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Chapter 938 - Prima Guardian (6)
🕑 Added 2024-06-18 10:48:42 +0000 UTCThe entire world around Jake began to fade as all concepts in his surroundings were broken down into nothingness, and he shot after the Guardian. When using Wings of the Malefic Viper’s escape function, he couldn’t really do more than change the general direction he was going in, as he sacrificed all accuracy for pure speed and the ability to break through layers of space and anything else that might impede him.
However, this time, he wasn’t just traveling randomly. Instead, he was in hot pursuit of the Prima Guardian as he honed in on the Mark he had left on it. He felt it ahead of him, with the exact distance impossible to determine due to how the skill worked. However, he knew that he wasn’t willing to disengage his own use of Wings before he knew the Guardian had also stopped.
This proved… difficult. Jake was already beaten and battered, and as he chased the Prima Guardian, he felt his wings getting burned away, running out of energy. They were taking the brunt of everything, and it was clear the chimera’s wings were just tougher than Jake’s, likely due to its far higher stats.
Moreover, Jake guessed the Guardian knew he was chasing it. That, or it was just trying to get as far away as it possibly could, likely to recover before returning for a rematch. One that Jake naturally believed they would also win, but he wasn’t about to risk it or give the chimera a longer life than absolutely necessary.
Gritting his teeth, Jake saw the world briefly flicker all around him, the escape skill about to come to an end. He would be thrown out into the real world, the Prima Guardian escaping to who-knows-where. Thinking fast about what to do, Jake tried to make his wings last longer. He actively controlled his vital energies as he sent more and more into them, trying to keep them from collapsing, but he was fighting a losing battle.
Just a bit longer, Jake thought desperately. One could still barely count the time Jake had been using his escape skill in seconds, but he was at the end of his ropes. Jake thought as quickly as he could, as he tried to think up new ways to make the wings last.
He covered them in a layer of stable arcane energy, and when that wasn’t enough, he forcefully poured stable arcane mana into them in heavy supply. This appeared to only speed up their breakdown, but Jake forcefully stabilized all the mana within them, also inadvertently affecting the other energies in the wings. An almost reddish sheen began to cover them as Jake felt a change… one he leaned fully into as he explored it.
The wings had always been considered part of his body, but at the same time also separated due to their phantasmal nature. However, now, he felt a far stronger connection with them, especially when it came to pouring in his arcane energy. Skills had still affected the wings before, such as his boosting skill… yet it felt slightly different now. Like he had unclogged an otherwise blocked vein.
On his back, the reddish sheen finally changed and began to take shape as what looked like scales of arcane energy covered the surface of both wings. The wings also completely “locked” themselves as if they were frozen… but they also remained incredibly stable as Jake continued his pursuit of the Prima Guardian.
A notification popped up in his head, and Jake briefly skimmed it as he dedicated a small part of his consciousness to see what it was about. Especially because with the notification, he felt himself increase in speed ever-so-slightly.
Skill upgraded (rarity unchanged): [Wings of the Malefic Viper (Legendary)] – Sprout wings and take flight, and as the Malefic Viper, refuse to ever find yourself restrained to circumstances against your will. Allows the Alchemist to summon two phantasmal wings to take flight or fight. While active, you can burn the blood within the wings and release potent toxic fumes. The toxicity and effects of the poison are based on Blood of the Malefic Viper. The wings can also be infused with stable arcane energies, using the wings as a medium to create a powerful defensive barrier, benefitting from both your arcane energies and the properties of an empowered Scales of the Malefic Viper. When infused with stable arcane energies, the wings cannot move. The wings count as a phantasmal part of your body and are incredibly receptive to your arcane energies. Allows the Alchemist to further infuse and sacrifice both wings to create an opportunity to escape if in a perilous situation. Doing this makes resummoning the wings impossible for a variable duration, dependent on Agility and the amount of energy infused into the wings upon the sacrifice. Passively provides 9 Agility per level in Heretic-Chosen Alchemist of the Malefic Viper (C-grade variant). May the sight of your wings be the harbinger of death, an impenetrable defense, and instruments of escape to feed another day.
Jake had considered getting a dedicated defensive arcane barrier skill for a long time… and it looked like he had just gotten one. It was pretty much a side-effect of Jake wanting to protect his wings while using the escape function, but he wasn’t going to complain. Chances are he had been pretty close to some kind of upgrade with his wings already, and it was only good to get it now, especially with the increased stats.
With this skill upgrade, Jake had bridged the gap between him and the Prima Guardian, as he was able to continue his pursuit. While he didn’t have the same raw stats to match the durability of its wings, he now had superior wings in the quality department.
Still, it wasn’t like he could keep using the skill forever, and neither could the Prima Guardian. Soon, Jake felt his opponent stop, which also put a stop to Jake dedicating any brainpower to the skill upgrade. Jake disengaged his use of wings a moment later as he emerged in the real world once more, the wings on his back burning away in the process, not to be summoned again for a good while.
He found himself surrounded by darkness, with nothing anywhere close. It wasn’t hard to know where he was, either. The Prima Guardian hadn’t tried to flee to the other side of the planet or anywhere, really… it had just gone straight up. Straight into the emptiness of space, which was where Jake now found himself, the planet pretty damn far beneath him. It wasn’t even like they had flown in the direction of the moon… there was just nothing.
The Prima was a few dozen kilometers away, and Jake saw that it looked just about to enter some form of meditation to recover. However, it immediately noticed his appearance as Jake pulled out a bow and nocked an arrow.
Jake was still on a timer with his boosting skill going strong, but he knew the Prima Guardian wasn’t going well either. While it had regenerated its second arm, it still only had one leg, and none of the wyverns on its back looked like they were gonna get healed.
