toward the trident that was stabbing for his chest, narrowly avoiding it while getting out of the way of the sunbeam.
This put him in an awkward position, allowing Ell’Hakan to unleash an inferno blast straight to his front, sending him tumbling back from the impact, his clothes now even more burnt than before. Right as he stabilized himself, the next attack arrived from the sun above as it unleashed yet another powerful beam Jake barely had time to react to while also dealing with the hyper-offensive Ell’Hakan, leaving him with yet more burns.
With the sun having reached its zenith, the momentum of battle had changed entirely, Jake now finding himself constantly on the defensive as he tried to slowly acclimate to the extreme heat while barely holding off Ell’Hakan’s constant assault. The fire spells that before were only a little dangerous had been empowered to new levels by the environment, and were quite frankly far more powerful than just casual spells had any right to be.
However, despite being on the back foot, Jake didn’t panic or even push himself further with his boosting skill quite yet. Sure, things were looking rough right now, but Jake was looking at the fight from a more long-term perspective and seeing the massive sun in the sky and the fact that Ell’Hakan created such a massive and powerful domain...
How long can he keep this up?
The energy consumption had to be utterly insane. Jake had talked to the Sword Saint and Dina quite a lot during their time in Nevermore, seeing as both of them used massive-scale skills at times, and they were always very vocal about the equally massive energy consumption of such skills. Not to mention the consumed mental energy from keeping something of such a large scale active.
All of this is to say that Ell’Hakan had to be draining his resources at an astonishing speed while keeping the domain active. Combined with all the other attacks he kept releasing... yeah, it was only a question of time before he wouldn’t be able to keep up this kind of momentum.
Jake had these thoughts while being hypervigilant if they were truly his own conclusions, but as the logic tracked without any obvious involvement of emotions, Jake chose to go with it. That’s why he was fine being so passive for now, as he felt confident that with every passing moment, Ell’Hakan was slowly burning himself dry like the sun above.
Ell’Hakan also acted as if Jake’s conclusion was correct as he upped the tempo even more. Jake dodged attack after attack without even daring to counter, his scales in a constant state of destruction and regeneration from the fiery assault. He tried to act as cold-headed as possible, but if he kept not attacking, he would-
No.
Annoying emotions kept creeping in from the obvious manipulation of his opponent, but Jake suppressed them to not get baited into doing something dumb. He also quickly began to suspect something else as he looked at the sun above and noticed something.
Despite the skill seemingly having reached its peak of power, the sun kept growing brighter and hotter. It wasn’t by a lot and incredibly subtle, but something was definitely happening, which was when Jake reached a quite obvious conclusion:
No day lasts forever.
At some point, the sun would have to set, and the skill come to an end. The skill relied on powerful concepts, concepts far too much for Ell’Hakan to properly control. Him trying to make the sun not act like the sun was like a water mage trying not to make things splashed with water get wet or a wind mage trying to make the wind sturdy and solid like a rock. It simply wasn’t in the realm of C-grades to oppose the natural law of affinities and concepts.
It was with this thought Jake kept engaging Ell’Hakan as Jake tried to keep his distance at all times, defending and dodging when neccecary. As the sun grew more and more intense, Ell’Hakan also kept growing in power, and Jake was forced to keep up with his own boosting skill as he’d long pushed it to a mid-point between the stable 30% and the extreme 60% boost. Arcane Supremacy had raised his resistance to the skill immensely, and by now, he could reach around a 50% boost before the demerits of the boosting skill began to really show themselves.
Minutes kept ticking by, Jake taking more and more damage as he couldn’t dodge everything, but he remained fine with the status quo. Ell’Hakan’s attacks turned more and more desperate, but Jake refused to take any baits and avoided inadvertently opening himself up to taking more damage than he needed to by going on the offensive. Why would he need to when time was on his side?
Why do something so dumb when things were going so well?
Going really well...
Too well.
Jake realized, and as he did, Ell’Hakan smiled as the sun above flashed for a moment, an utterly massive sunbeam descending toward Jake as Ell’Hakan unleashed over a hundred torrents of flames that pushed him back while scorching his scales and sending Jake flying toward the ground.
“What an odd conclusion you reached,” Ell’Hakan spoke, his voice infused with willpower as a giant magic circle appeared above him as he raised his trident. “Why would this scenario be advantageous to you? Did you believe I was naught but a waning candle?”
