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Chapter 1019 - Chaos Across the Milky Way
🕑 Added 2024-11-13 12:02:52 +0000 UTCPeople tended to believe what they wanted to believe... at least until that belief got them punched in the face, leading to heavy personal consequences. At that point, they could either blame the other party for reacting the way they did, or they could realize that perhaps their belief hadn’t been the best.
This was a scenario quite a few individuals throughout the Milky Way Galaxy were going through in the hours past the death of Yip of Yore. Many of the allies of Ell’Hakan were all scrambling, especially one of the two major groups that supported him.
Ell’Hakan primarily had two factions helping him out. The first one was the Holy Church, which naturally remained stable even with the happenings in the first universe, but the other one was facing quite a set of difficulties.
This group consisted of those not supporting Ell’Hakan as much as they supported Yip of Yore, and thus only his Chosen by extension. They were made up primarily of people blessed by gods who’d allied with Yip of Yore, and the thing about those gods was that they were all now... well... dead.
Having your god die turned out to be quite a recipe for disaster, especially for the planets who held their entire leadership structure together through religion. When the believers saw the priests fall on the ground, bleeding from every orifice as they screamed in pain, or the World Leader have a mental breakdown as he faced the backlash from losing his high-level Blessing, the general populace quickly realized something was wrong.
The Malefic Viper’s display of power, which wiped out a four-figure number of gods, ended up having an absolutely massive effect on the Milky Way as nearly all these gods had blessed the natives there, and where there was chaos, there were those quick to take advantage.
Despite being allies on the surface, the Holy Church was quick to make its move and fill the vacuum of faith created by the many deaths. They had already integrated themselves on these planets, especially over the last few months of the truce, which made many suspect they had expected Yip of Yore to be the one to fall from the very beginning.
An unprovable theory, sure, but not one the Holy Church outright denied either.
On many of these planets who were scrambling, a representative from the Church was in front of the World Leader within minutes. The clergy of the Church came to help the priests who had fallen in the streets, helping them despite their differing faith, and overall, they proved themselves a symbol of stability that many World Leaders didn’t even need an hour to forge an alliance with – said alliance pretty much turning them into vassals of the Church.
Those who knew more about how the faction of the Holy Mother operated knew it was only a question of time before they would become full members, as that was how things tended to just go.
Within these first few hours, the Holy Church did much, but they didn’t make moves everywhere.
Despite everything happening, some stuck by Ell’Hakan’s side despite not being associated with the Church. Some of these were World Leaders who simply had joined hands with Ell’Hakan before they got blessed with any gods, or were individuals without any Blessings at all. These were faithful to Ell’Hakan and almost viewed him as if he were their god, and no matter what happened, they would keep supporting him.
There were also some gods who supported Yip who hadn’t followed him to Primordial-4, and these tended to not be quick to turn to another faction... mainly because they didn’t really have to time to consider if they should yet.
But they would have to move fast, for there was one other faction that instantly made their move once Yip of Yore fell.
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Miranda realized about an hour before Yip of Yore died that he was definitely going to die, at least she began preparations with that assumption. She couldn’t prepare much herself, being busy locking down the planet to prevent outside communication, but she could relay some information to get Lillian started with things.
She also learned then that her Patrons had known more than they initially let on... at least, she thought so at first. They hadn’t truly known the full plot of everything, far from it, and when Miranda heard their reasoning, she seriously questioned if her Patrons were as competent as they claimed to be.
Because their only argument for why the Viper was going to win with absolute certainty was that he’d “promised he would.” She wished she could have asked anything, but she was told all this through a medium with a recorded message sent to it before the barrier even went up.
Alas, Miranda was a good witch and got things started immediately. The way she ended up learning that Yip was dead wasn’t through her Patrons either – as they couldn’t really communicate with her – but surprisingly enough from Neil, of all people.
The space mage had helped use his magic to subtly watch some recently caught spies associated with Yip of Yore who still thought Earth wasn’t onto them. He’d watched them inside their home, both nervous but expectant... until suddenly, one of them began screaming, with the other one crying.
Similar scenes played out elsewhere, and Neil quickly sent a message to Miranda, as he was one of the people who had an Identify skill that allowed him to see if people had Blessings, and he confirmed that the spies had lost theirs.
Combined with all the other reports, Miranda was certain of what’d happened and instantly let down the barrier sealing in Earth and sent out a message instead, informing them that Yip of Yore was dead... and now it was time to take advantage of that fact.
Earth didn’t really have an official standing army, unlike many other planets in the universe. This was mainly because they’d never worked on establishing one, instead focusing on powerful individuals to handle battles instead.
This isn’t to say they didn’t have the powers of an army, though. There were a lot of powerful people on Earth, many of them more than willing to take part in the upcoming conquest as they moved to attack the former allies of Yip of Yore alongside the current allies of Ell’Hakan.
Miranda didn’t even need to offer any compensation, the loot on the planets themselves would be more than enough reward for these greedy parties of fighters. At least it would be far more rewarding than fighting random monsters.
Plus, getting into the good graces of Earth seemed smart if one wanted a continued good existence in the Milky Way Galaxy. At least, that’s what many of those who were on Earth’s side assumed, especially those who knew of the power the planet held.
The major factions also still wouldn’t get involved, and Miranda didn’t want them to either... which was why the target wasn’t any of the planets they had claimed or were working on claiming. Attacking the Church directly could lead to many annoying outcomes, and she judged it far better to use soft power against them if push came to shove.
