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Chapter 929 - Mysterious Third Party
🕑 Added 2024-06-05 11:01:10 +0000 UTCWilliam’s revelations about Ell’Hakan and the shit he had been up to were quite something. It sure as hell gave Jake some food for thought, and he did end up asking some more clarifying questions, some of which the metal mage could answer and some he could only speculate about.
One of the things Jake was curious about was how long it would take for people to get what was effectively brainwashed after Ell’Hakan took over a planet, something William naturally couldn’t really know as it hadn’t happened yet.
However, he had been on Ell’Hakan’s planet for over a year. During this time, he had constantly been subtly affected, yet he felt nothing from it, making him believe the manipulation was so subtle that any reasonable level of pushback would nullify the effect. True, William did mention thinking that “maybe he isn’t that bad” a few times, but a quick thought that “no, he actually sucks” was enough for him to remain unaffected.
This made William guess that this passive takeover only really worked if there was no disagreement but pure cultural homogeneity. It wasn’t like he could just take over a Pylon, and suddenly everyone loved him. It was a slow, insidious process that only took hold after continual exposure in a highly controlled society.
That’s assuming the goal was to make them worship Ell’Hakan.
William also reminded Jake that Ell’Hakan’s Bloodline wasn’t to make people feel positive emotions toward him. It was to manipulate emotions. It wouldn’t be a far fetch to believe that Ell’Hakan could manipulate the core emotion amplified by the Pylon of Civilization’s or Planetary Pylons to be anything he wanted… such as to amplify faith toward other gods, factions, or individuals.
Ell’Hakan could also not make it about any positive emotions at all. He could make it about the hatred for others. He could slowly spread a creeping feeling that Jake actually sucked, and if further amplified with some good propaganda campaigns, this hatred could quickly spread, especially to those who didn’t really have any opinion of Jake prior, making all the exposure they ever had to him completely negative. Shit this already worked pretty damn well without any Bloodline-powered manipulation.
Honestly, Jake was even beginning to wonder if maybe Ell’Hakan was the one with the most overpowered Bloodline of the two of them… alright, that was a bad joke. Ell’Hakan’s Bloodline probably didn’t even give any Perception.
To clarify, while what Ell’Hakan was doing did seem extremely fucked up… it wasn’t comparable to something like a plague, much less a karmic plague. It still required direct manipulation. It wasn’t something that could spread on its own and get out of control. Comparing it to the Holy Church and their extreme propaganda was far more accurate, as even their indoctrination could sometimes reach such a level where it was borderline impossible to dispel the delusion. Combining both the indoctrination and the Bloodline, though… scary thoughts.
In any case, William had brought back some pretty damn valuable information. There were still a few things that struck him as weird, though.
“I’ve been thinking… why did you even go to his planet in the first place? What made you decide to go? Because, let’s be honest, you don’t seem like the kind to just do this out of the kindness of your heart. I also doubt you are invested in the good of this planet, so what made you do it?” Jake asked a thought that had bothered him for a while.
“Firstly, fuck that guy. I wanted to know if Ell’Hakan knew I was getting fucked over by Eversmile, and unsurprisingly, he did. So that’s one reason. I want revenge, but I’m also fully aware I don’t stand a chance at taking him down myself, so I’m hoping you can do the job,” William said. “Secondly, I was hired to go explore the planet and report back to you about my findings.”
Jake frowned as he looked at Miranda who just shrugged, clearly unaware this had been a thing. So, definitely wasn’t her or anyone from Haven who’d hired him. On the top of his head, he couldn’t figure out who it could even be. Especially not someone who would specifically ask William to report back to Jake.
“Who exactly hired you?” Jake questioned further.
“I don’t know,” William readily admitted. “The one I spoke to was clearly just a go-between of some kind, and I didn’t ask too many questions. All I cared about was that they helped me teleport to the planet and offered information about when Ell’Hakan and others were gone, and some basic intelligence on the planet. Perhaps I was used, true, but I can accept that as I don’t see myself losing anything doing this. Quite the opposite and I seriously doubt the one who hired me has any positive intentions toward Yip’s Chosen.”
“So some mysterious hooded guy just came up to you one day and asked you to go to this other planet for an even more mysterious third party, and you just said yes and rolled with it?” Jake asked, more than a little skeptical.
