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Chapter 871 - Nevermore: Wind

🕑 Added 2024-03-14 12:01:26 +0000 UTC

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Mason

I mean he's a system.wyrmgod-created event boss...

chump1999

There are a lot of things I enjoy about this chapter but as a reader, I'm big into verisimilitude in what I read. Even in fantasy novels. Where my mind is getting snagged this chapter is with the ogre. He's a two-headed ogre (one martial, one shamanic). The magical focus until now has been death and curses. Even with the martial head self-sacrificing and the subsequent power ups, I have a hard time thinking the shaman is so good of a caster as to use a complicated magic like gravity magic without a special ritual setup to assist him. Then to have the shaman have such a supreme grip on wind magic that he can override Sylphie's control and actively turn her element against her... Heck, he's even operating a magical flamethrower. Maybe I'm wrong. But I don't think I am. Look at everyone going through Nevermore. Dina is a genius who's the daughter of a near Primordial being backed by a full-fledged Primordial. Her magic is exclusively nature-based. Sure she uses it to attack, defend, and heal. But it's always nature. She doesn't jump from Death to Curse to Fire to Gravity and then has such mastery of wind as to overcome a sylph in their own legendary and elemental specialty. This doesn't mean I don't like the chapter. My mind just has a hard time buying it. We've yet to see a character in the story have even a fraction of that kind of variable skill specialization. Heck, if I'm being honest, I would expect a shaman to be more like a witch (i.e. more of a long distance control things using rituals and hexes, healing and summoning and less directly confrontational magic.) Still enjoyed the chapter

Léo COURTEAUX

Litteral chills on this chapter ! Show that baddy who's the boss Sylphie !!

Dave

Ty

Endless Nature

Thanks for the chapter

Brotato

I was hoping that the sword Saint would pull out his Transcendence and be the big hero of this fight, but this is even better

Adam Birch

Sylphie is growing up. You know, one of the things I really like about this story is that the people Jake surrounds himself with are all incredible. None of them are irrelevant or just there to make him look good.

Rezkin

What author note?

colten long

Hahahahahahahahahahah I think I enjoyed the author note as much as the chapter hhahaahahahahahah

Godzilla511

And thus Sylphie declared, RESPECT MY AUTHORITAH!

Naotsugu97

Sylphie is the best bird!

Olof Karlsson

Thanks for the chapter!

Thenais

By tank i was referring to the Fallen King

SmokeJam

Why should she change when everyone else could just learn Ree? Kinda circular argument

SmokeJam

Oh hell nah, the Temlat arc was actually the only one providing Jake with emotional growth. And I'd say it would've been maybe shitty if it was an actual planet outside of Nevermore, this time around he just played Garry's Mod sandbox mode, no harm done.

SmokeJam

Scarlett ate it.. maybe.

Jaydan Man

I dont think its super dumb. Jake is more dodge tank than health tank, if he can get a good hit off Jake is in trouble. Using wing on a wind elemental isnt a bad idea, if you have better control of it than they do. Take away their source of power and they are powerless. Just this time round you have something thats got more power than he does.

Thenais

dumbest boss ever, focusing first on the most tanky character, then using wind spells on a wind elemental. /facepalm

Bob Fight

I still want to know what happened to that kid Jake rescued from the Minotaur mind chief we never even got a name

Rolf

A wind-win situation!

TSMS

At least Jake did it in a save environment and I think he showed strength of character when he stayed with his student until the end. imo it's one of the better parts of NM.

TSMS

I was thinking the same. As NM comes to a close, it doesn't feel like their is any significant connection between Dina and the rest of the party. For Dina NM was a 50 year long business trip.

mapts

Jake is his own person, the whole point of this story is that he isn’t just some sycophant following in the footsteps of his god

Nick O'Gara

The viper owns his destruction of his home world in C grade, then his path as the wyvern of desolation. It builds character 🙂

Nick O'Gara

Definitely not, jeke needs to own that. He had the power to change the way that played out. Before he could have targeted thoes in power or given advice to the student that would have set a different course.

mapts

This is the first time I’ve bothered to check the comments and Im pretty surprised about the negativity surrounding nevermore. If you are having problems with it don’t read for awhile and then binge it, that’s what I did for the whole arc and I can easily say nevermore has been my favorite part of the story so far! Things that may seem annoying when reading one chapter a day add so much to the story when read in a chunk. Edit: Besides when Jake helped genocide a planet, that was shitty and should be retconned

Jeff McCulley

Nah, one less. Can’t show up a God. Especially when he’s sitting right there!

