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Chapter 970 - Bound To Happen
🕑 Added 2024-08-07 11:09:39 +0000 UTCCalling what Jake had done a gamble was definitely an accurate description. He was messing with a concept no one really understood, not even someone like the Malefic Viper, making everything unpredictable. The only real question was how good his odds were that he would end up with something beneficial. Using Origin Energy tended to result in a good outcome for him… but this time, he quickly concluded something was off.
The string of Origin Energy entered the small snake and mushroom, representing the Palate of the Malefic Viper skill, and at first, Jake thought things were going well. The skill accepted the energy and responded to it.
He felt the two merge, and then… then everything no longer went as Jake had hoped.
A loud heartbeat made his entire Soulspace shake, and in return, a green pillar rose from the small snake and mushroom. It pierced toward the sky as Jake’s arcane energy was scattered, and Jake stumbled back, feeling the pressure both inside his Soulspace and on his body outside.
Focusing, Jake lifted his hands to try and control the energy output, not panicking quite yet, but it kept growing. He spotted the shadowy version of himself representing Eternal Hunger back away before falling to the ground not far away, utterly suppressed, and from the floating drop of the Viper’s blood, Jake felt almost a sense of glee as it began to react without Jake doing anything.
Refusing to give up, Jake poured in even more energy as he refused to see himself suppressed within his own Soulspace. Within his own damn world. Jake’s heartbeat sent a wave of power through the entire Soulspace in response to Jake’s conviction, his Bloodline refusing to surrender, and with this wave of absolute power and control, the green pillar seemed to stop growing and consuming his Soulspace…
And with it came the notification.
Due to your Bloodline, the skill [Palate of the Malefic Viper (Legendary] is evolving.
Jake smiled as he felt the pressure remain, but he believed that things would work out as another notification appeared... and right as it did, Jake’s eyes went wide as a sensation unlike anything he’d ever felt before washed over him, and from the depths of his Bloodline… uncertainty and powerlessness.
Skill Upgrad- ERROR: REQUIREMENTS NOT MET
Some skills related to the [ERROR] may be lost or changed
Warning! INSUFFICIENT [REDACTED]
The system messages flooded Jake’s vision and mind as they kept coming, warning and error upon warning and error. For the first time, Jake wasn’t sure what to do. The green pillar began expanding again, unstable as its power kept growing along with its Records. From the system messages, Jake was only sure of one thing: this was extremely fucking bad.
A sense of hollowness began to sneak into his body as his arcane energy in the sky flickered, and a headache struck his body. He tried one final time to rein in the pillar representing the Palate of the Malefic Viper skill, and as he did so, he finally understood what was happening. The Records of Palate were expanding endlessly… forcibly being upgraded. But in the process, everything else was being consumed, leaving nothing left. Not even the C-grade vessel not powerful enough to contain what the skill would eventually become.
With this realization, he also knew what he had to do. In this moment of desperation, clarity struck him, as his Bloodline fully backed him, and he was ready to mobilize every bit of Origin Energy he had… but not to get Palate under control.
There was no other choice.
He had to destroy the Records related to Palate of the Malefic Viper and the skill, no matter the consequences. It was that, or certain death… and not just for Jake.
--
The Fallen King was flying toward the Prima Vessel alongside Vesperia and Sylphie, the hawk speeding them up as a gust of wind carried them forward. The travel distance was annoying, but the Unique Lifeform saw no true cause for complaint. This entire part of the system event didn’t strike him as particularly interesting in the first place in the first place. All they had to do was kill weak Prima Guardians that any of them could handle on their own. The only reason the Fallen King even stuck with Vesperia and Sylphie was because he believed it a waste to try and travel around pretending to be a hero on his own.
What fool would accept a Unique Lifeform traveling to their planet? Even more so than that, what cause did the Fallen King have to save a bunch of enlightened races? He cared not who won between the Guardian or the native enlightened. They were not his subjects, thus not his problem. Meanwhile, there was some value in having a True Royal feel a closer sense of kinship and gratitude toward him.
He had to make plans for the day he was no longer bound to the hunter, after all. Preserving the valuable connections he had formed through the Chosen only seemed like a logical approach until he finally managed to fully reclaim and restore his soul.
Just then, as he was flying, he felt something odd. For a fraction of a second, he believed it was the sensation of when Jake teleported the Fallen King to his side… but this wasn’t it. This wasn’t the Unique Lifeform being pulled toward Jake, but something coming toward the King.
Before he could even stop his flight, it hit him. Like a sledgehammer striking his soul, the Fallen King was forced to dedicate everything to defense. He faintly felt Vesperia and Sylphie stop as they noticed the Fallen King rapidly falling toward the ground as he stopped maintaining flight, golden cracks forming all over his mask.
All the Fallen King could do as he struggled with the invasion of his soul was to curse Jake for whatever he was doing, but even that, he did not have the mental power left over to do so.
--
Eron watched the hunter closely as he kept healing him, battling the desolation trying to consume his body. Seeing the effects of desolation firsthand was an incredibly valuable experience and he did admittedly sometimes allow it to infect an area a bit longer than he had to before healing it, just to see what would happen. A minor crime he was confident his fellow Bloodline Patriarch wouldn’t care about.