Instead, they focused on the planets identified to, without a doubt, be in support of Ell’Hakan. With the Sword Saint leading the offensive with the biggest non-multiversal faction of Earth behind him – the Noboru Clan – he was the first to be teleported to an enemy planet with the goal of taking control of an alliance teleportation circle and forcing the people there to open up the planet.
They just needed one person, and it would be enough. They were aware it would be hard to convince some of the true fanatics, but that’s where William came in. Karmic magic could fuck with people quite badly, and while it wasn’t something Miranda was a fan of, she recognized William’s skill at manipulating people and making them think he was trustworthy. Trustworthy enough to accept “reinforcements” from another planet.
However, should even that fail, they had one more secret weapon... one Miranda only recently learned about, and perhaps the greatest method of invasion available to them:
Sandy.
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The squad of vampires from the Noboru Clan prepped their weapons as the voice of their method of transportation echoed in their minds, and the minds of the hundred other squads who were also present.
“Should be there in two after I get done charging up!” the Cosmic Genesis Worm said, the vampires looking surprised.
“And here I thought I had enough time for lunch,” one of the vampires tried to crack a bad joke, only getting him a few glares, though they could only be in agreement that it was faster than expected.
One of the challenges with invading other planets, even with the system-assisted teleporters made for the system event, was that one needed permission. If one couldn’t get permission, the only alternative was the teleporter created by the scientist of Haven, but that one came with a massive cost, and it was impossible to send too many people.
That’s why the initial plan had only been to send a few elites at most to the planets where they couldn’t get someone to open up a teleporter, which would soon be all of them, as the second news of the invasions spread, most World Leaders would definitely retract all permissions to minimize the damage.
However, the Cosmic Worm popped up and changed the status quo in an instant. As everyone else had been progressing and doing their own things, so had Sandy. The worm had eaten a lot of things and helped the scientist with his research into the teleportation circles in the galaxy, and while it seemed as if Sandy was just passively taking part, the worm was also learning.
To Sandy, space was like a large desert filled with sand for them to dig through. Entering subspace was equivalent to diving inside the sand and traveling through it, but as space itself was like sand, wasn’t Sandy always inside the sand?
Sandy had pondered this and realized something... Sandy never really dove into the sand when entering subspace. Sandy just dove deeper into the sand they were already in. As one got deeper, the sand would become more condensed and harder to travel through, but at the same time, Sandy would be able to travel faster the deeper they were.
With this realization, Sandy also began to consider something else... a method of moving that was only rarely used but was a necessity for hunting:
Jumping.
Most food wasn’t inside the sand but on top of it, and naturally, any worm worth their salt would know when to do a proper jumping-chomp.
The thing is... if Sandy saw sand as the representation of space, what did it mean to jump outside of space? What did it mean to temporarily dislodge oneself from the concept itself only to reenter it once more?
To Sandy, it materialized as teleportation. Teleportation with limitations, yes... but teleportation at a far higher level than someone like Neil could perform, even with much preparation.
These limitations mainly materialized in three ways, the first of which being very logical to Sandy. Any good worm knew that when jumping, one had to know where one was jumping to. If not, the worm could end up a dead worm due to hitting something dangerous like a sharp, spiky rock or something else like that. In the same vein, Sandy needed to know where to jump by having either been there before or by being inside the worm’s area of detection.
The second restriction was naturally distance. Sandy was good at jumping, but there was still a limit... a limit that turned out to be a far smaller problem than first assumed, as with little practice, Sandy learned to jump many solar systems at once, allowing the worm to effectively travel through the galaxy.
Could they teleport from one end to the other? No... but Sandy could jump between different planets that were supporting Ell’Hakan. All it took was the worm getting sent there by Arnold at least once before, and with months of preperation and a lot of investment, they had done just that.
The final cost for this kind of ability was the resource cost and cooldown, which once more turned out to be quite manageable. Sandy had to channel a good jump for a while based on distance, with the worm comparing it to building momentum before doing a big jump. However, at worst, it never took more than ten minutes for Sandy to charge any teleport, even at their max distance
All of this ultimately resulted in a Cosmic Space Worm capable of teleporting across the Milky Way Galaxy with relative ease, and in concert with Sandy’s ever-growing internal stomach, the worm was now effectively an armored personnel carrier capable of bringing an entire army to any unsuspecting planet Sandy had ever been to before.
Something that was about to happen as the vampire squad soon felt the worm perform a jump. For a brief moment, everything seemed to stand still for a moment as space froze, but it was gone as fast as it had come.
“Disembark all passengers! I repeat, disembark all passengers!” the worm said only a few seconds later.
Before any of said passengers even had a chance to respond to the worm, they were all spat out as they appeared in mid-air, floating far up in the sky but within the confines of the planet’s atmosphere.
“You guys have fun!” Sandy said before quickly turning around and flying a bit away while preparing to do another jump.
The leader of the vampire squad quickly gathered himself as he had to appear representable. All the others around him turned his way, seeing as he was the de-facto leader of this entire strike team that consisted of around five hundred vampires from the Noboru Clan.
“Remember, the goal is to secure the capital... with the World Leader immobilized, the rest of their resistance will quickly fall. Oh yeah, and needless to say, avoid needless civilian deaths. No need to harm the reputation of our kin more than necessary,” the squad leader said, his gaze piercing the clouds as he saw what had been identified as the capital city below.
“Move out,” he finished, pulling out his bow as he and all the other vampires descended upon the capital, all of them solidly in the mid-tier C-grade at least.
