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Chapter 857 - Nevermore: Chief Overseer
🕑 Added 2024-02-23 12:07:16 +0000 UTCJake sat atop a pile of metal as he quickly deciphered the magical seal on the cube he had looted from the dead Tower Guardian lying destroyed beneath him. As he got the cube open, he quickly checked its contents and nodded.
“Yep, I can confirm these towers are all made to terraform the planet in some crazy experiment,” Jake sent through the Golden Mark. They had already kind of known it from other clues, but this was confirmation, which was good enough for the system.
Bonus Objective Completed: Discover the true nature of the nine towers. 3500 Nevermore Points earned.
Bonus Objective Gained: Locate the ones behind the construction of the nine towers.
Jake put the cube away as he jumped off the pile of metal and prepared to head to the top room of the tower he spotted through his sphere. As he walked toward the hidden stairs, he threw the large golem a final look with a smile. Pretty fun fight, even if it was quite a bit weaker than the scalekin metal mage.
His satisfaction with the fight was helped along by the fact that Jake had gained yet another level, far faster than he had expected.
*You have slain [White Tower Guardian – lvl 305] – Bonus experience earned for killing an enemy above your level*
*’DING!’ Class: [Arcane Hunter of Horizon’s Edge] has reached level 258 - Stat points allocated, +50 Free Points*
Jake was the first to reach the top of a tower due to the power of stealth. The others were also quickly doing their thing, and it wouldn’t be that long before five of nine towers were conquered, as he felt confident all of his party members could beat the Guardian on their own if it was as only strong as the one Jake had just taken down.
Reaching the hidden staircase, Jake summoned his Alchemical Flame and burned a hole in the wall as he couldn’t be arsed to try and find the opening mechanism. Walking up the stairs, Jake had already scanned the hidden room, and while there was no one there, it was bloody filled with electronic stuff.
The room below did have a few computer-like things, but Jake had the feeling that it was just a front of sorts, while the real deal was to be found on this hidden top floor. As he reached the top of the stairs, a new achievement popped up for all of them.
Achievement earned: Reach the top of one of the nine towers and uncover the hidden control room. 2000 Nevermore Points earned.
It was pretty easy points, and Jake sure wouldn’t complain. None of the others did either, as Jake found another cube with information and deciphered it. This hidden control room was for advanced forms of terraforming and to control the automatic experiment still in progress. In fact, it was revealed that should anyone mess with the control panels on the floor below, the ones who had set up the experiment in the first place would be alerted.
On this top floor, Jake also found a deactivated teleportation circle, and while Jake didn’t have a good grasp of how these kinds of things worked, he could luckily do the same as the Fallen King and temporarily share his vision. Using that, he learned from Dina that it was a special closed-circuit teleportation circle, with them all guessing this circle connected to corresponding circles in other towers.
Jake spent the next full day or so deciphering all the information he could in the tower, primarily to figure out how to activate the teleportation circle. The magical puzzles to unlock stuff weren’t that complicated, and soon enough, Jake also came to learn that activating any one tower would start a chain reaction, also activating others, the end result being that everyone not currently inside a tower would die. As for what would kill them…
“So… not to scare anyone, but there seems to be a total of four space stations in orbit around this planet, as well as a few thousand satellites, all aimed to scorch the surface of the planet on command,” Jake warned everyone. “The good news is that we are in what’s called a hibernation period right now, where only a few people are awake on the space stations, so as long as we don’t activate something haphazardly, they probably shouldn’t notice what we’re doing.”
At least, that’s what Jake said… but it quickly became clear whoever was controlling these towers had already detected Jake and company and what they were doing as they quickly deployed countermeasures. Luckily, they couldn’t activate the extermination protocol without entering the towers, but transport ships were sent down, filled with even more C-grade golems.
It was a great time all around. Jake had initially been a bit disappointed with the number of enemies, but now they were practically being delivered on a silver platter. After Jake left the tower, he was attacked by a few dozen golems who seemed intent on capturing rather than killing, but Jake was having none of that as he destroyed all of them – after getting agreement from his party that this was the right course of action, of course.
This seemed to get the message across, as every subsequent attack was made with deadly intent. Jake kept exploring the planet with intermittent fights as he felt himself being observed by satellites far above. About a week later, the Fallen King was also done exploring his tower, too, followed by the three others, also getting done within a few days. As predicted, every time a tower was cleared, they could activate the teleportation circles and travel between all of them freely.