It wasn’t like Eron could risk Jake dying. He needed him for his own goals to come to fruition. Taking any kind of permanent or even semi-permanent damage also wasn’t an option, as Eron couldn’t have Jake slow down too much or fail to continue evolving. As C-grades, Eron and Jake were both too weak to accomplish Eron’s goals, so he needed the hunter to keep up with him at the very least.
Time passed, and Eron kept healing as a seemingly inexhaustible source of desolation kept releasing energy from inside Jake’s soul and into his body. He didn’t mind when he felt Jake move his energy or summon scales or anything like that. None of it disturbed him.
At least nothing had since suddenly, Eron felt something. It was as if a third presence appeared within the Prima Vessel, and as Eron stared at the flames that represented his soul… an ethereal second spark emerged before rapidly igniting, as Eron’s vision was filled with green flames that seemed to consume everything, Eron included.
His eyes rotted away as Eron was forced to explode his own body to escape. He appeared again, stumbling back as he sought to restore his own damaged soul… but he refused to heal his eyes, as even without them, he felt it. The unmistakable presence of a god had appeared within the Vessel… and the soul of the hunter, which was the source, was crumbling under the pressure.
If it fell entirely… Eron did not even want to think what would be unleashed, but he doubted it was something the Prima Vessel would be able to contain for even a moment.
Gritting his teeth, Eron still reached out as he didn’t stop healing Jake, as it wasn’t only his soul that was being destroyed. He would have to keep preserving Jake’s body, hoping the hunter could deal with… whatever was happening. It was clear this wasn’t something intended or good, which only left Eron wondering:
What have you done?
--
Jake prepared to mobilize every bit of Origin Energy available as he acted decisively to empower his own Bloodline, giving him a chance to fight back. He knew this wasn’t a situation he would walk away from whole, and the losses would be extraordinary and permanent… but nothing was less permanent than death.
His body within his Soulspace filled with energy as he reached out to-
”It was bound to happen at some point, wasn’t it?”
The voice echoed throughout the Soulspace as Jake’s body froze. Not only in surprise but due to the pressure that fell over him, making him utterly unable to act or move. Even the Origin Energy and his Bloodline fell utterly silent in front of the presence. The only thing that acted with glee was the drop of blood from the Malefic Viper that began to glow even brighter.
Jake looked up as the giant pillar that was consuming his Soulspace began to shrink until it formed a small snake that rapidly changed its form into the recognizable humanoid Jake had shared many beers with.
”Playing with Records and transcendent-level powers such as Bloodlines can bring out both fantastical and calamitous results,” the Viper said as he slowly floated down and landed on the ground, with everything else within the entire Soulspace besides the Malefic Viper and his drop of blood seemingly frozen in time. ”This, Jake, is an example of the latter.”
The Viper slowly walked toward Jake as he observed everything around him. ”The idea was novel. To take a skill and infuse it with your Primeval Origins energy to try and get an upgrade. Perhaps you tried to just give it a little push in the right direction, eh? Well, here we are. This is the result.”
He stopped in front of Jake and sighed. ”I’m not saying it couldn’t work. In fact, I would argue quite the opposite. It worked a bit too well. You are now well on your way to turn yourself into nothing but Palate of the Malefic Viper. Of course, there is no way a C-grade would be able to handle that, and seeing as you were effectively operating outside the system, I doubt it would have come to your rescue, either.”
Leaning in, the Viper flashed a smile as he raised a hand and flicked Jake’s forehead, unfreezing him and making him tumble backward. ”You fucked up badly. Commendable attempt to minimize the damage, though. Empowering your Bloodline fully to try and destroy the Records of the skill could work, leaving you with either no skill at all or a fractured mess at best. Oh, and some pretty damn severe soul damage I wouldn’t expect fixed before your next evolution.”
Jake, able to act again, propped himself up as he looked at the Malefic Viper standing within his Soulspace. ”How are you-”
”Oh, I’m not,” the Viper grinned, no longer bothering to infuse his voice with power. ”You are currently speaking to Palate of the Malefic Viper in all its glory. At least the form I chose to adopt once I became aware of what you were up to. I will say, it was quite lucky you did this experiment of yours on one of my skills. If you had done it on any other, you would be dead or had to carve the Records of the skill from your being.”
Jake kept staring as the Viper kept explaining. ”Palate is made from my Records. I am its Origin. Your little trick empowered it enough from a qualitative standpoint for me to appear as a representation of my Records within your Soulspace. Of course, under usual circumstances, I would not be aware I had appeared here with my true body, especially not with a system event going on. Oh, and I would be way less lucid and far more insistent on carrying out the task of devouring all your Records. But, well, you’re not the only one with a capable Bloodline.”
”Fuck me…” Jake just muttered as he allowed everything that had happened to sink in. ”I did really fuck up catastrophically this time around, didn’t I?”
”For sure,” the Viper nodded as he turned serious and looked Jake in the eyes. ”Jake, I’m not going to question your potential or talent. I don’t think anyone can. But to put it bluntly, you’re still pathetically weak. Your Bloodline may allow you to sometimes overcome the impossible, but that is only when it can have a fair fight of quality. In quantity, you are like a squirt gun trying to outfight an ocean-sized bucket in a competition of who can make the most people wet. Sure, your little squirt gun is damn good at it and far more accurate and efficient, but what the fuck can it do in my stupidly contrived and abstract example? The answer is fuck-all.”
Jake just kept quiet as the Viper continued.