Jeff McCulley

Ah. Hello, Lord of Hunger?

Jeff McCulley

He just gave us the other teams POV’s, so…nope.

Kylar

My anxiety was reaching heights so lofty that I still haven’t come down lol

Anthony Smith

Got me sweating bullets here. 50 years is probably long enough for the phoenix feather to be digested.

Tom

Never, she’s a REE for life kind of bird

Matthew Madro

As Sylphie would gladly put it, REE!, that's all the reasoning* you'd need.

Rahsheem Reid

Elite

Titaniumtac

well its not a divine skill, and rated a mythical at C grade

Hayden Leech

Except bird.

Hayden Leech

“Also! Big Bird said that growing up was “overrated” or something. The other kind of growing up, Sylphie came to learn, not the kind of growing up that made her wind windier. Sylphie agreed on that one; Sylphie didn’t need to change. She needed to be like the wind getting windier, and as Sylphie, get Sylphier.”

Hayden Leech

SYLPHIE MVP!!

Hayden Leech

Totes. That’s why the last sentence was “this isn’t that but in the future…”

Jonathon Corralejo Levotch

The clouds parted, and little green bird descended from the heavens. “REE!” was is declaration. The wind responded. That is how it is… and how it will always be…

Jaydan Man

Apologies for the phrase used. Nevermore is a huge part of the story. I still feel like it's the equivalent of what happened during a time skip, hence why I called it a side story. It doesn't progress the main story lines much, but I like the change. I like that it's over soon but the change has been good for me anyway.

Bobby B

Maybe Sylphie’s upgrade will also spur her to change her speech patterns to allow others to understand her. TFTC

Hayden Leech

Side break? Onwards to nevermore was chapter 652. We are currently on 880. That’s 228 chapters of nevermore. That’s 25.9% of all primal hunter chapters ever written. His last novel was 78 chapters long. I think we are gonna wind up with a nevermore trilogy. We are a bit past this being a side story. It’s THE story. It is what it is. I’m glad Sylphie got some cool progression.

Kenneth Dennis

Actually that's a good point. We have seen pov from all party members other then Dina I think. I wonder if that was on purpose for a reason? Something to look for as the ark ends.

Hayden Leech

Found it! “[Relentless Hunt of the Avaricious Arcane Hunter (Legendary)] – The Avaricious Arcane Hunter is relentless in his pursuit of a stronger foe, and it only ends when he so desires. Once a target is found, the hunt shall only end in death. When hunting prey, you only grow in deadliness. Allows the Avaricious Arcane Hunter to accumulate momentum during a hunt by slowly finding an opportunity to strike. This momentum can then be turned into a tangible weapon. Successfully landing blows while not taking damage yourself hastens the accumulation of hunting momentum. Can consume all hunting momentum to significantly empower a single attack to deal devastating damage. Momentum can carry over if a new hunt begins shortly after another one ends. All skill effects increase as your foe’s level grows higher. The base speed at which hunting momentum is accumulated, as well as the maximum amount of momentum possible, is determined by Perception.”

Hayden Leech

Klown… yeah that’s false. Hunting momentum is a skill he got in book 8 from his… I wanna say level 160 of his class.

DirePants

This chapter is actually speeding along nicely. It’s a straight forward fight so plenty of action with all the final boss goodness. Sylphie for the win! She’s coming into her own as an elemental. Authority over the wind is pretty dope. She’s a good girl 😊

Scout Mills

No C grade is where rarity downgrades start

Tom

Oh you know it won’t be, then we’ll get a week of side characters and maybe floor rewards

Zizawah

I like Seth Ring’s Dreamers Throne. The rest are OK. Not the level of enjoyment I get here though personally speaking. Zogarth’s chapters are very well constructed and I enjoy each chapter which is a rare thing. The writing draws in your interest and do not let you go even when it’s mundane or topic I’m not really interested in.

aust117

There is clearly a large contingent of people who both love the story and dislike a certain aspect of it. Is allowing them to vent really that bad. Id also like to say your analogy would be more apt if the the people paying for the painting believed the artist using the same brush made the painting look worse.

Justus Saucedo

I'm pretty sure that was only for c-grade. It was talked about in the last challenge dungeon. If I'm remembering right.

Burkes

Okay fire chapter, thank you sir 🫡

James Faulkner

Let’s go Sylphie!!

Tommy

I do wonder how Miranda is doing….