Which was a necessity as the annoying space golems kept coming down and entering the towers, trying to take back control. Or worse, activate the towers and kill everything on the planet. This forced their party to have two people at all times play defense, teleporting between towers when necessary to keep things defended. This task was designated to the Fallen King and Dina, as Dina was especially well-suited to defend a location as she – quite literally – took root and planted flowers to both forewarn and defend. The Fallen King was just a menace in the smallish hallways, and his soul attacks were especially effective against larger crowds of golems. Oh yeah, and he was pretty damn slow anyway.
Meanwhile, Jake, Sylphie, and the Sword Saint acted on their own to get the final four towers. Due to the size of their planet, they had to travel a lot while getting harassed by the damn space golems, who seemed to have endless numbers.
After an additional month, the second batch of towers had been taken over, bringing their total number of captures to eight of the nine towers. However, the final tower turned out to be quite a bit more difficult to capture than the others, as the researchers had decided to fortify the location. The attacks on the other towers didn’t stop, though, and ultimately, they decided on just having Jake and Sylphie attack the final one, as the Sword Saint also stayed back to defend while also researching more of what these towers could do. When they finally conquered the final tower, the ability to teleport to one of the four space stations above was also unlocked, and… well...
One thing led to another, and after Jake and company had crashed through the atmosphere on a mothership around a year later while fighting a horde of five-meter-tall mechs with miniguns, they were already approaching the end of floor seventy-one.
Only a final fight awaited them, as they needed an access code to start something called the Revitalization Protocol to begin restoring the planet to its former state while putting an end to the experiment that had periodically killed all life on the planet. The entire point of this experiment had been them trying to manipulate the planet’s innate affinities, and from the looks of it, the researchers had failed horribly despite keeping the experiment going for so long.
In the present, Jake, Sylphie, the Fallen King, Sword Saint, and Dina found themselves standing in front of the burning wreckage of what had once been a kilometer-wide mothership that once served to coordinate with the four space stations that they had naturally also destroyed.
From the wreckage, a single figure rose, having been awakened from hibernation by the crash, yet remained entirely undamaged as it had been in a sealed-off control room. Standing over ten meters tall, the robot-like creature reminded Jake of those car-transforming robots from movies and TV, and when it pulled out a sword, Jake feared copyright infringement was taking place right in front of his eyes. Things got a bit better when it activated what was clearly some kind of astral magic, which Jake definitely hadn’t seen in the movies. Oh yeah, it was also definitely a lot stronger than the movie robots… at least it was the strongest thing on this floor by far.
[Chief Overseer – lvl 320]
The party didn’t even have to communicate as they made their move. The Fallen King and Sword Saint moved toward the robot as Sylphie circled around while Jake made some distance. Dina was the only one who remained roughly in place as she took out her staff and cast supportive magic on their two front liners.
Mana gathered as a large discharge of astral energy was released from the boss, bathing the surrounding area, as the old power generators of the mothership served to amplify this mana, effectively creating a massive domain that helped empower the boss.
With swift movement, especially for such a large creature, the Chief Overseer charged at the Sword Saint, who was closest. The old man didn’t react as the huge blade bathed in starlight descended, as two barriers overlapped right before he was hit – one green and one golden.
Not having to block, the old man drew his blade and released a large crescent cut that sent sparks and small metal fragments flying as the robot was pushed back. At the very same time, an arrow also arrived, but in an impressive display of dexterity, the boss managed to barely block using its blade.
Sadly, this made it unable to defend itself when a green whirlwind struck the boss from behind, throwing it entirely off balance. The Fallen King also didn’t sit idly back, as while he had made a barrier with one claw, he used his second to attack as a shockwave of force blasted into the robot’s leg. A second barrage of Arrow Rain also struck the boss soon after, with the Sword Saint also following up.
The Chief Overseer wasn’t as weak as to simply fall to this pressure, as its entire form turned into light as it teleported right behind Dina, evading another barrage of attacks. It swung its blade down toward the dryad, but found itself blocked as Bobo, her living armor, was already ready to defend as Dina also turned and slammed her staff into the ground.
A torrent of vines erupted from the ground, entangling and sending the boss airborne, as another Arcane Powershot blasted it to the side, sending even more metal parts flying. The other three also struck again, forcing the robot to turn into a beam of light once more, this time going after Jake.