”What’s more, you chose to take on this fight without any system-backed method to refill your little squirt gun with water. So, what else did you expect to fill it up with? The Records required to fuel this entire shitshow would have to come from somewhere. Of course, pulling them directly from me in this instance wasn’t an option, as that isn’t how any of this works, so the system had to find the building blocks elsewhere. All on your unwilling dime.”
”Yeah… I realize I overestimated myself and my Bloodline significantly and had no idea what I was doing at all,” Jake confessed.
The pressure of the situation from the half-a-Planetary-Core filled with desolation - that was definitely still a problem, by the way - had made Jake not really think things through more than he should. At least that was one excuse… but in truth, Jake had just been stupidly overconfident and thought himself infallible.
”As I said, your Bloodline is strong, and the only reason Palate could even hope to evolve to the level where it would erase your existence is due to how overwhelming your Records already are. However, you need to understand that you are still growing. With your Bloodline, perhaps you could have won this bout and gotten rid of Palate of the Malefic Viper to save yourself, which is a testament to its power, but remember, all you would rid yourself of was a single one my skills trying to grow into the true Palate of the Malefic Viper. A process that was more than capable of consuming all that you are, your Bloodline, the only survivor, to be recycled by the system,” the Malefic Viper said in a harsh tone.
”You’re saying that…?” Jake muttered.
”Yes. Palate of the Me, as a singular Legacy skill, has more Records than your entire existence, and it’s not even a close competition in the slightest. My mere existence here, capable of fully suppressing you within your own Soulspace, should be proof enough of that.”
”Then… how in the hell could I have gotten rid of it?” Jake questioned.
”The same way you created the problem. This is just my theory, but I believe you empower and awaken aspects of your Bloodline whenever you apply your special energy to it, which would allow it to grow tremendously in Records to a level I cannot even begin to guess at. Just for a little while, but likely long enough to overwhelm and deal with Palate, saving your life,” the Malefic Viper made his guess. One that did sound very probable and as good as any theory Jake had.
The two of them for silent for a few moments. Moments Jake wasn’t sure they had with everything else going on, the desolation still a pressing issue. Plus, how long could the Viper stay manifested like this? All this definitely left him with one essential pressing issue.
”This might be too late to ask… but how do I fix it?” Jake asked after a bit. ”What happens now?”
”Always the practical sort,” Villy smiled. ”The short answer is that you already know how to fix it. Pour some of that special Jake Juice into your Bloodline and get rid of me. Of course, that’s the solution where you fix things yourself and don’t ask your wonderful Patron to offer you his assistance.”
”Not sure my own solution could even be considered a fix, as it includes breaking one of my best skills and fucking over my Path as an alchemist,” Jake muttered.
”True that,” Villy nodded before sighing. ”I want you to know this doesn’t come cheap to me either. The system tends not to like interference like this, but it’s better than the alternative. Also, to clarify, everything I said today is just my own theories and gross oversimplifications of everything that happened, and there might be some minor hiccups. This shit is complicated and way above what you should be messing with, and it’s even annoying for me to deal with.”
”Thank you, my wonderful Patron,” Jake said in a semi-joking tone, despite still feeling like shit with everything that was happening.
”You better thank me,” the Viper said, his body flickering for a moment. ”I can’t maintain this form for long, so let me give you a quick explanation of what happens next. I’m going to fix what I can, but there will be some damage no matter what. You have lost a lot of Records already, all of which I will have to forcibly reclaim as you cannot handle them. When it comes to dealing with Palate of the Malefic Viper, I can see you have eaten quite an interesting object – something I’m not going to question anything about because I don’t want the backlash I’ll suffer after this shit to increase – but I will help you address it a little bit.”
The form of the Viper began glowing as he seemed to be pulling in energy. ”You fucked up Palate. I can’t unfuck it. But I can stabilize and freeze it for now, but be fully aware this will have consequences. The internal stomach will be completely sealed and you can’t take anything in or out of it. Moreover, upgrading Palate won’t be an option either due to its fragmented Records. I’ll look for a solution to this, but in the meantime, just be happy these are the only consequences… besides the severe soul damage you have already suffered, that is.”
Jake could only nod, as this was way fucking better than Jake just ripping the skill from his soul entirely.
The Viper smiled and shook his head. ”Let’s hope this becomes a teaching moment… but not a too important one. Your reckless experimentation and willingness to do the moronic is also one of your greatest strengths. Just maybe think it through a tad more next time. Now, let me get to work. Oh, and Jake?”
”Yeah?”
”This is gonna hurt. Like… a lot.”
Comments
ABTelford
I’m happy to see a story where the main character faces consequences for being stupid - makes it so much better because then things become more unpredictable and thus more fun! Untouchable characters are boring. So - yay! Thanks Zogarth!
Joshua Little
Thanks for the chapter.
Ray Light
Is it impossible to upgrade because of fragmenter records or due to corrupte records? Seeing as the system was working with it and it being some sort of computer system of sorts. It wouldn't be able to read the skill anymore due to the corrupted data related to it?
InfernoDroid
You know what, I'm honestly glad Jake finally had a negative repercussion to his actions. Its seemed like everything has came up millhouse for him every time he does something stupid
Secret Weapons
Honestly, I don't really read this for a realistic humble MC who stumbles and falls, learns a noble lesson, and becomes a better person as a result. It's a fun power romp. This whole idea was an extra level of stupid and the results sucks ass honestly.
