Chapter 1310 - Stuck In The Middle
Added 2026-02-20 09:38:43 +0000 UTCComments
Tyftc
Chloe
2026-03-10 03:13:25 +0000 UTCThe bullshittery is strong with this one.
Powers
2026-03-08 20:21:55 +0000 UTCI’m gonna be honest. This chapter and probably the next 3 are illegal and you should be arrested for writing these ones with cliff hangars like this -.- usually I’d just go away for a week but I wanna see how he does ittyyttttt
Ricky Keenum
2026-03-02 22:57:03 +0000 UTCTime to go visit the great sea serpent lol 😂 Tftc 🍻
JW Saxby
2026-02-26 14:11:53 +0000 UTCI'm expecting the barrier will have the same restrictions as for those entering from the other universes. So low B grades can exit, although can't recall what the level limits would be. Also think he's likely to say that he wants to visit the scalefolk next. Neatly avoids giving preference to either faction, while actually being something he's truly interested in.
Jason Hardman
2026-02-25 00:57:12 +0000 UTCFix
Zogarth
2026-02-23 09:56:22 +0000 UTCHope he tells them he has agreed to meet the snake nomads next.
Shadovvnight
2026-02-23 05:12:01 +0000 UTCInteresting theory. It's possible. But with Villy's blessing, I doubt it. Once the A grade gets the blessing, I am sure things with shift. It's more likely they will notice the massive boon of power and want a blessing from villy or try to get one from the Blight father or appropriate god
Dylan Hilliard
2026-02-23 02:31:23 +0000 UTCLike a live discussion as if we are in a raid
beeve
2026-02-23 02:19:03 +0000 UTCIs there somewhere we can actually talk about things in a group instead of messaging? Discord is only messages
beeve
2026-02-23 02:17:36 +0000 UTCIdk I feel like is more simple.. they just need to try low level b grades now. Highly doubt they have tried that in the past 30 years or so (or however many it’s been since b grades can come).
beeve
2026-02-23 01:49:52 +0000 UTCWas thinking about sea snake turning out to be a prima Donna pain in the ass Karen who throws a fit when Jake blesses a different snake, but won't bless him. Two thoughts later... maybe skill gotten from blessing is key to crossing boundary. Hold up...Jake brings villy out of seclusion. Jake might bring first sage back in some form eventually. Villy's blessing is the key to getting through the boundary. All a bit too convenient. Makes a curious mind say, "uhhhh...wtf?" What is the purpose of Jake? Who is pulling the strings? What is the endgame? Who is trying to snap/unsnap their fingers? Why is Gomorrah?
brjenness
2026-02-22 21:47:26 +0000 UTCVilly stated in the last chapter that once any member leaves the minor world the barrier will drop. He also stated that he doesn't believe anyone can leave the minor world yet. I am assuming this is system fuckery to keep Earth safe until A-Grade is reached and they can protect themselves.
Lemonsqueezy
2026-02-22 21:10:20 +0000 UTCtyftc
Episode 19
2026-02-22 04:10:56 +0000 UTCYeah what does slayer of the sea mean?
beeve
2026-02-22 01:46:35 +0000 UTCMight have to give a couple out?
beeve
2026-02-22 00:15:23 +0000 UTChmmm... mmm.. i will ask the malefic question: why is this friend worth saving?
Josie
2026-02-21 16:48:16 +0000 UTChey, fanfic time...patreons are going forward in time to save Z.O. Garth's dungeon and life long friend. we'll be training in a dungeon based on zoggy's story. who wants to come and what skills will you have made by the time you reach c grade?
brjenness
2026-02-21 15:22:19 +0000 UTCAlright so Jake is pretty much untouchable as without him they have no way out. If they kill him they need to fear retaliation from the outside forces they know nothing of other than it far exceeds and eclipses their understanding of power. Now if it was me I’d let villy possess me and tell them how fucked they are while flaring my presence and aura; but Jake is not me. And he needs to learn something from this trip. Something tells me Jake will is some asinine way will broker a peace of all Five and bring them into the fold of the Order. With the exception of the undead Spiders things. Otherwise due to what he showed the Snakes and what the spiders know. When Jake leaves for the event the other inhabitants could wipe out the snake folk in fear they will be favoured by Jake’s backer. I think Jake vanishing will end up causing a huge issue.