However, right as it appeared behind Jake, he just smiled as he took a step and teleported nearly five kilometers away, and with a second step, he was back with his party, almost ten kilometers from the boss. This was when they learned the big robot also had some solid ranged weapon options as light erupted from its back and dozens of warping beams shot toward the five of them.
The boss also moved, arriving at the same time as the attack, but its sword found little purchase as a vine erupted from the ground and stopped its swinging arm. A shockwave of force sent the robot flying as the Sword Saint, Jake, and Sylphie all unleashed ranged attacks, resulting in the Chief Overseer getting pushed further and further back while trying to defend itself, revealing several other weapons that all proved mostly useless.
One could say many things about this boss, but it was definitely durable. Despite all of them attacking repeatedly, they had managed to do little noticeable damage, and whenever they did cut or blast off large chunks of metal, the Chief Overseer used some kind of self-repair magic. Alas, even if it looked like the robot was barely being damaged, its energy resources were drained at a rapid rate. The large astral domain did help the robot, but honestly, it barely seemed to do anything as the Fallen King and Dina both messed with it in between attacks.
What the boss also severely lacked were adequate offensive tools. The sword strikes seemed strong, but against the double barriers, it simply didn’t stand a chance. While it did have a lot of offensive options, none of them were truly powerful. Minutes passed, and the boss was slowly getting whittled down until they finally reached the second phase of the fight.
Turning into a beam of light, the Chief Overseer returned to the wreckage of the mothership. It stopped, floating just above the pile of metal as it raised its sword toward the sky. The sword rapidly began to transform into an umbrella-like-looking thing, and at the same time, the astral domain also began to react.
It imploded in an instant, as all the energy that remained in the batteries of the mothership was also drained. A dense barrier of powerful mana surrounded the boss as the umbrella-like thing turned out to be some kind of satellite dish or something because, at the very next moment, it shot out a beam of light toward the sky.
“Kill it quickly!” Jake sent through the Golden Mark as he got the feeling things would get annoying if they didn’t hurry. It didn’t take a genius to figure out the Chief Overseer was communicating with the many satellites they had done nothing about still floating in orbit far above them.
Everyone responded to Jake’s words as no one held back.
A giant golden beam erupted from the Fallen King, shearing away much of the barrier, followed by a pillar of pure vines erupting right below the boss, physically piercing into the barrier and forming cracks all over it. Jake’s Protean Arrow arrived next, as the entire barrier shattered and an explosion of powerful arcane energy washed over the Chief Overseer. Yet, even so, it didn’t stop what it was doing, even if it did move the arm, not holding the transformed sword to form a shield… which ended up doing very little.
The Sword Saint stood right in front of the giant robot as he drew his blade. His entire aura changed when he did, as his entire body seemed to turn younger for a second as he executed what was still the single most powerful attack anyone in their party was capable of.
“Glimpse of Spring: Stormcut.”
As if a new crescent moon of water was born on the surface of the planet, the swing released a massive wave that cut through the large robot. The arm it tried to defend with was cut straight through as half of its body was also cut into, doing extreme damage as several parts began falling to the ground. Yet the Chief Overseer had barely survived. For half a second longer, that is.
A loud boom echoed out as a green gust passed, serving as the calm before the storm. The Chief Overseer barely managed to turn its head as Sylphie arrived in the form of a massive green tornado that had taken the rough form of a drill, Sylphie herself serving as the pointed end.
The entire weakened robot was blasted apart as the beam of light from the sword faded away. Yet as it did, Jake’s danger sense also warned him as he quickly said through the Golden Mark: “Self-destruct!”
Without anyone needing any further prompt, they all arrived at Dina’s location near-instantly as she was already casting her magic. Everyone helped form their own barriers, and just as they did, the boss’ body lit up as it went supernova and exploded, sending out a wave of powerful, destructive astral light.
Several defensive barriers were burned away, but in the end, the death explosion failed to get through Dina’s final barrier. It soon faded as they now found themselves standing in an utterly massive crater, the wreckage of the mothership entirely obliterated. The only trace that remained was a large sword now stuck in the ground in the middle of the crater. It wasn’t far-fetched to assume that was where the access codes could be found.
Also, it wasn’t some bait-and-switch, as the boss was indeed very much dead.
