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Chapter 971 - The Cost of Saving A Friend
🕑 Added 2024-08-08 11:09:42 +0000 UTCThe Viper said there would be pain… and that had definitely been an understatement.
Jake was usually very good at dealing with pain. Most C-grades would find themselves unaffected by pain when wounded and just soldier through. To Jake, pain was just another point of feedback informing him what his next action should be, not much different from all his other senses.
However, what Jake felt when the Viper got to work was different. It was unlike any kind of pain Jake had ever felt before, counting both bodily harm and soul damage. This type of pain wasn’t just informing him of damage taken but of something far more… existential.
Like what was causing his pain could truly erase him entirely in both body and soul.
The Viper had barely gotten started as his body erupted with power, putting pressure on Jake’s very being.
“Small note, don’t try to fight back; it will only make my job harder and the end result worse and far more painful. Be advised some things might break during this process,” the Viper spoke, seemingly not even purposefully infusing his voice with energy.
Jake did as he said, despite every fiber of his being screaming at him to escape the situation. But there was no escape, as he could only grit his teeth. What he felt besides the pain, Jake couldn’t comprehend at all either.
Villy lifted a hand, and all Jake saw was a dark green color that made no sense to him. Instinctively, he knew this was made of pure Records, and as the Viper looked at it, he sighed. “You really did a number on yourself.”
Parts of the Malefic Viper’s form began turning into wisps of light that merged with the summoned mass of Records, as something was clearly happening. Jake felt everything so vividly mixing with the pain that muddled his mind, yet he couldn’t help but try and understand, and he knew the Viper was making it this visual for his sake.
Time slowly passed, as the Viper’s body kept disappearing, his entire lower half soon done, leaving only his upper body above his stomach, with one side also entirely faded, leaving mostly a head, a shoulder, and a single arm.
“Fuck me, this is even worse than it looks,” the Viper muttered. “And get those thoughts out of your head, I‘m also learning here. This is uncharted territory, but unlike you, I have the actual ability, skill, and knowledge to back up my actions.”
Jake wasn’t saying anything as the Viper lifted his one remaining arm toward the sky of Jake’s Soulshape.
“You better be grateful, for no other god would go this far for their Chosen,” the Malefic Viper said, looking up. His mouth opened, and Jake only had time to hear a single word. “Malefic-“
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Jake blinked, the pain gone. In front of his eyes, an ocean of warnings and redacted messages, and a feeling that only let him know that some time had just passed. Time he had no memory of. Staring, he saw the form of the Malefic Viper standing there, nearly fully tangible, as he turned to Jake.
“There. Patched you up best anyone in the damn multiverse could. Even went a bit above and beyond and was nice enough to preserve that broken half of a Planetary Core you had in there. Despite sealing the stomach, you should still benefit from that thing, at least, though really fucking slowly. The good news is, you have a potentially infinite amount of time to fully absorb it because you sure as hell can’t take anything in and out with how it is now. As for the rest of the effects of Palate, they should stay the same. Oh, and for the soul damage, that’s up to you to deal with; I think I’ve done enough,” the Viper said, his form already beginning to fade away.
Without being told, Jake knew he had done more than he first promised.
“Thank you,” Jake muttered. “But… what happened there? What did you do?”
“I told you already, I went above and beyond. Tried to use what you had given me to get the job done, but it wasn’t enough, so I needed a little extra. System didn’t like that, but oh well, what’s done is done,” the snake god smiled.
Jake kept feeling the area within his own Soulspace as he just clenched his fists and nodded. “Again… thank you. I would have been royally fucked without your clutch save.”
“Ya sure would have. So better pay me back in spades and turn this piece of charity work into a brilliant investment,” Villy said jokingly, shaking his head. “I should stop dilly-dallying. Good luck with the system event, and have fun recovering. Oh, and remember to thank the healer who kept you alive during all this. Without him, you would have been fucked even with my assistance.”
With those words, the form of the Malefic Viper faded away, leaving Jake alone back in his Soulspace. Above, the sky was still cracked in many places, and the ground had several fissures. The drop of blood left by the Viper remained unaffected by everything that had happened, and despite Jake’s fears, Eternal Hunger was also fine and was already waking up after the Viper’s departure.
However, right now, Jake couldn’t really think about anything but the lingering feeling left behind by the Malefic Viper within his Soulspace. It felt different from anything he had ever felt before from the Viper. More… powerful? Unfathomable? Jake wasn’t sure how to classify it, but it certainly felt “more.”
That… wasn’t that really unsettled Jake, though. It wasn’t why Jake hadn’t even tried asking more questions but just thanked the Viper. It was something else in the lingering presence. A unique kind of signature Jake recognized from the Sword Saint, and not a single shadow of doubt remained in Jake’s mind:
The Viper had used a Transcendent skill.
It explained why Jake couldn’t remember what had happened. It explained the warnings from the system. He only now realized that to fix Jake’s mistake using powers considered “outside” the system, the Viper needed to do the same.
Gritting his teeth, Jake slammed his fist on the ground of the Soulspace despite the pain it shot through his body.
Fuck.
Jake knew… one didn’t just use a Transcendent skill. It came with a cost. It potentially had a permanent cost, and even if it wasn't, it still dealt a lot of harm. For the Viper to use it to save Jake, he would have had to lose something in return, and all because Jake had been a moron who had to be stupidly arrogant one too many times.
One thing was more certain now than ever before… Jake owed Villy even more now than ever before, and the next round of beers was definitely on him.
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It seemed to happen in an instant. Eron had continued to battle with the desolation despite the utterly suppressing aura that pressed him down and actively dealt damage to his soul throughout it all. The task had been far from easy, but Eron couldn’t take any risks.
Even the biggest fool would realize something had gone catastrophically wrong. The spark that represented the hunter’s soul flickered, weakened, and began to look far more unstable as it was replaced and consumed by the green inferno. Then, the green flames had stopped actively devouring Jake’s soul, but the damage was already done.
Eron genuinely wasn’t sure Jake would make it until suddenly, the desolation stopped coming. Not long after, the presence also disappeared, and all Eron had to do was heal Jake’s body of any residual damage.
However, things weren’t fine. Despite the green flames dispersing and stability returning to the spark, it was still damaged. Severely so. From the look on Jake’s face when he finally opened his eyes, it was clear he also realized this.
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Jake couldn’t wallow for too long. He had to keep moving despite feeling pain all over and having a killer headache. Before he even fully opened his eyes and turned his attention to the outside world, he gathered himself a little. He would have to reflect a lot on what had happened, and there were a few things he had to address.
