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Chapter 986 - A False God & Proactive Measures - START OF BOOK 14
🕑 Added 2024-08-29 11:04:10 +0000 UTCWhile the Milky Way was certainly the most action-packed galaxy of the ninety-third universe, it was still only one of countless galaxies undergoing the Prima Guardian event. Wars were happening everywhere as innumerable planets fell to the event every day, with even more overcoming what many believed to be the final system-made test for the newly integrated planets.
To many, this event was a challenge one was simply meant to overcome and a disaster for the planet due to the large number of dead innocents dealing with the armies of regular primas. However, to others, this was nothing more than an opportunity.
Massive factions made use of this time to truly stabilize themselves, using the excuse of a common threat to unite everyone under their banner if they had failed to do so earlier. It was also a great opportunity to make contact with native factions yet to fully integrate themselves with multiversal factions and bring them into the fold.
Valhal, the Holy Church, Altmar Empire, the Primordial Church, beastfolk tribes, Risen, and a vast array of divine factions gladly exploited any and all opportunities to get a foothold in the new universe, preparing for what was to come when the universe opened up to the rest of the multiverse.
To make things even better, this type of recruitment using the event even had a built-in test of sorts. The planets facing their Prima Guardian alone would only join the alliance after achieving victory, proving that they had at least some level of competency, making them worth recruiting. As for those who failed to deal with their Prima Guardians… well, that didn’t mean these were a lost cause. They just wouldn’t be claimed by factions of the enlightened races.
Because while a planet falling to the event was a disaster in the eyes of the enlightened races… it was an opportunity for the monster races. The Prima Guardian was not a creature made to rule a planet. It was not created to be the beast king that suppressed every other monster, but just a tool from the system to turn the Planetary Pylon into a Planetary Core should the enlightened fail to beat it.
Shortly after accomplishing this task, the Prima Guardian would once more go to the surface of the planet, having fulfilled its role. From there, it would wait until the system event expired, and when that happened, the Prima Vessel would disappear, reclaimed by the Seat of the Exalted Prima, and the Prima Guardian would naturally die.
However, with its role fulfilled, the Prima Guardian wasn’t sure to survive. With the event effective over, it was no longer immune to attacks from native beasts, and even its bond with the regular Primas would be severed. A system notification would be sent to all monsters, letting them know that another “event” had begun, this one aimed at them, with their goal the same as the enlightened: kill the Prima Guardian and claim the key.
The Prima Vessel would still disappear after the event was done, and these monsters wouldn’t join the Prima Guardian Alliance or anything like that… but they could qualify to also be contenders for claiming the Seat of the Exaled Prima, the same as many World Leaders of the universe.
While it wasn’t always equal, the system did tend to act fairly and not discriminate based on whether one was a monster or an enlightened. Each had its own advantages and disadvantages, and while the enlightened certainly had more system events, it was because the monsters already had the inborn natural advantages to do well during the integration, and unlike the enlightened, they had been helped along by unique items provided by the system.
Overall, the monster population of planets did tend to surpass the enlightened, with the enlightened usually only doing well due to their cohesion. Monsters were simply far worse at working together, and the mere fact the majority of major factions in the multiverse primarily consisted of enlightened races was proof of that. Even the powerful monster factions, such as the Dragonflights, were only cohesive due to all being dragons and generally all very humanoid in how they acted… and even they had plenty of internal conflicts as different variants of dragons didn’t always get along.
Factions with beasts or monsters of multiple races all working together were remarkably rare, and it was nearly only seen with the United Tribes, and even there, the name itself communicated that it was just a large alliance of many different tribes coming together to rival the truly massive factions of the multiverse.
It also had to be pointed out that most factions were totally fine with monsters joining them, though it tended to only happen in higher grades after they achieved humanoid forms. Even the Holy Church had its fair share of monsters, as even they could undergo a baptism. So, many monsters chose to just join an established faction rather than make one with other monsters.
Anyway, the result of Prima Guardians winning on planets tended to end up with it being a victory for the monsters, with the planet then turning into somewhere nearly devoid of enlightened, with the few enlightened that did happen to survive now far from being able to claim themselves the rulers, and as the generations passed, there was a good chance they would even lose contact with the rest of the multiverse unless other factions came by their planets.
Some monsters even made very sure that the enlightened were either entirely wiped out or taken control of, though.