It was a scene similar to many others playing out all across the galaxy, as all of Earth’s elites went on the offensive, making use of their more powerful yet less numerous members. The planets with the most fighters from Ell’Hakan’s faction would be targeted by the true elites, as Miranda held nothing back.
Yet there was one planet they hadn’t even considered attacking. One that no one on Earth dared to approach carelessly, not even the Sword Saint. It was an entire world that would struggle to their last breath in case of an attack. A planet full of absolute fanatics who were entirely unaffected by the death of Yip, as he was never their god... Ell’Hakan was.
For he was the Celestial Child. Born to the sun and twin moons. He was never simply the Chosen of some random god... no, he was the Chosen of the multiverse itself.
Attacking such a planet would be akin to fighting an entire world... to fight everyone from the weakest F-grade to their strongest C-grades... something no one would be willing to do, right?
... right?
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Within the darkness of space, a figure sat with his legs crossed as he stared down at the red planet. He was able to see the surface despite still being outside of the atmosphere, and from what he saw and felt, it was clear.
He’s not here...
The plan had been to strike him at the ritual site, but it seemed as if Ell’Hakan had smartly decided to go elsewhere for the suspected Usurper ritual.
Jake wasn’t that disappointed, though. As he sat there and looked down at the planet, he made a decision based on what he’d heard from William about the state of the planet... based on his memories of the last time Ell’Hakan visited his planet.
While Ell’Hakan’s invasion had wanted to limit the damage done as it was all part of a larger plot, Jake didn’t have any such concerns as he took out his bow. His plan was still to kill Ell'Hakan first and foremost, but the problem is, he had no idea where the former Chosen was, and neither was he able to track him. Even William had been unable to locate Ell’Hakan, So, with that in mind...
If he’s not here yet... I’ll just have to make him come to me.
Comments
David Blackwell
1019
Aaron Schwartz
All hail space worm!
Chloe
Get em Jake! Tyftc
Ni
I think it grew over the eras. It was described as a planet for the gods
Chase Burton
Love it!
Victor Desantiago
OK all i can picture when I read the Sandy part is "Apocalypse Now" - Ride of the Valkyries song - A worm instead of helicopters and vampires instead of soldiers.
Roy
Ty for the chap!
Pickled Rick
I think the system makes planets bigger by upgrading the planets core or merging planets together or something so it probably a system event reward for powerful gods. I would need to reread Book 2 to remember the explanation for why the Earth got bigger and extrapolate to understand how Great Planets are made
Michael Ferguson
Meow
Shaibene
I bet is Jake is going to corrupt the planetary core
meow
Got to love how excited this comment section is for planetary sacrifice
Naotani
I think they have the potential to exist in every universe, it was only just talked about the ones in the first universe since others might be irrelevant to the plot for now
Dereion Hardin
Do Great Planets just exist in the first universe or every universe?
Thenais
pretty sure actual worms are jumping blindly :)
TyranT-Rex
Yeah Eternal hunger was made when Jake used his juice on the curse from Yalstan and combined it with the chimera weapon.
Azazel
OooOoOoOooOOOoOoOohhhhh GOODIE!! Get ‘em Jake! Can’t wait to see him release that “Columbus Day ASS BLAAAST!!!” of an arrow right through that Orange Mind Fucking Cheetoh! 🤯🤘🥳 Also if you got that SNL skit reference you’re a champ and a new bff.
Numbzy
Jake's going to blow up a moon. Arrow to the moon and boom, it's moon chunk rain across the surface.
Daniel Golding
"Dear Villy - nice job. I got you something - remember that Planetary Sacrifice Ritual? Yes, I just did it. Talk soon! - Jake"
Daniel Golding
Yes. PSR Time!
Daniel Golding
They keep talking about Planetary Sacrifice Rituals. That's GOT to be some kind of Chekov's Gun
Yeslek Nnamhctits
I kind of hope Jake frees the nahoom, I remember them being a unique race... I'd hate too see them disappear because of hawktuah... I just hate wasted potential. But if they go, I can deal, hawk tuah must die.
Michael Kawesa
A giant magic space worm dropping off an army of Nosferatu in the sky!! That's nightmare fuel right there.
J W
This was one hell of a long chappie. Soo good. I guess it is time for Jake's first planetary sacrifice.
austin kutz
There's an argument to be made that the Na'Hoom are already dead, seeing how deeply enslaved they are.
Deborah martins
I thought he could alchemy mix eternal hunger with sim Jake soul and corrupted moon to Sim Jake getting his own soul wave length and kill gost king to keep him linked to moon making him eternal Sim Jake defense weapon avatar thing unlinked to Jake and have true Jake pick up arcane weapons creation. Similar concept to Villy's shed skin.
Brian Mcglinchey
Yeah, but also the entire race of Na'hoom are devoted to L'hak-tuah and they empower his legend. If you don't take out his source of power it's debatable whether he'll actually be able to be defeated if they all believe he's invincible. Especially now that he's absorbed Yap of Yore's legacy.
brjenness
let the wasp queen take over the planet
Jose Reyna
TFTC and cant wait for the orange fucker to get whats coming to him!!!!
Deborah martins
He does align a little bit with Jake. "Keep it simple"
Naomi Roberts
Lovely, just lovely.
Michael Ferguson
I will admit to some concern about fighting Ell' on his home turf. That's not the spot I would pick for a showdown. Better to blow the whole place up. I'm not worrying about Jake being able to run away if things don't go well in round one.
jord
It will require prep work, and the abduction of a LOT of Na'hoom babies. Jake isn't a monster.
