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Chapter 1037 - The War of the Milky Way Galaxy
🕑 Added 2024-12-09 12:15:57 +0000 UTCAll attempts to contain the news of Ell’Hakan’s death were an utter failure. Many World Leaders didn’t even try as they were unsure of what exactly they were supposed to do. Now that they had lost their leader, did it even make any sense to try and hide his death? To some, the answer was no, as they instantly began to look into alternatives, as they knew there was no way to survive in the Milky Way if they stood alone.
However, there was a small group that outright denied his death, refusing to believe he could have been killed by Jake, their minds simply not able to think in that direction, more likely than not due to repeated mental manipulation from Ell’Hakan.
These and many other factions who had solidly put all their eggs in the Ell’Hakan basket didn’t see many potential actions they could take. They had positioned themselves as enemies of the Order of the Malefic Viper, and now that it was clear the Chosen of the Viper had been working in the interest of his Patron all this time, what options did they have?
Suddenly deciding that, actually, maybe the Order wasn’t so bad after all, would ruin all credibility they had. These World Leaders had spent months, if not years, spreading propaganda about the evils of the Order and the Earth faction, with the general civilian believing that losing to the Order would mean being forcibly sacrificed in some mad ritual or forced into slavery if they got lucky.
Many of these leaders instantly sought toward the Holy Church, trying to find an ally in them as they had been allied only a few hours prior. Especially seeing as the Church had even spread its presence to many of these planets, infiltrating the leadership structure.
However, from one moment to the next, there was a mass exodus of officials and members of the Church as they abandoned many of the planets they had recently been part of effectively taking over. They left nothing behind as the Church began to congregate on a lower number of planets, taking a very defensive position while trying to distance themselves as much as possible from Earth and all the factions who had been fully allied with Ell’Hakan.
The split was, needless to say, less than pretty. Ell’Hakan and the Holy Church had worked closely together, often even acting as one, so for one part of these whole to die while the other jumped ship... yeah, trying to hide that Ell’Hakan’s faction was completely and utterly fucked was an impossible task.
Oh yeah... and the fact that Ell’Hakan’s planet had now turned black on the Planetary Map provided for the system event only hammered home his absolute defeat as even his planet had been wiped off the map.
This fact definitely didn’t help the panic that was spreading throughout Ell’Hakan’s former faction. Despite it not being his intent, Jake had sown an all-knew fear in the World Leaders across the galaxy.
Because now, losing could mean not just lives lost but the entire planet reduced to nothing. The Chosen of the Malefic Viper had shown not only the capabilities but the willingness to destroy an entire planet to defeat his enemy, and who was to say he wouldn’t do so again?
Nobody wanted to find out.
Ultimately, this all resulted in three different camps emerging from what had once been Ell’Hakan’s faction.
First was those who now desperately tried to change sides by reaching out to Earth, fully surrendering while looking for a path of survival. These World Leaders tended to be those who were still of relatively sound mind and had only ever sided with Ell’Hakan because they sided with who they thought would win. Needless to say, they had been very wrong with their assessments and now experienced much internal conflict as all they really cared about was not putting themselves on a collision course with the inevitable winners of the galactic war.
Secondly were the forces who now attempted to take a neutral stance, even denying they had ever been close with Ell’Hakan in the first place. Some of these were even quick to try and affiliate themselves with other major multiversal factions, such as the Court of Shadows, Altmar Empire, United Tribes, or any faction even halfway willing to take them, really. They did this to some effect, but the multiversal factions were hesitant to make a move while at the same time incredibly interested as having an “in” through the Milky Way Galaxy could prove most useful.
Planets of this second camp were usually ruled by World Leaders who had very much tried to take a wait-and-see approach but had ended up loosely siding with Ell’Hakan around the time when it looked pretty damn evident he would be the winning side. At that time, they didn’t really have much choice either, as Ell’Hakan’s faction put pressure on them to pick a side, as without a massive multiversal faction to back them, neutrality was not an option.
The second group also included those who had managed to never really pick a faction to back in the first place. These were mainly planets who had done the system event themselves without ever getting assistance and had tried to avoid unnecessary contact with other factions throughout the event. The primary reason these planets were also categorized into this camp was for simplicity, considering what would come next.
Third and finally were those who were just in too deep. These were the World Leaders and factions who had fully bought into Ell’Hakan’s story and joined him as much as one possibly could. Even if they weren’t delusion to the level of insanity, many of these World Leaders still refused to back down and wanted to stay fighting. Perhaps they even still believed victory was possible under the leadership of King Iludar who had been Ell’Hakans right-hand man during much of the system event.
This third group ended up being the smallest camp, as most World Leaders had read the writing on the wall. Few wanted to fight till the bitter end when they could already taste the bitterness at the tip of their tongues. Still, some would fight, and truthfully, had anyone ever expected this conflict between Ell’Hakan and Jake Thayne to not leave the galaxy with its fair share of scars?
Miranda and the World Council on Earth quickly took action after Ell’Hakan’s death as they went on the offensive, trying to wipe out the remaining loyalists of the Usurper. It did not take long for many of the factions in the first camp to present themselves, offering to fight their former allies to prove their loyalty to Lord Thayne and Earth.
An offer Miranda gladly accepted as she allowed the former comrades to battle it out, limiting any losses those who had remained on Earth’s side from the beginning would have suffered. Not too much, though.
She purposefully made sure the original forces of Earth and their closest allies handled the most important planets, in part to ensure the job was done properly and in part because war was a good opportunity for growth. In what could only be called a clear display of her having embraced multiversal logic, she accepted that war could be a boon and help push people to grow, even if such wars also came with losses.
Then again, despite calling it a war, to many, this was closer to just cleaning the galaxy up. Destroying an already fractured faction wasn’t difficult, especially not when many who were formerly on the other side were quite frankly scared shitless.
Still, Miranda was aware the conflict wouldn’t end fast, and she honestly did want to drag it out a bit to better access many of their new potential allies. Additionally, she wanted to do things properly while limiting the losses amongst the civilian populations of enemy planets, and the longer they dragged things out, the more time the regular person had to become disillusioned with their current leaders.
While dealing with these other factions, she and others on the World Council also gave themselves time trying to find an answer to a very important question:
What would come next?