Skyler Brown

yaaa na this is Sylphies time to truly show Why shes a unique lifeform

Arkenian

Dunno. Since skills downgrade when you go up stages, there aren't necessarily that many more levels at all.

MacMahon Wenzl

Sooo... cliff hanger tomorrow and I give it a 50/50 if the fight is actually over by then...

Kaibutsu

Silly wind didn't listen...

Alex Cox

She simply upgraded a skill, not transcendent. Prolly a bit ot Jake Juice at play there tho

Kyle

Good stuff. Glad to see Sylphie get her chance to shine.

Klown Keidra

His Momentum isn't a skill he can use, so much so, as it just activates when it thinks that he is about to die.

Klown Keidra

I don't think Dina can go to Earth. Noone outside of their verse can enter it as far as I know. All the slaves/Beastmen ect. all came from their verse, just transported over. Dina is from the Multiverse to begin with. Thought being a Dryad, it could do something with giving a seed to grow a helper or something that can house her like an avatar or something to help.

Ty Cooper

I personally am looking forward to it on audible. And to all those that feel sad about the speed. I look to those people and think. Man they love the story so much it cannot get to them fast enough. What love.

Ty Cooper

I take it you did grow up on DragonBall Z

Ty Cooper

Right! Man the chat would have exploded. Everyone loves the adorable murder bird.

Ty Cooper

Minaga popping out of an Ogre skin with a blow horn yelling "times up, your trip to Nevermore in C-grade is done!"

Hayden Leech

I had no idea that Sylphie getting a transcendence was something I very much need in my life. This isn’t that but in the future…… #windybird!

Hayden Leech

Holy shit that would be funny.

Ira White

Yeah that just means tomorrow will be a worse cliffhanger

Ty Cooper

Ha you are right..... but you know he could leave us on a cliff with sylphie and start the other POVs to make it hit the usual Friday cliffhanger

jazz

Valid points everyone. Guess I was overthinking it too much

Ty Cooper

What you only have 3 or so more teams point of view like with the end of the labyrinth with Minaga.

joel southard

Nice thank you for the chapter

Ty Cooper

Lol tomorrow is going to be different teams POV leaving us hanging on a cliff with Sylphie's upgrade for the weekend.

jackalsclaw

I totally call minaga pranking them by pretending to be another phase of the fight

Brian Small

How rude!

Micah Molina

I think you're wrong with the numbers. Ofc, Zogarth has it outlined and planned. But so too would the gods of Nevermore. If you do any event enough, you could extrapolate from previous data to order the event how you want it time wise and resource management. Their are jobs that literally do event planning. Not trying to be antagonistic, just pointing out, yes Zogarth structured it that way. And there are no plot holes, the gods have planned their event out thru scale of difficulty and time management. I would completely agree with you, if the author said this was a first time event. There would be no prior data to have an event run smoothly. But it's been on-going for trillions of years, so the gods thru Zogarth want each team to go out with a bang.

Nachotoad

Loved the chapter! Always good to get some Sylphy focus. I don’t get why people are saying this floor is dragging. It’s the last floor and capstone to the biggest arc in the story so far and it’s only been 9 chapters. It would be kinda weak for the last floor to just be a show up and kill a guy in two chapters. As for folks being burnt out in nevermore I kind of get it it’s been about a quarter of the story now at some 200 and change chapters, but is also a fifty year stretch for the characters which makes it like a third of Jakes life if we count the 40 or so years he spent in time dilation learning shroud.

Micah Molina

True, not to mention the 7 seconds part of the fight took the entire chapter. So, occasionally minute would take 2 chapters, lol. Just kidding, but I do agree with you the length is completely valid.

Jeremy M

This reply got me rolling 🤣

austin kutz

The fights over, lol, she only needs to pierce his body with her own then it's done. She's got wind authority now, like the kind of thing that even gods can't mess with

Numbzy

Well the SS, FK, and Dina are all done for. They are effectively out of the fight now.

Numbzy

As it was foretold by the Harbinger of Primevil Origins.

Ral

Boss fight part 4

Ryan Ulrich

Go Slyphie! Eventually we’ll have to find out what comes after mythical rarity. Since there are still a few stages before godhood I’m imagining (Supreme and Eternal rarity) in that order

Nachotoad

Given that they knew how much time they had left and had a solid indication that there would be an event boss on this floor it doesn’t seem too convenient for me. They actively were trying to make it to this floor and it was established that they did less thorough clears on some of the floors before to make it to this one in time.

