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Chapter 867 - Nevermore: Twinhead Emperor
🕑 Added 2024-03-08 12:03:44 +0000 UTCJake deserved a goddamn award for his performance as the mysterious yet powerful Lord of Hunger. Ah, not those awards given for good acting, but those reserved for extremely shitty performances because hot damn had Jake felt embarrassed while saying his lines.
He could at least partly excuse how horrible it was by blaming Sim-Jake a little. In order to really sell it, Jake had infused his body with curse energy and even sent it emanating out of Eternal Hunger while mixing it with his presence. Shit, he went as far as to summon his Eternal Shadow to overlap with his own body during the entire thing.
This did inadvertedly result in Jake being affected by his own curse energy. No way around it. It wasn’t much, but it was enough for Jake to feel like he could blame the remnants of cringe on Sim-Jake. At least his party members were kind enough to not say anything during or after his speech.
Not that they had much to complain about… because their plan had worked. Without them even having to use any of their two backups in case Jake’s acting had failed.
The ritual created by the Twinhead Emperor was in full swing as the curse and death energy exploded out of it. Over a hundred pillars of pure energy shot toward the sky as the two Twin Emperors merged into one being as their body was infused with energy all the meanwhile.
The energy pouring out of the many Totem Bone Spheres was the impurities, as the Twinhead Ogre only absorbed the cleanest of energy and Records. More than ninety-nine percent of this energy would not be used by the ogre as this ritual was never meant to raise their power, just their future potential. In all honesty, it was a damn impressive ritual, if also flawed in many ways, as it was rather forceful. Perhaps it would allow the Twinhead Ogre to reach B-grade, but akin to someone absorbing a fragment of the Viper and instantly evolving a few grades, B-grade would be the end of the Twinhead Ogre’s Path.
Well, if he ever did manage to evolve… something Jake and company were going to make sure that wasn’t gonna happen. As the ritual was winding down, a system message appeared before Jake and the others.
Event unlocked: Return of the Twinhead Emperor.
The culprits behind the war on the Vast Plateau were moments away from having their wish come true at the sacrifice of most enlightened beings on the Plateau. Their ritual was complete, everything ready, all factors accounted for… except for the appearance of five unknown entities.
Despite their prior plans, the Twin Emperors have decided to once more merge with one another, rebirthing the Twinhead Emperor in a state more powerful than ever. They viewed it as their only choice to face this threat, even if it ruined all they had been preparing for.
Now, with all hopes of evolution squashed, they seek only their own survival and revenge on those for forced them into this state.
End the Path of the Twinhead Emperor once and for all, thus ending not only the conflict on the Vast Plateau but the cause of it. Do so that it may never happen again.
New Bonus Objective gained: Do not allow a single party member to be slain during the battle while fully slaying the Twinhead Emperor for good.
It was a message saying something borderline identical to what was on floor seventy-five with the event boss here, except it now even had an added bonus objective. Jake and company had completed all of the bonus objectives on this floor already, so to get a new one was a bit of a surprise… plus it communicated that the difficulty of this fight was high, as the only other time Jake remembered seeing a bonus objective like that was during their fight with Minaga.
Jake stared down at the Twinhead Ogre as the ritual fully came to an end. The whole thing had only taken ten or so seconds, as the ritual had already been well underway by the time Jake appeared and interfered. As all the energy began to die down, the ritual kept humming with energy as the two figures standing at the center turned into one.
The ogre had gotten slightly taller and was the same bundle of muscle as before. His armor had changed quite a bit, as it was now a mix of the two Twin Emperor’s prior equipment. All the most important places were protected by metal, while the rest was just cloth. The only mostly visible flesh was on the ogre’s arms, legs, and face, with a kilt the only thing defending his legs, with even the feet wide open as the boss wore some sandal-looking footwear.
As expected, the biggest change by far was what could be found above the neck… or necks, as it should be called now. Two heads rested side by side, each having the face of one of the Twin Emperors. On the respective sides of their heads, they also wielded the weapons of each Twin Emperor, with the right side having a giant sword and the left side a staff.
Using Identity, Jake confirmed the result.
[Twinhead Emperor – lvl 335]
Even if the ritual had not been done to gain more power, getting a few levels was still inevitable. In fact, Jake found it a bit lucky the boss had not risen in level further… because if the Twinhead Emperor had, this would have gotten even harder than it already was going to be.