AfroMocha
2026-02-21 14:21:01 +0000 UTCOkay everyone is already guessing snake guy showing up but what would happen if Jake really handed out a blessing? Would that be a second scarlet situation with the big powerful snake meekly greeting the chosen? That would be one way to establish just how powerful the outside really is
Phil Ritter
2026-02-21 14:20:55 +0000 UTCJake is about to feel like a kid stuck between two hostile parents with a split custody agreement lol
mucky 12
2026-02-21 12:58:06 +0000 UTCWhat dungeon?
Michael
2026-02-21 12:24:51 +0000 UTCdang i just read the comments.. im not special
Michael
2026-02-21 07:12:16 +0000 UTCok my guess: either the big snake guy shows up and Jake joins him and gives him a blessing, or Jake just tells them A grades can't leave, but negotiates some deal where he would take a weak B grade from each faction to the order.
Michael
2026-02-21 07:09:18 +0000 UTCI think the toads are more closely aligned with the beastfolk. The toads leave to join the beasts, while the spiders side with the undead. The remaining nomadic tribes stay under Willy’s protection.
Baged
2026-02-21 02:58:18 +0000 UTCnooo we know what jake does to monkeys !! :(
Josie
2026-02-21 02:08:23 +0000 UTClast guess tonight. jake will soon meet monkeys on this planet. since the frogs were somewhat posh English in mannerisms, the monkeys will be Scottish or irish.
brjenness
2026-02-21 00:33:03 +0000 UTCevery single person in here said snakes coming... zog will think of something else just to be cheeky. at least, that is what I would do.
brjenness
2026-02-21 00:29:19 +0000 UTCnew theory on who was training in the dungeon. nephew and sister in law.
brjenness
2026-02-20 23:52:55 +0000 UTCCalling it now, the sea serpents gonna show up, aura farm and take jake with him because they have a lot to talk about lmao
Dominic Smallwood
2026-02-20 23:18:37 +0000 UTCMy guess is he’ll offer to take B grade representatives out. He can take them out, bring them over to the Order, and let them get a real picture of the outside to report back to the leaders.
Fleetpanda
2026-02-20 22:02:40 +0000 UTCbefore jake releases them he should have a long talk with them. Just outside the boundary is my galaxy. you will behave yourself or my witch will call down a rain of humans that will insult your scales before blowing up in your face. and also warn them about pissing off other factions and offer to facilitate introductions.
brjenness
2026-02-20 20:42:08 +0000 UTCspider called the battle toad "Slayer of the Sea" and they're both in a hurry to wrap this up before anyone else shows up.. I wonder if our Sea Serpent has beef with either of these 2 👀
Josie
2026-02-20 20:34:14 +0000 UTCThe correct answer is wanting to go see the giant snake.
The Ravenger
2026-02-20 19:56:49 +0000 UTC"Neither, there's this cool sea snake I want to meet "
jord
2026-02-20 19:46:21 +0000 UTCJoint venture minor world for a lot of the big factions. The frogs share similarities with Carmen and Valhal. The spiderdeath boys click up with Casper and the risen. And slither snake posing cult gets a whole poison minor world with a prime hunting ground
Quinn
2026-02-20 19:21:47 +0000 UTCHave all of the heads of the tribes meet together and then tell them they’re stuck until the system fuckery is dealt with 🤣
Cody
2026-02-20 19:06:35 +0000 UTCNah he just said he can’t teleport them to the order until the leave the boundary first.. and they prob can’t leave the boundary unless the are low b grade or whatever restrictions are in place by the system. I doubt they have tried to have b grades leave so that’s what Jake needs to do
beeve
2026-02-20 18:01:07 +0000 UTCLmaoo beat me to it
Brian H
2026-02-20 17:22:32 +0000 UTCIt’s sucks to be the pretty girl at the dance lol
DirePants
2026-02-20 16:59:45 +0000 UTCThat is what I would do. I would just fuck off and come back when I made A-Grade. I would set up the teleportation circle to the Order then move out. Villy already said the people of the minor world cannot use it. Just lie and say it could and then skip town for a couple centuries. Come back as an A-Grade with several A-Grade friends and handle business.