DasGoat622

I think it’s important to point out that the fight with Valdamar (who was the toughest opponent to date) took 6 chapters so this one will probably take as long if not longer when you factor in 5 party members (2 bloodlines and a transcendent) which all should get their own time to shine.

Micah Molina

You do realize it would be planned right? The Wrymgod and Minaga have 90 eras with countless trillions of data. They could easily calculate based on past performances where both the average and top tier teams take time wise. Based on where the event bosses are, you could probably say, top tier teams do about 80 floors. And the next tier below gets to about 75. All the average teams probably stop at 70 where the Challenge Dungeons are, like Jacob. An example is floor 72, where the team had to hold down the fort for 15 months. So without a time skill, your locked in time wise.

donvitogonzalle

Great chapter, always fun to have Sylphie pov. Did we have at any point a Dina pov? Cant remember ever reading her thoughts about the team or happenings.

Jeff McCulley

Zogarth: “Flamethrower”? Seriously? A flamethrower is the mechanism that shoots the flame. At the very least, trim off the “er” suffix? Without thinking much, just off the cuff, even “flameflower” would be an improvement. Flameshot. Flamewave. I could keep going? Otherwise, excellent chapter! Thank you!

Micah Molina

Ain't going to lie, you had me scared there for a moment. Sylphie moments are the best! Another fantastic moment indeed. Great chapter.

Jeff McCulley

All Ell’Haken had to do was “persuade” the two twin ogres to behave themselves, in a way that meets the floor objectives, to complete the floor and move on. No combat necessary. Maybe he even “persuaded” them to kill each other without waiting. I’d give it a 50-50 shot he didn’t fight much at all. Of course, getting fewer points.

Jeff McCulley

Twin ogres are NOT capped at C grade. This one just didn’t have enough opportunity when he crashed here. I suspect this is merely one representative of what you’re missing. Oh well, no matter. Almost done here. Oh, and yes, the whole effing battle WAS a setup for beating down four remarkable members of an unusually strong party in a believable manner—JUST so Sylphie could have her moment, and gain a breakthrough she otherwise wouldn’t have. She’s growing up.

Amazon Shopper

and I thought last weekend was going to be long :( ...

jazz

Mike, the most accurate response 😂 I’m with you there

Jeff McCulley

Nah. The ogre is toast now. Not only did Sylphie get a power up…Jake’s gonna be royally pissed off now. Ogie’s about to get blown away. Probably literally.

Jeff McCulley

I dunno about that. Because we’re not going to see what the one five levels from now is like, or five after that. Perhaps there would be one perfect for Dinah to advance, or Fallen King. And I think we can be certain that they’d be even tougher.

Mike Stewart

It’s also not all that crazy considering it’s being written for entertainment. Zogarth isn’t going to have the massive Nevermore arc just end on a weak note and throw leaderboards at us

jazz

That would make sense if there was any mention of them pushing to 80 for the final boss. There wasn’t. The way it’s portrayed in the story is that they just happened to end on 80. With everything going into nevermore that makes no sense. Speed on individual floors. Some groups will complete certain floors faster/slower than others, challenge dungeons, time left to complete the floor. The odds are crazy.

Jeff McCulley

Well. There’s the “stakes”. The improvement that certain parties were looking for. Excellent!

Gabriel Medeiros

youre a ray of sunshine

Hayden Leech

Stormild is at least as immature and it’s one of the oldest entities in the multiverse. Said that “growing up is overrated”

Hayden Leech

I will say that I do get considerably more excited when we see “Not Nevermore” instead. Though it’s been quite a while. I find that as this continues I am enjoying the sandy/Meira/primordials/Miranda and other “Not Nevermore” chapters quite a bit more. It’s just… 200 plus chapters on one dungeon? You gotta admit that’s a lot. Almost a quarter of all primal hunter content ever posted takes place in nevermore.

Drew

The possibility for an upgraded boss seems to be every five levels on these floors. There was one on 75, now one on 80. If they made it to 85 as their final floor, there'd likely be one there too. It's not some grand conspiracy. They just pushed to end their run on a floor where they could snag a big boss to pad their final points total.

Robert Vick

we have another week to go over the leader board probably. not that I'm complaining I love this arc and the fight so far

jazz

And saying there’s no luck by ending up on a 5 is crazy. Especially considering the factors

jazz

Nate I get you I really do. I’m a numbers guy. The odds their final floor has a mini boss is crazy. All I’m sayin

JJB4345_80_815

A mythical skill though is awesome 👍

Nate Fowler

There’s a special boss every 5 floors. No luck involved that’s just one of the patterns of nevermore.