One of which was perhaps the least important… but despite how utterly shitty everything had gone, Jake had still ultimately upgraded his Scales of the Malefic Viper, which had come with a few levels. To see them, he did have to scroll by a bit over a thousand warning messages, though, some of which had been caused by Jake, but the majority due to whatever the Viper had done.
’DING!’ Profession: [Heretic-Chosen Alchemist of the Malefic Viper] has reached level 279 - Stat points allocated, +35 Free Points
’DING!’ Profession: [Heretic-Chosen Alchemist of the Malefic Viper] has reached level 280 - Stat points allocated, +35 Free Points
’DING!’ Race: [Human (C)] has reached level 288 - Stat points allocated, +45 Free Points
Usually, Jake would have celebrated that he had unlocked another use of Path of the Heretic-Chosen and was ever closer to level 300, where he would have his suspected meeting with the First Sage… but he wasn’t exactly in the mood for any kind of celebration.
After taking stock of his body and his thoroughly damaged soul, Jake finally opened his eyes and saw Eron standing there, looking down at him. The man looked haggard in his own right, his clothes mostly destroyed despite being powerful equipment.
“Thanks for the help,” Jake said as he gave Eron a nod, genuinely grateful. As Villy had said, without him there, Jake wasn’t sure how any of this would have turned out.
“It’s my pleasure, genuinely, and I believe this a mutually beneficial situation. Experiencing desolation in C-grade was very valuable, and I made some good progress. One skill upgrade and three levels, in part due to said skill upgrade, which I myself view as quite the gains,” the healer said with a satisfied smile.
“Glad at least one of us came out of this better than we went in,” Jake said with a small smile, trying to press down the pain. “I will admit, I wasn’t even sure you would show. I kind of assumed desolation wouldn’t mesh well with your Path and be one of the most dangerous concepts to you.”
“Oh, that assessment is entirely accurate,” Eron nodded. “Desolation would be unbelievably dangerous to encounter, but not in this passive form. In this form, all you need to beat it is a superior quantity of energy. However, if it’s controlled it’s a whole other beast, incomparable to the passive influence of desolation. Seeing and experiencing the concept like this is still a valuable experience I wouldn’t do without, though. It allows me to consider countermeasures should I reencounter it, even if that encounter is in its controlled form.”
Jake nodded in understanding as he knew what Eron meant. One could compare it to fighting against all the water in the ocean. If it was just there, one could easily work on evaporating and get rid of it over time, with the only real threat the water held being its innate concept to crush you should you go too deep. However, if you faced a water mage able to control just a lake of water to actively try and kill you, it would be far more dangerous than even the entire passive ocean.
“Rather than worry about me, you should assess yourself more closely,” Eron said in a slightly scolding tone. “Your soul is damaged severely. From my diagnosis, it does not look like your stats are outright affected. However, the resource pools tend to be the first to suffer and weaken… and so are yours.”
“I know,” Jake sighed. He had already seen it before. The sad state of that part of his status menu, reflecting the damage he had suffering.
Status
Health Points (HP): 141,365/153,099 (206,470)
Mana Points (MP): 3981/198,367 (442,484)
Stamina: 9203/185,041 (222,170)
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Ignoring the fact his resource pools were nearly empty, the maximum pools had been reduced. Stamina and health both only by around 20% or so – with stamina a bit less affected. However, his mana was fucked. His maximum mana pool had been more than cut in half from the soul damage.
While this did look really fucking bad, it was honestly the best outcome from such a bad situation. As Eron put it:
“The damage does seem limited to there. I do not know how familiar you are with this kind of soul damage, but I would compare it to experiencing frostbite. Like the human body, the soul will always seek to protect its life, and the outer extremities will be the first to go, which, in the instance of the soul, are the resource pools. Contrary to the physical body, where often an amputation would be required, the resource pools are also the part of the soul most easily recovered should the soul damage be significant enough to cause any semi-permanent damage,” Eron gladly explained, Jake not interrupting despite already knowing these things from his own prior research.
He did recognize that Eron probably had a good idea of his situation, which also made him ask:
“Will it heal on its own?”
Despite the resource pools being the easiest part to recover didn’t mean recovery was a given. There were many instances where it ended up requiring certain natural treasures or other sources of external support.
Eron took a moment as he looked deeply at Jake, staring at something clearly only he could see before answering. “Yes. The fashion in which your soul was damaged is frighteningly controlled. As if your soul was a sculpture smashed into a million pieces, then put together perfectly once more. Of course, putting the sculpture together does not make it whole. Only time will be the glue that fully fuses everything back together.”
Jake smiled lightly at Eron’s answer and explanation. Villy had really been as nice as possible with what he had to do to save Jake, which only made Jake feel even more guilty over what kind of consequences the god was facing over having gone so far.
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Vilastromoz sighed as his projection disappeared from within Jake’s Soulspace. Still with him back in the Order, the Autarch from the Altmar Empire had a serious look on his face as he looked at the Viper.
“I’m not going to ask you what happened, but it must have been more than just a Chosen doing something questionable if you had to use that.”
The Viper gave a tired smile. “Thank you for your understanding... and I hope it’s fine if we end our meeting here.”
“Naturally,” the Autarch nodded as he got up. “If you need any items or any other form of assistance…”
“I will be fine,” Vilastromoz waved him off. “Thank you for the concern, though.”
“Of course,” the elf said as he disappeared, teleporting away. Always the polite sort that one.
Vilastromoz sighed as he also disappeared with his summoned body and entered his divine realm.
The reason why the Autarch had left was simple… he knew the Viper had just used a Transcendent skill and what that meant.
Every Transcendence had a cost when used. If Eversmile used Karmic Annihilation on someone, it would also affect himself, making Eversmile unaware of nothing more than the fact he had used the skill. Not who he had used it on or why, just that it had been used.
Jake’s Transcendent human friend would lose levels and had to painstakingly regain those if he used his full Transcendence. Others the Viper knew about required one to offer incredibly powerful items in exchange. Some forcefully would downgrade skills or even make you lose skills entirely. Permanent or temporary loss of stats was also a very common cost.
The point was no one would ever use their Transcendent skills lightly due to the associated cost that went far above just spending some mana or stamina. It was a significant moment when it was used, especially by a Primordial, where any kind of even semi-permanent loss was massive. Even those that weren’t as bad as the fully permanent ones would often take innumerable years to make up for and would set you back significantly… especially because there would always be a cost in Records when using one, no matter what.
This was all common knowledge, and the Viper knew that Jake also knew this. Perhaps knowing he had forced the Viper to use his Transcendent skill should help really hammer home the stupidity of his actions and help him in the future.
To clarify, Vilastromoz did have to use it and hadn’t just done it to show off or teach Jake a lesson. He really didn’t have any other choice unless he wanted to leave Jake in a really shitty state.
