Zogarth
patreon
Chapter 1036 - A Warrior's Return
🕑 Added 2024-12-06 12:10:21 +0000 UTCJake was whisked through space as his teleportation ring finally activated. Below him, the planet was nearer to collapse than ever, but Jake didn’t stick around to see its final moments, even if it would have been interesting to do so.
While he wasn’t entirely certain what would happen with a planet that lost its core or had the core destroyed, he knew it, at the very least, meant it was no longer a planet but now just a big floating rock in space. The system’s laws no longer protected it, and its source of new energy was gone, making everything into pure chaos.
A part of Jake did want to know what would happen when a planet was destroyed like that, but he definitely wasn’t going to ask Villy as he felt pretty damn confident the god would respond by kidnapping Jake for a live demonstration.
Anyhow, appearing back in the Prima Vessel on Earth, Jake instantly had several gazes turn to him. One of them was the space mage Neil, who Jake hadn’t seen in a bit, with the other one being William.
Neil looked surprised a Jake’s sudden appearance and looked like he wanted to say something but stopped himself when he saw Jake’s current state, likely deciding now wasn’t a good time. William also just gave Jake a certain look. Jake nodded, and William breathed out a sigh of relief at the confirmation that it was over.
Walking out of the teleportation room, he headed to the teleportation hub to return home to Haven. Jake was utterly spent and just wanted to go and rest in his damn lodge. Just walking around and flying a bit between things was hard. Shit, it was so bad Jake didn’t even bother to activate stealth, as it was only really now that he was truly back in safety as the weakness began to hit him... and it hit him hard.
Still, he walked into the teleportation hub with steady steps. Jake reckoned he looked absolutely ridiculous, the current state of his body not exactly pleasant to look at – Neil’s reaction had all but confirmed that. His armor was mostly destroyed, his body filled with wounds and holes everywhere, and he could honestly easily have been mistaken for a zombie where the makeup artist had gone a bit over the top.
Sadly for everyone else, Jake was too tired to mind any of that as he just kept heading home. After another teleport, Jake was soon back in Haven, where he had to walk all the way from the teleportation hub to his lodge. Flying would have been faster, but by the time Jake got to the forest city, even something so simple as levitating himself felt like a struggle.
So, despite how it looked, Jake walked down the street as the people there parted and gave him plenty of space, probably to avoid getting blood or something else equally nasty on their clothes.
Jake could only begin to imagine their thoughts from them seeing him in such a state, but he really didn’t have the brain power to think about stuff like that. The weakness and weariness just kept increasing the more time passed, Jake barely observing his surroundings but just focused on making it home without taking a nap on the street. And luckily, he soon reached the lodge.
Entering the valley, he went straight into the lodge and didn’t even bother cleaning himself up as he stumbled over to the couch – having enough sense not to want his bed to get dirty – and just fell down onto it as he closed his eyes.
The plan had been to go over his skill upgrades, but that had been postponed till after his nap. As Jake slipped into sleep to recover, his final thought was a small apology to Miranda for making her find some excuse for why Jake walked through the city looking like a homeless zombie.
--
Miranda had spent a long time considering all the outcomes of Jake’s battle with Ell’Hakan and what would come after. Earth was extremely messy following everything with the Malefic Viper and Yip of Yore had gone down, but she’d managed to control the narrative somewhat by making everyone focus on a common objective: taking back what was lost when the Holy Church and Ell’Hakan attacked before. Plus a little bit extra for good measure, of course.
However, there was still one glaring issue to address: Ell’Hakan. He was the leader of the enemy forces and a one-man army in his own right. Many also still questioned if the Chosen of the Malefic Viper could truly defeat him. The nahoom had done well spreading rumors of his own near-godlike status, with many truly believing it, even on Earth.
Needless to say, a lot had hinged on the confrontation between Jake and Ell’Hakan. Miranda had thought about what would happen if Jake lost, and the result was quite obvious... they would all be completely and utterly fucked. The person they had gathered around would disappear, and their morale would hit rock bottom. Maybe she could still rely on others like the Sword Saint, but Miranda wouldn’t expect the old man to join her in a war without Jake around.
Jake winning, on the other hand, would be a massive boon. His victory would either mean that the Celestial Child was dead or had fled, both of which would result in Ell’Hakan’s faction naturally crumbling. There were still questions about how the Holy Church would react, but in the end, Miranda concluded that no matter what, it would be good for Ell’Hakan to die. Considering that, she also concluded it would be for the best if everyone knew that Jake had gone to fight Ell’Hakan. If he lost, they would be fucked anyway, while if he won, she wanted to advertise it immediately.