Quickly getting on his feet in the newly formed crater he’d been thrown into, Jake pulled out his bow as magic manifested all around him.
“The sun rises when the Celestial Child beckons it. Everyone knows that, so why believe something so natural would come at a cost?” Ell’Hakan grinned, a spiral of flames forming above him as nine spirals total slowly began to morph into the familiar forms reminiscent of hydra heads.
Jake prepared himself for the attack as he finally knew where he’d fucked up before, and he couldn’t help but kick himself despite the obvious emotional fuckery done by Ell’Hakan. When Ell’Hakan first used the skill, Jake had noticed an odd kind of energy, and once again, when he’d used the “high noon” part of the skill, this energy had returned.
Yet Jake had seemingly entirely forgotten about it until now, having dismissed it as just another aspect of Yip of Yore’s powers and not something he wanted to or had time to understand. He hadn’t been wrong about it being related to Yip of Yore, but he had entirely dismissed the kind of energy he’d felt... energy he now was certain what was as it permeated the entire domain.
Faith energy.
It was energy usually reserved for gods, but that didn’t mean others couldn’t use it or that it didn’t exist even where there was nobody around to control it. False Gods like the Desolate Child of Loss could be born from faith energy alone, and in many ways, the entire Path of Yip of Yore relied on a variant of faith energy, as he required people to believe in him and what he was capable of.
Jake knew Ell’Hakan truly wasn’t much different, except he used it a lot differently than Yip of Yore. He used the faith energy as fuel for his massive domain skill, relying on what he’d just said before: the belief in him as the Celestial Child from all the natives. They truthfully, genuinely believed he could do all this effortlessly, and through Yip of Yore’s Legacy, the faith energy born from that belief had been manifested into reality.
Needless to say, Jake’s initial assumption had been quite wrong as Jake was also taught the lesson that relying on logic to reach a conclusion didn’t mean that it was completely free of emotional manipulation. It was still entirely possible the data he’d used to reach that conclusion were biased from Ell’Hakan making him downplay certain things. He had fallen into Ell’Hakan’s trap hook, line, and sinker.
Yet, as Jake faced the nine descending hydra heads and the intensifying sun above, he remained relatively calm. While most of his conclusions had been wrong, no amount of emotional fuckery could change the fact that Ell’Hakan couldn’t defeat the laws of the universe when it came to concepts, and the sun would still set soon enough.
Having realized that dragging things out didn’t help Jake, he stopped holding anything back. Arcane Awakening fully activated as arcane energy exploded all around him, his body burning with power. To meet the rapidly descending hydras of sun flames, Jake sent out a barrage of arrows to meet them in mid-air.
This only stopped them briefly, but it was enough for Jake to unleash the second assault. Pride of the Malefic Viper activated as Jake’s own semi-domain skill covered the area around him, and as the heads of flames got closer, Jake raised a hand and spoke.
“Break.”
Clenching his fist, the five heads at the forefront all exploded as Jake crushed the magic keeping them together. With Pride active, Jake could also more easily control the mana in the area around him, allowing him to slightly push off the heat as he summoned a number of powerful barriers of arcane mana to meet the final four hydra heads descending on him.
A shockwave of flames erupted when the barriers and fire hydras met, sending even Ell’Hakan floating back slightly as he prepared to send another attack down. Yet right as he lifted his trident to unleash a scorching beam, an arrow flew out of the blazing inferno below, striking him in the shoulder and sending him flying back as blood sprayed into the air.
Ell’Hakan quickly stabilized right as a second Arcane Powershot flew out of the flames. He barely blocked this one as it still sent him reeling back from the impact, and he didn’t hesitate to retreat as Jake slowly floated up from within the inferno.
Multiple layers of arcane barriers covered him, with several breaking every second, but Jake resummoned them again and again as he kept the flames at bay using Pride. He infused the skill with more mana than ever before to impose his will upon the world and from having done so, not a single lick of flames had touched him.
While it was true that Ell’Hakan was making use of the fanatical populace of the planet to keep the domain active, Jake wasn’t afraid of losing out in the slightest when it came to longevity. He had an utterly massive mana pool, rivaling even genius peak C-grade mages due to his Anomalous Soul and Mask of the Fallen King both giving him 25% extra to his total mana pool, not to mention the mask increasing his mana regeneration substantially.
