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Chapter 830 - Nevermore: An Ingenious Mind
🕑 Added 2024-01-17 11:53:26 +0000 UTCNevermore shook her head after she threw the young human out of the Challenge Dungeon. The instance of the dungeon he had been occupying was already dematerializing and getting recycled, with the only thing remaining the ten Creations he had submitted and his new personal domain.
Of the Creations, the arcane marble was by far the most interesting and would be a great item to absorb for the World Wonder. She also had plenty of thoughts on the one who had submitted it and his… peculiar nature. Nevermore also couldn’t help but find it funny he had asked about the 25% bonus as if it was something anyone ever expected to get. Though, it was hard to blame him, considering he had already obtained it two times.
Perhaps if he had spent longer, he could have reached the 25% he strived for, but she doubted it. If he had wanted to reach that evaluation, he would have had to thoroughly expand the scope of what he worked with. As an alchemist, he already had many different advantages, but, as odd as it sounds, his Bloodline became his ultimate limiter.
Alas, he had been one of the better ones for sure. Nevermore wouldn’t say she was disappointed at the lack of interest from most young geniuses when it came to crafting. It was a bit discouraging, though. Creation was, after all, one of the most important abilities one could ever have for spreading their Records.
This is also why she truly appreciated when someone showed up who was a true creator. Someone who didn’t merely achieve a high score through using their Bloodlines or Transcendents. That Chosen of Yip of Yore had already left a bad taste in her mouth with the way he had achieved his albeit impressive score.
Luckily, there had been one person also related to the Chosen of the Malefic Viper who had truly impressed her. A man without a Bloodline, Transcendant skill, or anything like that. Just a creative mind.
He didn’t even walk around with a title like the Chosen of the Malefic Viper but had simply gone by Arnold. He was a man who didn’t radiate the slightest arrogance or even confidence. He was a blank slate that seemed entirely unbothered with anything that didn’t interest him.
His actions were cold. The worlds were nothing more than a means of production to him, and despite the fact that the resources on the planets weren’t meant to be used for crafting, he had done so anyway. The student of the Viper’s Chosen had wiped out one of the worlds… Arnold had transformed all seven of them as he drained them all of their resources. Except for two, that is, which he deemed unsuitable for harvest. For those, he instead managed to tap into the energy powering the portals and absorbed all the energy that way, turning them into generators.
The Creations submitted had all been sublime and incredibly diverse. The man was not limited by affinities, nor did he limit his use of materials. The void-based Creations he submitted were all sights to behold, and the sheer scale of all his actions was beyond impressive. To turn the world that the Malefic Viper’s Chosen’s student had come from into what was effectively one big industrial planet within only two years didn’t even seem realistic for a C-grade, yet he had done it.
He achieved this through self-replicating constructs. He would make one construct that could then make others, which snowballed endlessly. Usually, this would not be possible, but their original Creator made it so by constantly remaining connected to them. He had a way of feeding them energy through a void-based connection, she didn’t doubt Oras had a hand in and allowed himself to effectively function as a central hub.
In many ways, he reminded Nevermore of the automata race. His mentality, approach to things, general lack of emotions, and analytical problem-solving technique… except he put them to shame with how extreme he took the concept. Moreover, he took full advantage of the fact he still remained a human and didn’t have the same limitations automata would have – primarily their severely lacking evolution and biological self-adaptation options.
Nevermore had told Jake that there were others out there who could also stand before a god unaffected without influence from his Bloodline. This man was one of them. It wasn’t because he was resistant to the difference between grades, nor that he didn’t recognize the gap. It was simply that he didn’t actively consider it a relevant factor to his interactions most of the time. To try and suppress him with a superior aura was like trying to shine a bright light to blind a man without eyes. He simply didn’t appear to have a brain that computed the difference like everyone else… which was probably also the reason he could carry the Legacy of Oras without breaking his mind:
It was already broken from the beginning.
Yet the Bound God saw nothing wrong with this. To be slightly broken was to be different, and in trade for parts of Arnold not functioning as one would expect, he gained a brilliant mind in turn.
