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Chapter 978 - Unsettling Whispers
🕑 Added 2024-08-19 10:57:45 +0000 UTC”Assistance is not offered; it’s provided whether you want it or not. Your thoughts on the matter and your opinions are only factors that will lead to needless complications. So stand down and retain your lives,” the Fallen King said, frankly tired of dealing with all these so-called “enlightened” that kept creating problems whenever he and the Sylphian Hawk merely wanted to provide assistance in killing the Prima Guardian.
The Fallen King was currently floating in front of a party led by the World Leader of this particular planet. Around fifty of their “elites” were scattered all around him, knocked out with weak soul attacks, having utterly failed to put up any fight worth mentioning. The hawk hadn’t even needed to do anything but had instead decided to clear out every Prima in the vicinity of the Prima Vessel ahead of time.
“Replacing one calamity with another is not assistance,” the human woman who wielded the title of World Leader answered.
“Consider your options. Join me in freeing the Prima Guardian and trust us to slay it before leaving you in peace or oppose our will and know with certainty you face two entities more dangerous than the Guardian,” the Fallen King said in a harsh and very threatening tone.
“If… if you kill me, you have no way to free the Guardian,” the World Leader said, trying to look brave. Her belief that her words were true was what gave her any kind of courage to argue and stand up to the Unique Lifeform. She believed the King needed her…
“You do not know, do you?” the Fallen King said. “When the World Leader and a sufficient percentage of the enlightened population are all slain, the Prima Guardian will automatically be released. Perhaps designed as a kind of mercy-killing by the system? I do not know. All I know is that your continued existence is an act of mercy on my part, and you are testing the boundaries of my benevolence.”
To clarify, the Fallen King had no idea if what he said was true. What he did know was that negotiating as a monster was overly tiring, as enlightened simply never trusted him, at least not those in a newly integrated universe. There were naturally some exceptions and even a planet with beastfolk where Sylphie easily convinced them as they worshipped her almost like a deity due to the power of her variant race.
For this particular planet, the Fallen King had quickly gotten the understanding that they would not volunteer any help… so he had chosen the forceful approach. From the looks of how the World Leader wavered and the signs of telepathic communication between the party, it appeared to be working, as not long after, the human woman gritted her teeth.
“Fine… but swear upon your honor as a Unique Lifeform that you are not deceiving us,” she said, quite cleverly if the Fallen King had to say so.
“I will swear that my companion and I are only here with the objective of slaying the Prima Guardian and will leave afterward without killing any of your kin,” the Fallen King answered truthfully.
Perhaps most would write off something as feeble as a promise, but this woman did seem to have a basic grasp of what a Unique Lifeform was. They were all prideful and wouldn’t do something like swearing upon their honor just to trick someone so much weaker than themselves. The Fallen King wouldn’t do so either. Such things were simply beneath him, and she knew it.
“Alright… alright, we’ll trust you,” the World Leader finally fully agreed, a bit too slowly in the opinion of the King, but quickly enough that this wouldn’t cause a needless delay.
“Then let us delay no longer,” the King said, and with the World Leader and her party of weaklings in tow, headed toward the Prima Vessel to free and kill yet another Prima Guardian.
Once they arrived, Sylphie was already done cleaning up anything close to it and just waiting for them to get there. They had to fly a good deal of the way due to how weak this planet was and how they hadn’t even managed to get any kind of teleporter within three hours of travel time to the Vessel.
Having the World Leader enter the Prima Vessel went as always. She got in, they all waited a few minutes, and then she quickly flew out, a Prima Guardian hot on her heels. It was yet another weak one, and without the Fallen King having to do much, an excited Sylphie tore it apart, the Fallen King only doing a little to speed things up.
At this point, this all just felt like busy work. They had cleared about thirty planets this way, and it had been more than four months since the hunter decided to temporarily cripple himself due to his own stupidity, causing immense soul damage to himself. Even the King had taken some residual damage he needed to heal, and the entire experience had only made it clear he needed to work on separating himself from Jake.
Anyway, the opponents they faced at this point were all too weak to really bother with. The Guardians didn’t even have the Honored tag anymore, and if the Fallen King hadn’t seen how utterly useless the native populations were, he would have questioned how any planet could lose to this system event.
With the Guardian dead, Sylphie returned to the King and the cowering World Leader as they prepared for the final part.
“Will you hold true to your promise?” the World Leader asked, looking at the Vessel. The King also noticed the woman’s party had already taken off during the fighting but didn’t really care.