The aura of the ogre had entirely transformed after the two had merged into one. Before, they had both been incomplete, while now, reuinited, the Twinhead Ogre could show their full power once more. In pure power, it was by far the strongest creature Jake had ever faced on Nevermore, outside of the B-grade he had tried to fight in Minaga’s Labyrinth.
Powerful for sure… but compared to a B-grade, this ogre was still manageable.
“Lord of Hunger! You have forced me into this, so be prepared to face the consequences!” One of the heads of the Twinhead Emperor yelled, infusing his voice with mana. Jake felt like this was his queue to continue their plan.
“Consequences? No, thank you… I’d rather not deal with you at all,” Jake said, acting as much like a being born of a curse as he could.
“That is not your choice to-“
Before the ogre could finish the sentence, the attacks arrived. A massive drill of wind descended from above as hundreds of spear-like roots shot up from underneath. At the same time, a thin, piercing blade of water shot at the Twinhead Emperor from one side as a golden beam arrived from the other. Jake didn’t use any direct attack but instead simply stared at the boss as his eyes glowed orange, using Primal Gaze.
He felt a powerful impact on his soul, making Jake flinch in pain, but he still continued doing his part. A shadowy version of himself also flew out of his body, barreling down toward the ogre with a katar in hand as the real Jake prepared to use the cover of curse energy to fly upward.
The many attacks arrived at the Twinhead Emperor, and they momentarily froze. Right as they did, the eyes of one of the heads began to glow as something entirely unexpected happened. The soul attack Jake had made was entirely taken on by only one of the heads, allowing the other one to control the body and energy fully.
Slamming their staff into the ground, the roots were crushed down as the earth erupted. Massive spikes hundreds of meters tall shot up all around him, weakening the the attacks coming from the side, as a barrier of swirling wind also appeared around the boss. The barrier did not look powerful enough to block the attack, but Jake understood when he saw the barrier slightly reflect the trajectory of the drill of wind from above, making it crash into the golden beam from the Fallen King. At the same time, the sword in the right arm was raised and blocked the Sword Saint’s attack fully, as the ogre’s arm barely moved from the impact.
The only one unblocked was Jake’s Eternal Shadow, but that was because the Twin Emperor had chosen an offensive option for that one. The glowing eyes of the ogre that had taken on the soul attack intensified as two burning beams blasted out. Rather than get hit, the Eternal Shadow dodged the blow as the beam turned in mid-air to strike from behind.
This one, the Eternal Shadow, didn’t even bother to dodge as it threw its weapon. It wasn’t even close to hitting the ogre but pierced through several layers of rock before embedding itself in the ground. The ogre’s attack did hit, though, as the Eternal Shadow dispersed into energy, making the ogre temporarily look confused.
They didn’t have much time to ponder, though, as more attacks arrived. Jake’s party – except Sylphie, who had been flying far up in the air - had all taken up hidden positions Jake had made using stable barriers of arcane mana around the ritual circle, Dina helping to further hide them using her nature magic. Now, they were all out of hiding and went for the boss.
As for where Jake, the Lord of Hunger, was? Well, he was already “dead,” or at least gone, right? At least it looked like he had disappeared as the true Jake rapidly ascended upwards, hidden by the remnant curse energy he had filled the sky with. He even felt that the Twinhead Emperor was no longer fully aware of him, allowing him to once more begin to enter stealth while flying upwards. In his quiver on his back, an arrow was also being created as Jake began making all of his preperations.
While ascending, he turned parts of his attention to the battle below as he hoped the other four could also handle their role until it was time for Jake to make his reentrance.
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The Sword Saint went straight for the Twinhead Emperor, blade already in hand. He was the only true melee fighter of their party, making him alone in close combat more often than not, at least when the boss in question didn’t try to avoid fighting him directly. This was undoubtedly a risky role, but he was more than up for it.
Staring at the boss, Miyamoto knew the merged ogre was powerful. He did not have Jake’s ability to judge others’ power extremely accurately, but he had been in plenty of fights himself and had acceptable insight when measuring a foe… and this Emperor was powerful. Very powerful.
Due to that, he also didn’t dare hold back as the Sword Saint activated his boosting skill immediately. He would need it no matter what, and out of everyone, his was the one that could be used for the longest. It was based on water and time, both concepts rather gentle in nature, though it did come at the sacrifice of not making the power gained as explosive.
