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Chapter 1242 - Bee-Grade Preparations

Vesperia rose from her slumber, standing up in the pool of thick liquid that seemed to stick to her body. She still felt its energies seeping into her body, but she’d reached saturation for now, reaping few if any benefits.

Walking out of the pool, she released a faint burst of power to clean herself off and look more presentable as she exited the secured chamber. Checking her status menu, she saw this trip to the pool had awarded her eleven levels. A decent amount, especially considering she’d only spent a month in it.

She was truly making her final push to B-grade, now only four levels away. A part of her had hoped to reach peak C-grade so she could at least know her evolution quest, but she knew doing so would have been unrealistic. Besides, she still had things she needed to do before evolving.

“Your progress continues to amaze me,” a familiar voice spoke from ahead of her as her fellow True Royal had teleported in. “I did question whether your trip to Nevermore was truly wise, but seeing the results, I can only capitulate.”

“Thank you. Though Odonestra, should I question why you’re the only one of my sisters ever visiting me?” Vesperia asked the Grand Hive Queen of the Endless Empire.

“Are you unsatisfied with it being only me?” Odonestra asked with a smile. “Because if you weren’t, I’m sure they would all gladly be here shortly. In fact, I’m often asked about you, and they’re very curious about how well you’re improving.”

“I was merely joking,” Vesperia said, shaking her head. While it was true Odonestra was the only Grand Hive Queen visiting her on a regular basis, she still had plenty of interactions with other Hive Queens, including those she commanded from the Vespernat Lineage.

“You should be careful with your jests, lest I take them seriously one day,” Odonestra returned a smile of her own. “But if there was any truth to your concern, then do allow me to fully put it to rest. As gods, our perception of time is certainly warped, and we all believe that you will one day rise in power to stand beside us, at which point, time shall be of no concern to any of us.”

“Quite the vote of confidence,” Vesperia said, though she didn’t disagree. To others, speaking about reaching godhood would be the ramblings of a lunatic, but Vesperia didn’t see it that her. In her eyes, it was simply something she had to do. A responsibility. That, or she would have to leave behind True Royal offspring that could become a god.

In an instance like that, her offspring would inherit many of Vesperia’s memories, the same as she herself had inherited memories of the Vesperia who died many eras ago. They were all connected through their Records and Lineage, so even if this version of Vesperia failed, the next one would succeed. Not that the current version is planned to fail.

“We are all confident in you,” Odonestra said. “But that wasn’t why I came today. You asked me to keep track of any news regarding the Chosen of the Malefic Viper, and while this piece of news is a little outdated, I believe it will bring you much joy to learn. He’s successfully hunted down a True Dragon. A member of the Lumenflight who had recently been excommunicated from the Dragonflight.”

Vesperia raised an eyebrow, though she wasn’t that surprised. “Sire does continue to impress. It adds quite the pressure if I want to keep up with him and remain a useful existence in his life.”

She was fully aware that Jake didn’t actually expect or even necessarily want anything from all his creations, but that didn’t mean Vesperia and all the others didn’t have their own desires to be useful. Vesperia also suspected that some of the Records they’d inherited from Jake had something to do with all of his creations possessing a strong innate desire to progress and gain more power. Then again, most beings from powerful races had an instinctive drive to continually improve, so it could just be that.

“Speaking of useful, we’ve finally begun to have a proper overview of how many Administrator Candidates for the Seat of the Exalted Prima we have in the new universe, and I dare say the Endless Empire is more than well-positioned to be a true contender in the upcoming fight,” Odonestra said, making Vesperia nod.

Many planets had been claimed by the native ectognamorph populations that appeared after the system arrived, as they were often the only monster group with true unity, and the Endless Empire’s aggressive means to locate and bless those of their Lineages had proven an extremely effective strategy.

Also, while most of the Administrator Candidates were initially from the enlightened races, monsters could qualify as well. Many Hive Queens had gained these qualifications, and there were already several galaxies that, after the Prima Guardian event, were more or less entirely ruled by the Endless Empire.

 “I take it from your statement that my proposal went through?” Vesperia asked.