Nocking yet another arrow, Jake kept shooting toward Ell’Hakan, who was ready to deflect every one of them as he closed in again, his entire body ablaze. The heat from his body alone was pressuring Jake as he broke through the barriers swiftly, but with Pride active and liberal use of mana, Jake didn’t lose out as he and the nahoom clashed a few dozen times as they flew around the sky.
Jake eventually got a good opening as he straight-up smacked Ell’Hakan in the face with his bow using one hand as he stabbed Ell’Hakan in the stomach with the other using Piercing Fang, penetrating to the handle with his Void Katar. The Usurper quickly attacked to get Jake away, but not before a pulse of arcane energy was released, sending a shockwave of pure destruction through the nahoom’s internals and making him stumble back as he spat up blood.
Despite Ell’Hakan continuously growing in power, Jake still had the stat advantage. Pushing forward, he landed several more blows on his opponent, soon enough getting another major chance. With one hand, he caught the handle of the trident and once more stabbed Ell’hakan through the chest with his katar, this time penetrating even deeper as-
Jake’s danger sense instantly exploded as Ell’Hakan smirked despite having Jake’s hand halfway buried in his chest. Chains of flames erupted from thin air all around them as these chains wrapped around Ell’Hakan and Jake, effectively tying them together. The nahoom used both his hands to hold onto Jake, even letting go of his weapon as it disappeared.
The chains burned into Jake’s back as Ell’Hakan burned his front, the hunter quickly responding to the massive switch-up of an attack. Letting go of his katar, Jake gritted his teeth and placed a hand directly on Ell’Hakan’s face as he used the hand inside Ell’Hakan to do even more damage. Both of them began to glow a dark green from Touch of the Malefic Viper, but Ell’Hakan still grinned as his eyes glowed golden, and his gaze met Jake’s.
“The harshness of the sun knows no mercy.”
Jake’s danger sense went even more wild as the sun’s glow intensified at an extreme pace and he knew something big was coming. He quickly switched the hand inside Ell’Hakan to hold one of the chains as he began to break it down and get loose, never once breaking eye contact with Ell’Hakan.
To buy a bit more time, Jake even used Primal Gaze, but all it did was buy Jake a fraction of a second... but it didn’t look like it would be enough.
The sun’s rays burned the world all around them, and Ell’Hakan didn’t let his eyes leave Jake for even a moment as he spoke a single more word.
“Sundown.”
Jake broke the chain and kicked his body off Ell’hakan’s right as the sun above exploded into a singular pillar of pure sunlight more than a kilometer in radius that descended upon the planet with enough power to genuinely threaten Jake’s life.
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Ell’Hakan felt the beam of the sun strike him as he saw the hunter also get hit. The pure light consumed the Chosen of the Malefic Viper’s form entirely as he disappeared from sight, the last thing Ell’Hakan saw being the human’s scales explode and the skin below vaporize from the Sundown.
Contrarily, Ell’Hakan felt the intense sunlight enter his body as his wounds rapidly healed. Nearly all of the damage he’d taken in the fight so far was restored, and even if doing so had consumed a lot of his vital energy, the sunlight was powerful enough to replenish his pools a little.
The beam of sunlight continued for several seconds more before slowly fading away, yet the world remained bright as if a second sun had been born. Below him, the pillar had burned a hole into the ground several hundred kilometers deep, and from within it, the light kept shining as the walls of stone and soil had been turned into white-hot lava, and at the very bottom, all the remnant energy had gathered.
Ell’Hakan looked down into this hole as he felt the aura of the Chosen of the Malefic Viper remained all the way toward the bottom, having survived the attack. Not entirely unsuspected, but Ell’Hakan felt confident he wouldn’t be in a very good state.
Not that he himself was in peak condition. Yes, the sunlight had healed him, but his face still had a visible handprint that radiated poison, and what he’d been inflicted with throughout the fight also still remained.
To fight off this poison, Ell’Hakan consumed a potion he had pre-prepared for this fight, functioning both as a general anti-toxin and a healing potion at the same time. The vital energy washed through his body, and battled the poison as it also rejuvenated his body and got him back in a more than acceptable condition. Certainly a better one than the hunter.
