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Chapter 847 - Nevermore: "What a twist."
🕑 Added 2024-02-09 11:57:59 +0000 UTCJake sighed as the entire trial was rapidly coming down on his head. Usually, a collapsing cave wouldn’t really be a problem, and it would, at most, annoyingly trap him for a while, but this place was a bit different. It was clearly rigged to explode and kill whoever was inside, and releasing a Pulse, Jake saw that the pathways he had taken to enter the chamber were rapidly collapsing. If he really hurried, there was a chance he could still make it out the way he came, though it would be far more dangerous than the way down there. Even then, it was a risk, and he predicted he would get trapped at quite a few points and would have to do his fair share of digging.
He could do all that… or he could just go straight up and not waste any more time than he needed to. Summoning his wings, Jake began to rapidly infuse energy into them before he had an enchanted rock fall on his head. A green mist began to come out as he manipulated it to slowly surround him. Jake’s body soon enough began to turn a dark green color as he took a deep breath before activating the emergency escape ability of Wings of the Malefic Viper.
Shooting upwards, Jake had little control of his movements, as he just focused on going up. He felt himself pass through solid matter as if nothing could stop him. Even the enchantments placed on the chamber didn’t manage to impede his ascent, as they were ultimately made to strengthen the material, not stop someone using a skill like Jake’s to travel straight through.
Everything was warped as Jake wasn’t sure exactly where he would end up. After a few seconds more, Jake figured it was good enough as he deactivated the skill and appeared in the real world once more. Once his eyes and body refocused, he found himself standing in mid-air, above the clouds, with the ground far beneath him.
The wings on his back slowly withered away, and Jake felt the backlash as he could no longer activate the skill. He probably wouldn’t be able to for a good while… at least a few days. Jake had purposefully not kept the skill going for longer than necessary to avoid the cooldown being too long, even if he could have continued for a good while.
”Well, the Nine Seals Demon was a dud,” Jake sighed again. He had honestly been lucky he had discovered she was a secret ally of the dragon tribe because that had definitely been a risky gamble. Had Jake known for sure she was an ally of them? No, he just felt like things felt a bit off with her responses and lack of surprise when Jake mentioned the world getting invaded. Almost as if she had expected it to happen. Her concern also felt completely fake.
When he then accused her of being an ally, her response had also seemed off. She had frozen and just looked at him before asking what he meant. If she truly was an ally of the Founder who had fought the dragon tribe, wouldn’t she be extremely offended that some C-grade accused her of working with her hated enemy?
Nothing was definitive proof, but Jake had risked big and won. The fact she had crumbled so quickly and confessed everything had been very lucky for sure. As for her explanation about how the dragon tribe was actually the wronged party and the entire ”you’re actually working with the baddies” spiel… yeah, Jake honestly didn’t care. He was the Chosen of an evil snake cult. If he cared about being associated with the ”bad guys,” he would have had a faction change a long time ago.
The conversation did bring up one more annoying question he had to ask himself, though… was the Phoenix Queen an ally? The Founder had mentioned this Nine Seals Demon as an ally before, so there was a chance she had switched sides recently, and the Phoenix Queen had no idea. It could also be that the Phoenix Queen was also an enemy who would stab them in the back, which could be disastrous if the Founder trusted her. At this point, there was no way to determine her allegiances, and Jake had no idea how he would go about things.
Either way, shit was messy, and Jake was definitely not equipped to handle it. He considered what to do but ultimately decided to return to the Guild. Whenever in doubt, he returned to the core objective of this Challenge Dungeon: to complete Courier Jobs. So, if he could ”trust” anyone, it had to be the Founder who made the Guild.
Luckily, the trial hadn’t been that far from a major city, and a few hours of using One Step later, he arrived back in one. After a few more teleports, Jake was back in the capital city of the Human Kingdom, where he headed to the Guild to hopefully contact the Founder directly.
He ended up having to wait half an hour inside the Guild office before he could finally talk with the S-grade.