Looking at the two of the most impressive Creations he had submitted, she felt in awe at both. One of them was one of the odd devices he had used to drain the energy of the portals. It was filled with odd void magic and had been capable of exploiting the endless energy provided by the system to keep the portals active. It was an item split in two, looking like two rings with a thin black thread between them, where one part entered the portal, and the other remained on the other side. At least it looked like that.
In fact, the two items were constantly switching positions countless times every single second. Every time something entered or exited the portal, a very faint wisp of energy would be released, an amount so little that it barely registered. However, there was still some energy. These two odd void rings would absorb this energy at every position swap. As they switched what had to be easily trillions of times every single second, the energy absorbed was astronomical, with every shred of it feeding into Arnold, who merely functioned as a conduit to spread it out to his other machines. At least, he did for a good while until he made the second Creation she looked at.
The other item she looked at was something called a control matrix. A device made to keep track of and – as the name implied – control everything else he had made. It was an item he repeatedly expanded upon during the entirety of House of the Architect, slowly improving with new layers of magical scripts. Like an artificial mind of sorts, it slowly took the mental load and jobs off Arnold as time progressed, allowing him to free up his brain for other projects without slowing down any production.
They had both been legendary items and not bad legendary items either.
Arnold had been well on his way to a remarkable 20% score until the very last Creation that pushed him over the edge. With every item Arnold turned in, he had made exact replicas so he could keep using them because they would all be necessary for his final submission.
His final submission wasn’t merely an item but the entire system he had created. He had thoroughly made the entire House of the Architect his own, integrated every single Attendant, and set up automatic purchase orders with the Merit Point Store. He effectively exploited that putting together raw materials from the store would nearly always result in a product one could sell back for more Merit Points than the cost. With the entire crafting process turning entirely automated, he made what could only described as an ever-growing machine that would continually expand and never run out of resources.
Everything he had done had been building toward a whole that, when it came together, allowed Arnold to produce whatever he wanted completely autonomously. He had created something that would persist even after he had left the Challenge Dungeon and submitted that as his final Creation. It wasn’t merely an item, but if Nevermore had to classify it as one, and considering all the parts in play, it would no doubt have been considered mythical rarity.
The sheer level of forethought, planning, and ingenuity had been inspiring. Especially the fact he had taken everything the House of the Architect provided into consideration and integrated it into his grand plan proved he hadn’t simply pre-planned the entire thing before entering the Challenge Dungeon. Proof that he had simply relied on an incredibly high level of base skill to make everything happen, actively exploiting the dungeon in every way he could, all without relying on any abilities considered outside the system.
He was a legitimate genius in the realm of creation, no doubt about it.
As for how good he was in other areas… well, he was very lopsided in his skills. He could go far, but he wasn’t truly a contender for the Nevermore Leaderboards, especially not with people like the Chosen of the Malefic Viper in the mix, who had a far more general set of abilities and a high level of adaptability to his environment.
Which was bound to serve him well in the final Challenge Dungeon… something she couldn’t say about Arnold’s skills in there.
--
Vilastromoz opened his eyes just as another god in the room had a somewhat expected outburst.
”Finally! God damn, I was getting tired of that horrible Challenge Dungeon. It sucked all the fun out of this otherwise wonderful viewing party!” Minaga complained loudly, waking many of the gods in the room from their temporary slumber.
Alright, perhaps slumber was not the right word for what had just been them focusing their attention elsewhere than the avatar in the room. The majority of them were only there to observe what the influential gods said, after all, so they didn’t bother to focus on it most of the time.
For the last two years or so, the Holy Mother, Blightfather, Valdemar, Malefic Viper, and Nature’s Attendant had all simply observed their own private livestreams of those they were interested in, and any communication had happened through telepathy. In truth, the only person the gods openly discussed was the Chosen of the Malefic Viper, Jake.
