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Chapter 892 - Time To Head Home
🕑 Added 2024-04-12 10:55:05 +0000 UTCVilastromoz had a lot of thoughts bouncing around in his head after the mysteriousness around the First Sage was seemingly only growing exponentially. However, he could always trust Jake to offer him a good distraction, as he was sitting on the terrace in Nevermore City with his avatar, very much enjoying the show.
He had kept an eye on the entire ritual, as quite frankly, he viewed the Demon Prince and everyone involved with creating that ritual as complete morons. From their conversations, they had clearly believed they were the first ones ever to think up such a daring ritual and viewed themselves as truly innovative and bold.
To the Viper, this wasn’t even among the first hundred rituals he had observed like that, each of them practically identical in nature. It wasn’t complicated at all what they were doing; it was just stupid. Most rituals like this ended with the entire thing just blowing up, while the other half ended a bit similarly to how this one nearly did: with the demon in the center mutating into something unintended.
This ritual was different, though. Not in its design but in that it had Jake in charge. His application of the special energy he possessed led to the creation of a far more powerful catalyst for evolution, but that didn’t solve the issue of that evolution not ending well for the Demon Prince. Honestly, the entire thought process behind what the Demon Prince of the Fourth Hell wanted to accomplish was flawed.
The entire point was for him to improve his Records, and to do that, he would have to absorb an item with superior Records. However, for him to consume an item with superior Records, he needed to have powerful enough Records to begin with. It was quite the conundrum, and to put it in the simplest term possible, the Demon Prince had tried to swallow something too big for him to handle. Mortals simply weren’t meant to handle the Records of a god, period.
Vilastromoz was also certain the higher-ups of the Fourth Hell knew this. Shit, the Viper himself had seen recordings of their own failed rituals in the past, so they knew this wasn’t going to work. Yet they had allowed the Demon Prince to go ahead, even after he had proven himself on the Leaderboards. Did they do so to use him as a political tool? If the Viper’s Chosen messed up and got one of their young talents killed, they likely wouldn’t demand compensation, but they could try to leverage it to request help from Jake or perhaps even the Viper himself in the future.
It was naturally also possible they simply wanted to take the gamble and see if maybe the Harbinger of Primeval Origins could do what was thought impossible. To lose a Demon Prince to figure this out wasn’t that big of a price to pay. They could always nurture many more. Meanwhile, the possibilities if Jake was successful were nearly limitless and something even the devils of the Hells would care about.
This was the reality they now found themselves with. Jake had succeeded… no, he had gone beyond expectations and done something that the Viper honestly hadn’t been a fan of, even if things had worked out.
”Did your Chosen just astral-project his own soul into the Soulspace of another?” the Wyrmgod suddenly asked as the Primordial appeared on the terrace.
”And here I thought you respected the rights to private property. Not to mention your illegal spying on residents… do we have a public relations disaster on our hands here?” the Viper asked teasingly.
”Nevermore City is still partly considered Nevermore and thus my domain,” the Wyrmgod answered. ”And even if I observed the situation, due to its peculiar nature, I still remain with questions. Did your Chosen truly astrally project into another Soulspace?”
”He sure did,” the Viper shrugged. ”Mind you, this is after I told him not to astrally project his soul around like that way back in the Tutorial.”
”Foolish and reckless,” the Wyrmgod said before he frowned. ”Wait, he astrally projected during the Tutorial? Where to?”
”To the Order of the Malefic Viper, using his connection to me as my Chosen,” the Viper said casually. ”I did send him back pretty quickly, though.”
”That is… hm…” the other Primordial said as he appeared to be deep in thought.
Jake doing these things was impressive, but neither was considered impossible. Astral projection was a pretty normal ability, and Jake’s version was quite frankly shit. It was the riskiest version there was and one no one ever really used unless they didn’t know better. Projecting at such an early grade did indicate an extremely powerful and stable soul, though.
As for entering the Soulspace of another, that was not something considered impossible either, just incredibly rare, and not something people often did or wanted to do. Very specific circumstances had to present themselves to make it possible. There were also certain skills that could make one interact with the Soulspace, though.
The Minotaur Mindchief Jake encountered all the way back in E-grade was a creature that could touch upon the soul. The skill that D-grade had wasn’t quite capable of entering a Soulspace, but with a skill evolution or two, perhaps it would be possible. The thing is, more often than not, there were no benefits to entering a Soulspace, only demerits.
Anyone would be stronger inside their own Soulspace than in the real world. The Soulspace was a representation of your Records and allowed you to have power not based on how strong you were but how strong you could become. It was a simplification, but that was roughly how it worked.
With how Records functioned, outside of extraordinary cases, everyone would have more Records than their actual power presented. The only ones who didn’t were those who had reached the end of their potential, and even they always had a bit more potential to pull on and would be at a significant advantage within their own Soulspace.
This was due to the second reason why it was stupid to enter someone else’s Soulspace: the suppression. A Soulspace was one’s domain, and anything foreign that did not belong there would be suppressed and pushed out or destroyed. So even if two people were equally powerful, if the fight suddenly switched to a Soulspace of either of them, that person would have an insurmountable homefield advantage and easily destroy their opponent.
The Soulspace could most easily be likened to the divine realm of a god. It was the domain of the person it belonged to, and within it, they would be far more powerful while everyone would be suppressed. So, for the same reasons as why one wouldn’t ever want to enter another’s divine realms, neither should one enter other Soulspaces.
That is… unless one was so powerful, any such suppression in other domains proved meaningless. This was what Jake had effectively done. His soul was simply at another level, and even if he astrally projected into another Soulspace, he didn’t really care about anything and did whatever he did in there.
The reason it was still risky, though, was that if the Demon Prince had died, Jake would have lost whatever he astrally projected for good. Which definitely wouldn’t have been good,
”His soul is truly not normal, is it?” the Wyrmgod questioned after a good while.
”Nope,” the Viper smiled.
”Do you expect the Hells to begin making their move soon? I know the Order has maintained a strong working relationship with them, even in your absence,” the Primordial continued. ”We both know that his accomplishment is related to his Bloodline, and the Demon Prince will surely return to the Fourth Hell and report everything that happened in detail.”
”Oh, without a doubt, they’ll do something fun,” Vilastromoz shook his head. ”They owe Jake now, especially the Demon Prince, whom I’m sure will be given quite a lot of attention going forward.”
”They will undoubtedly want to propagate his Lineage,” the Wyrmgod agreed. ”I am also thinking… has your Chosen considered what the impact of what he has just done will be?”
”Not at all,” Vilastromoz said with certainty as he grinned.
”I see. Either way, I am still interested at some point in the future when he has matured more into his powers,” the Wyrmgod said as he turned to leave. ”Before, I was unsure if he would even be open to the suggestion, but now that he’s opened that door himself, my doubt has lessened significantly.”