A projection appeared, and Jake saw the form of the Founder. He looked a bit worse to wear and was sitting with his legs crossed, likely also using this conversation to restore some energy. ”Courier, thank you for helping get the Blademaster here. I heard from the Phoenix Queen you went to recruit the Nine Seals Demon? Her abilities would be a great help in fortifying our defenses.”
”Yeah, about that… turns out the Nine Seals Demon is on the side of the dragon tribe,” Jake said with an apologetic look. ”I luckily discovered this before summoning her here, so a crisis was temporarily averted.”
”What?” the Founder asked, confused. ”Impossible… she was… no, I believe you, you have yet to lie to me. What exactly happened when you contacted her?”
Jake began to explain everything about their conversation and how he had to escape the collapsing cave, sprinkling that in to make it clear she had tried to kill him, likely to bury what he knew. The Founder frowned even more deeply than before when Jake told him she said that the dragon tribe were the planet’s original inhabitants, and the enlightened races were nothing more than refugees who took over. His interpretation of history was a bit different, though.
”Refugees? While it is true some were, many were brought here by the dragons as slaves after their homeworlds were destroyed by the tribe. It was no rebellion toward a benevolent ruler but a revolution against a tyrannical one that took place over centuries. We did also get some help from other enlightened who arrived, but to paint us as the aggressors and not us simply defending ourselves… either the Nine Seals Demon has been utterly fooled, or she tried to fool you,” the Founder said after Jake was done with his explanation.
Jake wanted to tell him that he still didn’t give a shit about the history of the world, and he kind of assumed both of them to be full of crap when it came to telling him what actually went down, but he held his tongue. Instead, he waited for the Founder to give him some time to think. As this happened, Jake also saw he had completed the Special Courier Job to find the Nine Seals Demon, so that was nice.
”You have once more done us a huge service. If the Nine Seals Demon had been summoned to the planet and attacked from behind, dismantling our defenses, the consequences would have been disastrous. I also understand your concerns about the Phoenix Queen, and I will make sure to confirm if she is also a spy… but I doubt it. For now, do keep what happened with the Nine Seals Demon hidden, though. I will tell her if I believe that best while subtly investigating.”
That was definitely a flag of some sort, and Jake quickly interjected.
”I believe it would be best to tell her now. There is a good chance the Nine Seals Demon joins the invasion force at some point, and if the Phoenix Queen is actually on our side right now, the shock of seeing someone she was once close with may turn her to the side of the dragons. If, on the other hand, you already discussed this with her first, she will not be shocked and be far more likely to refuse to listen to anything the Nine Seals Demon says.”
It was pretty common knowledge that people were incredibly biased toward the first side of any story they heard. If the Phoenix Queen already had the interpretation that the Nine Seals Demon had either gone insane or been tricked, she was far less likely to be convinced. This all assumed she wasn’t a traitor right now, of course.
”Hm, perhaps you are right,” the Founder agreed. ”Very well; I shall discuss it with her as soon as possible.”
One potential disaster avoided there… or I accelerated her betrayal, Jake told himself as he continued.
”How are things going at the frontlines? And is there anything more I can do to assist?”
”Our defenses are holding for now, but it is only a matter of time… the Blademaster has been a massive help and bought us a lot of extra leeway. However, nothing has truly changed. We need more allies… and…”
The Founder looked like he was hesitating a lot, unsure if he wanted to continue. Jake felt like he had to press him.
”Please, if there is any way, it is my responsibility to try and assist. So if there are any jobs, never hesitate to give them to me,” Jake insisted.
Still clearly unsure, the Founder considered for a bit before finally sighing. ”Very well, you have yet to fail so far. There is one person you could approach, but it is no ally or an old friend. What I am about to tell you is not something many know, and not even the Phoenix Queen is aware. Around twenty thousand years ago, I discovered an unknown aura. I noticed as the sole S-grade and went to investigate. It was another S-grade, and I foolishly got in a fight. I barely held on for a few minutes and nearly lost my life, but I was spared in the end. That is when I came to learn who I had been fighting… the brother of the Dragon King, who had been thrown out as his mother was a human.”