Hives of the Endless Empire were a good example, as most actually decided to help the Prima Guardian in slaughtering the enlightened of the planet, only to afterward kill the Prima Guardian and proceed to round up all the enlightened. Deciding if the enlightened were then killed off and used for food or enslaved was then dependent on how useful the Hive Queens judged them.
Vesperia’s approach to the entire matter was very unusual by Endless Empire standards and was done primarily because of Jake and her sensibilities toward the enlightened races and because she knew the Milky Way galaxy would never be claimed by the Endless Empire. Thus, she judged it better to set the standard for working together in synergy from the beginning.
The Endless Empire was naturally far from the only monster-focused faction claiming their planets, most of them not big factions but smaller ones with the local monster leaders guided by singular gods and their own small forces. Many didn’t really engage, though, as the enlightened winning didn’t necessarily mean the monsters would be wiped out, and many monster factions – like on Earth – even worked with the enlightened.
Thus, naturally, the vast majority of planets were claimed by the enlightened races, and as the months quickly passed, more and more Prima Guardians fell one way or another. Maps of the galaxy all across the universe were all being filled with flags of different colors, the Milky Way holding two interesting records.
The first one was for being the galaxy with the most planets marked with black flags, courtesy of the Desolate Child of Loss, and because planets being ruined in C-grade conflicts was really fucking rare.
Second was a more positive record… due to the development of teleporters, allowing the two major alliances that had formed to help even the planets that hadn’t joined the alliance, the Milky Way was in the lead for the highest amount of Prima Guardians dealt with, and as things were going, on track to be the first galaxy to finish the event, well before the time limit of the event expired.
This also meant the World Leaders of the Milky Way Galaxy had to be the first ones to consider… what would happen once the event was over and the vast cross-galaxy teleportation network facilitated by the Prima Vessels stopped working?
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“A False God,” Carmen said with a serious look on her face as she sat inside Jake’s lodge. She had just recently arrived back on Earth from having gone around killing Prima Guardians with Valhal. Knowledge of what had happened to the Fallen King naturally hadn’t spread beyond a few select people, but Jake had chosen to tell the Runemaiden anyway… which proved to be a very good idea as she knew some obscure as fuck knowledge no one else seemed to.
“You’re saying this Desolate Child of Loss was an actual god?” Jake questioned, finding the notion ridiculous.
“Not at all, hence why it’s called a False God and not an actual god,” Carmen scoffed. “They’re more like spirits than gods. Their name just comes from how they are born and is honestly more of an insult than merely a way to describe them.”
“Can you tell me about them?” Jake asked with interest.
“Eh… what was it again…” Carmen said, searching her memory. “Right… so you know how shamans work, right?”
“Very loosely, but they form pacts with elementals and channel their power or something, right?” Jake said.
“Right,” Carmen nodded. “Shamans are generally known to come in two forms. The ones who create a bond with a singular elemental or other spirit-like entity they then grow alongside, and the more religious sort who form a bond with a being far more powerful than themselves, sometimes even gods.”
“I did read about that,” Jake nodded as a motion for her to keep going.
“Well, there is a third type who is a bit more heretical in nature, which is probably also why they aren’t spoken much about. These shamans don’t form a bond with a creature at all, and yet they receive power anyway… because rather than bond with an actual living entity, they bond with the idea of one. Think about before the system how a bunch of people worshipped random made-up gods without any real evidence of their existence besides just pure faith,… this is pretty much that,” Carmen explained.
“That doesn’t sound like it should work,” Jake frowned. “How in the hell do they receive power from something that doesn’t exist?”
“Ideas are powerful and can birth concepts. Think about it, with Willpower alone, you can do shit just by thinking about it. Now imagine an entire civilization believing in some divine being. Actually, you don’t even have to imagine it; just look at all the damn religious factions around who farm faith from their followers like they’re cattle. Alright, now actually imagine if this faith had nowhere to go, and yet a lot of people genuinely believe with all their hearts something does exist… that energy sometimes ends up forming what we call a False God. The belief something exists makes it actually exist,” Carmen continued explaining what Jake believed was pretty obscure knowledge based on how neither Jake nor anyone else had come across it. Then again, it wasn’t as if they were the most knowledgeable group.