Shooting his arrow, the chimera was struck as it reeled back. For a moment, it looked like it considered running until it stopped itself. On the back of Jake’s hand, the key to the Planetary Pylon gave off a faint glow, the Guardian giving off a similar aura. It recognized Jake was the Key Holder… and recognized that this was a golden opportunity for it.
Never had its objective been to kill every powerful fighter on Earth. Just to obtain the second key held by the World Leader. And now that very same World Leader had isolated himself from all his allies in the middle of space, with no help anywhere to be seen.
The option of fleeing seemed to quickly leave the chimera’s mind. It took the staff it had been holding and grasped it with both hands before splitting it in two, the two halves morphing into blades. Likely, it had judged that blunt weapons were no longer optimal for the fight that was to come, and the staff was too cumbersome against Jake.
Jake was also fully aware of the situation he had put himself in. This was indeed the best chance the Prima Guardian would ever get to “beat” Earth. The thing is… as long as its best option included killing Jake, it wouldn’t ever be realistic.
“What’s happening? I repeat, what’s happening?” the Fallen King asked through the Golden Mark, seemingly having asked quite a few times before. Likely while Jake was using wings to chase.
“Fighting the boss in space,” Jake just answered.
“Do you need assistance?”
“Yeah,” Jake answered. “Send Sandy to pick me up for when I’m done here. I’ll contact you when it’s dead.”
With that, Jake cut off the connection with the Golden Mark as he had a fight to attend.
Loosing another barrage of arrows, Jake took shots at the Prima as it flew toward him. Most of his arrows were deflected, but he hit a few before Jake dodged to the side as the Guardian stepped down and appeared right in front of him. He swayed out of the way as he decided to meet the boss in melee just like it wanted, taking out both of his katars.
Facing the boss alone was truly the best decision in Jake’s mind. He did have the possibility of summoning the Fallen King… but all that would do was put the Unique Lifeform in a tough spot. While Jake had confidence in keeping himself alive, he wasn’t confident in protecting the Fallen King in the slightest. Besides, if worst came to worst, Jake wanted to be the only one around for the end of the flight.
With no one else around, Jake could also fully focus only on the Prima Guardian. He didn’t have to dedicate even a smidgen of his attention to keeping others safe or consider if his actions would put others in challenging situations. It was just him, the chimera, and a vast open nothingness as far as the eye could see.
Jake gladly fought the Prima Guardian while the chimera’s two blades moved at incredible speeds as Jake dodged and weaved around them, counterattacking whenever possible. He parried and took advantage of its movements, as even if the chimera was adaptable and could move in unnatural ways, it still had patterns, and Jake could still read it.
The two of them flashed through space as they rapidly switched between who was on the offensive, pushing each other back, Jake landing blow after blow as he couldn’t avoid taking some damage himself. Blood began to fill the emptiness of their environment, along with the skin that flayed off Jake’s body as he truly pushed himself beyond his limits.
Even before he chased the Prima Guardian, he had to consume a stamina potion to keep himself from running out, and now his resources were draining even quicker. If the fight dragged on too long, Jake would more than likely be the first one to fall… so he had to be the one to finish the fight.
Eternal Hunger did help a bit to keep Jake in the game, its energy-stealing effect very effective against the monstrous resource pool of the Guardian. He landed several stabs with it, even if the Voidblade did more raw damage. The weapon from Arnold was honestly ridiculous in how good it was at cutting and stabbing, and it was responsible for many of the injuries marring the Prima Guardian’s body.
Exchanging dozens of blows a second, Jake was waiting for his chance, as he had a trick up his sleeve he wanted to try. After a clash where Jake got a minor cut on his thigh in trade for a deep stab into the chest of the Prima Guardian, Jake initiated the plan. He instantly charged in again as he released a wave of arcane energy mixed with dark mana toward the boss, causing a giant explosion of destructive black mist.
The Prima kept an eye on Jake throughout as the katar-wielding hunter appeared from within the cloud behind the chimera. It responded quickly, turning around and cutting down with both swords… only to find the version of Jake it attacked, dispersing into a mist of cursed energy.
Rapidly turning around, the Prima Guardian looked for Jake, confused, as it released a shockwave of mana to disperse the black mist around it. As the black mist was pushed away, Jake was still nowhere to be seen, making the Prima Guardian respond by sending out crescent waves of water, cutting through space.
One of these waves suddenly struck something… a seemingly solid mass in the middle of the nothingness. The moment it did, and before the Prima Guardian could fully process that it had hit anything, an explosion of magic was released as an Arcane Powershot tore across space toward the Guardian. It wanted to dodge, but Jake used Primal Gaze one final time.
A Protean Arrow, with all of Jake’s Hunting Momentum infused, struck the Prima Guardian right in its chest, piercing deeply into it before exploding. An arm and a leg were shot off into the vastness of space, and the creature was blown apart, blood and gore spread out everywhere.
Jake had done something he had long theorized. Using Eternal Shadow and obscuring the sight of his enemy, he had briefly managed to activate Unseen Hunter in the state where he had to stand still due to the boss losing sight of him. It was an incredibly tight timing, but Jake had a transcendent ability to know when something or someone was looking at him, and the second he noticed the Guardian had shifted its entire attention to the Eternal Shadow, he used the skill and blended into space.
This allowed him to not only buy time to briefly charge an Arcane Powershot using his Protean Arrow but also to benefit from his Stealth Attack skill. If the Prima Guardian hadn’t been swift to release a large area of effect attack to sniff him out, he could have charged the arrow for even longer… but this had to be good enough, right? Because Jake wasn’t sure he had that much more in the tank.
At the same time as the Prima was blown apart, Jake’s eyes cracked, as the irises in both fractured, turning him completely blind. He also felt the impact on his soul, having overdrawn himself far too much, as he felt an insane headache. His consciousness wavered… as something appeared behind him.