Yep, Jake had definitely unlocked some more hidden lore and a very special job. More special than the regular Special Courier Jobs.
”Back in the big war, he was not involved, as while he despised his brother, he still didn’t want to kill his own kin. The reason I am hesitant to try and make contact is that, truthfully, I do not know what his intentions are now. I do not know if he will even side with us or perhaps even choose his own kin and be our end. All I know is that without him, our chances are slim, while with him on our side, our victory is assured. Of course, our destruction is also unquestionable if he joins the enemy side, but at this point, it is simply a risk we have to take.”
”I understand,” Jake nodded. ”A huge risk with a potential enormous reward. How am I to find this dragonkin?”
”Once more, I must be truthful… I am not entirely sure. All I know is that he is either on this planet or one of the inhabited moons. When it comes to his exact location, all I have is a runic horn he left me with when I encountered him back then. He claimed that the runes on it could be deciphered to find his exact location, but I never really even considered messing with it, as I feared he would know if I did, and admittedly, I fear this dragonkin. Now, my fear is no longer a consideration. Also, while I respect your skills, you won’t be able to decipher it, as you are ultimately still only C-grade.”
Jake felt a bit disrespected, but the Founder was probably right. Jake’s chance of deciphering something made by an S-grade was borderline impossible, especially if he was on a bit of a timer.
”Instead, you must find experts capable of doing so. I have a few names in mind and shall include their locations when I transfer the Special Courier Job. Pick up the horn from my vault before you leave, and guard it with your life. Oh, and finally… due to the nature of the runes on the horn, it cannot be put in spatial storage, and with its draconic traits, I do not doubt for a second it will release an aura recognizable to dragons or their allies… so be careful as you travel, alright? There is a good chance the dragon tribe is also aware of their lost prince, so I doubt this will be a smooth journey. I would ask someone else to do it, but you are the only one I trust this task with. Now hurry, I must go; time is not on our side… may you succeed and win us this war.”
The projection disappeared again as Jake had gotten yet another Special Courier Job. At least, he thought it was just another Special Courier Job, but he was proven wrong as he read it.
Final Special Courier Job: While carrying the Horn of the Forsaken Dragonkin, seek out different experts capable of deciphering the runes on it. Once the runes are fully deciphered, meet the Lost Dragonkin and convince him to join the war against the dragon tribe. While carrying the horn, you will be repeatedly pursued by allies of the dragon tribe. This Special Courier Job must be completed before the frontline falls.
That’s right, the final Special Courier Job of them all. Just one more left and Jake would be done… though he got the feeling this one wouldn’t be all that easy or fast. Without hesitation, he went by the Founder’s Vault, and using his legendary Medallion with the Final Special Courier Job inside, he unlocked it, finding only the horn within.
The horn was about the size of a goat’s horn and slightly curved. It had a brownish color but was covered in golden runes all over. Picking it up, Jake tried if he could analyze the runes at all, but after just a brief scan, he shook his head. Fuck… no, I can’t solve that… shit I doubt even Arnold could.
Using Identify on the horn, he quickly confirmed it was at least also the real item.
[Horn of the Forsaken Dragonkin (Legendary)] – the horn of the ousted son of the deceased Dragon King. This horn is covered in runes that must be deciphered in order to unlock its true function. Cannot be put in any kind of spatial storage. Gives off powerful draconic Records, making it an item easily tracked by the dragon tribe.
”Oh well,” Jake muttered as he took the horn, and on the way out of the Guild, he took a small over-the-shoulder bag to carry it in. It was a bit too big to eat, so this would at least make it not too annoying to carry around.