With Jake the winner in the battle of Chosen and Earth’s faction set to take over the galaxy, how exactly would this takeover work in the long term? Not that she was complaining, as there were many questions and even more profession levels to be gained for Miranda as they tried to make a halfway stable leadership structure for not just a singular planet but an entire galaxy.
Right now, they were united through conflict, but once that conflict ended, the playing field would change drastically and become far more purely political in nature. There were a lot of actors to keep satisfied, and she and all the other leaders had a daunting task ahead of them.
There was also one more thing she couldn’t quite figure out on her own, but that she would need Jake for. Because while she had a good idea of how to handle most factions, there was one she felt very unsure about. Sure, they had retreated and seemed to have no interest in fighting, but the one legitimate threat to Earth’s complete takeover of the galaxy was still the Holy Church, which continued to rule nearly a hundred fully loyal planets.
Miranda had her own thoughts on how to approach them... but she had the distinct feeling getting rid of them wouldn’t be easy if they decided they had to go. And knowing Jake... they had to go.
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Jacob had activated the Prima Vessel on Ell’Hakan’s crumbling planet and quickly been whisked through space toward the main planet the Holy Church operated out of in the Milky Way Galaxy. It was one of the planets the Church had claimed shortly after the Tutorial had ended, and one Jacob had been on many times before whenever he was in the ninety-third universe and not on Earth.
Appearing within the Prima Vessel there, several people were awaiting his return. Five humans, all wearing white robes, looked at him expectedly as he appeared, not even trying to hide their worry. Not worry about Jacob, though, but of the one he carried with him in the lantern.
“Augur, I’m pleased to see you returned safely,” the head priest said with a serious look as he motioned for Jacob to follow him out of the Vessel. “Seeing as you returned alone... I take it the Bloodline Patriarch met an unfortunate end?”
“No, the Bloodline Patriarch won,” Jacob said, purposefully being obtuse as the head priest looked confused for a moment. “Ell’Hakan was slain by him.”
The head priest was quick enough to understand and didn’t let his annoyance show at all. “Did you manage to succeed in saving him?”
“What was left,” Jacob sighed as he summoned the lantern and revealed the soul within.
It didn’t take more than a few seconds for the priest to notice the state of the soul before he frowned. “It’s... not ideal. What happened?”
“He overdrew on his very existence using his Bloodline,” Jacob shook his head. “I saved whatever was left, even if it wasn’t a lot.”
“I understand,” the head priest sighed. “The most important part is that the possibility still lives.”
Jacob nodded as he looked down at the lantern and the soul of the Usurper within. The entire thing was so fragmented and damaged that even with all the nurturing he as an Augur could do, he didn’t have much hope.
The goal was to resurrect him, yes, but what would there even be left to resurrect? With this level of soul damage, his memories were bound to be either entirely gone or, at the very least, scrambled beyond oblivion. Jacob also felt utterly certain that no matter what the Holy Church did to bring Ell’Hakan back, his Path was done.
Whatever level he would be revived at would be the end of the road for him. Jacob even estimated his lifespan would be extremely limited... all in all, they would only resurrect a husk compared to what Ell’hakan had once been. A living creature that had no other purpose than to propagate his Bloodline, as even if everything else got broken, the Bloodline was one with the Truesoul, meaning that as long as the Truesoul didn’t return and get recycled by the system, it would have the full Bloodline.
One of the biggest concerns the Holy Church had during this entire thing was related to the Bloodline Accords. They were very much toeing the line with Ell’Hakan but were barely on the right side of the rules as Ell’Hakan had consented and agreed to everything already. In fact, the only reason why Jacob could save his soul using his lantern was due to Ell’Hakan’s prior consent, as he could only save the souls of those who had already given him permission to do so.
During the Usurper Ritual, they had baked in a failsafe where Ell’Hakan’s soul would also be marked according to a contract they had established beforehand. All the contract did was give pre-approved consent for Jacob or any other member of the Holy Church to save his soul if possible, with the goal of having Ell’Hakan carry out his promise of giving his Bloodline to the Holy Church. Even if he was unable to consent during the time he had to be saved, the contract remained in effect, allowing Jacob to do what he did. The way the contract and all that was complicated and something the gods had been directly involved in, and honestly...
Jacob didn’t like this entire scenario. He didn’t like it at all. Everything felt wrong, but he couldn’t show it outwardly, as that would only get him sidelined again. He could complain, be sarcastic, disapproving, but he still had to act accordingly, which he had.
Of course, they still doubted him... but that’s what Bertram was currently working on bettering.
“Do you know what happened to the Chosen of the Malefic Viper? What was his reaction to your presence, assuming he detected you?” the head priest asked after a bit.
“He is a hunter specializing in Perception, I don’t think there’s any C-grade that could have remained undetected,” Jacob shook his head. “As for his reaction... well, it was less than stellar, to say the least. In his mind, we stole his prey away, and I had to use my Guardian to escape before he attacked me.”
The head priest frowned before he spoke words that clearly showed how little he understood Jake.
“That’s problematic. Perhaps in the heat following the battle, he failed to properly assess the situation. He had already won the fight, the Records from the kill his, and he loses nothing from us obtaining the remnants of the Usurper’s soul. We will have to properly compensate him and try to reach an agreeable compromise, as I’m sure he understands that a conflict helps no one.”
Jacob wanted to call the guy an idiot but held himself back, as he believed a demonstration would be better. Of course, he had to wait for said demonstration to arrive, or more accurately, for him to be able to revive.
The party of priests and Augur headed toward a large dome-shaped building where a magic circle had been prepared. It was created to amplify the effects of Jacob’s lantern, and seeing as he couldn’t allow the lantern to leave his person, Jacob planned on spending the coming period there.
On the way, they discussed several more matters, with the head priest keeping Jacob up-to-date on the retreat of the Holy Church believers across the galaxy. Jacob avoided commenting once more, as all he could hope was that the galactic conflict would end in a fashion that limited harm to the average person, though he knew some suffering was unavoidable in war.
Right as they arrived at the large building Jacob would live in for the foreseeable future, he felt it.
“My Guardian has been slain...” Jacob muttered as he didn’t hesitate.
In front of the head priest and other priests who were with him, Jacob used a long cooldown skill to immediately bring back his Guardian. An outline of light formed as Bertram was quickly revived, but the moment he was, the large man fell down on one knee, breathing heavily.
A stench of death and the unmistakable aura of a curse lingered in his body and soul, making the head priest frown.