And she trusted he would win... and based on what she had just been informed not long ago, he indeed had come out victorious. That left Miranda with her next task: advertising this victory. A way to let everyone know that the Chosen of the Malefic Viper had slain the former Chosen of Yip of Yore. She considered how she would put together the grand announcement instantly to communicate in the most efficient and morale-boosting way.
However... she didn’t even get that far before she was chimed down, and Lillian hurried in. She had with her several recordings and relayed several loud rumors about Lord Thayne. Miranda frowned as she opened the first recording before her eyes opened wide at the sight.
She saw Jake walking through the streets as everyone gave way. Every one of his steps looked heavy as if every footfall was a struggle, which it likely was, considering his state.
Wounds covered him from head to toe. He had dried blood everywhere, not to mention all the burns and cuts, some of them even still seemingly teeming with energy. His face remained hidden beneath the mask that had red streaks all over it, and it honestly seemed surprising he wasn’t already dead...
Yet, despite the aura not being recorded, Miranda could almost feel it just from what she saw. His head was held high as he walked, his bloodshot eyes hidden behind the mask tired but determined as his pace remained steady. He looked a step away from death... yet gave off the aura that should anyone try to finish the job, it would be the last thing they ever tried.
At that moment, Lord Thayne looked like a warrior walking straight out of the battlefield, the sole survivor. One Miranda had already advertised he’d gone to before. All the onlookers knew that he’d come from his battle with Ell’Hakan, and his stride was not that of a loser. The mere fact he returned was proof of that... proof that he was a warrior who had returned a victor.
Miranda couldn’t help but smile as the recording finished, and she saw how no one dared follow him as he entered his private area around the lodge. Miranda had wracked her brain on what kind of theatrics she wanted to put on to announce that Jake had defeated Ell’Hakan, but it seemed as if she had wasted her time because she honestly couldn’t have thought of any better way to announce it than for Jake to confidently walk through the streets, covered in his own blood and the blood of the Celestial Child.
It was nothing less than an absolute declaration of his own victory and the sacrifices he had been willing to make in order to defeat the enemy leader. It showed just how far he had been willing to go for all of them to achieve victory. A display of why he was the World Leader of Earth in the first place and why he was worthy of the title of the strongest in the galaxy.
--
Jake had no idea how long he had slept when he finally woke up. The fact his entire body was sore didn’t help him figure it out either, as he had no idea how long he would feel like shit, but hopefully it wouldn’t be for too long.
Even after opening his eyes, Jake really didn’t want to get off his couch as he just kept lying there. A few more minutes passed before Jake mustered up the courage and used a bit of mana to float over the phone Arnold had installed in his lodge. As he put a hand on it, he instantly knew a message was waiting for him. One from Miranda, just as he had dreaded.
Deciding to just bite the bullet, Jake listened to the message, fearing the scolding he expected to come his way as he heard her voice.
“Good job, and recover well. I’ll make sure no one disturbs you until you reach out first.”
Jake had to do a double-take, not entirely sure he had heard her right. There were no scolding words, no anger, nothing. He was genuinely confused, but hey, why complain about a good thing? She was probably just being nice because she knew he wasn’t in a good condition.
Breathing out a sigh of relief, Jake put the phone back where it belonged, and with newfound energy from not being in immediate trouble with the resident witch, Jake finally got to what he had originally wanted to do before he got too tired:
Looking at skill upgrades.
The first one he started with was naturally the first one that had upgraded during the fight and the one with the longest description by far as Jake opened up and saw the new Pride of the Malefic Viper.
[Pride of the Malefic Viper (Legendary)] – The arrogance and strong will of the Malefic Viper are known throughout the multiverse, and all of existence is made to quake in fear in his presence. Allows the Alchemist to far more easily force their will upon the world. Significantly increases the effect of all Words of Power spoken. By channeling mana, you can make your presence no longer simply a warning but a weapon to target the psyche of your foes directly, and during this time, forcing your will upon the world in any area affected by your presence becomes even easier than before. As your pride has only grown stronger, you have become able to not only bend mana to your will but deny the presence of any other forms of energy within your rightful domain, increasing resistance to all forms of energy-based attacks when you are infusing your presence with mana. The cost and effect of this is dependent on Willpower and the power of what you are weakening. Your pride increases all resistance to any kind of mind-affecting effects, but be warned that it wanes in despair. All effects of the mental attack increase based on the target’s vulnerability, the nature of your mental attack, and the disparity in Willpower between you and your foe. Passively provides 9 Intelligence per level in Heretic-Chosen Alchemist of the Malefic Viper (C-grade variant). May your will be truth, your pride eternal.