Checking the location of the first expert, Jake frowned a bit. Of-fucking-course, it was placed in the middle of nowhere. With no reason to delay, Jake hurried out of the Guild and went on his way, not wasting any time to get this final job done. He just hoped that whatever the dragon tribe and their allies were cooking up wouldn’t be too annoying.
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Within a hidden mansion, ten figures sat. Nine of them were C-grade, all giving off auras of the late-tier, while the final one was a true A-grade powerhouse. They were positioned at a round table with a large crystal ball in the middle.
”The C-grade Courier is on the move,” one of the C-grades, a human, said. ”He has the horn.”
These people were all of different races, each representing different countries on the planet, except for the A-grade, who showed strong draconic traits. Unsurprising, considering he was a dragon in human form.
With a large smile, the A-grade in the room spoke. ”Good... the royal prince was right. In their desperation, they will lead us straight to him. Now, we just need to capture this Courier, and victory shall be ours. My movements are sealed, but you all should be able to act freely, so this task falls to you. Mobilize your forces and track him down.”
Waving his hand, the crystal ball began to glow. Nine smaller crystal balls emerged from it as the A-grade did his magic. ”The horn is linked to the Dragon Prince, and using it, we shall track this Courier easily. These artifacts will all show you the location of… wait a moment.”
The A-grade frowned a bit as he cast his magic again. He tried two more times as he sneered and looked at the C-grade who had spoken earlier. ”You said a C-grade had taken out the horn from the vault!”
”He… he did,” the human confirmed. ”I have an insider in the Guild who confirmed it…”
”Well, then tell me, you bloody moron, why the hell is the tracking spell not working on the horn! No… wait… ah, I see. Clever of them,” the A-grade said after a while as he nodded confidently. ”There is no way a mere C-grade could hide both himself and the horn from me… which can only mean one thing. He is a decoy meant to throw us off while the real horn remains in the vault. That, or someone powerful enough to hide it from me, has taken it for transport.”
Everyone around the table nodded in recognition. ”Truly a brilliant deduction,” a beastfolk chimed in, the dragon nodding, satisfied.
”Seeing as he is nothing more than a decoy, don’t bother with the Courier carrying the fake horn. If you have any agents that are in his path anyway, feel free to try and detain him and interrogate him for information, but there is a big chance that even he believes he is carrying the real horn, so I am not sure there is much to be gained.”
Once more, everyone nodded at the brilliant analysis from their leader. Truly, he had seen through the ploys of the Founder and Guild.
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Minaga just grinned as he looked at the Wyrmgod.
The Primordial didn’t say anything but just looked at the livestream quietly as he held a stoic expression on his face.
Vilastromoz also smiled to himself as he watched Jake running around, wondering why the hell no one was bothering him.
Minaga leaned slightly forward as he looked at the Viper with the subtlety of a rampaging behemoth. ”Psst… did you know Jake actually does have the real horn, but due to his totally fair Divine skill, they falsely believe he doesn’t?”
”Wow,” the Viper responded with totally genuine shock. ”What a twist.”
Comments
kapat
hehehehehheee
Kconraw
Thx for the chapter
Olof Karlsson
Thanks for the chapter!
SpicyApricotTree
It was mentioned earlier that no kind of blessing would be of assistance and Jake couldn’t even flaunt it if he wanted to.
Hunter Thornton
Couldn’t Jake just say he the chosen of the malefic viper and that he has a personal relationship wit the wyrmgod and stop this whole war by leaning on their political clout? Especially the viper if this is set after he decided to go into seclusion
Drew
"[as for the] 'you’re actually working with the baddies' spiel… yeah, Jake honestly didn’t care. He was the Chosen of an evil snake cult. If he cared about being associated with the 'bad guys,' he would have had a faction change a long time ago." lol truth, know your audience
Bryandbc01
People complain too much it’s just showing how addicted they are to the story. I would say, overall in a book setting it would be easy to read through this whole arc. In hindsight, the best solution was to just go in hibernation mode and wait for this whole arc to be finished and then subscribe again.
Daniel Foster
I am really enjoying the story thanks.