“So some faction formed a False God because they believed hard enough it actually existed?” Jake questioned, highly skeptical of the notion. “That seems oddly… non-extraordinary. In that, I would expect it to happen all the time…”
“Well, it doesn’t, it’s actually pretty fucking rare, even if some do exist out there, mainly serving as totems of tribes who aren’t in contact with the rest of the multiverse or something like that,” Carmen answered. “From how the shaman I did Nevermore with explained things, it didn’t sound like anyone truly knew all the conditions for one to appear. All I know for sure is that a lot of genuine faith is required, which means most people who know actual gods exist don’t even qualify as their faith isn’t genuine. Some major event also has to happen, which leads to the formation of the False God, and finally… extremely strong emotions tend to be required. Unnaturally strong emotions.”
Jake’s face fell at the last part. “Fucking Ell’Hakan.”
“Yep, I have a hard time seeing he isn’t somehow involved based on what you said,” Carmen just agreed.
Over the last few months, they had discovered some more things about the planet the Desolate Child of Loss had originally come from, and they quickly learned that it had been part of the Prima Guardian Alliance. Originally, it was a faction of orcs who all seemed very keen on Ell’Hakan, but nothing much was known beyond that.
“Do you think it’s possible that-“
“You know, my exact thoughts based on everything I heard is that Ell’Hakan tried to make people super loyal to him, ended up mind-fucking an entire planet of orcs to view him as an actual living god, and then somehow, shit hit the fan, and they ended up forming what we know as the Desolate Child of Loss,” Carmen said, pretty much reading Jake’s mind.
“We can’t know for sure, but that does sound pretty probable,” Jake said with a sneer. “It all leads back to him and that Bloodline of his.”
“Yeah… not gonna lie, it’s scary as fuck,” Carmen said, making a show of shivering at the thought of it, even if she was genuine in her concern. “It’s bad enough that it was made expressly clear I was not to ever be even on the same planet as him, and if we were, I had to stay on the opposite side of it. Orders straight from the big guys and gals above.”
“Sounds like a policy every faction should adopt,” Jake sighed. “No, scratch that, every person should adopt it.”
“Hear, hear,” Carmen agreed with a smile as she looked at him closely, and her look turned serious. “I need to tell you… False Gods… they’re not easy to get rid of. Their lives linger in an annoying fashion, and to truly kill them, you sometimes need to destroy whatever totem binds them to existence.”
Jake mimicked her serious look and frowned. “Knowing the methods of the King… would a False God be able to survive if their soul was blown to smithereens?”
“I have no idea,” Carmen shook her head. “I’m not an expert; I just know what I was told. You know, when spending decades with someone in Nevermore, you’re bound to have plenty of conversations about random shit and get to know one another, intentionally or not.”
Jake didn’t say anything but just faintly felt for the mask he’d made invisible. He knew very well how it was unavoidable to get close to someone after spending fifty years together.
Carmen noticed Jake’s expression and turned apologetic. “Sorry… look, I’m sure you can find some way, right? It kind of seems like the thing you do, isn’t it? Stuff that shouldn’t be possible? Why is this time any different?”
“Thanks,” Jake just said, the mood getting a bit down before Carmen tried to bring it up.
“Now, for a brighter subject… you know, for being a cripple, you don’t look all that bad,” Carmen teased him, and Jake was more than happy with the change of topic.
“Barely a cripple anymore,” Jake smiled. “I actually recovered quicker than Eron expected me to.”
The healer wasn’t sure why Jake healed faster, but the prevailing theory was that his arcane affinity was involved, or maybe his Bloodline was helping somehow. Ultimately, it didn’t matter much… what mattered was that Jake could now see the end of the tunnel and was already considering what would come next.
His time for a full recovery also seemed to coincide with another major happening: the clearing of the final planet, ending the Prima Guardian event for the Milky Way Galaxy. This forced them all to consider many things… and later that day, they would have a meeting in Jake’s lodge to go over everything with most of the influential people back on Earth. They had chosen today because not only Carmen would come back, but Jake’s little brother would also finally return, along with Maria and everyone else from Earth worth having in the meeting.
Miranda had also made a schedule and list of topics for the meeting, with lots of subjects to go over before she would later have a meeting with diplomats and whatnot to actually get stuff done. However, Jake considered adding one more thing to discuss.
He’d been thinking a lot over the last many months since the King fell, and honestly… he was tired. It was not just because of his heavily injured soul but all the bullshit that had been going on over the last many years. This talk with Carmen only cemented his thoughts further, and he decided to finally bring it up.
Having collected his thoughts, he turned to Carmen and wondered about her opinion on the subject.
