Jake’s plans were spoiled right from the beginning. His nemesis reared its head the moment Jake returned to Haven: politics. More accurately, Jake was being asked to do political stuff in the form of going to greet a whale that had made it to the edge of the ocean quite a bit away, right at the...
2022-12-05 11:46:23 +0000 UTC View PostJake knew the question of how long he had been in time dilation was just a stupid joke, but he still thought about it seriously. The last time he had spent fourteen years or something in time dilation, and that had translated to a few months. Would it be more? Jake considered and concluded It cou...
2022-12-02 11:32:04 +0000 UTC View PostJake reluctantly exited his Soulspace and addressed the projection first. He was inside a dungeon and wanted to avoid things turning awkward by suddenly getting teleported out or something. Opening his eyes, the projection that had been silent for a few seconds after noticing he was meditating sp...
2022-12-01 11:59:43 +0000 UTC View PostJake instantly knew. He felt the awareness of sim-Jake slowly slip away as the bone katar began to show even more cracks. At the same time, Eternal Hunger hummed with power as if it was growing by the second, actively consuming something incredibly valuable – sim-Jake himself.
Despite kno...
2022-11-30 11:50:44 +0000 UTC View PostThe last time Jake had faced the hydra, it had ended in his defeat due to a timer. In this dungeon, there was no such timer and no interruptions to their battle. Jake could spend an as much time as he wanted, as long as his resources allowed it.
Jake had no idea how long it would take, but ...
2022-11-29 11:43:58 +0000 UTC View PostDuskleaf appeared beside the Malefic Viper as he joined him in staring down at the young human within the time chamber.
“Did you ask me to come by simply to confuse me?” Duskleaf asked the Viper while looking down at Jake.
He had a break from assisting his Master as he could handl...
2022-11-28 11:45:18 +0000 UTC View PostThe Sword Saint sat in meditation as his inner vision materialized. He stood up and drew his sword as he began his sword meditation, his movements slow and ethereal. Each swing took several seconds, allowing even the smallest of children to avoid them, but each also held insight beyond what most ...
2022-11-25 11:45:30 +0000 UTC View PostJake just sat and stared into the wall for a good few seconds, wondering what the actual fuck had just happened. It was as if the vision had been interrupted somehow or maybe forcefully ended. Or, maybe it was always meant to end in this fashion? Though that would also be incredibly odd.
Th...
2022-11-24 11:46:06 +0000 UTC View PostAlone again, Jake had time to think. As Villy had said, then the core of Sagacity was knowledge, also reflected by it granting Wisdom. Yet Jake had not really received any instinctual knowledge when he got the skill about anything related to alchemy. It did add knowledge through the drop of blood...
2022-11-23 11:58:26 +0000 UTC View PostIrinixis had wondered what had happened for a while after the Chosen had just one day disappeared. She had no way of contracting him as his token was unreachable, meaning he was either dead or not in the Order. She reckoned the latter for obvious reasons.
Her new teacher, the Velvet Mistres...
2022-11-22 11:53:40 +0000 UTC View PostMan, who would have ever thought that one could miss school? He even leaned into tropes by bringing a transfer student along…
A transfer student that was frozen in panic even as she and Jake appeared in the grassy area outside of his way too large mansion in the Order of the Malefic Viper...
2022-11-21 11:47:52 +0000 UTC View PostThey did not get along.
Well, more accurately, Sylphie seemed to not get along with Sandy in the slightest. She zoomed around the giant worm, making angry noises as her blades of wind tried to harm the giant worm while Sandy, in turn, just laughed.
“He he, the little bird tickle...
2022-11-18 11:49:46 +0000 UTC View PostTo call Scarlett absolutely ecstatic that Jake visited so fast again was an understatement. It only got more extreme when Jake asked her to help out with his experiment of allowing her to follow him to otherwise restricted areas.
”So, I will admit, I am not entirely certain how this works...
2022-11-17 13:53:47 +0000 UTC View PostHe had hoped it would end… but no. The World Congress was a cruel mistress and allowed them to stay within the system event for the remainder of the allotted time. Jake wanted to leave, but a sharp look from Miranda made him know that he better stay. Alas, it was probably for the best, as seein...
2022-11-16 11:42:22 +0000 UTC View PostAfter half an hour, the prompt appeared to vote for World Leader. Jake opened it and saw that it, too, was the same as every other time.
Please place your vote for World Leader of Earth. You have 10 votes and can distribute them as you desire or choose to abstain with any or all of ...