The Transcendent skill the Malefic Viper had used naturally also had a cost. A truly horrific one… at least, that’s what most would believe.
“Man, I do feel bad about lying to an old pal like that, but oh well, gotta keep up appearances,” the Viper smiled, chuckling within his divine realm. It wasn’t like he was going to spill the beans now, as that would likely lead to some annoying people hassling him.
Because the Viper had a little secret. One he had never shared with a single soul in the entire multiverse. Not his wife, not Jake, not any Primordial, and he never intended to share it either. Some secrets were simply meant to be kept under wraps for eternity.
It was true that his Transcendent skill had a very steep and grueling cost that was often seen as one of the very worst consequences possible. Whenever he used the skill, he would lose memories, and memories tended to be the most heavily associated with Records, making it a significant permanent loss that couldn’t simply be made up for.
Except… the Viper couldn’t lose memories. He had the Bloodline of the Immortal Mind. He was unable to forget.
Yet his Transcendence made him pay in memories… which he couldn’t.
The end result?
A completely consequence-free Transcendent skill. All by design, as the Viper had made his Transcendent skill first and done all he could to assure this would be the cost, all with the aim of later obtaining the Bloodline of the First Sage.
There was a reason the Viper was known as a good schemer, and quite a few had even called him a scam artist throughout the ages… a badge he gladly wore with honor. For, truly, what greater honor was there for a scammer but to scam the very universe and system itself?
Comments
Joshua Little
Chad Villy. Thanks for the chapter.
Baged
.. don't recall.. but we did see him visit the two monolit or whatever, one with alot of runes and one with a single rune. Think they where in hes own realm?... Regarding what chapter, im guessing its in book 3 or 4 somewhere
Will Murry
In which chapter did he have to fix his wife and sons records I don't remember that
Liliumsaccatum97
😂 yeah ok shame on me for worrying about consequences for villys fight with YY. Chapeau
Daniel Hamilton
Seems like Yip has forgotten it took the primordials coming together to rain in the viper as he took his wrath out upon the universe in his grief
Miguel Sanchez
WAIT… Villa is a master of poisons… what if the poison he created for Yip is the lies he believes and narrative he has made because of them… since he is taking g these stories and improving his records won’t these lies break his Path?
Joshua
Villys bloodline is on par or close to Jake's, the first sage was a monster and probably still is.
Jamie M Blumenfeld
dude, Vilas is truly the schemer of all schemers!
Darion
Jake is definitely going to figure out there is no cost one day haha
Daniel Hamilton
Hopefully Jake can pay back his buddy down the line
Gavriel
Villy is awesome haha
Kconraw
Thx for the chapter
Erlost
Doesn’t day that there isn’t a cool down or something, just that he doesn’t have to pay the “cost” of memory loss.
Olof Karlsson
Thanks for the chapter!
George Campbell
Cheater! CHEATER! I LOVE IT!
Xien
#badassVilly…
Henrik Nørgaard
And most legends and myths are heavily twisted stories that people tell. Some with only a grain or two of truth mixed in!
Kevin Watson
now that i think about it, it’s INSANELY arrogant for Yip to think he could out-scheme one of the original twelve gods, who happens to be a fuckin snake. It’s probably Villy’s fault snakes are thought to be untrustworthy
Baged
The drawback from Villy's transcendent skill is loosing memory, he have tryed to fix he's wife and son's broken records, and he is able to show Jake tangible records. Also he can fix Jakes skill records spagetti... Seems like he's transcendent skill has something to do with record manipulation
Baged
I think it has something to do with records that he will not call him that. Like it will effect him negativ if he call him by SS, without SS haveing earn that nickname.
Drew
Villy broken af. He could literally chain-cast his Transcendent skill if he wanted.
Tyler Krogh
Except yip can’t see Jake or talk with Ell’Haken due to the system event
11037
It's not about strength. This is just my interpretation, but I think it's the Viper's way of emotionally distancing himself from those he doesn't believe will become gods. He is not good with losing people.
Hunter
Villy is a legend holy shit. Talk about cheating the system. He says Jake’s bloodline is a cheat but pairing his transcendence with the power of his bloodline Villy can fool Yip into coming into his godly realm.
Jacob Roberts
God damn I miss when I was at chapter 50 with what seemed like an eternity of god grade content ahead of me… truly a beautiful world that Zogarth has created and such incredibly thought out and written characters and personalities, you could switch the perspective to almost any other char in the universe and would not be lacking or boring at all! What I wouldn’t do for 100 more chapters at my fingertips right now…
Jennifer Leigh
Jake has it even harder since his bloodline is so much a part of what he is. If I remember correctly, Villy thinks his Moment skill would be transcendent if it wasn't tied to his bloodline.
Gavin Wayne Pitcher
Villy is the GOAT. Also, when picking a fight with an eldrich god, don't pick the fucking snake god. The number of outright lies and falsehoods Yip of Yore is gobbling down like a greedy piggy is so insanely poisonous to the tale he's trying to weave, and yet he can't be bothered to even fact check a single god damned thing he's told because its exactly what he wants to hear.
DirePants
Yeah that makes sense actually.
William WIlson
I can already see tomorrow's chapter and the major cliffhanger. That cliffhanger being Ell’Hakan being sent to kill Jake because Yip thinks it's time to strike because of the Malefic Viper using his Transcendent.
Jay Doubleyou Kay
Here here! Get fucked, Yip!
Azayrian105
You know I also think this is a great time and moment for Jake to be able to start upgrading that Anomalous Soul of the Heretic-Chosen Alchemist skill he got with how much work on his soul he will be having to do. It might just give him some more power overall.
Nick O'Gara
Jake has 2 ways helping along his recovery. 1 is thes fallen king, but he is probably out for a while too. 2 is his serine soothing stone in the pond in his alchemy lab ( made to heal the soul of a water nymph).
Dragon
Word that the viper has used his transcendence to save his chosen will lead to both yip of yore & ell hakan to prepare there final fights soon im sure… so excited! I think with jakes soul damage will justify him losing enough against ell hakan to use his bloodline at full power to kill ell hakan, and then I think he will have to fight the desolate creature with out any trump cards(except for viper skills resistance to desolation)… or the desolate creature won’t come in till the B grade
Luke Scheffe
He’s already dominated so far. And it’s not like everyone else on earth is standing idle. He’ll dominate slightly less, but he’ll still be able to take out primas solo.
Luke Scheffe
It’s to heal soul damage. The easiest way is going up grades. The other ways are time and system intervention, as far as I know.