Closing in on the Twinhead Emperor, the ogre noticed him as one of the heads turned. He had approached from the right side, which, in retrospect, was perhaps not the best, as he found himself confronted with a massive sword. One that would usually be wielded in two hands, but the ogre wielded it with ease as he swung for the approaching swordsman.
Blocking was not an option as the Sword Saint momentarily delayed his step, allowing the blade to swing down in front of him, missing entirely. The blade struck the ground, making it erupt as an explosion of death mana washed over the old man, but he wasn’t deterred, as he went for a light slash, not wanting to overcommit to any attack.
Moving quickly, the ogre pulled back the arm the Sword Saint was going for, but a small cut was still left. Without waiting for a full response, the old man retreated slightly, which proved a good idea as the ogre ripped up the blade embedded in the ground, making it erupt and sending black rot shards infused with death energy flying toward Miyamoto.
Deflecting those he couldn’t dodge, he tried to launch a crescent blade of water to keep the ogre engaged and focused on him. However, clearly, the boss wasn’t taking him overly seriously yet. Miyamoto was, in effect, only fighting one of the heads, as the left one focused entirely on being prepared for the three other attacks.
Attacks that arrived soon after as Sylphie descended from above. She pierced down, aiming straight for the left head. Unfortunately, the ogre had been prepared as he raised his staff toward the sky and released a torrent of fire and rock, blasting upwards and lighting up the sky.
Right as the ogre did this, a blast of force arrived from the side, hitting the ogre in the arm, making the blast go slightly off-course. This allowed Sylphie to penetrate through the flames, but she was still forced to abandon fully committing at the very last second when a pillar of rock shot up toward her. Still, she managed to use all her momentum to launch a bullet of air that hit the ogre in the shoulder, drawing blood.
Both the Fallen King and Sylphie continued their many attacks as the Sword Saint stayed in melee range. So far, the ogre had yet to move a single time but had stayed mostly still throughout the entire battle. Yet he was not really losing any ground at all, handling the three of them. It didn’t help that the few minor wounds they did leave were healed within seconds, as the boss could even cast healing magic on themselves.
Not that their party was struggling much, either. The Sword Saint kept a primarily defensive style, as he stayed engaged with the right side of the ogre. He dodged all the blade swings and the blasts of death magic as he left minor wound after minor wound. Sometimes, he was a bit too slow to fully dodge an attack, which was where Dina came in with her healing.
A status quo was established, and the Sword Saint believed things were progressing far better than expected. They were buying time for Jake to do his thing without expending many of their resources, and they still had “that” prepared for later, too.
Continuing his attacks, the Sword Saint began to gain more confidence, as the boss was not as dangerous as first believed. The ogre wasn’t attacking much, but mostly defending, and when they did attack, it was to blast one of them away. It was almost as if the ogre was also buying time… but for what?
They would get their answer soon after.
The Sword Saint tried to land a deep cut on the arm of the ogre, but suddenly, he found a staff pointed at his head. Quickly, he dodged to the side as a bullet of air shot toward him, and before he could even raise his blade to block, a blade came swinging in from the side.
With alarm, Miyamoto was forced to use his newly gained evasion skill, as his body was replaced with a water clone. At the same time, he was sent back about five meters, where he still suffered from a shockwave of pure death energy released from the blade.
Stumbling, he didn’t even have time to stabilize before a shard of stone struck him in the shoulder, sending him flying back as blood splurted out. To make matters worse, he also saw the Fallen King suffer as a massive lighting strike came down right where he was standing, as Sylphie had been entirely pushed back by two summoned snake-like creatures of fire chasing her.
From one second to another, the ogre had entirely changed. Their moves were coordinated, calculated, and perfectly in sync. Retreating, the Sword Saint quickly felt Dina heal him as he ripped out the rock shard, luckily not getting injured too badly despite being taken by surprise. As he made some distance, he heard the ogre speak once more.
“It took a bit,” the right head said.
“A century apart was a long time,” the left followed up.
“However, I do believe-“
“-I’ve gotten used to it-“
“-once more-“
“-by now.”
That’s when the Sword Saint realized why the ogre had seemed so off… the two of them had been living as separate entities for so long it had taken them time to truly synchronize. Frowning, Miyamoto realized they had missed a great opportunity to strike, and looking at the entirely changed demeanor of the Twinhead Emperor, he hoped it was going to haunt them.