“What happened?” Jacob asked, feigning concern. He had told the head priest and others that Bertram had tried to talk to Jake rather than fight him, but now it looked rather evident most of the talking had been done through violence.
“He is not happy,” Bertram said as he quickly stabilized himself, the lingering effects of his death quickly dispersing. “We need to be ready...”
“I see,” Jacob sighed, the head priest also looking concerned for a moment as he regarded the Augur.
“If he does come... we still have that, right? Is it still useable?” the head priest asked.
“It is,” Jacob confirmed. “Though I hope we won’t have to go to such drastic measures...”
“Hopefully not,” the head priest nodded as he looked in thought. “I’ll try to negotiate and placate the Chosen of the Malefic Viper to avoid dragging out this unnecessary conflict.”
“You do that,” Jacob just said as he entered the dome-shaped building... fully aware he wasn’t going to spend that long in there as there was no way Jake wouldn’t come for them.
Comments
Parker Bond
I think it should be assess and not access
Ahmed Ibrahim
I’m paying now Zogarth. I got a new job and I shan’t be pirating. You better continue giving me some good gosh darn storytelling and you gon keep getting this shmoney.
Olof Karlsson
Thanks for the chapter!
Joshua Little
I was thinking it would be a great ingredient for bringing the Fallen King back.
Joshua Little
Thanks for the chapter.
Chloe
Tyftc
Fulminis
I know I'm a bit behind, still catching up. But I will say that I don't think their plan will work. The system created an item infused with the records of his bloodline, allowing one who consumes it to gain the bloodline. Which makes me think the system already extracted it, meaning the resurrection will bring them nothing. Also, I think Jake might consume the heart at some point and some shenanigans will ensue, leading to the two bloodlines merging
Michael Ferguson
He could get a rematch with the child then. This time with out soul damage. It could give him insight into Desolation that allows him to fix palate. I might be willing too forgive Jacob this time. Thanks for helping Jake with his path for once.
King Nereus
Thanks for the explanation!
Gavin
Vipers skill and EH usurp might have interacted weirdly. The nature of the way Jake killed him combined with the that might have produced some oddity as well
Mat
Book 2 Chapter 21 summary on bloodline: Bloodline are part of the true soul. On death true soul goes to the system, bloodline gets recycle and can be acquired as one of the best system rewards. The events are rare true but also explains why bloodlines are common in high grades. Beneficial bloodlines still rare though. Villy got his bloodline in godhood not when he killed the First Sage.
ABTelford
Oh right, it did say that…well crap.
ABTelford
I don’t think it ever said Villy consumed the Sage. He killed him by his request but it never said consumed.
Michael Ferguson
We should not have to wait long to see it demonstrated.
BearHandMan
@ABTelford, bloodlines can be recycled if they exist, net-new unique bloodlines cannot be created by the system.
Kevin Watson
the heart contains remnants of the bloodline, i’m assuming that their plan is still possible
Thatguycant
I think the reason is because the heart says it contains his records and remnants of the bloodline and if consumed will grant [Redacted]. This seems to suggest that the part of ell'hakan's true soul that contained his bloodline was condensed down into the heart. Villy has also said that circumventing true death is never simple and always has a cost. The fallen king put what was left of his true soul into the mask but what was born from it wasn't the King of the forest because he suffered true death. the fallen king was genuinely his own being and his true soul is likely different from the King of the forest no matter how similar they seem to be. It's probable he lost parts of his true soul during that rebirth and that changed him. So whatever the church collected to be reborn is likely missing a lot possibly even the part of his true soul that contained the bloodline or at least some of it's records. Proven by how Jacob described the being that would be born would be effectively crippled and probably have scattered and disjointed memories if any at all. It's possible the Ell'hakan that would be reborn might still have a bloodline but it might be different from what it was before perhaps only allowing the sensing of emotions but not manipulation or something like that.
Ian Allen
I thought that Eron confirmed that the mask no longer contained anything like that after King's death at the hand of the Desolate Child.
Phoenixdrop
lol yeah but still it would be awesome and would definitely get him a title or something also when you give a archer a power that makes their arrows stronger the farther they travel well suddenly everyone is thinking of the longest possible shot the archer could make at peak power and in this case that’s a multiverse crossing shot or at the least universe crossing if it’s literally just impossible for his arrow to pass between universes
Andrew P
His mask still contains the fallen kings truesoul, and the system can reward bloodlines. It's plausible, if unlikely, that the heart could be a system-fuckery mechanism to transfer the truesoul.
GayRehabProject84
Correction * Still, Miranda was aware the conflict wouldn’t end fast, and she honestly did want to drag it out a bit to better access*(assess)*many of their new potential allies.
NovaZero
Even then, Villy consumed the sage and was arguably the start of his path. He wasn't the patriarch, though so there's that.
ABTelford
Ok, y’all are forgetting that in earlier books it says bloodlines can die out if all living people with it die so the system can’t “recycle” a bloodline if it goes extinct. the only exception we’ve heard about was when Billy got the Sage’s bloodline through a super rare and super difficult system event where he asked for it specifically. So outside of that kind of thing repeating (and the system seems to dislike repetition) Ell-Hakkans bloodline is done for. Because we all know Jake is gonna hunt that thing down until it’s extinct.
ABTelford
Nah, rewriting not necessary - I’ve noticed a strange ability of fans to forget stated facts when they get excited about an idea. I totally remember/noticed this detail. And in earlier books it says bloodlines can die out if all living people with it die so the system can’t “recycle” a bloodline if it goes extinct. PS - turns out I was wrong - the system can recycle a bloodline through rare events. My bad. 🤪
Gwiddion
Then the kings corpse fused with the desolate child. Still would be awesome.
Rob Lyon
So far we think that Villy got his bloodline from a system event at least that's what he told Jake
Luke Scheffe
*the king’s corpse. His soul is still with Jake, to the best of our knowledge.
Luke Scheffe
The king’s soul is in Jake’s mask.
Luke Scheffe
Jake already has abilities that induce fear in someone. It’s cruder and less direct, but he does has emotion inducing abilities. Or there’s like eternal hunger, which makes everyone feel hungry.
Luke Scheffe
The church could not resurrect the king, for much the same reason they can resurrect elly. Resurrection requires the true soul. Jake had the king’s true soul, but the church had elly’s truesoul.