The Wyrmgod disappeared as Viliastromoz shook his head. Jake indeed didn’t know the impact of what he had done. No, not the achievement itself or anything related to it. It was the mere fact he had even agreed to the ritual in the first place.
Before this, he had only ever done rituals for himself. Even if it ended up benefitting some factions, he hadn’t been asked by them to do it. This time, he had effectively done a commission using his abilities as the Harbinger of Primeval Origins. He had shown the multiverse that was even a possibility he considered, which also communicated he could use the ability purposefully, with its limitations perhaps not as severe as first hinted at.
In summary, Jake had sent a message to all the major factions of the multiverse despite not knowing he had done so. Or maybe Jake did and the Viper had underestimated his Chosen and the hunter’s ability to understand the multiverse’s political landscape.
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Jake had naturally not thought about this at all. He had just seen a really interesting and cool ritual and agreed to do it, never considering the wider implications of his actions. But was that really his fault? It was just everyone else reading too much into things and making them way more complicated than they had to be.
Still standing in the ritual chamber, he waited patiently as the newly born Cerulean Demon Lord regained his bearings. Jake could understand why it would take a while. He probably had a lot of system notifications to deal with, so Jake also took the chance to check out those he had gotten himself.
Firstly, there was an interesting one, as he wasn’t sure he had ever gotten an ”experience gained” message that looked like that before.
You have successfully conducted a ritual leading to the creation of a Cerulean Demon Lord – A new kind of creation has been made. Bonus experience earned
He had other notifications that talked about rituals, but not in this fashion. It was mainly the conducting part… probably because this was Jake’s first group ritual where he had been in charge. Something he had feared would hurt his experience gain, but seeing the next few messages, that didn’t appear to be the case.
’DING!’ Profession: [Heretic-Chosen Alchemist of the Malefic Viper] has reached level 263 - Stat points allocated, +35 Free Points
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’DING!’ Profession: [Heretic-Chosen Alchemist of the Malefic Viper] has reached level 267 - Stat points allocated, +35 Free Points
Five whole levels for a ritual that only took a couple of hours. That was damn efficient leveling, if Jake said so himself, and it put him even closer to level 300, which was the next milestone he really looked forward to, as that would mean meeting the First Sage directly.
He had naturally also gained a few race levels with the profession ones.
’DING!’ Race: [Human (C)] has reached level 276 - Stat points allocated, +45 Free Points
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’DING!’ Race: [Human (C)] has reached level 278 - Stat points allocated, +45 Free Points
All in all, it had been quite a fruitful endeavor, and even if he had to spend a bit of his special Jake Juice, it was such a tiny amount that the levels he had just gained nearly made up for it. He almost wanted to see if he could do another ritual sometime soon, but he also got the feeling that wouldn’t be smart. Not like it would reward even close to the same amount of levels, due to the uniqueness of this one. He also wasn’t sure where to find ten legendary Demon Lord Hearts.
”My lord?” one of the demon ritualists asked after a while. The Demon Prince took a moment to respond as he opened his eyes again and rolled his shoulders. Rather than respond to the demon, he looked at Jake instead.
”My apologies. There are a lot of things to take in, and the metaphysical representation of the Cerulean Devil still remains within my Soulspace. It will take a while to fully absorb but with the contract in place…” the demon said as he looked deep in thought.
”I would reckon you got a pretty smooth ride for the next evolution or two,” Jake shrugged with a smile. He would be like Jake and Sylphie in that he didn’t have things like race quests but would just be able to evolve as long as his class allowed it.
”That is likely,” the newly-born Demon Lord agreed as he volunteered some information. ”My racial skills have mostly all changed, but my class remains the same. One thing is clear, though: I am a fully-fledged Demon Lord now. With all the perks and downsides, there comes with that.”
”Is that a good or a bad thing?” Jake questioned.
The Demon Prince just smiled. ”Think of Demon Lords as being to demons what a True Royal is to an ectognamorph, albeit in an admittedly far less extreme fashion. It’s viewed as a higher race of sorts, though it does also come with a certain set of expectations.”
”So, it’s overall good, got it,” Jake nodded.
”Good indeed,” the Demon Prince shook his head with a smile as he looked at Jake seriously. ”You have given me a boon I have no idea how to ever make up for. No, not just me; the entire Fourth Hell owes you. It may be late to ask, but what does the Chosen desire? I realize we failed to ever discuss payment for your work.”
”Hm,” Jake said, having totally not forgotten he should probably get paid. ”How about this… you owe me one.”
Jake truly didn’t need anything. However, a favor could hold a lot of value in the future, especially if the Cerulean Demon Lord rose to power as one would expect of him. One had to remember he was in third place on the Era Leaderboards, and that was before his evolution. Now, Jake didn’t doubt he would have done even better, though it was doubtful he would have beaten Ell’Hakan, much less Jake.
”Owing you is but a given,” the Demon Lord shook his head as he considered for a moment before taking out an odd emblem of sorts. When he did so, Jake saw the alarm on the faces of the ritualists, but none of them said anything. ”For now, take this.”
”What is it?” Jake questioned before he accepted it.
”The crest of my clan. With it, you will be treated like an honored guest in at least the first four Hells. Moreover, if you ever find anything you desire from us, feel free to use it and contact us, and I swear on my Path that I shall do my utmost to assist you,” the Cerulean Demon Lord explained.
”I see,” Jake said as he chose to accept the crest as he got an idea. ”I may not find a need myself, but if I have a comrade who can benefit, would I be allowed to give it to them instead?”
”What you use it for will be to your sole discretion,” the Demon Lord just said. ”I am well aware that chances are we have nothing to offer that the Chosen of the Malefic Viper cannot obtain himself, outside of particular things unique to the Hells or items that could only benefit demons.”
”In that case, I may just find a use for it,” Jake nodded. Yeah, chances are, he was just going to hand it off to Irin or something. As the Demon Prince had said, Jake didn’t really need anything they could offer, and even the unique alchemical ingredients the demons had a monopoly on, he could still just buy as part of the Order if push came to shove.
”Anyway, it was a pleasure doing this ritual with you all, even if things didn’t exactly go to plan,” Jake said after they exchanged a few more pleasantries. ”Good job, everyone. I told you we would make history.”
It seemed as if it was only when Jake said this that the ten demon ritualists who had assisted with the ritual truly realized what they had been a part of. Only now did they realize they had indeed been part of a ritual that may have been entirely one-of-a-kind and would truly go down in the history of the multiverse. It was no understatement to say that the Cerulean Demon Lord was not the only one who had their entire future changed on this day.
Jake didn’t say anything more as he allowed everything to sink in, and he exited the basement, the Demon Prince escorting him out. He didn’t lead Jake out of the mansion itself, as he wanted to remain hidden for now, something Jake understood. The Demon Prince had changed quite a lot physically, going from being just about Jake’s height to now being two full heads taller, and that wasn’t even counting the horns. He looked a lot more like the Cerulean Devil, that was for sure. Especially the part where he had turned way more blue.