Michael Ferguson
To be fair Ell'Hakan didn't do a planetary sacrifices on earth. Jake could just make it rain arrows on a few city's, to get his attention. That said, I want him to sacrifice the hole planet too.
austin kutz
And the sun too. Bonus points if he sacrifices them to himself. Since El Hakan is the "son of the sun and moons" might as well destroy them to flex a bit
Doug
😂 eternal hunger becomes eternal healing and now Aaron(?) the healer dude is coming back to research the weapon
Doug
For a min/max build for EH, it doesn’t make sense to remove faith based power from his path. His bloodline gives him such an OP ability to make more believers almost wherever/whenever he wants … after Jake sacrifices a planet in the name of evil snake god/best bud Villy, maybe there would be a start for EH to think about finding a different power source. Idk though. If he survives the next few years, my guess is his focus would probably shift more towards spreading his believers across planets, galaxies, and universes so that he couldn’t take a big hit like he’s about to
Doug
His arrows also do more damage the farther they travel right? Now I want some detailed explanations of the destruction a single arrow can cause when shot from outside the atmosphere. Or maybe the atmosphere would destroy the arrow/reduce its speed or power. What about his rain of arrows. That’s gotta be an insane level of destruction. Especially with how many times he could copy them while they’re traveling to the planet
Doug
I don’t remember any clear ties between EH or his planet and the desolate child though. I thought it was just theorized/assumed that EH had something to do with it, but admittedly it’s been awhile and a lot has happened since then. Did William see a karmic connection there or something?
Doug
I think it’s most likely to be the desolate child. Might be tainted by the fallen king, but when Jake and Villy first start talking again, they have this exchange ”You said ”dealing with” the False God. Present tense. Do you mean that…?” Jake asked, hoping the Viper wasn’t insinuating what he thought he was. ”Based on what you told me, it more than likely still lives. …” Chapter 994
Jana
It’s the Dwarves from The Completionist.
Zizawah
Which books? I feel like I know and yet cannot remember. Thanks in advance.
Trugath
Planetary sacrifice ritual time?
Ty Cooper
I don't remember just hope he keeps remembering to pump it full of that amazing arcane goodness. He has to be improving the records that his affinity constantly. That has to help improve his little soul flame. His origin juice is borderline creation itself. After incorporating it he has to be able to copy his poisons with splitting arrow. I am so looking forward to the shenanigans he will be able to pull off!
Andrew P
Jake did mention how much more efficiently he could corrupt a world core compared to the child of desolation
NovaZero
Except, it doesn't grow. It's not like Jake who's Rank needs to catch up to whatever Rank he'seant to be
Consumer of litrpg
@IFL he got there via space jellyfish, but he brought a bunch of people, including some folks who were sent off as soon as he arrived. I thought they were specifically space mages but I dont want to dig through the old chapters and I'm happy to be surprised one way or the other.
Landon Tucker
Zog is fucking flambéing rn.
John
I can't quite remember when it was but I think we have had a look at it around the end of Nevermore and there were a few shit to mid tier arcane ones in there.... but he is waiting for a pinnacle tier
Sloth
Wasn’t there a mention that a superior soul flame or something had manifested but it wasn’t quite as high as Jake wanted and so he is still waiting?
Rahsheem Reid
Zog is cooking rn. Yeah I think he will start blowing up the moons
Miguel Sanchez
JAKE
Wesley
I'm curious about this as well
Kelvin Garcia
Jake is going to stop EH, in a path / story arc similar to Villy. He will kill EH and blow up his planet. In too easy fashion. Maybe a tad bit of drama somewhere.
kingofshibainu
That's a good point. I'm hoping either Elkie doesn't show up up and Jake sacrifices his planet, or he kills Elkie then sacrifices the planet. Mostly I want to see what happens when he does.
Jason
I suspect Jake will just start using arrow rains from orbit.. but it would be great to see him head for the Core. He could either start a sacrifice ritual, or initiate an attempt to control the Planetary Pylon. That'd get the Cheeto back pretty quickly.
ReadingObsessed
Watch him start destroying the moons.
adastra astra
Maybe later on, as is bloodline grows
Steven Wood
Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face.
Johnny_B
It could also be valuable practise for Earth's problematic moon.
Mat
With the Usurper records, Power from faith and most likely with the same corrupted faith powering the desolate false god, I don’t think Jake stand a chance without destroying the planet. Killing him at this point without destroying the planet might just create another false god to deal with later on. Also the planet now basically has drones just like the insects plains
Stephen Heng
Wooooooo chosen vs former chosen battle!!!!!
Mat
EH will mostly likely escape if cornered although he has no need to as he will have the upper hand. Main issue to save the planet is that EH used a bloodline ability and short of a transcendent skill, the effect cannot be undone.
Ty Cooper
Well they are all permanently brain washed. He would just be setting them free. If talking morals
Ty Cooper
I am really looking forward to seeing the results of the Cradle. He is just going to look in one day and his will have dominated the whole thing. All it needed was just to get it going and it will just start hunting all the big flames
Carter Stoller
tftc
Ty Cooper
I am laughing at how similar Jake's reaction will be. Extreme reactions. You attacked Earth so here is my response. Blow up your home world and take over anything we can that's deemed yours
Tudor
So hyped for the fight with L Hakan, tftc
John Durrett
At which point the answer devolves into might makes right or poking a bear
John Durrett
He’s more like a doctor getting ready to perform a combination of chemotherapy and radiation before cutting out a tumor
kingofshibainu
Come on planet sacrifice! Offer it to Villy using the skills he likely just gained!