Luke Scheffe
Villy got a bloodline by participating in a divine level high danger system event which let him pick his reward. Bot by eating a heart.
Luke Scheffe
How do so many people come to the conclusion that the bloodline is in the heart? It’s pretty clearly not, the heart has only been affected by it. The bloodline is, always and forever, in the true soul. This has never been ambiguous. At this point, I’m thinking that a rewrite might be necessary to hammer it in. If the heart had the bloodline, then Jacob wouldn’t have succeeded in capturing the soul at all. The holy church isn’t stupid.
Michael Ferguson
It is a grudge god, with a beef with Ell'Hakan. I think? If William has it, Jake could send it to finish off EH. Edit. That could be why Jacob grabbed it. The child definitely attacked Jake with intention.
Jordan Mazza
Their whole thing is being willing to pay the price, I'd definitely see them using the heart and they're definitely going to do it
Michael Ferguson
I really hope the child's heart pops up somewhere. But I don't think that fits the church's MO. They would sacrifice their own, but I don't know. Jacob is the problem right now.
Richard Loveless
I want to make a prediction. The church revives EH only to time he no longer has a bloodline. The item Jake got was the bloodline of EH.
Sam
Villy got his bloodline as a reward for a system event
Jarryd
I thought the point was for Jacob to "Lose the Lantern" when fighting Jake and then summon his guardian while he flees? That is how I read it a couple of chapters ago
brjenness
he's going to have to kill Jacob. Jacob even says he'll have to resurrect
Abraham
Ah I didn't have alot of time to elaborate so I just typed what I was imagining quickly as the full explanation would be very long. In the chapter it says his true soul and bloodline are one and he has the true soul of his tree friend so I thought what if he used ell hakans true soul as a ingredient in whatever he's going to do to resurrect the fallen king. He does the impossible with his jake juice lol like with the other creatures hes effected with alchemy or rituals. If this hypothetical route happened It would be more then just these 2 ingredients. I imagined the author writing future chapters that would introduce other ingredients and the method to make this happen, and thought that even if not the bloodline itself maybe it would grant him a unique skill or skills based around nobility or ruling if used as an ingredient or just as an offering to the system in a ritual that involved other ingredients and needed alot of power to do so. all this is unlikely as other people have stated the reasons why author wouldn't do this but I just was imagining how cool it would be. So the bloodline wording was me saying that instead of truesoul since I had just finished the chapter and was focusing on the cool stuff. 😎 P.s in my defense the author could use a mental dilemma of what does he care about more, his instincts or his friends, as an excuse to do so and maybe grow in some way as a consequence of doing something he didnt want to do but did for others and as a consequence getting better control of his instincts/bloodline or something along those lines.
Dan
Oh it's gotta be, there's no way they actually think Jake is gonna sit down and take this. Maybe the C grades are that dumb, but the Gods backing them should know by now that Jake likes to have his cake and eat it too.
Michael Ferguson
It's a trap. Fro sho
Dan
I wouldn't be surprised if the planet they're on now is a "throwaway" planet, full of people solely intended for use as sacrifices for their anti-Jake weapon
Ty Cooper
Oh the holy church is totally going to do some mass sacrifices to stop Jake.
Ty Cooper
This is going to be where Jake gets a reputation like Villy destroying his way through the milky way trying to find his pray.
Ty Cooper
Yeah i could see that. Some of the church peeps working behind the seeds, a different faction within the church maybe. Jacob found our to late but they pressure him and use it without his approval. I could see that, but it is still his faction messing stuff up and he is going to be killed by Jake at some point. But I see Jacob try and blame others.
Mat
The heart does not have the bloodline. If loot items had bloodlines then the history of bloodlines would have been different. At best it is like the marble Jake made in Nevermore. Something that cannot exist without the bloodline as it has the bloodline records all over it but it does not have the actual bloodline. If the church fails the bloodline is getting recycled.
King Nereus
Hmm.. so transmuting the heart is what is meant by the OP then? Maybe, but I think that would be too easy, and too dangerous for the universe. I hope Villy will drop some knowledge on us to the effect that as long as Jake keeps the heart and never uses or destroys it, that will effectively lock the bloodline down and the system can never give it to anyone else.
Michael Ferguson
Many thanks for the chapter. This story is keeping my blood worm this winter.
Michael Ferguson
They are following orders. The holly mother probably wants to give Jake the opportunity to piss the church off.
Ty Cooper
If he keeps the heart than no one can get the bloodline. If he destroyed the heart then the system could recycle it, but if he keeps it till the end of time then none shall have it.
Michael Ferguson
It could have been William that picked up the Childs heart.
Michael Ferguson
Fuck yeah!
Michael Ferguson
I like the way you think.
Michael Ferguson
The prima ring should help Jake collect his alias if it comes to that. But he needs a good long nap. The war is probably going to be decided by the time he wakes up.
Michael Ferguson
I Need to hear from Villy!
Michael Ferguson
Villy infected Ell'Hakan during the userpation ritual. The heart is EH bloodline. The system would never drop items like that. It was Villy records that did that. Jake has a lot of Villy in him too.
Michael Ferguson
Yes, how to take that lantern is a problem. Fuck Jacob.
Bruce Sheplan
LOL, I had not thought of that! This would be hilarious, i wonder if he will have a chance to chat with Villy before the next confrontation and maybe Villy will hint at it.
Connor
Thanks for the chapter
Michael Ferguson
Yes, Jake said Primal describes his path better than origin.
Eric Haase
Hey Zogarth, i‘m not sure you read these comments but I wanted to thank you for this incredible series. Every weekday I look forward to my short mental break reading the new chapter and I‘ve got something to look forward too on mondays lol. Please keep this going forever and tftc!
Michael Ferguson
Jacob thinks the soul is tied to bloodline. But the bloodline is in that heart thing. Very cool way to show not tell. I can't wait to see what happens with this resurrection.
Dan
Plus, he's the "primal" hunter; calling anything too animalistic for him is just silly by nature
Michael Ferguson
I don't think the Sage needed to show Villy how to transmute things into records. That is what the memorie is going to be about. But EH heart is very interesting. Villy did something like that to get a bloodline.
Michael Ferguson
If Jake transmutes the heart into juice, then he could resurrect the mask with his own records. than the bloodline would go back into the cycle of rebirth. So Jake needs to keep that heart and see if it stops Ell'Hakan from being resurrected first.