He kept feeling for what his opponent was doing down in the hole and even retreated away to not be directly above it lest he’d start shooting arrows from below. Yet as over a minute passed, there was no movement, and Ell’Hakan even felt the aura weaken over time, making him frown.
Yes, Sundown had been far more powerful than expected after upgrading to mythical rarity, but it still shouldn’t have been enough. No, it was far more probable the Chosen was simply hiding his own presence to-
Ell’Hakan’s eyes flashed open as he felt it. An overwhelming emotion flooded his mind, not from below but above. It was unnatural, simplistic, raw... primal. He felt extremely malnourished as if he hadn’t eaten for a century, as a pang of pure hunger dominated every corner of his being.
Despite everything, the shock from the emotion didn’t stun Ell’Hakan entirely as he barely managed to lean his head to the side and try to dodge as something struck him from above, yet even as the pain and panic would normally set in, all he could feel was an intense, seemingly eternal hunger.
Comments
Anamolii
This was a really good parallel with The Viper
Trumangolorian
Tyftc
Joshua Little
Thanks for the chapter.
Chloe
Got em. Get em again Jake. Tyftc
JJB4345_80_815
Yes, thank you for the chappy Zogarth!
Kt-x
Thanks for the chapter
Jacob Feliciano
Ell'hakan: I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. Jake: horse sized arrow take it or leave it
Sargon Yami
Given that jakes bloodline is immune i think the system is save
Asher Mack
Maybe he’ll manipulate the emotions of the system and make it give him god powers
Bobmarley Bob
Hangry Ell’Hakan?
Tony Breckenridge
is he going to unleash it on the entire planet causing all the people to replace their faith in EH with hunger?
alejandro jimenez
Hell of a hanger I’m glad the next chapter is only in a few hours. I’ll awake and boom it will be there.
SqrlyGrly
Great chapter as always. Caught this on a reread though: "Ell’Hakan didn’t let his eyes leave Jake for even a moment as he spoke a single more word." Might need to rework the end of that sentence.
Klown Keidra
You know, I was thinking about the interaction with Minaga ages ago. The Bloodline is a two way street. I wonder if Jake was able to send The Eternal Hunter through that, and basically curse his very bloodline with Hunger.
Hunter
He can definetly expel the eternal hunger curse if he had the time. But if that strike from above at the end of the chapter was Jake then he obviously is going to be pummeling EH soon.
Michael Ferguson
Now that is a cliff hanger. I'm so glad this isn't Friday. Thanks for chapter.
Unlisted Pokémon Hudson
Eternal Hunger for the win! Next chapter Orange Fuck dies.
Micah Molina
Multiple times Jake said the feeling of hunger overtakes him but he didn't lose control. I don't think EH can influence it. The Sin Curse doesn't have an ego. The only thing it can be is hunger or satiated. But i don't think even someone like EH could affect it. Even if he can affect Gods to a small extent, it's also said even Gods tend not to mess with Sin Curses. Eternal Hunger implies that is all it will ever be.
Blackbriar
It's getting good! Glad to see you dragging out a bit. A matchup like this can't be over too quickly, not between two epic foes. Nice work!
shawn B
argh, hopefully only one or two more chapters before Cheeto is finally done for
Shaibene
So El Hakan is getting his soul eaten from the inside out by Eternal hunger, nasty
Exaiter
Fuuuuuck lets gooooooooo
Despair
i agree with alex, i think its too much detail even for this genre.
LongMickeyRicky
Probably but its more fun to imagine semi plausible theories that most likely wont happen
King Nereus
It won’t play well in audiobook form either.
King Nereus
What’s he going to do, make it feel like it isn’t really that hungry after all? I agree the fight probably isn’t over yet, but that seems over powered even for EH.
Liliumsaccatum97
Good thing it's Monday.... Four chapters to go in this week
Sargon Yami
Well he clearly feels it and there is no reason he should not be able to influence it after all he can manipulate gods with it and compared to that what is a mythic c-grade sin weapon.
