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Chapter 954 - Voice of the One
🕑 Added 2024-07-16 11:20:41 +0000 UTCFinally Jake would have a meeting with the World Leader of the humongously populated elven planet. He needed the guy to agree to engage the Prima Guardian, so this was what he had been waiting for. It was also why Jake had been holding back so far.
Jake felt pretty damn certain that had he gone full power from the get-go and flexed all over the elves, he would have never gotten a meeting with the Voice of the One unless he forced his way to one. Even so, there was a chance Jake would have to kill a lot of elves to get what he wanted… and he really didn’t see any need to do that.
People tended to fear people who were too strong. What Jake had presented proved that he was powerful, yes, perhaps even the most powerful individual on the planet… but not so strong that the general and others felt like they couldn’t still handle Jake should he choose to turn hostile.
To clarify, Jake didn’t see a world where they could handle him at full power if they did end up in a conflict. This was a big reason why he wanted to avoid having to fight in the first place.
It wasn’t like acting weaker than he actually was felt like a slight to his honor or anything. He would reveal himself soon enough when the time was right. All of this was just a strategy to most effectively get what he wanted without also doing a genocide.
Miranda also wouldn’t like it if Jake did a genocide. Definitely wouldn’t look good either from an outside perspective if Jake went to some peaceful elven planet and just started blasting. Ell’Hakan could definitely use that to spin his story about how truly evil Jake was. Last but not least… Jake just didn’t want to kill a bunch of weaklings for no damn reason if he could avoid it. It just felt icky.
Either way, operation “strong but not too strong” had succeeded, and Jake was on his way to a meeting with the Voice of the One. The attendant escorted him with much delight while praising how powerful he was. She also really laid it on thick how awesome the Great Bright One was, and her intent for Jake to join them was utterly shameless. Honestly, Jake respected the grift.
Once they arrived back in the capital city, they were soon joined by a group of elves to take Jake the rest of the way. However, in addition to these, Jake also saw a few of the mercenaries around, keeping an eye on things. Together with the elven escort that was definitely in the higher echelons of power of the planet and the mercenaries… yep, these were definitely the people meant to ensure Jake wouldn’t try anything.
Certainly wouldn’t have allowed me within a hundred kilometers of the Voice of the One if they thought I was a risk to his life, Jake thought confidently as he politely greeted the escort and followed them. Surprisingly, they left the capital city again and headed toward a large mountain Jake had spotted in the distance before but hadn’t really thought more about.
Jake flew with the same pace as his escorts, the mercenaries not even trying to hide they were also there. It didn’t take long before they arrived at the mountain, where Jake saw even more guards around. These were stronger than his escort, too.
What’s more, Jake couldn’t remember when he had last seen so many magical barriers and formations in one place. Mind you, this wasn’t because this was the most impressive Jake had seen, just that most seemed to prioritize quality over quantity, and because maintaining this many formations had to be expensive as hell.
He also saw that the mountain had been hollowed out, with a structure built within. In the center of the construction, Jake saw a room with a single person sitting inside. The man Jake was to speak with, he reckoned.
“The Voice of the One awaits inside,” one of the guards at the main gate said, as he carefully looked over Jake.
“I’m happy to have been allowed this meeting,” Jake said, continuing to play his role.
The guard just nodded and threw a glance at his partner. The two of them took out a token each as they lit up, making the door also light up, and a hallway filled with light appeared in front of Jake. It was so damn bright it looked like a laser shot out of the hallway, attempting to blind Jake.
Bloody hell, Jake cursed internally as he walked into the hallway of light. Once inside, he saw that the source of light was magic circles placed on every wall, with a one-way mirror placed in front of it so it would both send out and reflect light. It was so goddamn extreme and stupid Jake almost found it funny. Almost. If Jake had been a D-grade still, he was pretty damn sure he would have been burned to a crisp just walking through the hallway with his non-existent light affinity.
Now, he was fine, though. Not that it wasn’t annoying to walk through it, and he wondered how anyone could live there.
This hallway continued for nearly a hundred meters into the mountain, with a few paths off to the side here and there on the way, all covered with barriers of light that looked identical to the mirrors, making them incredibly hard to spot within the light-filled hallway. Behind these barriers, Jake also finally saw one of the reasons for the design of this place.