Ty Cooper
And don't forget that it is a Transcendent ability Villy uses to alter records and abilities to be consumed. Or to save Jake from stupid actions
Michael Ferguson
To be clear I think that the line between beast and human is not a thing in this story. Jake is Free to do whatever he feels. He doesn't have no morals but doing something the right way doesn't trouble him.
Dan
A man after my own heart lmao. The church would happily sacrifice them in a heartbeat anyway
Michael Ferguson
Exactly! It's totally ok to kill innocent people if they had no choice about who they worshiped. Killing people who made a choice would be... Less wrong. BLOW THAT PLANET UP!
lamp
Thanks for the chapter! Should "to better access many of their new potential allies." -> "to better assess"?
Ty Cooper
Has anyone thought that the system gave Jake the Heart with all the bloodline records so that it isn't able to be recycled or purchased from an event or whatever. It know it wasn't good for the system as a whole. It didn't stop him when he was alive but now it could act since he died.
Ty Cooper
Well Bert did say to bring Carman along to beat the Church. Villy wasn't at all worried about the DC and said to just have her fight it waving it off.
Mat
Did Jake had an issue with EH’s bloodline or EH himself using his bloodline? I think he wanted to kill EH and his descendants because of EH not because the bloodline is too dangerous for the multiverse. Jake just wants to eradicate all that is related to EH and is not protecting the multiverse. With how bloodlines work, the moment they appear and are powerful is it not impossible to eradicate them given that one could request them in a difficult enough system event?
Zack Leach
23 paragraphs down you accidentally capitalized the H in "Chosen"
JJB4345_80_815
Yes, thank you for the chappy Zogarth!
Jake Atwood
They are going to try using the desolate heart on him but Jake already has some resistance to desolation and with how much mana Jake has he could probably just over power the heart it won’t workout how the church is hoping it will
alejandro jimenez
Anyone else think that Jake might be able to create a bloodline granting item using Cheeto’s hart and his own Jake juice? Like how Vilas got his bloodline from the system? Tho I think the he said he got it “Directly from the system”. so maybe his bloodline was just given to him like the skills bought from the system tutorial store.
Gustavo Claude
consume their origins
Daniel Hamilton
If remember it, he has to save up five charges to go on the vision quest with the sage.
Daniel Hamilton
Ohhhh I like that
Phasmatic7
Thankies
Mat
Villy does not consume someone's path. He consumes treasures just like any other monster/beast as he ascend from one and gains records. Jake just gains records for insights but does not consume as an enlightened. Palate is all about that.
Vinstro
That's a bold move, Cotton. Lets see how it plays out!
Jose Reyna
TFTC!!!
Alison Blair
Thanks for the chapter! This faction of the holy church are idiots if they think Jake is gonna let this go.
Mat
Is Jake not overcomplicating the whole Church business and ignoring Villy's wisdom. I mean the Church specified that, in the Milky Way galaxy only, they will be backing EH, who was Jake's enemy. So as an enemy Jake can just use Villy's wisdom and destroy them. They will not escalate because the church itself specified that they were not going to be involved in the Yip vs Villy fight. So it is not going to be a Church vs The Order in the multiverse but a Chosen of the Malefic Viper vs Church in the Milky Way galaxy who sided with his enemy. Villy said, "If they try to do shit, kill them. When your universe opens up no one will care. If their backer try to do shit ping me cause I haven't done a massacre in a while."
Red45jimster
So villy can adjust and consume someone's path to further his own could jake do something similar but more primal like consume the heart of his pray for nourishment/strength and be done with the bloodline that way?
ABTelford
It sound like both - it states in this chpt the lantern can revive the bloodline but the personality and path will be shattered. And the item Jake looted has the ability to use parts of the bloodline and the possible chance to grant some of the bloodline powers if consumed. Since messing with people’s thoughts and emotions isn’t even close to Jake’s path and it has messed with him badly in the past I can’t see him using this item…but I could be wrong. If he could use it to grant himself an immunity to being manipulated I could see him using it. But not to grant those powers of manipulation to others
Joseph Jenkins
I think if he used the bloodline item it would reinforce the sense of self since that's what ell the con did with it at the end. Meaning Jake would get even more pissy
King Nereus
I got the impression the “thing” in question was more likely the remnants of the Desolate Child.
Grine
While the bloodline would be usefull for someone named King I don't see a world where Jake would allow the bloodline to exist.
Jordan Mazza
JACOB WAS THE ONE WHO RETRIEVED THE HEART OF THE DESOLATE CHILD OF LOSS! Now when Jake comes for the Holy Church, they'll get their revenge on it for killing The King and wipe out any chance they have for reviving Ellhakans bloodline.
King Nereus
How would EH bloodline help revive the Fallen King? I’m lost here.
Devin
My only question is whether the bloodline is even still there in the lantern. Jake got the system reward that had elements of the bloodline too, right?
Trevor Mergen
Thanks!
Pickled Rick
I don't think his bloodline would take the manipulation part. His bloodline is a Perception based bloodline so it would likely discard any aspect outside of the perception parts of El'Cheetos bloodline. We know El'Cheeto could perceived every emotion of a person and then increase or decrease the intensity. I don't think his bloodline would ever let him adjust the emotions but finding scared prey trying to hide or flee fits in nicely with perception and fear is one of the "origin" emotions.
NovaZero
Bet you he makes a plague out of it.
Benjamin Mages
What does EH's bloodline have to do with resurrection? People are aware that it didn't literally resurrect the original Celestial Child, right? It just mindfucked EH into believing it so hard that the system basically went "eh, that works." But the original Celestial Child, assuming he ever existed in the first place, remained dead. His true soul is gone. It was just EH's true soul believing he was the Celestial Child.
brjenness
phoenix...totally ridiculous .. I love it. guarantee they are drunk when they come up with the idea.
Kelfu
And they csn go too the holyland until Jake destroys that
Phoenixdrop
True but eventually
ABTelford
Jake thinks the bloodline of Ell-Hakkan is too dangerous to allow to exist. So he’s definitely destroying it! I can’t believe all these readers who think he’s gonna take it as his own or give it to a friend. He is the most pro-free will guy ever and this bloodline robs you of that. It created the Child of Desolation false god, it mind F^<€ an entire planet and world leaders, and it also manipulated him, Jake, with his egotistical bloodline. Unforgivable. So - he’s gonna hunt down that remnant and destroy it. Nothing escapes this hunter! Also, Jacob’s whole path is about guiding other souls down their optimal path - and the shattered soul of Ell-Hanna no longer has a path to follow from what was said, so reviving him would be repulsive to Jacob. So, yea, I can’t wait to see how Jacob helps (passively) torpedo the resurrection efforts.