Karate Koala
I'm less concerned about the relationship and more concerned about Jake's dumb recklessness to set himself on fire to understand heat. You can't always bulldoze a problem and he needs to understand that
Liliumsaccatum97
I feel like it was important for Jake to at least once really fuck himself over because of his own self overestimation and just-look-what-happens attitude. So while I'm sure he'll overcome this with time, it's good if he'll have to gnaw on this mistake for a while. Also from a reading point of view things were going extremely swimmingly for quit some time, so this is a good mix up.
Remzi
i hope jake can recover from this and come out better and stronger and the bond between the viper and jake continues to grow, hope this does not put a damper on that relationship or bond.
Michael Ferguson
This was significant, and has massive implications.
Troy Telford
Gotta say - I love Villy! And I hope Jake does something really nice for him in the future. Somehow even just trying would be nice. Maybe deciding to set up an Order of the Malefic viper branch on another planet - doing a planet sacrifice ritual to him (the haunted moon comes to mind.) or, ya know, trying.
Joshua
I get it's needed but I wanted bad ass moment
Christopher Robin Sævre
Jake really is an unkillable roach
Kconraw
Thx for the chapter
hamza kelar Abdulkareem
Well I knew shit was going to hit the fan but I guess this shit is hitting the sun and killing us all in one shitty blackhole great knowing you all time to go boom
Olof Karlsson
Thanks for the chapter!
Inv7ctus
Yeahhhhh, Jake needed to be humbled at some point. All paths have some pitfalls. This will be good for him i think.
Muppetchef
X 0?*0
Peter Smith
It was already mentioned in the chapter. If it had been any other skill, any other god it would have devoured him, however because it was the skill that contained a fragment of the viper's soul records including his bloodline the skill became sentient with a snapshot of the last time it connected with Villy. The reason why it only worked that way is because Villy's bloodline is a singular effect, he cannot forget. Ever. Anything. His memories are always as vibrant and alive as though every moment was happening at that second. And seeing as to how the skill was connecting to the constantly updating library that is Villy's skill which is connected to his bloodline the skill could become sentient as though it was villy himself yhere at that moment.
William WIlson
I think villy did some astral projection. He wasn't really there but a small portion of his soul was.
Abhishek
I just don’t want Jake weak against the orange F*ck
Vega
I do wonder how Villy got to him during the System event though. Isn’t godly interference blocked? I know it was through Palate, but still, surely it can’t be that simple, otherwise other gods would do it. Or was it the transcendent skill that also allowed him to bypass the System ban? Hmm.
David W. Baijense
I think the only issue they may run into is it may force Jake to have his Path grow ever closer to Danger Noodle's. I don't really think Jake wants that long term though.
David W. Baijense
I thought about your reply quite a bit and it makes a lot of logical sense, He cant just bring a legacy skill back to its origin especially if its a Primordial or even a god, he would basically attempt to manifest them which would've normally killed him. Good thing Villy is a good friend of his.
Trevor Mergen
Thanks!
Anime Problem
He broke the skill partially and it'll probably be fixed in mid B grade or early B grade depending
DirePants
I don’t agree. I’m still going with Legacy of the Arcane Hunter Primal.
Ty Cooper
So is Jake going to be able to make poisons before this is fixed? Will palette still work in his scales? Palette is in a lot of the skills.
Adriano Dominguez
I have two hypothesis. 1. I think that Jake's Arcane Affinity is going to eventually become an "Origin Affinity", or Jakes Origin Energy is going to somehow create an "Origin Affinity" that he'll be able to access at S-grade or Godhood. 2. I think that Jake is gonna be really weakened, but with Eron there and Villy's help he'll be fine. Palate is fucked and sealed, so he can't spit out the core. However, I think this sealing is going to contain the desolation energy, which is going to essentially be in a Primordial's barrier - a Primordial who has deep ties to Desolation as an affinity which is also a part of the Malefic affinity. I think Villy's seal is going to stop the desolation from leaking into Jake, but it's also going to prevent any of it from dissipating, meaning that Jake is going to have to deal with the core later. In the meantime, he might not be able to use Palate as a skill, or it may "downgrade" to a weaker version temporarily until he can repair it with Villy (and possibly Eron's) help. Core problem solved, Palate problem is gonna take a while to fix, which likely won't be until after the Prima Guardian event. Jake is probably still first, but Ell'Hakan is going to catch up to him or maybe even just surpass him, and we're gonna see a weak Jake scrambling to kill Prima's, but it's 50/50 whether he ekes out a win or if Ell'Hakan takes it.
Adriano Dominguez
I don't know if it would've turned into a legacy skill - since the Origin energy returns things to their origins, and Palate is a legacy of Villy, then as stated in the chapter Villy is the origin. If Jake had the Records to spare to fully return Palate to its origin, I feel like it would basically clone Villy, and since he couldn't exist because of the System limitations on True Souls, it'd be like Sim Jake and stuck inside his soulspace. It'd be like having a Primordial in your pocket.
Adriano Dominguez
I feel like we've seen quite a few moments where Jake bit off more than he could chew - the Valdemar fight comes to mind, even if it was a G-grade fight. There was also the Termite King that almost killed him, the Minaga fight was decently close, and I'm probably forgetting 1 or 2 other instances.
Joshua Kitchen
Oopsies…
Walter Kimberly
Wow that is an intense chapter. Not that guy usually but thank goodness it’s not Friday.