Gavin

Challenging an embodiment of the win with wind....is a choice 😬

jazz

That sounds reasonable in the context. My thing is, think about all the factors. What are the odds they end up on this floor

Sean Wilner

Not necessarily, there are mid bosses on floors 5 mod 10 and full bosses on every tenth floor. They knew they didn't have time to make it much beyond floor 80 even if they rushed (though there'd be another power-up-able boss on 85) so they took the extra time to fully power it up, and they are still finishing with a couple months to spare. I don't think it's terribly convenient, more loosely planned. While they didn't know what the boss would be, they knew there would be *something* hard to fight at floor 80 if they had enough time when they got to the floor

Christian Sullivan

She is one with the wind, so for it to not listen is against her very nature. Imagine you are just doing your thing and your hand just tells you no. I'd be pissed too.

Rui Lourenço

Jake was convinced El would do an extra floor.

Numbzy

Before that final sentence, I really thought that Sylphie was making a transcendence. Man I was praying for it.

Tommy

Great chapter. Fuck the haters. Go Sylphie, best bird 💪❤️

Tommy

Hell yeah! So cute and yet so awesome!

TSMS

That's fair. It's still weird that her character is still so immature, when she's probably lived 5 times or so longer than her parents by now.

JJMand

For a brief moment I thought Sylphie awakened a spin off of Jake’s bloodline, then I thought she became tracendent. Neither of which made much sense.

Captain the Red Beard

Tyftc!!

Captain the Red Beard

Yet, the cliffhanger hasn't happened yet.

jazz

I do think nevermore should have a finale like this but the odds are actually crazy

jazz

Is it just me or is the final boss on their final floor a bit too convenient. Like what are the actual odds they end up on this floor instead of one prior or one after. With all the random factors in nevermore

Numbzy

I doubt anyone is going past the next city floor. With the amount of damage that Jake and Co have received, they have a ton of healing to do and very little time to do it. So the time will presumably run out for them. EH is probably in a very similar situation if he also did the optional boss and managed to keep everyone alive. Or he took a worse option by not doing the optional boss and the next floor is still very difficult. Either way I doubt anyone is going to the next floor.

Florian

Like I said, I like the novel. I gave constructive criticism based on my opinion. Maybe you guys dont agree, but i did not do anything wrong, if he can take a compliment he should be able to take this too. He doesnt even have to agree or do anything about it.

Christopher Holland

Go Slyphie

Icewolf

At least this time the cliffhanger didn’t happen on a Friday

Vega

Yeah I’m definitely hoping she joins him on Earth too. I wish her personality was showcased a bit more, but I suppose she’s a side character

Daniel is ŁØNE

The epic boss fight is standard, we have had tons of them over nevermore and this one is hardly that special, and if not for the significance of the Sylphie skill upgrade this entire floor would have done nothing special, and since there was no way the team was gonna get wiped at this juncture even considering that as a means of providing impact is an attempt to fool yourself. Sylphie is single-handedly the only reason this entire floor has anything that matters in a relevant way and the previous chapters showed nothing to imply she was gonna get a moment so the skepticism at the pointless length of the floor was valid, the author tied this in masterfully but without this happening the floor would have held absolutely 0 significance. Twin-Ogre race explanation is pointless since after this their relevance in the story will be nil since they are capped to C-tier. The hopes and dreams of said Twin-Ogre also mean nothing since he fundamentally cannot have an impact on the world outside nevermore without some Jake-level shenanigans. The fight while desperate had zero actual suspense since it is impossible for the author to write in the death of any of the squad members of Jake's team without it being badly placed therefore they were gonna survive and beat the thing regardless. As far as I can analyze anyone who hasn't read this floor up to this chapter has a valid reason to feel annoyed. Also, despite my arguing for the people who think Nevermore is dragging I honestly enjoyed 95% of the content so this isn't coming from a place of hate or malice it's an explanation for you to understand the other side of the spectrum, just playing devil's advocate. Nevermore was a very enjoyable experience for me with some of the high points in it being my favorite of the entire series despite its length, but make no mistake it definitely could have been shorter without compromising quality.

Vega

🤣

Robert Gallup

Stfu bitch, zog does zog and if you arent here for the entire journey you should just quit reading.

Myridex

This is Slyphie's world and we're just livin in it.