RJ
I am tired of this trials when we all know it won’t matter at the end.
Agree!
Bobby B
It’s disheartening to think the next 2 possibly even 3 books will be nothing but Nevermore. Gotta be honest here. I probably won’t but another book in this series until after the whole Nevermore arc is finished.
Bobby B
Nevermore is a great boost for all early stage C grades. Records. Understanding the multiverse. Group interactions. All these are valuable. However, Zogarth also values making money. Let’s be real. Earning 50k+ a month to write is a huge motivator to stretch things out. Money talks and the rest walks.
Bobby B
Yeah. You along with many others agree for main plot movement. I also happen to agree. I believe Nevermore is a tangent that has been throughly explored. I miss the multiverse and all its characters and interactions.
Numbzy
So I'm gonna say, overall I have enjoyed Nevermore. It's been fun, well written and obviously was one of Zogarths favorite places that he's wanted to write about for a while/since he's thought about it. That being said, I am ready to begin progressing the plot again. I feel like I just need more EH/Jake direct competition. More interactions between them. Undermining each other, maybe sabotaging each other. I thought there was real potential in the whole, make a poison that doesn't register as a poison to identify. Then having someone get it into EH's hands. Tldr, Nevermore has been fun and i enjoy it, but I am craving plot advancement.
Glacies29
Tyftc
Arkenian
Yeah. I see nevermore as being designed to train promising c grades: it starts by a quick tutorial of itself, then goes into challenges to teach you about working with your peers and strengths and weaknesses you bring to such a group. Then the floors designed to teach you the rules of the multiverse (the fact that this starts with " don't Fuck Around with minaga, you absolutely do not want to Find Out" is absolutely hillarious), then the challenge dungeons so the participant (and the wyrmgod) can really understand their path and how it interacts with the multiverse and its different strengths or weaknesses.. then speed running the final levels to consolidate gains, and then probably a final reward thing, and you're out.
Michael Fannon
Depends on how long the final floors take. I see a week to finish this dungeon, maybe a week for the follow up (hoping Jake is brought in to give a beta test review), a few days to catch up and for everyone to show off new things, then the final floors. I can see those both being sped through or taking several chapters each. Probably a combination of both.
JJB4345_80_815
Zogarth has already answered (somewhat) what the point of the challenge dungeons are for those not competing on the leaderboards. For the Test of Character, it's a way to determine compatibility between the competitor and interested gods/pantheons. Jacob and his Auger of hope/perfect empath was used as an example. For the Colosseum of Mortals, it was a way of establishing Karmic threads between promising competitors and gods via images. As already mentioned by Scout Mills, the House of the Architect is great for non-leaderboard competitors to improve their records. In general, the Challenge Dungeons could be seen as milestone achievements/benchmarks where competitors gain insight on various strengths and weaknesses and learn either by successes or failures what they need to work on if they want to reach godhood. These challenge dungeons are great for revealing the inherent potential of the competitor.
JJB4345_80_815
Can anyone confirm whether or not Zogarth saw his shadow on Groundhog Day? (I don't know if that joke travels well outside of the USA or not...)
JJB4345_80_815
I seem to be asking this same question every weekend. Super Bowl is this Sunday so Yay! I just kinda wish my team was playing in it instead of the usual suspects. Heck, even watching the Lions vs Bills would've been great! Still, food and crazy commercials count for something, right?
JJB4345_80_815
Is the criticism malicious or constructive? Constructive criticism is okay as long as it comes with respect. I hate malicious criticism. Some people are just mad at the world and lash out where they feel that they can. Sometimes, it's hard to tell the difference since text doesn't always come with emotional cues. It's easy to miss interpret. Sometimes I just get sick of the negativity EVEN THOUGH I myself haven't been 100 % positive at times. As long as Zogarth continues to write his story I'm happy. Nobody's perfect, and sure as death and taxes that means me too...