So, yeah, a lot longer, for sure. However, the only truly impactful change was one sentence being added:
“As your pride has only grown stronger, you have become able to not only bend mana to your will but deny the presence of any other forms of energy within your rightful domain, increasing resistance to all forms of energy-based attacks when you are infusing your presence with mana. The cost and effect of this is dependent on Willpower and the power of what you are weakening.”
This described the domain-denying effect of Pride Jake had used during the fight pretty accurately, and Jake even felt like there could be more to it. Anyway, besides this effect being added, the other aspects of the skill had also all been slightly improved by the upgrade, part of that due to the increased stats he always got when upgrading one of the Viper’s Legacy skills.
Moving on, as there really wasn’t much surprise with this upgrade, Jake turned his attention to a skill he was far less sure about. He went a bit out of order and looked at his new Timeless Focus of the Apex Hunter that had upgraded quite unexpectedly toward the end of the fight.
Jake only remembered his feelings when it happened and not much else. He just knew that at the time, he felt like he simply needed more time, and he entered a state of hyperfocus where he moved faster, his body allowing him to somewhat keep up with his Perception.
Looking at the old Steady Aim and the new upgrade, Jake was curious about what had changed and what the new skill description said.
[Steady Aim of the Apex Hunter (Ancient)] – When the string is taught and the arrow ready, the Hunter’s focus reaches new realms. To aim and place the perfect shot is what any hunter aims for, and as one who stands at the apex, you refuse for even time to hamper your accuracy. Allows the Hunter to significantly heighten his focus when the bowstring is fully pulled, tapping into the concept of time to slow down his perception of it while simultaneously boosting all effects of Perception significantly. All effects scale with Perception.
-->
[Timeless Focus of the Apex Hunter (Legendary)] – With bow in hand and the arrow ready, the Hunter’s focus reaches new realms. To continuously and rapidly land the perfect shot is what any hunter aims for, and as one who stands at the apex, you refuse for even time to hamper your accuracy or speed. Allows the Hunter to significantly heighten his focus when the bowstring is fully pulled, tapping into the concept of time to slow down his perception of it while simultaneously boosting all effects of Perception significantly. While wielding a bow and having shot at least two arrows in a row without moving, the Hunter can enter a state of Timeless Focus, accelerating the Hunter’s body to rapidly shoot arrows progressively faster. This effect is canceled if the Hunter is forced to move, the shooting pattern changes drastically, or is otherwise distracted, leading to a loss of focus. Cooldown and maximum duration are determined by Perception, and all effects of Timeless Focus of the Apex Hunter scale with Perception.
Steady Aim had been one of those skills Jake just had, used in every single fight, but never really actively thought about. It was just a nice-to-have and allowed him to charge Arcane Powershot faster, improved his aim, and gave him a bit more time to control the flight paths of his arrows as it slowed down his perception of time.
Now, it did more than just that.
Jake still wasn’t sure if he wanted to call this new part of the skill Rapid Fire or Timeless Focus as the skill itself called it, but the effect was effectively akin to using a Rapid Fire skill.
It allowed Jake to shoot regular arrows far faster, and while it definitely had a lot of restrictions, Jake had no complaints. Getting an active component to a passive skill just felt like a pure bonus, and Jake could see this have several uses, though perhaps not in most one-versus-one battles outside of toward the beginning of the fight where he could start with massive distance between himself and his opponent.
Once recovered, Jake definitely had to go testing a bit. Of course, for now, he still had one more skill to look at.
Moment of the Primal Hunter was Jake’s first legendary skill, gained through his Bloodline getting angry at a skill that directly overlapped with what the Bloodline already did. Jake knew some weird system stuff was going on with the creations of the skill, making it end at legendary rarity, but now it had been improved to mythical.
In truth, Jake kind of believed it had deserved to be mythical in the first place, if not even better. While the description said it “slowed down time,” that wasn’t entirely accurate. It was more like Jake separated himself from the concept of time, making himself experience the world as being slower while remaining unaffected. Actually, maybe saying it slowed down time was still accurate considering relativity... though that entire point was kind of moot due to the changed description of the skill now acknowledging Jake separating himself from the concept.
[Moment of the Primal Hunter (Mythical)] – Instincts ascended to directly touch upon the concept of time itself. Through your supernatural instinct for survival, you seize the moment of crisis and turn it into one of opportunity. If a blow would otherwise deal substantial damage to the Hunter, separate yourself from time as the world stills around you. As long as the Hunter doesn’t move, neither shall the world as you seize the moment for a limited duration. Once the Hunter makes any action, the world comes alive as the Hunter progressively allows time to affect him once again, the world remaining slowed down during this process. The Hunter is unaffected by the slowdown and can move uninhibited for the duration. Has an internal cooldown between each activation. Effect and internal cooldown of the skill are based on Perception.
