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Chapter 787 - Nevermore: Confusing Stories
🕑 Added 2023-11-10 11:37:28 +0000 UTCThe people in the room stared at Jake, who inhabited the body of the guard, seemingly wanting him to elaborate. Something he gladly did.
Whenever Jake took control and spoke, his body morphed into his own, but nobody around seemed to notice at all. That made things much easier as he shared his thoughts on the matter, with everyone thinking it was the guard talking.
Jake began to explain his plan of attacking the Beast King with a squad of elites before it could get the chance to attack the city to not allow it to build up power.
Based on everything Jake had heard, this Beast King was just a newly evolved D-grade. Sure, it was stronger than everyone in the city individually… but it was just one D-grade. The gap between E-grades and D-grades was pretty big but far from as prominent as, say, the difference between a D and a C-grade.
The true danger lay in a Beast King’s ability to unite other beasts under its banner. As a being of a higher grade, other monsters would instinctually want to follow it and be submissive, allowing a single D-grade to create an army that could easily take the Beast King down several times over if they turned on it.
So, with that in mind, if this Beast King was allowed to gather an army, the city would truly be in trouble. Moreover, if they attacked the beast within its own domain, there was a good chance they wouldn’t even have to battle the army at all. It was the same concept as how armies of beasts would not interfere if two Beast Kings battled to become the new leader; as a general rule, they just often didn’t interfere if the Beast King was fighting. Its death would only mean a stronger alpha would take the position of leader, after all. At least, this non-interference of the army was what Jake gambled on.
Finally, if they managed to defeat the beast, there was a chance someone like the guard captain could finally overcome his limits and become a D-grade himself. If that happened, the city would be a lot safer in the future.
This was all sound logic that Jake shared with the room.
There was a lot of opposition, but Jake pointed out how shitty all the other plans were. Evacuation would result in most dying anyway, as why wouldn’t this army just chase them down? Moreover, the majority of the beast army was of horse-like beasts who could move far faster than a bunch of humans trying to run away. Defending meant facing the entire army, so that was definitely out of the question. What was also dumb was evacuating the elite, as that was just the strategy of a bunch of cowards and something Jake could never get behind.
In the end, the group relented. Jake did think everything went a bit too smoothly when it came to getting approval, but he chalked that up to the Challenge Dungeon mechanics helping him out. It reminded him a bit of how, for some reason, the opinion of the main character in a game would always dictate the plot. With everyone in agreement, plans were quickly made.
The operation included fourteen late E-grades between levels 70 and 95, one guard captain at level 99, and finally, the personal bodyguard of the governor, who was also level 99. Moreover, they made many preparations and prepared tools to make the fight easier. Casters got catalysts that would help amplify the power of their spells, and the best equipment was given out to everyone in the group.
With conviction, they moved out to strike down the threat before it had a chance to destroy their home.
The sixteen humans successfully snuck into its domain using magic to hide them before they got close enough. The D-grade beast in question looked like a large, nearly five-meter-long, six-legged horse with scales covering many parts of its body. Jake quickly confirmed it was indeed a pretty weak variant, and it didn’t even look like it was level 110 yet. Moreover, there were no other beasts close to it, as the beast lay resting on the ground, fully exposed.
Going along with their plan, the bodyguard and guard captain would make the first move. Both of them attacked simultaneously, startling the Beast King. The rest of the group followed up rapidly after a solid blow was landed by the two of them as they joined the fight, and… well…
Everyone kind of died?
While it was true the D-grade was a shitty variant, the humans were also just shit. Even the two “strongest” humans in the group sucked ass, and not just stat and skill-wise. Their movements were also beyond horrible, and Jake was pretty damn sure he could have killed the two of them together when he was only level 60 or something.
But it wasn’t all bad. Sure, the guard captain was trampled, but he managed to cut off a leg in the process, and while it was true the horse bit off the bodyguard’s head, he managed to blow up the inside of the Beast King’s mouth right before he died.
Jake’s character was the final person to die as he was trampled too, but he managed to penetrate his spear deep into the Beast King’s body before death. As the final human died, it was also clear the Beast King would die, and as predicted, it soon succumbed to its wounds.