Matt Klein
I was confused about that too. To me it seemed like it was just a piece that broke off from the king but wasn’t actually him. I could see the elf guy having a use for the false god
CamChains
tftc
Josh Hietpas
Completely unrelated to the chapter: As jake encroaches ever so slowly on B grade, what do yall think his soul flame cradle is looking like? I dont remember the last time it was talked about other than a small domain started to form. I feel like after all these years since nevermore, maybe a shit tier one has formed.
Gavriel
The only difference between a Karmic plague and that planet is that it won't spread.
Vega
Jake and team for the win! Would love to get William’s POV as well, I’d love to read his thoughts on this situation and on his steps towards being in control of himself and participating in a team, he’s been solo throughout most of the narrative. Also, it doesn’t really align with Jake’s morality thus far but let’s be honest, we’re all curious about the planetary sacrifice. For science!
James Faulkner
Time for some orbital bombardment lol, Tftc!
Henscratch
Maybe at the wrap up a Valhal person will reflect on the outcome starting with flashback of how everyone reacted at the ritual site? I really want to know how that went down but I don’t think it would fit the story here. I’m more eager to see the upcoming battles too. This is awesome. Thanks Zog.
Andrew P
EHs path probably wouldn't allow him to sit back and let Jake destroy his planet
kinglemur
Here’s to hoping for massive sacrificial ritual
Ty Cooper
Oh man I just thought about what the first thing Jake will destroy. Cheeto's golden tower just like he destroyed Jake's.
GayRehabProject84
Correction: His plan was still to kill Yip( Ell'Hakan ) first and foremost.
Micah Molina
Lmao, i truly believe Tom has a cooking profession. And Sandy has him cooking full time.
Jay tolley
I think its going to be interesting as we learn what the primodals gain from assisting with this. Obviously the church just gained a much larger following.
Phasmatic7
Thankies
Jay tolley
I am waiting for that planetary sacrifice ritual the viper has been asking for.
Micah Molina
It's not his bloodline. His bloodline allowed him to change the people to fanatic believers. EH has gone down the path of faith based power. Similar to the Holy Mother. So yea if he loses his base, it would hit that symbol of faith. At least that is his path. After Usurping Yip he might have sufficient power to alter his path away from being faith based. But the dude seems to narcissistic, but we'll see i guess.
Hunter
This is a great parallel and reminds me of when William went to EH’s world and described to Jason and Maranda how fucked up the Karmic links were.
Hunter
I don’t think Jason wants EH’s world. I think he is just going to bombard it with Arcane power shots until he shows up.
Hunter
Yeah they are a scary bunch of fanatics. I don’t think it is to the point that they would want EH dead since they need his bloodline. But the holy church taking over many of EH’s Allie’s worlds and not helping him in his confrontation with the earthers is a great way to put him in his place. Especially with EH’s whole monologue last week about the importance of him having leverage and becoming a major player for the Holy church. I just don’t think EH doesn’t realize that for these factions, getting a strong foothold in the most important galaxy of the 93rd universe is more important than preserving his bloodline.
Micah Molina
I'm sure this will be mentioned at some point. The fact Jake headed out to find EH will speak volumes. When you add that to Earth's counterattack, people will believe it's all planned out. If Jake manages to kill EH, back in the Multiverse, people will think the whole thing was a scheme by the Viper. Ofc Snappy and Duskleaf will probably need an explanation from Villy.
Micah Molina
The great city alliance helped forming the ritual with Williams help along with the space affinity monster. I don't think they would help him again. That is not to say, EH might be able to replicate the feat using a different group. But he's technically aligned with the Church, so most wouldn't help him.
Jason Scott
I'm split on thinking on my thinking. 1. Cheeto is smart so he may hide. Live to fight another day and all that. What if Jake takes baby's that are not connected with the karma curse and raises them to hate cheetah man. Would that destroy his story. Granted it's a long game type plan. 2. Can Jake make kinda anti karma plague that seeks out cheetah special brand of bloodline connection and transmutes/corrupts it?Turning the planet into a hate machine only wishing his death? Seems he could get more from that then just a huge sacrifice. Also what about just taking/corrupting the planet nylon? So much more he could do than just killing weak people.
Preston bodenheimer
Mike Tyson has a good quote related to this
Christopher Robin Sævre
Huohhh? It Was?
Sean
He did in the big dungeon in the sky.
IFL
Wasn't he using the space jelly fish (something like that) for that travel?
Sean
I bet it would be some dumb shit like the origin of all hunger is life and he'd end up with a healing spell.
SmokeJam
Jake, I know letting off steam after this whole show is what you need, but... planetary sacrificial ritual!
Alexander C Hyde
There were also some gods who supported Yip who hadn’t followed him to Primordial-4, and these tended to not be quick to turn to another faction... mainly because they didn’t really have (the)to time to consider if they should yet.
khielira
He doesn't care bout them as his people but they are apart of his power base and would be pissed if it was destroyed
Trevor Mergen
Thanks!
Terrence White
Such a dope chapter, I wonder if Jake is going to go full genocide or what his play is going to be. We know EH gains power from having people under his control, probably even more so now that he has usurped Yip, so it makes sense for Jake to thin the population on the main planet to limit EH's power, but I wonder if there will be any moral dilemma involved? Seems like Zogarth has been foreshadowing this with the Karmic Plague level in Nevermore and what William had said about the people on this planet. Part of me just thinks mass slaughter is too simple and that Jake will find a different solution.
khielira
Yes I also want to know what's going with that. And Snappy deserves a slap to the head for not trusting Jake.
khielira
Yeah I think that's hold true as sad as it might be. The only people not infected are the ones too young for conscious thought. And since they are not human I don't know how long they stay in the stage eating and shiting that our young do. Some of the older children might be salvaged but that might really hard.