“Hey, Carmen… rather than waiting around for Ell’Hakan to do his shit, why don’t we take proactive measures?”
“How so?” Carmen asked, unsure what Jake was getting at.
Jake opened and closed his fists and once more felt the mask on his face. “Ell’Hakan wanted a fucking war for so damn long… why don’t we consider giving him one if he wants it so badly, but this time, it’s on our terms?”
<AUTHOR NOTE>
And with this chapter, we go on break, as honestly, this feels like a good point to stop while avoiding making it a massive cliff, even if I know a lot of you absolutely loved it last year. Still a small cliff this time, but not as bad, right?
As a reminder, payments are paused for September, so you won’t get charged on the 1st. In other words, just chill.
Also, ending 1 day early actually lines up well, as the 30th of September is a Monday, so we can start back up on a fresh week. Honestly brilliantly timed if I say so myself.
With all that said, have a nice one, people, and see ya all in a month.
<AUTHOR NOTE OVER>
Comments
ShreddedShark
frfr
Joshua Little
Thanks for the chapter.
TwoMoreYears
I'm so glad that I am playing catch up. Can only imagine having to sit through a month long hiatus after that cliff hanger. TFTC.
Rachel Clements
TYFTC!
Kconraw
Thx for the chapter
Olof Karlsson
Thanks for the chapter!
Sharibri
Wait, does this mean. Jesus is real?
Pheo
2 hours or: 120 minutes or: 7'200 seconds time flies.
Yeslek Nnamhctits
I can see the light, the sunrise has come! We shall be blessed soon with more of jakey-boy! Now a quick sermon too villy before the new year. (Of chappies) :
Gman
Hey ppl, Is there a profile of Jake somewhere that is up to date? with all his status sheet that we can select each skill and title to see what he has?
Pole Fire
Oh my goodness just re read everything book one till now and I like need to know what’s going to happen with this mask
Grace Fuentes
I feel happy today, finally I see the light at the end of the tunnel. 😎
Saitama Solos Supremacies
Miss you Zoggie can’t wait to pick this back up
Despair
Truly surprised how much i miss this , checking every other day like a junkie ... keep up the good work Zogarth you inspired me to start writing myself
nur iqbal
yeahhhh, this is what i am hoping for a long time since the narrative about Ell Hakan and Yip, why gave them so much preparation time and not just go for the kill.
-Sanguine-
Bittersweet after catching up reading this for the last two months. My ship has traveled all over the world while I’ve been reading and listening to this series again. Fair winds and following seas, as we say! I’m sure I’ll come back in another year or two
Troy Telford
I feel you! I share your sentiment! I check weekly hoping for a secret chapt drop. And Yet...I'm glad the author schedules a vacation yearly. It's a healthy thing to do.
Grace Fuentes
I miss you 😔 sooo much
Ty Cooper
Do you think there are a lot of automaton in the new universe?
LongMickeyRicky
Automotons are probably on elhakans side considering jake brought back one their mortal enemies
John Kinkead
Have a good break! You’re a boss when it comes to writing!
Bryce Boo and the Mystery Crew
Enjoy the break, and just know Im excited to read again.
Avi Singh
Thank you for this chapter, this adventure, and for keeping me sane! Enjoy your break! You more than deserve it!
DirePants
Enjoy your break bro. Great place to take one. So my money is on the mask helping Jake heal. If I was wearing my dead buddy soul on my face, who also was a self proclaimed King of Souls (lol omg he’s James Brown! 😂) I’d be upset if it didn’t heal at least a little bit. But I’m imagining the mask will grant Jake some kind of increased insight into souls? Maybe just the Child maybe in general? Maybe the King will exist like some spiritual Jarvis but instead of Iron Man it’s Wooden Man 😂
DirePants
I gave up my to TFD lol I’ll wait for the kindle release. Between cliffhangers and esoteric chapters on the soul and concepts I was paying 10 buck for fictional philosophy 😂 still interested in catching up. I stopped during with war with heart curses. A bit after Zac cleaned up with high luck ability a bunch of spiritual treasures pissing off the commander he was with 😂
S_Ally
The hunt is on!
Swaggernaut77
This is my first break since I've caught up and now I'm realizing how much his chapters were part of my work routine 😭. Coffee, answer emails, and read chapter before I start work. Enjoy your break Zoggy
Psyck0
If you need a fix try "deat,loot and vampires" it narrated by travis baldree
PapaGabe
Binged the entire series this past month. I’m hooked. Keep up the great work man. No rush from me.
robert rainey
Who else is reading the backlog that they've read already just to get their fix?
