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Chapter 1033 - Primal Hunter vs Celestial Child (10)
🕑 Added 2024-12-03 12:20:05 +0000 UTCThe dark skies above were roaring with power, the faith energy of Ell’Hakan having all gathered into one singular point. A pressure powerful enough to calm the planet briefly washed over it right after Ell’Hakan spoke as the eclipse formed.
Gone was the scorching heat of the sun, the stillness of the moonlight having completely disappeared. Instead, it was replaced with something else. It was an all new kind of concept that seemed to align with both the sun and the moon, yet surpassed both.
For a very brief moment, Jake thought back to the Tutorial when he’d used the corrupted shard on the King of the Forest and created an explosion resembling an eclipse. Back then, it had all been born from two opposing and unstable energies forcibly mixing... and in truth, this wasn’t much different.
The sun was a bringer of warmth and life. Meanwhile, the moon represented a harbinger of cold nights and the stillness of death. Mixing these two wasn’t meant to happen as they opposed one another... but it could be done, which was when another memory flashed of someone who had successfully merged opposing concepts to catastrophic results:
Minaga. During the final boss fight of his Labyrinth, the Unique Lifeform used fusion spells of fire and frost as his so-called “big spells.” What was born of a successful fusion was more than the sum of its parts, the destructive potential reaching entirely new levels.
The Celestial Child had accomplished something very similar. Jake couldn’t say if it surpassed what Minaga had done during the fight back then, but he did feel certain the scope of this was far, far larger.
And so was the cost.
As Ell’Hakan stood there, his hands spread as the world experienced a total eclipse, the rest of his remaining flesh peeled off, and his body began breaking apart even more as wide cracks formed down his entire mid-section, even the body of starlight, barely able to keep itself together anymore.
Not even a second had passed since Ell’Hakan spoke, Jake’s mind working at high speeds as he evaluated what to do. Run? No... no, his intuition made it pretty clear he wasn’t going to get away from what was coming, and even One Step wasn’t an option as space itself in a massive area was being suppressed.
Block the attack? Jake wasn’t confident, far from it. Whatever was coming would be unlike anything Jake had faced before. To even call it an attack of a C-grade seemed inaccurate... it was more akin to a mass-sacrifice attack, something used by the Holy Church through massive sacrificial rituals. The biggest difference was that the level of faith those who had sacrificed their own lives for this attack far surpassed even those the Holy Church normally had sacrifice themselves. That, and the fact the ritual was being conducted by Ell’Hakan, an incredibly powerful being himself, especially after he abandoned any future to fully immerse himself in his delusion, and the fact he was also giving up the rest of his own life to do the ritual.
So... no, blocking was out of the question.
Call for help? They wouldn’t arrive in time.
Try to negotiate? Yeah, fat chance.
Trick Ell’Hakan somehow? The dude was so far into his own delusion that Jake could bring back the “real” Celestial Child - assuming he had ever even existed in the first place - and Ell’Hakan would still proclaim himself the real one even as every single god in the multiverse vouched for the real one’s authenticity.
Jake was wracking his brain as only two options appeared... one was to do what he’d done back when he faced Valdemar in Nevermore. Pulling on his Bloodline like that came with massive risks, though, and in all honesty, Jake wasn’t sure what the result of doing so would be.
Back then, he had been in his “mortal form” due to the Challenge Dungeon. Now, he was quite evidently not, and as he vaguely remembered how he felt back then, Jake feared the consequences of using that kind of power. A lucky outcome would be to experience a period of weakness for a good while after using it, but it was equally possible he would experience some kind of permanent loss.
The point was that Jake had no way of knowing, which made him reluctant. Especially after the entire Palate of the Malefic Viper fiasco, Jake was a lot more careful about just using his Bloodline willy-nilly. Yes, it was powerful, but perhaps it was too powerful at times, and no matter how he used it, he would still have to bear the cost of its usage.
This left Jake with only one real option left in his mind... one that was perhaps the simplest when facing this kind of massive attack:
Kill the caster before he finishes fully casting the skill.
Without any hesitation, Jake pulled out his bow and started shooting. Intuitively, he knew that getting close to Ell’Hakan, who was already burning up his entire existence, would be problematic, and he was confident in dealing more damage with a bow than even if he could make contact and start stabbing while using Touch of the Malefic Viper.
The response to Jake’s attack was lackluster, to say the least. A few barriers that seemed ot almost be cast automatically appeared, blocking two arrows before the third one penetrated through and hit Ell’Hakan head-on.
It struck him in the chest, the arrow piercing all the way and leaving several cracks where it hit as if Jake had struck a statue. The second arrow had a similar result, and so did the third, but Ell’Hakan seemed unbothered as he still stood there with the trident raised as the eclipse finished fully forming and powering up.
Jake desperately kept shooting, holding nothing back. He infused every Arcane Powershot as quickly as he could to deal more damage and pushed his boosting skill above even the 60% he really didn’t want to go beyond, all to try and destroy the vessel of Ell’Hakan – or to lean into the metaphor of earlier, make the water tank fully collapse.
The arrows were weakened by the pressure from the eclipse, but they still each dealt tremendous damage. Jake’s danger sense grew as his body moved faster and faster, before he felt that the true attack was about to arrive, and he knew it was time to unleash his final gambit.
From his quiver, Jake took out a large arrow he’d been preparing in the background for a while. Just because Jake had used the Eternal Hunger arrow earlier didn’t mean Protean Arrow was out of commission, and this arrow had truthfully been ready for a while as he’d started to form it right after he’d used Eternal Hunger. He just never saw a good opportunity to use it, not before now.
Nocking the Protean Arrow, Jake took aim and charged Arcane Powershot quickly before loosing it, also pouring in every shred of Hunting Momentum he had left. Right before the arrow struck the Celestial Child, Jake pushed himself by using Primal Gaze to try and momentarily stun his foe with the hope it would assist in destabilizing his foe’s soul.