Sebastian Prue
I love these last few chapters. Insight into villys secrets, Jake having to face actual consequences. I can't wait to see the aftermath of this
Luke Scheffe
Aether also appears in A Novel Concept. I know there are others, but I can’t think of them.
DDHG
I like this chapter alot. Jake got his butt kicked for being a irrational planner and letting his instincts guide to much of his actions and has learned a harsh lesson from it. An we got great insight into why Villy is not to be looked down upon by some up start 1 Era old god who thinks he is hot shit. You know what is similar to weaving a good tale and legend? Being able to weave a better deception and lie.
Luke Scheffe
The system follows rules as written, with the hierarchy of rules being topped by bloodlines, then transcendent skills. If a bloodline says something, ignore all alternatives. If a transcendent skill says something, ignore everything but bloodlines.
Luke Scheffe
The first sage cheated by remembering what actually happened during system integration.
Mownmbasa
Oh baby things are about to get interesting. because word will get out about Villy using his Transcendence skill. Yip of Yore will find out and going by wrong assumptions that the Viper is weakened he will push for the confrontation or make a rash decision or definitely build a hollow legend based on his power! Man i almost feel sorry for EH Sugar Daddy wannabe...almost, but not quite:D
J W
Truly an interesting pair. Jake doesn't plan for shit but villy probably planned for thousands of years for that.
Tyler S.
Jake's bloodline is the ability to overwrite any outside influence that could be controlling and turn it into his own for his own purpose. When he created moment he was still at such a low rank that the system was able to do just like Villy and suppress him. As he goes up and rank and gains more control and understanding of his own bloodline he will be able to suppress the rules or the pushback from the system and create a transcendent power that is connected to his bloodline by being a system enhanced controller for the effects. I imagine a transcendent ability that allows him to recreate the type of power that beat Valdimar in a more controlled manner
SmokeJam
Well the First Sage was his teacher and told him from the get-go to work around the system, not with it, so to speak. He definitely took it to heart.
jord
Villy you cheating bitch, I could kiss you.
JJB4345_80_815
Jake has a very powerful soul. It's hard to keep a good soul down. His bloodline will refuse to be weak when it matters. Jake ain't out for the count yet...
Michael Jewell
You have out done yourself with this one. As the Viper was explaining the cost I started legit celebrating! "For, truly, what greater honor was there for a scammer but to scam the very universe and system itself?" Wow, just wow. And that fact that no one even knows. Well even we still don't know what the skills is but damn. Thank you for the chapter Zog!
Rhett Russell
It doesn’t state that he would be more susceptible to soul attacks, I am just making an educated guess that since his soul is already damaged then it would make it weaker and easier to damage further.
JJB4345_80_815
All in good time... Which probably means 4 or more books from now... (Remember how Zogarth teased about the sculptor creating the Danger Noodle sculpture for several books?)
JJB4345_80_815
Like Mat has already mentioned, Eversmile is known to have both a bloodline and a Transcendent Skill. Also, the First Sage had his Bloodline of the Immortal Mind while also creating at least 4 Separate Transcendent Skills while still in C-grade. It IS exceedingly rare though.
JJB4345_80_815
This is some serious foreshadowing on Zogarth's part. He has plans on how he wants to fully reveal Villy's Transcendent Skill and this chapter was just a small introduction of the skill. Most likely, Villy's Transcendent Skill will be vital in his confrontation with Yip of Snore. Also, I believe that it had an impact back during the massive Primordial fight. If so, though, how does a Transcendent Skill used to patch Jake back together also help Villy to defeat his does? Does it patch Villy up as well when he requires it?
William WIlson
Even if Ell’Hakan finds out and decides to push for the fight, something I doubt he wants to do, I still think Jake's got him beat. It might not be as certain but he still has him beaten. Especially because of his scale upgrade. Personally I think Ell’Hakan gets extra magical stats from his Bloodline, nothing like Jake's percentage booster but a flat amount like 200 points. It might even evolve like Jake's but only ever gives him flat stats.
William WIlson
Personally I think the sword Saint might be an exemption to villy using names for those he considers strong mainly because the sword Saint is the chosen name of Miyamoto, Jake also only uses sword Saint. I think in Miyamotos case specifically using his Chosen title is showing respect.
JJB4345_80_815
Yes, thank you for the chappy Zogarth!
Chris Connolly
I get that, but if he needs this transcendent power to restore his wife it may be the case that the transcendence alone will not do the trick. I feel like what he was working on for so long is figuring out what else is needed in addition to or in combination with his transcendence skill to truly recover lost records. Maybe the transcendence can recover lost records in a living thing or records lost to a standard system power while he needs to receiver lost records without the living entity or records that were lost to something beyond the system like another bloodline or transcendent ability. So if his wife died due to someone else’s bloodline maybe this help he gave Jake gave him insights on how to recover records outside of normal system power.
Zach Neumann
Would Villy be a system hacker bypassing any system restrictions, penalties, and other forms of system fuckery? Because it sure seems like Villy's path is called fuck the system.
Ty Cooper
I will laugh so hard if I kills EH.
Ty Cooper
Lol what kind of skill? Transcendental? Love autocorrect.
Ty Cooper
I love how sneaky Villy is. So 👍 good.
Mateo Lopez
I can agree to that! Focus is much better in this scenario
DasGoat622
Humble is a strong word, it may focus Jake. But ultimately Villy doesn’t want a humble Jake, nor do we for that matter. It may make him think a little before he acts but I don’t view that as humbling. For to humble him implies some element of meekness or even fear that could lead to inaction. Whereas I think for Jake it will just add an element of caution and calculation that may have been overrided by his confidence in the past.
Dirk Gent Lee
Villy playing 4D chess over here, assume he’s weakened and get fucked Yip.
Spencer Taylor
Villy is goated. Thank you for the chapter.
Matt Spratte
Fucking awesome!!!!!! TYFTC
Dan Pangione
yeah except EH will never fight him in a straight 1 on 1, he will do everything to stack the deck in his favor, but prob still get stomped.
Ryan Ulrich
Weird how Villy still doesn’t consider the SS strong since he still refers to him with descriptors instead of his name/title like he does Arnold. I guess it’s because he was never ever to see the SS go all out while on Yalin. Hope to see a B-grade rematch or peak C-grade rematch soon.
Michael Lambus
Don't forget Jake's pallet skil is permanently broken for the foreseeable future and he's probably going to have to find a powerful item to fix it. Though that's all discounting the emotional blow this caused Jake, he messed up bad and he required a god using a transcendent ability to fix it if zogarath is a good writer he's going to easily be able to turn this into character growth.
Pip Armstrong
I’m looking forward to some snark coming from the fallen king, lol.