Decibel790
Hahaha, I thought he wrapped it in his stealth skill or just stable arcane mana, not his divine skill coming in clutch. Thanks for the chapter!
Arkenian
I wouldn't be shocked if the entire nevermore arc wraps up by the end of the month. Wouldnt necessarily bet on it, but we are getting close.
Arkenian
I think its a really cool bit of world building to see how nevermore stuff is designed and how it fails. Also, this last twist should make this last arc much shorter.
Adam Miller
Having finally caught up after the release of book 8, I must say this. Jakes enemies do not perform enough puma checks
Chrisbirdie
I mean Im a bit torn I feel like each challenge dungeon individually is handled pretty well. The Colosseum dungeon was nice because it gave us the epic climax of Jake killing Valdemar. Minagas dungeon was fun because he just exploited the hell out of it. The test of Character was fine too since it was pretty quick. The Architect dungeon was maybe Stretched a bit but since Crafting is an important aspect of Jakes Character it makes sense. And this last dungeon is already being accelerated super fast. I feel like this Arc will work MUCH better in a book form than in a serialized weekly Release form. Since the only reason imo its feeling tedious is because we are waiting months to finish it and because we have 5 'sidequests', right after each other even though atleast one of them has SIGNIFICANT effects on the Universe as a whole-> Colosseum with Jake getting into it with Artemis and beating Valdemar. But Im with you that its time to stop within the next 5 Chapters and get back to finishing up Nevermore now.
Devin
See I think you are wrong, a lot of this is giving us glimpses of how the Multiverse differs from what Earth is used to, while at the same time giving us a lot of personal growth of the character and introducing as well as hinting at some of the bigger workings of the universes. I mean could they be shorter, yes they could but they have been shortened where they can. And I am still having a lot of fun reading them. I know it also makes a big difference for the challenge dungeons if you read them back to back and not a day in between each. I just decided to join the patron this month so I got to read the last 53 chapter (or around that) back to back. It makes the flow a lot more joined.
Devin
Even himself to an extent, he is expecting resistance but nobody will believe that he has the real one since an A grade said so. Lmfao
Zach Neumann
Wyrmgod is thinking that giving Jake, who has God levels of omniscience, the God level of antitracking blessing was a good idea.
Scout Mills
While I like the story so far there is nothing wrong with people providing feedback. The other option is that they stop supporting the story without warning and the author has no idea why.
Zogarth
Yep, fixed.
Scout Mills
The point for most beings is that it’s a great way to gain records.
Ty Cooper
No wyrmgod
Ty Cooper
Ha he'd do it on his stall level in the labyrinth and charge points also
Tommy
“Once the runes are fully deciphered, meet the Dragonkin King and convince him…” I think this should be “meet the dragonkin king’s son” no? Or was it the brother of the current dragonkin King or something? Thanks for the chapter!
Daniel Foster
Here here
John Balman
LoL nice ending for a Friday looking forward to next week saga LoL
Zadumu
I think the author getting a general sense about how the audience feels about any particular part of the story is probably beneficial. Especially when this arc essentially amounts to a side story.
Victor Augusto Dantas Ferreira
There's a lot of foreshadowing that villy lost family and that's why he left. I think he is a family guy
Zadumu
Even if Villy agreed to have an image in the dungeon playing a character that’s hesitant to kill his “kin” is far to subtle.
James Faulkner
Lmfao, Jake trolls everyone once again lol
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Really love that who says the line is also a twist for us. Or at least for me I assumed it would be Jake. Big fan
Isley
good chappie
Kaibutsu
Final part of neverending journey? Right xD
Michael Fannon
A return to [redacted]? Yes please.
Rezkin
Lol, called it, also I thought it would be his barriers but his skill does make more sense!
Kaibutsu
He will just release his aura to show his superiority and order him around xD
kingofshibainu
I'm hoping for the wymgod to do a full debrief with Jake after this dungeon like a gamer beta testing for a developer.