*You have slain [Chief Overseer – lvl 320] – Bonus experience earned for killing an enemy above your level*
*’DING!’ Class: [Arcane Hunter of Horizon’s Edge] has reached level 259 - Stat points allocated, +50 Free Points*
*’DING!’ Race: [Human (C)] has reached level 259 - Stat points allocated, +45 Free Points*
”Well done, everyone,” the Sword Saint said, looking a bit tired as he usually did after pulling off his Transcendent mini-version skill.
Jake nodded as he smiled. It sure was good to have the whole gang together, and they had all gotten substantially stronger, not to mention the second wind of levels that would just make them all grow even faster. It honestly made him feel bad for the poor enemies on the floors to come…
Alas, sacrifices were inevitable in the glorious pursuit of making numbers go up.
Comments
Kconraw
Thx for the chapter
Endless Nature
Thanks for the chapter
Chase Burton
Thanks for the chapter!
AbsoluteBias
I doubt it, as his bloodline is tied to him within his truesoul, something the FK can't mess with.
Jay Doubleyou Kay
Hear hear? Hear here? Here hear? Idk, but I agree!
Jay Doubleyou Kay
Here here!
Olof Karlsson
Thanks for the chapter!
DirePants
Exactly! It’s like watching an anime and they show you recap of the last episode then the first 5 minutes are just the last five minutes of the previous episode then they put in a bunch of flash backs that were just seen a couple episodes ago lol I’ll tell you as person who’s worked in TV it’s done to save money/time while still meeting the quota of a 30 minute time slot. It’s similar for webnovels. You got your chapter, even if nothing important happened.
edgardo rossi
It's definitely happening on Friday for the cliffhanger
JJB4345_80_815
For some reason, my brain went straight to the sculptor on Earth who spent every waking minute of his working on Jake's "vision" of the Malefic Viper. While that would be hilarious, it would also be quite illogical. However, what if the Church of the Primordial devoted huge resources every era to compete for the Leaderboards since that would show their devotion to the Wrymgod??? I'd just find it funny that those wackadoodle worshipers would even have a shot at the top spot.
WannaBeATree
Nevermore with its significancy as a culture hub of the multiverse would have been perfect for character developement. When was the last time we were surprised because of a an action taken by a character? Like: for one floor they need to pick an ambassador and the other 4 will play attendants and they pick the king, because he learned to talk to "lesser beeings" during these 40y or maybe Dina, because she want to practice the stuff she learned from the old man. So many possibilities for development ... :/
Skyler Brown
so if u think nevermore is too long go read another book stop obsessing and come back later this man has been keeping this going every day i know you would feel that it wasant too long if u could lisen all the way through it the first time without knowing what happend next stop complaining and try guessing what might happen next with everybody els
Florian
yeah the one thing i dislike too, is that there is way too much explaination about a characters thoughts leading to their decisions or opinions. As if we didnt read all the chapters befor and cant understand the character enough without 5 paragraphs of explanation.
Mantiqore
No, spent time is still spent, and can’t be accelerated retrospectively. It just means that while the first day may be dilated to a minute, the 50th (arbitrary, choose any number you like for this example) day may be diluted to a second. So a person exiting on the 49th day will come out of nevermore one second before a person exiting on the 50th day.
DirePants
Glad this floor didn’t take weeks. While I love the fact that the story itself is long and gives us a deep look into the protagonist and the world, web novels have to be long and overly drawn out just so the daily readers have something to read on the daily. I would like to see abridged versions of these books. So much can be removed because the chapters often state information already expressed like a recap since which is helpful for a long web novel like this. But for the actual novel release it’s tiresome sometimes. I actually had never read a web novel until I came across this series through kindle and i remember I kept thinking “it reads like it was written for the internet.” Stil great story and great arc that I’m looking forward to ending lol
DirePants
We don’t call non English speakers dumb for not speaking English. We just speak a different measurement. 👊🏾
Psyren1596
Really loving this story! Sigh… I’ve just caught up and the wait for new chapters is killing meeeee.
Mohammed Sheekh
c grades live for thousands of years and he is less than 100 levels away from b grade
Kyle
Leveling seems a bit funky. Two in the first month and then the third isn’t til a year later after being constantly hounded by kill squads?