“It was a hooded woman, but yes, that’s essentially what happened. I did try to track down who may have been behind it all, but no traces anywhere. I did find the corpse of the woman who had been used as a go-between, though, but that’s where the trail went entirely cold, so they know what they’re doing, even hiding their karma,” William said.
“Alright, so it gets worse. Someone who is willing to kill people they worked with prior was behind hiring you, and who is powerful enough to manipulate karma to some extent... and they did this while only telling you to report to me and not anyone else?” Jake said, trying to wrap his mind around everything. “This makes no fucking sense.”
“I am not disagreeing,” William just said. “I’m just the messenger here, and I’ve now delivered my message. I truly didn’t come for anything else, and in truth, I would probably have preferred only reporting to Ms. Wells, but I made a promise to report to you, and as someone walking a Path of karmic magic, it would hurt me quite a lot if I broke such a promise.
“Hm…”
Jake sat there for a few moments as he thought everything through. He didn’t really have any more questions, and he did see that William handed Miranda what was effectively a report of all his observations. Now, this report was originally meant for Jake, but Miranda took it in his place, as she was actually going to read and study it all closely. It appeared that the metal mage had done quite a good job with his scouting mission.
“What are you planning on doing next?” Jake asked William after he was done thinking.
Their conversation had been relatively short, but Jake felt less negative toward the metal mage now than before. Perhaps it was just for the simple reason that this was the first time an encounter had actually been beneficial to Jake. He hadn’t done anything to piss off Jake either but had seemed mellow and a lot more down to earth. Even his ego, which used to be a bit too overinflated, had become pretty reasonable.
Still, Jake wasn’t going to let him be in his good graces after a single encounter, much less trust the guy. Jake knew it could be argued the current William wasn’t even the same person that had been in his Tutorial… but that didn’t mean the thought of repeating their last encounter of the Tutorial didn’t occur to him.
“I’m going to participate in the Prima Guardian event. I missed so many other events because of Eversmile, and I’m not going to miss another. I won’t interfere with the strike team for the boss, but I can at least help on the perimeter to kill a few Primas,” William answered. “After that, I hope the plan is to do what Ms. Wells said and engage with the Prima Guardian Alliance to assist other planets. The difficulty of the Prima Guardian here on Earth will no doubt be the highest of the entire Milky Way, so if we can kill that, we can kill others. That will benefit Earth as we will get partial rewards from other system events while directly acting against Ell’Hakan’s plan.”
“Our plan is indeed to travel and help other planets out after we handled our own, right Jake?” Miranda said, with a look in her eyes that made it very clear he shouldn’t say no. Not that he would have.
“Do you really think I’m gonna miss a chance to fight a bunch of powerful bosses for cool rewards while even fucking over Ell’Hakan’s plans as a bonus?” Jake grinned. “Hell no. Not gonna pass up such a sweet opportunity.”
“Good… now I’m nearly feeling sorry for the poor planets that will have you storm in and just dominate their event and monopolize the rewards,” Miranda shook her head.
“Eh, I’m sure they can live with it if it also means their planet doesn’t get overrun by an army of Primas that kill everything,” Jake shrugged. “Seems like an acceptable trade-off.”
Seeing as the conversation was very much winding down, the metal mage took his chance.
“I think that’s all, so I’ll be off now,” William said as he stood up. “One last thing… if you ever need to go to Ell’Hakan’s homeworld, let me know. I don’t think anyone knows I’ve been there, at least no one that would warn him, so it should be possible to use the same method again. Just be aware it may be a one-way trip, at least with what I can provide.”
“As long as you have the coordinates, that may be all I need when the time comes,” Jake said in a serious tone. “But such a visit would be for after all these Prima Guardian-related matters are finished.”
“Very well,” William said with a nod as he hesitated for a moment before speaking. “And thanks for not killing me on sight, I guess.”
“Don’t give me a reason to,” Jake said in a curt tone. “Better yet, give me reasons not to.”
“I’ll try," William said with a wry smile as he walked toward the exit of the valley. On the way, his form shimmered, and he began to fade away. With his insane Perception, Jake still saw him, but one thing was clear…
He has a stealth skill at least at the same level as Unseen Hunter. Probably, no, definitely, karma-related in some way. Powerful for sure.