Primal Gaze activated as Jake felt his eyes about to pop out of his head from the strain as he felt like he’d just used the skill on several people at once. All the faith energy in Ell’Hakan’s body had changed his soul permanently, making it foreign and damaging for Jake to look at, which was also the reason he had been apprehensive about using Gaze throughout the fight.
Even so... despite the backlash perhaps not being worth it, the skill worked. Ell’Hakan froze right before the Protean Arrow struck him in the chest, the arrow piercing straight through him as the nahoom buckled over. Cracks formed across his entire body, making it look as if he was about to shatter, but Jake wasn’t done yet.
Now.
Throughout the fight, Jake’s Hunter’s Mark had been building up energy little by little with every blow Jake landed. Each individual hit hadn’t contributed much, but with how Ell’Hakan had just taken all the hits as he became closer and closer to a being of pure faith energy, the build-up had only increased, reaching a level beyond anything Jake was used to.
And now, he detonated that entire Hunter’s Mark all at once.
The still-keeled-over Ell’Hakan lit up as Jake detonated the charge, arcane light flashing out of every fracture and hole in the nahoom’s already broken body. It burned him from the inside as it dealt direct damage to his soul, and Jake felt the soul of the Celestial Child shudder...
Shudder, but not break.
Jake’s face fell as Ell’Hakan slowly raised himself to a standing position again. The Celestial Child looked down at Jake with an expression of scorn and arrogance, letting Jake know that he’d failed.
With his trident raised, Jake saw Ell’Hakan command the eclipse as he lowered his weapon, the celestial phenomenon obeying his command. In the sky, a black pulse of energy sent a shockwave down as a massive pillar of energy began descending toward the planet. It broke through the already damaged atmosphere, making the sky shatter and break apart upon impact as it continued down with Jake as its only target.
The dark light of the eclipse covered an area as far the eye could see, and Jake could only desperately draw his bow and shoot another arrow as the light descended toward him. The attack the Celestial Child unleashed wasn’t a super flashy one, nor did it appear very destructive. Even the atmosphere hadn’t truly been “destroyed” by the light of the eclipse... the balance keeping the struggling atmosphere whole had simply been broken by the overwhelming surge of energy.
Jake’s danger sense was going berserk as he stared at this light that seemed to bring with it only oblivion, and he knew he wouldn’t walk away from blocking it... so he did just the opposite.
His scales dispersed, all defenses scattered, and Jake refocused all of Arcane Awakening to be purely offensive. With Jake exposed, even the passive suppression of the eclipse strained his soul, but he had to ignore it as he just kept trying to somehow end Ell’Hakan before he himself met his end... but it seemed doomed.
Jake questioned what to do at that moment. His plan had failed, and in truth, he had no idea what he was truly dealing with anymore as that eclipse skill surpassed Jake’s expectations manifold. Even if Ell’Hakan died, would the attack persist? Did Jake even have a chance to end the fight here and now? Did he really need to risk using his Origin Energy to empower his Bloodline?
He had so many questions and no way to get away or do anything else but attack as the light came for him. As he faced death, Jake kept looking for the best way forward, but he needed more time... and as his sense of danger grew and the light of the eclipse drew closer, he felt his own heartbeat. It was beating fast, the stress from the fight coursing through him, but the closer the danger got, the more his heart slowed down, and when he had only a scarce couple of seconds left before the lethal attack would strike, Jake claimed the moment as his own.
Moment of the Primal Hunter.
His skill activated as Jake willed it to, his mind more focused than ever before as time slowed down all around him, his heartbeat getting slower and slower until finally… it entirely stopped.
And as it stopped, so did the world.
Skill Upgraded: Moment of the Primal Hunter (Legendary)] --> [Moment of the Primal Hunter (Mythical)]
Jake stood unmoving, not thinking about anything he’d just done, as everything was frozen in place around him, the only thing active seemingly his mind and senses. He watched the light of the eclipse and his opponent, who stood with this light as his backdrop. Jake also stared at the state of Ell’Hakan and his body, and as he analyzed the many fractures and used Sense of the Malefic VIper to understand his opponent’s state, a plan began to form.
He wasn’t sure how long had passed with the world frozen all around him, but Jake quickly began to feel an odd strain. He felt as if his soul was about to be torn from his body, and he knew he had to move and allow himself to be affected by time once more.
The second Jake moved, so did the world also slowly come alive. The eclipse light began slowly descending once more, as only now did the usual effect of Moment of the Primal Hunter trigger, with the world moving in slow motion as Jake was still moving at full speed.
He quickly drew the string of his bow and released an arrow, hitting the still-slowed-down Ell’Hakan at a certain spot in his chest where there already was a crack. A second arrow hit a second crack less than a blink later, with a third following suit nearly instantly after.
As he kept shooting, the brief Moment he’d claimed was rapidly coming to an end, but Jake wasn’t done yet. His heart was still beating, slowly getting faster, but Jake focused all his will to buy more time… but he knew it wouldn’t be enough.
Jake kept drawing his bow, and every time he did so, his perception of time always slowed down as he pulled back the string to take aim, courtesy of one of his often-forgotten passive skills. Yet now, this perceived slowdown in time only annoyed him as his body couldn’t keep up with what he wanted it to do.
He focused deeply on the sensation of time being slowed by Moment of the Primal Hunter and held on to that sensation as long as he could, hoping to get off the right amount of arrows… and as he did so, his body responded. It was unclear if Jake moved faster or the world was slower, but even as Moment came to an end, Jake kept rapidly nocking and shooting arrow after arrow, far faster than he ever could before. As Jake was fully focused on simply continuing to shoot, knowing that the second he stopped, he would lose all momentum and whatever state he was in, he even ignored the notification.