They had been pretty hard to see due to their incorporeal forms… but the mountain had quite a few light elementals within it. These elementals fed on the heavy light affinity mana to grow stronger, and Jake wouldn’t be surprised if they were somehow tied to the Voice of the One or even the Great Bright One.
Having reached the end of the hallway, it was time to find out what he was dealing with. A door opened up at the end of the hallway, and Jake walked inside and found himself in a small room with a couch and a chair that, for one, wasn’t filled with light. The door behind him closed as another one opened up in front of him, leading into where the Voice of the One sat.
Jake had been surprised at, and even praised, the way the Council Estate had designed their meeting room. He liked that they didn’t use height to indicate they had a higher position than any guests visiting. This was clearly not a sentiment shared by the Voice of the One.
The entire room was large and circular, with a large raised platform in the middle with a circular bed. On top of this bed, an elven man sat with his eyes closed, light mana revolving around him. He had long blonde hair that spilled out onto the bed, and he wore a bright white robe with intricate patterns on it. Entering the room, Jake quickly used Identify.
[Elf – lvl 287 – Greater Blessing of the Great Bright One]
Right as he did, the elf also opened his eyes, both shooting out beams of light for a moment. Jake immediately felt an Identify on him, and he felt pretty happy he had masked his true level before going to the planet. He was also impressed that the elf had a higher level than himself… though Jake wouldn’t comment on the power level he felt from the elf.
Alright, he would. Stronger than Olliandra but way weaker than Jake. Weaker than anyone on Earth’s strike team, too. Maybe around the level of Reika?
“Welcome, World Leader from across the stars,” the Voice of the One said in a voice that echoed throughout the hall.
“Hello there,” Jake said with a smile, also noting the Greater Blessing on the guy. A Greater Blessing was enough to allow someone to directly communicate with a god, albeit not very effectively. Usually, those blessed could only talk with their gods through rituals, prayers, some forms of meditation, or other unique circumstances where the god directly reached out. The higher your rank of Blessing was, the easier it was to hear the words of a god, and the easier it was to reach out.
Jake being able to directly talk with Villy was definitely not normal in the slightest… especially not these days.
“I hear you have proven yourself not only a leader but a hunter of impressive power. Thank you for offering your assistance to us,” the elven man said, nodding his head slightly in acknowledgment. “I was also told you wish to engage the Prima Guardian soon rather than later. However, after conferring with the Great Bright One, I must sadly inform you that this is not possible. It’s too soon, and we cannot be blinded by ambition and move too fast.”
And this was where Jake believed his role of being “strong but not too strong” ended, and his role as a“terrifying existence who can kill your Prima Guardian and threatens the entire planet if you piss him off too much” began.
Jake smiled as he looked at the Voice of the One.
“Impressive theatrics… this entire setup is indeed very elaborate. Definitely convincing to the masses,” Jake spoke, his tone and demeanor changed. Something the Voice of the One clearly noticed.
“I do not know what you are-“
“You said you just talked to the Great Bright One, right?” Jake asked with a raised eyebrow.
The elf nodded and was about to answer, but Jake cut him off before he had a chance to.
“See, that’s a little weird, isn’t it… considering I haven’t been able to reach out to the god who blessed me ever since the system event began,” Jake said, in a very much accusatory tone.
This was something Jake hadn’t really commented on, and it had even taken him a moment to notice… but ever since the Prima Guardian arrived on Earth and the event officially began, he had been cut off from Villy. Perhaps it was his time in Nevermore, where he spent fifty years cut off from the god, that had made it not feel that weird anymore not to have Villy observing anymore.
Considering it was a system event, perhaps this shouldn’t be overly surprising, but the event did feel different in that he could still travel around and even go to other universes. At least he believed he could, though he hadn’t tried. Either way… point was that the Voice of the One was full of shit when he said he had been talking to his god.
The atmosphere in the room changed with Jake’s accusation, and he got the feeling the elf was about to do something as Jake, for the first time since arriving on the planet, didn’t hold back at all. He fully unleashed his aura, mixing in a bit of Pride.