Chris
That’s silly. That’s like saying “just shut up and enjoy the suck”, because “I said so”. People rarely pay to live in the suck. A forum like this is an important feedback loop for the author if he’s smart. This is all pre-publishing, and sane commentary, good or bad, should influence the outcome. Patreon provides a vehicle to make money. Authors need money to live. Like any business, responding to changes in environment and listening to consumer feedback is how you get better, and protect the revenue stream. If you don’t, that can negatively affect the bottom line and eventually put you out of business.
Ty Cooper
I get both sides. I also get that some people have complained throughout what seems the whole of Nevermore and go on repeat cry almost every chapter. I also get that some parts seem to take forever when reading it chapter by chapter with weekend breaks. With all that said. I think it will all be great when it gets released on audible.
Ty Cooper
Lol 👍
Ty Cooper
I think it's true appeal will shine in audible
Ty Cooper
Well said
Myron Jabido
Thanks for the chapter Zogarth! I know a lot of the comments on here seem super critical, but just remember we’re all here cause we LOVE what you’ve created and want to support what you do! Keep on telling the story you want to tell!
Devin
I can get that to an extinct, but I do like the way it’s doing the growth, because I like this more than the general “he did stuff and got exponentially stronger” plus most of this is teaching the new universe about how/when/why to act and in what ways the multiverse works. Allowing most of everyone to have a similar “starting point” so to say. I like that this is basically explaining how the world really works
Mohammed Sheekh
oh look a white Knight has appeared to protect his master
Chris
Athyrium is absolutely right. The book itself, instead of feeling exciting and engaging feels like a grind for the reader. Most readers abandon literary works when they reach that point, especially when the grind grinds on needlessly. It’s really unfortunate. The series is still salvageable but the author needs to move on and get back to the storyline. I can’t imagine non diehard patron fans willingly signing up for the absolute slog through muddy water that Nevermore has become. I’m a big fan, and I’m only still a patron because everyday I tell myself we’re almost to the finish line, and remember how fun the series was prior to reaching Nevermore. Everyday we have more needless Nevermore content.
Andreas Berg Jensen
I really Think when the books catches up to nevermore it will feel a lot better. Reading it chapter for chapter might make it feel to Long for some, but i waited for a few months before splurging on patreon, and i really love the nevermore arc!
Tim
If it's actually a shit opinion, then yeah, but I feel like most of the criticisms come from people who love the story and want to remove as many obstacles (continuity, plotholes, immersion) as possible, so the most amount of people can enjoy the story too. That being said, a lot of people have a terrible time communicating that intent and instead end up sounding like Sylphie when she talks.
Greymantle
I've seen comments both for and against the length of the Nevermore arc. I agree with those who think it's gone on too long. I've been just skimming through or entirely skipping chapters going back at least to the the start of the Courier challenge dungeon. The problem for me is that the Nevermore challenges are fantasy worlds within a fantasy world. I can get my suspension of disbelief to the point where I care about the characters, societies, and worlds in Primal Hunter. But it's a 'step too far' for me to care about characters/societies/worlds identified as not being real within Primal Hunter itself, i.e., those within the artifical challenges created by Nevermore. That's why the Valdemar fight in the Colosseum challenge was actually interesting, because it did relate directly to the "real" Primal Hunter world, namely through the impression it made upon the real Valdemar. By contrast, the alliances made within, e.g., the Courier dungeon had no actual meaning or impact on the "real" world of Primal Hunter, and thus ultimately were meaningless except purely as a challenge for the protagonists. That's not to say some pure consequence-free challenges aren't interesting. But when it goes on for a few books worth, it becomes uninteresting (at least for me).
Michael Fannon
The end is coming soon. Just these last few floors, then we get to the end and the leaderboard. Assuming this pace continues and we (hopefully) get a few more side chapters, we should be out of nevermore in a few weeks.
JC
What a dumb take. Just because i dont agree with being a blind sycophant i now have a shit opinion? No ones allowed to criticize the author at all? How about every should be allowed to express whatever they want as long as its not rude or just plain harassment?
Athyrium
I get the grind, but there's a limit, the limit was back at 8-9 months of nothing but Nevermore content... March will make a YEAR of Nevermore
KenTX325
The coliseum dungeon was 45 chapters. That’s half a book as average book length is 75 chapters. Only about 5 fights were meaningful and rest were fill to show how awesome Jake is by only using kicks. Should be edited to no more than 20 chapters. That arc had no plot other than fighting Valdemar and meeting other gods. It’s too long and needs an edit. I’m trying to be helpful not mean. I would be pissed if I bought a book and 1/2 was one challenge dungeon.