This was the final thing with William… he had always been strong. Eversmile had just fucked him over a lot, and now that he was free, it was almost as if he had gotten new wings. Perhaps he was finally doing things for himself and because he wanted to, which had allowed him to grow into his own. In any case, Jake hoped he wouldn’t become a problem because he was strong enough to be.
Now, this isn’t saying Jake couldn’t curb-stomp him into the afterlife, but it did mean he could be a troublesome fellow to hunt down and stomp into the ground mercilessly before he could do a lot of damage.
Jake was still far from trusting him. There was always the thought of what William had done. He had never really faced any “justice” for what he’d done, and Jake knew that William’s actions couldn’t just all be blamed on Eversmile. He had been a damn psycho all on his own before Eversmile got involved.
The thing is, now he was no longer a psychopath in that he literally had his brain fixed physically. Could it be argued this meant William wasn’t even the same person anymore? That he was only acting as he did because something was wrong with him that he was now cured of?
It was all so damn complicated… but it just felt off to kill William now, seeing as he was proving actually useful. Finally, Jake got the feeling that while he was now a heretic, Eversmile was far from done with the young metal mage.
With William gone from the valley, Miranda turned to Jake inquisitively. “What are your thoughts on this entire thing? Do you think all the information he gave is accurate?”
“It’s fishy as hell, but I think the majority is true. At least it all seems both probable and possible and entirely like something Ell’Hakan would be doing,” Jake said with a sigh. “I am a bit bothered by this mysterious person or faction who hired him, though.”
“You aren’t involved, right?” Jake also quickly sent telepathically to the Viper through the power of his divine direct connection.
“Nope, and I don’t even know who it is. I have a few theories, sure, but nothing I wanna share as it’s far from concrete. I will say that I doubt Eversmile is the one pulling the strings on this one, though. It may very well be an interested third party who wants to see Ell’Hakan taken down,” the Viper shared.
“Alright, just wanted to make sure, thanks,” Jake sent back as Miranda spoke.
“Yeah, I don’t wanna make any conclusions either if they are helping or acting against us, but I definitely don’t think they are on the side of Ell’Hakan. That isn’t to say they are on our side, though. It’s entirely possible they just want to use you to get rid of him or stop him from doing something they wish to avoid seeing happen. Though I guess we can assume the enemy of an enemy is a friend in this case, and we have no obligations as no deals have been made with us directly,” Miranda shared her thoughts.
“All very annoying,” Jake sighed loudly. “Why do schemers have to ruin everything? Why couldn’t we just have a nice fight against a big Prima Guardian boss along with its goons and then go home for a nice long alchemy session afterward?”
“You are aware you carry the True Blessing of one of the famously biggest schemers in the multiverse, right?” Miranda asked with a raised eyebrow.
“Everyone has their bad qualities that we as friends seek to overlook,” Jake sighed once more.
“… sometimes, I’m bewildered how you are even the Chosen of the Malefic One, seeing as you seem to be his least faithful follower,” Miranda said in a dry tone.
“We just have a super special relationship,” Jake said with a smile. He didn’t need to add that he thought it was a really sad state of affairs that being friends was considered a super special relationship, as that would come off as perhaps a bit too heretical… which again was super fucking sad.
“I wouldn’t dare argue against that,” Miranda said. “Sometimes I envy the casualness with which you carry yourself, even when interacting with a Primordial. I feel afraid to even talk when I’m with the Verdant Witches.”
“Different strokes for different folks, what can I say?” Jake said. It was just treading old water going over how odd his and the Viper’s relationship was, and Miranda had definitely realized its oddness a very long time ago. If not, Jake should definitely have fired her for lacking Perception.
The two of them sat there for a bit before Miranda got up. “I should return; there are still some last-minute preparations. You should also come soon; nearly everyone has already gathered.”
“I’ll just go with,” Jake said, also getting up as he stretched a bit.
It wasn’t that Jake needed to come for a strategy meeting or anything, as they planned to use the travel time for that while inside Sandy. Still, after the talk with William, Jake didn’t feel in the mood for alchemy but to hunt some Prima Guardian.