So… the city was saved in the end at great cost. After Jake’s character died, he had expected the story to end immediately, but instead, he saw what reminded him of an epilogue that displayed a scout who had seen the battle from afar run back to report to the city. At the same time, all the beasts that had gathered in the area slowly spread out again, no longer having a Beast King to gather around.
There had still been guards left in the city who managed to pick up the slack, and a grand funeral was held for the fallen. As time fast-forwarded, the city thrived for a while before it was eventually abandoned as an unknown faction invaded the land, and everyone chose to relocate.
With that, the first story came to an end… and Jake honestly wasn’t sure what to think or what to conclude based on how everything had gone.
Could Jake just have taken control of the body and killed the D-grade by just looking at it? Sure, but what would the point of that be? This wasn’t his fight anyway. During these nine days of “living” in this story, Jake came to the conclusion that the way he wanted to guide these stories was to influence his character to do what he would have done if he were in their situation. If he genuinely didn’t know what to do, he would just let the characters decide themselves. It was a simple approach, but honestly, considering he had no fucking idea what he was supposed to do in this dungeon, it had to be good enough.
With the story over, his vision turned dark as he still wondered how his “character” was assessed based on this first story, just as a system prompt appeared before him.
You have completed the first story.
Second story initiating.
In the second story, Jake took the form of an advisor to a local warlord who controlled a massive area with several cities. Okay, Jake called it massive, but in actuality, it was only considered massive by E-grade standards. The Warlord himself was an early D-grade, with Jake’s body, in this case, a peak E-grade.
The central conflict in this story revolved around deciding the allocation of resources to different craftsman guilds. All of them had sent their representatives to speak their case, and Jake, as the advisor, was brought along to each guild to see how much they contributed to the budding kingdom.
While it was kind of interesting learning about a bunch of different crafters, Jake spent most of his time in this six-day-long story just focusing on his recovery as his senses still improved by the day. By the end of the tour of the different guilds, and when the Warlord called Jake in to give his advice on which guild to support the most… Jake did nothing.
What the fuck did he know about managing a city or allocating funds? He had purposefully offloaded everything to Miranda in his own city, and he honestly believed his opinion didn’t matter for shit in this situation. That is why he let the character he was inhabiting decide entirely on his own.
After the final choice, where a masonry guild had been selected based on Jake’s character’s decision, an epilogue played that seemed as neutral as could get. The masonry guild was happy and began a lot more construction with their new resources, even erecting a large statue in honor of the Warlord, making the advisor even more well-liked. As for any wider impact, Jake never really saw anything special happen as things just seemed to proceed as normal as the story came to an uneventful end.
You have completed the second story.
Third story initiating.
In this story, Jake took the form of a young man who was to be "married" to some old duke or something. The duke apparently liked younger men and women, and while Jake’s character’s family felt terrible about the whole ordeal as they knew they were throwing their family member to the wolves, they also knew opposing the duke would be to oppose the royal family, which would cause severe problems for the entire family.
Jake never even got to the final choice on this one, as he ended up ripping off the head of the duke after a particularly nasty scene was about to play out. From there, Jake was forced to take some actions of his own and ended up just acting like his character had actually been temporarily possessed by a divine being and was now an apostle or some shit. Jake was winging it hard and fully improvising at that point. Seeing as the strongest people in the kingdom were early D-grades, a mid-tier C-grade with Jake’s Bloodline-empowered presence was more than enough to convince them.
The third story ended with Jake’s character being recognized as a semi-divine being and his entire family uplifted by the royal family, who ended up purging the duke-faction entirely, using the young man’s emergence as an excuse to wipe out political opponents. In the final part of the epilogue it showed the young man going on a journey to explore the world, with the words that even now, he felt the presence of the god who had used his vessel.
So, yeah, in this story, Jake learned that the actions he took molded the personality of the character he was inhabiting, even after he relented control. The young man truly believed he had been possessed by a god. Though remembering the first story, the guard had also fully tried to carry out Jake’s plan, even after he gave up control, so it probably shouldn’t have come as news. Just confirmation.
You have completed the third story.
Fourth story initiating.
In the fourth story, Jake was a squad captain on an ongoing battlefield, leading a group of around a dozen soldiers. This one ended with their side winning through Jake doing nothing but giving some advice on how to attack to increase the chance of victory for their squad, which ultimately resulted in them successfully sneaking around the enemy rear and killing the enemy army’s tactician, throwing them into a state of panic.