With nothing but a small part of its upper body, head, and one arm barely attached to its shoulder, the Prima Guardian had teleported behind Jake. The sword in its hand was gone, but it still struck forward, its hand glowing with the familiar aura of Carmen’s most powerful strike: Fist of Ragnarok.
Jake didn’t have time to think. Instinctively, he began to turn as the fist closed in on his head. Both katars appeared in Jake’s hands as he roared while stabbing forward, the fist growing nearer… as time slowed down. Moment of the Primal Hunter activated, as Jake’s katars were both giving off the aura of Piercing Fang, one aimed for what remained of the Guardian’s chest and the other for the head.
With time on his side, Jake’s attacks would arrive first… a strike that would no doubt be deadly toward the Guardian on its last legs. And in that final moment, the chimera tried to adapt one last time. Time began to bend around it as its own version of Moment of the Primal Hunter activated.
Jake felt his own heartbeat. A single thump of indignance… as the Prima Guardian just stopped. Its glowing fist lost all power, and white glowing fractures covered what was left of its body. The chimera’s skin turned gray and wrinkly before its entire body turned to ashes before Jake’s attack could even land. Time returned to normal, as all that remained was drifting dust that also soon disappeared into nothingness.
Instinctively, he knew… the Prima Guardian had tried to do something it simply shouldn’t and couldn’t do. It had simply faced the consequences of trying to overreach and escape the concept of time for even a moment. Well, the consequences if you didn’t have an overpowered Bloodline, that is.
Comments
A
Jake doesn't have an escape skill, he has a wings skill that he's been using since the beginning of the fight
Blaq Jesus
Observing, you notice how the prima guardian can't copy bloodline upgrades to skills, which is how it wasn't able to copy Jake's upgraded gaze either, but rather the standard gaze. Very cleverly hinted at. However, I'm still not understanding how it managed to copy his escape skill when it never observed it.
Sean McClain
Some powers have strick copyright protections. Also Jake got to do a version of I am not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me in being isolated with the Guardian
Trevor Mergen
Thanks!
PDDG Glaser
Happy Birthday even If a Bit late
Avi Singh
I’m a bit late but I truly do wish you a very happy birthday and hope you have a hundred more!
Jj
Happy birthday!
Michael Kawesa
He finally has a transcendent skill 🥳
Olof Karlsson
Thanks for the chapter!
Gordon
Happy birthday mate
Yaldabaoth
Aye, happy early birthday! 🎂 🥳
Indy Reed
Happy Birthday - thanks for giving us such a great read!
Allie
Happy birthday!
Achearon
Happy birthday. Happy birthday. To youuuu.🎶🎶🎶🎶
Julia Niles
Happy birthday!
Clint
Could be something that lets Jake enter other vessels now that he’s won his fight. The event was set up to let planets help each other after all.
Xien
Happy birthday and celebrations!
KenTX325
One thing to consider is that I don’t think you can enter the guardians vessel without the planetary leader key. This is not an issue for Jake and EH, but when they move to other planets, they will either have to wait the thousand days or get the key from the planetary leader.
Martín Ballesteros Arias
I don't even think he waited for the prima to die, I bet he sent some "security checking" drones into the vessel as soon as the primas started coming out
Luke Scheffe
He can’t see inside soul shapes. This means that Arnold made his robot part of his soul shape.
DirePants
Well EH is an impressive fighter in his own right. But I do agree with most of what you’ve said. Although I feel he may have some how found a way to learn the landing location of the PG. He’s resourceful with plenty of worshipers with various abilities. I’m of the mindset he’s going to set up the other planets either to eliminate other key holders or to craft a story of himself as a hero, as DasGoat stated. I think you’re spot on with the bonuses though lol
KenTX325
Bonus for choosing to do the challenge on your own. Bonus for doing the challenge without killing the primas first. Bonus for doing the challenge after allowing the guardian to do a full power up. Bonus for being the first one to complete the challenge. You also have to consider that EH only had one hour to get ready for the fight. He did not know the location in advance. The bloodline of EH also will not assist him as much in the combat. The winning criteria for EH is not the same as it is for Jake. The goal of EH is to conquer as many worlds as possible, not to get the highest score. I predict that EH will take as much time as he can before fighting the prima guardian. He will fight the regular Primas first. He may have to round them up first as they’ve had time to disperse before he could encircle them with his forces. I think it’s possible that EH could be days or even weeks behind Jake.
Collateral_ink
This would bring me unspeakable joy at the schadenfreude
gray matter
Oh how excited I would be if Jake was somehow able to recover, teleport and land the killing blow on EH’s Prima “Thought you could use some help, you’re allies were probably tired of being sacrificed… you’re welcome”
Ron von Paulus
Happy thirtieth. The prime of life!
Bronson Barrett
Happy early birthday! Love the story and enjoy reading it first thing in the AM every morning.
Titaniumtac
none, only his skills
Adam White
Hell yeah dirty 30. Enjoy Zog.
Jeff McCulley
Huh. I was figuring Zac would get an auto port to the Planetary Pylon when he won. Maybe when he has the key in hand? Will he have to fight through the Underworld to get there? So…just how big of a healing battery IS Eron? Can he get everyone polished up? Well…he’s not the only healer on Earth, is he? Are they going to help with the regular Primas, or let everyone else have their own fun? Guessing that about .0001 seconds after the defeat of the Guardian notification went out, Arnold retasked his drones with a “Now, about that sweet, sweet Vessel…” Honestly, I’m ready for Earth to join the Prima Alliance. “Hey Cheeto, need some help with your Guardian, bro?” Ell’Hakan, glancing around with ten of his “elites” already down for the count: “Grumble, grumble…sigh. Sure.” Jake: “Say ‘please’?”