“I wouldn’t do anything stupid,” Jake said in a cold tone. “We’re just talking here, right?”
Staring down at Jake with wide eyes, the Voice of the One was visibly shaking. “You… you were sent here by Ell’Hakan, weren’t you?”
… what?
Alright… alright, he could try and roll with this.
“You know why I’m here,” Jake tried to act menacingly. Which, unsurprisingly, wasn’t very hard when the elf was already shaking in fear. At least he was for a moment, but he seemed to gather himself rather quickly and regained some dignity as he answered.
“I… we never intended to get into any conflict with the Prima Guardian Alliance, and there is no cause for this. We may not be working with you, but that does not make us enemies. All we want is to continue our peaceful existence and remain neutral,” the elf said.
Jake definitely felt like the villain in this situation, threatening the leader of a peaceful faction, but he still kept pressing.
“You paint yourself some peaceful leader, yet you rule through deceit and lies, making your entire planet believe this Great Bright One is some supreme god and creator of the system. Did you really think that would have no consequences?” Jake asked, trying to remain cold. “Also, do you truly think Ell’Hakan will allow you to just sit on the sidelines?”
The Voice of the One clenched his fists when Jake said this. For a moment, he seemed to reflect on something before he looked up at Jake with steeled eyes. “Says you, the servant of some delusional fucking lunatic who abuses his Bloodline to create fanatics to fight some other Chosen. And for what? To help his equally delusional Patron try and kill a Primordial? It’s lunacy, and yet you dare accuse me of anything. Did I lie? Yes, yes, I fucking did! How else was I supposed to get seventy-nine damn countries in one room and united under one banner? We would have destroyed ourselves before this event even started if I hadn’t! They needed something to gather around, some sense of certainty. Do I think this is ideal? Of course I don’t, but it’s not something I can fix right now, not when the entire damn galaxy is trapped between two Chosen trying to compete on who can be the biggest menace to the multiverse.”
To say he went off would be an understatement, as the Voice of the One yelled practically everything. Jake was honestly taken aback at the sheer fervor displayed by the elf, but more than that… he really hated Ell’Hakan, didn’t he? Not that he sounded like a massive fan of Jake, either.
The elf also clearly wasn’t done as he stood up. In all of the rooms within the mountain, Jake felt the light elementals stir as the Voice of the One prepared to call upon them. “I may not be as powerful as you, but even if I die, I sha-“
“No, we’re good,” Jake interrupted the guy as he raised a hand.
“… what?”
“We good,” Jake repeated. “Though I would recommend “orange fuck” over Ell’Hakan.”
A brief pause followed.
“Who are you?” the elf just stared confused.
“Thayne,” he finally introduced himself. Having revealed his power, keeping his name a secret didn’t matter much anymore, and it would also be nice to see if the guy recognized him.
“That name… you’re the Chosen of the Malefic Viper?” the Voice of the One asked with wide eyes.
“The one and only,” Jake answered nonchalantly. “Though I guess that isn’t super impressive in retrospect. Compared to the Great Bright One, the Malefic Viper is just some nobody, right?”
“I… that was never something I claimed…” the elf said, back to acting pretty damn fearful. “All I said was that the system was granted to us by the Great Bright One. Our Tutorial was organized by this god, and I did well and managed to get my Blessing there, and with it being the only divine influence anyone knew of… I will admit I took advantage to try and make the Great Bright One look far more impressive than any god can possibly be. However, I never claimed anything regarding power. I even tried to make them think of the Great Bright One as more like a concept than an actual living being.”
“Sounds like there is an entire story behind this entire Great Bright One thing,” Jake commented. “I may be interested in hearing it later, but for now, I’m far more interested in your little outburst regarding Ell’Hakan earlier.”
The elf hesitated but still answered after a few seconds. “The Chosen of Yip of Yore tried to recruit us for his alliance, and at first, I considered it… but the Great Bright One warned me. In retrospect, something certainly was wrong during our meeting, and after the Great Bright One explained his Bloodline, I understood what he did. Joining hands with him isn’t actually joining hands, but collaring yourself. A collar that may become a noose at any moment should Ell’Hakan so desire.”
Jake nodded at the pretty expected explanation as he asked a follow-up question: “How does the Great Bright One know so much about his Bloodline?”