The fifth one revolved around solving an internal conflict in the character’s family. Jake’s character had suddenly gained a lot of money through securing rights to a new trade route, and now everyone was scrambling to get a piece of the pie. In this story, the final choice was Jake – taking the form of the old Patriarch who would soon retire – choosing who would take over the budding business empire. Jake had no idea who to pick but did contribute by having the people who tried to assassinate his character killed, even if they were family. Whether the killed people were better or worse at running the company didn’t really matter to Jake; he just didn’t like people trying to kill him in such cowardly ways, such as trying to poison him. Based on the epilogue, the non-killed guy Jake’s character ended up picking didn’t do all that badly, though, so it was probably fine.
The sixth and seventh stories were both kind of boring, with Jake having no real input in either. He only took control once in each during the final choices portion and shared his thoughts, and that was it. As a general rule, he still just didn’t see any need to decide the lives of others, especially not strangers. Something all these people ultimately still were, even if he did inhabit a character.
Well, he said that, but then there was the next story.
In the eighth story, Jake’s character was a slaver and had to decide to whom he would sell his merchandise. There were a bunch of options. One wanted to use them as soldiers, one wanted them as human experiments, one simply wanted more workers, and there was even someone who wanted to buy them to free them all.
Anyway, Jake freed all the slaves and killed himself, as well as all the other slavers who had come to buy them. Well, besides the one who wanted to free them, he seemed decent enough. The epilogue showed the slaves all escaping and running wherever, with some finding true freedom, some getting recaptured, and some dying, unaware of how to live, though the majority were picked up and saved by the guy who wanted to free them all to begin with.
In the eighth story, Jake had thrown his non-interference stance to the wind and done as he wanted, having control pretty much all the time. If that had been the right choice or not for this “test,” he wasn’t sure, but honestly, who knew at this point?
The more stories passed, the more confused Jake got as to what the hell he was actually doing. Why was he doing this Challenge Dungeon? What the hell was it measuring? He was just making decisions for random people. The dungeon or system gave no feedback at all. No scores, no comments, no nothing. He was just doing story after story with no feedback.
He did take note of how the dungeon liked for him to spend some time in the story before presenting him with the final choice. Even in the war story, Jake’s character had spent a few days bonding with the soldiers he was leading. Perhaps it wanted him to have time to get emotionally invested in them as people? Or maybe it just wanted to give him more data to base his final choice on?
Ultimately, Jake decided to just not think too much about it. He just went with his guts and stuck to his own, albeit flimsy, personal beliefs. He had never really cared if people called him a hypocrite or not when he decided to get involved in some matters while taking a stance of non-interference in others. Jake was Jake, and trying to find the “best” ending in all of these stories frankly didn’t matter much to him. If this was the right approach to get a high score in the Challenge Dungeon, he seriously doubted, but if Jake had to effectively act like someone he wasn’t, he didn’t want to go for a high score. He would just take whatever evaluation the system and Wyrmgod gave him, and if it sucked… well, fuck em.
But, hey, this Challenge Dungeon where he had no idea what the fuck he was doing, things weren’t all bad. All this time had brought one good thing with it, as after about four months inside the Test of Character dungeon, something seemed to finally click back into place.
On this day, Jake’s vision cleared up, and his senses all returned to normal as his Sphere of Perception became as clear as ever.
That’s right, Jake was back.
Back to doing more stories filled with E-grades where being recovered didn’t matter, except for watching everything happening in the stories through his sphere was now more entertaining. Also… seeing as how he was now back in good condition, it was time to also consider working on something else:
Consolidating his gains from the Colosseum of Mortals by getting some sweet skill upgrades under his belt.
Comments
Michael Meyer
I 100% agree. i would be kind of disappointed, although it wouldn't that big of a deal, after all the time we have spent on this arc of the story, I would really like to see him in 1st place on the leaderboards.
Malth
Ellhakan’s probably made it to champion in the arena but I wouldn’t be surprised if he lost against the Daolord since his bloodline is likely even less effective against that monk than it was against the Sword Saint. Since the challengers’ matches are watched by the other fighters, umbra would have figured out his bloodline and likely gone in deafening herself in some way and immediately going for the kill too. I wouldn’t be surprised if he got to valdemar but never won ibis approval.