Walking out of the demon mansion, Jake felt pretty happy about how things had gone as he considered where to go next. That was when he realized this had been the last item on his Nevermore City bucket list… which meant there was really only one more thing left to do.
It’s time to head home.
Comments
Ken
That would actually be a good story idea ngl but he would prob have to get to b grade or something
Josh Sabo
I wonder if Jake’s abilities will be able to effect Villys wife the way he himself had been failing…
Endless Nature
Thx for the chapter
IFL
Literally came into the comments only the lol at 'not at all', gotta love the viper
Chloe
That's cool he immediately thought up how to help a friend. I like that about Jake.
Chloe
Yea but Jake's response, is there something you have that can help a friend of mine? Thats just him being a good guy.
Chloe
His soul isn't normal is it?.... Nope! And he has no idea what he just did does he?.... not at all! Omg. I giggled so loud my dog barked at me. This is really a fun story. Tyftc Have to wonder tho, how much he keeps helping his friends and if he gets new hangers on, or keeps his circle small. Also wonder if his ritual magic keeps getting better, how does that align with and yet influenced by the verdant lagoon witches and his city manager?
Jeff McCulley
Just finished rereading Chapter 626, just prior to Jake going shopping. Didn’t he still have some things he was planning on picking up in Nevermore City?
Martín Ballesteros Arias
The message was something like when 2 become 5 unite with 1, he gets a charge every 20 levels
Martín Ballesteros Arias
Is it Monday yet?
ItWasIDIO!!
Yes forgot about the pitstop to get teased by a succubus & be told that his live in servant took her first step to independence until Jake actually starts changing things with his unique viewpoint I don't count it much
Ty Cooper
Jake will still level fairly quickly. He has momentum and records a plenty.
ChRiAn
Jake himself disagrees with you, see the shopping trip.
Ty Cooper
"So... I have this heart and a hall pass to the 4th Hell"
Ty Cooper
That's just one of the many things the Hall Master is there for.
Ty Cooper
Dang I hadn't even thought about that. Nephew going to be a beast.
Jeff McCulley
Jake made it clear he doesn’t mess around with business associates.
Jeff McCulley
Nah. He’ll annoy them more by hereticing (heretizing?) an Augur next time he pops by Earth.
Jeff McCulley
Nah. While he likes looking, he also draws a line at fooling around with subordinates, mixing business with pleasure. And in the order, everyone except Villy is Jake’s subordinate. Especially if Irin really wants that “liason” job.
Jeff McCulley
Sure, but she’s considering this a vacation. And doubtless wants to get all her levelling done before the Prima Guardian as well.
Jeff McCulley
@Ty—Dustin means that Jake will bury his head in the sand—er, Alchemy Lab, then come out years later and wonder why everyone is mad when he wasn’t around to help with something important—and had turned off his Miranda beeper. We already saw that foreshadowed with a comment a while back that the Prima Guardian and its army show up in five years—then they have five more to beat it. At which point, iirc, Jake offhandedly thought that be didn’t actually need to be back until almost ten were up. You know, say, four years of the Prima Guardian destroying stuff on Earth because Jake was paying no attention in the lab.
Jeff McCulley
Pretty sure Villy didn’t think it was “just” an infusion of records.
Jeff McCulley
Nah. Stopping by the Order first.
Jeff McCulley
“Attacked him to get to Jake”. What, during the ritual? They were inside the basement of the Demon’s compound. In Nevermore City, with the Wyrmgod watching over everything. “No attack” rules. No one was attacking anyone.
Jeff McCulley
Just reread that passage back in book 8 or so. He’s already got that. Meira doesn’t want the job any longer.
Jeff McCulley
I’m curious how soon they’ll all get invites to join the Order. Guessing that as Jake walks away around one corner, some flunky from the Order is coming around the other with a handful of formal invitations in hand.
Jeff McCulley
I was reading a passage where someone notes that people get records just by hanging out with him. Makes you wonder just how powerful that nephew he plays with every chance he gets is going to be.
Jeff McCulley
Still not the point. The problem is, they’ll be annoying the hell out of him.
Jeff McCulley
And he gets the charges every X number of levels. So 300 is enough.
Collateral_ink
Actually, Yip is probably the only god that Jake could kill while still pretty weak. All of Yip's power is tied to stories. If people believe he is powerful, he is; if people believe he is weak, he is. In fact, the argument could be made that Yip is not actually a god. He is a man telling the story about a god named Yip of Yore, wearing that role. Break the story sufficiently and he might not even be divine anymore.
Collateral_ink
It better end up being called The Wild Hunt...
nathan
When he upgraded his shoes the sage left him a message on how many charges of his heretic chosen skill he needed to observe past records
Jmc mc
Hey long time reader here, I think I missed something and havent found the reference on back tracking. why does Jake know he will meet the sage at 300? I thought his relive villas records thing was unpredictable?
Cryfdwr
Then she faints and gains 10 levels…
Ty Cooper
I was think that also. Those ritualists got such a boost to their records. Jake just casually buffs up the 4th hell and bails. I think the ritualists got almost as big a boost as the prince for their paths. I am curious what their skill selections will be after that assist.
ItWasIDIO!!
Like I said if she's treating it like a regular dungeon taking breaks & stuff more than likely she will plan to be there to meet him Miranda's whole path revolves around Jake so yeah my money is on her being there
ChRiAn
My thoughts exactly. Do we know how large the storage is? It would be hilarious for Jake to try to store something just to get told "inventory full". So he then has to spent a month spring cleaning that necklace.
ChRiAn
I think the start of the 93rd era is only 6ish years ago? Given the yearly world congress, during the third the Prima was announced, which is now 3 years ago.
ChRiAn
If she is still in the dungeon though, how would she learn about the leader board chaos before her next city floor? And given the floor times, that could be a while.
ChRiAn
Because after the leader board reveal Nature's Attendant told her they would wait a bit for things to cool down. And technically Jake still is in Nevermore, so under Wyrmgod surveillance.
ChRiAn
Highly doubtful.
ChRiAn
Jake always said the ritual would be the last thing he did in Nevermore in case he had to bail. And I guess the Demon Lord wants to get acquainted with his new form a bit. So no reason for Jake to stick ariund
Biggy smalls
Like the guy up above points out. I think in the long long run the mortals that come up alongside Jake are going to butt heads with the old head Gods in Villys order/pantheon. Not to mention the other mortals and gods of the multiverse. His friend group are going to be too heretical to get along with the fanatic collision under Villy, or other pantheons in the multiverse. The only reason Jake gets away with his heresy is because he’s Villys chosen. The three witch Gods wanted to tear Jake’s head off when they first heard Jake address their patron God as Villy. Duskleaf has even been partially put off with Jake being too casual with Villy (which is funny to read). I think Jake’s group is going to need their own space to be irreverent of higher graded individuals. Not to mention the protection a pantheon would offer Jake and Co. I think it’s going to come about seamlessly. Jake’s path is already accidentally heading in this direction. Another happy little accident.