SmokeJam
I wouldn't call that a mess up. Shirtaloon just diverted a little bit from LitRPG to more Fantasy (seeing as there hasn't been skill tracking for quite a while now, just some thrown in updates for the parrot-questions). Everything Jason had as an Outworlder he still has, just better across the board.
Rocotrap
Oh Jake, my good old Jake... you went and did another Jake...
Blaq Jesus
The Viper said this was pretty costly for him as well.
Laurent Jerry
Prediction : this is going to weaken Villy publicly, missleading Yip into declaring jake abandoning him as the cause, and praising jake for freing slaves, not expanding and stuff, only for it to break his story telling, with villy in the end getting a power boost from jake being the galaxy leader thing
SilverSentry
Find out next time on dragon ball z!
John Balman
LoL 😂 I will get this morning started reading and had to stop when he said destroy records and I just now had the nerve to finish reading the chapter and this was awesome Jake got to fail a little bit and in the best possible way for him to learn something valuable and Villy is still his buddy
D
Man this chapter had me pumped
Decibel790
Well this is a polarizing moment to be sure.
Ben
Overall I consider this a good this, depending on how crippled Jake is from this. Mostly because it adds stacks to what Jake does and allows for the potential for him not to always win. It’s been a long time, probably since the fight with the King of the Forest since it really felt like he actually might take some serious damage.
Azayrian105
I owe you $10… you won in the end.
Zuuuuuri
We can call this a draw partner
nosense
Love how Villy's and Jake's interaction reflects that of a PhD advisor and candidate. The advisor having to step in to bail out the candidate from their own mess while at the same time giving props, "you're supposed to mess up, that's why I'm here".
Azayrian105
This is my last shot but it did technically upgrade but it just kept upgrading until he couldn’t handle it anymore
DirePants
Unexpectedly a better direction to go. Jake never really messes up. His Bloodline always covers for him. The results of this will definitely lead to something great later. I’m still working on the assumption he almost developed his own eventual legacy skill- he’s just not powerful enough. Yeah this was damn good. You never really feel like Jake’s life is ever really in danger. You know he’s going to pull off something “unexpected” but totally expected lol Good chapter!
William WIlson
I'm seriously curious what this means for the core. Like is it sealed in the stomach till b grade or is it spit out of the stomach or what the fuck happens
Andromeda Adams
We shall see in the next chapter hopefully. (Fingers crossed)
William WIlson
I'm not sure that the desolation energy would be sealed in at all. If it is Jake's definitely getting some fun desolation item at b grade, if it doesn't I'm not sure what would happen but maybe he has to spend the rest of c grade constantly fighting the desolation energy, or maybe it's spit up.
Tristan
You know what I appreciate the fuck up. Don't get me wrong it still sucks but it's nice to see that he's still learning as apposed to just saying it
Zuuuuuri
Nope! The deal was palate upgrading!
Azayrian105
He upgraded Scales! That still counts!
Zuuuuuri
Oh Azayrian :)
Hayden Leech
So… did this just cost Jake first place in the event? Booo!
Andromeda Adams
Tyftc Definitely not what I was expecting. At least with the stomach sealed the desolation from the half core will not seep out. A very enjoyable chapter!
kingofshibainu
Villy chastising Jake is a nice change. Guess he'll be out of commission for a little bit. Practically the inability to upgrade the skill might not matter till B grade since be already upgraded it once in C grade, and digesting half a desolation world core would mean not eating it digesting anything for a while anyways. So, as long as he and Villy can fix it before B grade, there might not be too much long term damage. Losing the other benefits the skill provides in the meantime, if that happens, is probably the worst consequence.
Carver Conway
If anything it’ll only expand the orange head story because people will now know he’s a full on heretic if he’s removing malefic skills and still being the chosen
Hendo
Yaaaaa that'll happen on those big jobs. It's good though, Jake needs to take an L occasionally.
Ty Cooper
Just want no fundamentals of Jake getting messed up like Jason in HWFWM.
Ymere
There is absolutely no way Jake spend anywhere near that much time in C-grade. In fact if I had to guess Jake is going to advance to B-grade faster now. Mistake or not Jake is more a Xiania style protagonist than anything. He won't stop because of this, can't stop or slow really. The orange asshat is still out there gaining power. With Villy fixing stuff here this disaster is going to turn on its head and be some overwhelming positive.
Tyler S.
What if his immortality is a respawn system that slowly desolves your records every time you come back, so not a true immortality but pretty damn close
Doodlenoodle
Why not try doing that to Willys own skill? It will be insane if Jake can upgrade other beings skills. Even gods will line up for such a thing.
Jose Reyna
TFTC
Irakli Jishkariani
Woow good thing mc lost something for his mistake. Story is better this way.
Dan
Records are intrinsically linked to power, so yes, Villy is sacrificing power. Is it negligible? Maybe, but Villy seems more than just a little stern with Jake here, and his wording implies more than just a minor inconvenience. I'm sticking to my belief that Jake inadvertently actually hurt Villy here to an extent
Azayrian105
I see this as a positive because this will give him the chance to build back up and be even stronger than before. I think if this as like when the Sword Saint uses his Springtime Advent though this is probably going to be a bit more severe.