KenTX325
Good chapter, but I hate that it keeps getting stretched out more and more. I'm conflicted as I am not sure if I am entertained or pissed this slow, meaningless arc is not over yet. I wonder what would be the point for someone not competing on the leaderboards. No experience, very little loot, no consequences, and no characters who are not meaningless images. At the same time it is taking us away from characters and story arcs we do care about. I still think all the challenge dungeons should be edited to no more than 20 chapters each and most should be less than 12. If the point is to tell a massive story of going from f grade to god status then you can't spend 2 full books doing meaningless challenge dungeons. I think that is part of the reason I am frustrated. I care about the main story and it is going nowhere. I think you will lose a lot of readers who are less invested in the story than patron viewers. Books are supposed to have a plot with a climax and resolution at the end. If you have 2 books that are mostly meaningless, non-competitive fights that go nowhere with no plot then then that will be disapointing.
TwistedVanity
Thanks for an awesome chapter and minga moment. I personally am really enjoying these challenge dungeons. But I agree with a previous comment I hope he gets an epic score for all this. As clearly no one else could have done half as well. Even if it is all due to the shroud.
KenTX325
It is the authors story, but we have invested a lot of time and energy reading to this point. I think we have the right to comment. Tell me how did you feel about the ending of Game of Thrones? Any thoughts on the newer Star Wars movies? I think it is natural to comment when your invested in a story and it starts going in a different direction.
Steven Ramey
I'm betting that the newly introduced s grade is actually a demigod whose borderline transcended already or at least I'm hoping for something like that and it will somehow play into Jake getting him to join on whichever side.
Benjamin Mages
Not sure how myself, but it's definitely going to be possible or it wouldn't be in the dungeon at all. That said, doing so might be considered a feat roughly on par with getting Valamar's approval, which is to say, insanely difficult.
Steven Ramey
The end of the chapter literally had me struggling not laugh out loud while I was ordering food in that would drive through
JonO
Yeah i think Jake will give it a5/10 with an obligatory meh at the end.
Mohammed Sheekh
I'm tired of people not letting other people share their criticism of something they paid for, stop being yes men and white knights, at least we see the fault in things and hope the writer improves upon it
DasGoat622
It’s gotta be a minimum 7 of 10 he likes this dungeon but it’s not the best. -1 for grind -1 for lack of challenge -1 for lack of advancement ( because we know Jake isn’t gonna learn anything, especially not politics)
JJB4345_80_815
Exactly how is Jake gonna convince an S-grade dragon prince to intervene on the non-dragon side when Jake himself doesn't really care about the ending? "Hey, could you do me a favor? I want a high score in this dungeon..."
Christopher Hendrix
I’m really tired of everyone complaining about the length of the story arc, whichever one we are on never seems to matter as there is always someone who thinks their opinion matters on the subject! Dang people! It HIS story! Let the man write what he wants and just ride the wave!
JJB4345_80_815
He gave the test of character dungeon a 2 out of 10, therefore I believe that he would at least rate this one higher since he actually liked messing with people trying to mess with him.
JJB4345_80_815
Yes, thank you for the chappy, Zogarth!
BelligerentGnu
Nearly finished Nevermore!
TBONEMAN
This is probably the first time he can use more than one cheat so effectively.
Numbzy
No, Villy said that YoY would never put an image into a dungeon due to his path since he has to remain in control of everything.
Adam Owada
Awesome to see an example of a challenge dungeon be so broken!
ReadingObsessed
See you in 3 months.
ReadingObsessed
I'm really hoping he comes out and immediately gives it a 1/10
Sarcastically surprised Villy at the end there 🤣
Nate Oppy
Wooooooo!
Jack
nah I can't be villy he was around during the integration of the first era and was born a snake but became a true dragon
Ben
This is getting pretty boring. I hope Jake makes an effort to upgrade his palate skill or something and tries to decipher this horn otherwise what was the point in stretching this challenge dungeon out. The previous ending was good, I hope something can be redeemed from all this fluff.