“How long?” he asked Jake.
“Ten seconds… brace for impact,” the hunter answered, the Sword Saint steeling himself as he and the rest of the party knew there was no time to hesitate.
Bending his legs, water condensed on Miyamoto’s blade as he activated Rain Blade and charged forward. From a cloud of smoke also emerged the Fallen King, swinging two large golden hammers on what looked like chains as he rapidly approached the boss. Sylphie also unleashed a blast of wind to push away the flame snakes as their entire party moved to ensure Jake would have his opening.
Comments
kapat
ahh I’m so happy about this battle! so refreshing! I’m glad they are all similarly motivated and want to face the strongest entity possible tehee
Endless Nature
Thanks for the chapter
Mrburns93
The thing that's coming is the chained creature is it not? If not, the chained creature is what I'm saying is the B grade. I was under the impression it was the same. I was thinking the prima beasts held the chains of the prima guardian. But if instead the prima beasts held the chains to the primo bound God and breaking them triggered a guardian to attack the chain breakers I could see it being C grade. Adding a third step where I only saw two. Do you know where it mentions this? Or where villy and Jake talk about the primo fight?
Allan
Well I understand what you mean, but my opinion stays the same, if I may jog your memories for a bit. The first time a prima was killed, the chains on a certain being elsewhere loosened, I think that’ll be the boss of the arc and not the prima guardian and that would make more sense story wise, the guardian is meant to test the planet and the system won’t forcefully throw a planet into B-grade danger just because Jake wants. It’s a mandatory challenge after all, it can’t be too hard even if it’s still difficult. If a D-grade planet had done what was considered exemplary in their grade, would they be thrown a C-grade to deal with? This is like the Yip & Viper situation, a story still has to be grounded in reality after all.
Mrburns93
I see exactly what you meant. And it's what I've said, you're looking at this from within the story. That's fine its what you're supposed to do. But I'm looking at it from zogarths perspective. He needs twists and challenges and he needs "oh shit" moments that have us buzzing. Oh and the system consistently gives challenges that aren't meant to be over come. The king of the forest is a great example of that. The king wasn't meant to be beat, valdamer is a great example of that, you aren't supposed to be able to beat him in the challenge of mortals dungeon. And yet, Jake does. The primo being B grade is precisely how the system would act and precisely how zogarth would act. It's as good as set in stone. And if killing the primas break the chains that bind the primos power, then Jake and Co will go on an absolute slaughter before the fight increasing their levels for the next to years to be in line for a B grade fight.
I couldn't agree more!
Allan
No, what I meant was that no matter how strong Jake and co is, I don’t think they’ll be given a B-grade fight. Think about it, never has the system sent a B grade in the first 10 years of integration, and while Jake, the Sword Saint, and the Fallen king & Sylphie might be able to handle it, that wouldn’t go for the rest of his planet. Moreover, the event after the trial is still a thing(which will be primarily more politics), and I believe it is more likely, that they will instead go on a planetary journey to “help” as many planets as possible by slaying all the Prima guardians or something.
Mrburns93
And there in lies the difference between our mindsets. I'm looking at this through the lense of "A" story while you're looking at it through the lense of "the" story. So you see B grade as some insurmountable obstacle far in the distance because that's how villy put it and how Jake sees it. While I'm looking at this as an arc, the primo was hinted at as early as book 4 or maybe 5 I don't remember which and has had near constant hints since. Now that Jake is headed towards B grade at a breakneck pace and has already attempted to fight one and the primo fight is on the horizon. The primo being B grade would be both the best oh shit type twist and a satisfying conclusion to approximately 5 books of build up. From a story perspective the primo will need to be a huge insurmountable enemy that the mere sight of sends waves of fear through the world. Otherwise the significant build up of this fight would feel wasted.
Anthony Duenas
Thank you for reminding me, I was so confused lol.
Ryan Ulrich
Rip
Michael Fannon
I hate daylight savings.
michael wright
Excited for the return of the greater multiverse and to see Jake's new adventures after nevermore. Tyftc
Alex Serov
About 12:00 UTC
Angus
Thanks mate, does he have a regular time?
Allan
If I may share something, levels get more and more important the higher the grade one is in. The difference between a level 335 and a level 340 is very significant and even more so depending on the evolution’s tier. From my point of view it’s going to be very difficult for Jake and Co to win unless it’s a B-grade with a horrible evolution, as I doubt even a transcendence and bloodline could overcome the gap of pure strengths and stat difference.