Joe Holman
TFTC
Mat
Yes they will be consequences but that does necessary mean it has to do with combat power. Remember Eversmile paid a cost for interferring with the tutorial
Mat
This just reminded me of why Duskleaf concluded why most genius do not make it to godhood. Hopefully Jake takes alot of time(maybe a few centuries or millenniums in C-grade) to really understand concerts of primal origin and his arcane affinity
Thewalterwhite
It might be that the Viper grows stronger. He said he is going to absorb the records of the still. As far as I understand it, those are the ones from Jake that transformed into palate's. So the Viper might actually get bonus records
Rahsheem Reid
This was bound to happen.
Vincent D'Amico
Wouldn't this make the viper stronger since he's taking the excess records jake got from the origin energy?
Kirivina
I wasn't having a problem with it but if he has no consequences he's not really going to learn what he needs to know to truly progress and not just ride the coat tails of his bloodline.
Santiago Le Gall
Not possible due to the system event.
Blaq Jesus
I think it will be a peak B grade problem for sure, similarly to Theodore in Book Eating Magician having his "Patron" equivalent (Gluttony) sealing a parasitic necromancy grimoir that he was at the time too weak to handle, only for it to be used strategically later, albeit with immense risk and difficulty as even a B grade would definitely struggle with this Pallete issue.
Blaq Jesus
I think him weakening the Viper through this makes the Viper's eventual clash with Yip of Yore an uncertain win. For the first time in quite a while, I feel the stakes within the story and I feel like the Viper potentially dieing due to Jake's recklessness, (which hasn't had many negative consequences to the main story until now), to be utterly poetic. Jake's character traits have rarely if ever resulted in such a situation within the main story, and hopefully this leads him to finally second guessing his methodology and thinking. Hopefully he grows from this as a character. I'm glad this happened. 10/10, makes the upcoming events a lot more anticipated. A potential story in which he avenges the Viper would be great tbh, but I'm sure Zogarth has more creative ideas than that tbh. Zo is a very creative author afterall.
Spencer Taylor
Thanks for the chapter and giving Jake a much deserved lesson. He’s too reckless and I knew it would eventually bite him in the ass.
Dragon
Oh that’s a great theory!
Bi-Dailey
TFTC
John Durrett
@Zogarth. The two of them for silent for a few moments. For silent -> fell silent
Dan
@Mat No, Villy is making a sacrifice to save Jake's soul and records, he said himself it will have consequences for him though
Mat
I doubt it will. Remember a God losing a chosen earlier on will result in loss of records but not the fighting power.
Phasmatic7
Thankies for the chapie zogie. Seeing some lasting consequence always helps ground a story so hopefully Jake has to learn from this one
Dirk Gent Lee
Yeahhh I thought this may happen. Eh, he was due for it, and also he wouldn’t have gotten as far as he has without being reckless. Maybe give Villy a quick call beforehand next time?
Mokuyobi
Personally, im happy he is finally experiencing some consequences to his recklessness. I was getting kinda tired of every major problem being fixed by "oh just let Jake do Jake things and problem goes away."
frankie doerr
Hopefully the sage can fix him when they meet
John Durrett
@Zogarth Near top "strike him as particularly interesting in the first place in the first place. " - in the first place - repeated.
Thenais
masterclass fafo !
Ben Sheahan
I’m feeling a “Of the primal hunter” upgrade down the line once he’s fixed it
Lynderyn
He will survive the core due to the entire thing being sealed. Don’t know if the core will be refined or he just ended up punting the issue down the road to be a B rank problem sssuming it’s not needing to be fixed to evolve
Gavin Wayne Pitcher
Records are just as much a resource as anything else, and it's insanely difficult to truly permenantly lose them. Palete is going to come back as a divine skill I reckon.
William WIlson
First sage, well what do we have hear? Jake, yeah we'll I kinda fucked up. First sage, I could help you fix it? Enter Jake in a montage similar to villy creating sagacity where Jake fixes palette.
BumAssBumAss
Thinking about this some more, if a skill "of the primal hunter" is connected to Jake in such a way, there is a possibility that Jake can unleash the full power of his bloodline in a limited manner through the skill without as much backlash or no backlash at all. Villy previously said that there is a slight barrier between Jake and his bloodline and when Jake used it in the colloseum of mortals, that barrier was removed at a great close including origin energy.
Seen Death
Definitely the largest fuckup so far, but he has failed in the past, strategic retreats etc... but yeah when it comes to his bloodline he hasnt failed until now... and id imagine the consequences would always be dire. If he fucked up sooner he might not have been able to last log enough for villy to intervene
William WIlson
Eron wants to make all Mortals immortal. It's explained in the Minaga labyrinth city level chapters.
female person type thing
Jake has a half of a Planetary Core seeped in potent desolation affinity energy thats currently killing him. And now he is being told that it will be staying there for long time. Suposing he survives the desolation with palete messed up will it still funtion and refine the core?
Paulo Furlaneto
Tftc
Sean
I wonder if there's a way to do what he did with his eye skill intentionally. Seeing the wording for this it reminds me of the wording from that skill upgrade. Maybe if he has a ritual or something that uses the origin to upgrade to a set level instead of just 'try to go as far down the evolution tree as possible'.
Seen Death
Yeah, eron's version of immortality is generally viewed as a bad thing by readers haha. Id imagine it would effectively make them husks or zombie like beings... technically solving the "can die" "problem"... but calling into question if theyre truely living
William WIlson
He definitely used it when transmuting the curse and transferring the curse, I'm also pretty sure Sim Jake has Jake Juice so yeah I don't see it having much of an effect
Adam Owada
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger... right?