“With a bit of pushback, yes, but in the end, it was accepted to move forward with your approach,” Odonestra nodded. “Though details will still need to be negotiated, and we still aren’t confident the Order of the Malefic Viper will accept.”

“Do not negotiate directly with the Order but only with the Malefic One himself. Or at least someone capable of speaking for him,” Vesperia said, shaking her head.

Odonestra frowned. “Circumvent directly approaching the Order? What would that accomplish? Should the Chosen succeed-”

“He will be the one to stake his claim. In a personal capacity,” Vesperia said with certainty. “While he and the Order are linked, do not confuse them as one and the same. The Malefic Viper and my sire are two separate entities working together for mutual benefit, but they do so as equals. That means that should my sire end up claiming the World Wonder, it will belong to him, not the Order. We can expect the Order to still massively benefit due to their connection, but the true ownership should not be confused.”

“If you are certain, then very well,” Odonestra nodded. “Though that does slightly complicate things.”

“I believe trying to keep things simple will be our best approach, and fully defining every detail isn’t paramount yet. As long as we trust them to make us whole, there is no cause for concern… and I trust my sire fully,” Vesperia said.

“Fine,” the other True Royal sighed. “I shall relay your words, and if all goes well, it shall become official.”

“I wish you luck, and I know it’s a lot to put on you,” Vesperia said apologetically.

“Yet I and everyone agree that this approach is likely the best,” Odonestra said, shaking her head. “While I believe the Endless Empire can perform well on its own, ultimately, if we wish to compete for the power of this Exalted Prima, we would find ourselves facing off against your sire. A battle that, even in the unlikely event of our victory, will probably end up harming us more in the long run.”

Vesperia nodded in agreement. To the Endless Empire, maintaining a good relationship with her sire was too important, even if it meant making concessions in the fight for a World Wonder. That’s why Vesperia had proposed that rather than battle for the World Wonder on their own, they would instead ally with her sire and thus also partly with the Order of the Malefic Viper.

A rather unprecedented move by a faction that usually never openly allied with others, but in this rare instance, it appeared the best way to approach the upcoming battle for whatever power could be gained from the Exalted Prima.

While the battle had yet to start, and B-grades of this generation were only now beginning to evolve, planning and strategizing for the upcoming battle for the World Wonder were in full swing throughout the universe, and no faction wanted to enter the fight without adequate preparations.

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The giant made of living armor slowly fell, its knees too corroded to support its weight. It still tried to stand, releasing a final burst of energy, but an arrow wrapped in destructive arcane mana struck it in the chest, blowing yet another hole and finally making the damn thing run out of energy, thus spelling its doom.

Jake landed in front of the more than two hundred meters tall monstrosity, letting out a loud sigh. He was only slightly injured, but his resource pools were struggling because of the sheer length of the fight.

This giant living suit of armor had only formed after Jake had slain all the other smaller living suits of armor, at which point they all merged together and formed this final B-grade guardian. It was a relatively unoriginal concept, but at least it made for a short dungeon, as Jake had only spent a week in this one before clearing it.

Checking his notifications, Jake saw that this dungeon boss had only barely made it into B-grade, which wasn’t that surprising. The only thing it really had going for it was its durability.

You have slain [Armored Guardian of the King – lvl 353] – Bonus experience earned for killing an enemy above your level

Still, for a B-grade, it hadn’t been terrible, though it wasn’t any True Dragon, that’s for sure. Dungeon bosses also tended to wield unique properties one couldn’t find in the wild, with the most notorious being their sometimes insane durability. It made the bosses harder for their levels, which also meant more experience.

The very next notifications proved his point, as he’d once more gained a level, bringing this up to six over the last eight dungeons.

’DING!’ Class: [Arcane Hunter of Horizon’s Edge] has reached level 343 - Stat points allocated, +50 Free Points

’DING!’ Race: [Human (C)] has reached level 344 - Stat points allocated, +45 Free Points

It was a lot of levels, but considering Jake had been grinding dungeons like a madman for a year and a half, it wasn’t that extreme. He also had to admit that Villy had done a banger job selecting the dungeons for him.