Skill Upgraded: [Steady Aim of the Apex Hunter (Ancient)] --> [Timeless Focus of the Apex Hunter (Legendary)]
By now, Ell’Hakan looked like a pincushion from all the arrows Jake had shot that stuck out of him, with eighteen arrows in total. But it wasn’t enough as Jake kept shooting even as his body screamed at him to stop.
Nineteen.
His shoulders were tearing, and blood was already streaming down his chest and arm from the cracks in his skin, but he kept shooting.
Twenty.
The arm wanted to just hang limp, but he needed two more, making Jake grit his teeth so hard his gums began bleeding as everything hurt, especially as he kept himself in his accelerated state to keep shooting.
Twenty-one...
As he loosed his final arrow, several more vessels burst in Jake’s body, but he got it off as his arm fell down his side, unmoving.
The arrow flew true and hit Ell’Hakan right in the center of his chest the very moment eclipse light also enveloped his body. Everything in Jake’s vision turned down as he was about to be consumed by the light, and he only had time to do one final thing as he sent a mental command.
Each arrow had pierced into one of the many cracks lining his opponent’s body, and Jake had placed every single one of them in a very deliberate pattern. Placed them so that the second he detonated every arrow at once, the fissures in the Celestial Child’s body and soul would widen and crack... and as everything would happen at once, not even give him a chance to keep himself together, no matter how much Willpower or how strong his delusion.
From within the dark light of the eclipse, a single flash of arcane light lit up as the twenty-two arrows embedded in the Celestial Child’s body all turned destructive and blew up at once.
Jake’s danger sense was still screaming, his heartbeat about to go crazy as his survival instinct wanted to take over... but then it disappeared. Within his sphere, he saw the body of the Celestial Child finally experience critical failure, too much damage to his soul’s integrity happening at once, making it collapse in an instant as he simply exploded.
With the dark light of the eclipse mere meters from Jake it was washed away and replaced by a wave of starlight that blew harmlessly over his body. The eclipse light was entirely gone, with wisps of starlight raining down upon the broken planet instead, each of them fragments of the Celestial Child’s soul. The moons and sun were gone, the eclipse nowhere to be seen as if it had never been there, and the world was calm once more as even all the remaining faith energy began to scatter, the “god” it had gathered around no more.
Comments
jujuxxbean
Nicely executed ending! I'm glad we got to see Jake's instincts working in a way that wasn't purely his bloodline but his own will. Looking forward to all the reactions and rewards :)
Mattias
I loved the last 150 chapters or so (giving it 10/10) but this fight was way to long. A pain to read…. (2/10…maybe…)
Trumangolorian
Finally the end to the DBZ style battle. Epic as hell. Glad it was a DBZ fight. Afterall he was hyped up to be a pinnacle type rival for Jake. Now onto the rewards from such a victory. Also TYFTC
Olof Karlsson
Thanks for the chapter!
Joshua Little
Thanks for the chapter.
Roy
ty4c
Chloe
Good Riddence to that guy. Woo! Tyftc
Luke Scheffe
The scales aren’t that useful to him either. It could be relative to the users.
ABTelford
Whew! That was tense!! ❤️❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️
Endern
Still not quite an [Immortal Moment]
Corvid
Don't forget that said chosen was the usurper of one of the strongest gods. It was kinda like Jake rekilled Yip at the same time.
Max
Also thought about that with Jacob even being the "good Guy" with the bloodline but Jacob ist way to shitty/untalented with this hole Multiverse/His class stuffand so on to even get a bloodline in a system Event (you probably need Hella Credits/records for that) and i dont think the holy mother can Take place in a Event and giveaway the bloodline.
Profile Name
That seams to be really rare and/highly costly considering that even relatively few gods have bloodlines so it is’t like do a system event get a bloodline but probably requires multiple and probably even special records related to the bloodline beforehand to facilitate it. I will say it’s possible but highly unlikely
Sal
His bloodline will get recycled by the system and maybe someone from the Holy Church can get like what Villy did
Chase Burton
Thanks for the chapter!
Powers
p sure it was specified somewhere that he has to focus/be in combat for the skill to proc
brjenness
Somewhere in the universe...two pale glowing women and one brightly glowing man look down at an orange baby..."don't worry little one, we'll help you get the evil snake worshipper." as light enters the child and he starts rapidly growing.
Mohammed Sheekh
El'hakan bloodline has been recorded by the system and therefore can be claimed as a reward from a system event
brjenness
I wonder if the prima egg...space capsule thing is destroyed.
brjenness
Carmen won't care...especially if Artemis is willing to spar.
brjenness
Yeah, that's what I've been thinking, but I still like the beer idea. Life and death struggle...Timout...my bud just sent me a beer.
brjenness
Hey...who told the new guy he could talk? lol...say what you need/want to say. It can't be as annoying as all our ridiculous theories about what will/should happen. For example...that better have been a beer that Villy gave Jake.
brjenness
Jake Juice, Nevermore record holder, and now chosen/planet destroyer...I'm curious to see interactions with strangers before and after they find out who he is.
Naomi Roberts
There you go again, sitting in that dark corner, snickering and giggling. Awesome job, now can we please have the rest of the story?? Tftc.
KingGoomba
I'm thinking of the ripples this will cause in the multiverse. Not only did the Malefic Viper kill Yip easily but the very same day his Chosen not only kills Yip's chosen but also completely destroys his planet showing he truly is following in his Patron's footsteps.
Vega
Just caught up on the chapters. It’s a shame EH went into the delusion and could only fight Jake that way. I was even rooting for him for a bit pre-delusion, he turned out surprisingly likeable. If this is truly his end with the death notification incoming, then RIP Ell’Hakan. Lonely existence though you seemed to have, you were a great foil to Jake & an interesting villain
Ray Light
Or Jake shooting a records distance of above 1 lightyear?