Cnewton84
I think after he upgraded it the name changed to “one step thousand miles” or something. With his new boots he might be close to upgrading it again
Titaniumtac
By mark I meant FK soul mark, especially as he/it is currently bound to jake
Dan
I lowkey hope if anyone beats Jake's score, it's Arnold lmao
John Looney
U mean Arnold hacks them and turns the whole network into a battery for himself I can see that
Sam Rosenberg
Nice chapter. It’s been a while since a good fight
Titaniumtac
Can Jake use his sphere through the mark at some point?
Tragic Hysteria
Deep stone crypt?
Matt Spratte
Thank you so much for the chapter and the incredible story, hope you still get free time to read other stories as well Z.
John Balman
Leveling at its finest
Matt Spratte
Are you saying nevermore doesn't matter to the story? The story is about Jake's journey to godhood, nevermore is a huge part of that. The powerup alone has been massive. Jake now vs him before going wouldn’t even be a fight. I know its long but dont say it doesn't matter to the story. The story is about jake becoming top god of everything.
Matt Spratte
Facts!
Matt Spratte
Me being a dumb American, I had to Google what 10 km were in miles and it's 6 miles. So that was 2 steps that Jake did. Did he ever stop to realize he can now go further than a mile with 1 step. Or did I miss that?
BlackRazaras
Thanks for the chapter!
Isley
good chappie
JJB4345_80_815
Yes, thank you for the chappy, Zogarth!
Seth Taylor
I thought the Nevermore arc has been quite full, and it glossed over the long grind at the right points. We didn't need 30 years of content, but the labyrinth floors were great. The labyrinth challenge dungeon was glossed over, but colosseum, House and Journey were the much needed diversity. I have thoroughly enjoyed the Nevermore arc.
Seth Taylor
Can't say I agree. It's about the grind; getting Jake to the level he can fight a b grade prima for his planet. Yeah, it's a grind, but that's what it's about. Do you want a short story where he kills the big bad and you're left with less than stellar content after?
Bent Sommer
So how much time left? Should be hard to reach floor 80?!
Robert Gallup
Seeing all these people go “ i love the books but *insert shit opinion here* “ like lets just enjoy what Zog has created and ride along for jakes journey to the top. Zog has a vision and i trust he is doing what he thinks is right for the series and the progression. If you dont agree keep your shit opinion to yourself unless you’re a litrpg writer who’s successful and then again keep your shit opinion to yourself.
James Lucas
[Overseer Prime - lvl 320] would have been hilarious 😂
joel southard
Nice thank you for the chapter
Chris
100%, and the we left the diminishing returns bucket months ago.
Chris
Nevermore feels like content for the sake of content. There have been a few chapters sprinkled in with interesting things to read, the rest, is much of the same.
Christian Sullivan
What if Jake doesn't get #1 and it goes to some other random dude nobody has heard about. Lol
jackalsclaw
Since the time dilation gets stronger the deeper they go does that mean that the deeper you reach in nevermore the faster you finish?
jackalsclaw
Definitely chould take control of golems
Tyromeinabox
Yeah, I was having the same issue that Myron mentioned. A whole year and targets probably higher level and no additional levels. Plus one of the themes of last chapters and this was that they reinvigorated their leveling. Two levels in a year of constant fighting seems like a slog.
Josh Fulk
I don’t get why so many people are complaining about the length of the Nevermore arc. While yeah it’s been long especially in terms of reading it a chapter at a time. I feel like we have still seen a lot of growth during this period. Think of how many shenanigans have happened since he first came back to earth. If we spent those 50 years outside of time dilation with all the side stories that happen it would have taken Zog Years to get the team to current levels I feel. I think this is a happy medium for rapid growth and engaging content. I’m on this ride Jake stands at the peak. Be it 2 years from now or 20.
Athyrium
Can't wait for this arc to be over. Nevermore is cool and all, but it's taken forever. I can't wait to get back to stuff that actually matters to the story
Michael
*looks at the transformers reference with the eyes of General grievous* "You're references to pop culture will make a fine addition to my collection"
BumAssBumAss
The concept of seasons is a nomological concept that somehow assists his fighting style. Water can be powerful, but so can seasons. Both can reach the peak, but it is up to the sword saint which he wants to focus on more, or perhaps seasons and water are so interlinked it doesn't matter.