Tonberry101
Happy Birthmus Zog, appreciate the chapter and the story you've made so far and I hope you enjoy yourself during your extended weekend.
DirePants
Nah, 1 Step uses space affinity, I’m 90 percent sure it was mentioned during or shortly after the tutorial. But I get what you’re saying tho.
Jake Atwood
I think his affinity comes from his moment skill cause in a way he is above time now when using moment he is straight up above the concept of time so I think that is affecting his affinity
Jake Atwood
I agree with das on some of this but at the same time EH wouldn’t miss the opportunity to have a better shot at being an administrator and he knows Jake would do the higher difficulty so he has to or else be disadvantaged
Scott Schluter
Holy shit. Zog. If you're a woman, marry me. If you're a man, shit... still marry me. I'll figure it out. Phenomenal writing.
Jake Atwood
First guy to comment on the name but yea Zac’s luck and void heart mixed with Jake’s talent and bloodline would be insane
Cryfdwr
The prima ain’t Primal 😏
Sam
If the chimera is copying the skills of the other key wielder, how much of ell'hakan's charisma bloodline will it get?
CunnyEnjoyer
Happy Birthday Zog! Enjoy being 30!
PatienceHoney
Hmm... @Dire and @Benjamin I was thinking that the PG died, not because he messed with time or A bloodline, but because he messed with Jake's bloodline. His bloodline has been known to have an ego - like in book two when it wouldn't allow some weak ass skill and instead became Moment of the Primal Hunter. We got the THUMP then too.
John Dar
really good lenght for a boss fight
Alisa
Happy birthday in advance! Gope you enjoy the 30s 🥳
DirePants
Yeah you’re right, I forgot about his path and how that would play a role in how he does things. I could see him even setting up some of his allies to ensure he’s seen as a hero or savior.
Roy Boy Meyer
Happy B Day
Chloe
Congratulations on nearly completing a lap around your closest local star. Also-Tyftc
DasGoat622
It’s an interesting question about the bloodline copying because I think part of the problem with copying Jake’s bloodline is that it is about being a singular pinnacle entity, so naturally something couldn’t copy it. But EHs bloodline doesn’t necessarily have that dominance component to it and could be easier for the PG to copy. I also wonder if Earths PG had such great vitality due to the fact the Eron was part of its make up.
PatienceHoney
Happy Birthday!! 🎂
PatienceHoney
Wishing your daughter the happiest of birthdays!
SqrlyGrly
Pretty sure that's what moment actually does. Removes Jake from times control I mean.
DasGoat622
I think the biggest factor in EH struggling IF he goes Hard Mode will be the quality of his allies. Jake has era pinnacle elites in his group while EH has planetary champions of mid planets. He’s cocky enough to think that he can beat Hard Mode PG but I think he’s also smart enough to know that his path doesn’t require him to. His path is about the story and while beating a hard opponent is good (provided it’s a quality opponent) being the Hero of the Milky Way galaxy is a bigger story and therefore better for his path. So I think he will go normal mode PG (and still struggle because of his allies) but will be the savior in the end.
Owen Kaz
On top of that, you have to assume as well that the time dilation has gotten even higher as Jake reached C grade and his body could take more abuse. Because his normal state is now the equivalent of using said ability when he first reached D-grade due to his crazy perception and other attribute scores. He is far beyond what a Peak C-grade can take and be fine. He could likely use the skill to counter or evade even an early ranked B-grade at this point.
Owen Kaz
to be fair, it did have multiple heads....
DirePants
Okay last though- Jake’s weird time affinity is really giving me 1st Sage vibes. I don’t want to go into another rant but anyone else starting to wonder? I mean I still highly doubt it as it would be on the nose especially with all the misdirection. Could just be my brain as a writer 🤔
DirePants
My daughter too lol
DirePants
Jake Atwood?? lol if Zac Atwood and Jake Thayne did the fusion dance 😂😂 😳… that would be a monster… a straight monster
DirePants
I read that as “his ability is just OP godlike” But yeah I also paused there and thought about it a bit.
DirePants
Yeah that’s kind of how I saw it too. His Bloodline definitely reminds me of a wild animal. Something like a beast king. But it refuses to even accept nature as a force over its own. I can definitely see it trying to make time submit to it 🤦🏾♂️😂
DirePants
Hmm 🤔 if you’re thinking of the PG as an entity unto itself then yeah it’s lacking. But it’s a system created monster, probably requires the world pylon to “complete itself” 🤔but I’m off topic… EH went to Nevermore where I’m sure the system did a LOT of analysis of EH’s and everyone’s bloodlines/Transcendent abilities. Probably specifically for this event. Like you, I’m also assuming the chimera can’t copy the bloodlines but it’s not impossible that they’re given the ability or even directly assisted by the system to have comparable abilities. I don’t think the PG died because it tried to use Jake’s bloodline but because it tried to mess with time. I don’t think it would have that same issue with simple emotional manipulation considering there many variations of that we’ve seen and more that would assume exist in the multiverse because it’s prevalent in earth wild life IRL. Pheromones, parasitic mind control, and chemical weapons to name a few. You add magic, karma, and soul abilities to that and anything is possible.