Not to say the gods weren’t interested in how others did. As they were in Nevermore anyway with an avatar, they had little excuse to not peek at how their C-grade prospects were doing. Valdemar and the Blightfatherdid also have a brief exchange when the young Ghost King known as Azal managed to gain Valdemar’s recognition within the Colosseum of Mortals.
Besides these small comments and exchanges here and there, when a member from one of the Primordial’s factions did something impressive, there had mostly been silence. That is until Minaga suddenly had his outburst, marking that the Chosen of the Malefic Viper was out of the Challenge Dungeon and available to be observed.
”You know why the rules are in place to restrict any viewing,” the Wyrmgod sighed.
”Yeah, because Nevermore is stingy as hell and anti-fun,” Minaga grumbled, clearly not a fan of the Bound God of the World Wonder.
From what the Viper knew, this dislike stemmed from the Bound God being what could best be described as a balancing voice in the World Wonder. She was the one who imposed restrictions on Minaga here and there, and as she spoke for the system, she had quickly become the boogieman in the Unique Lifeform’s eyes.
”Are you still angry she won’t give out any details about the Creations submitted?” Vilastromoz asked. ”The information she can give, I mean.”
”Damn straight I am,” Minaga nodded. ”Bending the rules of the system is just what you’re supposed to do, so why is she being such a stickler with things like that? In my opinion, the right to privacy is a scam and not something anyone needs. Heck, look at me. I’ve never been alone for a single conscious moment in my entire life, and I turned out just fine!”
”Sure, sure,” the Viper just shook his head. ”Now, what is this Endless Journey Challenge Dungeon? The first time I remember seeing this one. Minaga’s Labyrinth was too, but at least that one was easy to see through.”
”It is new indeed,” the Wyrmgod said. ”It replaced the Adventure Time Challenge Dungeon. Too many issues arose from having to escort others around for extended periods, and it proved too detrimental for too many Paths, especially the non-humanoid ones. Even when we added a beast to be escorted alongside the humanoid. So it was replaced with this one. Similar concept, though with some more complicated interactions. But overall less escorting and more-”
”Mailman,” Minaga chimed in, interrupting.
”Courier,” the Wyrmgod corrected.
”I see,” the Viper slowly nodded as he smiled. He got a pretty good feeling about how Jake would do in that one…
”For the record, I already placed a bet on Jake’s performance in this one while he was doing my labyrinth floors,” Minaga said.
”Who did you even bet with?” the Malefic Viper questioned. No one else had arrived at that point, and the Viper hadn’t made that bet, while the Wyrmgod tended to avoid making bets with Minaga, considering the Unique Lifeform tended to worm his way out if he lost.
”This friend of mine called Minaga. Great guy. You should meet him someday and definitely bet with him,” the Unique Lifeform said shamelessly. ”Of course, I can’t be responsible if he doesn’t pay up. In fact, I’m not even sure he’s gonna stay true to our bet.”
The Viper didn’t even bother responding as he just looked at the Wyrmgod, ignoring Minaga. ”Is this Challenge Dungeon fully spectator-friendly?”
His fellow Primordial looked at him and smiled. ”Naturally… so enjoy the show.”
--
Jake headed straight back to the Challenge Dungeon entrances, where he promptly laid his hands on the final one before entering. While he could have sat down and chilled a bit, maybe even taken a slight break to craft some poisons before starting it, he decided against it. Considering its name was Endless Journey, he would be surprised if he didn’t at least get the chance to find some time for himself at some point if he really needed to craft anything.
After his vision went dark for a moment, Jake felt solid ground beneath his feet once more. Opening his eyes and feeling his surroundings with Sphere, Jake instantly got an idea as to where he was.
He was currently standing in front of what looked like a checkpoint leading into a quite frankly massive city. A city that looked quite a bit different from what Jake had expected.
There wasn’t any wall, but instead, just a tall metal fence surrounding it. The buildings he could see looked… modern at least by the usual standards of medieval cities. If Jake had to place the city in a time period, he would say the nineteen twenties or maybe thirties. Modern, yet still not exactly contemporary.