Sean Dawson
I feel like he will get top spot but just barely. “What’s his faces bloodline” is so much more helpful in most aspects of the dungeon but I think enough combat and extraordinary things Jake does will win out. We see other people use the recruiting route like any major party from the church in any era will have a style like that but not every era has a person like Jake doing crazy stuff.
austin kutz
I'll be peeved if he doesn't end up pined to #1 for the entire 93rd era
Rainer
125 chapters later, and the Nevermore arc continues.
kry
Even if we weren’t able to adequately communicate the reasons why this trope is harmful, I genuinely appreciate you changing it.
sylvan sommerville
Yeah and not the top of the hidden leaderboard but high up top 100
Zogarth
Holy hell you people are reading way too much into this for no damn reason. Maybe it is just where I come from, but to see people instantly jump on something like this is kind of disturbing. Being gay is hella normal and this duke has nothing to do with "being gay" but being a creep with questionable moral character. It could have been a duchess or someone who liked young girls, or whatever, and I don't see it changing anything. Like I seriously don't get the logic at all. Jake was a young man in the story because he always inhabits a character of the same sex, and the duke was an old creep because that is an old stereotype that old-ass nobels are creeps. Seriously, some of you people need to get yourselves checked out for reading so much into nothing. If I only had one confirmed character with a mohawk in the story that also liked to murder puppies, it wouldn't mean that I think all people with mohawks are puppy killers. But, sure, I added it to him liking "young men and women," so he is a nice catch-all creeper.
kry
I like this take
kry
Maybe, but it feels like nice filler. One of my favorite things about PH versus similar stories is how varied and dynamic the pacing is. I have gotten bored with/tired of similar litrpgs that are frequently recommended concurrently with PH because they are nonstop action (e.g., dotf) and have no breathing room. Whereas Zogarth gives us loads of action packed chapters followed by self reflection, alchemy, slice of life, etc. It feels like a good mix of exploring things in detail and some high-level overview chapters like this one.
kry
Tbh I’m beginning to really enjoy the Nevermore arc though I was a bit bored at them climbing the levels (apart from a few specific parts) but I’m really enjoying the challenge dungeons. I’m kinda tired of the whole YoY thing though (especially his chosen acting all high and mighty) but I have a feeling that will continue for awhile so I’ll have to get over it I suppose.
kry
Agreed. Ik a lot of folks are giving you backlash for this comment, but it was (at a minimum) a questionable plot device that has broader implications and many many people have spent many many years deconstructing them. Regardless of whether or not the people in the comments are personally offended, this type of storytelling decision is impactful and does send a message about the author’s feelings about gay people. I’m sure the author didn’t mean it maliciously, but it does speak to a lack of consideration. Having basically the only queer character mentioned be a sexual predator sends a message, which I would say is even more harmful than the “bury your gays” trope (not that this is a competition of what trope that paints queer people negatively is the most harmful). Anyway, to all those saying that it isn’t relevant to the story… there have been LOADS of straight people and relationships mentioned when their sexualities haven’t been necessarily relevant to the story. It would be easy to have a random queer person here and there without that being a big deal, but it IS a big deal when the only gay person is a sexual predator. Just because that doesn’t hurt you directly doesn’t mean it’s not harmful.
kry
Same! Nevermore is supposed to be really long. I’m really enjoying the challenge dungeons breaking up the monotony of just climbing though! I hope he gets to all of them so we can see them all, though maybe not in as much detail as the first one.
kry
If nothing else I’d like to see an updated description of the bloodline, though i could see that being skipped over. I think the % thing would be really cool though.
kry
I really want Jake to be at the top of the leaderboards at the end of this arc. I’m all for him losing fights and learning from them and stuff but I feel like Nevermore is too big a deal & too permanent for that to be just “losing a fight” if he doesn’t finish at the top.
Seen Death
Pretty much yeah? That is a good point though! Most of the "op" paths have super strict requirements to follow (church boi cant kill anyone, although he has a immortal follower to do it for him) etc.