“Naturally. Now come, activate the Vessel, and we shall take our leave,” the Fallen King said. With Sylphie resting on the King’s shoulder, they entered the Prima Vessel with the usual design. A long hallway with a crossroad at the end, one leading into the control room, another into the teleportation room, and the final one with the rewards once all regular Primas were slain.
All were locked and needed the World Leader to unlock them, which was why they had to keep the annoying weaklings alive and somewhat healthy.
They first went to the control room, and the World Leader unlocked the barrier to enter and touched the metal orb that activated the Vessel. With it, the map also appeared as the World Leader stared at it with wide eyes.
“This is… wow,” she muttered, staring at the map. “So many planets cleared, so many lives saved… did you two help do that?”
The Fallen King found her shift in mood a bit odd but didn’t comment further. “Some. Once the entire galaxy is clear of Prima Guardians, the event shall conclude, and that is what we are working toward.”
“I see,” the World Leader said with a nod and a smile.
“Now, let us fulfill our promise and leave. Oh, and allow me to offer some free advice. Now that you are considered part of the Prima Guardian Alliance, you can also have people teleport to or from here to help you clean up the remaining regular Primas. Of course, you will need to establish the teleportation circle that should have been provided to you when you unlocked the Prima Vessel,” the Fallen King said, deciding to be a bit helpful, as the witch back in Haven had many times told him to at least not make other World Leaders too fearful.
The woman looked at him and kept smiling. “Hm, and to use this new teleporter that just became available, you needed to have claimed the Prima Vessel first, even if you had constructed one with knowledge provided by another planet beforehand. Assuming you hadn’t joined the Alliance during the World Congress.”
One didn’t need Jake’s intuition to know something was off as the Fallen King stared at the World Leader. “You seem oddly informed for-“
“Thank you for allowing me to realize my fate.”
Without any warning, the Fallen King was pushed back by an explosion and was covered in blood as the World Leader blew herself up, the Unique Lifeform just floating there undamaged, uncertain of what had just happened.
“Ree?” Sylphie, who had not been hit by the blood or explosion at all, asked.
“Nothing good,” the Fallen King responded, quickly floating out into the hallway and seeing the barrier still blocking the entrance to the teleportation room and their way home… now with no World Leader available to unlock it. “Nothing good at all.”
--
Jake was not to be disturbed while recovering and had primarily been left alone with Vesperia as he spent most of his days working with the Puzzle Box of the Seeker, the nifty mana-practice toy allowing him to put his mind off things while even improving a bit and helping speed up his recovery. He truly did try to make the best of this forced downtime.
However, that day, things felt off. Something wasn’t right, and Jake had informed Miranda of it immediately, as it was so bad Jake couldn’t even properly focus on things. As the hours passed, the feeling of wrongness only grew, and Jake couldn’t place his finger on what exactly was wrong.
Miranda quickly came back and had a hard time seeing where the issue could be. Nothing was out of the ordinary. Everything was standard as it had been for the last many months. Still, Jake couldn’t shake it and had even checked in with Sylphie real quick with their Union Oath contract and gotten back a feeling of her being bored, likely waiting for the Fallen King to do King stuff and negotiating, something the hawk wasn’t very good at as most World Leaders didn’t speak Sylphie.
He kept trying – and failing – to properly distract himself, even after he had Miranda check up on everyone he knew and cared about. Jake even began to fear something was happening or was going to happen to someone he couldn’t even get in contact with. Had what Villy did for Jake hurt him more badly than he let on? Was it someone else back in the Order who was in trouble?
Sometimes, he hated the inconsistency of his intuition. There were times it was very clear, while in other instances, it just gave him super vague feelings. On this day, all it told him was that something was wrong and that someone could potentially be in danger…
As the day progressed, Jake could only wait, hoping for this feeling to fade with time. It didn’t, but it only kept growing worse and worse until finally, Jake got word from Miranda.
“William and I are coming over. I know you don’t like him, but he was our best bet for finding out what was wrong… and he did find something suspicious enough that we need to meet,” she sent, Jake practically at the edge of his seat as the message arrived.
For Miranda to bring William over, this had to be very serious. The karmic mage hadn’t been one of the people who knew Jake was still suffering from a semi-permanent soul injury, and he was pretty much bound to find out if he met Jake in person. Still, Jake didn’t have time to worry about this, as he waited the five minutes it took for them to get there.
When they arrived, they brought a third person along. One that didn’t look like he wanted to be there, based on how half his body had turned into metal, and he was even tied up with a glowing sigil left by Miranda on his forehead, seemingly suppressing his energies. He was also unconscious, but Jake saw the grave looks on Miranda and William’s faces.
“What’s going on?” Jake asked, looking at the tied-up guy. “Who’s that?”