Matt Spratte
Holy shit we have the same birthday!!!! Happy early birthday! I'll be turning 31 This Saturday
DirePants
Happy Birthday Zog! So you think they’ll get a title “first in the universe to kill Primal” Imagine if the system sends a universe wide message telling everyone 😂 EH would be HOT 😂 Great fight. Really great fight. I kinda figure, because of the scale of the enemy it would come down to Moment of the Primal Hunter. I didn’t expect the PG to attempt it as well. As someone mentioned, I wonder if EH is going to have trouble with his PG, if all the PGs are chimeric. Since it’s a bloodline ability, I’m assuming the PGs copies are inherently inferior, but with its higher stats they appear stronger. Jake’s bloodline is definitely influenced by the Perception stat but I can only speculate on what influences EH emotional manipulation. Maybe wisdom or intelligence? (for us regular G grades emotional intelligence and maturity can be argued to require both experience [wisdom] and knowledge [intelligence]) Maybe the next chapter will give us some insights into EH’s, or maybe those around him, experience. I doubt they’ve won already.
Tyler S.
Would be funny if El'hakans Chimera used the same skill that sent jake to the other side of the planet, leaving the alliance without its leader
NeverNight
Great chapter, happy 30th
ShivaMcTimber
TYFTC! Happy Birthday!
Bob of Doom
I think you are. Jake's bloodline is about standing above everything and freedom to do whatever you want. It makes sense it would be angered by time trying to tell it what to do and keep him on one path.
Bob of Doom
I imagine they were. If the alliance's Prima could interact with karma but not influence emotions then the alliance would fracture. Even if they defeated their prima before Jake, I doubt it was done without deaths. And that would also strain the alliance.
Chris Bailey
My favourite phrase in this series.......THUMP!!!
RonGAR
Probably not. Elhaken probably made the prima submit, unless THAT prima was also a 'Copy Ninja' 🥷 and used Elhakens ability against him. Which would be awesome if that did happen. But seems like 'Bloodline Gifts' are the limit to what a Prima could copy.
Shadowsilver
Tillykke med fødselsdagen på lørdag :)
ItWasIDIO!!
Ya gotta ask the whole fight seemed like it took hours maybe a day add in the fact that the PG ran twice as a time waster ya orange fuck is screwed
Kevin Watson
honestly even if they didn’t, which i would be shocked to find out, im fairly sure this is still the day of the event happening, Earth’s prima probably can’t be compared to Elly’s Planet’s prima.
Benjamin Mages
I mean the entire point of the ending scene here is that it can't steal bloodlines. It can use the Eyes, because that's a skill not actually directly linked to Jake's bloodline (though his bloodline does help in using it). When it tried to use Moment, a skill that Jake can only use because of his bloodline, it literally died. I would be shocked if it could mimic any of EH's bloodline manipulations, aside from maybe a related skill that technically works on its own and EH just pairs it with his bloodline normally.
TKOva
Yea but it still died in a great way. It fucking committed sepuku
BumAssBumAss
Alright, the real question is whether they did it faster than the orange guy
RonGAR
DAMN that was a good fight. Great conclusion. Honestly thought Arnold had some orbital platforms up there. Or that massive battleship Jake got from the 'Tech' ppl. I thought that was going to put a few rounds through the Prima before it was all said and done. LOL Jake better begin licking that orb he got from the void god. Cause his eyes are fffuuuqqqhhhheeddd .LOL
sylvan sommerville
Cus he a good host
Gavin
It copied it but Jake has obviously built in buffers that helps mitigate the backlash. One other words boss should've stayed in his lane 😘
Ty Cooper
I read that as needing a "level" in there.
Ty Cooper
Looking forward to it
Ty Cooper
Oh snap. I didn't even consider that. That would be a funny drawn out scenario thorn in EHs side.
Codewrds
Zog, if you're turning 30, why are you working so hard? You should be making everyone else prepare the party
Thewalterwhite
Man thanks for this whole fight i really enjoyed reading it.
Thornorium
imagine it stealing el hakkans power for a short bit, what a mess that would be with 2 manipulators trying to woo over a team
Johnsmith
Happy early birthday
Jose Reyna
Happy Early Birthday!!! TFTC
Kyle Hunt
So, it sounds like moment doesn't slow or stop time, but removes Jake from time... And without the concept of perenniality from his bloodline, removing oneself from time isn't a good idea... Thoughts on if I'm reading that correctly?
Jake Atwood
I don’t it’s nearly transcendent I think it is or that the primary concepts it is based on are
kingofshibainu
Isn't Jake one level away from a skill selection in his class? 289 if I recall. This flight is probably enough to get him there so we have that, the key and world pilon, then titles to get through before we go on an intragalactic prima hunt.
Kyle Hunt
Speaking of his perception being transcendent-level... What's that say about Arnold, who was able to fool him?
kingofshibainu
That's what I'm thinking. It starts to harmonize his arcane physiology with the malefic viper skills. Since he's remarked how similar his arcane affinity is to acid, I could see the destructive variant turning his blood acidic, and the stable variant increasing his health like you said. It might even apply to his scales eventually too so each scale has a mini stable arcane barrier.
Jan Backhaus
"Jake had a transcendent Ability to..."..... Hm.. makes you think.
Darshar Griffonmane
tftc! A fight in orbit is awesome. And happy early b-day, to many years of happiness and joy for you and many years of glorious stories for us!
Jake Atwood
I can see it for blood but it’s kinda already there for touch cause of transmutation. But for blood he has an arcane based physique so adding arcane to blood would ether give him more tolerance or mana maybe even HP thanks to stability and maybe like a second boost skill from the destructive side but probably not
Samot0423
That's funny. It killed itself by trying to copy mr op man
Jake Atwood
I would be amazed is el hakkan got the kill first especially if he also did the exalted difficulty. Cause he thought having number would be an advantage but it will only be one in the first stage and no way they get better time on the maze then Jake’s team I think el hakkan will definitely get the short end of the stick here he doesn’t have enough power house so most will probably die while just making the guardian stronger. Having more numbers will just give it more adaptations and more skills to choose from plus we know it isn’t scared to run
Mat
They is no need for him to up the difficulty as the impact on his path of records for completing the event first probably out shines the additional benefits of a tough opponent. This considering that his plan for the alliance and to have a legend about it of being the first to complete. Also this will have the most impact for EH on wrestling back the narrative of his story with Jake.
kingofshibainu
Happy early birthday! A satisfying conclusion. Jake mano a mano, bloodline shenanigans, skill upgrade, and new tactics. I like it. I wonder if infusing his arcane mana into touch and/or blood will be how he upgrades them next?