As he was looking at the city primarily through a snapshot from Pulse of Perception, the expected system message appeared.
Nevermore Challenge Dungeon Entered!
You have entered the Endless Journey. A world of conflict, intrigue, powerful beings hidden in the shadows, and uncountable tasks and missions left unfinished. Your job is to maneuver this realm as you travel in an endless journey.
As a newcomer, you are trusted simply because you have no other affiliations. Trusted to take up one of the most risky yet important jobs in the realm: that of a courier.
Your task is to accept Courier Jobs as you travel the land and deliver whatever goods are provided to their predetermined destination or target individuals. However, beware that there are many who have their eyes on you and covet whatever you are transporting, not to mention those who seek to exploit your work.
Courier Jobs have varying difficulty ratings, and as you accept more and more difficult Courier Jobs, you can move on to more dangerous areas of the realm to complete jobs. In fact, as you complete jobs, your reputation will grow, making easier Courier Jobs no longer available while unlocking more and more difficult ones. Note that even if some Courier Jobs have identical difficulty ratings, the actual difficulty may vary, and every job may have unexpected twists.
Now, go forth as you maneuver the complex political climate of the realm. On your journey, watch out for those who wish to take what you are to deliver and those who wish you harm or to lead you astray. Trust is not to be given lightly, so stay forever vigilant.
Should you fail a Courier Job in any way, you will be teleported back to wherefrom you originally accepted the job. The Courier Job you accepted and failed will no longer be available. Should you die, you will return back to wherefrom you originally accepted the most recent Courier Job. The Courier Job you died in the midst of will no longer be available. You have three total lives. Failing a Courier Job without dying will not consume a life.
Good luck, and may the road be smooth.
Objective: Complete Courier Jobs.
Current objective: Accept and complete a Courier Job.
Lives Remaining: 3
Jake quickly scanned it and couldn’t help but flash a wry smile. ”And here I swore to myself I would never work a delivery job again after graduating uni…”
Comments
sknasen
Seems like one Jake will excel in because of his intuition about people and sphere of perception to stay out of sight.
Zogarth
Nej, er en sub-model hvor du kan betale månedligt og så "låne" en masse bøger. Faktisk rigtig godt for både kunder og forfattere inden for min genre med lange bøger da man bliver betalt per side læst.
Casper Høll Andersen
Ohh, så er det nok derfor jeg ikke har hørt om det. Jeg var kortvarigt meget forvirret over at KU skulle have et samarbejde med kindle eller audible
Zogarth
Kindle Unlimited. Noget vi som danskere desværre ikke engang har adgang til :P
Casper Høll Andersen
KU? Københavns Universitet?
Olof Karlsson
Thanks for the chapter!
Michael Meyer
he got the 10% from minaga if you count that (defeating minaga i mean)
Jeff McCulley
I wondered that too. Then I realized that at heart he’s supposed to be telling a story (his own), and that requires inherent creativity. I’d think that diversity would be a challenge, though. Thought about his Challenges. Probably didn’t get a 20 in Minaga’s Labyrinth by himself. And not sure just where the images in the Colosseum would have stated putting up resistance. Champion? The Grand champion level? No way he got recognition at the end.
Johnny_B
There is no way Elky performed well in Arena and Minagas. He isnt that exceptional in direct combat. So ToC and EJ he probably can get full marks with good in HoA but subpar (for elites) in ML and AoM
Bent Sommer
I thought the same thing and Zogarth blesses us with a quick 3 chapter wrap up of how awesome jakes bloodline is
Johnny_B
He probably made a ton of creations using manipulated people in the dungeons
kry
kinda confused how Elly could do well in the architect challenge dungeon, considering that Nevermore threw Jake out so often so that he didn’t pick up anything with his bloodline. I would think she would also throw Elly out for bloodline shenanigans 👀
jord
What's the running total for Jake's modifier? we got two 25's and a twenty, plus 10 lands us at a 80% modifier, but I feel like I'm missing something
Forrest Williamson
I can already picture the Star Wars droid army conducting siege warfare to deliver a pair of socks to a kingdom that is in complete lockdown..