“I halfway hoped you’d know,” Willaim said, not even commenting on Jake’s current state. “He harbored intense hatred for you.”
Miranda chose to step in to elaborate as she motioned toward him. “We fully expected some spies to slip in over the last few months and naturally kept anyone new to the planet under observation in case they did something overly suspicious. I had William check out any people who I believed may have done something over the last day or so, specifically focusing on those who had communicated with anyone off-planet… and he found this guy, along with three other diplomats who killed themselves before we had a chance to stop them.”
Jake kept quiet as William took over.
“All of them were wearing items that had to have been at least high ancient rarity or even legendary rarity, capable of hiding their own karmic bonds quite well. Only when I was right in front of them could I see what was wrong and unravel the net. I used some of my less-than-pleasant abilities to get close and try to figure out what they were doing, and all I learned is that they want to give you a fate worse than death,” William sighed.
“That isn’t anything new, is it?” Jake questioned. A lot of people wanted him dead, right? Ell’Hakan and all his goons, other minor gods he had potentially pissed off in the early days of the integration, and probably a lot he didn’t even know about, including those who held some kind of resentment toward the Viper, his abilities to manipulate Primeval Origins, or just those envious of his Nevermore placement. So many damn suspects.
“Yes… but this guy was in communication with another planet not long ago,” William said in a serious tone. “One that hadn’t even been part of the Prima Guardian Alliance... and the one I also feel the presence of the Sylphian Hawk and Fallen King on.”
“Why woul-“
Just then, Jake also got a message from Sylphie, simply letting him know that they were trapped and needed help getting home… at which point Jake became certain, and his intuition had all feelings of vagueness leave it.
“They’re in danger,” Jake said with wide eyes, and William also seemed distressed as he got a message of his own.
“Remember the karmic tracker we spoke about implementing in the teleporter?” he asked, and before even elaborating, Jake knew as he clenched his fists.
--
The Fallen King floated in the sky outside the Prima Vessel, Sylphie next to him. They had tried to enter the teleportation chamber and failed, with their best theory now that should they kill every Prima on the planet, there was a good chance it would unlock. If not, they would have to wait for the scientist from back on Earth to send someone capable of teleporting back with them. Or, at the very least, someone who could open the gate, which they had discovered any World Leader who had successfully completed their planet’s own Prima event could.
This should be a mere annoyance, only slowing down their hunt of Guardians by a few days. Sylphie had also already sent a message to Jake through their Union Oath contract, only communicating that they needed extraction.
However, the message she got back was one of warning, and as they floated there, it became clear this was more than a mere annoyance. The Fallen King looked at the Sylphian Hawk and back to the horizon as he spoke.
“You feel it, too?”
“Ree…” the hawk gave off a small screech.
Something unsettling was coming. The Fallen King focused on improving his ability to view into the distance, which was when he saw it. Something was happening with the energy in the horizon. It was being disturbed somehow, and as the King threw a questioning mental probe at the hawk with actual eyes and way better vision, her answer was only more unsettling.
She saw a horizon slowly being drained of color and said the wind had nearly stopped blowing from that direction entirely… what faint whispers that did reach her speaking only of desolation.
Comments
ShreddedShark
Bro gave me the chills at the end there
Joshua Little
Thanks for the chapter.
jordicl
yeah, jacob definitely divined that FK and Sylphie would go there, then Ell Hakan and the jacob brainwashed the world leader into becoming the perfect pawn, and inviting "I".
Matthew
Based on the leaders comment about "realizing their fate" , really seems like a shit move on Jacob's part
Stephen
Why can I picture The Fallen King saying "Resistance is futile, prepare to be assimilated."
Kconraw
Thx for the Chapter
Olof Karlsson
Thanks for the chapter!
Troy Telford
Ah! No! Don't die Sylphie!!! Don't kill her Zogarth!!!
Jennifer Leigh
Right. I just went looked. He never defines how he feels about Jake. That said he is all about playing with karma. Putting a Calamity in the same galaxy as the HC and two chosen could be a great experiment.
Tyler S.
Then saddly, he becomes just another ingredient to kill more mushrooms
Jake Thorpe
Yip said something along the lines of do you want me to kill the Viper or do you want the Viper dead to confirm he was on yips side and he said yes, but he likes to bend the truth so he could of ment it like he would like to see the Viper die so he could see the karmic effects that would happen if a Primordial dies and remember he owes villy a favour. I have a feeling that he's on Villys side
Trevor Mergen
Thanks!