Tommy
Fair play, if Jake had just thought things through a bit more or even asked Arnold or someone, they’d have come to the conclusion that Jake juice and MV skills don’t mix? So whilst he has fucked up I think he could’ve easily not fucked up. Which is a good thing. Easy for him to learn from. Thanks for the chapter!
SmokeJam
I knew there had to be a nerf happening to Jake. All this slow pace towards the YoY finale would be wasted if Jake just rams EH into the ground like William back in the tutorial. Just glad it's not a First Defier level of nerfing the MC
Sam Rosenberg
Good to have a few fuck-ups and setbacks on the path to greatness
Chris Connolly
I don’t know why but I’m starting to think that Jake and the first sage are the same “thing”. Not necessarily higher humans but more the original being that were essentially the base of what all races were built off of. Or maybe just the original base for humans that the system first used as a foundation. Almost like the true royal version of humans. If that’s the case I feel like his origin energy and bloodline both make a lot of sense. Maybe it’s just the bloodline that activated this return to origin, but whatever he is evolving into seems like a whatever the sage was.
Vega
Jake was supposed to pass Villy Eron’s notes. I don’t think he remembered to do that though
Vega
Yes! Jake fucking up with Jake Juice is a great direction to balance out his victories with it so far. With bonus Villy! Thanks for the great chapter
BumAssBumAss
A few ideas appears as a result of this. The maleific viper connecting to Jake like this can hint that Jake can connect to his soulflame within that mythical item if Jake infuses his Jake juice for it to connect to its origin. Jake will need to learn to use this connection in order to control it. Next is to do this with "of the primal hunter" skills as Jake is the origin of those skills. Don't know what will happen in these scenarios, but it's something Jake can work towards in the future.
Skyler Brown
ya villy may be handy capped but when the 2 fight for the first time he might just look more convincing when showcasing his "full" power
Sayjinlord
Well Jake has been fucking around for a while now. I guess he is now finally finding out.
n00by_ME
I wonder how long this lesson to not be a moron will stick. With a bit more Luck it will hold the rest of this Arc.
Ty Cooper
I just am hoping this doesn't change the fundamentals of Jake. I hate when stories make a twist that changes the MC for the rest of the story. Skill setback would be OK and let him figure it out and work on it. That I can handle. Crippling Jake hard-core might be to much for me. Break my little heart
Arieh Sochaczevski
Thanks for the chapter! I gotta say, I was rooting for a few (hundred) chapters with sim-Villy being a thing.
Mason Nyx
Jake hasn't lost his records, he lost some of Villy's records... My impression is that it's specificly records from palate that he lost, and Villy was forced to absorb.
Arieh Sochaczevski
I’m pretty sure he already used some Jake-juice when creating that skill. I’m not sure it works twice.
Zack Leach
I don't think that it would effect eternal hunger in that way, personally, it seems like whenever records are consumed or lost, they are gone for good unless the system has a means of regenerating them, such as when having a kid. But jake's origin energy is more of a hammer when it comes to it's use for now and he'll probably be a god before it's delicate enough to segment records enough to remove without significant damage. All personal theory btw.
Aldrin
Is this it? The beginnings of the dreded de-powered arc? How will Jake react after being fed a fat slice of humble pie. His bloodline always seemed to carry him to victory but not this time.
Zuuuuuri
Jake really didn’t seem to understand the sheer amount of records gods and more importantly primordial’s have, it’s like taking his records and there quality and squaring them by 9999, not multiplying, squaring. It wasn’t a fair comparison to begin with. But more importantly because it’s funny the system is absolutely losing it XD
Ty Cooper
I love that you read the chats for each chapter!
Ty Cooper
I just hope it is not one of those changes in stories where the MC hits a setback and transforms to so other version of our MC. I am still made at a lot of series for doing that. Please please keep Jake as fool hardy and experimental as he was before, just knowing he needs to think a tiny bit before juicing on everything.
Darshar Griffonmane
Ah, I had forgotten that conversation. Still, what would that look like? Ending death or making everyone immortal may not necessarily be done in a good way. Eron is so bloody weird.
Dan
Really hope Jake didn't just give Villy a handicap in the fight against Yip. Good on him for not losing the skill at least, too bad he can't use it for a few years now
Ty Cooper
So Jake's big mess up is going to force him to make the skills into his own skill because palette at the records of the skill itself?
Kt-x
Thanks for the chapter 🙂
SilverSentry
Ha, no forethought at all, really. He just acts in whatever he geeks is right based on instinct. He doesn't think anything through. He's been warned about that multiple times throughout the series.
AetherBoye
Well, when one fucks around, one must eventually find out. Tragically, protagonists are not always immune to this rule
A. B. Edwards
Can't wait for the next chapter. I wonder what Pallet will evolve into as the Viper is only "freezing" it for now. And this brings about some very interesting things and possibilities. When used on a legacy skill, it seems Origin Energy tries to bring out the "true" version of the skill. So if Jake was strong enough, he could evolve all legacy skills to their true (current) forms with just some Jake Juice. Makes me wonder what would happen if he used it on Eternal Shadow. Would it allow Sim-Jake to return or truly fuse the two, allowing him to gain all the lost records of Sim-Jake including his old blessing from Umbra, the legacy of Tenlucis and a second copy of the Bloodline?