Numbzy
That's not entirely fair of an assement. So Jacob, Casper and William would have had some sort of interactions with their respective factions even without Jake. Remember Jake's tutorial was so messed with precisely because of Jacob becoming an Augur and Williams condition. Now you can argue the level of their blessings is because of Jake. Jacob and William would probably not change. Eversmile still would have preformed his experience with William and Jacob would still be an Augur of Hope with a high level blessing from The Holy Mother. Jacob even got his blessing before Jake completed the tutorial. So the Holy Mother definitely didn't know exactly how capable Jake was at that point yet. Now Casper is the big change imo. He didnt recieve his blessing until after Jake completed the tutorial. So he would still be an undead, but only mentored by that S Grade that he first had. He might get a blessing later on, but doubtfully from the Blightfather personally. Probably one of the other undead gods under his banner though. Just my 2 cents though.
TG
I love the series but these challenge dungeons are extremely drawn out.
Finn
I think the harder part for the 25% will be NPC's trying to use him with the quests they give him. I just hope his intuition will save him for to many Moral Dilemmas.
Finn
Hmm, not sure i have the patience to read another 20+ chapter challenge dungeon. Especially if it is only fetch quest after fetch quest which also sounds like a hell of a lot of cliffs. Might take a break till the story is past this dungeon to get it over with in one session. Though TftC!
Helios
I don't know if he does though what will he do in the architect room to get him a high score plus we have no idea how he did in the labyrinth we only know that he did decent in the colosseum dungeon and got I believe it was 25 for story
Aurora1325
is it a featch quest if you are delving some thing
BelligerentGnu
He replaced endless escorts quests with endless fetch quests? Has he never played a video game?
Andrew K
Just saying someone did well is still fairly ambiguous in this context - at the universal scale, even hitting the 10% level is considered doing well, and even 15% seems to be a fairly big deal for most elites.
Ty Cooper
Elky didn't beat Valdy though so that is a demerit for sure
Ty Cooper
Right! He will see all the ambushes way before they have a chance to get him.
Andrew K
That's definitely just the books Amazon concretely knows about and can sell to you, so it's limited to currently available books plus however many the publisher puts up for preorder. Preorders generally only go up once the publishing process is far enough along the publisher is pretty certain they'll be able to hit the release date (as Amazon apparently really doesn't like pre-order dates getting pushed back, reflecting that actual customers are generally not too happy either) and preorders too far out in the future have their own problems, so it's rare to see Amazon know about more than 1-2 books that aren't released yet in any given series.
Crysus
Finally got to hear Sandy‘s voice Am I the only one that was imagining a childlike voice like Stormild? Also remembered how frustrated I am with how lightly Arthur got off after all the trouble he caused 😤
Mat
In the colosseum, Wrymgod just told Villy that he did well so I expect 20%.
Mat
He could have done well in Minaga dungeon too considering that he could have influenced the gate keepers on the shortcut roots
Simon Andriessen
Ell'Hakan has a better shot at the 100% total than Jake at this point. They both had 2 they could break pretty easily (and Ell'Hakan had one he could break partly), and Jake 'tanked' at Test of Character (at least in comparison), while Ell'Hakan has no obvious weak spot. Unless he somehow messed up Minagas Labyrinth really badly.
Jacob Shaw
100%
Simon Andriessen
Birb is just a softening of the word bird. It's intentional and in universe use of the word, not an error if that was what you thought. Birb is also a word used in memes (irl).
Simon Andriessen
Do we have any news on how he did in the Colosseum? I don't think he'd impress Valdemar, there's just no emotionally manipulating him into something so central to his being. So the question is whether he even got to Valdemar... I could see someone like the Monk resisting his bloodline or the Necromancer just being beyond his damage potential... not to mention Umbra. Those 3 together could've burned through all his lives. Even then, if he gets both Test of Character and Never Ending Journey to 25%, and gets 15% for the colosseum and Minagas Labyrinth, then 20% for House of The Architect... he'd still make it to 100%. Maybe he only gets 10 for Minagas? That seems like a stretch. Damn Ell'Hakan is as much if not more of a cheat than Jake...