It was definitely a pattern that descriptions of skills just got longer, but this one had quite a few changes throughout. The first of which came in the very first sentence:
“Instincts ascended to directly touch...”
The word “directly” had been added, which seemed like a small thing, but Jake felt like it wasn’t. Moreover, it now said he separated himself from time. Finally, it, of course, included what had happened during the fight with Ell’Hakan, where the fight had fully frozen as Jake stood still.
This effect pretty much allowed Jake time to plan out how he wanted to use the following slowed-down time after he took any actions. Also, it wasn’t like he ever needed to freeze the world entirely if he didn’t want to. He could just use Moment the same as before, and hopefully, its usual effects had also gotten a little better.
He had no real way to know, as Moment of the Primal Hunter came with absolutely no instinctual knowledge, likely due to its unusual origins. So, yeah, Jake would need to also do a few tests with this one once recovered.
He had a lot he needed to do, as he was certain the death of Ell’Hakan had created quite the chaos in the Milky Way Galaxy. Jake also had to address the Holy Church and their actions. He was bound to remain busy for a while. However, for now, he only had one essential task that took precedence over everything else:
Taking another nap.
Comments
Greg Alverson
Pride uses the wrong stat in this chapter "in Willpower between you and your foe. Passively provides 9 Intelligence per level " It should be Willpower since everything else in the skill talks about willpower I also went back to book 4 to verify and it gave bonuses to willpower not intelligence then.
dash w
Thanks for the chapie
Boffadeez
I respect the commitment to the bit at the very least 👏
Boomer
Yea I think we can amend that now after he asked a bunch of gods to lay down and die and o by the way they did just that.
Olof Karlsson
Thanks for the chapter!
Joshua Little
Thanks for the chapter.
Roy
ty4c
Daniel Hamilton
Excited to see what he got in the exchange for the planetary pylon sacrifice. Pretty sure it’s part of Yip.
Daniel Hamilton
Some more planetary sacrifices are in order. Don’t know if any of you’ve ever read Enders game but I think it’s the approach Jake should take. Ender goes above and beyond in reaction. Take the necessary actions to make sure no one will ever think about attacking again or stealing his prey etc... completely lock down the Milky Way galaxy as his territory, which then he just turns a blind eye to and Miranda while oversees it. Curious if there’s a pylon for controlling the galaxy? Villys already given him the green light saying no one will care once it opens, and if any backers come or give him problems he’ll take care of it “ I haven’t gone on a massacre in a while”
ABTelford
Loved this chpt! Hope we get Villy’s reaction as he watched the battle of his chosen.
Krispy sock
No sir, only when necessary.
Michael Ferguson
With that name do you only comment on sock stuff?
Michael Ferguson
He would definitely make a interesting perspective for a short story. I would like the camera to pan out and look at everyone we know. And before the next system event I would like to see some new characters from our universe, like what happened after the tutorial. When the other earth players where introduced.
Blaq Jesus
He has a women for a reason my guy
Yeslek Nnamhctits
Youre naaaasty. Ew.
doctordirt
I want a Neil perspective he's strong enough to know what's going on but weak enough to have interesting veiws also I like the side characters and wish we got more time with them
Krispy sock
He ain’t taking a nap, he’s making some socks crispy! Gotta relive some pressure
Ivo Wißen
If jacob get it then he will die by the hand of a hunter. It is jakes prey you dare take it, good luck surviving this
Chloe
Ty
Thomas Grimshaw
It's definitely the first one.... Just not all at once, especially as Bertram can't die until Jacob does.
VenL.C.
That’d be pretty shitty if Jake auto-claimed the planet right before its complete destruction 🤔…. Negative points? Lol
VenL.C.
Looking forward to a week of post-Best Buddies vs Annoying Pricks ;Beatdown Spectacular.
SqrlyGrly
I don't think it was bc he didn't want to talk but bc Jake needed more uses for the skill to stay longer. He is skipping a lot of potential visions in order to see the sage.
Hotep Saxis
Small fix: Earth was extremely messy following everything with the Malefic Viper and Yip of Yore had gone down, but.. Should change to: Earth was extremely messy following everything that had gone down with the Malefic Viper and Yip of Yore, but…
Sailesh Kumar Kumar
TFTC
KenTX325
Miranda should get a bunch of levels for her part. Managing the fallout of the Viper fight and a war at the same time.
Hayden Leech
You’re a dick. …… I wish I did that. Lol
Azayrian105
You are one lucky bastard. I decided to do it and when I caught up I was only halfway through the prima fight.
brjenness
no cliffs, but we don't even know if he's going to wake up with a bird on his head. worst cliff ever.