“The Great Bright One was once a light elemental that has often worked with the Holy Church, even if he isn’t a member. From my understanding, he learned about Ell’Hakan through someone he knew in the Church.”
“I see,” Jake nodded. That did make sense. “Now, not to put you on the spot… but what are your thoughts on the Chosen of the Malfic Viper?”
It was definitely a bit cheeky to ask that, but Jake couldn’t help himself.
“In truth, not very positive. All I know of you is that you are the Chosen of the Malefic Viper, a god not known as the kindest or most merciful, and that you are by proxy in a conflict with Ell’Hakan due to your Patron. Nothing indicates to me your presence here isn’t an existential threat,” the elf answered.
Jake nodded, considering all of this from the elf’s perspective. It definitely had to suck being stuck in the middle like this while you just wanted to remain neutral.
“Fair enough. But I was truthful when I said I doubt Ell’Hakan will allow you to remain on the sidelines. Perhaps he would for a while, but his ambitions and Path require him to expand his influence and control,” Jake said.
“I’m well aware,” the elf sighed. “It truly is a choice between two evils, huh? Either we subjugate ourselves to the Chosen of the Malefic Viper or a maniac who uses his Bloodline to control your emotions.”
“No?” Jake asked, confused.
“What?” the elf said, equally confused.
“I don’t care if you remain neutral,” Jake shrugged. “Might it be necessary to recognize that you are living within the territory of the Order at some point? Sure, but I’m not sure I would call that subjugating.”
“If… if you’re not here to suppress us, why did you sneak in to have a meeting with me like this in the first place?” the elven World Leader questioned.
“Oh, I’ve been very upfront about that from the beginning. I need you to release the Prima Guardian from the Prima Vessel so I can kill it. Afterward, I promise to return to my own planet and not bother you further. Not saying there can’t be political talk after that, but it would be with my right hand,” Jake said.
“… are you really just here to kill the Prima Guardian?” the elf asked in disbelief.
“Yep, and now that we’ve made that clear, you have no reason to refuse, right?” Jake asked with a cheeky smile as he looked forward to taking down a third Guardian.
Comments
ABTelford
Hehehe! I kinda feel bad for this world leader, having to deal with Jake. Lol!
Joshua Little
Thanks for the chapter.
Kconraw
Thx for the chapter
Frankie Rose
it gets better and better
DirePants
Yeah I read it a bit then they started asking for money 🤨… I only read to see how many more unnecessary changes they would make. In general I didn’t like it. But there’s a big following for it, half of which don’t know it’s a novel it seems.
Shaibene
I agree, you can say, "we good" but in this instance, its simply wrong or needs extra detail as to why he mis repeated himself
Collateral_ink
El'Hakan and Yip's path as storytellers is probably one of the highest risk paths I can imagine, and that includes Jake's totally-not-begging-to-be-lynched Heretic-Blessed path. All of their effort and strength is invested in creating a character. The character is what receives the benefits, not the storyteller himself. Break the story, and the storyteller is left with nothing. I think that at the climax of the fight with Villy and Yip, we will see his story broken so thoroughly that before Villy kills him Yip isn't even divine anymore.
Trevor Mergen
Thanks!
Jeff McCulley
“Did I lie? Yes, yes, I fucking did! How else was I supposed to get seventy-nine damn countries in one room and united under one banner?” I actually like this guy. He’s just scrambling to do his best with the hand he’s been dealt. 79 different countries? Herding cats. No wonder.
Kevin Watson
i don’t know why i didn’t expect the world leader to a normal guy that’s kinda in over his head. this is probably the best possible outcome?
DeAngelo Wilson
I hope it wasn’t a typo! I thought it was fun, and have said it in conversation myself xD
Gallagher.563
Minaga has a Unique Skill which is basically a system created Transcendent Skill. I don’t think he has any issues communicating with his clones in the 93rd.
Gallagher.563
I think it’s more about perception. Anything Jake does is viewed as an official act of the Order by the multiverse.
Rhysal
I wonder if being an elemental the great light bulb knows StormMild?