Tyler S.
Primal-1
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Enter evil Jake? Hell yea, let’s gooooooo!
Tyler S.
Poisoned arcane rods expoding up hole cities to kill the weak, while slowly desolving the stronger ones
Jack Dawson
"the entire population shares one singular karmic bond, more powerful than any other. A singular stronger connection than their parents, partners, and children. Above everyone else, there is Ell’Hakan, the Celestial Child." -william talking about the karmic bonds of literally everyone on the nahoom Homeworld
Tyler S.
They will be a B or end C grade challenge if they dont come back as the Desolate King with partal memories
Samuel Nelson
I'm hoping for an upgrade akin to a meteor shower ☄️☄️☄️☄️
Azayrian105
He needs to because they are his core base of believers and he needs them to keep telling his story as that is a key part of his path.
Daniel Kaltenbach
I think, that everyone just assumes that the Viper will handle it and if Jake is still alive and kicking, that it is simply his will
Steve Shelden
Villy HAS been kinda nudging him toward one for a long time…
DBOMB YO
Destroying a planet with one shot❤️🔥
Mark Ryane
EH's planet is essentially suffering from a karmic plague. Hell, EH is pretty much a walking karmic plague. To that note, as we learned in Nevermore, the only way to fix it is total annihilation. FIRE AWAY JAKE!
BookDragonling
I think I hate the holy church the most.
Kevin Watson
in my head i imagine Eternal Hunger turning into a snake to swallow a planet, maybe not tomorrow, but hopefully eventually
wartgalore
Omg jake is a psychopath for real 🤣
Vex
I would say that assessment is correct. While they do technically have individual thoughts. When it comes to anything EH specifically they are simply puppets, nothing more nothing less.
Exaiter
Good shit Zogarth!
Allie Fischer
Eternal hunger was made with some Jake juice already
Daniel is ŁØNE
Eternal Hunger is tied to jake's soul it can't ever be significantly weaker than he is and it's grade in terms of tier of weapon will likely never fall behind Jakes, so at the very minimum it will always be a valid weapon for Jake even when he hits Godhood. It's power rises from Jake getting stronger, whatever it eats and Jakes understanding of how to manipulate curse energy.
Dalton Everhard
I thought about waiting a few weeks to bank chapters…. Woke up this morning and immediately had to read this one lol
Chioke Nelson
"People tended to believe what they wanted to believe... at least until that belief got them punched in the face, leading to heavy personal consequences. At that point, they could either blame the other party for reacting the way they did, or they could realize that perhaps their belief hadn’t been the best." Holy shit I want to quote this on Twitter 🤣
Jayce Sul
Oh fck. I literally forgot about the system event lol. I was bamboozled by the transmission Jake made lmaoo
Liliumsaccatum97
I think it'll come soon in a chapter. Or really just villy saying how it was all acted out should be a good enough plaster on the issue for now
Numbzy
They can't have a reunion yet. The 93rd universe is still isolated until the whole universe finishes their Prima Guardian Event. Remember it has a timer on the event, it will wrap up after 5 years no matter what.
Consumer of litrpg
So while I was re-reading an earlier book, there was a throwaway line during EHK’s initial invasion of Earth, where he quietly sent away a few people with no real explanation. I’m wondering if he has a portal to Earth just like Jake has a portal to his capital. Would be interesting if they each end up on the others primary planet.
Liliumsaccatum97
The thing is... The people there have been brainwashed for so long, before the system integration even, that really, are they still people? I mean individual people with individual thoughts or just puppets running on software so to say? Reminds me of the planet in nevermore with the karmic plague. So killing all of them is shitty, but... somehow a mercy, no?
Dray Kruesi
Next chapter gonna finally see an arrow to hunt a whole planet. Tftc
Dalton Service
I don't think EH has that weakness with his path.
Mownmbasa
Finally! let the purge begin! Fuck around and find out! Some motherfuckers always manage to spit upwind! I can do this all day haha!
Beemoss
Tftc
Rahul M
I am curious about what happened with respect to Jake's heretical aura and his widely broadcasted statement. Shouldn't rest of the universe consider Jake to be a traitor? Has the Viper clarified it was a preplanned ruse yet?
Daniel Hamilton
Curious is that god of desolation is going to make a reappearance?
Daniel Hamilton
I’m hoping one day will get a universal sacrifice for the viper (Maybe once Jake hits S grade) so I’ll settle for a planetary one for now.
Davey876
I don't think EH comes back. I don't think he cares about them
Jayce Sul
I hope so. I was waiting for Villy and Jake’s reunion this entire time, but nothing so far…
Ty Cooper
Very glad Jake's path is not a complicated one, just a simple a simple hunter. Well pure might be the best way to describe it
Harbby
It was mentioned before that El gets power from his believers. So if you wipe out an entire planet of fanatics..
Numbzy
I'm betting that the people in the 93rd universe are considerably less in the know. When he goes back to the Order, some clarity will probably be needed. Though Vilas will probably clear everything up before Jake even gets back.
Pierre-clément LAMBRIX
Can already see the cliff coming in Friday.
Rid
Y’all are degenerates for immediately calling for planetary sacrifice- good to know I’m amongst peers 😂
Thatguycant
Yeah it was kinda unclear a fragment of desolation survived but who knows what that means.