Comments
bxbxx
I think it’s Stormhild. It was a woman and Big Bird told Jake to greet their mutual Acquaintance (William). She’s unexpected, because you wouldn’t think she cares for politics, but there could be lore about her hating fanatics or elementals getting influenced in a negative way or maybe she really liked the Elemental Ell‘idiot left behind to get killed by Jake and the King. No, she wouldn’t hate Jake for it, since he just ended the super manipulated misguided suffering of her nephew through Ell‘bastard
Dani
Its probably the Holy Church if I had to guess. They want El‘Hakans bloodline and if Jake corners El‘Hakan, Yip will throw him away as to not show weakness and the church can swoop in to claim their prize. Thus they instigate El‘s fall, using Jake as their bloodhound.
Ben Heggem
main reason why not would be the fucked up stuff he's done would ruin the first sage for readers i think. not a bad idea just hope its not
Lazy Tyrant
I'm getting an eerie feeling that Eversmile is the first sage. Before you call me crazy.. Who is to say that his transcendent skill cannot affect himself?
Olof Karlsson
Thanks for the chapter!
Jason Scott
You called it close. She's gonna get a planet just might not be Hakkys home planet.
Danny
I celebrate the day that Orange fuk gets killed^^
Zogarth
Fix
Zogarth
Fix
Alex Cox
I would not be surprised to see them in Valhal, would make sense for Valdimar to want music while drinking with his buddies
Phasmatic7
Loving the viper coms now we're out of nevermore
Phasmatic7
Thankies for the chappie zogie
Vega
Excellent chapter, thanks
Chloe
Tyftc
Ty Cooper
He perceives anything between him and his hunters mark no matter the distance no matter what universe
Kyler
I know this is kinda off the wall but have we come across a bard class at all? I think it’d be pretty interesting to have a bard following a path similar to yip of yore I mean they are inherently the same both spin stories or tell exaggerated truths
John Durrett
Stash? Is that you?
John Durrett
If the author was to entertain each of the items that individuals would like to see more of, ..and lets say they are written...it would take possible Nevermore length chapters to explain all of them and all the Other people would call them fillers. You cant always get what you want, you get what you need.
Walter Kimberly
Tyftc
Walter Kimberly
Typo “I’ll try, William said with a wry smile—> “I’ll try” William said
Trevor Mergen
Thanks
Blackened
Thanks for the chapter!
KenTX325
Villy said he couldn’t see thru Eversmile disguise. And I think the favor he owed Villy was his actions at the chosen ceremony. I think all the primordials would like Yip to lose.
John Grizzly
I see his sphere of perception as a by product of his path, rather than the actual core of his path. As the apex, the most hunterest of hunters. Lol. As someone who is basically a pinnacle existence who is slowly filling in the levels, it seems more like his perception sphere is less awareness and more domination. Like a divine domain that moves woth him. It's only perception now because he can't make complete use of it. In the arena you see him basically enforce his will Into the world. Because as the apex, his will is made manifest. An d nothing will escape his view.
Juozapas
That could work
Kt-x
Thanks for the chapter
Anthony Smith
If he's the apex of apex predators his sphere will encompass everything eventually. Making everywhere his territory as no one is above him.
John Durrett
I could also see the Golden Road stepping in. They dont have a qualm with using slaves and contracts to get what they want and know about karma. Ell’Hakan'l blood line and binding a planet to his karma could be a serious threat to the golden road as it would take over their own paths...and i'm betting it is affecting their sales if they are unable to manipulate pricing as a result of Ell's karmic highjacking.
Arkenian
I could see it being yip, to have Jake somehow provoke orange boy, but that doesn't feel quite right either. Honestly, I think its most likely on behalf of a planet which doesn't want to fall to orange boy, but will take that over being annihilated. Or golden road emporium.
Arkenian
I could see the holy mother doing this to offset her other help to orange boy, depending. I don't think she's the most likely candidate by any means, but I wouldn't rule it out completely.
Andromeda Adams
I enjoy speculating on where the story will go. I also agree with you. However there are planets that have only EH and/or Yip’s word on Jake. That is what feeds their power. The belief/faith of those.