Mat
Gotcha, but just so you know, Haven isn't exactly what you'd call a typical faction on earth right now. So, his crew of gods might end up being a bit unconventional too (Carmen and Sandy comes to mind) What I'm getting at is, Jake doesn't need to sweat it to snag the perks of leading a faction. He can just pull what he needs from the order. Now, if Jake's gonna start his own faction or pantheon, it could be because this whole blessed-heretic thing catches on (and that's not even counting any team-up with Eron). This could be Jake's shot at shaking things up and stepping out from Villy's shadow by going toe-to-toe with the big leagues like the Holy pantheon. But with someone like Snappy digging the idea, Jake might roll with the order instead. Plus, Villy's already cool with spreading the path within the order.
Mat
Jake will probably just use gaze as a warning shot
kpii
Jake winning the idgaf war in the multiverse, respect
Joshua Smock
Also we keep seeing the First Sage pop up and he is also clearly dead.
Joshua Smock
Pretty sure Miranda handled that unless your talking about all the awkward gratitude he is about to receive.
Jeff McCulley
Just ran across this rereading Book 8. It’s what Villy is saying Jake just opened himself up for: “It was similar to how Villy used to be hounded by people wanting him to do alchemy for them before he just started killing them for not going through the proper channels.”
Biggy smalls
We need a new gear chapter at the order. I hope he goes to the order to get new stuff and then back to earth. Meetup with all his order peeps for a weeks worth of chapters and then back to earth. Maybe more than a week and work with that S grade dragon about his Soulflame? It be fun to see Jake try to traverse the order after openly becoming the chosen, not to mention his Nevermore results/nevermore shenanigans going public.
Biggy smalls
You’re spot on with all your reasons. These guys above talking about Valdemar having Gudrun. Meanwhile I’m sitting here going “Hello, Jake has Miranda. A person already responsible for running Jake’s shit”. Her profession is already directly connected to running Jake’s political holdings. First it was Haven, then that became Earth. Now it’s Earth plus 100 million freed Aliens. It’s naturally going to keep growing. Why wouldn’t that natural growth become a Pantheon in who knows how many books? Both Villy and Jake can do what they’ve always done, continue to delegate matters they don’t want to personally deal with.
Daniel Hamilton
Right, just casually hands it to her and walks away
Bearrito
Ya I use web browser and not the app. But that sounds awful.
Baged
My version of Patron remove all the "enter" input, so everything is smached together and becomes almost unread'ble. Happened like... 2 weekes ago? And I have been useing patron for 3 years now... reinstall dosent fix... have to read the chapters on my e-mail in orden for me to enjoy the chapters
JJB4345_80_815
If Zogarth were ever to do a poll for his readers on "Which Primordial should Jake slaughter?" I would bet that the overall winner in the poll would be Eversmile. The Holy Mother might get some votes since they were part of the Ell'hakan invasion of Earth as well as having a worshiper in his Nevermore party.
JJB4345_80_815
@Michael Younger - while I mostly agree with you, I would like to bring up a quote from Thomas Edison when somebody asked him about all of his failures before succeeding to create the lightbulb. Mr Edison was quoted along the lines of saying: "I didn't fail. I succeeding in finding several ways to NOT create a lightbulb." Along those lines, Jake should have gained some insight into soul rituals, right?
JJB4345_80_815
@Mat Don't forget about Villy (& maybe others) pushing him into creating his own Pantheon. Now, arguing about this too hard one way or the other is folly since it's like 40 books in the future... But if Jake achieves godhood, ya know that he's going to want to bring his friends with just to have more people comfortable with him to talk to. Eventually, though, it's going to get to the point where several things are going to conspire to make Jake start a Pantheon. First, Villy is political enough to know that it's unwise for an order to have a schism big enough where everyone can see it as Villy's gods and Jake's gods. Not exactly the same thing, but HBO is currently showing The House of the Dragon. The old Villy's gods might just bristle enough at all of these new gods being brought up by Jake that it's less of a headache for Jake to create his own Pantheon. Second, a good portion of Jake's friends aren't exactly the best fit for the Order of the Malefic Viper and might not want to join it but might want to seek a Pantheon created by Jake instead. Third, Jake already has his Gudrun in Miranda. For her to grow she might actually request Jake to set up the Pantheon for a records boost. Fourth, protection. Even if through Jake some of his friends would be willing to be tangentially connected to the Order of the Malefic Viper, being directly involved in a Pantheon under such a powerhouse as Jake might actually provide more protection for them. When you attack one god in a Pantheon, you usually are attacking them ALL. If Jake's a god by this theoretical point, he's probably earned a reputation that makes picking on his friends an unwise decision. Fifth, nah I'm just messing with ya! ;-)
Richard Rader
Never have had a need too - been caught up so long I just get the chapter from the notifications page
Ty Cooper
I've been thinking about the other ritualists that helped with this. Man did they get a boost to their records. Jake just casually buffs everyone's records and bails. He helped the 4th hell out a ton more than just the prince.
kyle
Oh he will remember 🤣
Andy Swearingen
Gotta agree with you here. The closest he'll probably get is something Valhal pre Gudrun. I lose collection of friends that'll have his back no matter what happens.
Andy Swearingen
I feel like an IOU from someone that now holds a similar position to vesparia in the demon race is not anything insignificant. You gotta think the Prince isn't from Jake's universe but a prominent multiverse faction, if Jake even has a chance to create more demon lords, they will become very hostile to yip if he tries some crap.
Andy Swearingen
If he's going to be at one I'm going to guess it's the leader of the automaton race. Or eversmile
Andy Swearingen
I really want him to use his "Jake juice" on an automation next. I think it will probably set him as an enemy with them instead of another friendship. I feel like machines are something that improves with time so the origin would be quite weak. Instead of becoming "diluted" from a powerful ansestor like the beast/bug tribes.
Morgan Loman
... if he remembers he has it
Jeff McCulley
PS: Zogarth? Don’t think we missed Villy’s “Jake just decided to do a stupid thing, but not saying a wor—er, I’m here to support ya, buddy! And got my beer and popcorn.” 🍿
Jeff McCulley
The model Colosseum, iirc. Does that scale for gods?
Jeff McCulley
Psst. The Friday cliffy is that Arty hasn’t made an appearance yet. To which Jake is entirely oblivious.
Danny
Im alredy hyped to see Irinas reaktion xD
Bearrito
Does anyone else view these chapters by clicking on the title? And for those whom do the side panel that shows the most recent posts, now shows random posts from random chapters. Why did patreon change this? It is now useless.