Jordan Rogers
Zogarth, I miss you… that 5day since last post is sad to look at.
Christopher Robin Sævre
But I got to say Zogarth might be worse than “TheFirstDeifer” when it comes to cliffhangers
Christopher Robin Sævre
True just read any of those old light novels with just to many chapters where the author died then got an AI to write filler for a few thousand chapters
Peter Hermansson
Thanks for a lovely story.
Govir Drauka
You can find a lot on Kindle Unlimited, as many long running series that started on RR have been stubbed in order to be published on KU. Isekai: HWFWM, The Wandering Inn, I’m Not The Hero, Azarinth Healer, Unbound (by Nicoli Gonnella) Defiance of the Fall is similar to PH here, although not quite as good in my opinion.
Jacob Roberts
Thx! Where would I find some of these? Royal road, novel cave, etc? And im super into mass isekai atm
Matthew Hay
Not taking the month would lead to burnout and eventually a much bigger loss
GayRehabProject84
It is nuts to consider him taking a month off is a like $75,000 loss for him.
Nate Oppy
Big love for Zoggy
nosense
Yeah, it was only the part where she stated that 50 years together is a *long* time that got me thinking.
nosense
True enough. I got the feeling that the casual relationship might be coming to an end.
Hunter
A month away makes my heart hurt, but you deserve it.
Merchendize
Tyftc! Won't be easy having to detox from my daily chapter reads but everyone deserves a break sometime. Have a good one 🙏
11037
No story for a month...Now I know what desolation feels like. Truly immersive.
Peter Smith
Ghost of Kings Past
Rahsheem Reid
I know we were prepared but I still feel empty.
Phasmatic7
THANKIES FOR THE YEAR ZOGIE!
Landon Tucker
Also definitely hoping for a Phoenix King or a Risen King in the future.
Landon Tucker
WAR PATH TIME
Landon Tucker
Definitely not the vibe I got. She didn’t even seem to like him all that much, just knew him.
TyranT-Rex
Yeah it's interesting because all the highest ranking members of the major factions in this galaxy are from earth. And most of them were initially blessed or had their blessing improved because that God wanted a closer relationship with Jake. The system event breaks the usual connections to gods, so I think everyone from earth is going to join Jake, and pull in the other members of their faction on other planets. I think that only the holy church would care if they find out Jacob helped Jake, but he could also say he foresaw that EH would lose and he refused to listen to an Auger, so Jacob helped Jake to try and rebuild the churches relationship with him. I don't think any of the other gods would care who their blessed helped, and would probably actually prefer them helping Jake.
DBOMB YO
Talking about “boot”’s, Jakes even got the best boots to back him up xD
TyranT-Rex
I actually made a comment about this in a previous chapter. But the contract just say that Yip and Valhal are in an Alliance until the Viper dies. It does say that they have to help kill the Viper. It's just the stipulation that signifies when the alliance ends.
A Simple Pilgrim
It’s not like they are exclusive. What Carmen does in her free time is her business. See Jake and the succubus for reference.
robert a bridgeman
The Wandering Inn a very good one
Ty Cooper
I can't help but think of the army Jake will have with him. The doctrine of Valhal says that they can be on either side of a war. So Carmen will side with Jake. Jacob and Bert will have to side with EH. The Risen will be on Jake's side. Not sure with Eron. Hope he is on team Jake. I get the whole team Kindroth will be team Jake possibly trying to backstab after EH is dead. The Endless Empire is definitely on team Jake and will have the numbers to boot. He has all of them from the 93rd universe probably lining up to fight. Any of the United Tribes and Dragon Accords should be. Are there demons in the 93rd universe? If so maybe them. Depending on what level of hell possibly. Altmar Empire. Jake does seem to make friends with lots strong entities. So who is on team EH. Guardian Alliance of course, Valhal, and the Church. I am sure there are lots and lots of factions that are on his side. Think the primordial church will side with Jake? The court? I mean they are using earth as a home base. They don't care who has it though. Just that Caleb is Jake's family. The court won't go after world leaders of planets they operate on. So Jake is fine but they could go after EH, right?
John D Stilwell
Thanks
nosense
I got the feeling that Carmen is low key telling Jake that she's with the Shaman.