King Nereus
@Gwiddion The most valuable aspects of the shadow is that the enemy can’t tell which is which, both Jake and the shadow can do damage at the same time until the skill ends, and Jake can swap instantaneously with a thought. @All If the shadow was consumed by the light beam then it isn’t active anymore and any not yet landed attack from it has ended. I’m inclined to believe Jake shot the arrow either before he came out of the fire to melee with EH, or as you said he may have stealthed while he was out of sight and then fired his arrow before heading down into the hole, leaving his shadow to distract EH. If EH can still detect Jake while stealthed I guess he won’t be getting that bonus damage,
Quintuscus
The hunger is a SIN weapon, not an EMOTION weapon. It’s a cursed emotion, and we haven’t seen El’Hakkan’s interaction with those yet..
Micah Molina
There are 3 likely scenarios. 1. Jake took the hit, sent his Shadow down and went Unseen and headed up. What EH felt was the Shadow holding out long as possible before dissipating. 2. He took the hit but went Unseen down inside the hole. 3. Or he sent the Shadow up while he went down, charged the shot and then swapped.
Deborah martins
We have a myth weapon with personality hitting a EH who works with fiction. Do you think sim Jake can take over his so and be separated?
Sargon Yami
No what i mean is that eternal hunger is guided by an emotion therefor el should be able to stop or controll it. But it also contains parts od jakes bloodline with the clone/copy it absorbed and that could mean that it is immune or at least cant be used against jake
Micah Molina
Technically speaking, Jake could of gone into stealth the moment the light blinded EH. His stealth doesn't negate damage nor does it say damage breaks the stealth. It's only requirement is to be out of sight and unnoticed.
Beemoss
Tftc
Micah Molina
It was a nice plot twist, EH outliving Yip that is. 50+ chapters ago I doubt anyone had that on their bingo cards.
Riley, Glutton of All the Foods
I think he's just going to die.
Grant Anderson
Z, you are such a tease 😉
Davey876
Or dig into it with such scrutiny it would contradict things stated throughout the series and cause a bunch of BS drama for no gain
Micah Molina
My personal guess is, Jake took the hit and got hurt. But the moment the light forced EH to lose Jake's position, Jake was able to use his stealth. As it's only requirement is to be out of sight while being unnoticed, launched his Shadow toward the crater while flying up. Actually, it probably makes more sense if the real him fell while the Shadow climbed high, then Jake switched. But i don't know if that would work with whatever Jake did to keep his signature in the hole that long? Unless he charged the arrow in the hole then switched and fired?
Micah Molina
He should be able to block that emotion or at least get comfortable with the weapons emotion, but Jake kept it in storage the whole time. EH never had a chance to fully encounter Eternal Hunger, that's why he didn't understand what he was sensing. I guess it worked out Jake decided to have it as an arrow instead of a katar. Otherwise EH would of gotten use to it's presence and even used it to track Jake's position better during the fight.
Micah Molina
While it will probably be addressed by Jake for future encounters, i think it worked out for two reasons. 1. Jake said that combination utilizing Eternal Hunger was his most damaging attack. You want something like that to hurt a being that has a ton of defensive measures to dps them down in a short burst window. 2. Because Eternal Hunger was in storage, EH never had a chance to isolate it in order to recognize the emotion signature of it's eternal hunger. So even when EH felt the emotions he wasn't able to discern it. If Jake had it in hand during the fight it would be just another way for EH to track Jake by Eternal Hungers primal emotion.
Sargon Yami
i don't think so the sin weapon is guided by an emotion. el should be able to block that somewhat. the weapon also contains some of Jakes bloodline and that one is immune or highly resistend to els bloodline.
Ben
Oh I read it as almost a poison dart, like the entire damage of the arrow was channeled into promoting the curse. Good result either way
Ty Cooper
Remember he is an invasive species in whatever environment he finds himself in, in Dina's opinion
Ender419
Damn, did we just reach the pinnacle of the fight? El dicktard probably just realized that he truly fucked up now that eternal hunger has been unleashed. Which is why Jake is the Apex predator in any environment he chooses to hunt in and has obtained Artemis’s favor for companionship!!
Michele Della Mea
It's poised to be, an upgrade of the weapon or some crazy skill
CamChains
tftc
Gwiddion
Unless he was able to evolve his Bloodline since nevermore i doubt it. As Jake could sense his Bloodline was still the same since their first encounter. Also im pretty sure Bloodline evolutions are quite rare this early on their paths. So i doubt it. Its more likely that he makes a massive faith based attack to try and take jake with him should he feel like he is loosing and to try and scare jake off in combination with his bloodline by increasing Jakes fear(which will backfire spectacular).