Kain
Well damn I put this on the back burner a few years ago, just about when Al was first “beaten” and kicked off of earth. cause I like binging and wasn’t a big fan of the guy at the time. Kinda forgot about it and randomly decided to pick it up and binge all the way through Nevermore to here. Great timing on my part dozens maybe hundreds of cliffs dodged and finishing at the closing of the act.
Lynderyn
Great way to end the week. No cliffs, just nap time.
brjenness
Jake Allen Thayne ... you get in here this instant and explain yourself.
pizzadahuttt
I bet jacob gets EH bloodline later since he tries to do good with his augor abilities unless jake doesn't just destroy it somehow before hand!
Exaiter
Damn nice, hope youre right
Gman
I was thinking about the whole holy church thing. It would be awesome if Jake ended up either absorbing EH's bloodline, so they can't have it. Even better would be if Jake resurrects Sanguine using his blood from sword saint. and also gives him EH's bloodline. Man that would be funny. a slap in the face of holy church for messing with Jake's prey.
Alpheon
Would be kinda cool if all the other primordials saw what Villy and Jake did and were like “that looks fun, imma go try that”
Luke Scheffe
Predicting that Jake will get to level three hundred by turning Jacob heretical.
joel southard
Nice thank you for the chapter
Trevor Mergen
Thanks!
max grok
Short reminder that Pride should Increase his Willpower Stat, not Intelligence.
Azayrian105
The terms were logical and nomological with logical being able to be studied and comprehended and nomological which is just something that can not be directly studied. This is of course an over simplification of how Zog described it but it gives the general ideas.
jord
Next chapter: Cheeto boy's faction collectively crapping their pants
Joseph Irdanto
what else the use of a Never-Forget Buddy?? So that Jake can remember all the things he put inside the necklace...
Ty Cooper
You know that even with Jacob and Bret wanting the lantern destroyed, they are definitely going to do some mass sacrifices.
Benjamin Mages
I mean... have they? The closest they came was when they tried to take out the Risen before leaving Earth and I don't think the Earth was even owned by Jake at that point in time. I legit don't think they've ever actually started a direct conflict with Jake before until arguably now.
Noctis Uchiha
I mean.......do you expect anything less from the Chosen of the Malefic Viper? Who's to say that any chosen is normal
Michael Ferguson
It's going to be a vision of transmutation. So Jake can turn things into juice. The sage didn't want to talk to Jake, the one time we saw him.
Jose Reyna
TFTC
Black Leg Sanji
One more level until then man I can't wait 👌
Tudor
This feels like a nice end to this arc. Tftc!
Govir Drauka
Why use potion when sleep works too? He’s got time (I think).
Mac
I’m fairly sure it’s the second one, but god I hope it’s the first cause I would find that hilarious.
Michael Ferguson
Then I guess it is a counter jihad. They started this.
Keith Douglas
And the EH's heart! The little piece crystal goodness The Church will, at some point, realize they need for any ritual involving squirting EH's bloodline juice into a willing, and loyal, receptacle.
Kasey Lindenmayer
I was waiting for him to use one of his newly made recovery potions
austin kutz
The church definitely has attacked Jake directly. It attacks him directly whenever it's convenient and they feel like it. And jihad is basically just Arabic for crusade
Kasey Lindenmayer
Thanks!
AfroMocha
The only issue I see with this is he would have to have more mastery of his bloodline to first counter the system cause I'm sure the system will not like time being circumvented that way. also, what does that do for someone who died for example the Viper‘s wife that set him on a specific path if Jake would go back and pluck her out of time or what would that do to the viper and what would that backlash be? If he can master his bloodline more of not being "caged" by the system he could prob do it but I go again to people's paths and the effect and backlash that could happen.
Michael Ferguson
I don't think the church has attacked Jake directly. And they probably do crusades. It's a jihad because Jake is a terrorist.
austin kutz
Shouldn't it be counter jihad?
SilverSentry
Maaan, I hope not. LOL what if that creates something similar to the portion of Villy that's housed in Jake's souls pace? And the holy church also keeps whatever soul they've recovered? I'm not sure how all that would work.
SilverSentry
You are correct. Betram did say that. I didn't realize Jacob had the soul at that point. I forgot he has to take it back or there will be consequences.
SilverSentry
I forgot about that! Thanks for the reminder, dude.
Eiv
I think most of his pain/weakness is the drawback after using his arcane powerup? And no potion can fix it.