Blackwolf36
Well if you haven't already I highly recommend He Who Fights With Monster by Shirtaloon. There's also Path Of Ascension, and All The Skills. Some wildly different stories so hopefully at least one of them tickles your fancy
Jacob Roberts
As bad as I don’t want that, I also want the great story to stay great so take the time you need… not too much tho pls ;) thx zogarth! Also in the meantime if anyone has any solid recommendations similar to this or even completely different if the story telling is as good as this, pls send me some!
kingofshibainu
Nooooo! This was completely expected and forecasted but still, noooooooooo!!!!
Azayrian105
Honestly I think this would be the end of book 13 because there is 200 chapters from the first of book 11.
JJB4345_80_815
Yes, thank you for the chappy Zogarth and have a great month of renewal and relaxation!
Jennifer Leigh
At this point I don't think Jake cares that much. The Viper might already know about the extra crazy followers. Who knows what he picked up in Jake's soulspace.
MahoganyWood
Make sure to rest up y’all, see ya in a month
Jennifer Leigh
That could work. Yip also has to realize the the student would gladly overtake the teacher.
Jennifer Leigh
Valdemar and Gudrun signed an alliance. I think even other gods in the pantheon could technically go against.
Lonnie
Enjoy the break! I look forward to the story continuing
Deborah martins
What if Jake uses EH's plant in a sacrificial ritual?
Tyler Owens
I think this chapter is the end of 11 at least zog hinted it would be a good ending spot
SmokeJam
Eh, I only hear more Lone Hunter buff.
Thenais
Take a look at valheim, it’s a great game 😉
Pheo
haha please no. best to forget this story even exists, focus on other things and then be surprised how fast 33 days pass :D Otherwise I will go mad in the meantime. 782 hours left or: 46'920 minutes or: 2'815'200 seconds
John D Stilwell
Are we still on Book 11, or did I miss where Book 12 Started?
Austin Gillespie
Thank you for the numerous and consistent chapters, and enjoy your break!
Danny
Thanks for your work and enjoy the break And i woud love to read about the end of the Orange fuk soon 😁
Vega
Thanks for the explanation about the beast side of things. As most of the perspective of the story is from the enlightened’s perspective, it really was starting to seem skewed. Enjoy your break!
Catherine Jones
Enjoy your break! Thanks for not leaving us on a terrible cliff. Come back to us when you're refreshed and inspired.
Brendan Bowen
Thanks for the Chapter. Have a good break
Hendo
Thanks Zog. Enjoy the break, chief.
Owen Kaz
one Mississippi, two Mississippi, three Mississippi.....
Brian
Enjoy the break!
C0bra$
Thank u for the story
Jeremiah Lambert
Ehh I think one of the counter measures deployed after Jake talks with villy, (because of course Jake not being an idiotic moron anymore will ask villy to not mess with his plans) be something that forces Ell'hakan to give up his seat
Arieh Sochaczevski
Thanks for the chapter, and I hope you enjoy your break to come back raring to go!
Eric Jones
I read it in Villy’s voice too hahaha
Stephen Heng
See you in a month!! Have a good break!!!
Jonathan R
Thanks for the chapter! Enjoy your vacation!
Nick O'Gara
I see the end of yips chosen being part of what allows Jake to take over the seat of the exalted prima. And when the 93 opens up villy touring it with Jake will be his show down with yip.
Swaggernaut77
Zogarths authors note makes me realize that his inner monolog is just Villy talking in his head
Micah Molina
A great chapter for break! Enjoy September!
Jordan Rogers
I miss you already zogarth
Liam
Thanks for the chapter and enjoy a well-earned break!
James Faulkner
Les gooooooo, excited for the new arc and enjoy your time off!
Lucas Johnson
Have a nice resting month and enjoy your dota tournaments as always love this story
J W
Nooooooooooooooo... we go on break and Jake is still sitting around in his fancy baths and eating bananas (don't pretend I'm the only one who realizes that zog stopped mentioning the time bananas) all day. Would have preferred my cliff to be after Jake actually started his offensive action. So I could really feel the anticipation for the following 30 days.
Jeremiah Lambert
Of course I'm disregarding the story, I was gonna quite reading tomorrow now today, voicing my own opinion as this is taking waaay to long, a at most 2 page a day filled mainly with dialog and MC thoughts is too slow a pace for myself, considering that this has been an ongoing story since, like what, 2014?? So yea...probs be another 10 years b4 this story gets concluded? Lol. and yes I firmly believe Ell'Hakan gets dragged to B grade. It makes the most sense from a plot side of things.