Shaibene
It clearly states that Jake Repeats himself and since he says we're in the previous line, its probably a typo
Baged
If thats the case, then next time we see Willy Nelly do talki talki with the Order we should see him change to hes true form and sling a comment about mirrow him self to Jake's race. The way he's been showen until now as some normy bodyface? Hes a dark green Snake guy with scalls, and not some White Boy with a scally rash on he's arm!
Clint
In a universe with no Jake, EH's strategy would likely be very successful. In a universe with Jake, EH will be dead soon anyway, so his strategy is irrelevant.
Clint
Either Jake can't be bothered to come up with a different name for his own faction, or he'd be horrified at the realization that he's going to have a faction.
Kyle Hunt
Well, I'm pretty convinced that the entire slaughter was due to the death of his wife and kid, someone made the mistake of targeting his family (probably for bloodline reasons) and he no longer had anything to lose. That is just my assumption based on the information that has been provided.
Kyle Hunt
My guess is that Zogarth didn't think that line through, or he did, and this is Jake saying "I don't really care about controlling everything, so lets just give it to my buddy and let him do what he wants with it." Or like Tyler S. said, he is just talking in present tense, right now, for all intents and purposes, what belongs to Jake will always be seen as belonging to Villy.
Osamaru Ta
Ya. the fact that they're likely the most stable and highest population planet in the Galaxy tells us their plan actually worked, in a way.
TwoMoreYears
Jake “why won’t anyone believe me when I say I want to kill primas and then be left alone?”
Arieh Sochaczevski
Thanks for the chapter!
Arieh Sochaczevski
A very little baby SNEK only growing powerful because of eating lots of mushrooms.
Tyler S.
There are definite changes but it does still follow closely to the story. A narrative companion (that could have been replaced by Villy head bubbles as they talked telepathy) and Jacob has been changed to Adam (minimize name similarities with Jake) +others but i would recommend checking it out as Zog is also supporting it.
Tyler S.
When the 93rd opens everything under Jake's control will effectively be counted as a new Hall for the Order, under Jake
Jeff McCulley
“Might it be necessary to recognize that you are living within the territory of the Order at some point.” The territory of the Order? That’s new. Zogarth dropping a crumb about the future. Generally Jake doesn’t give a hoot about what the Order does. Let alone notice. Recognizing that they’ll want to stake a claim to this galaxy? That’s different.
Jeff McCulley
Generally it’s the semiliterate who use that term. That’s not Jake.
SmokeJam
Which is probably more accurate than not, considering the vision we saw of a calm c-grade viper learning alchemy from the First Sage
Keegan Moss
A danger noodle
Andrew Neino
I like to think that pre system he was a garden snek
Andrew Neino
It might be some jake slang. I've heard some people say "we good" in conversations before
Shaibene
The first we should be We're. “We* (We're) good,” Jake repeated. “Though I would recommend “orange fuck” over Ell’Hakan.”
Seen Death
One thing of note, is most of the people who will accept outside help are already semi-resisting cheeto already But even in jakes last planet which was part of the alliance -but risking destruction, they did seem to learn a bit more of the truth from jakes actions Should be quite interesting to see how it all plays out haha
Seen Death
Well, jakes view on the order is slightly scewed, another commentor here is correct, it being associated with the viper would eliminate many headaches in the future for protection (although there could be a few that target it for that reason aswell) But jake is the second most important person in the order, with the viper above him That being the case, jake effectively IS the order haha Although he and villy dont really care about the politics
Seen Death
Ye, one of the benefits of patreon is we can point out some potential details, or make predictions, and then the author could take inspiration from that if they wish. Makes our reading more enjoyable, makes chapters potentially easier to write, and encourages thoughtful/engaging comment sections to give just that much more content between actual chapters lol
Kyle Hunt
Love how Jake is inadvertently spreading the true theology of the Malefic Viper by implicitly stating "I don't give a crap about you weak folk, just don't get in my way." By the end of it, the entire 93rd universe will be thinking "This Malefic One isn't so bad, why did he really go on a rampage? Someone must have done something really stupid to piss him off."