Jayce Sul
Wait, so everyone is just excepting Jake back into Villy’s good graces? Am I missing something? I was waiting for Villy and Jake to laugh while sharing a beer and talking about how good their acting was in front of the entire multiverse. Even after spouting all that heresy… he gud?
Thatguycant
He doesn't but his home world is basically the heart of his legend losing it would likely be catastrophic and with the usurper power up he's probably in the best shape to fight Jake head-on.
Rewdan
Thanks Zogarth
Blank
His plan will work, it's not about whether ell'hakan cares about his people or not. It's been confirmed that he has a boosting skill that is powered by faith and this is a planet very important to his path of world leader and eternally faithful to him as he ruled it pre-system
Łukasz Baran
Is it time for Orbital bombardment?
Sailesh Kumar Kumar
Wow nice prequel for Jake dominating Milky Way.
Todd Lindow
Thanks for the chapter^^
Todd Lindow
Typo in the 2nd to last paragraph with Jake referring to kill Yip instead of Ell'Halken.
Christopher Robin Sævre
We should all be glad Jake is kind of well not dumb but. You wouldn’t want to have a scheming Jake after you I think
Sailesh Kumar Kumar
He did, sort of in nevermore but didn’t finish. I think he will do it here
SilverSentry
That he can't access... the viper sealed off his stomach sp he wouldn't lose pallet. That hasn't been fully healed yet.
Dan
Oh boy, here i go sacrificing planets again. Honestly glad Jake committed to ending that planet, it's just a cesspool of Ell'Cunt worshippers, and he gets a debuff with them dead, so that helps balance out his usurping of Yip.
Ty Cooper
Well Eternal Hunger started out with what I would assume to be A grade. When he made Eternal Hunger it had the power to destroy a whole galaxy if he fully used it. of course Jake keeps feeding it so I think it will stay ahead of him. But it seems Jake needs something that is much more powerful than him. It's kinda is on theme for him. I agree with that quality matters also, so the better the soul he feeds it the better it is for Eternal hunger.
B9
Death from above - incoming Splitting Arcane Arrow Rain
SilverSentry
But.... is it actually the desolate Child? Thr way it was described it almost sounded like it was the king and he somehow survived or was corrupted by the desolation? I might be misremembering.
JJB4345_80_815
If Cheeto doesn't fight Jake head on it's the start of the dominos falling. If he can't or won't protect his planet, then... 1) Bad Optics - Everyone else in the Milky Way is going to know that you were unable/incapable of protecting your home planet 2) Power Down - The more tarnished his reputation, the harder his bloodline needs to spackle over the blemishes 3) Tied Up - Without a base of his own, Cheeto would have to rely more heavily upon the Church and the more propped up by the church he appears to be. He needs his own power base, otherwise he's just a church toadie
The Uub
On that note. You can get a force anywhere with good logistics, but if it's a weak force comparatively it will be just as fuck-all usefull.
Michael
As Jake said, he will not stop until Ell'hakan and his bloodline are wiped from the face of the multiverse
brjenness
not sure Jake's plan will work. El isn't the type to care if his people are wiped out.
Christopher Robin Sævre
What would happen if you took 1 part Jake juice and 1 part eternal hunger
Andromeda Adams
Looks like Jake might have to cause some destruction. Wouldn’t that weaken EH’s own power through his bloodline? Go Jake!! Tyftc.
Ty Cooper
That's what I am hoping for
ValkyriaObscura
Debatable. Power is necessary but if you can't get it where you need to apply it it's fucking useless.
Christopher Robin Sævre
How does eternal hunger scale compared to Jake, like let’s say it started at B power level, but since the curse power is finite I’m assuming it scales with amount of records eaten, and it’s eaten a lot of weird shit throughout but is it progressing faster or slower than Jake relative to their grade ofc, like by the time Jake goes from C to B eternal hunger won’t go from B to A, sorry I kind of forgot what I was even talking about at the beginning oops
Ty Cooper
In a different stomach tending Sandy's snacks
JJB4345_80_815
Yes, thank you for the chappy Zogarth!
Christopher Robin Sævre
No wait am I having a false memory or has he already made one, he hasn’t right?
Ty Cooper
Right! Eternal Hunger needs a big snack ritual
Numbzy
Jake can't pull the Desolate Core fragment out sadly. Remember the stomach is sealed.
Christopher Robin Sævre
PLANETARY SACRIFICIAL RITUAL do it. Do it , do it
Ty Cooper
So the planet is definitely going to be blown up. No planetary sacrifice..... or will there be. I mean eternal hunger might really like a big snack ritual.
Xarow
This is what I expected for the chapters end. The desolate child being drawn there because of the connection it has to Cheeto
Ken VanCamp
That is hilarious, Warcrimes!Warcrimes! I like those books.
Xarow
Can he shatter their moons?That seems to be part of Cheeto’s self legend! If the moons then collide with the planet and crack the mantel resulting in the insinuation of the world… well that’s just too bad.
ForgotPants
Jakemordial-1 is a go!
Michael mann
Jake’s about to orbitally bombard El’Hawktuahs hometown! Also it’s going to be really interesting to see how his arrows perform at that distance, I remember when he used Valhal’s archery range that his arrows keep accelerating? Can anyone confirm? If so then this is more than Arnold’s Rods from God, this is like Railgun strikes
eric holman
"His plan was still to kill Yip first and foremost, but the problem is, he had no idea where the former Chosen was," I think you mean elhakan here instead of yip unless this is some foreshadowing to do with the usurper stuff
ReyWargen
A teraz najwyższy czas na poświęcenie planety. Rytuał czas zacząć!! :D
Psyck0
Jake about to go all Predator up in here
Kt-x
Thanks for the chapter! 😁
Jacob Conway
Shiiiit I just remembered. Isn’t the Desolate Child still around somewhere? I seem to remember that being a thing but it’s been a bit. I feel like an attack on the planet might be more urgently addressed by them than that Cheeto fucker.