Lemonsqueezy
2026-02-20 16:47:39 +0000 UTCThat is a cool idea
Kourtney Viles
2026-02-20 16:28:36 +0000 UTCIf I was him I would say I want to go visit the snake, since they aren't putting me on the spot. I wonder if in the next chapter the the snake that he wants to meet will show up?
Kourtney Viles
2026-02-20 16:26:15 +0000 UTCI think Jake should just leave altogether. Just say "I fell like you two need to sort this shit out, I am going to leave and will come back again later". Then not come back until he reaches A-Grade or has A-Grade backup. Villy already stated that Jake cannot bring anyone in this minor world out yet. So maybe he can tell them that, they probably won't believe him but he could try. The only other option is to just delay until he is warped out by the system for the SoTEP event, or pretend he is going to take someone out by making his teleportation circle and just leaving without them back to the Order. My best guess is the Seasnake A-Grade is going to show up and Jake is going to leave with him.
Lemonsqueezy
2026-02-20 16:15:36 +0000 UTCtyftc
Aritra Gupta
2026-02-20 16:15:27 +0000 UTCThere are several things Jake can do to medate the situation. I see no reason to Jake to deny any resident to the outer world so he can just establish a neutral ground for all denizens to use. He can also just say he doesn't think they can escape yet, whether it's to the wider universe or 93rd universe. Jake doesn't really have the political skills step forward it seems, but I'm curious what he is going to do.
BumAssBumAss
2026-02-20 16:03:11 +0000 UTCSnakulear option is always open
Kevin Watson
2026-02-20 16:02:38 +0000 UTC“Real talk both of y’all are sorta cramping my style, so imma go kick it with a big ole snake cuz they’ve got good track records.”
Nathaniel France
2026-02-20 15:56:21 +0000 UTCTyftc zog
Staudi
2026-02-20 15:49:15 +0000 UTCHe really needs to. It would be rude, given Villy and all, to just blow off those snakes.
Jimbo
2026-02-20 15:45:07 +0000 UTCHe's got snakes to visit on snake business. The easy button here is to say his boss is a snake and if he doesn't visit snakes it will be rude. Because it would be rude.
Jimbo
2026-02-20 15:44:11 +0000 UTCCannot wait to see Jake try to upgrade evolve that great sea serpent
Muckster
2026-02-20 15:21:56 +0000 UTCTake the 3rd option. Go visit the big snake
InfernoDroid
2026-02-20 15:18:30 +0000 UTCFrom experience, that's exactly what it feels like lol. And even if he says he wants to live with his dad, his dad's gonna be upset that he took too long to decided and that he had to drive all the way out to mom's house, and his mom's gonna be upset that she wasn't picked. Whole lose lose situation.
GloinJr
2026-02-20 15:16:39 +0000 UTCbefore jake leaves I want one of the cultures to have recently had their most prized possession stolen by a strange furry creature.
brjenness
2026-02-20 15:15:17 +0000 UTCThis feels like a Mummy, and Daddy fights with little Jake being asked who he wanted to live with.
Morazain
2026-02-20 15:07:18 +0000 UTCWell now, that is my thought as well. But he can take some folks with him can't he?
Tessa King
2026-02-20 15:00:52 +0000 UTCThe (smaller) Big Snake will be here to save Jake.