GeckoMomma
Thank you for the chapter!! And happy 30th birthday!! Welcome to the ranks of 30 year olds! I’m still adjusting to my 30s😂 It’s true that 30s have a different vibe than your 20s. But don’t be scared of it. It’s good! A lot of things are harder, and you find your body and mind slowing down in some ways. But you also have your own inner wisdom you’ve built on your whole life! Which gives you strength in new ways that constantly surprise you as the years go on. As long as you remember to be gentle to yourself and strive for progress, your 30s can become an important building block in your life! Congratulations again on such a fantastic milestone! And as always, thank you for being you and sharing your incredible world with us!!
Preston Stokes
Happy birthday Zog!
Juice_Box_Hero1
Merry birthday
gray matter
I think j he probably wanted to do it the smart and easy way, but knew he couldn’t because Jake definitely wouldn’t. My bet is he ended sacrificing a lot of people for the victory if he chose the upgraded prima to compete with Jake.
Peter Smith
The system will bestow it with glowing light upon a distant darkened form...
TheLuckyBunny 1
Happy early birthday 🥳
Jed Tyler Duncan
Happy birthday! Mine is on Thursday, family keeps asking me for plans and I keep forgetting to do anything about it. Good luck on your end with getting everything ready!
SmokeJam
Well the picture painted was that every other elite next to Cheeto is an elite, but compared to Earth rather mediocre. Now, the Earth guardian came close to killing some, but wasn't actually able to go through with it. I believe a normal guardian must be a good notch weaker. I guess Cheeto released his as soon as possible too, but as he is basically fighting alone, he is probably still right in the middle of fighting it. Now if it has the same runner-gene as this one, he will take days to hunt it down for good I suppose.
Jeff McCulley
I’m thinking Cheeto still hasn’t yet. And is about to crap his pants.
Jeff McCulley
A birthday cliff!
Jeff McCulley
So…where’s the Key?
Ryan Hook
Happy early birthday!
DDHG
One of the expected outcomes. I know I wanted the Prima to be bullied to death via Jake Juice going ballastic and destroying it. But trying to copy Jake's bullshit Bloodline/nearly Transcendence power without Jake Juice was stupidity at its peak. I mean come on, Jake Juice is prime stuff.
SinCinnamon
Happy birthday in advance! Cheers to your one lifetime chance of becoming a wizard!
Riley, Glutton of All the Foods
Saturday is your birthday? Today is mine. In almost exactly 1 hour I'll be 27 years old. I was born June 18th 1997 at 10:29 am. Happy early birthday!
Zach Neumann
Happy birthday and enjoy the party 🥳 🎉
MacMahon Wenzl
Called it.
Nick
Hence he can leave us on a cliff with Thursdays post. Which would leave us in a cliff on Thursday.
Allen Davis
Happy birthday. I wish you many skill upgrades!
Christopher Hendrix
Happy early birthday
Meruem92
Err he will release the next 2 days but not friday if i understand it correctly
Adrianna Bailey
Happy early birthday!
Nick
What a treat leaving us on a cliff on Thursday would be for your birthday lol. Hope it’s a good one man! Have a great birthday!
keyra knightley
Poor prima, I was hoping for him to ar least kill the king only for it to be regenerating on the mask form
Clint
I think the smart way to fight it is to kill all the primas first and only then fight the weakened guardian. I could see EH and all his teams doing that… it’s the “wise leader” mode solution. Which means now Jake can join the alliance and jump in to solo guardians left and right throughout the galaxy. I wonder if there’s another title available for killing the largest number of Prima guardians.
Jacob
Gratz on the level up bro
Mohamed Amine ELOUDRHIRI
Happy early birthday and amazing end for the prima overreaching while trying to copy jake
ElphKing
Happy Birthday and thanks for the Chapter
George Wynn
Happy Birthday 🎉
JJB4345_80_815
I bet Valdemar has created some sort of celebratory beer/ale post victory that also restores health and vitality... Nope! On second thought, with his Transcendent Skill he doesn't need that kind of thing at all, does he? Yeah, Jake's totally screwed... :-D
Martín Ballesteros Arias
So, bets on how that cheeto went about killing its prima? I'm thinking their first move was to kill a bunch of primas and then liberate it, either that or they did indeed release it from the beginning, but didn't go for the extra difficulty
Clint
He’s got several transcendent-level abilities from his bloodline, like his perception that beats Eversmile’s stealth and his Thump that let him kill Valdemar, and Moment… Any of those would be recognized as a transcendent skill if it wasn’t a part of his bloodline.
Man of Sodium
Happy almost birthday!!
Clint
Jake was using the wings, which is the same skill, just not the active escape component. Maybe it can mimic the whole skill having only seen part of it.
Mohammed Sheekh
zog is an unc wow lol
Hunter Thornton
Happy belated birthday Zo!!
Martín Ballesteros Arias
That prima was trying way too many things he wouldn't even think of trying
JJB4345_80_815
Eh, he's just saving us from buying plane tickets, hotel rooms and fancy gifts. Plus, with all of us there, place would be so jam packed that no one could cut a rug and/or have the space to play beer pong! (Which would totally violate sacred laws of partying!) Have a very happy birthday and a wonderful party on top of it!
Clint
Happy 30th! Great chapter. Can’t wait for the system rewards and the many reactions.