Ray Light
Ooh, that would be super interesting! Perhaps a funny moment where Carmen finds out about his escapades with Artemis in the Colloseum😂
Ray Light
I think Jake would recognize a beer in an instant though...
Ray Light
Even when considering equal value that must be bargained? The planetary Pylon was rather "useless" to Villy
Max
And the Holy Church gets nothinggg!!! (Hopefully)
Kevin Watson
i was thinking this exact comment, well paced fight with fun bits of surprises or power ups sprinkled throughout, and it was nice to see some skills get some bloodline love, it’ll be great to see the archery skill and moment used in a non life or death scenario
Mia Radic
Still waiting for the death notification...
Mia Radic
Has another false god just been created?
Kevin Watson
oh shit it could be a universe wide HUNT
Jennifer Leigh
He's gonna need to get a stronger bow. Maybe ask Artemis about that.
Michael Fannon
Probably those scales he saved for Jake.
spyks
I bet the viper sent him a beer. He had full faith in his chosen to win and didn’t need to give him anything to help, but did want to celebrate his victory even though he can’t visit himself.
Ty Cooper
Lol I don't think Jake really killed all the nahoom. ElCheeto did that to fight Jake
KollegvomMirgan
anyone else wondering what jake got from villy?
jord
Especially if it's a fight that takes years or longer, imagine having to deal with occasional bureaucracy and having to train skills while in the middle of a life or death battle.
The Dregs
You bastard. How dare you end it there. It’s like you want us at the edge of our seats.
jord
Rest in pieces, here lies Cheeto boy, He never scored.
Niko Tainui
Man I can't wait for the next chapter.
Alejandro Piña
I got to think that at some point he was gonna use the heretic-chosen skill to see the past of the viper and disappear for a few seconds, but I guess that wouldn’t have worked out.
Johnsmith
Whoo!
kingofshibainu
There's also "Protean", which is conceptually similar, but includes implications of creation, versatility, and the ability to make/be/do anything.
Sailesh Kumar Kumar
TFTC finally he’s dead
brjenness
sometimes it takes 24 hours for a kill notification to show up
Jose Reyna
TFTC this has been an exciting fight for me!!!!
KenTX325
For future events. I think Jake needs to go big in B grade. Concurring the 93 universe, taking one planet after another and defeating all who stand in the way.
KenTX325
Next is levels and rewards. Killed millions of Nahoom, upgraded 2 skills to mythical and one to legendary, killed a rival chosen, usurper, and false god. And his faction is taking control of the galaxy. Completed a bargain with a primordial. I’m thinking at least 5 levels, possibly more. Oh yeah, destroyed a planet and ended a bloodline.
Victor Desantiago
For sure, we start making predictions chapter by chapter , and you start questioning the logic of each play. Is one of those things that you have read in one scoop other wise you will pulling your hair out.
Ty Cooper
I believe CC sucked up all his faith energy from across the multiverse to try and kill Jake. His flunkies should all be dead.
Ty Cooper
It is nothing if we had it in book form or audible but they all go crazy when it is chapter a day. I admit I was shouting for him to die already but it was more like yelling at an opposite team in a sports event rather than a rush.
Ty Cooper
Lol wow that went way wholesome. But the universe is open again and I could see a lull for some catching up. He hasn't seen his peeps in the order for years now.
Ty Cooper
Zog the almighty cliffwriter is laughing at all the commentary from this week's daily cliffs.
Burkes
I’d like to refer you all to my comment on chapter 1023 xD
Tyler S.
That would be a nice twist and really set up a Jacob v Jake fight later
Kyler
I fucking hope not but at this point it’s expected
Scott Schluter
All I'm saying is... no death notification yet.
Stuart McCabe
I love your work, world, and characters, but some small things are slightly suboptimal. If this kind of message is unwanted just DM me and Ill go back to listening silently :) "Sense of the Malefic VIper to understand his opponent’s state, a plan began to form" Shouldnt be a capital I in Viper "In the sky, a black pulse of energy sent a shockwave down as a massive pillar of energy began descending toward the planet." ditch the first "of energy" to make the sentence less repetitive without losing the meaning "it was more akin to a mass-sacrifice attack, something used by the Holy Church through massive sacrificial rituals. The biggest difference was that the level of faith those who had sacrificed their own lives for this attack far surpassed even those the Holy Church normally had sacrifice themselves. " The sentiment of this is all very clear but again the sentence structure is clunky. Ditch "through massive sacrificial rituals" and "sacrifice themselves" and change the end to "of the Holy Church normally had"
brjenness
when sylphie sees Jake, she says uncle your back. Jake says sylvie you spoke. reeee.. jake says yes u did
Ben
I thought whatever he got in trade with the viper for the core would have come into play. Good fight though
Amathew2
He ain’t RetCon from Rick and Morty.
TyranT-Rex
Was the 5th chapter of the fight after Jake shot EH with the Arrow of eternal hunger. "He soon approached the ground, and as he did, Jake felt himself being observed from somewhere. He looked toward where someone was looking but found nothing. Frowning, Jake tried to identify the source of what observed him, but as this observer didn’t appear to hold any malice, Jake decided to not let himself be distracted as he landed only ten meters from where Ell’Hakan was lying on the ground."
TyranT-Rex
We are only a few levels away from being able to meet the first sage, so I assume that happens next too.
The Uub
I'm pretty sure that El'Hakan is dead. I think some of the disbelief about his demise stems from how long EH has been involved in the story. We have had his influence in ine way or another since book 5. Also, a bit of questioning what happens next. So, what happens next? My conjecture, we get a rest and relaxation period and some wholesome interactions with Sylphie, followed by some skill upgrades and shenanigans at the Order, maybe I got the order incorrect. Either way, we have some way of Jake advancing through late stage and peak C Grade, and we even have some possible villains for that arc in the form of subjugation the rest of the Milky Way, the creature at the core of Earth's moon, and whatever will happen with with the recovery of the Fallen Kings vessel on the Desolate world. Or, i could be wrong on all counts, this is just conjecture.