UNKNOWN
2026-02-20 14:55:44 +0000 UTCSea snake will come to the rescue and jake will bring peace by bringing B grades out during the system event.
Steven L
2026-02-20 14:51:41 +0000 UTCThe A grade serpent is about to bust in and cause a commotion. Hopefully.
BuhDussy
2026-02-20 14:48:55 +0000 UTC“Imma go hang out with the snakes guys… y’all are too thirsty.”
Daymond Walford
2026-02-20 14:39:36 +0000 UTCThank you for not giving me too bad of a cliffhanger for my birthday
Tristin S Alderson
2026-02-20 14:33:44 +0000 UTCI used to read a lot of choose your own adventure books as a kid, that cliffhanger felt right at home there. I almost expected to have a choice of which page to choose 😂.
Comeback Kid
2026-02-20 14:32:55 +0000 UTCTftc
Shadowind
2026-02-20 14:25:00 +0000 UTCThank you for the chapter
joel southard
2026-02-20 14:14:24 +0000 UTCIt is not possible to leave with the nomads... Sssssounds reasonable to me. a deep voice hisses from behind.
brjenness
2026-02-20 14:08:20 +0000 UTCI think avoiding the “everyone is your friend” pitfall would be fun. It grows tiring to read, when everyone wants to be friends with Jake.
Daniel
2026-02-20 14:06:20 +0000 UTCbog elementals
brjenness
2026-02-20 14:03:53 +0000 UTCTftc
Beemoss
2026-02-20 13:58:01 +0000 UTCWhen this side arc started I was a bit disappointed and wanted to get into the event, but this is fun. And I cannot wait to see these factions hit the multiverse. Spiders in the Risen, Snakes at the Order, Frogs at the Pantheon, and who knows what the Bog Lords and other groups we haven’t met will do. Lots of potential for the story. Love the world building!
NinjaDad
2026-02-20 13:55:45 +0000 UTCTftc
IntenseSushi
2026-02-20 13:50:53 +0000 UTCI’m imagining his answer with him feeling a little pissed and yet still quite cautious:…. “I’m not ok with being a traded around like a natural treasure. What I want is to explore some more, hunt some strong prey, then go back home. But neither of you will let me do that, will you? So let’s cut the bullshizz. I have a proposal…”
ABTelford
2026-02-20 13:48:38 +0000 UTCyes, let's hope the sea snake comes in the meeting
zran
2026-02-20 13:30:35 +0000 UTCDid you have to get it stuck in my head, too?!
MarineDebris
2026-02-20 13:23:59 +0000 UTCRee!
Sylphie
2026-02-20 13:15:59 +0000 UTCHe wants to meet the snake
beeve
2026-02-20 13:11:33 +0000 UTCI think thats more a consequence of more chapters than not being cliffhangers than any deliberate plan. I would say that every chapter since the one were we ended with him staying behind to meet the undead could quality.
Brian Griffith
2026-02-20 13:04:27 +0000 UTCTime to run off to the Nomads
GuyManGuy
2026-02-20 12:49:58 +0000 UTCTake option 3 and ask to go with the nomads
Joe Foreman
2026-02-20 12:49:18 +0000 UTCTyftc! The ending of this chapter is so interesting but I feel the answer is easy. More exploration of the world to see more and do hunting.
Artemis1700
2026-02-20 12:45:43 +0000 UTCI think the current theory based on the history of the venusians is that it came to be in the 92nd era but was disconnected from the rest of the multiverse so probably considered 92nd natives technically.
Thatguycant
2026-02-20 12:42:04 +0000 UTCOption 3, continue exploring the minor world for new things.
Aaron Hardin
2026-02-20 12:40:29 +0000 UTCAh yes, cliffhanger Friday. Almost forgot. Thanks for a fun week.
CallHimDan
2026-02-20 12:39:20 +0000 UTCJake having yet another hot girl moment, everyone wants him. I wonder which universe this Minor World is from? It’s not the 93rd Universe is it, since they seem to have had access to the System prior to the 93rd Universe’s integration? Has it been said?