Dalton Service
And it does mention how he didn't register the pain because all he could feel was the hunger
Brian Small
Right?!?!
Gwiddion
Doesnt the shadow copy look different and also as said above probably wouldnt give off emotions so EH would know where the real one is. I rather suspect Jake did theory A, tank the hit to make EH lower his guard -> land a strong surpise attack with shadow using eternal hunger -> swap places with shadow and be straight back in EH face.
Doug
I think there will likely be a lot of damage, and it just didn’t immediately register with EH what happened. The chapter ends basically right as he hits hit
Doug
This makes sense. I can’t remember how long the shadow will last on its own. I mostly just remember Jake using it to get a good hit without needing to worry about the damage he would take
Doug
I think that was how EH’s bloodline is reacting to noticing Eternal Hunger, a sin curse strong enough to wipe out the whole galaxy, being released from Stealth and then poking him.
Ty Cooper
It's both moment and shadow
Ty Cooper
Because he is "Other EH"
Doug
Is that from the description? If not, it should be. That’s badass
Doug
I don’t think so. I think Moment combined with Eternal Shadow and Stealth allowed Jake to get above EH and release the arrow he’s been saving for this extra special occasion
Alex
While that would be nice it sounds like an absolutely horrific amount of work for something most people would just skim over or skip completely.
Strlo
Have you ever thought of making and releasing stat blocks of Jakes defeated foes, along with a skill list? I'd like to see a comparison between stats, it would be pretty neat to really realize the stat differences
Despair
Welcome to the grind , every day a sign of life and then darkness over the weekend . i found myself re reading a lot of the older chapters on repeat, zogarth is a very talented writer
Despair
Thanks for another great episode. i am enjoying the perspective shift during the fight good stuff
Jose Reyna
TFTC
Nicolas Coons
Tyftc!
King Nereus
Guilty!!
King Nereus
Love it!! They are both cheaters if you think about it, but it’s ok if our guy is the one cheating I guess. lol
Baged
Welcome, welcome! Now strap in for a bunch of Friday cliffhangers, the wildest commentary theories, and the obsession of refreshing Patreon 6 times a minute once the chapter release time has passed.
King Nereus
The body EH saw disintegrating was probably shadow, but he could have fired the arrow just before that or even before rising up out of the inferno before the chains locked him down. Remember Jake’s arrows don’t need to be aimed ahead of time, he can control their flight.
Ty Cooper
Oh yeah. Giving Jake a good boost to health
Ty Cooper
Can be used together
Taylor Ellis
Finally caught up, now it's chapter by chapter.
Ty Cooper
I completely forgot about moment
Ty Cooper
It kinda seems so. Simjake super curse form
Ben
I was expecting more damage from the arrow but it seems like just the effects of the curse were increased through the crafting process?
brjenness
that hunger for the next chapter is eternal
Niko Tainui
Tftc!
VenL.C.
Let Do This Thing!!
Wraithy
Villy would approve of this scenario.
Wraithy
He’s like a stale Cheeto.
brjenness
did we.. did we ... did we just see step 1 of the planetary sacrifice?
CSE1234
If I had to guess he either A. Had an eternal shadow waiting since the begining of the fight in stealth and only the real jake gives off emotions so el hakaan cant see them, sure they give off presence but id be surprised if they have emotions. Or B. During one of el hakaans flashy attacks deployed eternal shadow mid fight for this setup.
Ty Cooper
In process of eating him. There is quite a bit of energy in him, surely right
Ty Cooper
I feel jake would have been in much better shape if he used it in Katar form, but Jake was looking for a hard fight to push him and his upgrades. Hopefully this is the powerful upgrade he was looking for and Cheeto dies tomorrow.
Rahsheem Reid
Gotcha!
Mason Jones
I think he can re-summon it after it explodes in him. Only reason he couldn’t before was because it was bound in the arrow.
Lucy
Ell'Cheeto about to feel the wrath of the Primal Hunter! Guessing that Jake dodged the sunbeam using Eternal Shadow or Moment? and then switched places with shadow. EH abt to get a taste of eternal hunger lol. TYFTC! Gotta brace myself for another cliffhanger now-
Alex
When Jake gets pushed to his limit he can unleash his full Bloodline like a Transcendent skill. I wonder if Ell’Hakan can do something similar as a final fuck you; just unleash a massive attack of emotional fuckery if he thinks he’s about to die anyway.