Roland Thomas Junior
Like clockwork
Micah Molina
Well iirc, it said the Prima strength will be proportional to how many keys they got. While I expect the Guardian to be an event boss like the one they currently are fighting or like the Vampire with SS, that they fought in the Treasure Hunt, Earth as it is over qualified. I think the trouble will be either with EH trying to sabotage them during the event, or the second part where once you defeat the Guardian, there's the option to help other planets. So it could possibly turn into a race between Jake and EH on who can kill the most while helping others politically.
Micah Molina
That would be just as good too. After all Team Jake in a way is also Team Primordial. While other Primordials have there teams, Jake and Co's success emphasize that the Primordials as a group are still at the apex for a reason. They're also team (mostly) Earth!
Hunter Thornton
Yeah. Bet his last thought is gonna b’ I was so close, but I fafo with the wrong people’
Hunter Thornton
Warning. The nuclear option has been chosen. The poor twinhead emperor won’t know what hit him
Anthony Smith
Villy did mention it wouldn't be B Grade. And Villy knows some shit. It seems anticlimactic but Jake may just roll the prima. Jakes is at the very pinnacle of power for a C grade in the multiverse. Making him an outlier in not just the 93rd universe but the entire multiverse. Prima may be difficult depending on the size of the army. The prima may even just get hunted down before it even arrives to earth. Sandy is getting taught for space travel.
Mrburns93
Tbf villy has been wrong about Jake a lot. He is always making guesses and the underestimating him by a lot.
NoctisMi
Don't worry, Nevermore after C-Grade is mostly a mob grinder for fast leves, or at least that's how it sounded when the Viper spoke about it. It's a place there even gods go for levelling, so I doubt there will be any trial stuff like the floors and challenge dungeons for the C-Grades
blarper
I was relistening to book 8 think, whatever the most recent one is and I remember Jake and Villy talking about that and Villy says if the primo was B grade they had no chance of beating it at all. I can’t remember exactly where in the book it is but I think it was after he comes back from doing the seat of the exalted prima
Mrburns93
It's call to an earlier argument or rather discussion I had about whether the primo guardian will be a B grade or not. I was arguing that if the boss they are fighting now is only 15 levels from B rank, why wouldn't a big bad boss two years from the end of nevermore be well into the B grade?. What do you think? Do you think the primo guardian will be B grade?
Anthony Smith
Oh lol alrighty
Mrburns93
I mean the twin head emperor.
Anthony Smith
65 lvls, C Grade - 200-350
Mrburns93
Only 15 short levels before B grade huh?
Mrburns93
Monday through Friday. Every week.
Angus
How often does Zogarth post chapters? Does he have a schedule? New here.
KenTX325
I predict buckets of poison and curse energy is involved in the attack. They had a long time to prepare.
Numbzy
Hey Zogarth, I just wanted to take a moment and say thanks for the story. I really enjoy it and I want you to know that I appreciate it. I know there has been a lot of negativity recently, but I do enjoy your story.
Numbzy
Conversely, what if the SS invoked Springtime Advent to blast this challenge? It's the last floor, and he can rest and recover on the city floor that's next.
Numbzy
Thank you. People were taking the challenge dungeon as SS and Dina were screwed on the leader boards. It's even stated at one point that EH convincing a B or A grade to help isn't impossible. So we can assume that he didn't get any extra modifiers for it. It was also stated that Jake and Co got two 5% multipliers I thought. It was the recap of the time skip.
Cas N
I'm also sure it was Villy, the book mentions in the description that the orb containing the information disappeared a moment before array was about to send the information. Even he doesn't know everything about Jake's arcane affinity and he is not about to let a potential future enemy know more about Jake's abilities.
Allan
Nah it was definitely Villy, so the elf was about to send Jake’s arcane affinity to get analyzed, and Villy simply crushed the teleportation stuff as he didn’t want it to get leaked.
Anthony Smith
It hasn't been touched on but it could be a few people. Most likely Villy, constantly on Jake TV so he knows. Another contender is Umbra, during the shopping trip he found some gear related to the court or something that shouldn't be there. She also is the shadow mistress so everything going black lines up. Eversmile is paying attention and can easily hide himself too making him a contender.
blarper
Finally caught up and have a burning question I hope someone can answer. Before the chosen ceremony there is a snippet of the guy who took some of Jake’s mana to test it and it is kinda like he just dies or something, I think it says the whole room goes black? Idk if anyone remembers this or we have any more info but I was always confused about that.