Seen Death
I think only a extreme minority of people (most of them with a higher blessing) would be able to notice the funky stuff cheeto is doing So most people/world leaders would be pretty forced into his mould, and even then the people who do notice, but are too weak to handle their own primas would also be turned
DasGoat622
It definitely feels like there is going to be a confrontation between EH and the “freed” planets. Jake’s tactic of just explaining EHs bloodline and then letting them make their own choice is going to have downstream effects for EHs path. Now add to that the heroics of the other earth fighters. Can’t wait to see how EH is handling his business willing to bet it’s not going as smoothly as the earth lead campaign.
DasGoat622
I think they have to reconnect with the main Minaga in order to share the knowledge they gain.
DasGoat622
Yeah but when you fight one fanatic you fight them all. So it may start as a Slaughter but it probably ends in a Genocide.
Shaibene
A blue white-lip viper, but I always imagine him to be black with a greenish underbelly, so a Black Green-Lip Viper lol
Anthony Jenkins
Ell'Hakan is more or less a one trick pony far as i can tell and as soon as the rest of the 93rd universe come to truly realize what he is he will be worthless to yip
joel southard
Nice thank you for the chapter
Jay Doubleyou Kay
What kind of Viper does everyone imagine Villy to have originally looked like??
ItWasIDIO!!
I like this guy the ultimate altruistic con man that got stuck in the con
SmokeJam
Told ya we can recruit The Lightbulb. Might be useless because it can't provide anything, but at least it sounds like a more rational thinking elemental. And props to the hustle of those two, actually good stop gap measures for herding enlightened sheep.
James Faulkner
Jake is hilarious lol
Burkholt
You know Jake is sorta a Guardian of the Galaxy! Even if he could care less about protecting the Galaxy.
Micah Molina
I guess it would depend how the System defines his ability? If it's on the level of being Bloodline or Transcendent adjacent, then he might still have connection. The way it's been defined, is that they are all connected even after the fact Minaga discovered the loophole regarding clones in Dungeons. But I wouldn't be shocked if the System restricted him. The fact he manages to smuggle clones into new Universes already, leads me to believe it's a loophole the System continues to allow.
Osamaru Ta
I agree. Its heavily implied that Minaga is his own followers, and while each 'clone' is connected to the greater whole, they're ALSO Individuals, needing to gain their own levels/grades and possibly even skills or titles. In a way, its more accurate to think of Minaga as not a singular being, but rather a Hive-Mind species, in and of himself. THAT'S what makes him a "Unique Lifeform" compared to other being that can clone or copy themselves. In that case, it would totally make sense that the system would cut contact with his clones.
Osamaru Ta
I'm SUUUUPER glad that the "Great Bright One" and the "Voice" (did we ever get their name?) aren't just some crazy cultist. They did what they did for a REASON, and to be totally fair to them, it WORKED. Their planet is very likely the most united planet with the highest population in the Galaxy. That's pretty impressive in its own right.
kingofshibainu
I love Jake and his approach to politics.
Stuart Thwaites
'did a genocide' lol
Conclave
Is Minaga really able to interact with these specific clones right now ? I mean he's restricted in many ways by the System, just like je was in Nevermore. The fact that he's a Unique Lifeform might help him tho.
Conclave
Yeah these two world leaders seems like good fellas. In some way they share some things with Jake and I believe Zogarth did that on purpose. That World Leader is shown to be one if not the closest to some God (at least that's why most people that know him believes). Our nice little spear lady is (or was?) pretty rekless. Even if I believe like that it was pushed even further by the Orange Fuck, she clearly share Jake's impulsive nature, she just dont share his absolute devasting power. I'm sad that Jake can't really end Yip's Chosen, at least not now. I want Yip to lose his Chosen so bad because I'm sure that would hurt him so much. I mean, the dude litteraly turn stories into reality so if one of his stories, the one about his Chosen (most important mortal) ends and not by his own will, that must be some pretty bad thing for him
Baged
Dont read it... It will do truesoul damage by how much it sucks. Willy is a White normy manga Boy and Jake's best friend is a blue imp... You have been warned!
Michael Lambus
There is a webtoon out though it is made by a different person
Aerlevsedi
Now I don't disagree that slaughter would work, I do think accidental genocide works for what Jake meant. The unfortunate reality of true fanatics is that I could easily see their entire planet committing suicide by Jake if they were misguided into thinking it necessary.