ABTelford
Hm…I was expecting more of a freaked out reaction from the demon prince guy. Or maybe more visiting afterwards? But that said, this was still a great chapter and I’m looking forward to the “slave” awkwardness when he gets back to earth. 🙂
kyle
I can't wait for him to tell his devil patron (probably a peak god) that his presence is weaker than Jake's 🤣
Austin Richins
We all know he's going to toss Irin that medallion, like it's a coupon for a free smoothie. Probably when he remembers he has it, a year or two down the road.
Jay tolley
I would say.. Dead is Dead for now.. Villy spent 80 eras trying so far.. but we all know with Jakes and possibly Eron's assistance he will succeed. Assuming that is where the story about Eron telling Jake to pass his notes to Villy is going.
Ty Cooper
I would like to see Jake make a super succubus Lady. As his casual HR representative with benefits.
Neil
Just subscribed and caught up so I could get the end of the Nevermore Arc and the start of something, looks like I was ~1 update too early.
Ty Cooper
I've been looking forward to Jake showing the wyvern what's up. @Dustin why would Jake's return have everyone mad at him? I think earth is happy with him. All the freed slaves and beast folk. William went to Cheeto's home planet. Supposedly freeing them from Cheeto's influence
Mat
Jeff Valdemar was warrior waging wars and those who gathered around him create the faction with Gudrun being the glue. In Jake’s case he is a solo hunter. Just looking at how haven has grown under him I genuinely see him just always associated with the Order( not a member like Snappy) to handle whatever issues and responsibilities expected of him. Why form a faction/pantheon when your best friend is already leader of a top-tier one and you could just use it to do whatever. I don’t not even see him taking control of the Milky Way galaxy unless an enemy like EH or another situation (potentially benefits) forces his hand again
TwistedVanity
He was worried that the records might kill the demon Prince whilst Jake was in the soulspace. If he had the soul would instantly cease to be and eradicate that part of Jakes soul that was in there. He had no doubt Jake could protect himself. Also the demon almost died as Jake materialised in the soul space. It was a near thing in that instant. Then until it happened Villy didn't know how strong and abnormal jakes soul was. He "should" have been massively disadvantaged and in danger. However his monstrous soul made it a no e existent risk, but villy didn't know that until after it had happened.
TwistedVanity
He's not able to revive the dead. He can help something to connect to its species origins, its primeval origins. Not resurrect someone whose past. Eron couldn't do that remember and Villy has spent over 80 eras, trillions of years trying to do that. I believe dead is just dead. Otherwise all the deceased goes would have been resurrected. The demon lord thing, they couldn't bring the devil back to life, he had died, they were trying to connect with the records, history, he left behind, usurp them and use them to empower the demon Prince. Basically cheating and letting him grow from reputation and achievements of someone else for free, by stealing it from its corpse. Hence why it was mindless records, without thought or direction just running on instinct to survive and grow.
Mat
Maybe another auction by the world council that make him dumps stuff for some credit
Zizawah
The snark is real in top fans? :D
Mat
With how time works for gods, meetings decades or centuries later make little difference. Remember they casually just watched Jake do nevermore for more 18 years under time dilation
Mat
His instincts will probably scream at him. Also with his sphere active probably B-grades and above can jump Jake even indirectly
Mat
Jake busy seeing the Demon Prince and 10 ritualist and mages while Villy is seeing his Chosen surrounded by 11 lucky morons
ItWasIDIO!!
Eh chances are she goes back & forth after all everybody else who didn't take part in the leader boards was taking it easy treating it like a normal dungeon
DDHG
It was in that moment, Jake didn't fully understand how he fucked up. The poor planning of his actions will lead to a fully locked in Succubus who will work till the end of S grade to make Jake happy.
Austin Barton
I think it’s going to be the opposite he’s not gonna have anything to do that is necessary and will probably just visit his family and start doing alchemy to level
Josh Hietpas
FOR REAL! You know how many bodies hes just hucked in there and probably never took back out? Not to mention all the random loot he just throws in there like “well i cant use it, but maybe someone else can” and then just lets it sit
Josh Hietpas
Didn’t he also tell Dina to tell artemis he will be by sometime after the prima battle?
ValVal
He still has to go fight that Wyvern living in the mountains. Or who knows? Maybe he works with the wyvern and helps it evolve into a super dragon at B grade.
ValVal
I think Miranda is still in her Nevermore run
Chase Burton
Thanks for the chapter!
Josh Hietpas
“Vilastromoz had a lot of thoughts bouncing around in his head after the mysteriousness around the First Sage was seemingly only growing exponentially.” Should be “The fans in the comment section had a lot of thoughts bouncing around in their heads after the mysteriousness around the First Sage was seemingly only growing exponentially.”
James Faulkner
It’s more that he revealed how insanely strong his soul is, and also foreshadowed Jake’s ability to invade the divine realms of other gods once (or maybe even before) he ascends.
James Faulkner
Tftc!
Polaris
It’s just needlessly dangerous
Thenais
irin luck stat is over 9000
Jeff McCulley
“I’ll take Jake in the bush for $100, Alex”.
Sandraacox
Good chapter
Marcus Evenett
You are probably right but you have to admit that if you weren't planning to meet right after he left nevermore wouldn't you word it differently like instead of saying I'll be waiting for you saying come visit me when you have time after you finsh nevermore.
Jay tolley
Since we have a few years until the Prima, I feel like the part other than training will be Jake dealing with his Chosen reveal since he took off right after it happened. All the changes on Earth due to the new residents and the treatment he gets in the Order now.
Jay tolley
"when you come out of Nevermore" is a very vague time doesn't mean as soon as you come out of Nevermore. Also lets be honest there are a lot of things that have to happen after Jake being gone for three years, getting ready for the Prima and such. The Artemis thing may get addressed but guessing we won't get a lot of time with her until Jakes visit to the Pantheon of Life in the future
Jay Doubleyou Kay
I was just thinking that lol. He's about to come back home to a crap shoot of wildly varying complicated issues... For the entire planet. Hahahaha he might even have to get his own hands dirty trying to run the whole planet.
Kevin
Given the way levels and godhood works. Killing yip while a mortal would be harder than killing an S grade as a C grade. Yip would be ahead by godhood and 10 full rings of divinity and then whatever he’s accumulated for his war against Villy. Even if Villy essentially did absolutely everything for Jake and crippled Yip down to a killable level, you’d still be left with a deity who has enough willpower to speak you out of existence. He’ll definitely be killing some fledgling gods while a mortal, but not Yip.
Numbzy
I mean she isn't competing for the leaderboards so she can leave at any time and come back later.
Kevin
I don’t think we will ever see Jake revive Villy’s wife. I think we will see Eron use some sort of Eron juice (with help from Villy and Jake) to do it. It just doesn’t really make sense for Jake to revive the dead when you have Eron around.