Micah Molina
When you think about the napkin math. Best case scenario, if the bonus percentages like Team Jake got by saving the Dark Witch are very rare, then there's a good chance indeed for SS and Dina both. Take Ghost King Azal, if we assume it's rare and they didn't get any extra, then Azal had 85% + 15% (Minaga). Arnold 75% + 25%. SS and Dina 70% +25% + 5%. There is currently like 6+way percentage tie for 5th place atm. If both team Monk and Void drop the ball in the final stretch, there's even a world where SS and Dina could get 4th and 5th respectively. Ofc, Team Jake has to finish strong.
Trevor Mergen
Thanks!
Kyle
I so hope that happens lmao. That would be classic Jake.
Decibel790
Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Tftc!
Captain the Red Beard
Omg has it really almost been a year????
Micah Molina
Agreed, the 75 floor event boss was difficult for all parties, even Team Jake. It did say they Jake's opening shot weakened the boss, making it easier then other wise. Without that, SS might have actually had to invoke full Spring Time and making him go thru a weakness period. So yea, Jake made a huge difference in the opening. I expect this fight to be much harder, unless Jake turns out to be a hard counter with Eternal Hunger shenanigans.
Ral
"uh oh" "Let me guess, we are about to pass over a huge waterfall." "Yup" "Sharp rocks at the bottom?" "Most likely." "Bring it on."
Adurna
Even if Jake has a big impact and the fight is only another chapter there are also great reasons for that in the shape of researching the target a bunch increasing the power of his big special arrow and going from stealth. Rather it would feel more convoluted if it did not tilt things properly in their favor. I just hope it is not dragged out too far either way.
justin
It has gotten so old at this point.
Ty Cooper
That would be nice to toss SS in the 10th spot
HailingMist
Great chapter. Great story excited for next week
TSMS
The bonus objective of no party member dying might give another Grand Achievement and a percentage multiplier. With the 5% special achievement on the plague floor with the witch and this fight, Dina and Sword Sage might even potentially tie Ell'Hakan for bonus multipliers. Any chance we see multiple people from the team ahead of EH on the leaderboards?
Tommy
Nice build up. Hopefully the fight won’t last too long but I am pumped to see them defeat this boss and come out on top of nevermore! Suck it Ell’Hakan! 💪🥳
Tommy
“Frowning, Miyamoto realized they had missed a great opportunity to strike, and looking at the entirely changed demeanor of the Twinhead Emperor, he hoped it was going to haunt them.” -> wasn’t going to haunt them TFTC!
Micah Molina
While I truly expect this fight to take much of next week. I do find myself hoping that Jake being OP af, that he somehow minimizes a fight that every other group struggles or outright fails. Tbh, since the floor 75 boss was difficult, the reality is this one will be even harder. Lol, but IF Jake did trivialize the fight with his opening shot and curse energy eating Eternal Hunger, the God's reaction should be very interesting. In that unlikely scenario, I wonder how many agree he's a living cheat? LMAO Edit: Also, in the scenario above, as a total side thought, in such a scenario where the Primordials, Nature's Attendant, Artemis and Minaga all have an excited smiling outburst with jovial acceptance of the cheat known as Jake would probably shock the observers on the outside. I imagine since there's a ward preventing ease dropping on the group, to witness it without sound would be perplexing to the other gods, when they see them silently having a good time like their team just scored a goal in a sporting event. Very random though haha.
Devin
Big arrow of death… wouldn’t it be glorious, if a little disappointing for Jake, if he split the ogre in two with his arrow. This would be granting their wish of true separation granted it would be short lived for them but no the less really puts the saying be careful what you wish for into perspective
kingofshibainu
The cliff came earlier than expected
Martín Ballesteros Arias
Aaaah the 10 longest seconds in history
Skanda
I disagree I liked nevermore arc. My only gripe is that I've caught up now and can't binge
teehee15
Now, with all hopes of evolution squashed, they seek only their own survival and revenge on those for forced them into this state. forced -> forcing he hoped it was going to haunt them. was -> wasn't
Michael Fannon
I don't think Nevermore will fully end before April.