Chewbacchus
Edit suggestion: 'Neil looked surprised a《t》 Jake’s sudden appearance'
Frost1005
Tftc
Marinellisauce
Great chapter, gotta love a triumphant walk home
Hotep Saxis
Mom and Dad! Jake destroyed a planet and killed millions of aliens. -Caleb
Michael Ferguson
Same here
Michael Ferguson
LOL 😂😆
Michael Ferguson
Bro that hook is never coming out.
Justin Moen
Tyftc!
Michael Ferguson
Permanently? Like it can't be reincarnated. Or resurrected. That would be fucking awesome.
Christian Sullivan
I bet Jake TV is really boring at the moment... poor villy
Michael Ferguson
There is no going back. That's not how recods work. You should think more along the lines of parallel universe timelines. Villy seems to have that power with his bloodline. It's why he can't give up on his family.
Michael Ferguson
Neet
Spencer Miller
Not a prediction, but it would be cool if Jake’s bloodline managed to permanently kill another bloodline that isn’t protected by being inside a soul.
Spencer Miller
I wanna see how the Heretical aura gets explained, if at all.
Spencer Miller
I love the implication that Jake is going to fight Bertram a number of times, each adding a chapter number. That, or Zogarth was messing with us, making us think for a moment we’d get another long fight.
Spencer Miller
I appreciate that Zogarth directly pointed out the word “Directly.” I think it’s *extremely* important. We know there are “tiers” of Concepts (see Ambitious -> Avaricious), which act like refinements of the idea to something more specific, more powerful. But only now do I realize that this doesn’t seem to be the case for all concepts. In particular, Space and Time have never been shown to have higher-tier versions, only subaspects like Seasons or Perceived Time. Directly, then, seems to suggest something very interesting. I forget the terms Zogarth gave about concepts that are achieved through understanding and those achieved through action (I think it was during the Colosseum?), but whatever the term, I think Jake’s bloodline just gave him access to the action-oriented version of the Concept of Time. I want Aeon’s perspective on this development, especially considering that it feels vaguely similar to when he stole a moment of time when achieving Godhood.
Michael Ferguson
I want to go on a jihad to slaughter the church. I really don't like Jacob. I respect Jake for excepting his friendship, but that could never be me.
BrotherKlaus
My jaw dropped when I read this. This is an absolute wild but super cool theory. Love it
Michael Ferguson
I want to listen to Villy talk. Now I have to wait till next week.
Drana :D
Sleep well jake
Chase Burton
Tftc!
Jennifer Leigh
Only if he remembers.
JJMand
Wasn’t it touch and not pride that gave intelligence? I could have sworn that pride gave willpower.
Jennifer Leigh
At first, he's still on the cool down from the one he took during the fight. He probably forgot after his first nap.
Rewdan
Where it will stay until Villy reminds him about it 🤦
Jennifer Leigh
Puberty
Ify Achu
Tftc
Tim Walloch
Umm, why didn't Jake take any potions? They used to be a big part of his after fight care. Did I miss something? Anyways, great chapter to end the week on.
Michael Ferguson
Level ups are so satisfying. Gotta love it when Jake is thinking Miranda is going to be mad but she is actually very happy with him. Reminds me of Jake interrupting to say beasts respect the territory of a Hunter. Such a badass line, and he just feels nervous for interrupting. I'm really loving that the mask was looking cool after this fight.
Pickled Rick
Being able to move freely while the whole world is on a go slow at C tier is already in the realms of plot armor. That being said by Divine tier or whatever tier is at the end the skill could basically give him an infinite amount of time to setup an attack but if the God survives that final stand then they could kill Jake "easily". The Viper's skin clone could also be an obvious counter because if Jake wasted his moment to kill a clone then the real Villy could strike Jake while he was vulnerable from his attacks backlash.
Grey Grick
Haha, no Cliff hanging today!!!!
Sean
I'm hoping he just revives ell Hakan himself using that unique item and then just does so at the order for a rematch. If they want him they gotta get the new corpse lol.
Dereion Hardin
Does Zogarth ever say at what age enlighten can gain a class/profession?
Jeffrey Powers
It's got to be that piece of pickled Yip that Villy scooped up and put in a jar.
Sean
The way his skills keep referencing time makes me think that if he separates himself from the concept of time he can basically interact with any 'time'. I'm now wondering if he can use that moment to revive someone who died a long 'time' ago, by simply pulling them out of their time and bringing them back in with himself. It'd be funny if that worked for Villy's wife and kid because it would mean his failure to revive them was directly because Jake took them to that exact moment in order to revive them, and Villy was trying to revive someone who quite literally would only exist in the future.