Vega
2026-02-20 12:21:14 +0000 UTCThat's exactly what I thought.
Dylan Hilliard
2026-02-20 12:20:58 +0000 UTCSelect option Sea!
Josie
2026-02-20 12:18:00 +0000 UTCtyftc. I"m all aboard the snake train with others, like a rainbow in the dark.
John Durrett
2026-02-20 12:14:51 +0000 UTCI really wish we could refrain from such comments. It’s rude and not helpful to the author. And Zogarth is one of the best in weaving the story just right with every chapter. This was a necessary step for a diplomatic situation.
Zizawah
2026-02-20 12:06:09 +0000 UTCAgreed.
brjenness
2026-02-20 12:02:06 +0000 UTCTyftc but filler
Hopeless Harp
2026-02-20 11:57:17 +0000 UTCTy
Bobo
2026-02-20 11:54:30 +0000 UTCTftc
Jared Bell
2026-02-20 11:51:52 +0000 UTCI think he has said earlier that he still had weeks or months until the system event starts for him though.
Brian Schwab
2026-02-20 11:49:10 +0000 UTCHe wants to go to the snake
butterfly
2026-02-20 11:37:41 +0000 UTCI was thinking the exact same thing.
Evan Zablocki
2026-02-20 11:37:18 +0000 UTCStuck in the middle with you. Will be stuck in my head all day now lol
AfroMocha
2026-02-20 11:22:23 +0000 UTCJake should just ask which general direction is the snake, and then use wings to go there instead.
Noah Mclelland
2026-02-20 11:12:45 +0000 UTCThey don't know about gods so they can't know all the chosen stuff.
kandiana
2026-02-20 11:11:55 +0000 UTCTftc SNAKE!!!
Fdrugc
2026-02-20 11:08:40 +0000 UTCoh man a cliffhanger! for a whole weekend no less! :(
Tomer Yud
2026-02-20 11:05:49 +0000 UTCHe is probably gonna ask to meet the snake
ZMVPJ
2026-02-20 10:58:00 +0000 UTCSerpent coming to the scene and dropping "I greet the chosen" would be peak
CT
2026-02-20 10:55:15 +0000 UTCgod it would be so funny if either the system event went off right now, or he just activated his wings and dipped tf outta the world
Jelani Willock
2026-02-20 10:53:53 +0000 UTCTftc Zog!
ZanSanCho
2026-02-20 10:50:39 +0000 UTCThat's definitely what I see him saying. Actually I have an invitation to go meet the The great sea serpent so that's where I'll be going
Rob Lyon
2026-02-20 10:38:16 +0000 UTCSee, this is where Jake agrees to take a group out near the end of his tim limit. That way he gets safely moved to the system event and won't have to deal with these A-grades. Will this come back to bite him in the ass? Well, that is future Jake's problem.
Michael Fannon
2026-02-20 10:36:48 +0000 UTCThanks for the chapter. Loving this interaction. Jake the diplomat, surely this won’t all go pear shaped.
Loststar7
2026-02-20 10:33:58 +0000 UTCtftc! sea snake time 🐉
Gracie
2026-02-20 10:31:15 +0000 UTCThanks for the chapter! This felt very short. Was it because I was enjoying it, or was it actually short??? I’ll do a word count later. ;) Jake’s answer has to be that he wants to meet the giant snake, right? That, or he wants to find something to kill.
Arieh Sochaczevski
2026-02-20 10:29:38 +0000 UTCCue giant A-grade snake coming to the rescue 😂. Though it’s to bad he already used invocation now would of been a real good time to show them power behind him
Collector of Stories
2026-02-20 10:25:49 +0000 UTCDespite his massive amount of stats compared with other B grades, Jake is still way way far away from A grade. I would put it at 500 chapters or so.