Michael Fannon
End of the month for everything I hope. Leaderboards, aftermath, god reactions, etc.
daniel wingborg
minor typo/correction using identity -> using identify
Erik Leiden
Yeah I think future Nevermores will be a few chapters tops, and more used as an opportunity to time skip through the slog of mid-grade leveling at higher grades when it takes centuries or more
joel southard
Nice thank you for the chapter
donvitogonzalle
Nevermore First Floor was on 27.03.2023, I think Zog will stretch it until at least 27.03.2024 to make it a full year
ItWasIDIO!!
And so it was for told the cliff hopefully next week is a finished fight along with results
Clint
Nah. B-grade Nevermore should be a much shorter arc. It’s just a grinding opportunity, not at all like C-grade Nevermore.
Ty Cooper
I am looking forward to seeing what he did with eternal hunger. I want eternal hunger to eat all the curse, especially all that wasted energy. Plus I know Jake and the SS messed with the ritual. So much to ponder on.
CaptainFlowers
Yep, called it yesterday. This fight is gonna take all week. Doubt we'll see the scores soon, which ngl, bums me out. I really hope the future arcs where Jake returns to Nevermore are far, far shorter. I couldn't do another 200+
Johnny_B
Well there's gonna be at least 2 chapters for conclusion and ratings after actually finishing the fight, so I wouldn't be too surprised if it spanned longer than next week.
Ryan Ulrich
One hundred percent the fight ends with SS cutting the ogre down the middle right?
Namorat
Man, all these whining people in the comments every single day... That said, some small errors, the most notable the sentence with “haunt“.
spartac 1212
Good chapter
Most of Nevermore has been drawn out filler and random tangents. What could have been 70-90 chapters and fit into one book turned into 200+ chapters. If there is another Nevermore arc it needs to be drastically shorter.
JJB4345_80_815
Yes, thank you for the chappy, Zogarth!
Zogarth
Fix
Daniel is ŁØNE
See I wouldn't have cared that Nevermore was as long as it was, until it dawned on me that Jake is likely gonna come back here later which means another Nevermore arc of unknown length. I don't hate the arc but it definitely could have been shorter without losing much if any of the information it was meant to portray.
Johnny_B
Orbital strike incoming ... I do wonder what Jake has prepared. Just his usual Protean Arrow plus Arcane Powershot should not have taken so long. Maybe he finally got around to shooting multiple arrows on different trajectories to make them all hit at the same time. Afterwards Jake to Sword Saint: "see old man, this is what a thousand attacks actually looks like"
StarWolf
Rather short chapter. And a cliff hanger?
Hayden Leech
There’s too much wind in that bird. #windistoowindy
Jonathan
at the sacrifice of most enlightened being on the Plateau. beings The many arrived at the Twinhead Emperor, many attacks This allowed Sylphie to penetrate through the flames, but she was still allowed to abandon fully committing forced to abandon
Allan
Dang cliffhanger, why you got to do this to us Zogarth?!! possibly waiting to see transcendence on Monday
Thenais
Oh yeah
Mohammed Sheekh
I bet the fight is gonna be the entire week for next week, I don't mind that, just have some trauma from the nevermore arc as a whole lol
Let's see how long Nevermore can be drawn out! My guess is at least April 1st at this rate. I miss the Primal Hunter =(
Sam Rosenberg
Want more!!!
BerciTheBeast
TFTC!
brennon Petersen
Tftc!
mitchell kaiser
Nevermore couldn’t possibly last 5 more chapters…right guys? Guys?
Olof Karlsson
Thanks for the chapter!
Karim Saadi
Incredible fight so far. Now that is a worthy final boss of Nevermore!
MrEarthCreeper
The final boss fixing their settings during the beginning part of the fight. Let's you know that we have 2-3 more chapters of the final nevermore arc fight left. Let's Go!!
Good chapter :) btw seventh lol
BlackRazaras
Thanks for the chapter
Omar Jimenez
There’s no way this fight doesn’t take four more chapters, minimum.
Valhazstromoz
Hype af for the nevermore conclusion next week........ probably
Harbby
Tftc
Good chap cant wait for the Nevermore conclusion
Michael Fannon
Good chappy. Love the fight from the SS perspective.
Bryandbc01
Nice
BumAssBumAss
Thanks for the chapter!
Bent Sommer
Tftc