Hodge Wasson

What a hype fight and Sylphie moment! Super hyped to see the rewards for everyone's badassery. I imagine all of next week's chapters will be the long anticipated culmination of Nevermore, where we get to both celebrate the awesome achievements, see various groups end of Nevermore reflections, AND get some long awaited schadenfreude at Ell'Haken's expense. It's like waiting for Christmas as a kid.

Lonnie Sizemore

It's great to see sylphie points of view. Hopefully she gets the killing blow on dude for some sweet sweet revenge for elementals. Then some random beefy title for being the first elemental to get revenge against the ogre. As always, thanks for the chapter, you put out the most chapters besides Seth Ring, but he's working on two or three books compared to your one. Keep up the awesome job!

Kenneth Dennis

Answer fir #2. If I REEmember correctly momentum resets if her gets hit. And from the fight descriptions he was getting hit just not taking notable debilitating damage. So it was not as effective I think.

Daniel is ŁØNE

While I've never really disliked Nevermore, this floor was dragging and as much as I enjoyed this chapter I can't pretend that this entire encounter couldn't have been shortened without losing much of the substance. We have already finished the meat of Nevermore and this final floor had little suspense, impact, or relevance to the overall story and was being dragged on despite that fact (the entire thing took about nearly 10 chapters to gain relevance). We as readers had no reason to particularly care about this fight for any reason other than it being the final battle of nevermore and if we discard this chapter none of the "build-up" gave us much of a reason to care since there was no way in hell any of the characters were gonna die at this particular juncture so even the suspense from them being in a "life or death" situation felt artificial. While I'll admit that this chapter gave this floor some actual purpose, the truth is that the people who were feeling tired had good reason for that, as far as they knew there was no particular reason for the lengthening of the floor to be relevant and nothing about this floor was particularly special other than it being an event floor many of which have been skipped, and that still technically holds true since Sylphie was the only reason this floor gained any measure of relevance. Also, your analogy falls flat because few people in the world are patient enough to watch someone work on a mural when they can do other things with their time, the number of people who are willing to PAY for that type of thing are few and far in between and truthfully the vast majority of the people who give a damn about the Mural in-question care more about the finished product and maybe the name of the person who made it than they care about having seen it's conception since those are what holds value and in this case, before this chapter, the finished product was looking like it didn't have a purpose hence why annoyance for this floor, in particular, was fairly reasonable. Do not discount the opinions of those who weren't a fan of Nevermore since their opinion is just as valid as yours, as someone who enjoyed about 95% of the entire arc I must admit that it could have been less longwinded without compromising overall quality and unfortunately, not everyone is patient enough to sit through a bunch of chapters they aren't a fan of.

Lonnie Sizemore

She'll be fine, I'm sure, just flexing her origin power now.

StuBee3

Oh, I really hope Sylphie gets the kill!

Devin

Go sylphie!!! Tell the wind who’s boss!

Alexander Doran

And so the angry birbs app was created.

Bobtur

So we have an epic boss fight, some almost team wipe, an epic Sylphie moment, and some character progression as best bird stop playing with the wind and start carrying her weight around. And people bitch in the comment as it is « another Nevermore chapter. » « Feel like it’s just draging on … » Do you even read the chapters at this point ? Or stop reading at « Nevermore chap… » ?

Steven Wood

1. Really glad we are getting ready to see Sylphie shine 2. Why wasn’t Jake using his Momentum skill during this fight? 3. Is enjoyed never more as a whole but glad it is nearing the end, really enjoyed Minaga especially his defense of Casper.

Jordan Jones

I doubt her maturity level will change until B grade, when her race grade catches up with her existence. Like dragons, something like sylphie should have been born at a high grade. She’s still listed as a juvenile sylphian hawk.

An Open Book

Oh man I loved that anime you've just given me solid punch to the nostalgia

Allan

“We should retreat for now. Fighting directly is too risky,” the Sword Saint quickly said as he received some emergency healing from DIna. Dlna->Dina

Daniel is ŁØNE

Finally, so there was a point to this entire fight after all, If this somehow ended with someone not learning or evolving in some way I would have been annoyed since the entire engagement would have been fundamentally pointless. Now that this chapter has given this floor some actual relevance I'm significantly less annoyed about how artificially extended this was feeling.

Kenneth Dennis

On your topic of Dina, her grandfather's goal of her being here was growth and interaction outside her small circle for personal growth. It makes me wonder if she will travel to earth with jape to participate in the prima fight. I'd hate to see her character just leave after nevermore.