Rhysal
Ugh, I mean we are talking about someone who did wipe out every sentient being on an entire planet.
Valhazstromoz
I believe he's saying it in a smart-ass way, not actually implying you would kill all of them
Hunter Thornton
I love Jake logic.” I’m here to hunt, now unleash the prey”. Can’t get much better than that.
Jeff McCulley
“Genocide” is now officially one of the most misused and overused terms on the planet. Genocide implies an intent to kill ALL of them. “Slaughter” works just fine. For this context.
Azayrian105
I mean I wouldn’t be surprised. It definitely helps clarify and rebuts a lot of the complaints I saw from the last chapter. So giving reason and ideas behind why he is doing what he is doing is smart on the author as the audience can spot potential inconsistencies so he uses this chapter to patch it up.
Micah Molina
Lol, I respect the grift. I bet the gods who handed out high blessings in the 93rd are stressing out, especially those who blessed ppl from the Milky-Way. I mean Total blackout knowing two Chosen will most likely collide during the event. Well either that or they're taking bets as to which blessed survive the conflict lol. Edit: in retrospect, Minaga could be making a killing charging for info since he probably has clones in all the Dungeons he handed out?
Exaiter
Kinda agree, what els does he have that he could use? I dont remember 😆
Exaiter
Lets fucking goooooo
William WIlson
Dude my favorite part is Jake fucking with Ell’Hakans plans. I mean who would have implanted the idea that Jake wouldn't let them be neutral, Ell’Hakan did that. Jake is basically correcting Ell’Hakans tales about himself without Ell’Hakan noticing. I'd be damn interested in knowing what the orange fuck has been doing but it's only day or so maybe he hasn't even killed his second prima
Vega
Fair enough, that’s a valid theory. We’ll wait for clarification from the author perhaps.
Tilen Praprotnik
Thanks for the chapter
Zadumu
It would be great if Jake and friends are become some type of galactic folk heroes and subvert Yips plans enough that he has try to recruit Jake and abandon Ell’Hakan in order to paint the picture he wants. When I really think about it, Ell’Hakan is playing a pretty dangerous game and relying on his bloodline far too much.
William WIlson
I'm pretty sure Jake just said that because one day they may need the clout of the Viper to get some other weaker gods the fuck off. Think of how earth works but on multiple worlds possibly the entire milky way galaxy.
BlackRazaras
Thanks for the chapter
William WIlson
O I'm pretty positive Zogarth at minimum checks out the comments to see what is making sense and what isn't. For an example with Jake having given a warning to olliandra that could also be read like a threat was debated quite a bit in the comments. He then clarified it was taken as a warning nit a threat in the next chapter
DirePants
Lmao! I’d love to see this animated. So many anime moments. And Jake is such a battle nerd 🤦🏾♂️ “no serious, I just want to kill the damn” 😂
Lazy Tyrant
Because he was right. The fact that their population is so large could have made their planet a nightmare and then leading to ending up losing this Prima event. It's a miracle he was able to keep peace and order. If he had to get a little cultish for that, no blame from me, he did a great job.
Vega
But it’s not under the Order. It is under Jake, who has the backing of the Order. A real life approximate example is when the US backs the rise of a politician as leader in a foreign country. Doesn’t mean that the country is suddenly US territory.
kandiana
Why would Jake need to hide his level? I thought it wasn't that high yet, seeing other world leaders being close to him in level... Typo: "the easier it was the hear the words of a god" - to hear the words
Vega
I don’t know man, so far it seems that the first world was already abandoned by Ell’hakan and the second had already rejected Ell’hakan, so he’s not exactly undercutting Ell’hakan’s influence. Just touching base with neutral parties. Would be interesting to see how this all plays out though. I’d love to see how Carmen is going about too
James mMcClellan
I was right he's a con man trying to keep his plant safe , I wonder how many planets orangy has been to I assume the it a few since he can easily influence other to think they're ready
Phasmatic7
All these world leaders are idiots but they're idiots with good hearts apparently. Thankies as always zogie!!!
Kenneth Dennis
Yes that's one of the things I'm liking about this so far. That and Jake's personal brand of almost accidental politicking and succeeding. All because he just wants to kill primas and not get yelled at by Miranda lol
TKOva
This is legit the best new interaction he's had. And I hope he makes a council for the universe in totality.