Conclave
Thanks Villy !! We were all on the edge of our seats while we saw him activating "Malefic's fuckery" and he did a number on us !! Hopefully Orange Fuck's patron end up learning that Villy used a Transcendantal skill threw Jake letting things slip up or the damn god having some way to spy on him somehow, thinks that's the perfect moment to strike and ends up fleeing like some pathetic thing. That would be great
Michael Kawesa
All Hail the Malefic one!!
Michael Lambus
No pressure or anything but we want a story that is villys path to the top that is as long or longer than this hopefully before I die
Stuart Thwaites
Yeah, just imagine if you remembered your own birth in brutally vivid detail. People are always saying that child birth is beautiful but it's not. It's disgusting for everyone and painful for mother and child. There's a reason why men were forbidden from witnessing it in basically every culture in history.
James Faulkner
Villy is such a troll lol
Jake Atwood
Honestly the nerf doesn’t surprise me at all I bet he will also feel weaker cause the more I think about it the unlikely it is that ANY C grade has a chance at beating Jake the “I” guy might but EH isn’t strong enough I think he about sword saint level and even the sword saint know he has to use his transcendent to even make it a fair fight but Jake still has his Jake juice mode he used against valdamar is the challenge dungeon plus Jake definitely has higher stats I doubt EH has the mythic weapon crafting title from D grade that’s 10% plus Jake got 5% more from nevermore finals then another 5% in nevermore from getting a perfect score in 3 challenge dungeons and I think the E grade arcane affinity title gave him 5% or 10% boost so he should have a 25-30% bigger overall boost atleast and this is assuming EH got all of Jake other titles which we don’t know if he did them there is Jake’s bloodline which has already resisted EH in D grade and in C grade Jake hardly felt EH manipulation and Jake’s bloodline give him a huge boost to perception which most of his attack scale off of now
tjak
Amazing chapter thanks!
kingofshibainu
Someday Jake is going to find out, and I can't wait for that day
John Durrett
Right. Villy still had to do him a solid. It’s not that ultimately there was no self inflicted harm to Billy. It was that he had to show up at all AND use a transcendent skill to fix him
John Durrett
I disagree it’s just fighting and recovering. That would require no loss to his resource pools and slowly refill them. I get what your saying, I do but removing from 20 pct reduction across the pools means that while he may get back to his levels eventually, all that time recovering was NOT time they were increasing above and beyond like they would have otherwise. From a leveling perspective to recover…for someone that has to kill far more powerful to advance, just got harder as he has to do it on reduced resources
TyranT-Rex
Yeah I agree with Beezy. I think it just that Eversmile is also affect by the fact that his transcendent basically delete the person and turns info about them into forbidden knowledge. I do think/hope Jake uses this to work on some of his other skills.
John Durrett
Depends in part on how much of Jake’s resources are recovered before any conflict. However it’s important to acknowledge that the scales of Billy have been incredibly upgraded.
Hussein Zenki
that sly snake 😭
Lawrence Dillon
The well awaited jake nerf lol
Blaq Jesus
Where is it stated him having less resources makes him more susceptible to soul attacks and even if true I dont see that being an issue for him either. Also, Jake is creative and versatile enough in battle not to need something like primal gaze. Its just another tool in the belt for him. The Viper may have lost records, but Jake turning B grade will for sure allow him to recover those records really soon, if not, certainly before his clash with Yip. Also, the amount of records aren't neccesariily a problem, as they aren't necessarily a 1 to 1 ratio when it comes to ability and power. The Viper has too much going on for that to be considered a huge backlash and doesn't appear worried one bit.
Rhett Russell
In the chapter it mentioned that all transcendent skills cost records, so while villy wouldn’t suffer the main downside he would still lose records, which as a primordial is still a hit, on top of that Jake suffered some severe soul damage and while it might be temporary and only affect his resources it would also make him more susceptible to soul attacks, causing his primal gaze to be weaker.
Blaq Jesus
But, that's not an actual setback, even he agrees. That's just fighting and then recovering. I'm saying his recklessness hasn't lead to any real consequences so far, just minor ones.
Seen Death
He does have setbacks, but he pretty much just lays low while they pass (which i agree with, he cant even gain xp from killing lower lvled enemies, and ideally solo, which means he pretty much has to be full power all the time. In nevermore he had 3 months of recovery time so he went into the spectator trial etc)
Mateo Lopez
Not gonna lie I was really worried for a moment that Villy really was in trouble for using his Transcendence. Like potentially leading to his death type stuff. With Jake feeling totally guilty this could be a good impetus for a revenge and revival arch. But a schemer is gonna scheme. So here’s my theory. This is gonna totally get Jake to focus and set him down a course to finally start delving into understanding his “Jake Juice”. But it’s not gonna really take off until his subsequent meeting with the First Sage at lvl 300
DeAngelo Wilson
Lmao! I was almost certain this was going to be foreshadowing for how Jake could get our boy Villy killed… I’m not complaining— Villy forever!
Shotyew 14
Zogarth when you get around to it please write Villy’s autobiography in like 30 volumes!!!!!
Preston Stokes
Villy for the win!
Sean
Here we are all worried about how this will affect the Viper's fight with story boi and he's over here cracking up about his genius transcendent bloodline exploit.
Merchendize
TFTC, Viper bro is the GOAT
Lionel Henriquez
Lord of Mysteries vibes here
Arieh Sochaczevski
Aware of nothing, or unaware of anything. Unaware of nothing doesn’t work.
Bi-Dailey
TFTC
Thenais
Perfect memory is such a curse ….
Trevor Mergen
Thanks!
Jordan Rogers
It’s a wierd spot in English which both are correct I think..🤔
EkkiEkkiEkkiEkkiPtang
If I recall correctly all bloodlines are recycled, just not through events usually. They just pop up as bloodlines later, which I guess could have happened, but I think is very rare. And the other key thing about him getting it is that it was an event where you could ask for any reward, not a predetermined one. And given the cost in Jake's tutorial of even getting a legendary skill, I think it's safe to assume that any event that even has a chance of rewarding bloodlines would be S grade or above only
Jordan Rogers
Just exceedingly rare
Nate Slusher
Such a fun chapter!!!!! Thank you!!!
Chai
When the Viper was talking about bloodlines and how you had to be born with it or earned through system events, he said that the system ranks bloodlines very highly and that it is one of the rarest things ever given out. I think he also said it was also only given out in the most challenging events too or something. He also mentioned that he got his bloodline after he became a Primordial. The system had probably recycled bloodlines a few times either in the first era or at the very least before he made his transcendent skill which is how he knew to design the skill with that cost in mind.
PatienceHoney
So the cost of saving a friend is a holiday in your devine realm? ... Villy really is The Best Friend! A total giver!