Jaydan Man
Forethought and following your instincts don't mesh well lot of the time. This time he went too far down the path before his instinct kicked in and warned him
Fall’s Kiss🍂
If you’re saying the system wouldn’t allow it that’s not the problem. The system did allow it. That is the problem and he almost killed a lot of ppl including himself cause he was upgrading way above his limit.
Conclave
Well, I was expecting something else but that's clearly a better outcome. What doesnt kill you makes you stronger right ? The Fallen King was the only "mistakes" Jake made until now and he somehow manage to get benefits from it. Now this is a whole other level of fucking things up so I bet it will be Bad for Jake at least early on. Well. Nicetry hunter boy. Can't win them all
Zogarth
Fix
Jan Backhaus
Find out about what?
Cory Sauls
Damn. Jake got HUMBLED! I was not expecting this outcome at all. I’m looking forward to seeing where this goes.
Exaiter
Meh.
Jan Backhaus
If i remember correctly they had a talk in nevermore about that.. something like ending death itself
Borbino the great
He wants to make everyone immortal I believe, they talked about it like forever ago in never more I think?
Darshar Griffonmane
Excellent chapter! Jake is very much an amateur gambler on stuff like this, so screwing up this badly should give him some knowledge and experience. Hopefully he can learn from this significantly and upgrade himself to a professional gambler, a much more dangerous creature. Also, now I want to know what Eron's goals are, since they seemed tied in someway to Jake.
itsdlow
Bound indeed… good luck Jake! Thanks for the chapter
joe schmoe
Oh damn
A Flashy BR
Damn better luck next time
BumAssBumAss
Poor timing, with Jake's confrontation with EH who knows when, this is not ideal.
Psyck0
He may learn quite a lot about the desolation concept once it's fixed in b grade at least, though I wonder which records have been lost and what will the result be.
Jesper Hansen
I don't think I like it... I'm generally all power fantasy when it comes to these things, and I don't enjoy the setbacks too much(personal preference thing, nothing to do with the quality of writing).. I just don't hope we get a too handicapped jake for several arcs now If anything, I do hope what we get is a more original version of jake, one where he steps more back from becoming a copy of Villy(yeah yeah, he is a hunter and have a bloodline completely different from Villy, but 4 of his biggest abilities still come directly from Villy)
Jayson Legott
Ohh man when villy said he already lost a bunch of records does this mean that he’s lost or fractured some of his skills, titles , etc?
Namorat
”True that,” Villy nodded before sighing. ”I want you to know this doesn’t come cheap to be either. - “to me“ probably? Interesting development. I hope he will not end up handicapped too much afterwards. Or both, of course.
AetherBoye
FUCK, JAKE IS ABOUT TO FIND OUT AFTER FUCKING AROUND! HOW DID WE NOT SEE THIS COMING!!
deus vault
Wow he really f'ed up
Jana
My nagging Voice is telling me that this is some kind of setup for the first sage to fix, the guy seemed competent when it comes to skills.
Lay Nkay
Oh Jake what have you done
Matthias
tftc
John Looney
It’s not to late for that it might just be delayed
JJB4345_80_815
Yes, thank you for the chappy Zogarth!
kiewitz
Is it the first time Jake actually... failed, that's interesting
Clint
Tftc. Great to see that sometimes reckless disregard for his own safety comes with consequences. Of course, figuring out how to unfuck this skill will come with its own rewards down the road.
joel southard
Nice thank you for the chapter
Michał Wieczorek
Damn i need to stack some more chaps cuz its too good to read only 1 at the time
Harbby
To be honest, it's about time something like this happened. After rereading the entire series I realized how little forethought he was putting in.
Naotsugu97
TFTC!
Sam Brown
Spicy chapter!
Karim Saadi
Abort, abort, looks like Jake finally got to the "find out" part.
Luis
I guess the first sage will help Jake when they will meet in the near future
Mohammed Sheekh
I CALLED IT, THE SYSTEM WOULD NOT ALLOW IT
Mike
I had a nagging voice in my head saying Zog was leading us to something like this. Jake did kinda need a fuck around and find out moment with his blood line. Since til now it's pretty much been "oh no bad feeling from this" with his instinct and just rushing forward.
Burkes
To the first major fuckup of many to come, everyone! 🎉
Trugath
Poor Jake. I didn't consider the skill becoming a copy of the gods but it makes sense. All of it.
Kevin Watson
the inevitable “find out” half of the famous phrase, but who here wasn’t excited for him to fuck around?
Hayden Leech
Sad. I was mega hyped for a cool new skill!
Arrogant Savant
I feel some vindication that the people who proposed this idea MANY times are getting slapped down.
Straat Junon
Thank fuck Villy is such a good friend. Tyfc
Jana
I’m not sure if I really like this development or if I really dislike it. On one hand it was bound to happen, Jake has always been reckless or the other hand his recklessness coupled with him cheating his way out are some of my very favourite parts of this story. So I guess I’ll just have to wait and see.
C0bra$
Thank u for the story
BlackRazaras
Thanks for the chapter
Kevin Watson
many thanks for the chapter, zo
David W. Baijense
Yee holy crap "hurt alot" from Mr. Doodle. Shiii that's really not good
BumAssBumAss
Thanks for the chapter