Daniel is ŁØNE
The whole jake is evil thing or any attempt to undermine his status won't work, Jake has proven more than willing to cooperate when necessary and his abilities have made indispensable to multiple factions. Furthermore he has positive relations with many major factions that the blow back from indiscriminate slander or attack might not be worth the effort, Jake has positive relations with the Order of the Malefic Viper via Villy, the Patheon of Life via Artemis, Natures Attendant and Dina, the Endless Empire via Vesperia, the Demons via the Demon Prince, Valhal via Carmen and Valdemar, and he generally has positive PR with the Undead because of how much he accepts them, hell he might soon have a working relationship with Umbra as well so there are even more possible future connections incoming. Unless Jake dies in a relatively non-backhanded way there are too many people who might potentially call BS on Ellhakken and Yip of Yore for going after him to be truly viable anymore.
SmokeJam
Well I think we got a sneak peek during the Collisseum in Nevermore. His perception is probably necessary to interact with these kind of energies or whatever he used back then to defeat Valdemar. My guess: The higher the grade, the better his control over the effect of the Sphere. It might actually not be a Sphere anymore, but something a lot more flexible and controllable, not just with a "dimmer button", but similar to mana. We shouldn't forget that he is currently using his Sphere at minimum capacity and only uses a fraction of the actual potential with the Pulses. I'm looking forward to the day he can have it running at 100% indefinetly.
SmokeJam
No need for people to get so worked up. The dude either didnt read the chapter, understood anything about it, or simply never checked for the definition of "filler episode".
Baged
Im thinking he's S/God tier version of hes sphere will let him see past the void, so he can snipe gods in there own realm... The Holy Mother have pissed him off somehow, and as she chilling with a glass of engle tears in he favorit rocking chair, she gets a golden arrow covered with runes in her chest. Would be awesome.
Ty Cooper
The Undead do support Jake quite a bit. He is great PR for them and Vampires. Ha he is even forcing Vampires, Holy Church, and Undead to work together on one goal. That has to send a message thru the multiverse.
KenTX325
I think it is Eversmile still messing with William. Willing to kill for no reason. Perfect disguise. There were hints earlier that Eversmile had a phase 2 plan for William.
Tyler S.
Biscuit
ShivaMcTimber
? How is the reintroduction of William and information about Ell'Hakan filler? Filler would be 'Jake goes and hunts a peak C grade Bush Baby with no relevance to existing/future story or character growth'
ShivaMcTimber
I think the point is you can't do that unless you can unbake the karmic control. This will take some fixing as it exists independent of Ell' Hakan. Quite the knotty problem. I'm wondering if Arnold can't come up with a Karmic Cutting Cutlass
Jeff McCulley
Backstory.
JJB4345_80_815
Jacob isn't one to kill a catspaw. SinCinnamon, I LOVE that theory and I'm sad that I didn't think of it myself!
JJB4345_80_815
I would rather Ell'Hakan be sacrificed instead. Certainly MOST of his brainwashed subjects shouldn't be held responsible for that A-holes actions?
JJB4345_80_815
Yes, thank you for the chappy Zogarth!
JJB4345_80_815
If the Holy Mother wants Ell'hakan's bloodline then the best approach would be to undermine Yip of Yore, not Ell'Hakan. Siccing Jake on Ell'Hakan might actually get Ell'Hakan killed before he can flee to the church. Less of a risk to attack the Yipper.
JJB4345_80_815
Villy should know Eversmile well enough to properly judge his method of interference. I would not completely rule it out but I do believe that there are more likely culprits (Umbra, Stormlid, the Daolord, Valdemar's wife that I am currently blanking on right now...)
JJB4345_80_815
By this point any current follower of this story should be cognizant of Zogarth's success as an author. Now, everyone is human and are allowed to have opinions, BUT I am also amazed at how some people choose to EXPRESS those opinions. I believe that it's okay to say "I didn't like this chapter because of..." BUT when someone basically attacks Zogarth and his writing as "filler," which has a very negative connotation it surprises me as well. He's an expert at story telling and everyone here is paying him for that expertise. As a patron, I believe that it benefits everyone involved if those that have criticism find a way to construct that criticism in a less confrontational manner and with proper forethought. Basically, criticism should be done constructively with the idea of "how can this be improved?" knowing beforehand that the author has already proven a level of proficiency in the subject. Myself, I loved this chapter and addressed something that I didn't even think about (how staying on Ell'hakan's world affected William) which added to the intricacy of the story. That was just one example. Even at other points I was marveling at how Zogarth approached certain topics with a deft hand. There was a lot of subtly in the chapter that would easily get overlooked in a knee jerk reaction.