David Vieira
2026-02-20 10:25:49 +0000 UTCThanks for the chapter
Tilen Praprotnik
2026-02-20 10:18:54 +0000 UTCDefinly time to go meet the snake instead
Michele Della Mea
2026-02-20 10:16:06 +0000 UTCThe only logical option there is. Piss of both sides
Kjell
2026-02-20 10:07:38 +0000 UTCSeconded.
Demi
2026-02-20 10:05:33 +0000 UTCI have already made plans to visit the great sea serpent...
Dao of Fried Foods
2026-02-20 10:05:13 +0000 UTCTFTC :) There were no comments when I started writing this but I dont do that "first" thing. Have a great weekend all :) see you Monday Suggested edits: " strategy was to pin ** Jake being here in the Nest on the Venusians. Which, technically, they were." missing words "the responsibility for" otherwise the next sentence doesnt make sense grammatically. "able to stay *without* their territory for" should be "within" "We don’t, but let’s act *as we did*" should be "as if we do"
Xander
2026-02-20 10:01:35 +0000 UTCI’m sure that’s what Jake is going to ask for.
Rewdan
2026-02-20 10:01:15 +0000 UTCI’m sure Jake is going to ask about the sea serpent
Rewdan
2026-02-20 10:00:50 +0000 UTCAnd why not use the nomads to discover all the minor world? A far better way I guess.
Christophe H.
2026-02-20 10:00:23 +0000 UTCThanks Zogarth I appreciate your work and the way you always have cliffhangers on a Friday.
Rewdan
2026-02-20 10:00:15 +0000 UTCDefinitely need a third option. Visiting the snakes sounds like fun but how to talk both the frogs and the spiders into allowing it? Though maybe big snake is dangerous enough that it being involved by way of the other snakes already leaving to let it know will provide the opening.
djthomp
2026-02-20 09:59:12 +0000 UTCIf the system pops up and Jake leaves these two factions, I wouldn’t be surprised to see these two factions go in all out war and when Jake gets back they are all weaker then him when he eventually finishes the Prima system event. Speaking of the Prima event. I think it would be super cool if the rewards are something stupid for Jake like an upgrade to his bloodline that would make his Aura/arcane affinity could reach past his current grade with out Villys infused aura. Over all im excited and thank u for the chapter!
Rahsheem Reid
2026-02-20 09:57:56 +0000 UTCOr option 3 go and see the Great Sea Serpent
TyranT-Rex
2026-02-20 09:57:36 +0000 UTCHis Wings should be able to get him out if he really needed to
Daniel Francis
2026-02-20 09:56:18 +0000 UTCSee now, this is the type of cliffhanger I enjoy! It leaves my thirst satisfied, but still kinda craving one more swig. Loving the arc! And my prediction is definitely that he says "actually, I wanna go visit the big danger noodle!"
David
2026-02-20 09:55:01 +0000 UTCThis feels like having divorced parents who hate each other and using their kid as the focal point of their feud. Poor Jake in the middle.
Mitha
2026-02-20 09:54:22 +0000 UTCTime to see the big snake 🐍
EmmericH.
2026-02-20 09:50:43 +0000 UTCI want jake to just tell em off, and disappear :D "I'll be back later, byeeee"
Karim Saadi
2026-02-20 09:50:25 +0000 UTCTftc
Matthias
2026-02-20 09:49:20 +0000 UTCWelp this is certainly a rock and a hard place situation
Phoenixdrop
2026-02-20 09:49:19 +0000 UTCTftc
Misa
2026-02-20 09:47:40 +0000 UTCLove this arc! I wish the chapters were longer!
Tyler Krogh
2026-02-20 09:46:11 +0000 UTCI would like a confirmation if running is still on the table lol
Arrogant Savant
2026-02-20 09:45:17 +0000 UTCThank u for the story
C0bra$
2026-02-20 09:40:09 +0000 UTCThanks for the chapter
BlackRazaras
2026-02-20 09:40:06 +0000 UTCYay!
Will R
2026-02-20 09:39:56 +0000 UTC