Lizy Flore
If it’s to go from level 999 to level 1000, then I honestly wouldn’t mind it
Lynderyn
I can see it now, a single fight in late S taking the majority of a book
SmokeJam
Awesome finale for this fight. Took a while, but that is just practice of patience for the perfect moment. Really looking forward to see the explanations for the skill upgrades Jake got. And thanks for not damaging him overly again, the guy has a galaxy to conquer
Johannes Sauer
Isn't it 10s charge time?
Dragon
It wouldn’t be all of his forces, only the ones he had convinced he was a god, some of his forces off-world will have died I’m sure. But certainly not everyone was that loyal or tricked (like the holy churches people)
brjenness
watch the church trot out a inherited of eh votes, but enough look at Jake and think, " dude just destroyed a planet...I think I'll vote for him"
Victor Desantiago
This was a good fight over all, It may sound weird but I found Zog to be very grounded in this last 10 chap. I feel that he was able to capture what a peak C grade fight looks like and not go over the top with weird stuff. It was also great that he chose to restrain in the scope of Jakes bloodline, and allow it grow in what seems more natural.
brjenness
lazy except for factions directly under jacob.
Craig Hilburn
Need next chapter now :)
Danny Bagley
El Hakan really just hit us with a literal spirit bomb powered by the faith of his people. This is literally goku vs Freeza but Jake is freeza and elhakan is goku lol. And I guess it was goku that got cut in half not freeza. Love it!
The Sleeping Forest
I certainly hope so!
Deborah martins
He is part of an evil snake god cult. He is the"bad guy." There are plenty of heroes and hero parties out there. Most probably stronger than current Jake.
brjenness
plot twist zog is eh
Dirk Gent Lee
So EH forcefully grabbed all the faith energy at the end. Now does that only cover the planet or did we get a wipe of EH’s orthodox forces, kinda like in Nevermore when the team took out all the enlightened beings who carried the Karmic curse?
Mike
I have been feeling that as well, Desolate child with EH bloodline. It would be a middle ground. As long as EH is dead though Jake should take #1 on the seat leaderboard
Triggerman
Goddamn zogarth you know how to write a badass fight! Tmrw let’s see Jake’s GAINS!
Dirk Gent Lee
I bet he does but his power lives on via some fusion fuckery by whoever took the Desolate Child fragment
brjenness
I'd be tempted to kick the church out of the ga
shawn B
I hope he’s dead, cause I’m ready for a new long term adversary (probably whomever collected the desolation child remnants)
liquid_helix
Nice, finally turfed him.
Mike
It's sad but I am at about 90% that EH lives on in some way and 10% that he is dead for good. Overall fight was good IMO, I didn't mind the length at all. Someone else already mentioned it in these comments but the explanations of the abilities in this chapter did feel a little like explaining after the fact. The skill upgrades are peak! Love the new steady aim upgraded throwing in the timeless tag, and I really love the direction moment is going in. Instinct is good when you have an OP bloodline but sometimes when your back is against the wall you just need a moment to think and to plan. Jake using his head and not just his gut is great and this leans perfectly into that. I wonder if we will even see Jake level from this fight since they were so close in level lol, can't wait to see the notification next chapter and hopefully I am wrong and that 10% comes out on top.
Grey Grick
Love the chapter, I was expecting eternal huger to ear a lot more of the faith energy.
Eiv
Ohw I hope that is not true. Him being a “reincarnation” just makes him less “unique”
Eiv
Jake can still use the instant teleport to Earth from his ring right?
Michael mann
That’s our boy! Get those upgrades!
Andromeda Adams
Wow! Go Jake! That’s how it’s done! Tyftc!
Mike
I kinda forgot about that, I would much prefer this to EH living in some fashion. We will just have to wait and see tomorrow if we get a kill notification.
ReadingObsessed
Noice 👌
Mike
It's the true nevermore forevermore but the Eternal Jake vs EH lol. The fight is for sure over but is EH truly dead? I don't know but one can only hope...
Mike
We can only hope...
Mike
I won't believe him dead til we see the kill notification! Zog has set up so many ways for him to somehow slip away, I feel it is almost certain. Someone mentioned it a while ago but it is hard to make a villain fans truly hate, so why kill him off when you can have Jake vs EH forever. Now I think I sit in the same camp as most of us saying that would suck but it's for sure a possibility.
Gustavo Claude
The church is bigger than EH. Without him, the open antagonism with Jake will diminish and the thousand of planets they control will move on. Before this fight, there were some part talking about how the main conflict would not be taken to them, focusing in EH other allies.
Aurelius
It was several chapters ago shortly after they came back up to the surface of the planet during the fight I think
austin kutz
Unless the holy church scooped his soul. If anyone can heal soul damage from an overload of faith energy, it would be the holy church
TwistedVanity
Awesome.e
Vinstro
I think CC is gonna be fused with the CoD by the same rando who recovered the God's "corpse" in that box.
Klown Keidra
So my crackpot theory. The First Sage had a hand in all the Primordials, I think he also created origin energy. The System leaks into non integrated universes as we can see through why myths and folk lore all are actually true things in the multiverse. I think that Origin energy leaked into the universe and somehow helped create Jake.
James Cobb
Assuming he isn't a reincarnation of the first sage or something similar.
Darshar Griffonmane
I think the church will shrug. They made a play for a powerful resource, it did not work out. Why make a long term enemy out of the Viper's Chosen over something that in the long run, is small potatoes. The Church has 92 universes of experience, they absolutely play the long game. As for Jake, he removed them from his planet, he'll let Miranda squeeze them a bit if possible and then he'll move on as there is no direct grudge or threat. Jake won't care as long as the church doesn't attempt to make a deal out of it.