Razeel Nightfall
He has a deal with the holy mother to give her faction an offspring with his bloodline so I don't think she would send William.
JJB4345_80_815
Umbra makes sense but not the Holy Mother. If Jake kills Ell'Hakan before she can figure out his bloodline then she loses out. The Holy Mother is a Primordial god with a huge following. A C-grade, even with a funky bloodline, is no actual threat to her.
ChRiAn
Could happen, even if it seems a waste. As far as I remember the Nahoom are a new original race, so seems like a waste to introduce them and then turn them extinct.
ChRiAn
Same
ChRiAn
My mind even wandered to Yip, to make the story more interesting.
ChRiAn
The word you are looking for is "set up", not filler. Filler is unrelated content, that has no influence on the story. This chapter is clearly set up for the next story portion after the Prima event. It introduces a new player and answers a long asked question.
Seen Death
Npc amazon shopper lol
Xhaare
The stronger Jake gets, the weirder his Sphere of Perception seems as the core of his path. With it growing every evolution between letter Tiers, by the time he’s a god it will be massive. But while Jake being called the ‘All-seeing Hunter’ or something would be entertaining, it seems like a deviation from the bloodline’s intentions. It seems more confrontational and dismissive of lessers than it does something that keeps watch on them. I’m curious to see if the B-Grade evolution comes with more direct combat applications, and whether or not the perception shenanigans are more a byproduct of it’s predator roots.
Juozapas
Some heretic influx into El Hakans planet core, to corrupt devotion to him
Quasimagics
Bold of you to assume eversmile allowed William to keep his v card.
Christian Sullivan
What if Jake is an S or God grade human variant and that is why his Bloodline is so broken. Like what if the Sage became a god and then reincarnated as a human with a bloodline and the new guy is Jake.
Jason Scott
Ok I take back the 2 way and now say 3 juicey way. Good call Jeff. Damn that would be a good 2nd base for Jake and Vespy. It would give her time to build up a massive defense before integration and keep out the autobot empire.
Jeff McCulley
^^^ ALMOST as dumb as above. Not only are you illustrating your own lack of understanding, you’re criticizing Zogarth’s voice as worthless. Why do some folks think that’s okay?
DDHG
It's either Umbra or the Holy Mother. Umbra as per Villy's words, she is a coward and doesn't like things that can be potential threats to her station. I don't know what threat Ell'Hakan poses to her, but it's s theory. Or the Holy Mother because he has the ability to step on her toes, that level of mind control is dangerous in the long term to her station. Plus she does have good Karmic manipulation abilities l.
Jordan H
I don't think he will, but I do fervently hope he will
KenTX325
Not pure filler. We found out there is a mysterious person, it’s not a plague, Jake decided to stop taking a break, and we got a short visit from Villy. He has been missing lately and I was disappointed we didn’t get more than one paragraph from him. No real comments from Villy on the situation and influence of Yip. No spreading info to other factions yet. No mobilization of all resources to respond to threat. Maybe tomorrow.
Demonshadow639
He kinda already has, not on purpose or anything like what he is with Villy, but he does act normal (for himself at least) around them. For the most part anyway. Way more normal than anyone else besides another primordial
Seen Death
I wouldnt say thats a completely correct statement, while it might get lonely being eternal, theyve already lived for countless years. If they havnt lost their minds yet, theyve already adaquately adapted imo. Also jakes abiliies could be viewed as a threat to certain gods(and therefore not like him), like eversmile (jake seems to be one of the incredibly rare people to know when hes around, to compare, Oras the void guy is another of the very few id imagine can notice) But because Jake messes with everything so much, i think eversmiles opinion of him is just below neutral right now, and jakes probably only been spared because of his closeness to the viper
George Campbell
Honestly, I think that Jake might be the most valuable mortal in this new universe. Not because of any power, levels, records...Imagine how goddamn lonely being a Primordial has to be? Even other gods are largely subservient or terrified (Artemis to Yggdrasil.) I genuinely hope we can see Jake interacting with and treating other Primordials like *people.* I think it'll be good for them. Valdemar already likes him anyway lmao
Shup Idot
Probably the sage.