Simon Andriessen
I mean, if you take his bloodline out of the equation he's high-tier, but not top-tier. Even combat-wise he wouldn't do well against those that his bloodline have no effect on, and things like scouting, puzzle-solving and such aren't really his strong suits.
Alex Cox
Birb is a meme word for cute bird
Kyle
The Dungeon seems to place an emphasis on political intrigue. I can’t help but feel there’s zero chance Jake does anything but smash through all obstacles like a wrecking ball. This will be the spectator sport the gods have been waiting on for sure.
James Faulkner
Tftc!
Ted Burgess
Makes sense. Thanks for the clarifications!
Donald Carter
Even his author’s notes are funny
Scott Schluter
Anyone else get Dr. Robotnik vibes from Arnold?
kingofshibainu
This one seems fun, like grand theft Auto. Jake plays a video game! With the set up though, I'm almost certain Elky is going to ruin away with a 25% score. It's just very well suited for his skills.
Luke Scheffe
Bloodlines are outside, but not beyond, the system. After it refused to let Jake even detect its avatar using his bloodline, I doubt it’ll let elly influence him.
Luke Scheffe
Of the era’s leaderboards, sure. I feel she was talking about the general leaderboards.
joel southard
Nice
Mat
If I am not wrong El’hakan bloodline allows him to influence and not necessary control. The fact that it is a bloodline means it work outside of the system naturally laws. This means that he can and most likely influenced the bound god. Minaga was different because his clones are all real unlike situations were a god has avatars in case of Nevermore instances but also a real version. We know he has been able to influence Yip of yore a peak god. On harming god using the system is not possible because bloodlines operate outside the system because the system allows them to. Also I doubt influencing at this stage can cause any damage to a god from another if they didn’t already wanted to
Alison Blair
Thanks for the chapter!
Vinstro
On the list! On the list! On the list! Let's get you to the charts and back! Thanks again for the chapter Zogarth! Can't wait to see Jake's speed run or shenanigans during delivery routes 😀
Tetrisman87
I'm pretty sure it's just the current new release and the next that's further away. Since the story isn't over yet, they wouldn't know how many books to add.
Bent Sommer
Why not minaga? I know he cant work his bloodline with him but he is powerful
Jeff McCulley
Glancing at the book intro on Kindle… “Meeting up with the best birb, Sylphie…” Is this supposed to be “bird”, or is “birb” a slang term that out of touch me is not familiar with? Because “bae” threw me for a minute.
Zadumu
Im not even sure he will be top 10. On top of modifiers you also have to consider nevermore points in general. Im thinking that in order to get top 10 you have to not only do extremely well and get modifiers in the group sections of nevermore but also do at least decent in all of the challenge dungeons. I think doing poorly in any of the challenge dungeons will push someone out of the top spots.
Zadumu
I don't think Jake was criticized as much as it affected the uniqueness of each submission. For better or for worse Jake's bloodline is a huge part of who he is as a person and it's influence is a big part of what and how he creates. On the other hand, void magic is just a tool in Arnolds tool kit, just one of many things Arnold uses to do what he does and I think saying he has a "complete dependence" on it isnt exactly true. Arnold was still creating before void magic and would have likely found work arounds even if he never got access to it. Void magic isnt part of Arnold.
Mat
From this I am guessing El’hakan will have at least 20% in all the challenge dungeons except Minaga’s. Most likely 25% in test of character and or never ending journey
Zadumu
Its been heavily implied that this is all kind of Jake's fault. Jake's bloodline passively impacts everyone around him making anyone he interacts with for any length of time grow exponentially. Jake knew Jacob and Casper pre-system plus along with William they were in the same tutorial where a new chosen was selected so of course the other primordials were going to be interested. You could also argue that Holy Church and the Risen are two giants factions and arent anymore involved in Earth than anywhere else. The Sword Saint and Sylphie getting introduced to God's is directly related to Jake. I would argue the King isnt really from Earth and just has a connection to Jake. Carmen is likely due to Jake's records thing again. She originally just had a connection with Valhalla but was unsure of her path. Jake basically solidified her path and helped her gain the confidence to forge a connection with Valdemar. Eren has his own bloodline but I think his interactions with Jake and the incident with the King is what pushed him into the Daofathers arms. Personally, I think the only person who forged a connection purely on their own merit is Arnold.