Mrburns93
That's the first place I checked. He hasn't said much recently
Steven Bartels
I agree, the only thing I can see working would be stealing the perception aspects, but it would be more along the lines of his bloodline recognizing the pattern and resonating with the perception aspects and unlocking dormant capabilities.
Adrianna Bailey
Check the discord. He might have it posted there by now
ABTelford
No, it’s repeatedly stated that Jake thinks the bloodline is too dangerous to allow to exist. he’s gonna hunt down that remnant and destroy it. Nothing escapes this hunter!
Adrianna Bailey
This is the one. This would be poetry
Black Leg Sanji
He still needs one more level in his profession before that happens he's at 299 right now
Antonio
I'm fairly certain he wants to destroy the bloodline out of principle because it brainwashes people into slavery
Chase Burton
Tftc!
Jennifer Leigh
Pretty sure he somehow set up Sylphie and FK to face DC. Maybe to fire up Jake? If Church wins the galaxy he has to flee or die after the lies he sold his planet.
Allie Fischer
He is waiting for five charges like the message the sage left for him on his boots said too (level 300)
Beemoss
Tftc
Jennifer Leigh
If the King is in control, the church is in for an even ruder awakening! That would be great. They pull out their 'trump card' and he turns on them.
Lucy
Nahh if it fr was the Church that created or even assisted with the creation of the Desolate Child of Loss, after FK (still hopes he gets revived) and trying to restore and continue EH and his Bloodline Jake is gonna gonna fuck them up.
j
Much to come in the following days for sure!
Christian Sullivan
You sly dog
Cam
Yeah he’s been a bit distracted! I also wanna see Villy’s fallout.
Cam
Oh that would be cool!!
DDHG
No that is to mean. Jake is a Hunter, not a animal. The innocent people on the planet are just scared and weak willed people. Unlike the utter mind controlled population of Ell'Hakan. The people who flock to the church are would be innocences.
DeamoniumDraco
I'm pretty sure in two of his POV he comments on how Jake is just an absolute monster and he has no desire to fight against him
Kt-x
Thanks for the chapter 🙂
DeamoniumDraco
No no, not those two. It's the other other one
Tsorov
There is a maximum it can reach, and I don't think Jake is strong enough in C grade to shoot from planet to planet
Ender419
Jacob you sly fox!! I can see the Holy Church losing all of their previous planets & being pushed into specific corner of the Milky Way by a relentlessly hunter all because they stole his prize. Never get between a hunter & his trophy, that is what Jacob & Beltram was hinting at in the last 2 chapters.
DeamoniumDraco
I read that in such a sarcastic and passive aggressive tone 😂
Rewdan
Thanks Zogarth, I’m looking forward to seeing how this plays out.
Kain
I doubt Kindroth gives a shit about what his god wants, honestly my money’s on him being the first heretic-chosen outside of Jake. Bro is the perfect chameleon able to perfectly read and adapt to whoever he needs to to win their trust. He even got around Jake’s normal bull shit detectors and it took him 5 seconds. He used Jake to get rid of Ell because the bloodline is like a pure counter to his strategy if he can’t be in 100% control of his emotions he risks getting lost in pretend/assumed emotions FAST. The only real question is how ambitious he is and how much he wants to be acknowledged could be he’s totally fine with Miranda running the show in public but ruling from the shadows- my bet because you don’t take over a planet without ambition or he could just sit back and actually be Miranda’s incredibly over qualified second. Either way I don’t seem him turning on the clearly winning team he’s too competent for that.
Jordan Rogers
I believe the church is unable to help with the king or even minaga due to their status of unique lifeforms, they aren’t even able to be blessed by Gods including other unique life form gods
Dan
Yeah, you know Jake cares more about eliminating that bloodline than being friendly with the Holy Church. Maybe he should destroy another planet.
Xarow
I also thought this. That it was such a significant fight with lots of bloodline fun that the system may have bottled it up for him as a unique item. Can be used to bestow the bloodline. Much like how the system could grant Villy one. This one is destined for a dusty shelf though in Villy’s Devine realm where no one would dare go!
Abraham
Oh is jake going to use el hakans bloodline to resurrect and empower his tree friend 🧡. A unique lifeform with a bloodline sounds op. And it would suit his path of a king too.
SilverSentry
How though? His bloodline will always see the other as inferior. I can't see how that would work. Also, Jake thinks the emotional tampering is fucked up. He would never consume any part of it.
j
I hope this week leads to something with the Sage, he's going to be B grade before he remembers about his third charge at this rate.
j
I've been curious about that characters motives as well, he seems to be aware and excited about greater movements between Jake and EH but never seems to state in which direction he wishes things to move. Hopefully he remains an ally instead of a becoming an internal problem considering his position. I'm thinking we'll find out when the machinations behind the galaxy's seat of the Exalted Prima is concluded.
Clint
I’ve been imagining Jake contacting Umbra and offering to owe her a favor for assassinating the lesser HC god ruling over the faction that thought it was a good idea to steal Jake’s prey. I don’t think it will happen, but more because Jake is a do-it-yourselfer, not because Umbra wouldn’t jump at the chance to have a favor to call in when he reaches godhood.
Lonnie
Good guy Jacob putting in the ground work so Jake looks better.
Phoenixdrop
Oh a even better thought what if Jake wanting some kind of big records boost during some super rare cosmic event where all the universes line up next to each other making natural portals appear between all of them from one end to the other and Jake literally shoots the farthest target possible by shooting a arrow that travels from one end of the multiverse all the way to the other could even have Villy there waiting to take the hit because he bet he couldn’t do it or even better the entire reason Jake does it is because he Villy made a bet with him that he would let him use as much set up as he wants to try and hurt him with one arrow for some reason
Spencer Miller
I’ve got no reason to believe this, but I suspect that The Bloodline of the Primal Hunter will demonstrate an ability to permanently destroy another bloodline, given sufficient access (such as the heart).