None of them had been that gimmicky or lacked combat, with the majority just requiring Jake to kill everything in sight. This also meant all of them had been on the more boring side, especially as they consisted of slaughtering weak C-grades for often weeks before finally facing down the B-grade boss.

Of them all, the best dungeon had been one that consisted of ten bosses, each with only two other peak C-grades alongside them. There hadn’t even been a last boss in that one; the only difference was that when he killed one B-grade, the others would become aware, and the closest one would try to make its way over. Needless to say, Jake was gone before it got there every time. This dungeon alone had provided nearly two on its own levels by Jake’s estimates.

Meanwhile, the worst one had been – to the surprise of absolutely no one – an underwater dungeon. Did Jake suspect the evil snake god had purposefully selected an underwater dungeon to fuck with Jake? No, no, of course not.

He knew Villy had picked an underwater dungeon to fuck with Jake on purpose.

What made it super annoying was that Jake couldn’t even be that angry, as he admittedly did need more practice fighting underwater or just in unfavorable environments in general. He also realized that the Unblemished Arrows skill was damn overpowered in the water, allowing his arrows to fly nearly as well as in the air.

The fight against the giant B-grade octopus-like monster had still been pretty damn hard, but luckily, the thing hadn’t been that resistant to poison, allowing Jake to just flood its system with toxins while bombarding it with arrows from range.

Another positive aspect of all these dungeons was the sheer diversity of environments he experienced. In that sense, it reminded him a lot of Nevermore, probably because Nevermore’s floors were technically also just a collection of connected dungeons with different themes.

Then again, Nevermore floors were so much bigger and felt more like entire worlds rather than dungeons, while the eight dungeons Jake had gone through certainly felt very dungeon-y.

Shaking his head, Jake stopped reflecting and checked the large armored guardian for any loot. Upon inspection, he found an ancient rarity core, and when he completed the dungeon fully, Jake got an epic rarity plate helmet as well as a bunch of ore.

That was something else Jake had noticed. Loot tended to be shit in these dungeons, at least when it came to equipment. From Jake’s understanding, actual equipment and weapons would become far more scarce, and instead, more materials for crafters would appear. In some instances, only crafting materials would drop. A truly sad state of affairs.

Done with this dungeon, Jake left it through a large metal gate, and a second later, he found himself standing outside an identical gate in the middle of an ancient abandoned city. He was at a castle on top of a mountain, and below, the massive city stretched as far as the eye could see, filled with D- and C-grade undead.

If Jake had been lower level, it would have been a cool hunting spot, but alas, with the dungeon cleared, Jake had no reason to stick around. He quickly confirmed that his Pioneer title had indeed progressed before leaving for good.

[Dungeon Pioneer XIV] – Be the first to clear a dungeon suitable for your level. +168 all stats.

With a nod, Jake telepathically reached out to the snake god.

“Done here, though I know you already know,” Jake said, fully aware the god had just been waiting for him.

“At least allow me to act surprised at how fast my dear Chosen managed to clear yet another dungeon! So, what’s your rating of this one?” the snake god asked.

“Eh, a solid eight out of ten, I would say. Simple but effective design, and thematically it was awesome, especially seeing the location of the dungeon. There was a lack of enemy variety, though, and the final boss took a bit too long for my liking, being more of a battle of endurance than anything else,” Jake gave his honest review.

“A fair assessment,” Villy acknowledged. “Seeing as even you found the boss tedious and too durable, I guess other peak C-grade parties may end up finding it downright impossible.”

“Not necessarily,” Jake shook his head. “While the Armored Guardian did take ages to kill, I noticed that it didn’t appear capable of regenerating its resources, at least not at a speed that was readily noticeable. If I’m right, even weaker parties should be able to win using hit-and-run tactics while fully disengaging and recuperating, achieving victory through what would effectively be multiple fights. The dungeon was pretty big, and there were a lot of hiding places, so I could see a tactic like that working.”

“Duly noted,” the Viper said, and Jake actually believed he was noting this down. All the dungeons Jake had been clearing were within the territory of the rapidly expanding Order of the Malefic Viper, and seeing as C-grade dungeons with B-grades were on the rarer side, these were all considered strategic resources.