NSaaby
Enjoy Friday
JJB4345_80_815
Unless Ell'hakan's Prima Guardian is super weak? Jake jumped the gun about as fast as possible so he (& Earth) had the toughest possible Prima Guardian fight. Still, Earth had to have "exceeded expectations" with not only facing the Prima Guardian on hell difficulty mode, but also in the rapidity of their victory. I bet if Ell'hakan's Prima Guardian copied someone's escape ability that Ell'hakan wouldn't either be able to chase him down OR even risk fighting it by himself (completely without meat shields to back him up.) Earth had to have been the first to kill the Prima Guardian, right? It'd be great if like 2 weeks later Ell'Hakan & his group finally manage to end their first Prima Guardian while Jake and company have already knocked off another couple in the same amount of time. It's now going to be a race between them in collecting Prima Guardian pelts...
Tommy
Great chapter, excited for the loot tomorrow 👍👏 Early happy birthday Zog!
Meruem92
Happy dirty 30
ItWasIDIO!!
Bloodline greater than Primordial God confirmed
JJB4345_80_815
Is Scotty gonna beam Jake down to Earth's surface before Sandy arrives? :-P
Léo COURTEAUX
Tftc. The Guardian was definitly tougher than expected ! I didn't expect it to end without a Big boom tho.
JJB4345_80_815
Ability vs Skill. His Ability is just really super awesome. Jake hasn't created a Transcendent SKILL yet. Yeah, the phrase was a little confusing. Also transcendence vs Transcendent.
ByLordMatsLuck
Thanks for the chapter and have a good birthday man
Bob Burns
Have a wonderful birthday bud
Seen Death
It is rare indeed, jake generaly avoids it whenever the negative impacts would be notable Cool this boss was able to push him so far, good fight
Rhett Russell
Happy early birthday and tftc
Joshua Wilkins
Happy Birthday and thanks for the chapter!
JJB4345_80_815
Is it sad that my brain conjured up the Pitch Perfect 2 scene where the Green Bay Packers are singing Destiny's Child song "Bootylicious" with the lyrics "I don't think you're ready for this jelly" and "My body's too Bootylicious for ya!" Apparently, Jake's bo-- er skills were just too Bootylicious for the Prima Guardian! I still have nightmares of Josh Sitton (Packers O-lineman) shaking his butt at the screen...
Seen Death
Happy birthday in advance! Enjoy the day! Cant wait for the system message, its probably going to be a long and very important one haha Great fight! Glad jake got to keep all of his jake juice, recovery time on his eyes/soul should be much shorter than if he did
Joe Woodhouse
Thank you! Happy birthday! Take some time off, mate. Take the week. It's our birthday present to you. :)
Sasquatchachu
Congratulations on staying alive for 30 years! New abilities unlocked! - increased aging - slower metabolism - the realization that you’re in your 30’s. - the realization that you’ve lived two 15 year stints in prison. (Passive) - congratulations! You’re 5 years older than SpongeBob! (Passive) -
Chase Koehn
Absolutely gorgeous chapter for a Tuesday morning. Happy early birthday Zog. May the 30’s treat you well🤙🏼
Adam Einwechter
happy early birthday
JJB4345_80_815
Yes, thank you for the chappy Zogarth! And happy upcoming birthday!
Cameron Whitaker
Happy Birthday! I hope you have fun and properly relax!
Luke Scheffe
Remember, moment isn’t even a real skill, it’s just an artificial limiter on Jake’s bloodline. Without the skill, the only limit to the time adjustment would be Jake’s willpower.
Klown Keidra
It was a backlash from trying to use Moment. The only reason it even works for Jake at all, is because of his Bloodline and the system forcing a limiter. Without either, trying to use this skill caused exactly what the Viper had theorized ages ago, getting stuck in the Moment, and basically dying to Time itself.
Vostir
Take that friday off don't worry, and enjoy your birthday !
Rolf
Seems like the Author Note's html tag like text broke Safari’s Article Viewer on iPhone for this chapter.
Arieh Sochaczevski
Thanks for the chapter! Just a great ending to the fight. Perfect pacing. I was hoping to read about what happened with the key, but I’ll look forward to that tomorrow.
Michael
I love how the Prima just Thanos snapped itself out of existing because it tried to copy Jake's first bloodline legacy skill
Abhishek
Advanced Happy Birthday! Wish you an amazing year ahead and hope the 30s bring you more success and joy than your 20s :) A Also welcome to the 30s club brother 🥃
PatienceHoney
Happy Birthday! You and my son share your birth day! He is turning 23! Enjoy your party!
Sam Rosenberg
Nice chapter
Czar
Yoo, don't usually comment but it's wild to think I'm only 2 days older than you are. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Mrburns93
Sandy is my guess. Sandy absorbed the forbidden fruit that connected them to the prima. And if the prima can use attacks used against the primas connected to it that would explain it. Since Jake used tge escape skill multiple times to test if he could escape Sandy's pokeballs
Vega
Using a Primal Hunter skill against the Primal Hunter. Yikes. Good to see extended consequences of the Primal Gaze used against something risky, I always wondered what would happen. As always, thanks for the chapter. And happy birthday, have fun with the celebrations!
Jack
Happy Early Birthday Zog have a good one
Epīk Gīlgāmēth
Tftc and happy birthday Zog
Dan
Ohhhhhh because his bloodline is part of why he handles time dilation so well, moment of the primal hunter has some crazy dilation ratio if I remember correctly. The guardian's C grade body probably just couldn't handle it, especially with its injuries
Namorat
Young gun! 😄
Andromeda Adams
Happy early birthday!! What a chapter!! Yay Jake! I wonder what Villy will say?
Razeel Nightfall
No it tried using moment, but without bloodline it perished.