Tommy
I can see them attempting to resurrect EH and creating an abomination Holy Mother being like “oopsie” Can you imagine a god with EH bloodline?? Galaxies upon galaxies of beings wholly devoted to him. Mental TFTC!
Phoenixdrop
Well this will be fun also with how all of Jake’s stuff gets stronger the farther he shoots I can’t wait for him to shoot something from a different planet
SmokeJam
All true, but it was a somewhat hinted at that he is cooking, too. Maybe he is just very theatric with his phrasing and actually just chilling, but if you ever trust a shifty elf, you end up as a dead human, bearing Miras story in mind.
Jack Dawson
The description says it contains fragments of the bloodline, not the whole thing, however it might be possible to corrupt it to mess with the bloodline
Kurt Charlton
I very much want a chapter of her raining toads from the sky that mock her enemies before jumping on them and exploding.
Matthias Meilahn
Could be that his bloodline is in the item, but that would mainly be because he only was a (damaged) soul as the item was generated
Henscratch
His mark is due to be upgraded to something like “ indelible mark of the relentless hunter” that remains even after death. Oh! If the church resurrected the king, he could have his path adjusted again to add the resurrection option as a normal feature as long as he’s tied to Jake with bonus desolation powers to cover the attack power weakness in his last incarnation, but he wouldn’t be psycho since his king pride wouldn’t let him be brainwashed against his ally. Surprise holy church suckers! Your secret weapon is actually a gift to Jake! And he’ll probably borrow some Minaga -like skills from his soul prize reward from their battle. Ps. I see them sparing to reassess their powers and trick HC into letting them closer to Jacob while fighting. Then Jacob could be all oh no I was absolutely over powered and lost the target. Darn. I had no choice!
Mat
Minaga doesn’t cause chaos, it just the other Minaga that is problematic.
Mat
With Bertram specifically mentioning Carmen name on the list to bring for the attack force and Villy saying that the runemaiden can fight the desolate creature. The church definitely has the desolate child of loss
HardcoreLace756
Idk why he would bother, he's the right hand of the Earth alliance. He's been able to slingshot to near ultimate political might so why would he need to depose jake, something he has already seen not work twice when he can just ride on jake's and miranda's seemingly unstoppable momentum. Like if he becomes jake's drinking buddy or good friend then he's going to have near total political power in the milky way, only really contested by miranda and significant power everywhere else since he's a trusted associate of the chosen of the strongest, and currently ascendant, primordial.
mpop
”Jake had sown an all-knew fear in the World Leaders across the galaxy.” It should be all-new.
Numbzy
I feel like the item has the effect of the bloodline without containing it. I mean, if that how it worked people would kill bloodline holders left and right to gain their bloodline, which we know doesn't work. It's kind of like if Jake dies, his eyes probably have some transcendence level of perception enhancing ability without containing Jake's bloodline.
Azazel
Because of the “Item” Jake got wouldn’t it be possible that the scraps of Cheetoh’s soul doesn’t even possess the bloodline anymore? That item having the properties of the bloodline had to come from somewhere…. Right? 😬
Justin Moen
Tyftc!
Ira White
True but if villy and the holy dommemommy cut the right deal it could work out better and he has the bloodline now so if Villy can use the bloodline accords to pressure the church further the Holy mom can use it as an excuse to clean house.
NiceTryMate
«Still, Miranda was aware the conflict wouldn’t end fast, and she honestly did want to drag it out a bit to better access many of their new potential allies.» > Lets assess in excess what she wants to access. :))
Ty Cooper
Oh could be could be. 🤔
SmokeJam
@Tyler S. It was an interlude, I think like 2 or 3 chapters after the False God merged with the claw.
Blackbriar
I'd be interested to see if Miranda would, at some point, have to do her own planet scrubbing using some of her verdant methods. That would definitely cement her position as a powerful witch in their universe, and as a strong ally to stand beside Jake.
SmokeJam
"Decent Powershot" comment from Carmen.
James Faulkner
Waiting for Jake to have a Houyi moment and shoot an arrow that is empowered by suns as it flies through space 😂 (if you don’t get it, read speedrunnning the multiverse)
Dave
TFTC
James Faulkner
Oras just eats them in exchange for some origin energy lol
SmokeJam
Maybe, but I actually think he is very serious about eradicating that bloodline. He hates it with a passion and it was his main motivation behind killing EH
James Faulkner
Can’t wait for this church douche to send a diplomatic missive and get an orbital bombardment in return 😂
SmokeJam
First, I thought it was Kindroth who collected the False God, but now I'm actually pretty sure that's what the priest is pertaining to.
Loststar7
“With Jake the winner in the battle of CHosen” - Chosen. And of course the knew/new correction. TFTC
Alexander C Hyde
This is not a question. I copied text and pointed out a typo.
Tyler S.
This fight would be a great show to view his skills after meeting with the First Sage
SmokeJam
So it was Jacob or another Church guy who collected that False God soul while it was resurrecting. This will be fun :D
Bruce Sheplan
Thats probably why jacob told jake to bring carmen. Shes a hard counter to the child of loss, so very likely you are correct and the Church are the ones who took it.
Tyler S.
It would be a big head start when the rest of the galaxies finish the Primo, starting on the B grade system trial. Granted this could lead to all the slighted factions pushing to make their mark in the 93 outside the Milky Way and fighting over the early stage Primo Command
Ty Cooper
Tftc. I wonder what Kindroth is plotting in the background. Is he hoping to swoop in and take the galaxy from Jake or send out the desolate child till they catch him?
Borbino the great
I don’t think he’d need to do that I feel like his pride wouldn’t let him go down that dark of a path cause why would he need to do that to get what he wants when he could just enjoy the fight
Jj Bb
My current list of suspects for people possibly in possession of the remnants of the Fallen King and the Desolate Child of Loss: 1. Jacob - his lantern the last couple chapters bumped him to the top. 2. Eron - he had a rough start with the King, but time heals all and what better subjects for his quest to give mortals immortality than a unique life form and a false god? 3. Kindroth, Jake's Light-attribute World Leader Elf Friend - he doesn't appear to have a fancy bloodline or transcendence, but it's been shown that simply by being a friendly person he achieves a significant portion of what EH's bloodline did, but without the mind rape.