Nick Elliott
Yeah that's in about what? 2yrs from now. Jake having been in Nevermore for like 3yrs? So if jake spend much of next 2 yrs advancing his profession to 300-320+ and getting a lead 20-50 levels on his class, that gives us access to the first sage storyline, which will grant some epic skills/upgrades he can use in the battle focused system event where he levels class and catches profession ending that event maybe Race, class, profession all around same at 320ish. That might be close enough for a montage of sorts while jake hunts and cooks those last 30 levels ready for B Grade!
Aldrin
I'm guessing villy was worried about the devil getting killed and the in turn hurting Jake. I had no doubt Jake had control of the ritual and could respond to an attack on himself if needed. But what about the devil? If someone attacked him to get to Jake could he respond in time to stop it?
Numbzy
Not snappy, duskleaf got rewarded.
Phillip Hazlett
Pretty sure it was duskleaf not snappy
Marcus Evenett
The only question I have is after the Colosseum Jake had that meeting with the gods where he did the aura clash with valdamar Artemis said I will be waiting for when you come out of Nevermore to… discuss more private matters further. Good luck!” why has she not contacted Jack
Mohammed Sheekh
he got the item from beating valdemar I believe
Dustin
Wait, what??
Baged
The next Earth event, where Jake will spent his time hunting one boss like monster after the other and then help other planets after hes own, will reward him with more extra levels i think..
Dustin
Freakin penthouse letters. Blast from the past for sure!
Dustin
Jake will prolly go back to Earth, away from Haven, and spend months hunting and alchemy-ing making his way back. He's gonna show up outta the blue, wondering why everyone is mad at him.
joel southard
Nice thank you for the chapter
ItWasIDIO!!
Time to see all the ch-ch-ch-changes & get scolded by Miranda
Dustin
Both Villy and Snappy got levels for the Bee Queen ritual, but they were both involved in it, even if barely. Neither were involved in this one. If Villy got anything due to Jake's Chosen status, it should just be an infusion of records.
Namorat
Yes, I love those dynamics!
BumAssBumAss
Was villy not a fan of Jake's astral projection or something else?
Michael Younger
I wouldn't expect an upgrade because he didn't do anything to upgrade it, he just used his juice and didn't expand his knowledge of rituals.
Tommy
From reading a tonne of prog fiction I have come to realise that I am a big fan of best friend team ups. So when an MC helps out a new guy in the back of my mind is always a voice going “yes! And now team up for the bromance to continue!” Very happy with this result 👍😂
Jason Bates
Villy didn't help with the ritual like he did with the Vespernat. So would have only gotten whatever the blessing provided as a trickle upwards.
Nick Elliott
I do feel a little sorry for Helenstromoz from Azure flight as ok yeah her and her B grade did meddle and annoy Jake early on but he does not have any particular grudge against them. And yes they pivoted to Draskil. But she is about to be well and truly gazumped by the Goldenflight princess in that little dynamic
Nick Elliott
I think Jake is on pretty friendly terms with all primorials, Neversmile perhaps worst but that feels like a frenemy type thing. I believe its more likely that Jake becomes a God killer when still a mortal. ie kills yip himself. But I dont really think that is destined. Perhaps more likely he tops a couple of lesser god sent to tangle with him when hes S Grade or perhaps Peak A Grade
Sébastien Kingsbury
Does Jake have any particular grudge against any of the primordials though? I guess plenty of time to build a grudge between now and then but they all seem pretty chill with Jake no?
John Looney
I think u mean jake keeps doing cool things and people keep getting hyped for some reason
donvitogonzalle
Yes, thank you. The ritual skill not getting any kind of upgrade was such a missed opportunity.
Michael
I also get the feeling yip won't be the first to slay a primordial, Jake will
Jeff McCulley
Not “just”. He also just guaranteed that more people are going to try to get stuff out of him. And until Villy is back in full form and on top (i.e., takes out Yip) some will try to do it by hook or by crook. The latter being the ones that *really* piss Jake off.
Patrick Laplante
I feel like god levels are super insane compared to normal levels.
Jeff McCulley
That would hardly be a surprise, would it? Two minutes before the Prima Guardian arrives: “Hey Jake….?”
Jeff McCulley
Commonly used phrase.
Nick Elliott
By my count Jake has done time dilation after tutorial, Then the first system event, then when he got Villys blood, then when he created his Mythic Skill and now Evermore.
Jeff McCulley
Mat? Think about it. He’ll use the Valdemar business model. Wander around doing his own sh*t while someone else runs things in the Pantheon. Lay smack down when he needs to. Pretty sure we already know the Pantheon is going to be called Haven.
Mike
hey hey now this is the Primal hunter NOT Primal Penthouse letters edit: well if you don’t get the joke you didn’t grow up pre-internet.
Nick Elliott
So its taken Jake just over 50 yrs of his internal time to raise to just over halfway through C Grade (Lv278) and levelling is suppose to be faster in Nevermore due to the constant challenge. Assuming its say 50% faster that would mean 100yrs to get the final 72 levels of C grade done.... I mean, I'm here for it but thats probably 500 chapters or 2years. Unless we get some time skips at later points I think I will be dead before we hit A grade :) Speaking of is anyone tracking either total earth years system integration or jake years since system integration as they are vastly different I guess
Mike
yay Jake Juice!
TwistedVanity
A suggestion for a fun chapter sometime. Jake storage. He has loads of cool extremely helpful, often important stuff in his storage, that he has totally forgotten about,and occasionally remembers guiltily after the fact. I'm looking forwards to a chapter where miranda or someone goes through his storage with him to organise it. The awe, shock, horror, recriminations [he has loads of dead bodies doesn't he] and then rebuked and chastisement over the important things he has forgotten would be priceless. Jakes embarrassment and Villys laughter and teasing would be awesome.
Jeff McCulley
Earth. He’s just popping by the Order on the way there.
Jeff McCulley
Yeah, the dragon flights decided to kiss up to his followers instead. I’m fascinated to see just exactly what happens when Jake drops back by the Guild and realizes A. That they tried to pull that shit, and B. That dragonflight’s realization that the Golds (much higher) have now entered the fangirl party. Especially when she’s sitting there in Meira’s support group. “Wait, you’re dating who? Honey, he’s just using you. Lemme take care of that…”
UMCDaEMON pp
When and how is Jake going to use his Juice to revive Villys Wife and child? Does he need to be god for or like S class?
JJB4345_80_815
Yeah, I would not be surprised if the Holy Land was filled with demonic administrators. I'm getting this mental image of an office building with streams of demons in business suits entering and exiting. Ha!
Jake Johnson
Did Villy not get any levels for this one then?