Jose Reyna
TFTC
SmokeJam
No way el hanuta gets dragged to b grade as an antagonist. And you utterly disregard the story pace. There will be still at least one more book before b grade, if not more. 2ndly, no b grade ever will be able to fight a god. That's 3 grades + divinty difference and yip seems to be on the highest divinty tier, so that's another unbridgeable abyss. Jake might have his bloodline and juice, but he will never seriously fight a god before high S grade.
SmokeJam
Man's starting a winter offensive
Mat
“Jake with what arm? You, Sylphie and maybe Sword Saint barely form a dungeon party.”
Tyler Owens
It might be a good idea purely because it is unexpected
Tyler Owens
I think yip knows but wants to eventually go with, the reluctant master has to put down the evil student storyline
Tyler Owens
I think this is villy’s loophole because even if they signed a treaty Valhall seems to have rules that allow their members to fight on whatever side they feel is in the right, so I think in the end the treaty is purely symbolic purposely
Kyle Jackson
Brilliant work mate, enjoy your time off
Austin English
You are the best Zogarth! Enjoy your break.
Alisa Cox
Enjoy the time off, well deserved!
Unlisted Pokémon Hudson
I’m going into hibernation
Azayrian105
You need to keep this updated every single day now.
Keldra
Brilliant chapter
Preston Stokes
Have a good break
Ymere
Have a good vacation. Thanks for all the story. This honestly was a good place to pause. Feels like a spot to end a book too.
Exaiter
Fuuuuuuuuuck. Have a good one zog
Forrest
Wake me up when September ends
Jesse
Enjoy your break, you deserve it after all the chapters we get to read yearly
JSC
Enjoy your time. Thank you again for the story and this particular arc.
Sean Casey
So sad 😞 Enjoy your break tyftc
Michael Kawesa
Have a nice break.
Luis
Called it last friday. I knew I was a mortal/false god 🙂
ReadingObsessed
Have a good break! ☺️ I like the false god system. In the TV show Supernatural that's how gods are created, very chicken before the egg but it meant all gods who are believed in exist. They just range drastically in strength depending on the quality and quantity of belief.
ItWasIDIO!!
Happy break Authorman
Sam Rosenberg
See you in a month!
Jeremiah Lambert
I personally don't think Jake will do anything after the system event ends....I think counter measures will be made and Jake will consult villy for a better idea on how to proceed for now, things will keep building up until B grade. Than with that evolution his bloodline will mature and make him some sort of HIGH human variant and he is gonna wipe Ell'Hakan and his alliance, challenge yip of yore, fight him to a stalemate and villy comes in for the big finish after his previous dual with yip and being in a coma like state and yip barely surviving that too. The end. (Afterwards Jake somehow does whatever needed to help villy's wife and(or just) kid....being as I don't actually believe they are dead. But a simple yggasdrill or whatever that trees name is leaf wont work....side, side note: Jake is a soul mate of Artemis.)
James
Thanks for the chapter, have a nice break
John Looney
What was last years cliff I don’t remember time that well
Lynderyn
Jake has proven he meant it when he said 0 fucks about William post tutorial. I’m thinking William is/was repositioned to give Jake a karma knowledge repository by ‘Smile early on in the experiment.
Lynderyn
Yip/orange will try and spin “desolation -> viper/jake created it”
Bi-Dailey
TFTC
TyranT-Rex
Eh the gods aren't watching, and who's gonna tell them if EH is dead by the end of this.
Lynderyn
The lolz of “Let’s declare war” not being a massive cliff. Have a great break and think of giving us a Villy/Order pov chapter upon return.
TyranT-Rex
You might be on to something. I think Jake mentioned that DC corrupted the cores by incorpating is soul with it. So could be possible that each core has a small amount of his soul that he can use to rebuild.
TKOva
Oh Yea, the Orange Fuck killed his first rival and closest he had to a best friend next to the viper.
Anthony
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Cosmoros Subs
Noooooooooooooooooo
Laurent Jerry
Happy holidays !
Logan
Thank you for all your writing. It's truly amazing
AsuraFalling
Thanks!! Enjoy your holiday!
Vic
Enjoy your Break Zogarth!
Grace Fuentes
Have a goof break. And I always say DON'T EAT TO MUCH.