William WIlson
Nah next stop is the fall out wrap up. Still got Jake's gift from villy for the world core, have to have some explanation for Snappy, Jake replacing his gear or getting it fixed. Then some major curse ritual
IFL
Lol that gave me a chuckle, 'Moment of the Primal Zog (Divine Plot Armour) ... '
William WIlson
Jake only got Ell’Hakans heart infused with records related to his Bloodline from the fight. He also didn't get as many titles because Ell’Hakan was a Usurper and no longer a Chosen. Maybe he did get a title for killing a Usurper but I doubt it, more likely upgraded his slayer of the mighty title.
Dallin S
I’m pretty sure you have to go and try to claim the pylon for killing them to make it yours so there are probably a few uncontested pylons that he could go get if nobody has taken them over yet.
Dallin S
Jacob got away with the soul lantern thing. Bertram told Jake to bring his A team when he came after it because the holy church would be protecting him with all they have pretty much.
Numbzy
I'm pretty sure that the planetary pylon just broke immediately. I don't think he even got the chance to use it.
William WIlson
Speak for yourself I'm still wondering what Jake got for the Planetary Core deal. Also for villys reaction to Jake in the fight.
William WIlson
Silver Jake can't destroy the lantern become it's a skill, see book 2 chapter 11 for this description [Lantern of the Augur (Ancient)] – The fallen souls are never truly lost to the Augur. Summon a lantern that can store the souls of the fallen. While in the lantern, the souls do not experience any decay but are instead nurtured. The souls must enter of their own free will. Capacity and power of the souls stored are based on Willpower and Wisdom. However Jake does hold the heart and I could see him using it in some ritual in which Jake makes a living bow. No way does he give the heart to anyone or use it in some ritual where someone could bring back his Bloodline. Might also make a great ingredient in a plague to target that Bloodline.
Alex Lane
Tftc
karamitros paparizas
probably some of the records he saved from yip
Arieh Sochaczevski
Thanks for the chapter! You use the word “effect” here *WAY* too much. Often awkwardly. Not necessarily incorrectly, just in ways that aren’t necessarily good. Some can be changed for ‘result’ very easily. Others can just be eliminated completely.
Rick Delallata
He got Cheeto's heart but that was basically it for loot
Rick Delallata
He already gave Jake something. He just immediately put it in his storage because of the ongoing fight
SilverSentry
A solid ending. I can't remember if Jake destroyed whatever Jacob had EHs remains/soul or if it's in his inventory. Given his state I can't imagine he'd have enough energy to destroy something like that. I hope he doesn't forget 🤣 ooor, maybe he'll be able to use it in a potion for something? Feed it to eternal hunger? With hid new moment skill upgraded, perhaps he'll get some training in with the Sword Saint's patron? To build on his growing skills in time control. So much to look forward to! Thank you for the chapter.
Shaibene
Yes but we don't know what it is yet because Jake putnin his storage without identifying it and forgot about it
SilverSentry
Villy knows he's seen him, but iirc, I don't think Jake told him he's going to meet him. Villy thinks he's dead from ehat I recall.
BumAssBumAss
I want to see Jake talk to villy now. Post fight conversation.
Richard Loveless
He also got an orb which likely contains the bloodline of EH.
Rewdan
Cheers Zogarth, looking forward to Monday
Pickled Rick
I don't know how many more Skill tiers there are but I love the idea that once you get to the Godly tiers the descriptions become stupidly vague one or two sentence descriptions. Once you enter Godhood time has almost no meaning so I think the system should take off the training wheels with the requirement that the user take full ownership of the skill by God tier. Moment of Primal Hunter (Deity/Divine) - Your instincts are Omniscient and the final moment belongs to the Primal Hunter. Effects based on Perception. Zog of course would word it better than me but having God tier skills be half a chapter long feels like it would be a detriment to the story.
Boomer
He went to the "strongest" being in the 93rd universe planet and left nothing but a void in space.
Colton Horton
Rather than the amazing story itself, I feel like we should all take a moment to acknowledge another miracle: Zog didn't leave us on a cliffhanger this week!
Dray Kruesi
I wonder what the Viper will give Jake for the core. He stated that ot was useless, but surely he had some kind of alchemical way of using it. Also, what will he send in return. Tftc
Gwiddion
He did get the kill notification and multiple lvl ups as well as 3 skill evolutions during the fight.
Mat
During the prima event EH killed two world leaders. From the notification that Jake got when he claimed to planetary pylon, killing a world leader makes you one. So is Jake now a world leader of two additional planets. Also any changes on the list of Administrator Candidates for Seat of the Exalted Primary?