Adam
I wonder how the viper actually fixed him. With all the warning messages redacted, it could be anything. What if the transcendent skill allows villy to absorb records and that is why he has to pay in his own memories? He can easily gain foreign records, but his own are less effective since he loses memories about them. Villy could of just gotten a power boost since he can handle the changes that Jake tried to make to the skill.
Blaq Jesus
I hope so
Jake Atwood
Idk cause hip is supposed to be a hero in his story and hurting someone while they are injured especially if they know it was to help Jake then it doesn’t really fit yips narrative
Thenais
Hahaha 🤣
Jamison Schneider
I think long term one could see Jake's easy ride to the top as a shortcoming, struggle leads to growth and due to the first sage's plotting Jake is avoiding much of the hardships he would otherwise face
SmokeJam
Well if you think Jake is a cheat, his Patron has to be the masterclass cheat. Love this evil snake.
deednam
Also from what villy said you have to claim a concept and make it yours like the sword saint claimed retriving your prime though springtime i doubt anyone else even if they tried could get something similar
AetherBoye
The tutorial lasted at least 2 books, as far as I remember. I never read the full book-ified versions, just the chapters as they've been posted from when I started (chap 50ish)
Mat
This just complicated the system event as facing "I" will be a tough one and if this leaks EH might try to force Jake in a corner hoping to find opportunity to strike. Also it feels like the Viper took insipiration from Valdemar's transcendent skill with no cost.
Robert Vick
he made that skill in the tutorial so first book?
Abdulaziz ALRumaih
Good job Villy
Ryan Ulrich
The only things I’m confused about is how did Villy know the FS bloodline would be recycled by the system, and how did he know it would pop up in an event where he could access it instead of being dumped in some random lower grade event?
ItWasIDIO!!
A true schemer revealed 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾
Zizawah
Jake is suffering and will have issues for a while. I feel like they are as real to him as anything and I feel really sorry for him. Got your point about the story helping Yip. But if the story of Viper possibly having used transcendent skill that would not look good for the Altmar Autarch. He should be keeping this to himself. So likely Yip will Not find out.
Reno
What makes it worse is that the protagonist screwed over his best friend by mistake, in matters of life and death. And he did so in a way that we were all on board with initially. Hell, I WANTED him to use Jake Juice on his skills.
joel southard
Nice thank you for the chapter
Beezy
i think it’s less about Eversmile losing memories than it is the effect of his Karmic Annihilation. it removes someone’s entire existence and karma, even from him. if he has no karmic bonds with the person, there’s no memories of that person either. same outcome, different process
AetherBoye
Which chapter specifically, Id like to go back and read that. Which book is probably a better question, but chapter is even better if you have it
Blaq Jesus
As cool as this is that his Bloodline cancels out the consequences of his transcendent skill, all it proves is that Jake never suffers any real consequences no matter what. I mean the rumor of the Viper using his transcendent skill and then suffering "consequences" from it would help Yip through his story telling skills, but still... Edit: I'm certain the Altmar god would keep it to himself, but when energy comes from something as tremendous as a transcendent skill being used out in the open, I'm certain gods could feel that way off in the distance for sure. I never implied that the Altmar god would be gossipy. That aside, Jake not losing his stats and only mostly just a chunk of max mana temporarily isn't a real consequence at all when down the line he will be fine. Even in his hunt for primas he won't be truly affected at all. Even if he is forced into a major fight with "I," I think he would still most definitely win even with the resource limitations. The only danger im seeing is him clashing with El"Hakan while weakened. Other than that, there isn't really much there regarding stakes.
Azayrian105
He actually does have a semi transcendent skill with Moment of the Primal Hunter being it. It was originally going to be a Transcendent skill but the System took control of it and nerfed it. Why I do not know but I just read through those chapters again and it was going to be a transcendent skill where he could constantly slow down time whenever Jake was attacked.
Hayden Leech
They are dead, their bodies have been entombed in villys divine realm since the 7th era. Villy has spent all that time trying to learn how to bring his family back to life. Very sad. One of them might be named “Hope” but it’s unconfirmed.
Lynderyn
Nothing but sever whiplash that needs to be settled.
Steven Tuttle
I was also worried with all the yup stuff going on and dont know how Jake's going to hold up with the rest of the system event he still has I to deal with and I have a feeling I will deal with the chosen of yip and Jake won't even have to fight him to be honest
AetherBoye
However, to answer your question truly, it's Randidly you're thinking of
Jana
Yip of Yore is going to find out that Jake damaged his soul by trying to seal a legacy skill of the Viper and is going to be delulu about it :-P
AetherBoye
It's from uh, Greece? Like the ancient Greek god of the heavens? People always think of aether from any given media, but my name is specifically in reference to the god of the heavens.
Steven Tuttle
No pay jutusu lmfao
AetherBoye
I was pointing out the typo in the first draft, he misspelled Sage as Stage
Steven Tuttle
Yes it was addressed in book 6 or 7 I believe before nevermore
Steven Tuttle
You haven't been paying much attention hu he had a wife and child and something happened to them and he sealed them in pillars I. His relm it's kinda a key part of his story and why he disappeared In his realm and why the primordial had a big fight
Cory Sauls
That I believe is only to heal the damage caused by desolation like what Villy did to the azure dragonkin. What Jake has is soul damage. Is the only treatment time or is there something the can or has to do to heal this much damage?
joe schmoe
Yips stories only increase his own power, but I think villy wants yip as strong as possible so he can get some levels for beating him. No one except 12 gods know what the primordial title is, it could be broken AF
JJMand
So the cost of saving a friend… is nothing at all.
Kendra D
My big worry is that with how Yip's ability works...if he finds out he used a transcedent skill couldnt he leak it and use it to frame him as weaker and frail in his story and that not hurt Villy if enough people believed it??
Mohammed Sheekh
memories and records go hand in hand, to remember an action bring taken, is important because that action being taken is detrimental to one's path, thus losing that memory will be damaging to one's record
Mat
When the student surpasses the master. Villy moved from being a naive beast being scammed by enlightened races to scamming the system. No wonder the old gods know that he is bad news.
Hayden Leech
20% resource reduction is significant. It might put him below the other pinnacle beings. Like Vesperia and Hakan.
Jana
They are. Memories are well the things a being remembers, Records or Akashic Records are a summation of the impact a being had/has and can have on Reality. Mind you, this is a very stripped down version. But memories of actions lead to more impactful actions and thereby influence records, which is why the loss of memories negatively influences records. I hope I got that one right as records while often used in some form are an esoteric concept.