Shai182
TFTC
BB8ALREADY
“Do you need help?” “Yeah…..come pick me up when I win” 😂😂 Also happy birthday king
Ty Cooper
I have no clue what I expected for the finish of the fight, but this was a great end. Was it moment vs moment and it was to much time for the guardian's battered body?
Dennis Bell
Happy birthday man! Didn't know we we were the same age till now. Going to be joining you in the 30s in December!
Jonathan
end of his ropes. rope.
Jonathan
https://youtu.be/YImM7HvDZ8A?t=35
brennon Petersen
Tftc! Happy Birthday!
Roy Cheung
Farewell to your twenties Zogarth. Welcome to the thirties club!
William Morrow
How did it mimick the escape skill without ever seeing it before?
Baged
Uhhh... Time to prepare yourself to get showered with pepper and have an ugly barrel of marriage shaming standing in your front yard, Zog :)
Barkyy
Happy birthday, thanks for the story
Barkyy
transcendent ability is refering to how, lets say "supernatural" his senses are whereas trancendence is an ability gained that can be used normally with a very high cost
TwistedVanity
Happy birthday in advance now. Hope you have a great day.
Jeff McCulley
Seems like Jake could use a good Healing Potion right now. If only he knew a good Alchemist!
Jeff McCulley
It’s dead, Jim.
DBOMB YO
Damn good chapter! Pretty amazed you're only turning 30 though. I thought you were like....50's xD
Junon
Happy (soon to be) birthday! Have a good one. "Jake wanted to be the only one around for the end of the flight" think this should be fight?
Jeff McCulley
Silly rabbit. Tricks are for ki—er, Jake.
ryan kislingbury
HAPPY MF BIRTHDAY MY FAV AUTHOR
joel southard
Nice thank you for the chapter. Happy birthday
Pexezz
happy birthday! awesome fight, and stupid prima trying to mimic everything
Phasmatic7
Thankies for the chapie zogie
Shup Idot
Party, or elden ring DLC? Hmmm lol happy birthday
Tilen Praprotnik
Happy birthday! thanks for the chapter
Julian
No, I'm pretty sure it's just poor phrasing.
Daniel Hamilton
Wooooooo this whole couple chapters have been amazing. Great job.
John Durrett
That’s when the Primal Guardian knew it had fucked up! Happy Birthday and have a blast :)
Lizy Flore
Very cool, very smooth, very overpowered. The PG gave its all and Jake got his fight. Superb conclusion with some bloodline shenanigans. Thanks for the chapter Zogarth, and have a good happy birthday week !! 😁😁😁
Phillip Rivera
Quick question, may have been a typo. At one point you write Jake ability to know if people watching him comes from a transcendent ability but I thought that was his bloodline. Did I miss him getting a transcendence?
Cory Sauls
Thanks for the chapter
Kt-x
Thanks for the chapter!
Chad
Happy Birthday!
jobe matula
yessss !
Jean-Philippe Forest
Happy Birthday!
Steakreader
Happy birthday!!
LongMickeyRicky
Happy birthday
Paulo Furlaneto
Tftc
Gavin
Lmao when you lied on your resume and finally get caught out
Green Steve
Happy early birthday Mr. GOAT author!
Aurelius
Hap birday
Sayjinlord
So in the end the Prima Guardian overreached and accidentally kills itself. I bet Jake's going to be pissed.
Harbby
Happy birthday!
Drake Harris
Happy birthday Zogarth🎂🎉🥳
Mike
Happy birthday
Tristan
Happy birthday!!!! The moment only belongs to the hunter wooohooo die you dumb chimera
Taj Malloy
Tftc and Happy Bday
Michael Fannon
DRAMATIC FINISH!!!
Austin Barton
Tftc
AA
So is it actually dead?
Abdulaziz ALRumaih
Happy birthday zogarth What a great end to a fight
Charles Arend
Happy dirty thirty
Bruce Sheplan
Hehe thatll teach the PG to mess with the bloodline 😛
Karim Saadi
That was awesome.
Zizawah
Happy 30th birthday Zogarth! Hope you have a wonderful party and a great year ahead with many more to come!
Jana
Jake - caught up in a fight. Other strong figthers - Can we help? Jake - Sure, call my Uber. lol that’s so Jake :-)
Radzig
welllllllllll welllllll tommorrow will be fun :D
SmokeJam
Have a good birthday, and welcome to the boomer club, I have enjoyed it quite a few years now, it's splendid!
Vigi3000
Happy Birthday, nice chapter!
Xyminimal
Happy birthday. Tftc
Abriel Blauer
Happy Bday and thanks for the chapter Also, it answered a recurring question: The prima Guardian can somewhat copy the effect of a bloodline, but not the entirety of the bloodline. Looking forward more and more to Ell'hakan fight and hoping for a major disaster.
Michael McMahon
Man I am all over the place with my predictions. Definitely thought we would see some Jake Juice before the end of the fight and after seeing the author note definitely thought we would be hanging on a giant cliff for the climax of the fight on thursday. Its a good thing i dont gamble because i would be even more broke than i am now. Tftc!
Apollo Greed
Happy early birthday Zog!! Thanks for the chap!
BubblyGhost
And we're not invited? Classic BigZ L.
Decibel790
First, happy early birthday, second... holy crap that's a cool ending to the prima fight.
Valhazstromoz
Pitiful abomination dare you grasp the primordial concept of the hunt?
An Open Book
Happy early birthday
Ivan Majstorović
Happy birthday Zogarth
Skyler Hicks
Big 30 congrats, bout time for that mid life crisis or you saving up till your 40s?
Sayjinlord
Happy Birthday Zogarth!
TyranT-Rex
Happy birthday!
Eduard Marciuc
Happy early birthday!🥳
hey man
Hi , happy birthday 🎂