Areshan
They made a comment a few chapters earlier on how the challenge dungeon used to give an immediate 25% to bloodline holders due to completely unique records, if I interpreted it correctly, the system basically overcompinsated and made it so that all of a bloodlines records counted as a sudo mana affinity, which in turn made all of jakes creations very similar due to its prevalence in his creation process.
Tomer Yud
Good luck making the list!
Mathias
Well, he still has to defend whatever he is delivering and once the difficulty level rises he probably wont be able to imo. Theres also the posibility that he cant accept more than one job at the same time
Mat
25% architecture house, 20% Minaga dungeon, 20% test of character, unknown colosseum
Rui Lourenço
He's just not a contender for top 1. I think that's what Nevermore meant.
Greg Lambert
Escort a missing cat to a water based goblin dungeon
Bent Sommer
Why 65% ? I thought Just Just his two Times 25% are known as well as his massiv failure in the colloseum
TFTC. Now it's time to reread some mushroom-slaughter and to preorder book 9 :-)
Adam Fellon
Arnold was building and designing machines well before he got void magic. He still does. Void magic is an aspect of his system not the core focus or the goal. We also don’t know of half of his products so assuming their nature or function feels like a jump.
Hezekiah Laguatan
Nothing like waiting until 2am(hst) for a primal hunter chapter
Numbzy
I mean I'm sure he will be on the list, but there is a big difference between 10th place and 2nd place.
Joseph Irdanto
While everyone else is playing RPG, Arnold is min-maxing Factorio casually.
Sam Rosenberg
Great chapter, and I was happy to support the book! Wow it is far behind. Just wondering, it says book 8 of 9. Will there be more than 9 books in the end? Does the book differ much than the chapters already posted here
Andrej Ďurech
I think it has to do with the bloodline being outside of the system while Oras's void magic is inside of the system and as such not as big of a cheat
Ryan Ulrich
I protest that Arnold can’t make the leaderboards with an already 70% amplifier. I think he could do well in the Endless Journey by making a few drones and effectively becoming this Dungeon’s equivalent of Amazon. Joking aside, I find it hard to believe that he wouldn’t be well up the list. Thoughts?
Isley
good chappie
Glen Johnson
To be honest I pre ordered book 8 on audible a week or two ago and have since been waiting with baited breath. To be honest Jake has way more patients than I do. Found another thing for you to fix, this time a combined word. Valdemar and the Blightfatherdid also have a brief exchange
Karim Saadi
This is gonna be great, another easy 25%. Sphere is cheating in locating his targets and this bloodline in catching threats (not that anyone would even see him!)
Ted Burgess
Not tracking how Jake is criticized for his reliance/ inability to extricate himself from the impact of his bloodline, while Arnold is lauded for his complete dependence on Oras’s void magic. It seems like a contradiction. What am I missing?
Mat
Arnold is already at 65% know amplifier to overall score from the challenge dungeons, how is he not a contender for the leaderboards?
JJB4345_80_815
Yes, thank you for the chappy Zogarth and good luck with your sales achievement!
JJB4345_80_815
AND Wings of the Malefic Viper if he gets in a bind & he can play around with his Legendary stealth skill & his Sphere of Perception... He's gonna ball out
Robin
I hope elhakan didn‘t use his bloodline on the architect but used it some other way to get his high score, because the architect/nevermore has the same „infinite“ instances of oneself who share one mind as had minaga and secondly because this would mean he can influence a god who is also closely tied to the system and I dont think the other gods would let elhakan live if he can PERSONALLY harm them in any way while still in C Grade. Yes Jake can resist their presence but that is it, he can‘t influence or harm them while Elhakan could make them do stuff they don‘t want to do. Also Nevermore knew beforehand about his bloodline so she should have taken precautions against beeing influenced by it.