Ray Williams
"I didn't hear no bell" - where's that slain notification!?
Sargon Yami
The faith energy will go to the desolate child
Darshar Griffonmane
I believe what they are talking about is right before this 10 or 11 chapter fight started. Jake or Cheeto sensed someone observing them as they prepped for the fight. I don't remember the exact chapter but it wasn't too long ago.
Bent Sommer
Pretty sure it will be Right the First sentence tomorrow
The Sleeping Forest
No kill notification
Jacob Feliciano
Though there wasn't a cheeky one liner from Jake to finish it, still satisfying. Now who wants to bet 20$ EH is dead but CC just became a false god?
Lucy
Amazing fight, tftc! I don’t think EH is becoming a false god now, though, after sacrificing everyone. Unless there r people left or I’m not understanding how false gods form lol. Also people keep talking about someone observing the fight, could someone please tell me where that is?
Lonnie
About time
NovaZero
And this, Children, is why the Primal Hunter blew up the sun and made the moon his pitch.
NovaZero
That's CHOSEN heretic to you, buckos!
joel southard
Nice thank you for the chapter
Mrburns93
We all know how zog likes to play with kill notifications. It's absence is suspicious af
Ira White
OH VILLY when tomorrow's chapter has the unique cheeto skill basicly revive him just so Jake's bloodline can off him again I'm going to be rolling in the comments. It's only Tuesday 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣
AetherBoye
Jake turning moment of the primal hunter from simple time slowdown to a SUPERHOT clone gave me quite the lol
Cory Sauls
TFTC! What a great fight!
Mat
I think Miranda will be the one having a PR nightmare from the aftermath. Jake is mostly likely getting credit for the planetary sacrifice and who will be buy the “don’t worry about the Order of the Malefic Viper” story
Jacob Conway
Imagine how dangerous it would be for anyone to ever talk to Jacob again with his natural charisma + augur abilities + EH’s bloodline.
Spencer Miller
First off, boom, I called the Moment upgrade. Makes sense, both thematically and conceptually. Second, the Steady Aim upgrade. This is one of the few times we get a system-assigned name for one of the concepts tied to Jake’s bloodline (it’s tied to the bloodline because it seems that he used one of the concepts from Moment and added it to Steady Aim). “Timeless.” So the official terms so far include: Primal, Perennial, Timeless, Primeval (Origins). We also have Eternal from Eternal Hunger/Eternal Shadow, though I think it’s unclear how much Jake influenced that one. Aside from clear aspects of Superiority in some of these, the connecting thread is the idea of something not only existing, but existing during the first stage of something and forever after that. Honestly… the dictionary says the word for it is Primodial, which I don’t know how to reconcile.
Mat
Or all the faith energy with no way to go will be funneled to the Desolate Child
Strlo
Pretty good conclusion to the fight. Much needed upgrade to moment, and a surprise upgrade for a skill I forgot existed. Enjoyed the breaking planet combat and scale, and EH's moveset was pretty freaking cool. If I had to rate it vs the other finale fights though, I would have to give it last place. It didn't feel very stressful at all or like a difficult win all the way up until eclipse. Lots of retroactive explanations for why we weren't seeing moves, that while it made since, feels like excuses when mentioned after the fact for why we aren't seeing certain moves, strategies or abilities. Knowing his soul looks different so he's not using primal gaze would have been better transmitted to us if he attempted gaze earlier and felt backlash from the attempt, instead of him just already knowing it would do that, as that helps us feel like we are learning along with Jake, instead of author exposition filling in what Jake just knows and we don't. The biggest detractor was that Jake had already won, what, 5 chapters ago? So everything after that has felt like it's just a time sink or stretch, especially since the delusion of the celestial child is an enemy I had no investment in. Abandoning EH's personality so early in is an error in my personal opinion, doesn't feel satisfying killing a delusion, that was much more durable than it should have been. Also would have been more satisfying in my opinion of Jakes final attack was a protean arrow or spaced out over time, sneakily prepared instead of machine gunned at the very end with the celestial child doing no maneuvers or dodging. If he already had the plan in mind and had set up most of the arrows in his cracks while fighting, and the final clash he only needed one or two more, but couldn't see how to get past the celestial childs defences, and used moment to find the gaps in his barriers and the other skill to fire arrows to weaken areas of the barrier, penetrating in the final seconds to place the last arrow, would have felt better. Just feels like a step down in fighting ability when the big bad just lets you pelt them full of arrows, instead of actually having to subvert defences or sneakily have to prepare the attack. It makes the celestial child seem stupid and not actually tough. I could see the sword saint or even possibly the fallen king being able to kill the celestial child form, while when he was fighting EH, I don't think they could have done it. Just seemed like a step down from the earlier chapters, so the climax felt like it was trying to reclaim the intensity from the first half of the fight, but not quite reaching it. Despite how much it was said Jake was in danger or how much more dangerous it was, I could never really feel it. After the eternal hunger arrow, too much of the momentum of the fight was lost for it to not feel like it was stretching the end. The atmosphere in the fight was cool, and I think it was a good conclusion to the beef between Jake and elhellkan, but I don't think it reaches the duel with valdemar, the sword saint, the king of the forest, or minaga. Now that the fight is over, I'm kind of waiting to see how villy and Jake are gonna recover Jakes image after that whole charade before villies fight. They gonna try to cover up that Jake is a heretic? Or is villy just gonna be like " Of course I knew he was a heretic, it's why he is my chosen" or something funny like that. I'm really looking forward to the upcoming chapters and Jakes rewards for the fight and trade
Darthnarciss
Honestly, I believe that EH has had his moment, he was never truly a threat to Jake, and now that the nahoom are extinct, or severely depleted with only the offworlders left, EH has nothing, as his biggest threat was that faith from his people. His only value is his bloodline to the church, amd his removal opens up the church taking a more direct antagonistic approach to Jake. Remember what Jacob said, the only loser in this fight would be the church, with EH gone, now the church has to get involved. With EH around, he'll be too broken to be anything other than a speed bump, if he's still the celestial child the church would smack him down for daring to try and usurp their belief system which he inevitably would. IF EH Is around in any form, it flies in the face of everything we've been told about destruction of a soul, which Jake witnessed happening to EH. Personally, I'd like to see a soul fragment containing the bit of Yip of Yore, make its way to some new big bad, maybe with a touch of EH but distinctly NOT EH.