Alex
I don’t think that’s the case. Jake says when he was upgrading Protean Arrow a few chapters back that changing Eternal Hunger’s form isn’t really a thing that can be done in combat since it takes a few minutes and dedicated concentration.
kingofshibainu
Ok the "Break" moment was badass. Guessing eternal shadow let him dodge the Sundown and now we see the Cheeto deal with primal emotions
Hayden Leech
It’s not expended, it’s back to katar form now that he shot it
Azazel
Keep calm and Cliffhanger on.
ByLordMatsLuck
Dope!
Ray Williams
Opinions on if the eternal hunger would have been better served to be available as a katar during the fight? I feel like it could've been more useful, but with the healing that was occurring I'm not confident in that stance. It may have been better as this alpha strike.
Sailesh Kumar Kumar
That’s it eat that orange fu*****
Aaditya Ravindran
That's probably because of the power difference between the opponents. Villy was much more powerful than Yip. I'm guessing we can compare this one with the prima guardian fight, or maybe a little more.
Desmond Willey-peck
Tftc so good
Valhazstromoz
You could say Jake's "hungers" for vengeance
greg belokopitsky
Hell yeah eternal hunger just ate the bad orange man!
Andromeda Adams
Ooo!! Go Jake!!! Eternal hunger for the win!! Tyftc!
Nexas Aurelias
Genius move. My theory is he used his shadow to lie and wait for the perfect shot
Rewdan
Thanks Zogarth this is awesome work
Dalton Service
I hope the next chapter is EH POV giving a detailed reaction to the arrows influence!!
Dalton Service
I actually think it was Moment of the Primal Hunter due to the comment of it actually being a threat to his life.
Brian Small
Yea, my theory is either Hunger feeds on the recent records usurped from Yip, damaging and making them useless, or The overwhelming hunger messes with his bloodline, damaging it and devalues him to the Holy Church
Jacob Gondringer
Tftc
kinglemur
I’m so fucking glad it’s Monday
Nate Slusher
Omg I NEED the next chapter!!! Nice work!
Fatkage
TFTC
Trevor Mergen
Thanks!
Michele Della Mea
Eternal is the hunger of the primal hunter
Archmage37
Wouldn't that be his shadow clone skill not moment?
brjenness
shadow clone skill
Whids
and now we all have hunger for the next chapter
MarineDebris
His main body had to at least get hit into the hole, or his presence wouldn't have been felt at the bottom since his shadow would've been dispersed immediately upon impact. So eternal shadow at the bottom of the hike, then stealth.
joel southard
Nice thank you for the chapter
Dick Ramsey
I'm ready for a reunion with Vilas already. Cheeto man already outlived his god.
MarineDebris
Would be awesome!
Christian Sullivan
THUMP!!!
ClaySavage
No it makes sense he use is mythical rarity skill. The one where he exchanges places with his shadow doppelgänger. Then from stealth above, he attacked with eternal hunger arrow.
Joshua landry
man is there a double secrete membership I can subscribe to so I can read to the end of this fight cause the waiting is ruff. thanx for the chapter great as always
ItWasIDIO!!
Are we getting another blackout win for Jake?
A. B. Edwards
Finally used the Eternal Hunger arrow. Wonder if that arrow stopped him from using the Eternal Shadow skill. Either way, it Jake kept a lot in the bag hidden. Moment of the Primal Hunter, Eternal Shadow and lets not forget his poison works best when activated with Touch. He has yet to fully activate that beauty. Who knows what else he has up his sleeves.
BearHandMan
Sim Jake rode the sundown beam, carrying Jake’s aura. Jake hid his via his stealth skill, whipped out his eternal arrow, and popped EH at the climax of his attack.
Martín Ballesteros Arias
Jajajajaja tftc
Martín Ballesteros Arias
More!
Martín Ballesteros Arias
Need
Martín Ballesteros Arias
I
Chase Burton
Tftc!
NovaZero
Alternate theory: he's dead but still has yet to realise it. And is only "alive" and cognizant because he, his bloodline, his origin, his dumb nonsense is being consumed alive.