JJB4345_80_815
Well, some of that is due to Villy (& Jake). Villy basically recruited for Stormild (Sylphie) and Aeon Clock (The Sword Saint). When Jake was transported to the God TV room in Nevermore: [redacted] & Aura Measuring Contest, the Blightfather response to Jake's Aura was an insight gained as to why Casper could do so well under the Blightfather's presence and THAT most likely had an affect on the quality of the blessing/reward that the Blightfather gave Casper.
Zizawah
Very good point. I do wonder what El’hakan did and how many points he got in terms of percentage
Joshua Smock
As a truck driver I am definitely interested in this next challenge dungeon.
Archmage37
TFTC
Flusspferd
Looks like it is time to work on one-mile step and his ability to keep his sphere expanded. Under the assumption that he can even make skill upgrades in here.
BumAssBumAss
Surprised nevermore said Arnold wasn't a contender for the leaderboards. 65% is high on the realm of genius. Wasn't it said before that 70% was nearly unheard of? Arnold might still appear in the top 10.
Unnskyld
Especially now that he, through the house of the architect, has worked on a optimized automation system(and while that was for some separate area the concepts can still be applied to any task or planet). He could get a seriously amazing score.
Ansordia
TYFTC! finally I have another 18hours to listen to while I play
Dave
Good chapter
Zizawah
Getting both today. Thanks for the chapter! I wonder how Jake would compare to Ryan Romano for having perfect delivery!
BerciTheBeast
TFTC!
Mohammed Sheekh
he can use one step and win easy
NSaaby
allready saw the book on my recomended list :D
Decibel790
Thanks for the chapter, and good luck getting on that chart!
Shup Idot
Good luck on the charts
Jana
Sure, but that’s not exclusive to earth. It was stated that these records affect a lot of pre system worlds but none have this kind of presence.
Kaibutsu
Escort aquatic creature in water world yay
Tyler S.
Got a nice long drive later today to listen to it
Tyler S.
Worse then water levels
Alexikon
Zogarth may get a 25% Nevermore achievement applied to his income.
Julian
The earth myths were allegedly karmic reverberations of prior universes, so it would make sense for people to also be affected.
brennon Petersen
Tftc!
Valhazstromoz
Yayyyyyyy the divine peanut gallery has returned!!!!!
Jana
I noticed some time ago that there are a hell of a lot connections between people from Earth and the Primordials, sometimes open sometimes just in their paths. We have Jake-The Viper, Carmen - Valdemar, Eron- Daofather, Sylphie -Stormild, The sword Saint - Aeon, William- Eversmile, Jacob - Holy Mother, Casper - Bligth Father, The King - Stargazing Titan (both unique lifeforms, so they are more separated) and now Arnold - Rigoria. Did I miss someone from Earth related to Yggdrasil and the Wyrmgod along the way?
Michael Fannon
Interesting concept. Yeah, Jake is going to be amazing here. And I disagree with Nevermore; Arnold has the endless drone swarms so I think he might end up being a one man Amazon company.
Naotsugu97
Fallout New Vegas starring Jake!
Triumphator
Should have kept it as escort quests, everyone loves those
Jordan
Death Stranding dungeon!
Gavin
Now this is a super weird dungeon. I don't doubt he'll do incredibly as sneaking up on Jake at his level is very difficult and his growth over the course of this dungeon has been remarkable and balancing.
Arrogant Savant
Arnold playing Factorio
Strato Junon
Eyy this sounds cool. Already had book 8 pre ordered on Kindle ofc
Pip Mitchell
Tftc! And already 3 hours in to audible of book 8 - loving it as usual!
BlackRazaras
Thanks for the chapter
Yaldabaoth
Wiohooo less goo!