Mat
Give the following 1. EH can teleport to red planets 2. EH knows that Jake can’t make a move 3. “I” destroying worlds is bad for both EH and holy church 4. Sylphie being trapped and with Jake being the only one from earth who can rescue her as he is the only world leader allied with them and strong enough. 5. Benefits to be realized from the clash of “I” and Jake not matter which way the fight goes. All this point to EH plans and it was beautiful done.
D375
I think that EH and his followers will be taken out by a modified plague. Somehow Jake will skirt the rules around plagues and avoid being killed by the gods. Maybe Villy steps in or maybe Jake makes the plague entirely dependent on how people interact with EH so that it's not a "wild" plague. IDK it'll be interesting to find out.
Peter Smith
... How dare you speak such blasphemous words. No mushroom can be friends with jake.
Peter Smith
He never said he wanted jake dead. He doesnt particuarly feel anything but minor curiosity for jake. He HAS stated that he Villy was better off dead.
Matthew Hay
But in 976 we see Jacob is divining planets in the most need of help for El's "strike squads". There is also no mention of I from Jacob's perspective. It makes logical sense the planets in most need of aid would be those about to fall to I. El's strike squads going to all of these planets could all be given the same goal - replace the local leadership, look for I, and make an agreement to wait for Jake or his teammates to show up. In this scenario, Jacob doesn't realize that he's helping El find I. El gets to damage Jake by throwing I at him or his allies. The only issue is it's contingent upon being able to negotiate w/ I. Though maybe they have some way of trapping him until they need to release him.
Matthew Hay
When did Eversmile say that?
William WIlson
Who wants to beat Jake makes a cool desolation friend from simply being able to stand near by. Right up until Jake finds out I was a mushroom.
William WIlson
Jacob probably can't read much of Sylphies future she has a Divine Blessing from a Primordial and that makes it way tougher let alone the connection to Jake. Personally I think this world leader thought the Fallen King was Jake. They share the same mask and I could easily see them mistaking the sparks that are the Fallen kings eyes for Jake's. I'm sure a picture of the Fallen King and Jake faces would be tough to tell apart if you've never meet them plus the Fallen King acts how Ell’Hakan told everyone Jake is supposed to act.
William WIlson
No fucking way the curch is that stupid. It's not only the Order they will piss off but the Endless Empire, the united beastfolk factions, the 4th demon hell, and the only real reason needed, Valdemar wants a rematch with Jake at god hood. They also know Jake's Bloodline is way fucking stronger than Ell’Hakans due to Jake's meeting in Nevermore. Ps I also think killing Jake before the Wyrmgod gets a new choosen made by Jake might piss him off, let alone Minaga. That's not to mention the dragon flights, the vampires, or the undead. I'd actually argue that if Ell’Hakan set this up using Jacob's divination as a back door way to kill Jake they would rather kill Ell’Hakan and lose the Bloodline. He actively used thier Augur to break the Augurs path and start a war with way to many fractions.
Jennifer Leigh
Anyone think Eversmile is pulling strings? If I remember right, he originally said he wanted Jake dead. Who knows what he really wants, but he would definitely use church and EH.
William WIlson
Personally I think the Fallen King would sacrifice himself to seve Sylphie because he can't really be killed because his actual body isn't there, it's on Jake's face. Also Jacob isn't behind this. He might be tracking I but he didn't set this up, if he did he had a direct hand in killing a friend's daughter making him no longer an Augur. It's also pretty obvious how I got around, I isn't sending the request but Ell’Hakan is because I is a mushroom controlled by Ell’Hakan because sapient mushrooms have weak souls.
William WIlson
U think I was a mushroom like the one that used to be under Haven that was never taken care of and it rose to power on a planet Ell’Hakan was allied with. Somehow Ell’Hakan found out and did Bloodline shit. Remember mushrooms have really weak souls, and Ell’Hakan Bloodline allows him to manipulate souls. Ell’Hakan is then sending I to problem planets. That being said I wouldn't be surprised if gaze could kill I or atleast be sure effective
William WIlson
I think the Augurs powers are vast enough to know problems from different universes. Actually according to Jacob's account post Ell’Hakan invasion he could feel earth from the 4th universe. The reason he couldn't be sure on earth is Jake, helped by the many divine level blessings. Mostly Jake and Shroud.
William WIlson
Your right Jacob has already stated that to knowingly hurt a friend would go against his Path to Casper. Jacob might have unknowingly set it up but no way did he knowingly set it up or he'd risk losing his class.
William WIlson
Feather is probably only for Nevermore so unless the feather made Sylphie part Phoenix I don't think she gets a do over.
William WIlson
My theory is simple, I is a mushroom man. Basically it's what could have happened had Jake not killed the mushroom under Haven.