NoctisMi
Thank you, I thought I was the only one who sees it like this. I hoped him to get at least double the levels he got in that Floor, especially since that one went for a whole year after 2 Level ups in ilthe beginning
ReadingObsessed
Level up go brr
NoctisMi
True, he probably finishes the experiment and terraforms the whole planet perfectly
Lonnie Sizemore
These chapters are always fun
Blake Noyes
Sounds like it. And they spent a year or maybe 1.5 years on this one
Patrick Ralston
Should be 11.5 they started the challenge dungeons after “just under 30 years”, and Jake at least finished the challenge dungeons after 8.5 ish years.
Inv7ctus
You know, I have a feeling who was in your nevermore parties probably matters alotl, at the very least in C and B grades. 50 years of dungeone diving and facing new and unexpected problems together is going to provide teamwork like nothing else. cant say for sure about the higher ranks, but if 2 or more make it to godhood together. Potential for some scary synergies there, assuming the didnt fall out over the years.
Mason Lindsey
We have got to get out of nevermore and wrap this arc up. Love the series and premise, but this feels like a narrative carousel and you hit diminishing returns after the god meeting.
SpectreHarlequin
I think about 11.5 years because it said they had taken 8.5 years instead of 10 in the Challenge dungeons
Jonathan
he felt confident all of his party members could beat the Guardian on their own if it was as strong as the one Jake had just taken down. Not wrong, but I would write "only as strong". but Jake was having none of that as he destroyed all of them – after getting agreement from his party that this was the right course of action, of course. I have the vision of Jake going ham on them, and suddenly with only one or a few left, thinking to ask, "Hey, should I kill all of them?" Jake kept exploring the planet with intermitting fights intermittent
Mohammed Sheekh
water can be split into gas, solids and liquids, plus with the help of temperature it will take time for each stage to occur. thus it is even better than seasons
Myron Jabido
It’s weird cause Jake gained two levels from the first golem and then beating the first tower. Then he went a full year killing dozens of golems, beat another tower by himself, four space stations, and the mothership, and that’s just one more level? It seems off.
thendavesaid
Like a true Japanese protagonist, the Sword Saint calls out the name of his special move when he attacks with it.
Rui Lourenço
Nah. Seasons are linked with Time, and that's the direction he'll take.
Charles Torry
Numbers go up
jazz
Ohhh I gotchu. I think they finished like 1.5-2 years early. Forgot about that
jazz
What do you mean?
Jack
Same with his profession
Ty Cooper
I think there is more. The SS paintings had a couple of years left I thought.
Ty Cooper
They got a huge boost in records from the challenge dungeons. The dungeons didn't allow leveling in them. This primed them to gain levels fast again like freshly mented c-grades.
Jason Hardman
Missed opportunity to call it the Prime Overseer 😉
Ty Cooper
So at the start of this floor they had about 12 years? Give there was time left over of the SS time paintings and then the decade they left to play on the later floors. Also with Jake not wasting time on the city floor dramas. Are these numbers right-ish?
Gavin
Nice to have the gang back together laying waste.
luke wells
well they've been there for 30 years where they can level and got like 50 levels, but it said levelling gets much slower. Maybe he was just really close to levelling before.
BumAssBumAss
I feel like Arnold's team could get a grand achievement this floor.
bauspar
I think so.
brennon Petersen
Tftc!
Mayson Moffitt
Thxs
Decibel790
Thanks for the chapter!
Mohammed Sheekh
its better for the sword Saint to focus on the concept of water than the concept of seasons
TwistedVanity
Edit. "Not having the block, the old man" should be not having TO block.
Naotsugu97
Cheers for another chapter!
Joshua Tamayo
All hail the pursuit of numbers going up!
Cameron Yourell
Thanks for the chapter.
Alexikon
Isnt the level up a bit slow? 1 Week after the level up from last chapter and about one year for the next?
jazz
🔥that’s what I’m talkin about. Only 9 years left
Michael Fannon
Why do I fell like Jake just jinxed them and the remaining floors dramatically increase in difficulty?
Zogarth
Fix
martin smith
"Not having the block," maybe "to block"
TwistedVanity
Thank you
Rad
New skill selection for the class with one more level up too, right?
Thenais
Thx
BumAssBumAss
Thanks for the chapter!