P D
Yip of Yore about to find out
Mat
It looks like Villy developed this transcendence skill before godhood as he got his bloodline as a reward from a system event much like a tutorial for gods. So way before meeting his wife
Mat
You can have both but for those born with bloodlines, it heavily tied to everything they do( you are your bloodline and your bloodline is you). This makes is difficult to develop transcendent skills not affect by the bloodline or not under the influence of the bloodline transcendence abilities. So for Jake to have a transcendent skill he needs to do something way left side of his bloodline. Eversmile also has both bloodline and transcendent skill
Skyler Brown
and also are memories and records 2 different things ?
Skyler Brown
its more like they push each other away making it more difficult for a bloodline to obtain a transcendence but vil got his bloodline from a system event
Thomas Todd
I think the system can remove it is it wants to, it just doesn't because it allows bloodlines and transcendants to exist outside it's direct control for whatever reason
ByLordMatsLuck
Awesome chapter! Nice Thursday morning treat
Thomas Todd
It's difficult because people born with bloodlines have everything they do coloured by those records meaning transcendant skills are incredibly difficult to go because they have to be unrelated to the bloodline. In Villy's case he formed the skill and then was granted the bloodline by the system
Farmingaround
Zogarth is farming more records with story telling than yip of yore 👀
Cross
Fair enough! To defend this position any further I'd need to start ignoring established rules and scenes in favor of unfounded theorizing, so I'll concede this debate :)
Christian Plum Philipsen
I thought you could not have both a bloodline and a transcendent skill? Or was it just something rare to see?
Lay Nkay
Yes Villy, use your scheming for good
Chris Connolly
I wonder if this experience did more than just help Jake, but actually helped the viper in his quest to restore his wife and child. Seems like that transcendent skill is a big reason he was locked away for so long trying to get his family back. Maybe having to battle such an immense power as Jake’s bloodline and “Jake juice” gave him a bit more insight on his ability to recover records
One Winged Angel
Man better be getting that good German Stout for his danger noodle buddy!
D
Yaaaassss!! The Viper is freaking Boss!
Arven
That's the main purpose of his energy, let's remember that he is first and foremost, The Primal Hunter, the fact his energy is able to create things extraordinary is a side benefit. And also you all seems to think his bloodline come with side effect. I don't think it has any, the reason why he suffered the last time is that he isn't strong enough to handle the strain the full expression of it would put on him. I think that if he were to be as strong as a Primordial he would be able to express the full power of it and would be able to use his Jake Juice has another ressource pool, and outside of the slow regeneration of it, I don't think there is any side effect outside of it maybe boosting his instinct and making him lose some self control.
Dan
Goddamn I'm so glad Villy is ok, I seriously thought this was going to turn the tides on his fight with yip. Nope, instead, he gets to use it as "oh noooo, now I'm soooo much weaker, how ever will I beat Yip now?"
Arieh Sochaczevski
So, Jake’s stomach for Palate is locked… but he created a second one. Can he use the new one? Even if not, he’s going to have insight into desolation dribbling into his head for the indefinite future. Maybe enough for an eventual unique insight and a transcendent understanding?
Valhazstromoz
Mannnn the chapter name actually worried me for villy a bit good thing he's a no good scamming son of a bitch
Skyler Brown
i feel like if the reader is allowed to know could we get the name of the skill too
Will
And also what book series/Universe is aether from. Remember reading books with it
BB8ALREADY
Yeah, but you would notice the gaps in your knowledge, like how Jake immediately knew something happened when he didn't even remember it.
Will
I think it’s where he never forgets even when the system tries to make him forget
Seiryus
Snaky little bitch
John Looney
I wonder if this will be part of the transition for Jake to meet the doa father
DirePants
I’m so surprised this wasn’t a Friday chapter. This is was a crazy ass chapter. Soooooo many questions! Who do I have to throw under the bus to get more chapters? But the analogy about his soul being put back together like a statue reminds me of the statues of his wife and kid. Is Villy also a straight up sculptor? And what the hell is transcendent?? Also “both” Villy and Eversmile lose memories when using their transcendent? Just a coincidence or is that a common price? All I know is how embarrassing is it going to be when Jake kicks EHs ass while weakened? Okay last thing- I wonder if Jake is going to finally work on his archery? He has less mana now so I’m thinking he’s going to work on a low mana intermittent type style of fighting?
Mia Radic
Omg I was so worried about Villy! Lesson learnt, worrying about a Primordial is a tad unnecessary 🙄
John Looney
Schemes within schemes like villy didn’t seem like this was an unexpected outcome so he might have thought something requiring this level of intervention was plausible
Cross
This is true and you're likely correct. My thought process was that when dealing with conflicts between two things outside the system (bloodline and transcendence) there's a possibility of one overpowering the other. The Viper believes it to be his bloodline overpowering the transcendence, but I was considering how if it was the other way around, the cost is such that the Viper would not actually be aware of paying it.
AetherBoye
What if, hear me out on this one, he uses his Jake juice ON his bloodline to improve it, but slowly, not slamming it into it like this time. Like a trickle of energy to improve it juuuust a bit over time, slowly removing negatives
Jake Thorpe
Na his Bloodline makes his memories perfect like remembering something happing in the 1st era like it happened a moment ago so he would notice an obvious time skip or gap where the missing memories would be
Andromeda Adams
Oh man what a twist! A good lesson for Jake. However, Villy oh you snake. Seriously, that was great. Even though it didn’t cost Villy anything. I’m sure he would have saved Jake even if it did. Tyftc!
John Looney
You have to respect the hustle
Demian Jörden
Except Villy explicitly warned Jake that getting a Transcendence is harder when you have a Bloodline, because the records and concepts used by the Transcendence must be entirely original. A Transcendence cannot depend on those because you have not truely gained any transcendent insight if the origin is already beyond the system, as a bloodline is. That's what creating a Transcendence means. So if you want to create a Transcendence, it must be entirely, completely isolated from and independent of your Bloodline, and presumably also any other Transcendence you have. That seems to also apply to the cost itself. That's the part that is "cheating" by Villy here, because if he had done it the other way around it would have been impossible. Since you can't abuse the system to get a Transcendence like you can with a Bloodline, it won't work for Jake.
Mohammed Sheekh
he just needs to reach B grade then he's good as new
DeamoniumDraco
It does put him in a position to learn to be smarter and more conservative in his fights, rather than nuking everything with overwhelming power, and should help him find small flaws in his skills to help optimize them
Mohammed Sheekh
we know he resorted to using it to fix jakes records so that it didn't damage his potential, and considering he is the keeper of forgotten knowledge, we can narrow it down at least
Michael
Of course Vilas had to be broken in his own way, gotta show he still has some things over Jake. Damn I can't wait for them to be god bros together
joe schmoe
Idk I feel like his primal hunter bloodline is too aggressive to coexist with a transcendent skill, it might just take it over like it did with hunters moment skill back in the earlier books.