Mat
As long as the sun father and the moons mothers exist, the Celestial Child is eternal
Ben Heystek
You know next chapter is going to be all those juicy notifications
Steven Tuttle
iv been saying he isnt going to die yet but i feel like he will be a issue later there are to many enemy currently we need some eliminated but ekhakan isnt one of them done yet he will be in the holy churchs scams
Phoenixdrop
Oh boy he just upgraded some skills
Cody
“The arm wanted to just hang limp, but he needed two more, making Jake his teeth so hard his gums began bleeding as everything hurt, especially as he kept himself in his accelerated state to keep shooting.” Forgot a word here, “making Jake clench his teeth” or “making Jake grind his teeth” would make sense.
Mat
If it was Jake’s decision, he would kick them out. Miranda will be the one to handle all the PR nightmare aftermath and she will have to go the diplomatic root. Jake can afford to have the church as an enemy but not Miranda.
shawn B
Kill notification?!
Joseph Coonelly
"A few barriers that seemed ot almost" Ot - to "and as everything would happen at once, not even give him a chance to keep himself together, no matter how much Willpower or how strong his delusion." Second part doesn't flow well I think, maybe change (not even give) to (he would not have). Or something like that. Great fight scene zogarth! Keep up the good work.
Mat
If he doesn’t get revived, the Holy Church will be gunning for that bloodline pulling all the stops.
Bladehawk256
Weird that the world is calm as it was supposed to be in self-destruction, maybe I'm overthinking it but feels like an effect of the bloodline dying?
Bi-Dailey
I'm guessing the person watching the fight from before the void sphere was Jacob who was also the person that grabbed and sealed what was left of the Desolate Child. I'm guessing he's going to do the same to EH who has already become a False God and would eventually reform.
NickDeck
TFTC!!
Bi-Dailey
Odds are EH has become a false god like the desolate child, who also didn't have a kill notification. I'm guessing he'll become a problem later, but not as big of one as he is now. Jake just beat him at EH's absolute peak, so if he shows up again, he'll probably be more of a complication than a proper antagonist, and certainly not a Big Bad.
Bruce Sheplan
I really liked this fight! I hope next chapter starts with a kill notification and some achievements. Im sure Zogarth has something interesting planned! We shall see tomorrow…
Abriel Blauer
Now that EH is dead, the system has reclaimed his bloodline Said bloodline is now up for grab as an event reward in the future
Trevor Mergen
Thanks!
Michael McMahon
Next time on The Adventures of Jake!
Devillelouch
No kill notification or Yip of Yore secret. Maybe a god snipes the bloodline and gets the secret or EH becomes a roach. Good: The upgrades were good and there is a fun Aeon connection. Bad: Three unresolved threads(YoY, Watcher, and William). 1 upgrade put in around ch 4 and about 1 chapter worth of content cut and I think the fight is a 9, as is 8.
SilverSentry
Yeah... but where's the kill notification?
Lucky Luke
Yeah grit or clench is more fitting. Grind would be used if Jake was angry
Kt-x
Thanks for the chapter;
Grace Fuentes
I don't see the notification
Zizawah
Fantastic end to the fight! Thanks for another wonderful chapter!
Justin Moen
Bomb chapter! That was exhilarating! Tyftc!
Ty Cooper
Woo! Cheeto is finally dead!! Nice ending. So tomorrow is all the aftermath and skill upgrade notifications with Jacob showing up to talk right at the end of the chapter? That's my guess. I am looking forward to seeing what moment upgraded to. Out of the 3 that is whatvi am most excited to see.
Mohammed Sheekh
That's why they are banished from earth, they aren't gonna come back
Thatguycant
Now the question is what to do with the church. A lot of people sided against Jake because they were backing yip of yore but the church was explicitly backing orange boy and not yip of yore. They choose deliberately to be Jake's enemy and back his personal enemy.
Mohammed Sheekh
Oh yeah true lol
KollegvomMirgan
No.
Gavin Wayne Pitcher
grit makes more sense. you dont grind your teeth in pain.
Pantheon
It’s not over ‘till the kill notification sings
BumAssBumAss
YEAH BOII, THESE UPGRADES ARE WHAT I WAITED FOR!!!
Andy Swearingen
I feel like when Aeon "claimed" a moment it was much more literal. Like Aeon owns that moment in time too this day and even made it into an item of some kind. Jake just kinda took control for a moment and in a much smaller area.
Titaniumtac
Malefic VIper--Viper
butterfly
Probably next chapter
MistuhBogan
"A pressure powerful enough to calm the planet briefly washed over it right after Ell’Hakan spoke as the eclipse formed." In the first paragraph I believe using the word "and" flows better with the sentence than "as" "A pressure powerful enough to calm the planet briefly washed over it right after Ell’Hakan spoke and the eclipse formed." Using "and" also implies his spoken word "eclipse" happened simultaneously with the event taking place.
Beemoss
Tftc
The lord of chaos
Universal. There were no other universes then
Anthony Nonhof-Fisher
I think it depends on the outcome. 10 chapters of fighting for EH to still be around would be quite annoying
Jennifer Leigh
I think he did both at the same time.