Seen Death
I might be confusing it with a different ability, but the one im thinkin of's requirement is the memory being linked to upgrading a particular (villy related?) Skill. I dont think he can just go on a memory joyride? but yes i agree with klown it would be a poor use of the skill either way
Seen Death
I think its meant to promote character growth or reinforce current moral standings. In the book though, it could be wyrmgods way to try to determine who might be a detriment to the universe. It still benefits the participants by making them consider other viewpoints or prepring them for similar situations in the future? Im sure itll make more sense as time goes on. Ive already been pleasantly suprised when jake let his character die naturally, idk i look foward to the rest.
Seen Death
I dont think itll happen tbh- as nice as it is to see numbers go up, in jakes omega form or whatever it seems to be nearly 100% efficiency already? Maybe not 100% but it far outpreformed normal mana conversions, where it would usually be a net loss. It also sounds kinda tedious to try to match % efficiency to what differences that makes while in use. (Edit: i think u meant his sphere of perception mostly? I mean we get a radius for his max size listed, but doing a % there would also be misleading cuz it gets exponentially larger as he evolves, we as the reader wouldnt really benefit from knowing jakes current sphere limit is potentially 2% of what its actually capable of, even in C grade)
Mats
Hmm you might be right. Maybe a upgrade to it den, a % for the stat governing controlling mana then. 🤔
austin kutz
Doubt it. It doesn't bother describing bloodlines in detail or transcendent skills at all AFAIK.
Thenais
Weird ass sub-dungeon
Tyler Engelke
I think it's entirely just a test of what you think the test wants vs what you would do. How much would you change to fit some hypothetical criteria that you made up
Mats
I wonder if the bloodline will get a % as his skill limit brake has. Now that the system has sort of seen what it can do. 🤔
Malth
Yesterday's chapter says its been 30 years so far: "Oh, Jake did also discover one more thing that did genuinely suck. During these thirty years of doing Nevermore, Jake had built up quite a lot of Jake Juice – or Origin Energy, as boring people called it – but that was now pretty much all gone. " So we'll have about a decade after the challenge dungeons, which they'll probably use to dive as far as they can unless there are other ways to earn points solo.
Gerald Morris
Please refer to past comment sections for context. It is a transcendent ability and we are dying on this hill🤣
Numbzy
It's not a transcendence. A transcendence cannot be influenced by your bloodline at all.
Jonathan
even after he relented control. relinquished
Doctordirt
Yall are tripping
Chris
I’m excited for the story to progress past nevermore. The side stories have been interesting, but Nevermore has definitely been a grind for me.
Chris
they had 20 years left, and agreed to up to 10 years to finish ALL (not each) of the challenge dungeons. There will be ~10 years to go after the challenge dungeons.
Jumping Flounder
i’m thinking the test is to let go, it gives you the option to steer the story, not the requirement.
JohnSnowden
Thanks for the chapter! There seems to be a lot of people complaining about nevermore, but I've enjoyed the whole thing. Keep up the good work, you're the best!
Michael Fannon
Considering a person is more their bloodline than the otherway around, wouldn't using his bloodline be him being his truest self?
Julia
Yeah, it is definitely questionable to have one of the only gay characters to show up be a sexual predator.
Seen Death
I think 4 months is reasonable, most people cant do anything impossible their whole lives, and jake was 'just' inconvienenced for 4 months
Seen Death
Should be interesting indeed, as valdemar is supposed to be enemies with villy to the public lol i wonder if its time to get any more insight to villys conflict with yip
Luke Baldini
after the dungeons nevermore will be complete. They had 10 years left before doing the dungeon and agreed to allocated 10 years to each one
Seen Death
There definitely are gay characters, but its not mentioned as its not relevant to the story. There is very few instances of any sexual shit in this story at all- which i appreciate. Reminder, while in that society it might not be frowned upon to be sexually attracted to minors, you are arguing in favour of a sexual predator to real life standards. It also sounds like he ends up killing the kids, as why would he need replacements if thats not the case? the replacement this time being jake himself. Jake viewed slavery as bad due to his morals, and he killed the slavers too, regardless of their unmentioned sexuality
Doctordirt
No he can manipulate origins
Darthnarciss
Eh, almost no character has had their sexuality mentioned becuase it doesn't matter to the story. The only ones we know about are the ones who have actively hooked up either on screen or off, and even then it doesn't mention a preference. And Jake didn't kill the Duke becuase he was gay, heck he may not have been, but becuase of what the Duke was about to do. No clarification on if it was a sexual assault or maybe a murder of a bunch of puppies. Him having a preference for young men doesn't mean anything or add anything other than a story hook for the 3rd tale (none of the examples of stories we saw had Jake inhabit a character outside of his gender).