Nick Elliott
I would love to see this but Miranda is in Evermore in fact I am sure the last update we got almost everyone Jake knows personally is including the freed slave leaders and settled beastkin leaders apart from Sky Whale and Jacob's father (and William) Maybe we can get some Miniaga discourse in another way, he does seem particularly interested in Jake and I get the feeling Zog like writing his bits. So think we will get a visit to see mum and dad and niece. Catch up with Sandy and probably Vesperia who was on her way here last time we heard. Possibly something new or unexpected then off to the Order maybe?
TwistedVanity
Hopefully we will get too see the demon lord higher ups reaction to the demon Prince upgrade. I loved the inclusion of the dragon flights ponderings, that turned to apprehension due to the chosen reveal. I enjoy seeing the rest of the multiverses reactions, shock, awe, then cold calculation.
Jeff McCulley
The Tao of Zogarth. Though that might actually be “Zao”. Because artistic license. (ChRiAn’s comment)
Mat
With how Jake hates politics I see him just being part of the Order
Jeff McCulley
Just because he casually plans it right now doesn’t mean that’s what’s going to end up happening. I’d like to see a list of his storage paired with “what Jake first planned to do with it”. Two hundred chapters from now Jake could meet another demon and think, “Oh yeah, I’ve got that thing…” And it’s the perfect thing for what he needed.
AbyssalFlame
maybe the Holy church or whatever its called since they're a "good" faction where as devils/demons are usually depicted as evil
Nick Elliott
In the context of this universe what is definition of pantheon? Is it like his trusted and loyals when he eventually creates his own faction?
Akashiro_Krax
in what world is halfs not equal parts lol?
Jeff McCulley
The first one mentioned is always the first one added. That’s how Zogarth does it, showing the first and last additional levels, rather than all of the ones for the advancement. Saves time and space. I’ve seen authors who don’t. Listing every single notification gets tiresome.
JJB4345_80_815
Artemis' viewpoint expressed her uncomfortableness with being around Nevermore and the Primordials. Before Jake showed up in [Redacted], Artemis had been looking for an excuse to slip away and find Jake later in a more... personal setting. ;-) Nevermore just isn't her jam.
Trevor Mergen
Thanks!
Michael
Jake is just unknowing giving himself more protection in the long run and making it harder for yip and ellhakan to do anything antagonistic against him
Jack Dawson
And the backing of a super powerful god who enjoys watching him do crazy shit
Jeff McCulley
I still feel like the blatantly obvious BEST choice for Jake is Nevermore herself, the Bound God. She doesn’t put up with his BS. Offers him common sense. Which is *exactly* what he needs. Not fangirls. Zogarth even put the hook in with the Alchemy garden for Jake to come back and visit when he’s much stronger. Pops back in an eon or so to check things out, Nevermore just happens to be standing there looking over the garden. Though how the actual f*** a relationship with someone who is fundamentally a dungeon core would work is beyond me. That’s Zogath’s job.
Ragereous
I don't think he'll ever slow down until godhood. Once he hits S-grade, he'll go hunting for minor gods to kill, and if this chapter is any indication, he'll be able to hunt them in their divine realm with ease. Just short of them being a primordial, that is. For now...
Bob of Doom
I kind of expect the scenario to work like this. Miranda: " Jake welcome home. I was told by a 4 eye god for you to dump your inventory so I could take anything you forgot." Followed by Miranda questioning Jake about the random stuff in his inventory.
Trevor Mergen
I really hope you’re right!
Songy
It's likely but at the same time, Jake emphasized hat he only used a small amount of his... oh so virile essence during the ritual.
JJB4345_80_815
Yes, thank you for the chappy, Zogarth! Are you okay, though? Do you have a fever? It's just not like you to let a weekend go without an epic cliffhanger! Most of this chapter I spent trying to console the raging 2 year old throwing a tantrum in my Truesoul who wanted their precious "Numbers! NUMBERS! Me want numbers!" So I thank you from the bottom of my Truesoul for your graciousness and the mercy that you have shown me and others!
Jeff McCulley
Nah. What Villy was talking about is that more factions will be bugging Jake to help them. People just not leaving him alone. THAT he DEFINITELY gives a fuck about.
Mohammed Sheekh
skill evolutions my friend, skill evolutions
Greg Lambert
Home? Which home will Jake think is home?
Jeff McCulley
Does Gaze really alter anything though? I think it just freezes everything.
Ty Cooper
Lol along with a demon lord heart. Jake's start to be a sugar daddy
Ty Cooper
So was all Jake got was a bunch of levels? I was sure he would have gotten an upgrade to his soul ritualist skill. Maybe we find that out Monday. Always love the God PoVs. Going to be interesting seeing the ripples this causes. Also kinda sounds like Villy will get another pantheon on his side.... or 4, not sure how the hell hierarchy works. I really want to hear the homecoming this lord gets on his arrival home. Gotta be good. Gotta say Jake is starting to collect these symbols saying he is a honorary royal. Wonder how many he will end up getting?
Jeff McCulley
I think he’s referring to half of the results, not half of the rituals. As in, “generally there are two results”. So maybe “the rest” would be better? In terms of the rituals, the majority probably explode. Two thirds? Three quarters? Seven eighths? Nine tenths? Gonna guess the latter.
Darshar Griffonmane
I don't think any "heavens" have been mentioned or anything like that on par with the "Hells" that we currently know of. I would imagine that, Demons being Demons/Devils, that the ones who will hate this the most will be Prince's (and his Patreons) rivals as well as the other layers of hell.
b bor
The primal pantheon!
Milings
I don't see the holy church being against demons, so far as I can tell they only hate the Rissen and vampires ( due to not being able to enter the holyland) heck they probably love a race that is natural inclined to paperwork
ChRiAn
Miranda is currently in Nevermore herself, so could be a whole...
Jeff McCulley
Prolly? I wonder if he can enter the 93rd Universe now.
Jeff McCulley
C’mon. You KNOW he’s forgotten all that stuff. And it’ll be YEARS before something twigs his memory, and he’ll pull this out to hand to Irin! Matter of fact, when he gets back to Earth, someone or other is going to have to actually say, “So…Jake…buddy…….didja get anything useful for Haven while ya were at Nevermore?”
Valhazstromoz
Time to give everyone's favorite succubus a lil surprise gift of the ridiculous variety
Nick Elliott
Verbalisng that he would happily just gift it to Irin is great. I wonder if he has received gifts and tokens applicable to all his inner circle and will have a big gift giving party. I cant recall everything that he has won in the 250+ Nevermore chapters. But surely there would be some epic alchemic ingredient he could give to Reika or a national treasure (if sylphie didnt eat them all) for Sandy or Scarlet or some sort of epic healing thing for Meera... This would also work as a handy plot mechanism for Zog to offload items he'd forgotten were in Jakes inventory :)
Kris Piskorski
Jake's future pantheon is going to be something crazy
Jeff McCulley
Hah! Famous last words! “It’s time to head home.” Lol! Artemis Ambush incoming! Hey, she IS a Hunter, after all! Lmao!
mitchel edwards
Thanks for the chapter. Possible Grammer mistake: "There comes with that"
ChRiAn
Isn't Jake due to a visit to the order to upgrade his equipment anyway now that he is halfway to B-Grade. So he can do it during Shopping trip 3.0. Wondering how many levels Irin gets this time.