Namorat
I like this a lot. I am not a fan of cults and cultish things, but it doesn't feel malicious here, which is great.
John Looney
If Jake wins the galaxy seat of the prima or whatever I think that would claim the galaxy under the order by proxy like how earth is technically under the order even if that’s not how it functions
Conclave
At some point, every "Neutral" ones will have to side with Jake, at least to prevent the orange fuck to take over their whole universe at some point. Jake can't win alone and if he lose, they'll fall right after him. Plus, Jake ain't some prick. He'll leaves alone everyone that don't fuck around rather than taking control... And if people side with him to access better position, power and things like that well... Hello benefit from it to so why would he push them away ?
Klown Keidra
By the end of this event, I think there may be some kind of control over the galaxy. And with Jake being part of it, that makes anything he controls, defacto part of the order itself.
Mohamed Amine ELOUDRHIRI
nah he doesn't really care and the order is literally his own and neither he nor villy care for a territorry neither care to make a demarcation because people are just gonna assume it's the order's territory anyway and it's a headache to make the demarcation so yeah... just roll with it jake's territorry is the order's less headache and more fear factor for people to leave him to his Hunt XD
Olof Karlsson
Thanks for the chapter!
PatienceHoney
Right!! That was weird and fun! I was thinking wow! Either some commentors are super in sync with the story/author or Zogarth reads our comments and tailors some of his writing to respond to our questions. Almost directly. Or even more likely - both...
Michael
Love how Jake is just casually dismantling "Orange Fucks" plans and tails about him
John Balman
LoL
Vega
Perhaps “living within the territory of the Order” was meant to be “living within the vicinity of the Chosen”?
Cory Sauls
TFTC
Sébastien Kingsbury
I really liked the reversal on the loony cultist take for the planet
Andromeda Adams
Maybe the Bright One is not that bad after all. I do hope they form an alliance. TYFTC!
Clint
Nice. Miranda is going to be so proud of Jake.
Burkes
Shoutout to that one guy who basically megaminded the predictions in last chapter comments.
JJMand
Jake navigated that encounter surprisingly well.
Mohammed Sheekh
I think this arc confirms that jake will be going on a galactic adventure on the next arc, hopefully we get the answer on who the first humans were that jake seems to be apart of.
Vega
But why would it be the territory of the Order? From what I understand, it’s Jake’s territory, not territory he took control of on behalf of the Order, if it’s even his territory at all, since he didn’t seem interested in expansion. Would appreciate some clarification! Thanks for the chapter btw! I’m loving this arc
Inv7ctus
tbh nice work jake. So far that couldnt really have gone much better. You got him all scared and ready to thrown down, then "nah im just here to help, politics are dumb anyway" This arc is really gonna be the one where people start to actually know Jake. Not the 'chosen of the malefic one" but 'The hunter'
Decibel790
It was very refreshing, seeing someone react that way to Jake despite his full aura on display. Gotta respect that elf, he's the first person I think we've seen who hasn't just knelt down and started praying for mercy. At least considering the circumstances. Obviously people in higher grades wouldn't react the same unless they're in the order.
JJB4345_80_815
Yes, thank you for the chappy Zogarth!
Tyler S.
Or just talk some more first lol
Zack Leach
I love seeing all of these little moments that undercut the Orange Fucker™️
Tyler S.
Elemental god so smart but still an elemental
Noah Jackson
Tyftc!
Kt-x
Thanks for the chapter! 😄
Mr. Truthly
Poor guy though he was going to die.
Jana
That went from “A Planet full of delusional Culties” to “. Actually they are probably smarter than a good part of the universe ” real fast. At least their Leader has some brains. Not perfect but it could be a lot worse.
Paulo Furlaneto
Tftc
mitchell kaiser
Classic Jake just here for the hunt.
Zizawah
Awesome! Thanks for the read!
Invictus Red
4D Chess 😂
Karim Saadi
love this
maxwell hansen
What the I’m tripping I could’ve sworn this came out two hours ago
Tyler S.
Lets hunt
Farmingaround
Tyftc! :)