Borbino the great
I still have hope that the king managed to combine his soul with the child and create something new and escape from his link to Jake I think it could be great development for the king
Borbino the great
That could be the thing they where talking about at the end I was wondering what it could be
Borbino the great
Yeah like 6 months down the line the planet just gets sniped into oblivion by a random ass arrow
Seiryus
Remember that Kindroth's god is an elemental that used to work with the church
Tyler S.
A twice risen FK with the added perk of EHs bloodline would be OP
Tyler S.
What chapter did someone pick it up i just remember FK's soul merging with Child
Devillelouch
Miranda ruler of the Milky Way galaxy. Arthur is most representing humans, SS his clan, FK is himself, and Whale all the monsters.
Andromeda Adams
Tyftc! Oooh.. Jacob has his hopes on Jake. Wait till the other factions find out about the bloodline shenanigans the church is trying to pull! Reviving EH in his state is beyond cruel, agreed to or not.
Tyler S.
HC will probably destroy many of their hundred to empower sacrificial attacks
Ray Light
What if the child absorbed the king (partially) though?
Sam
Hopefully the ones that Jake will need to take with him aren't sent to other planets so that there is a long delay.
Devillelouch
if they(he) decided they had to go -tyfc
Tyler S.
That would be hilarious if i think mostly impossible
Canis
Maybe Jake will be lazy and ask Caleb to send a sneaky follower of umbra to snatch the lantern.
Jonathan
There's Jacob doing Jake a solid and not telling his faction that Jake considers the bloodline an abomination which needs to be eradicated from the universe -- a close second to the need to kill Ell-Hakan himself (and maybe actually more important in the end.)
A Flashy BR
Tyftc!!
Mrburns93
Hi zogarth so glad you could get back to me. 😒.
Rick Delallata
No schedule bro, he posts whenever he wants to
Ira White
10 says Jake wakes up from his nap and is all I'm to tired to deal with this holy church bs Villy can you make them give you what ever you want as compensation so I don't have to deal with it lmao
eatingpitza314
Please destroy another planet
michael pigott
I don't actually think Jake will come for them. Or at least absolutely not in the way predicted. They're bracing against a hunter denied his prey not, "free will absolutist pissed off about the brainwash bloodline" this feels like a moment that Jake is gonna do something absurd, something heretical, somthing with Casper or some combination of the above. Edit: another plan would be for the holy church people to just get ganked by the void when they try to leave because Jake traded something with Arnold
Pickled Rick
It will be interesting to see if Jake really actually needs to do anything. With the origin of Jake's bloodline it feels like its quite powerful and I like the idea that Jake can just consume El'Cheeto's bloodline to strengthen his own further. It will be good for Jake's stealth if he can perceive whether a target is truly unaware of him by perceiving the targets emotions and encapsulating more intangible features into his dome.
Celas
(Being silly here and channeling the hulk) Jake mad. Jake sense Bertram. Jake unleashes intragalatic arrow. And yes Intragalatic is correct. Intergalactic is between galaxies. Intragalatic is within the galaxy but beyond star systems.
Cory Sauls
Maybe we were wrong about who picked up the child of loss fragment. Maybe it was Jacob or someone else from the church.
Pickled Rick
With Jake the winner in the battle of CHosen and Earth’s faction set to take over the galaxy, -> Slight typo on the word Chosen
Asher Mack
Yeaaaaahhh they in trouble. Further down the line (this is almost 99% not gonna happen but) it WOULD be interesting to see Jake free Jacob by becoming the first primordial slayer. Holy mother kinda f’d up with the whole system she got anyway. I’d be down
Mitchell Calhoun
Hopefully he gets to slaughter a few members of the holy church. Those guys annoy the absolute hell out of me.
Jennifer Leigh
Does the church really think the Child can stop a full power Jake? That head priest is truly delusional. He'll be glad to kill it permanently after it took down the King.
Asher Mack
Honestly it depends what direction Zogarth takes with the character. Will he remain a slightly goofy anti-hero with a mostly-in-tact moral compass (at least when it comes to the really bad stuff) who just likes killing big things? Or will he mentally regress/progress into a much darker bloodthirstier rogue who only wishes to further his path as far as it’ll take him, kinda like an early multiverse Viper? Who knows! :3
Arrogant Savant
These priests well and truly have their head up their own ass.
Sailesh Kumar Kumar
TFTC
Exodus Uno
I love Miranda POV's always entertaining to see her take on all of Jake's actions and those sweet profession levels whenever anything happens
Jana
Somehow I wish Jake would pull a Villy - letting the Holy Church pay him while cursing El Hakans Bloodline with the Heart, but it feels a bit like someone wants to clean house in the Holy Church and Jake is meant to do the cleaning.
Gwiddion
My guess is that they are talking about the desolate child. It was a damaged soul which Jacob could heal. If it truly fused with the king that will be a epic fight. Hopefully 20 chapters long with multiple cliffs for enjoyment.
Paulo Furlaneto
Tftc
Valhazstromoz
Jakes gonna bust through that teleporter like the shining "HEEEEEERES JAKEY!!!"
Tyler Owens
“You do that” hahaha
Ritsu
I have a feeling that when Jake becomes a god, he'll be treated like Minaga, someone not malevolent, but also not someone people want to associate with because of how chaotic he is. Of course Jake's chaos is mostly unintentional, but still.
Lizy Flore
The HC possessses the false god, don’t they ? Oh Jake is gonna be so mad. If the Desolate Child was an experiment of the Church rather than of EH, they are fucked. Originally I thought it was Kindroth but with how things are now, it’s more probable that it’s the Church.
Alexander C Hyde
With Jake the winner in the battle of (Chosen)CHosen and Earth’s faction set to take over the galaxy, how exactly would this takeover work in the long term?
C0bra$
Thank u for the story
Profile Name
Tyftc. So it was the holy church that found the false god and they will probably try to use it as a last resort only for carmen to demolish it.
joel southard
Nice thank you for the chapter
Naotsugu97
Thanks for the chapter. Great as always!
Unlisted Pokémon Hudson
The head priest is cooked
Straat Junon
Tyfc!
Straat Junon
"Jake had sown an all-knew fear in the World Leaders across the galaxy" knew should be new
Mrburns93
Zog, what does the chapter release schedule look like on the week of Christmas? Will you be taking the week off?
Frédéric Cantin
Tyftc
Bryce Boo and the Mystery Crew
Yee
Ray Light
First!