William WIlson
You got a lot wrong. Firstly anyone can enter- leave the prima vessel now they just can't enter certain rooms like the loot room or the teleportation room. Second thing your wrong about is the prima vessel is effected just not very much. The final and only needed point where you're wrong is any world leader can enter another vessel with full access after both the primas are killed and I is a world leader.
joel southard
Nice thank you for the chapter
William WIlson
Have you ever heard of a false peak? Basically while your hiking you see this peak and the vast majority of the time you think that peak is the end to only find out it was only a ridge and your simply starting. Well I have a feeling this is a false cliffhanger building to Friday where we get some major cliffhanger and realize this was but a step.
Venditious
I think sylphie will be killed, which will break the union bond. Then she will revive herself with the Phoenix feather that was given to her by the beast alliance a while back. But Jake won’t know that sylphie lives cause the bond will already be broken. Then he goes on a rampage and then sylphie comes back and happy ending.
Tyler Owens
It may be possible for a key holder to hide in one for some time, but who knows now. Especially if I had become more powerful as he kills more planets
Daniel is ŁØNE
Eh, I feel like Jacob doesn't have much of a hand in this and if he does it's likely unwilling, 1. He doesn't really advocate for wiping out all life like "I" would 2. Setting this up would likely be a good way to sever the neutrality and goodwill that Jake hold's towards the Church and himself if Sylphie was to get seriously hurt. She is pretty much jake's adopted daughter and the emotional connection and time they have spent together is high enough that it would lead to irrevocable negative feelings in the event of true disaster.
Daniel is ŁØNE
Yes but making a true enemy of Jake is not on their agenda since that would preclude making a true enemy of the viper and to an extent the Endless empire via Vesperia. Jake isn't someone they could make such a bold enemy of unless the positives outweigh the negatives and in this situation Cheeto and his bloodline aren't worth the potential fallout from this.
ShivaMcTimber
TYFTC! Oooh can't wait.
ShivaMcTimber
It might be connected EH - the fanatical suicide of the Leader may suggest his involvement in this. Desolation doesn't sound like the type to have a fan club.
Adam Fellon
Any plan that involves sacrificing themselves and bringing I to the planet would likely require some type of interplanetary communication. It’s not like they could have set up this trap prior to knowing how the system event would have worked. So it had to happen since the event started It is seems most likely that EH used their version of Arnold’s the teleporter to send someone to the planet in advanced. Then convince the world leader of the plan and set up some way to invite I to the planet. (Possibly establishing one of the interplanetary teleporters already on the planet) Unless the abilities of an Augur have range far in excess of what we have been shown, I doubt he could have predicted what might happen on another planet. He couldn’t be totally sure where the Prima would land on Earth until traveling to the location. So range to another planet seems like a drastic expansion of powers
Osamaru Ta
Except this isn't Hakan
Mack
Niiiice! Desolation time!
Ansordia
But wasn't the planet an outside alliance planet? How did "I" get there before even they killed the chimera considering I highly doubt a planet wide sacrifice ritual is a instant thing so I had to be there for atleast a day or close to it... Also that would explain Jakes SUPER long time in feeling the unneasyness.
VenL.C.
Thank Villy it’s not September yet
Seen Death
Would be fitting to obliterate EH with some of that desolation energy haha. No revives or second chances for cheeto (desolation is already part of the Malific affinity, which jake can kinda use already so it shouldnt be too far fetched of a method, even if he had to do some alchemy to do fully)
Seen Death
I mean, the source of the desolation is a potential threat, and it seems hes even gotten approval somehow for this world leader (and whoever else) to obliterate this planet... it seems rather conplicated and i doubt the people responsible would want to allow FK + sylphie to just hideout in the vessel (although i have literally no idea how the enemies would try to contest them taking that shelter)
Adam Fellon
I don’t think it was ever stated how “I” was getting from planet to planet. Only a throw away line about “why would any world leader invite I to their planet.” But if I is using the teleporter system then an open invite would likely cause them to come.
JJB4345_80_815
Yes, thank you for the chappy Zogarth!
Zadumu
Jacob's divinations don't quite work like that, though. His divinations help lead people down the right path and are less useful for grand plots. If the goal was to simply trap them on a planet then I think EH would be the most likely candidate, but it's I showing up that casts doubts. In order for the Holy Church or EH to make this work they would need to not only know where I is going but get someone from Jake's party trapped on that planet right before I shows up.
Andrew P
IIRC, Jacob is motivated by doing what he thinks is best for others, even helping Jake consolidate power over the church when the time called. I wonder if EH will realize that.