“Now, enough about that,” Jake said, cracking his neck. “Where to next? I feel like this one was short enough for me not even to need a breather.”

“Gonna bring you back to the Order first,” the Viper said. “Sadly, I can’t personally take you to the next destination, so I’ll have to send you off from here.”

Jake raised an eyebrow as he realized what that meant. “You’re saying...”

“That’s right, the final dungeon I’ve selected is in your very own universe,” the Viper said. “And based on the information I’ve gained from the dungeon architect who checked it out, this may just be the best one yet.”

“Alright,” Jake said with a nod, and shortly after, he was back at the Order of the Malefic Viper. After barely being there for a minute, the snake god teleported to his residence.

“Are you ready to do your final dungeon?” Villy asked as he and Jake walked out onto the lawn where a magic circle had already been drawn by the god.

“I swear, if it’s another underwater dungeon, I’m hitting up Valdemar first thing once I’m out to see if he’s looking for a Chosen,” Jake said, only halfway joking.

“It won’t be,” the Primordial chuckled, though Jake got the feeling he did take the joke at least a little bit seriously. “I will warn you that my information is lacking, though, but I’m sure you’ll figure things out once you get there.”

“Sure, sure,” Jake waved off the god. “Just beam me down, Villy.”

“Alright, alright,” the Primordial said, lifting his hand as the magic circle started to glow with power. “I hope you enjoy it... and I know I’m not the only one.”

Before Jake could ask what Villy meant by that, he was flung through the void as he returned to his own universe once more. No, not just to his universe, but to a rather familiar location with a familiar face already waiting for him...

Comments

I was expecting underwater mushrooms tbh.

Nicole Sparks

I think it was more emphasis on Suspect not purposefully. Like "did I Suspect he did it to be a dick. no I Knew he did it to be a dick"

Tristin S Alderson

Looking forward to the Minaga dungeon. Kind of surprised there wasn't a mushroom dungeon though

Parker Bond

Tftc

Dave

WOOOOOOOOOO MINAGA YEAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Maou Razonica

Usually too far behind for effective comments. TFTC Edit?: Did Jake suspect the evil snake god had (purposefully)-> accidentally selected an underwater dungeon to fuck with Jake? No, no, of course not. He knew Villy had picked an underwater dungeon to fuck with Jake on purpose.

Bryan D

TYFTC! Finally, Minaga!

Rachel Clements

Minaga time I hope

Nick Borgne

Tyftc

Chloe

❤️❤️❤️

Michael Click

i'd like to see some convos between jake and vesperia. we know and sometimes read about miranda and jake chatting, but iirc vesperia and jake also got a communication device

FleetfootedFleer

Round of applause for the new chapter title, honestly amazing.

djthomp

A lot of people in the comments seem to think this Minaga is still cut off from his clones and I don't think that's the case. In the chapter "Construction Site Inspection" him and Jake get into it a bit, but it seemed like he was cut off during the Prima Guardian event just like the rest of the multi-verse, but it should have let him reconnect once that was done. I think he legitimately didn't know Jake and Artemis were official. It's not like C grades often get with Godqueens and Artemis is rather known to rebuffed others' advances.

Fyrtue

Omg I love this new chpt title! 😄

ABTelford

Bee grade planning?

Georgia Guy-Williams

Casper

BearHandMan

Tftc

Shadowind

Title: up and coming

ABTelford

Title suggestion: "Duly Noted" B grade here we come

killop

I'm thinking instead of high human, it will be Primal Human

Childish Jordino

Her name's Maria, but I think the odds of it being her are very low. She's a mercenary/bowler not a dungeon architect.

Fyrtue

Do you think that the next evolution his race will become high human or it’s for A or S or even godhood?

Thariaus

No he just doesn’t feel the need to change himself at all he already views himself as equal to primordials why would he want to change himself?

Borbino the great

So hear me Can Jake do rituals for himself ?as far as a evolution maybe empower himself to become a true dragon zog has been scratching at the whole ancient information why is Jake even holding on to the human race ? The rewards from valdmir?

Keion

Managa’s labyrinth! Can’t wait to see what he does with the Jones trap 👍

Walter Kimberly

Like Sire like Offspring, as they say 😊

Mikesch

Minaga also cannot wait.