Tucker Glick
I wonder if Jake will tell the Wyrmgod how boring this dungeon was and the lack of challenge at the end 😂
Mathias
Nah, he definetly read the comments complaining about the pacing and sped things up. Last chapter is proof of that, as earlier on he spent way more time on less important stuff.
Sam Rosenberg
How am I going to make it through the whole weekend! Great chapter
Xarow
Thank you for the chapter! “looked a bit worse to wear” I think should read ‘looked a bit worse for wear’.
Mohammed Sheekh
my opinion, if you don't like it then scroll
Strato Junon
Yeah. Its a new dungeon so makes sense. Jake is basically playing an open beta
Strato Junon
If you don't like it then stop reading?
Ty Cooper
Minaga is such great comic relief. I love how he just sits around poking everybody. Makes me look forward to the peanut gallery. You know he was aware all this would happen when Jake entered the Challenge Dungeon, the karma and the tracking. That is why he has just been sitting back watching the Wyrmgod waiting to make fun of him for his oversights. Still wondering if the disowned dragon prince is the Wyrmgod. I really want him to be in this dongeon.
Victor Augusto Dantas Ferreira
Now that you said it, yeah I think you are right
Charles Torry
Haha totally fair divine skills are the best
donvitogonzalle
At this point its worse than Naruto filler.
Alex Cox
I don't know from where, but I believe Villy stated he would never put an imprint of himself in a dungeon or something. I'm prolly remembering it wrong but I think this is gonna be the Wyrmgod
Mohammed Sheekh
how much you wanna bet that zogarth will find a way to stretch this challenge dungeon for another 2 weeks
Christian Sullivan
:( it's Friday....
Pablo Barbatto
He also spent a longer than normal in a time chamber developing manual manipulation of a divine skill at D grade
Hayden Leech
Dragonkin born to a human? Eh.
Michael Fannon
Hope you don't already have a life. Because you definitely won't now.
Victor Augusto Dantas Ferreira
They could already have a copy of him
joel southard
Nice thank you for the chapter
Michael Fannon
Naw. Villy was still moping in his divine space when they were making this dungeon, so no time to copy him into it. Now another primordial dragon that happens to be personally involved with the making of said dungeon...
Hayden Leech
Final plot of the courier dungeon… Jake: “skip”
brennon Petersen
Tftc!
Ben Heystek
tyftc
Naotsugu97
Enjoy your weekend everyone. I finally broke down and got Baldur’s Gate 3, and it’s raining this entire weekend so I’m gonna do best impression of a gaming sloth! 🦥
Derze
Omg ! No one expected that to happen😆. Lol At least we should get the conclusion a bit sooner
Abdulaziz ALRumaih
At least it’s not a story cliff Lol
Victor Augusto Dantas Ferreira
I just found out the dragon king's brother exist and I'm betting it is villy
Valhazstromoz
Zogarth of here M night shamalanin our asses with this one who here woulda guessed? I sure didn't
Sam Irvine
To be fair, a C-grade having a divine rank skill that hides them is gonna be super rare. Having it be from a divine blessing from a Primordial is probably unique in the multiverse. Most other Karmic or hiding magics a C-grade could get would be easily defeated by the A-grades in the trial.
Athena
tftc "to impede his ascend," -> "to impede his ascent,"
BlackRazaras
Thanks for the chapter
Michael Fannon
https://youtu.be/kdhhQhqi_AE?si=0mr-yJtl1hZcgh8b what a twist
Jana
One day when he doesn’t piss of anyone to much anymore Minaga will make a pamphlet named “The totally fair and absolutely not cheating adventures of Jake” and spread them all over Nevermore to spite the wyrmgod and vent his own frustration all in one go.
Jonah Frazier
This whole thing feels like oversight the dungeon
TFTC!
Thenais
What a twist
Randomly woke up at 3:58am and boom new chapter!
Bob Fight
Damm beat me by a minute
Michael Fannon
First