Sam Rosenberg
Nice chapter
Nick Elliott
I love this, means Irin is relevant in Zog's future plans. Which I am here for.
ChRiAn
Holy church, but he will annoy them via helping Casper.
Chris Lowe
You tell me. An eldrich monster like you knows better
ChRiAn
Not really, halfs don't have to mean equal amounts
Â̴̖̈́͛̓z̴͕̤͑̀̈̈́͋ȕ̷̡͙̲̱̗̺͈̯̋̍̋̑w̸̯̳͔͕̺̫͂̚i̶̡̹̗̺̺̒̋̿̏̈́̾̏̕͘l̵̛̲̱͓̈̀ͅt̴̫̩̟͎́͒̂̾ͅ
It's funny how we look back at stuff early on in the story and only now see how trully broken the things he did were.
ChRiAn
Can Jake please start decorating either his log or his Order house with a board with all the signets/symbols/token/etc he collected up till now. Not just let them collect dust in his spacial storage, there is so much clutter in there by now...
ChRiAn
There is no such thing as a schedule and therefore no early release. A chapter is released when it is intended to.
Nick Elliott
I think perhaps given the time scales we are talking about on the growth to godhood being millions of years and when you overlay that with the IRL storytelling aspect. Jake feels like he will be focused on records, levelling and power and not settling down or procreation through C, B, A probably only slowing in S as he tops everything up ready for evolution to Godhood. I could see if he would spend a couple hundred thousand years in S-Grade he might find time to settle... maybe. My belief would be that he wouldnt entertain that until godhood
Namorat
I really love that he helped someone who will not simply turn around and put a knife in his back.
Â̴̖̈́͛̓z̴͕̤͑̀̈̈́͋ȕ̷̡͙̲̱̗̺͈̯̋̍̋̑w̸̯̳͔͕̺̫͂̚i̶̡̹̗̺̺̒̋̿̏̈́̾̏̕͘l̵̛̲̱͓̈̀ͅt̴̫̩̟͎́͒̂̾ͅ
Is there an angelic race?
ChRiAn
I have the feeling if he really hands that signet simply to Irin that he won't be able to dislodge her from certain body parts for the next decade or two...
Hayden Leech
I wonder if the cerulean demon lord has the signature resistance to presences now.
Akashiro_Krax
"Most rituals like this ended with the entire thing just blowing up, while the other half ended a bit similarly to how this one nearly did:" This sentence seems a bit off with "Most" and "the other half" used together
Mohammed Sheekh
wait a minute, if gaze can attack the soul directly, what if jake can change the soul with but a mere glance. zogarth reading this: WRITE THAT DOWN! WRITE THAT DOWN NOW!
Chris Lowe
Jake has already annoyed the Automata with Vesperia. I wonder who will object to a Cerulean Demon Lord of the Fourth hells.
BelligerentGnu
The thing about the politics is that it's still kinda trumped by Jake's utter lack of fucks to give.
Meruem92
That will probably be after the prima fight
Janelle Hotz
Happy Friday and thank you for the chapter! What a lovely, clean wrap up to the week.
Skyler Brown
i sorta called it with the soul space and divine space and jake just being a broken existence in soul form
Mohammed Sheekh
now I'm curious, jake has that item where he can 1v1 anyone in their soul realm with them both being level 0 with no drawbacks, would love to see jake vs villy in a full power scrap
Mownmbasa
I'm just trying to imagine Irin's reaction to Jake handing her over that token! I need to refill my popcorn bucket. What? Yeah you heard me, i said bucket! Anything less would be useless given the magnitude of what's to come:)) Also i am biased here because Irin is my vote for future Jake relationship goals. I am realist and i feel it's a fools dream since knowing Zog 99% he will choose someone else if it goes to that arc. That doesn't stop me to root for her especially in moments like these when Zogarth gives here some love! Besides I feel Irin would be capable of keeping up with Jake in growth given her race's path of growth and to be honest 2 battle maniacs forming a relationship will get tedious and boring fast (ex Carmen and Jake, Artemis and Jake etc). Meera has a high chance of second place in my book but i feel now that she is a Chosen she might change in time and choose a different path. Unless all of these options are just misdirection and Zogarth doesn't even care or has someone or something completely different in mind. Regardless i am looking forward for the answer! Damn i finished my soda aswell, got to refill!
Haaki0
"Early"
Olof Karlsson
Thanks for the chapter!
Manuel N.
Best story ever!
DeathTick
Nope. The clock just changed to summer time for most of us Europeans.
Dave
Great chapter!!
Stuart Thwaites
Tftc
patrick__starz
Tftc!!
Cory Sauls
Thank you for the chapter
S.w.
Love Villy’s POV and comments. So true. Thanks for the chappy!
Jana
I half expected Jake to offhandedly tell the Demon to just make a Skill or a weapon out of the Devil in his Soulspace - or both since it worked for Jake.
Jordan Bradley
I have a feeling we're going to be blueballed for quite some time with that reunion
Zizawah
So satisfying! Thanks for the wonderful chapter!
Thomas Todd
I think he was 262 before, 263 was his first level up and 267 the last
Lizy Flore
Thanks for the chapter :)
Strato Junon
Tyfc! Looking forward to seeing earth again. Riding home
Naotsugu97
Just a quick observation. Jakes profession level was displayed as 263. It stated he gained 5 levels, which would have put him at 268 instead of 267. Other than that, excellent chapter as usual. Thanks and enjoy your weekend!
Samot0423
Just casually plans on giving that to irin. I'm sure she will take that perfectly
Harvey Cross
Stupid weekends
Gagegear
Nice
Stevean Bozek
Jake obviously didn't think about payment or consequences. He just saw something incredibly risky and interesting and jumped at it like a cat going after a laser pointer. He's the embodiment of living in the moment
Evan Stanley
Thank you!
Phasmatic7
Thankies for the chapie zogie
Jim Meyer
Great wrap up! And the implications are huge!
Gavin
Man the ramifications from this whole arc will be felt for the next several books.
Arrogant Savant
Jake put up a sign which says "accepting commissions" anyone who's browsed patreon knows people will take umbridge with that.
Captain Nuclear
No visiting Artemis? :(
lockx
Oh Jake. Jake Jake Jake... This is going to bite you on the arse sooooooo hard. I hope you enjoy it hahaha
C0bra$
I love the nice and early releases thank u
Noah
How
BlackRazaras
Thanks for the chapter
Bob Burns
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