Weebeedee

Is anyone else frustrated with vesparia not using her token to contact Jake and just talk to him?

Georgia Guy-Williams

The queens gamble

Mark

Minaga!! Side note, I think it would be cool for him and his brother to do a dungeon together:)

Tamathon

Queenly chess

Flameboy

Nice

Carl Never

The jones is obnoxiously in the doorway and minaga is running the dungeon like one of those tilt ball puzzles

Carl Never

I think you’re miss understanding that phrase. In terms of a deal “whole” means being compensated for any losses. In this context would mean the Endless Empire getting adequately compensated for support Jake/The Order in the fight for the world wonder and not be taken advantage of.

Zadumu

Actually really good suggestion

Phil Ritter

Nice. Got to love some Minaga. I like the nice time skip with all the updates and foreshadowing. What are the bets for how long it takes for the flaming rolling bolder, aka the Jones, to show up?

Ty Cooper

Making the Endless Empire whole means adding the missing 38 lineages. They is no way Villy would want to touch that with a 10ft pole. I don’t see why Jake would even consider it with Villy not backing the idea. If he viewed Vesperia as an asset then maybe the idea of more True Royals loyal to him might have been attractive. If he does then they will be a powershot arrow with Rigoria’s name to it. She will end at least one of his daughters.

Mat

Title suggestion: "Endless Planning " or Endless Plans

Morgan Loman

nah that would narrow the book down too much to this universe and a challenge... the sage is so much more than that

jobe matula

My thoughts too. His dungeon qqis finally ready

Chris Bailey

It's definitely Minaga or that flame archer, forgot her name

Mike

Bee prepared would be a great title for the chapter. It starts with Vesperia and ends with Jake closing in on b rank

Zachary Koffink

Still curious to see if he's going to have a race quest

Kyler

One thing you got wrong and one thing where i personally believe you came to the wrong conclusion: 1. The seat of the exalted prima is a world wonder for the whole 93. universe, not just milky way galaxy so every major faction will very likely be involved in some way. On a side note it is very likely that there are creatures who cooperate with the regalflight (for example the frost wyvern would have been a prime candidate if not for its habitat) and you don't have to be a native to be part of the system event. you only need the key. After all the universe opened up. 2. The seat of the exalted prima was stated to be a woeld wonder meaning concerning rarity its similar to the vortex tornado or even nevermore (not necessarily equal). But with that your last named incentives are (i assume) more than enough for jake. Furthermore while he doesnt like to be a leader, he has stepped up as ruler to play the scary overlord if there were no better alternatives. I could see him do the same again tbh.

Mycroft

Looks like Travis started recording Book 13 today.

Xerecs

Chapter name Goddamn Mushrooms brought to you by Minaga special thanks to Casper.

Micheal Cook

Buzzing around the dungeons

Psyck0

From Dragons to Dungeons

John F

MINAGA!!!!!!!

Richard Lee

Chapter Name: “A Queen’s Gambit”

Cory Smith

He comes back to find that Rick is already well into B grade and the size of mountain. He picked up dungeons engineering, just calls it advanced gardening. Says "Howdy boss. It ain't much, but it's honest work."

Corvid

I hate how funny that is.

Corvid

So Zog has finally decided it is time to move into B-Grade and on to the Seat of the Prima Exalta arc. A nice way to end the week with a little montage of all of those that will be involved in the battle for it. We know Jake will ultimately take the seat, because it just fits with who Jake is in this story. The ultimate battle will probably be with the Regalflight, although I am still wondering how they could even participate considering that they are not from the 93rd universe and don't have the keys to sit at the table. Maybe the Regalflight has formed some sort of alliance with a group from the 93rd to seize the seat. I am still excited to read the story of what comes to pass, and we all know he will pass on all the responsibility to Miranda. Next week I am guessing will be a couple chapters of Jake clearing Minaga's dungeon and definitely making him mad because Jake keeps exploiting or "cheating" the dungeon. Then on to Jake finally evolving to B-Grade as well as many of his friends and associates. Maybe the final battle for the seat will be all of those from Earth vs the Regalflight and its allies. I doubt Jacob will be involved since the Holy Church isn't even allowed in the Milky Way galaxy anymore. Maybe it would be a way to reestablish good terms with Jake if they align with him. This is all based on my understanding that this dungeon is located in the Milky Way Galaxy, otherwise I don't think Jake would even care about who owns the dungeon. He just wants his home and friends/family to be safe. Which means Earth, the Solar System, and I guess the Milky Way Galaxy. To me the only reason Jake would be interested in the Seat at all would be for the challenge, experience, titles, and loot. We all know he hates being a leader/ruler.