Sean
Tftc. It sounds like Jake's gonna have to go on a fetch quest to break all those cores the child converted. Or if I'm misunderstanding, then Ell Hakan probably has the loss totem in his back pocket or something. Either, I'm excited for where the story goes next!
Ty Cooper
Lol
Ty Cooper
Have a good break! Will miss you while your gone. Also did the planet Jake broke the planetary core in half while eating half not break away or fall apart. The core was destroyed, broken, and eaten. Can the planet stay together for the totem to even still be there. I get that the viper made 1/10 a galaxy desolate and those parts are still there and desolate, but probably still have their desolate cores, right?
Will
Can’t wait to see what Arnold cooks up
Davey876
Wait isn't Carmen required to fight with eh? Valdamar signed that contract with yip
Will
I really had thought the church had created the desolate child of loss but I was wrong 🤷🏻♂️
Conclave
This is a common belief that Jake will do it. He kinda experienced plagues multiple times (twice in Nevermore and Eternal Hunger) so he could pull it up with some preparations. I think that could be a good way for William to make amend as the karmic mage could totally make it work better. That would be kind of a huge step back for him has his actions would lead to death to a Galaxy scale but doing things that way would restrain collateral damage to it's minimum, "focusing" on the fanatics. The real question is: Is Jake able to forget William's actions to smite the Orange Fuck ?
Clint
Tftc. Have a great break.
Josh Hackney
Those last three paragraphs have me so hyped for the return September 30th! You are a genius Zogarth!
Jennifer Leigh
How do the real gods feel about the false? I could see some really offended beings suddenly on the Viper's side, cause Yip had to know.
Den
Thanks for everything and see you on the 30th
LongMickeyRicky
Damn a month long break is abt to kill me but ig ill live
Mack
Great stopping point!
Djinko
Enjoy your Dota competition !
Rampart
Good place to pause. Have a great holiday break
Hayden Leech
Could Jake create a plague in the new universe that can use the karmic web El’Hakan is weaving through the alliance to only target anyone affected by his bloodline? They all have powerful karmic connections right? Cuz dropping a plague into the alliances karma is certainly thematic for the chosen of the malefic viper.
Hayden Leech
Woo!
Andromeda Adams
Tyftc! I don’t know if it’s a good idea to go to war right now or not. Will that not mess up Villy’s plans? Or maybe Villy was planning for it? Just don’t know unless it’s Earth against EH, and not faction against faction. Have a good break Zog!
BrokenVase
I am expecting jake.to start sacrificing planets. And elhakans.bloodline ia.essemtially a karmic plague.
Kt-x
Oooh! What a point to leave it on! Have a good holiday! 😊
Conclave
Thanks Zog' for that last chapter right now. It's gonna be hard to stay one freaking month without any update on the serie but honestly, we've been on the edge of our sits all this time, so it's just gonna be some hype growing. Have a nice time !
Saralia
Thanks for the chapter! Have a good break~
Radzig
Have fun zog. You attending Dragon Con?
Yaldabaoth
LesssGoooooo!?
Pheo
Noooooooo. See you guys in 33 days. or: 792 hours or: 47'520 minutes or: 2'851'200 seconds
Decibel790
In the grim darkness of the 93rd universe, there is only... *WAR* Good to see Carmen again!
Cory Sauls
Have a great vacation
TyranT-Rex
Have an great break. Can't wait for the craziness to come
Jake Thorpe
Ah man thanks for not leaving a cliff, that would have sucked
Galand
Thank you for the chaoter, and enjoy your break
Wselby64
TYFTC
Jana
I’m going to miss this Story during the month .. probably starting tomorrow - scratch that I think I’ll manage to start missing it in an hour or so. That being said- Have a great time off and enjoy whatever you are up to :-)
Zizawah
Have a great time off and enjoy DOTA!
Darshar Griffonmane
Super excited to see what a large scale war will look like at C grade. Going to be so many show down between key characters. Thank you for the chapter and enjoy your vacay Zog!
Ritsu
Well, looks like Jake will be killing a god a mite sooner than we expected.
BlackRazaras
Thanks for the chapter
Michael McMahon
enjoy the break and thanks for not ending on a super cliff, my blood pressure is high enough. See you in a month!
Farmingaround
Tyftc! My daily dose of literature crack :) #chasingtheviper
Jonathan Haverlid
Thank you
Bobby Brown
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