JJB4345_80_815

So, one thing that this is driving home to my ole weary noggin, is this Twinhead Ogre REALLY wants to kill a team member. Well, what happens if he succeeded against Ell'hakan's group? I can see his team getting stuck on the following city floor. You wouldn't want to progress in a dangerous floor short a team member, and for being so far ahead would actually be a detriment since you would have to wait for other teams to catch up. They wouldn't be able to pick up a new team member on lower floors since that team member hadn't passed through the intermediate floors, right? Now, I can see Ell'hakan's group not trying to achieve all of the bonuses in a floor and just trying to rush through floors as quickly as possible to get further ahead... But I would find it hilarious if Ell'hakan was stuck on the subsequent city floor for months or years because he stupidly didn't risk his buttocks to protect a hired mercenary on his team from death... 🤣 I haven't been reading many of the comments for the past week or so because of all of the negative Nancy's, so I apologize if someone else has brought this idea up before me...

Allan

Nah, I don’t really care about Jake as he has plot armor. But just how could one harm the cute sylphie.

Ben Heystek

Loved the chapter and this battle is awesome can't wait to see what happens next

Allan

I’m having a lot of conflicting thoughts as to whether to be happy sylphie got stronger or mad that she got hurt.

Kenneth Dennis

Man the build up in this fight is awesome. And I REEally loved the Pont of view from her. A moment to REEmember for her. Time for the REEconning of the windy one! Sorry that REE! Got me today lol.

Cory Sauls

Stop reading the book 1 chapter at a time. It only seems this way because of that. Let it get 10-15 chapters ahead, read it and then wait again. I’ve had to learn this myself. Take a step back. Be thankful you have a great book series to read and stop complaining. The only thing complaining will accomplish is make Zog take a vacation to spite the complainers or just end the series badly making everyone upset. Please chill

john henderson

Imagine watching a painter working on a mural, and sitting there the entire time saying “can’t you use that brush now? You’ve been using the same brush for like an hour.” Doesn’t that sound like an insane thing to do? That’s exactly what you losers sound like with your “can nevermore be over now?” Bullsh. Like dear god, I would truly rather see 12 people fighting for “first” comment than see the same people btchng about the same thing every week. Just ignore the story for a couple weeks and come back. Or read it and shut the hell up. Does nothing to promote discourse or provide any positive potential.

ByLordMatsLuck

Yeah this boss fight could’ve been one longish chapter but here we are

Matthew Avery

Hm, good point, but I think I'm right. Heres my resoning: Ree, reee ree. (REE) 1.) Ree, ree. 2.) Ree: 1/2 ree, 1/2 reee. 3.) R + e + e.

Jaydan Man

This was a great chapter. I have no complaints about fight length or nevermore in general. While I do like the story progression, with the gods and EH more, this is a fun side break. Rather than having a time skip with a huge strength gain, we see it. Which I like

Invictus Red

🥺 Zog if you kill Sylphie I am 100% cancelling my Patreon payments and leaving negative reviews and spoilers on all platforms

Chloe

Edge of the seat over our little green hawk. Love that she decided to stop asking, and scolded the wind. The wind of all things. Ha! Get em Sylphie!

john henderson

Honestly I got pretty busy this week and I wasn’t able to read anything until Wednesday, so for me the fight didn’t drag on at all. It just read like a climactic fight should. It showed the growth in power of each of the characters, it humbled the overpowered main character, it had a diverse video game boss feel to it. Like I absolutely 100% would be throwing my controller at this shit throwing an adult tantrum. And that’s the vibe of the entire genre, and especially TPH. Though when you finally beat those fights it’s so much more rewarding than the ones you can just cheese and practically skip through. I’d agree it was an issue if this was every fight, but there have been like 3-4 fights total in the series that have lasted more than 2 chapters. And each one is significantly better than the last. I mean, the Minaga fight was probably more fun, but that’s just a character difference. The actual fights have improved each time imo. This feels so much more involved than the sword saint fight for example.

Clint

Great chapter. For a second there, I was thinking Sylphie was about to get a transcendent skill — all that talk of making the world be the way it was supposed to.

Kenneth Dennis

Dude this is literally the last fight in nevermore dungeons. Relax and enjoy the ending with the rest of us.

Decibel790

YEEAAAAHHHH SYLPHIE! LES GO!!! tftc!!

JJB4345_80_815

Yes, thank you for the chappy, Zogarth!

Rick Baker

Eh. Its their last fight. It should push them at least as hard as Minaga. Makes moments of growth like this feel earned.