Dalton Brooke
Dude you literally said it yourself. PREDATOR.
Andrew K
Could be interesting if the final result of this dungeon is based on some sort of extrapolation of what a major faction controlled by the challenger would be like.
john henderson
I mean, there's nothing to say that if Jake were female all of his characters wouldn't be female, in which case the Duke would be just a predator? Then is it okay to kill him? I'm only asking because according to you being a predator is wrong unless you're gay, in which case you're granted immunity.
john henderson
That skill is based primarily on system fuckery, so my guess is he can only view the memories the system deems acceptable, and seeing as Nevermore is heavily system assisted I doubt it would allow for that.
Ilinorin
Wouldn't it be both? YoY's chosen would be being true to himself as a manipulating person. But it's not like his bloodline would matter much, as it seems like the story goes along with any choice you make. Maybe negotiating would be easier for him over others, but successfully negotiating doesn't seem to matter, as what matters is just trying to be yourself with your choices.
OutKast MerkeR
Getting to know this dungeon a bit more...do you think YoY chosen would dominate it with his bloodline? Or is it impossible to dominate cause it's a test to be your true self throughout?
Bobby B
So does the Origin power bring Jake back to his origin form or is everything in his sphere brought back or both? Then Jake has ultimate control of all in his sphere?
Klawski
The only way it seems like it will be shorter is if he continues to evolve and be able to handle the potency of his bloodline. Also, his origin energy played a major factor and that is slowly accumulated over time. Not sure if their is a cap to the amount he can have at once, but those seem to be the two variables that are linked to his ‘bloodline unlock’.
Salientmind
I thought they were going to popup towards the end of this chapter, but maybe they'll show up just in time for Jake to make some crazy gains next week
Athyrium
It has nothing to do with him being gay and everything to do with him being a predator. I'd bet that he is always the villain of that scenario and is "player sexual" being a creep to whoever is doing the scenario no matter their gender or lack there of.
Aaron Schwartz
Am I the only one who REALLY wants to do this challenge myself? It’s literally the ultimate rpg!
Eiv
Yeap. Cant wait for the result of this. Either it would be “oh nice” or a laughing “jake thing” moment. But for sure it won’t be boring. Zogarth won’t do that. Hopefully 🤣
Bobby B
4 months is quite a long recovery period. Will it become shorter the more powerful Jake becomes? Or is it just a set time for using it? Also, SKILL UPGRADES!! YES!!💥💥
Gerald Morris
Time to milk all those transcendent gains I see.
Dominick Gelardi
The point wasn't that he was gay, it was that he was a predator. Do you think a predator like that should be free to go just because he's gay?
Isley
good chappie
Adam Owada
Oh man I cannot wait for Artemis and Valdemar to show up 😀
Tommy
TFTC!
Richard Lee
A story doesn't have to include things like that, authors write what they think up, not what everyone thinks up. You should not be expecting equal representation for a hot topic in the real world, in an entertainment piece. Can you please leave the politics of earth out of the fantasy story? There are plenty of places to be heard if you feel so strongly on the subject, but someone else's Patreon isn't one off them.
Malth
After how long the coliseum took I’m glad this one is going fast. Even after the challenge dungeons jake and his team will still have around a decade to go in nevermore, right? With how long nevermore has gone so far I’m hoping it wraps up by the end of the year. Hopefully the endless Minaga dungeon is just a montage of Jake destroying it while villy, the wyrmgod, and maybe valdemar and Artemis look on and laugh at his expense.
InfernoDroid
Yea, I feel the same. The chapters have been good and the author seems to enjoy writing them, so I'm going to let him cook and not complain even if I feel like the arc has overstayed its welcome
Bill
Bury your gays? This story doesn’t have many (any?) queer characters and one shows up that has to be immediately killed for being a predator of young men? Questionable choice.
InfernoDroid
Personally it felt nice to have a quick challenge dungeon after his long the arena of mortals section was. At this point Nevermore has been going on for a lot of chapters and Zag is probably getting ready to wrap the arc up.
RonGAR
Strangely enough.... I actually like this chapter. Made me think, is that was god is? An indifferent silent observer in each of us, urging us to do this or that every now and then? Thanks for the chapter. Appreciate it.