Naomi Roberts
Excellent.
Justin Moen
Chapter was a bit later than normal! I was terrified and panicking we wouldn’t get chapters!! Tyftc!
Jaydan Man
That last attack came from above because of his moment of the primal hunter
Sébastien Kingsbury
I don't think he'll use it at all, would be potentially dangerous to show that off outside of a separate like nenevermore and I don't think he needs it to beat him
Ty Cooper
So did he release a eternal shadow? Also did he let the curse out of the bag fully? Hope tomorrow we get the actual death of Cheeto.
Darrel Anderson
the ending 😮💨, you know he was happy after he wrote that.. “a pang of pure hunger dominated every corner of his being”… “seemingly eternal hunger”
William Goodell
And Jake hasn't even used his bloodline yet, or do we think he had to use it with the last attack which is why it came from above?
Xarow
Hunger arrow, all his momentum and activation of the poisons through touch. Amounts to a fairly hefty initial punch and will make reacting difficult. That hunger arrow if not removed immediately will stack up fast in my view.
Tommy
TFTC!
Sam
I was sure scales was going to upgrade because of all the sun damage
LongMickeyRicky
Half asses theory- the curse of hunger makes him hunger for faith energy and makes him feed on his followers turning him into the exact opposite of the stories hes constructed
Corvid
I dunno if it's overwriting it as much, more that it overwhelmed it. Like his bloodline is a river but eternal hunger is an ocean
Naotani
It would be kinda funny if the hunger-curse influences Cheetos bloodline to a degree where his pylon affects all of his followers on the planet with immense hunger, and they begin to eat each other... just saying
Phillip Hazlett
I hadn't thought about his shadow, he saved that for the whole fight
christian grant
This fight is banging!!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥
Bruce Sheplan
Soo… E’H defeated by EH?
Arieh Sochaczevski
Thanks for the chapter! I never considered how hunger as an emotion might interact with EH’s bloodline. Interesting!
Reno
So.. Eternal Hunger is like a flashbang for a hypersensitive bloodline? Way to disrupt his senses with the most emotional weapon in the galaxy!
Clint
Cliff!!! Glad it’s Monday and not Friday.
Doctordirt
We need Jake's pov because that was kinda wonkey at the end
Mohammed Sheekh
Moment of the primal hunter hehe
TyranT-Rex
I think you're right, but I think Jake actually got hit then when EH said he felt the aura weaken is when Jake switched places with the shadow.
Adam Komarnicki
Tftc!
Endern
If I have to guess: Moment of Primal Hunter followed by Eternal Shadow and Unseen Hunter. Then Powershot charged for a minute using the Eternal Hunger arrow as a Sneak Attack empowered with his remaining Hunting Momentum. Using Primal Gaze on top for good measure. Jake's setup for his most powerful shot.
Sargon Yami
Hmm els bloodline might save him. Or maybe jakes has a better control over it.
Cory Sauls
Massive cursed arrow time!!! Eat shit Orange man!
Rick Delallata
Oh man, I can't wait to see what effects that crazy arrow has
Burkes
Eat gravel you orange fuck.
joshua brown
Got ‘em! Feels like the curse is especially potent against his bloodline. Inb4 EH goes genocidal on his own planet before Jake finally puts him down.
mitchell kaiser
Letssss goooooo!
Tudor
Amazing chapter, can't wait for tomorrow!! Tftc
Allan
I assume he dodged with eternal shadow?
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Hmmm 🤔
M Conroy
Tftc
Hanson
TYFTC!!!
Darshar Griffonmane
Is...the arrow overwriting his ability to manipulate emotions for a short time? Damn good fight! Now jake has let Cheeto have his fun, time to start the real counter attack. tyftc!
Stevean Bozek
Oh boy, Jake finally unleashed Eternal Hunger. Finally
Dave
TTFC
Michael Fannon
Nice.
BlackRazaras
Thanks for the chapter
Fate Hydrax
Mark of the fool
Frédéric Cantin
Tyftc
bad omen 1000
tftc
Den
"Lunch" - Grimloch
Paulo Furlaneto
tftc
Sir Alex
Tftc
Connor
Thanks for the chapter
Clint
Tftc
Devillelouch
Thank you
BumAssBumAss
Thanks for the chapter
Bryandbc01
Damm