Anime Problem
Oh so it's a faction that's using I
Tyler Owens
It is a treasure made by a phoenix god so I think it is also a possibility it has not been completely consumed or even been primed to digest very slowly
Erik Bekke
If they're stuck in the vessel we already know the Prima Vessel can withstand desolation and people inside are protected. All they have to do is wait for desolation to kill all the primas and teleport back to earth safely. Or am I missing something from this trap?
Luis
I think it is possible that Jacob cooperates with El Hakan because he saw a future in wich Sylphie and the King survive. He proves that he can overcome his personal bias against El Haken by helping in his war against Jake but he knows that El Hakens efforts will be pointless in the end or in this case at least.
DDHG
An just like that. The orange fuck will get what he wants in the worse way possible. "The decent of the Chosen of the Malefic Viper" nope not at all. He will face "The fury of the Primal Hunter and the Harbinger of Primal Origins". I am going to forsee a William 2.0 in the future.
SilverSentry
I don't think so. Their souls are linked in a different way that Jake probably couldn't make work. What if Jake gets flung to the world and has to use his fancy ring to get them all back safe I's desolation destroys everything?
Areshan
So they should leave the atmosphere of the planet, wait for the all the primas to die to the desolation and teleport out from the prima vessel. As long as they don't die to desolation on the way to the vessel it'll be fine lol.
Tyler Owens
But remember divine influence is cut off and I’m sure some HC just got “assist EH” and EH has free reign to use bloodline therapy to convince them this is the best way forward for the church
Tyler Owens
Interesting take, but I think it’s pretty obviously EH, probably working closely with help from the church ( I think someone mentioned using Jacob’s divinations as a method to sudo predict I )
Tyler Owens
But I think they still want to avoid making Jake and the viper outright enemies, yes the bloodline is valuable but is it valuable when it also comes with peak level enemies including a fellow primordial
Daniel Hogan
I wonder if there is any way Sylphie can hitch a ride with the Fallen King, if Jake were to summon him to his mask...
Daniel Hogan
That's definitely the words of a true believer. Either they're expecting to be redirected in the afterlife, or they're completely brainwashed by El.
Phasmatic7
Thankies for the chapie zogie!
kingofshibainu
If that's the game Elkie is playing, he's going to die a horrible horrible death. Now, maybe we'll figure out how "I" is traveling between worlds.
Conclave
Not gonna lie I think that whole EH "Nemesis" thing is gonna end Peak C grade or mid B grade. Jake ain't gonna wait the occasion to fck him up, he'll make some new skill, go find him, kill the Orange fuck and never speak of it again
Conclave
Interesting point of view.
Jaydan Man
Soul connection. The soul damage he recieved was going to consume him so that connection took damage too
Kenneth Welever
“Thank you for allowing me to realize my fate.” That there is some strong sign of the holy church involvement.
Hayden Leech
They want his bloodline, the church would happily let Hakan use their forces in the Milky Way however he pleases. Jacob already said the galaxy doesn’t matter. El’Hakan isn’t manipulating the church… it’s transactional. That bloodline however? That’s valuable. Even to the holy church.
Ansordia
Oooowwwww... Right... Well we'll see what happens but I think sylphie won't be hurt to badly maybe crippled untill their next natural evolution but yea... Fallen king for sure is getting out barely premanently hurt... But we'll see I guess also VERY good idea with Jacob... Kinda weird still how I even got there if they weren't part of the alliance like you can't opt out of it... I guess some holy church senanignans...
weston dewald
I'm all for that. EH and Yip just aren't that for me. Their power sets while meant to be intriguing and thought provoking, just do not hit for me. I'm not sure if I'm missing something or a plotline went over my head but I could not care less about our main antagonists.
Hayden Leech
It could be totally random… but it’s not subtle, and let’s not forget El’Hakan is working with Jacob right now. His whole thing is seeing the future. I think Jacob arranged this. The suicidal Church world leader lends credence to this
Osamaru Ta
Not going to happen. The Holy Church knows not to mess with Jake that way. They're not pawns El'Hakan can use in that way.
Ansordia
Bold move of Elhakan... He just signed his death warrant if sylphie is remotely hurt like Sword saint and everyone who is close to Jake will hunt him down... Fallen king isn't really in danger considering he could teleport away to Jake if the situation turns that dire... But i'm not sure how much saving that is if he leaves sylphie alone... Sylphie is screwed... Also I don't exactly understand how Elhakan managed to convince/predict "I" wasn't his teleport TOTALLY random?
Andromeda Adams
Tyftc!!