Lemonsqueezy

How about: Dungeon Reviews?

Babuui

tftc!

GeneticSloth

Minaga’s dungeon is ready! This should be interesting.

Cory S.

Awesome!

Niki

This one, right here.

Cmndprmpt

Awesome read 👍🏼 Definitely gonna be Minga but would be great if it also turned out that Casper helped out (or apprenticed) Minga for some extra and insider chance’s at trying to trip Jake up 👍🏼😁👍🏼 Tyftc 🍻

JW Saxby

HA! 😂

JW Saxby

I guess you mean Minaga?

ChRiAn

Hell yeah dungeon time skip lolol

Trumangolorian

That’s actually a really clever one with a neat little nod to another series, great suggestion Tom 👍🏼😂 👍🏼 (Wait… Sandy’s Tom??? 😂)

JW Saxby

And the familiar face is probably the garden troll.

Erik Bekke

I vote for "Preparations for Bee grade"

Rob Lyon

“Dungeon chores“

Joken

"Wrapping things up, dungeon style" Thanks Zogarth :)

Roy

Milana or Casper is he finally pay the risen a visit

taylor ritchie

@Zogarth Name for the chapter suggestion "Water Dungeons still suck"

Eric Shivak

Minaga's Maze.... the return!

Eric Shivak

Minaga is gonna hate Jake even more than never before.. (riddle and pun intended ;)

Roy Boy Meyer

Strategic grinding? Power bath and grinding?

Nick Brakhage

Title suggestion: Dungeons Delved

Bi-Dailey

minaga!

Tomer Yud

Does any feel like these lst 2 chapters are the start of a new book? And it has to be minaga's labyrinth

Jeffrey Peet

"Beam me down Villy"

Tristan

Thanks for the chapter! Title suggestions: XIV 14/15 Pioneering

Arieh Sochaczevski

Gonna be fucking minega lol

Eden

This might be the most blatantly egregious cliff we've ever been given. The sentence didn't even get finished.

Stephen

I can't wait for more Minaga

Waler97

Yay, sounds like the earth labyrinth is done!

MrBooniecap

"Strabeegic preparations"

MilkTheShark

Thank you for the chapter

joel southard

For the next chapter “Minaga’s Dungeon Wonderland”

That one, right there.

"The dungeon that Jake forgot"

William Clark

Title suggestion: 2 birds many labrynths, levels for me notes for thee/villy

Matthew Monroe

I feel like if minaga had access to earth cultural history, he'd play mambo number 5 but instead of different female names he'd just say minaga...need a Lil minaga in my life...and as I continue you know the get greater lol

Matthew Monroe

Chapter name: water trolling, cause villy is an expert troll…

Jordan Rogers

Jake has been neglecting their friendship!

Daniel Golding

Minaga!!!

Daniel Golding

I can't to hear manage constantly complaining a out Jake cheating during the whole dungeon. Labrynth?🥹

Colton Horton

I would figure though that minaga would have a much higher quality of dungeon than regular dungeon makers so that could bridge the gap. Casper would be interesting though.

Highbeam

Chapter title idea: Dungeon & Details

Jeryd Greer

My bet is minaga’s labyrinth

Trixar

Is it just gonna be the minaga labyrinth?

GloinJr

TYFTC!!!! omg minaga dungeon and kinda/sorta kicking off the next arc?? What an amazing time to be literate.

tigerfishie

Minaga time!

TheSmeedWoker

I think it could be Casper! That’s who came to mind first. The minaga dungeon would definitely be entertaining though

Colt

This is what I’m thinking!