Ty Cooper
So did Jake get anything for killing Cheeto? I mean he got the title for making him leave Earth. Shouldn't he have a lot more notifications to go through? Are all these questions just a very mild cliffhanger for this weekend? If that's the cliff for this week Zog was very nice to my psyche for the weekend. I guess there had been a stream of them throughout the Cheeto fight.
Davey876
Everything is easy for Jake to clean with alchemical flame... he showed that in the 2nd or 3rd book when his lodge was first built and the those people attacked... the fight he got the weapon he took the hunger curse from
Davey876
I think he will wait for the system event to be over and to be with villy
Kt-x
Thanks for the chapter!
Nate Slusher
This has been a really good arc to the story, but it has made me even more excited for the new things going forward, that conversation with a snake god should be really fun, meira and irin update, church war, sage time etc….. should be real good
JJB4345_80_815
Yep, it happened to me as well. It looked like all posts were gone, but when I went to notifications I could then pull up the chapter.
Alexander C Hyde
[Steady Aim of the Apex Hunter (Ancient)] – When the string is (taut)taught and the arrow ready, the Hunter’s focus reaches new realms.
Jordan Rogers
Probably likes the bed and would rather replace the couch, with perception so high a comfy bed and 10 billion thread count sheets must be hard to find
JJB4345_80_815
Yes, thank you for the chappy Zogarth!
Zachary Newland
Sorry to be that guy. When the string is "taught" and the arrow ready, the Hunter’s focus reaches new realms. Wrong word should be "Taut" Darn homophones
A Flashy BR
Ofc I just want to know all of his friends reactions. I really like those chapters after he does something ridiculous lol.
Ray Light
He won't gain any titles for being the first to destroy a planet or even being the first in C-grade to do so... Child of Desolation beat him to that😅
Devillelouch
Next stop First Sage drama.
A Flashy BR
This was a nice chapter. I am curious about what reactions will be had about him destroying the planet!!
Bi-Dailey
TFTC
Andromeda Adams
Tyftc! His walk back home says it all! Now what did Villy give him? What will Villy and everyone else say?
Devillelouch
Nope that will probably be soon. Jake has a ton of fires to put out.
Straat Junon
Tyfc
Jake Schmitz
Don't mind me, I'm still over here celebrating Ell-dingle nuts death. Carry on
John Durrett
Thank you for the chapter
shawn B
Tyftc!
Lizy Flore
Loved that cliffhanger! 😂 the perfect end to the arc
Brian Griffith
Umm… Jake. You should know that couches are harder to clean than beds. Beds have sheets you can take off and wash.
Micah Molina
An incredible fight followed by a simple, yet epic conclusion. This was probably the most visually epic fight and ending to date!
Cory Sauls
TFTC!
C0bra$
Thank u for the story
Blaq Jesus
Yes, mine too, if i didn't have notifications on, I wouldn't have access to this chapter. Patreon has been messing up for a few days now for me. I don't see any of his posts.
Blaq Jesus
Agreed
Blaq Jesus
Thank you for the chapter
Cameron Whitaker
Yeah mine was too, I had to go via the discord link.
Helios
Same had to go through gmail
Unlisted Pokémon Hudson
Best arc so far. Wondering what Zograth is going to cook for the next one.
Jana
Same here! Found it through the notification.
Lizy Flore
Same for me 😕
Namorat
By the way, was there no scene or moment yet in thick Villy explained that his chosen did as intended? Does the multiverse still think Jake betrayed his patron?
doob
Bro takes two naps in the same day. I'm just like him fr
Tyler Owens
Lovely wrap up to an awesome fight, I always love the Jake’s vs random earthlings perspective chapter. Jake’s just like “man I’m beat” while everyone else is like “holy shit he just soloed the dude that’s can solo plants and dgaf”
Yannick North
Tftc
Matthias
Tftc
David W. Baijense
Tyftc
Gavin
Pride is getting increasingly conceptual in a way that is really interesting
Jacob
Thanks for the chapter!
Asher Mack
Me too, not sure what’s happening there
Profile Name
Tyftc! Was anyone else’s patronen screwed up. At first couldn’t see the chapter on home or posts tab. Had to change filter for them to appear.
Paulo Furlaneto
Tftc
Darshar Griffonmane
And the Yip and Cheeto arc ends at last with a nap. Quite a fitting end. Hell of an arc Zograth! Excited to see where we go after this! tyftc
Dayton Field
Tftc
Stuart McCabe
TFTC "Allows the Hunter to significantly heighten his focus when the bowtring is fully pulled..." should be "bowstring" "It was more like Jake seperated himself from the concept of time..." should be separated
Connor
Thanks for the chapter
Ruot Ruot
Tftc
Kevin Watson
thanks for the chapter