Jason Davis
Well, we don’t actually know what the skill does. But it’s not any more overpowered than some of Jake’s bs :)
Arieh Sochaczevski
“[…] making Eversmile unaware of nothing more[…]” unaware should be aware.
joe schmoe
It's why they call him the keeper of forgotten knowledge, even if it's forbidden knowledge the system can't remove it from his head the way it did with eversmile in earlier chapters.
Zogarth
Fixed
Zogarth
Fix
Kt-x
Oooh! 😁 Thanks for the chapter!
AfroMocha
Why do you say that? He can't use the stomach of palate anymore which is a huge bummer. His stats have been hit pretty hard. That being said it doesn't seem like he's incurred any other damage. He might be out for like a day or two but I don't think it'll be longer than that. Healing fully from the soul damage will probably take a couple months unless you get some system item from the system event. But I'm guessing the reward from this system event might be a transcendent ability or the ability to make your own.
TyranT-Rex
My respect for Villy keeps growing. And his fight with Yip is going to be great. Yip underestimates Villy so much.
Clint
The Primordials are all such OP cheats. I love it. I suspect there was no way to make godhood in the first era without broken exploits. And I love that instead of the usual litrpg trope of a protagonist who is the first person ever to discover an exploit, we’ve got at least a dozen gods who found different exploits trillions of years ago.
Cross
I might be overthinking it, but I'm really wondering whether the Viper is wrong here. It seems like by the nature of the transcendent cost, he would be unaware of the memories he gave up and is just fully believing that he can't forget anything and is successfully scamming the universe.
AetherBoye
I can see his Jake juice overdriving a passive skill beyond the highest rarity straight to transcendent, canceling out his bloodline expression negatives
AfroMocha
I gotta say Villy is one scary mofo hahahahaha
Chris Warner
Tftc
Bruce Sheplan
that would be awesome
Thewalterwhite
Villy is truly the best bud god ever. We got Jake so hyped up, it made villy and all other gods not so impressive.
ForTheAfro
Yip is gonna think he has an advantage now. Can’t wait for Villy to kick his ass all over the multiverse
AetherBoye
Villy got his transcendent skill first, then hai bloodline canceled the negatives of it, so logically since Jake got his bloodline first, he's going to end up with a passive transcendent that negates whatever the negative effect of full bloodline expression is.
Mohammed Sheekh
that is actually overpowered
Matthew Paulin
Wife...
AetherBoye
"bloodline of the first stage"?
Cory Sauls
Happy Villy was able to save Jake and good for Villy being able to cheat the system like that. Now we need to see what Jake needs to do to fix himself if not by just taking time to heal.
David W. Baijense
Now we can all call the Viper a Snake Oil Salesmen. Mad lad helping Jake
Darshar Griffonmane
Love that Villy cheated the system a bit. Though I am sure the system is probably aware, might be why some of his other projects struggle. And second, I think Jake finally felt the full power of Villy and realized how far he has to go and just how badly he screwed up. Will be interesting to see what conclusions he draws from this and how he acts in the future. tyftc!
Jim Meyer
Absolutely brilliant. Love the insight on the Viper in this chapter, well done!
Jelani Willock
Villy you rat bastard, fucking gold
Namorat
Fascinating! “Bloodline of the First Stage“ - should it be Sage?
ashley
Oh well played Villy, you had me worried 🤣 tftc
Nate Oppy
Lol
KollegvomMirgan
Genius
Hayden Leech
I wonder if Yip will hear about Villy being diminished after using a Trancedence and try to capitalize on his “weakness”
Radzig
SCAMMED HIS OWN CHOSEN! I bet they are gonna laugh about this later when Jake inevitably learns about it once he reaches godhood... or creates his own transcendances...
Ansordia
Amazing chapter also great way of showing how brilliant Villy is! Also... Why does Villy think of himself as Vilastromoz.. Because that was the name the Sage gave him?
Boomer
Haha what a SNAKE!
Ruot Ruot
TFTC
Burkes
The Malefic Scammer. Get scammed kid ~ Villy, probably.
Arieh Sochaczevski
“[…] and Jake heard only had time[…]” drop “heard” from that.
Steven Myer
Villy you sneaky little bitch! I would even go as far as saying what a Snake..... 🐍
Paulo Furlaneto
Tftc
Wimsey's daughter
Oh, thank goodness! I've been ridiculously worried for Villy. I mean, unreasonably so, considering he's a FICTIONAL character. I nearly chickened out of reading this chapter, because I didn't want to see him hurt. Thanks for another great chapter
Ryan Delaune
Bloodline of the First Stage or First Sage?
Gwiddion
I doubt that. This will just challenge him more. If he wasn't injured my guess is he would wipe them out of the Contest. This way the very likely fight against I will be far more challenging and perhaps force him to improve himself.
Borbino the great
The viper is an absolute monster I’d love to hear more of what his life has been like
Zizawah
Gosh, my love for Villy just went through the roof! What a fantastic schemer! Good thing Yip has no clue!
Esch
Villy trully IS the goat schemer
Stevean Bozek
Well at least the Viper didn't pay a price for Jake's fuck up and Jake got an extremely valuable lesson about fucking with his Jake juice. About time for Jake to actually face some consequences for his recklessness. It's good for character growth
Matthias
tftc
Invictus Red
Us: "Jake is broken and OP!" Zog: *casually reminds us about Villy* tftc Very eager to see how Villy's scheming will come to fruition because if he remembers everything and/or if he's connected to the records of his actions, then he clearly (perhaps intentionally?) has a plan for the damage he did to Yip.
S.w.
Lololol. Perfect!
Exaiter
Hahahaha sneaky sneky
Jana
Villy proving once again he is the God of shameless Cheating might be my favourite thing this week. I really really love him doing stuff like this.
LongMickeyRicky
What a guy
Arieh Sochaczevski
Thanks for the chapter! “[…]something far more… existential. Like what was causing his pain could truly erase him from existence.” — that is exactly what existential means. Maybe this is a bit redundant.
Arrogant Savant
Scamming the system lmao
Hayden Leech
Shame Jake pretty much screwed his chances of beating Hakan and his Alliance for this event tho.
Hayden Leech
Pfft! What a jerk! I love that snake!
Doip
Tftc
Ritsu
Villy you Malefic son of a bitch.
BlackRazaras
Thanks for the chapter
Tommy
Tftc Holy shit this is so cool. Villy is a freaking legend
Mohamed Elshazly
TFTC
TDMC
Tftc