Colt

How about "Adequate preparations" as a title?

smore

It’s gotta be the risen guy! The dungeon architect. Forgot his name.

Colt

Is it the troll? Is this dungeon in Jake’s own backyard and he didn’t know?

ByLordMatsLuck

I think she meant their assets in the new universe wouldn’t win a battle against Jake not the actual endless empire.

Hunter

I bet anything it's Minaga

Pibblepunk

When he left, it wasn't done. Guessing Miranda never told him

Kris Tuchel

Knew it was gonna be Minaga the second his universe was mentioned

Matt

Minaga is about to be such a dick.

Jeryd Greer

Tyftc!!

A Flashy BR

He said last chapter that natural dungeons were better than constructed ones for this title, so this being Minaga or Casper would be kind of odd.

Notye Penyar

Casper?

DirePants

It's interesting to note that Odenestra called it unlikely that the Endless Empire would win a battle against Jake.

Fyrtue

Minagaaaaaa!!!! The dungeon’s done… #nevermorereload

Xien

Definitely the minaga dungeon

Gregory Schmitt

Minaga time! I hope he just refused anyone in C grade to the dungeon so he can get Jake s first look feedback :D

CT

Chapter Title "The Neglected Dungeon"

Comeback Kid

The D grades were in regards to the chaff in the undead city surrounding the palace which was the dungeon.

Aeth

Everyone is saying Minaga, but could it not be Casper? Ok it's probably Minaga, but seriously wouldn't it be great if he was delving a Casper's First Dungeon?

Tyran

Chapter SURPRISE! TFYJLFTS Dungeon. (The fuck you Jake Love from the system)

Morazain

Revenge of the Sith Minaga. Or it is a Casper dungeon which would be awesome.

SmokeJam

Crawling to the Peak

NovaZero

Couple eddits. Every d grade except one should be c grade.

Carl Never

Ahh we’re going to do Minaga’s dungeon! Can’t wait for the commentary.

mitchell kaiser

beam me down, Villy

Chris

The return of Minaga

Jonathan Hovey

Minaga!

Sammot

I can't believe the level of disrespect Jake has shown for Minaga's fabulous work lol. To think that he never once considered going there, that poor clone is probably bored silly without anyone at Jake's level to annoy him.

Nate

Its definitly Minagas dungeon and im so here for it

Nexas Aurelias

lol hahah hehehe ppp

Cory Crowell

No. I think he meant it. I think this is a rare D grade dungeon where a party can beat a B-grade, because it's slow and doesn't get any resources back.

Dor Hanner

Chapter: Dungeon Crawler Jake TFTC!

Tom C

“The anti-jake dungeon”

John McGurn

Minaga

mahmoud fathy

I guess other peak D-grade parties may end up finding it downright impossible D grade -> C Grade there is many time where it say D grade instead of C grade in this chapter.

atome 4 000

TYFTC

DARK LORD DAISHI

minaga time

Benjamin Davis-Lorton

What's with all the D grade stuff? Dungeons going from C to B is known but D grades are ants at this stage...

Steven Bartels

Yay finally mingaa timeee

Lawrence Dillon

That's what you call am execution lol

InfernoDroid

Boooo bad, no dad jokes aloud lol! (No actual hate, just boo to dad jokes and puns 😆 )

InfernoDroid

Say it with me. Hiiii Minaga!

Jerry Wieder

MINAGA!!!

Jeff McCulley

I would name this chapter "Dungeon Crawler"

Alex Vlad

Fun chapter! There were lots of past/present tense mistakes but I trust you’ll catch them in the editing phase. Now it’s time for Minaga! 💙 “Villy, you troll!” 😄

ABTelford

I could see Minga having taken Jake's cheating so personal that he makes the entire dungeon in such a way that perception plays very little part

InfernoDroid

Minga has become my favorite side character

InfernoDroid

Chapter title idea: Dungeons & Duties

InfernoDroid

I would actually love if this is a fake out cliffhanger and it ends up being Caspers dungeon.

Shandlar

It's Minaga, isn't it. It's got to be Minaga's dungeon.