Hayden Leech
I wonder how Jake is going to handle it when El’Hakan points hundreds of billions of Holy Church fanatics at him/earth. (Looks at Vesperia)
Hayden Leech
I like Jake having a real adversary rather than a series of encounters with instantly vanquished goons.
Rahsheem Reid
Well ggs to whoever hurts sylphie
Rahsheem Reid
Daaaaayum
Reno
Thank Villy it isn't Friday
Azayrian105
If this is a Monday post then this week is going to go HARD! I’m so excited.
Michael Lambus
He's going to be here till B grade maybe later
Hayden Leech
I’m really hoping she put that Vespula Hive Queen on some world and it’s just been pumping out hive queen after hive queen which has been making lesser queens in turn to kick off the massive expansion. In Nevermore Arnold made self replicating machines that took over a bunch of occupied worlds in no time flat… I don’t think for a second that Vesperia couldn’t match the feat and then some. Hive queens making hive queens making hive queens all making massive armies of disposable troops to throw at the Holy Churches seeming infinite army of converted civilians. #Justice4Vespy 🐝🐝🐝
Hayden Leech
So el hakan is handing planets over to the church partly because he is aligned with their faction but also because he doesn’t really care what happens to the galaxy but still wants to use its population for his own ends… (people to believe in him to boost his power/slaves to his bloodline) A thought occurs… Isn’t the Endless Empire a faction with a military comparable to the church? Also it’s faction jake has close ties with, probably wants to control the galaxy and is uniquely well suited for dealing with endless waves of suicidal swarm tactics? Jake really needs to let Vesperia off her leash. I’d love it if the Vespernat Hive battled the Church across the Milky Way while Jake handles ElHakan. (Because it seemed like all she did was help a handful of ecto dominated factions and then went to chill on earth.)
Zadumu
I think there’s a chance that EH is not involved in this. I think th extreme hatred for Jake is the giveaway, I think EH could turn people against Jake and even make them want to kill him for the good of the galaxy but extreme hatred is probably pushing the boundaries of his bloodline. This plan also seems too forward and risky for EH. I think there’s a possibility this is all related to I. I could be some sort of unique life form that existed before system integration and somehow has cults on a bunch of planets. The cultists are facilitating his transfer to new worlds and the cultists believe that returning to desolation is their “fate”. I could retain a connection with the world cores and be royally pissed at Jake for breaking and taking half of his original world core. Though, this could also be the actions of the Holy Church having plans outside of both EH and Jacob’s knowledge. The Holy Church would be able to drum up a reason for people to hate Jake and have believers that have zero qualms about self sacrifice or sacrificing entire planets to achieve their goals.
Zack Leach
I personally think the orange fuck got jacob to divine where I is likely to be by looking at planets that have no future and set this up behind jacob's back. The holy church doesnt use desolation in their M.O. from what I can tell. Terraforming? Sure. But desolation kills everything, including potential and the holy church would rather slaughter a planet full of "heretics" and repurpose the planet than ruin it. I think EH may have just lost his support from the holy church if/when jacob finds out.
ReadingObsessed
Not sure how I feel about it but when I read suicide bombers like that I think Holy Church. That the church would stoop so low as to target his team is abhorrent. I think they require a bit more kicking then "You're not welcome on my planet."
weston dewald
Such a big fan of this series but I'm really struggling with this whole arc. I'm so ready for EH to go away forever and never be mentioned again.
ItWasIDIO!!
Alright EH really using the "I" like I hope it's more than confidence that got you thinking feeding a planet killer is a good idea
Ryan Linus
Good call re: Jacob
Dan
Figures Ell'Cunt found I and is using it against Jake, he doesn't realize he just signed his death warrant by putting Sylphie in grave danger
Paulo Furlaneto
Tftx
Mrburns93
And the king can be summoned to Jake. It seems they will likely be okay all things considered.
Mat
If EH set this up then it was masterfully executed
kandiana
I think she has already consumed it. It's been more than 50 years after all
Sean
Desolation boi bout to get a taste of poison up its ass from Doomkick.
Austin English
So cheeto and the church setting up Jake's allies to get taken out by I. Picking the bestest of birds as your first target was the worst option they could choose. Uncle Jake going to be big MAD.
Mokuyobi
That whole visualization with the horizon being drained of color somehow reminded me of Stephen King's "The Langoliers." The feeling of unstoppable dread that the desolation entity beings about is also similar to that story. Mayhaps Zog was inspired? Nothing against it, more curious than anything else! Not many ppls i know have heard of that book, but its really good!
Luis
Sylphie still hast the phoenix feather that can revive her if she dies, right?