SmokeJam

Best bird in the multiverse. Stupid wind acting like it doesn't understand the language of Ree, actually rude. Go Sylphie, show them who's the real airbender!

john henderson

It’s quite possible Jake does as well.

mitchell kaiser

Love Sylphie glad we got to see some growth from her.

Haha! Go Sylphie!

Good guy Paul

TFTC

Klown Keidra

I find it funny, because I bet if you just took Nevermore out of the titlle, and just made it a series of little adventures as a team, noone would bitch. Nevermore has been varied enough that it only feels like a single arc because it is called a single arc.

Gavin Smith

My thoughts exactly

Klown Keidra

I agree, I think this would have been the perfect time for Sylphie to actually speak, and then go back to Rees as if it never happened

Omar Jimenez

Love to see a Sylphie POV, always hilarious. In this case, it was also pretty badass. Can’t wait to see how she exploits the skill upgrade. Over the course of this Nevermore Arc, I’ve come to respect Dina’s abilities and apparent growth, but I can’t say I have a good sense of her character. I doubt she’d ever betray the team, but besides that I don’t understand what her personal goals might be. Side note: glad to see there’s only, like, two or three episodes left in the boss fight. Probably.

Sam Rosenberg

Go Slyphie!!!!

Jul Silver

Looove that! No more Slyphie nice gal. If asking won't work she will tell the wind what to do. Lol.

Matthew Madro

Matthew to Matthew, it'd make more sense if it was "REE!", not "REE!"

Kris Piskorski

This fight is the culmination of the whole arc and we get to experience all the progress and power our team has achieved so it has to be a long one

Cameron Yourell

Tftc

Chioke Nelson

🤣🤣🤣

Gabriel Medeiros

this is dragging

Chioke Nelson

Hehehe Fuck

Gavin Smith

I think it would’ve been a nice touch if instead of REE! Sylphie would’ve screamed the wind is mine.

Godzilla511

IT FUCKEN WIMDY

Zogarth

And I'm only close to doing a mass ban of one of these types :)

lockx

Two types of readers today. Team Sylphie loving the fight, and Team Never more nevermore. Thanks for the chapter! About time she got to shine

Athyrium

Go Sylphie!

Akashiro_Krax

Epic

TSMS

Sylphie is like 52 years old.

Dawn cat

Thanks for the chapter

Brisyngr

No more ms nice bird.

Arrogant Savant

Reminds me an anime I watched at one point Kaze No Stigma

Michael

Actualy getting to see a skill upgrade for sylphie is actually a nice touch for once. I honestly was at the edge of my seat on this one and was thinking Jake would harm himself a lot if he entered that primal state again

John Kinkead

In this moment I realized a fundamental truth, I care more about slyphy than Jake

Den

Skiiiiiiim

Cory Sauls

Great chapter. Honestly had me wide eyed and very concerned. Thank you for the chapter

Abdulaziz ALRumaih

REEEEE

Matthew Avery

Edit suggestion: "REE!" -> "REE!"

John Kinkead

Don’t mess with Slyphy!

Andy Swearingen

Slyphie is awesome like that.

Sebastian Prue

Let's go Sylphie!

jackalsclaw

Ah, I love me a sylphie saves the day ending.

Matthias

Tftc

Florian

I really like the novel, but there is one big negative. Sometimes the fights are so long over so many chapters that it just gets boring to get to another chapter just to still not get anywhere with the fight. Even if i would read it all without having to wait for the new chapter it would still be too long. It just feels like its made needlessly long. The first few Stages of this fight for example could be simplified and shortened (not less happening, just less in detail explaination about why everyone does what they do, how they got the skill they used and what the were thinking the past few minutes). The story is good, most fights are great, just these very long ones feel like i am watching a filler episode in anime. Anyway, I like Primal Hunter, maybe i just sound like an ass but I wanted to say it anyway.

Nick Nicholson

Getting a little dragged out now

Valhazstromoz

REE!!

Almost had me in tears for a second there, but LFG Sylphie!

Jason Bradford

Can we please be done with Nevermore

Mike T

Epic chapter. Loving this fight!

My Give

Can’t wait for the next chapter

Pip Mitchell

Tftc! And phew, we can’t lose Sylphie!

J Davis

Thanks for the chapter. Got a bit concerned about best bird there for a second

Hayden Leech

That’s a windy bird.

Luboš Hemala

Sylphie FTW! :-)

HailingMist

Sylphie out here!

BlackRazaras

Thanks for the chapter

Jade356i

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