SinCinnamon
Im betting it’s the Undead. They would really not want to see his bloodline integrated with the Holy Chirch.
Numbzy
I mean, he does owe Vilas a favor. Getting his chosen on the right path to victory seems possible.
Jeff McCulley
You forgot “give Vesperia a 93rd universe planet to grow her brood on”. 😉
Jeff McCulley
Thanks for the chapter, Zogarth!
Jeff McCulley
Never a fan of people who label things they don’t like or don’t grasp as “filler”. It’s just plain dumb.
SmokeJam
As I can't write it in another comment section this week: Biscuits!
Amazon Shopper
?wtf was that chapter. Nothing happened. Filler? yea that was pure filler
Elijah Reitmeier
I feel like it has to be Caleb and the Court that hired him, right? Surely someone in the court figured out where his home planet is, and would also explain why they had him report to Jake.
Sean
The possible third party just feels like a red herring. It's definitely just Eversmile making them think a third party is involved.
Sean
It was explained in chapter. It would be considered a plague if him changing emotions made the person manipulated able to manipulate someone else in the same way. Since it's only Ellhakan and his pylons making the effect it's not really a plague, just a really big AOE
Lizy Flore
Tyftc ! Could the 3rd party be the Church ? I mean they went to EH for his bloodline, but maybe are annoyed with this whole stuff with YoY and Villy, and wants Jake to deal with him so they can have his bloodline ? It has been clearly said the Church could only benefit from such a bloodline, and it seems like the kind of trick they’d be up to. They would have hid their identity bc, well, they are the Holy Church and can’t be seen doing such underhanded manigances.
SmokeJam
Who knows, maybe Eversmile didn't just fuck him over, but also fucked him xD
BlackRazaras
Thanks for the chapter
Ty Cooper
Also anyone think EH's world will be Jake's first mass sacrifice of a planet. 🤞
SmokeJam
Because he literally explained what the difference is? Continued control vs self-propagating. If Cheeto stops the active influence, it will entirely stop. A karmic plague always proliferates, no matter if or what a controller tries to achieve.
Andromeda Adams
Tftc! The plot thickens! Maybe it was Eversmile who hired William… we may never know. At least no time soon. Of course maybe it’s a trap. They know Jake may not have helped the other planets unless he knew. Now that he. Knows Jake isn’t going to sit back and let that happen. Which in the end Jake will have to essentially conquer other worlds. That would play into Yip’s and EH narrative, about how he is evil. In any case I can’t wait to see! Thank you Zog!
Ty Cooper
Alright Alright. William is growing on me a bit. I guess he can have a redemption in my heart. El'cheeto doesn't get a redemption though. He deserves death. Going to laugh if it was Jacob who hired William so as not to bring the downfall of the church by having his EH's bloodline take over.
Jonathan
At least it all seems both probably and possible probable
Jonathan
William’s revelations about Ell’Hakan and the shit he had been up to was quite something. were quite something. Comparing it to what the Holy Church and their extreme propaganda was far more accurate, Comparing it to the Holy Church and their extreme propaganda was far more accurate, “I’ll try, William said “I’ll try," William said Eversmile had just fucked him a lot, Eversmile had just fucked him over a lot,
Matthew Lemon
I know Williams has done some terrible things but I'm liking his character development. I wonder what would happen if jake put some jake juice in a planets core. He may need to use a lot.
Austin English
My first thought was cheeto or yip are the ones who hired William to check on cheetos planet and then report it to Jake. Just feels like sneaky devious schemes to me.
Jason Scott
I can see this going 2 very fun ways for El Hakkys planet. First we still need that oh so juicy planetary sacrifice Villy gave him to try out, or maybe Jake can use the same pylon trick and transmutation it into some kind of horror that eats the planet and strengthens earth's pylon. At this point there is no saving the people. They are to far gone with a mind warp. If he ends up killing El Hakky, the planet could turn into some kind off terrorism training camp focused on earth.
Taj Malloy
Tftc
joel southard
Nice thank you for the chapter
Doodlenoodle
C0bra$
Thank u
TyranT-Rex
Oh I like that clarification about this not being like a Karmic Plague.
Detrox
Yay
D.Pidge
Heck, guess I was second.
D.Pidge
First!
Cory wilson
First thanks