Xarow
Chapter 1034 - Primal Hunter vs Celestial Child (11) Ell’Hakan was born again as his world cracked like an egg. From the ashes of his world he was renewed like the phoenix he just always, ALWAYS knew he was. …
Lucky Luke
Yeah
Borbino the great
I hope his transcendent if he ever gets one is related to using his bloodline abilities more without getting fucked up by them I bet he’ll be inspired by the sage or something
Ray Light
Is he though? No kill notification...
David
It's about time!! Though the lack of a kill notification is worrisome....
thendavesaid
Bruh. You're not supposed to attack Goku while he's charging the spirit bomb.
Ray Light
Was it though? No kill notification..
Ray Light
Or clench? Grind?
Noah Mclelland
Tftc
Dallin S
This has been good but it feels like the chapters were broken up almost too much making this outcome too predictable with how much time was given between chapter releases. I think it will be much better as a continuous flow when it comes out in book form. Fun read though
Martino Zanchi
Jake started playing super hot. Nice chap. Next one we reap the rewards.
A Flashy BR
Kill noti?! I'm ready for all the reactions to this deadly fight
Lucky Luke
The arm wanted to just hang limp, but he needed two more, making Jake grind* his teeth so hard his gums began bleeding as everything hurt, especially as he kept himself in his accelerated state to keep shooting.
KenTX325
No notice. I hope the start of tomorrow’s chapter isn’t EH somehow being reborn with 100% health, stamina, and mana.
Naotani
Curious... isn't the wording "Jake claimed the moment as his own" similar to what Villy described as how Aeon made his transcendence? Or was it the moment/how he became a god? tftc
Winterwood
This was an amazing end to the fight!
Goa
Tftc. Seemed like a great opportunity to use the ring.
Mohammed Sheekh
El'hakan (cheeto man) is not gonna die sorry guys, the world wonder arc lines up too perfect with him alive, wouldn't make sense to kill him off here
AfroMocha
No kill notification
Juozapas
Perfect
Samuel Nelson
I was happy till I saw this. You are completely right...
Samuel Nelson
Woooo!
Mohammed Sheekh
Don't forget about his ring that can teleport him to earth whenever he wants, so he's fine
Rewdan
Zogarth you have surpassed yourself. This is absolutely amazing thank you.
greg belokopitsky
Hell ya great fight scene Zogarth!
Arieh Sochaczevski
Thanks for the chapter! It was exciting.
JJB4345_80_815
Yes, thank you for the chappy Zogarth!
Abriel Blauer
Still waiting for the kill notification
Navdeep Kumar
The next chapter is going to be full of notification and long ass descriptions... 😂
Dave
TTFC
Alexander C Hyde
The arm wanted to just hang limp, but he needed two more, making Jake (grit) his teeth so hard his gums began bleeding as everything hurt, especially as he kept himself in his accelerated state to keep shooting.
NoctisMi
The stronger Jakes Soul gets the more his bloodline is going to upgrade his skills without system nerfing it. It's the impression I get. Villa said it before that the system probably kept his bloodline from turning his to beyond legendary to not outright kill him.
Wheels42
I have a dreadful feeling that the new Desolate Child will merge with the Celestial Child, and we'll get a "surprise" bullshit enemy. I hope not, but I got this gut feeling as we didn't get a kill notification
BlackRazaras
Thanks for the chapter
Pickled Rick
Well it looks like Jake might need some R and R for a little bit after this fight but honestly with El'Cheeto gone if they can take out that Emporer/King guy the galaxy will belong to Jake almost completely. Great writing Zog can't wait to see what Jake does now.
Joshua landry
ͼ(ݓ_ݓ)ͽ beautiful
eatingpitza314
I knew he was gonna upgrade moment
butterfly
Let's go the orange fuck is dead wooo
Stevean Bozek
We'll get it next chapter in the aftermath I bet. That is just too perfect a place to end the chapter.
Jeremiah Lambert
Veryy nice. Tftc
Chris Warner
Tftc
Vincent Schneider
To the guy in the comments last chapter asking about Gaze, Momentum and Charge - there you go haha
Stevean Bozek
I knew his fight with Ell'Hakkan would be hard fought and push Jake to new limits but that was probably his closest fight since The King of the Forest. Far too close to complete annihilation at the hands of a man who was already dead 1000000000x over. Absolutely wild final showdown.
John Looney
I hope it’s the first thing we see tomorrow
Exaiter
Eeeh. Ttfc
Darshar Griffonmane
"And then the planet exploded as Jake had totally forgotten about the pylon being sold off for some beer" Now we see if there is any last second POV from the cheeto. Jake upgraded 2 skills and hes seriously starting to dive into the time affinity/aspect of his skills. I wonder if we will start to see Aeon start to pay him some attention as Jake ascends to and through B rank. Not the transcendent skill I was thinking Jake might create but we are on the path to it I hope. Great fight! tyftc
Frost1005
Tftc
Inneedofducks
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaasssss
Djinko
No kill confirmation notification 😬
Keldra
Nice ending
Gavin
Whew what a ride.
Matthias
Tftc
Callumcleverley
Thanks for the chapter
Lizy Flore
YAS
Joseph Serret
I was so focused on this chap that when it ended i thought it was a shorter one... nope. Just that good of a chap
Valhazstromoz
Remember everyone nothing's dead till you get the kill notification...........having said that HELL YEA TAKE THAT ARROW UP YOUR CELESTIAL ASS YA EGOCENTRIC PRICK!!
Unlisted Pokémon Hudson
Maybe because el Hakan is already considered dead by the system? This should just be a random delusion of his that still persists.
Michael Ferguson
Finally got some good records from this Cheeto fuck
Frédéric Cantin
Tyftc
mitchell kaiser
Can’t wait to see the aftermath!
Paulo Furlaneto
Holy, TFTC
Unlisted Pokémon Hudson
Let’s gooooo
Bob Fight
I didn’t see a kill notification
C0bra$
Thank u for the story
Connor
Thanks for the chapter
I Solis
Thanks!