Corvid
What if he takes the moons and puts them over here? *Points to the surface of the planet*
Jason
Time to head right to the core! Hmm, Jake is still carrying around a chunk of desolation with him…
Despair
Expect the UNEXPECTED - Orange f***
Corvid
Where's Tom though!?
James Evans
His plan was still to kill Yip first and foremost…. shouldn’t that be kill EH first?
Brendon
Please oh malefic one, nudge Jake into the direction of planetary sacrifice
Corvid
Oh boy, here I go creating a plague again!
Stevean Bozek
If ever there was a planet you could 100000% justify the use of a planetary sacrificial ritual on its that one. Good gods man he has to, sacrifice that fucking thing in the name of the mighty Villy!
Apollo Greed
That would be good!
Cody Robinson
I was kinda hoping willliam would tag team the whole planet with jake.
AfroMocha
Jake is not fucking around anymore
Sial28
Small error at the end: "His plan was still to kill Yip". You mean Ell’Hakan.
Jana
It’s disconcerting how much this story makes me root for mass murder/ planetary sacrifices - a fu that… Warcrimes!Warcrimes!
Tommy
“His plan was still to kill Yip first and foremost, but the problem is, he had no idea where the former Chosen was, and neither was he able to track him. Even William had been unable to locate Ell’Hakan, So, with that in mind...” -> plan was still to kill El’Haktua 👍😂 TFTC !
Borbino the great
It’s definitely going to be a world sacrifice I don’t think he’d let a bunch of crazy brainwashed people live especially after he kills there “god” that’s just begging for a revenge arc from some kid
FurinasTako
This planet looking real Sacrificeable
joel southard
Nice thank you for the chapter
Cory Sauls
This is going to be Jake’s “planetary sacrifice” moment isn’t it? Great chapter. Thank you
Jake Thorpe
Jake is attacking his home planet and similar to yips path he gets his power from the people who believe in him and that planet is his main power source. The longer he takes to show up, the more his believers die, the weaker he gets so he can't afford to ignore it
John Anastacio
I'm assuming the moons are uninhabited (because they're divine and you generally don't live on holy ground). Possibly undefended, too, because attacking them is unthinkable. Killing a sun aka Ell'Hakan's daddy might be difficult for a C-grade but moons should be doable. All in all, Ell'Hakan should be made into a Celestial Orphan.
Jacob Conway
Planetary Sacrifice Ritual time?
Valhazstromoz
PLANETARY SACRIFIIIIIIIIICE!!!
Paulo Furlaneto
Holy fuck, TFTC Zog, this arc is really good, congratulations!
Johnny_B
Oh, that's wicked. I like it!
S.w.
I was hoping for a Planet Sacrifice. Think Jake is probably just going to bombard the ever loving crap out of the planet to get Cheeto to come and play.
Darshar Griffonmane
Now comes a big inflection point. Does Cheeto, with his power up, think he can tackle Jake when Jake starts blowing holes in his planet? Or does Cheeto avoid a head on fight with Jake and attack Jake by going after those around him. Or does Cheeto decide a fight would serve no purpose, throw his lot further in with the Holy Church, and dare Jake to take them both on. Gonna be good! tyftc!
Horacio Solano
Revenge time!!!! Earth collecting records since being the strongest planet Not for the army Not for its size Not for its resources But for its individuals Anyone else thinking about Earth upgrade?
Matthias
Tftc
Lizy Flore
Sandy chapter! His antics are really appreciated after the heavier stuff :D
Skih
His plan was still to kill Yip first and foremost, but the problem is, he had no idea where the former Chosen was, and neither was he able to track him. -> Yip should be Ell'Hakan
Nate Oppy
“His plan was still to kill Yip first and foremost” -> “His plan was still to kill “El Cheato” first and foremost”
Daniel Barton
Can we get a planetary sacrificial ritual? 😆
Noah Mclelland
So launching a few arrows from space, blowing up cities, trying to get Ls attention. Can we get a world sacrifice after the killing of Ell?
Garand
Heh heh heh
Damian Hernandez
Thanks
Ethan Alexander
Wasn't there a handy planet based ritual for this exact situation?
Naotsugu97
Does Jake finally get to destroy a planet? Heheheheh
Thatguycant
Alright Jake time to feed eternal hunger with a big planetary sacrificial ritual
dragonslaver
"His plan was still to kill Yip first and foremost," Yip should be el'haksn no?
Myke
Always a great morning when I get to read a new chapter!
mitchell kaiser
This just keeps getting better and better!
Sir2319
Thank you my good sir for this chapter
BumAssBumAss
mass genocide on the way! Jake might actually get to practice some planetary sacrifice rituals.
John Anastacio
Destroy the moons, Jake! Blow up Ell'Hakan's mommies! You can do it!
C0bra$
Thank u for the story
Ritsu
Sandy proving once again, that logistics is the second most important thing in war. The first, of course, being pure fucking power.
Yannick North
Tftc
Frédéric Cantin
Tyftc
Austin Barton
Tftc
Cryingwisp
Thanks for the chapter. Also writing a new fanfic mostly just based in the world than anything.
Connor
Thanks for the chapter
BumAssBumAss
Thanks for the chapter
Bobtur
Thanks for the chapter !