Boomer
So holy church, EH and I team up against the Chosen of the Malefic Viper while he's hurt... Is that all? GG's
Luis
Only Jacob could know when and where the paths of Sylphie and the King and I would cross. It is likely that he also helped el hakan to convince the World leader to kill herself.
Straat Junon
Thank fuck it isn't Friday. Tyfc
Tommy
Sandy teleport, eat them, swim away into sand space Great chapter. Nice tension. Going after J’s teammates? Sod. Those. Wankers. Time to rage
Kt-x
Thanks for the chapter
Ty Cooper
Not hating, but how is it Jacob? Is this what he and EH had a talk about?
Ty Cooper
The King has mentioned that he is not sure if he would truly die if his connection with Jake is still active. We might see Jake save the King twice.
Michael
Of course Ellhakan is gonna try and throw the damn Desolation entity at sylphie and the fallen king. Absolute pinnacle of horrible individuals, must exterminate at all costs and wipe his records off the face of the system
Ed
So since Jake already has soul damage him being soul bonded to sylphie and she dies will add more damage. This is why you annihilate anyone who tries to kill you . This is a good lesson to be learned.
Ty Cooper
Well it is official. EH is now being hunted down till he is dead. Such a low blow also, Sylphie, really. Such a heartless bustard to go after the wonderful, the amazing, the benevolent Sylphie. I repeat. I truly hope this is the start of EH's death and downfall. Yeah I care more about his death than his downfall. EH gets under my skin skin so much.
Psyck0
Jake to I confrontation incoming , I hat to say it but I expect a superman esq situation coming where ellhakan will send them to fight each other with jake being g repelled only to go for the nahoom homework and then need to "beg" for help probably so he could turn it to make it seem like jake and I came together
Conclave
So the orange fuck didnt just plan to separate Jake most precious Allies from the rest by making the way back home impossible, he manage to lure "I" somewhere Jake friends were. Or it's just terrible luck that's strange af. Anyway EH crossed a line he shouldnt have: targetting best bird Sylphie. I personally felt my heart almost stop working with the Twin Head Emperor things and I can only imagine Jake's feeling at that moment but boy, the Orange Fuck is down now. I Hope Jake will "cure" himself somehow as soon as possible, find EH and beat him to a Pulp, in front of so many people that they all shit themself and understand that "Nobody. Hurts. His. Niece"
Jonathan
Even the King had taken some residual damage he needed to heal, sympathetic damage?
Bladehawk256
At least this cliff was on a Monday and not Friday lol
Hussein Zenki
i think it’s a c grade version of it, they can both legit just fly up to the atmosphere or fight I
Pheo
Probably Jacob divining up which planet "I" is going to appear on next. Let's hope Jacob did not know El Hakan used it as a trap for Jake's friends, otherwise he is in need of a thorough beating.
Zizawah
It’s desolation. A concept supposedly higher grade than C. They can’t survive direct confrontation I warrant.
Godzilla511
Damn. That is a gnarly cliffhanger.
Cory Sauls
TFTC
Ivo Wißen
With this chetto has sign his death-sentence
Hussein Zenki
no way I is as powerful as 2 unique life forms in jake’s party
Beardo
Sylphie survives or riot. REEEE! Love your work
Hussein Zenki
gotta be holy church
C0bra$
Thank u for the story
Chioke Nelson
Big facts!
Nate Slusher
I is coming…….and that is grammatically correct😂. Excited for this fight over what I am guessing are the next few chapters!!
Chewbacchus
Tftc! Edit suggestion: Dude William brought should have an 'intense [hatred]' not 'intense (hated)'
nate Rustine
Wait under the assumption I isn't working with El Hakan did El Hakan somehow set this up? If not why do people that work with I hold a grudge against Jake?
Jennifer Leigh
Realize fate . . . Holy church?
Exaiter
current state. “He harbored intense hated - hatred
Liam
Damn, Jake better haul ass
D
Nice. Experiment with your enemies friends
Captain Nuclear
Sylphie will absolutely survive, maybe some injury. The fallen king may use thus to become unchained from Jake, somehow. But survive nontheless
Luis
Damn Jacob
Dennis Bell
Thanks for the chapter
Zizawah
All I can say is thanks for not having this chapter on Friday! This is a powerful cliffhanger and I am so afraid for what is going to happen next! Arghhh!!! :) Thanks for the chapter!
angel
Oh yeah and the king ig
angel
No fuck not the bird nooooo shit shit shit
BlackRazaras
Thanks for the chapter
Helios
Looks like the battle with I is here
Chandler
Thanks
Detrox
Yay
Unlisted Pokémon Hudson
Second!
BumAssBumAss
Thanks for the chapter