2022-11-15 10:50:24 +0000 UTC View PostJake and Carmen both lay on the grass in the valley outside of the lodge as they stared up at the sky, relaxing after their strenuous wrestling session.
“Why was it we couldn’t use the bed again?” Carmen turned to him and asked.
“That is a meditation bed,” Jake said stoicall...
2022-11-14 11:30:03 +0000 UTC View Post<AUTHOR NOTE>
Just a little warning that chapters for book 4 will go down next Friday, the 18th (up to chapter 281).
<AUTHOR NOTE OVER>
Hawkie and Mystie had been busy birds as far as Jake knew. His visits to Haven had just never rea...
2022-11-11 11:10:57 +0000 UTC View PostJake was still within the vision of the Viper repeatedly doing alchemy but no longer focused much on it. As odd as it was to say, then Jake didn’t really have much to learn from the current Viper within this Record Fragment. Jake was better than him already when it came to making potions, and h...
2022-11-10 11:08:58 +0000 UTC View PostThe vision quickly materialized as Jake found himself in a large cave. Extremely dense mana dominated the area, with the source being a humanoid figure sitting in the center. It was naturally the Malefic Viper as he looked to be doing alchemy. The black cauldron in front of him was giving off a f...
2022-11-09 11:05:18 +0000 UTC View PostScarlett had a hard time imagining it. The first time she met the Chosen had been so brief, and she had barely had any time to talk to him as he was busy just making his way through the Mangrove. She also didn’t fully realize who he was back then. With time she did come to understand and began ...
2022-11-08 10:25:50 +0000 UTC View PostTo call the settlement in the Grand Mangrove River a city wasn’t quite right. It was more of a small village, though it had been expanding in recent times, especially after the teleporter was installed. The reason for this was also quite obvious.
It was a prime hunting ground.
A set...
2022-11-07 11:05:06 +0000 UTC View PostJake really had to restrain himself every time he visited Arnold. Mainly by suppressing his desire to see if he could break through the big dome of metal that guarded his workshop. It looked and felt damn sturdy, but he should have a good shot with enough destructive arcane mana. If not, then sur...
2022-11-04 10:41:47 +0000 UTC View PostGetting back to Haven was quite a bit easier than going to Skyggen. A month was not a long time, but it was enough for many changes to happen. Earth’s space mages had been working tirelessly, and the teleportation network expanded by the day. All the factions that remained were busy claiming wh...
2022-11-03 10:35:10 +0000 UTC View PostArthur wondered where it had all gone so wrong, but the answer was obvious, wasn’t it?
It had been the moment he had agreed to the offer of that other Chosen, a choice he still questioned to this day. Why had he believed his lies and the blatant deceit? Missed all the red flags? Well, he ...
2022-11-02 10:39:53 +0000 UTC View PostJake was rarely nervous, but on that day, he really was. Logic be damned; he was still a bit afraid his parents wouldn’t be okay with him coming, even if Caleb had only ever said they wanted him to. He had to admit that this was one of the reasons he kept trying to avoid going… Jake was very ...
2022-11-01 10:25:25 +0000 UTC View Post<AUTHOR NOTE>
We are back from break!
Felt good to rest, my wrists are doing a lot better, and of course, a European team won The International, so things are looking up.
And, as always, enjoy the chapter.
<AUTHOR NOTE OVER> 2022-10-31 10:41:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Arthur… why Arthur? Jake had seen Arthur once in his life, and he didn’t like him. In fact, Jake kind of hated the guy. Why wouldn’t he? All interactions Jake had ever had with him were negative, even the second-hand ones. Moreover, he had been the one who decided that bringing Ell’Hakan ...
2022-09-29 10:28:17 +0000 UTC View PostJake becoming the World Leader? Where the hell did that come from? Yeah, definitely not something many people would have predicted, but that was the best cause of action that not only Jake but also the Sword Saint and Miranda landed on. Even the King had agreed it would be the best choice, and it...
2022-09-28 10:39:11 +0000 UTC View PostJake stared at the fight with quite a bit of confusion. Sim-Jake crashed into the chimera and purposefully let himself be flung away. He charged again, but this time attacked while he used some odd version of Shadow Vault. His form seemed almost like it distorted for a moment as he was launched b...
2022-09-27 10:31:15 +0000 UTC View PostJake and the King didn’t really encounter anything of note as they both flew skyward at a relaxed speed. Both were in weakened states, and while Jake was quickly recovering, the King was not. Hence why they took a relaxed approach.
On the way up, Jake infused some energy into the rock tha...
2022-09-26 10:21:15 +0000 UTC View Post