Klown Keidra
I think that would be possible, but also kind of a waste.
edgardo rossi
Wait technically with his skill (heretic-chosen ) he can live Villy's memories so he could search for any memory of Villy and wirmgod talking about nevermore right?
Rubeno
Wait! First we need skills, then scenes other people doing dungeons, then shot at what happens in the meantime on Earth, then on Malefic Vipers organization. Let's not forget also about wowed reactions of public ;D. All In due time.
Ashley Stephens
I think it's more of a rest for Jake because he locked down his path long ago, I could see this trial meaning more to the dryad lady or even Sylphy the bird because it forces them to face their own opinions that impact the world and question their own action or inaction
Tim Schillinger
Nice chapter. Buuuut I am dying to get to get the scenes from the gods! Imagine: all together in nevermore. All wanting to know what Jake can do and how OP his bloodline is, drinking a beer etc. Villy in the middle of the shitshow, who just wants to bail out. Glorious. Please don't make us wait for god talk scenes any more...
Rubeno
Depends on what end result of it will be. It was set up as chance for MC to rest without wasting time for progress and is simply bad matchup against Jake because he always acts like he wants outside world be damned. He simply doesn't given a shit
Steven Thompsen
I have to say this specific challenge dungeon just feels like filler.
Olof Karlsson
Thanks for the chapter!
Jack
been waiting for this since the colosseum of mortals ended why do i have to wait till monday
Athena
tftc "and he honestly didn’t believe his opinion didn’t matter for shit in this situation." -> "and he honestly believed his opinion didn't matter for shit in this situation."
Mason Jones
Sounds like it’s another pre-god test. How are you going to react when/if you have divine power which is a big part of nevermore
Decibel790
Thanks for the chapter!
Namorat
This seems silly to me personally.
Zogarth
Fix
Den
Jake is all about personal freedom, he doesn't interfere even having the power to do so unless necessary, and prefers death to be a slaver. This chapter highlights it wonderfully!
Michael McMahon
"Sure, the guard captain was trambled". Should that be trampled? Also thanks for the chapter!
Alex Cox
Most likely. Plus people would likely pick this first thinking it the simplest of the dungeons only to be thrown into horrid situations that could mentally be too much. Trauma inducing, in the Duke's story for instance
Alex Cox
Well Wyrmgod did give Jake a list of which dungeons to do. This was likely meant to show new initiates how the multiverse works and the sheer vastness of fucked it can be. Jake was told to go there cause it would give him an unknown amount of time to rest and for the rest of his Nevermore run not to be impacted negatively. As a moral test and a view on situations it most likely won't have any impact on the final scores for anybody aside a way to throw them off their game. Afterall, who wouldn't get to the challenge dungeons and think this would be the easiest.
Darnell Maxwell
Hypocrisy, Hypocrisy, The rules apply, To everyone but me!
Darnell Maxwell
4 MONTHS! That's one hell of a backlash. I wondered if that was lessened due to him being F grade at the time or the challenge dungeon had no effect since it was a bloodline ability.
Justus Saucedo
I'm kind of hoping the nevermore arc will end soon. I like all the lore and power ups we're seeing Jake get. It just feels it's been really stretched out. Loved the chapter. Still tired of nevermore
Ral
True to his character Jake will train himself during a test.
Lawrence Dillon
Yay skill chappie next
Luboš Hemala
I can see Minaga sighing a lot.
Rubeno
Finally Skill list! I was wondering when finally Jake will consolidate his developments
Rubeno
Maybe purpose of this Test is to check whether user will consistently act according to their beliefs despite outside pressures?
Strato Junon
Ty for the chapter! Bit of a slow one but makes sense. Being true to oneself has to be highest marks surely.
Ritsu
So this dungeon is basically a test of how sure you are of your Path? Doesn't matter if its optimal or moral or whatever, so long as you pick a lane and stick to it, even if it means killing yourself in the process.
Itsigu
Nice
Kyle Pemberton
I know this is meant to be confusing. But I'm hoping there's some excellent explanation of this trial at the end, because right now it feels like wasted time.
Naotsugu97
Thanks, tbh, I like this chapter. Staying true to your own principles is tight!
BlackRazaras
Thanks for the chapter