Starkly Glim

Or Casper

Mrburns93

Time for Minaga's Endless Labyrinth: Earth Edition. For chapter names, Minaga's Kind of Endless Labyrinth: Earth Edition (1) and so on. It will piss Minaga off so much because it must be endless but since he is limited on earth its only kind of.

A. B. Edwards

i'm 98% sure the minaga dungeon is finished the other 2% is just in case he throws in a chapter with Jake and Casper with casper having made the dungeon wanting jake to try it first

Steven Tuttle

MINGA, it's been too long without him around.

InfernoDroid

I just assume you mean C grade when you mentioned D.

Ctrl Alt Dust

“It’s labyrinth time!” -Minaga

Nathan Holliday

TYPO “A fair assessment,” Villy acknowledged. “Seeing as even you found the boss tedious and too durable, I guess other peak D-grade parties may end up finding it downright impossible.” «I guess other peak C-grade parties»

Doodlenoodle

The way I understood after completing the chapter is they were D-grade dungeons that scaled to B-grade. And yes I don’t think that makes since either since Jake is peak c-grade but I reckon we need more info about how true dungeons work.

Nathan Holliday

chad already suggested that, and I heartily agree!!

Nathan J

Bullying 3.0

Nathan Holliday

I believe you used "D-Grade" three times when you meant "C-Grade"

teehee15

I honestly don’t see how Jake does not become the god connected with the Exalted prema. With that said I’m curious as to what it is exactly and how it connects to primal aspects.

Nathan Holliday

Tftc

Matthias

Great chapter to end the week ! As for a Title, I propose: "Like Sire, Like True Royal" to emphasize on the way Vesperia already thinks like Jake: Keeping things simple and take things as they come.

Conclave

So on a scale from 1-10 how much will Jake cheese this Minaga’s labyrinth? My guess is 15 and it is only that low because Minaga made the dungeon specifically to counter Jake. Not that it actually worked.

Nathan Holliday

Thank u for the story

C0bra$

Title suggestion for the next few. THE PUSH TO B GRADE: Bee loyalty

greg belokopitsky

Minaaaaaaagaaaaaa

shawn B

Beam me down Villy! Love that line. Would be a good chapter title too!

Manowar

I think you used D grade instead of the intended C grade in a lot of places here

Adam Verdeyen

Thanks for the chapter!

Kt-x

Another Minaga laberynth run!

Nathan Holliday

Dungeon crawler Jake

Rewdan

Minaga Time!

Fitzgibbon

Title suggestion: "To B or not to Bee" or "Into the great 'B'eyond"

Ra

One of the things I love about this series is the relationship between Villy and Jake. They’re buddies and act like teammates pure banter and giggles.

Rewdan

I would be so happy if they were both there. Casper is one of my favorite side characters.

Elijah Soleil

Tftc

Stefan Nilsson

Minaga super dungeon

J W

Or « Smart Nepotism »

SinCinnamon

In that chapter Cgrade is mistaken for D grade. " especially as they consisted of slaughtering weak D-grades for often weeks before finally facing down the B-grade boss." "Seeing as even you found the boss tedious and too durable, I guess other peak D-grade parties may end up finding it downright impossible.” " and seeing as D-grade dungeons with B-grades were on the rarer side, these were all considered strategic resources."

Bright Yang

It could be Minaga, or it could be a bait and switch and it's Casper the friendly undead...

Roguewave1737

Order of the Malefic Viper, and seeing as D-grade dungeons with B-grades were on the rarer side, Am i crazy? Why's it d grade? Shouldn't it be c?

Josh Turple

I hope and think vesperia doesn't get one till godhood and even that is a big questionmark

Ivo Wißen

Typos: C-Grade dungeon with B grade boss. I’m pretty sure a D grade dungeon is not appropriate for Jake. Same, I would think it’s a team of peak C-Grade and not D-grade. I don’t believe a team of peak D-grade has any chance of slaying a B-grade.

SinCinnamon

Napoleon of the Multiverse

Achis74

I guess other peak D-grade parties may end up finding it downright impossible.” C

Josh Turple

I like the title for the chapter

Rewdan

Fantastic, it’s been a great weeks reading. Thanks Zogarth

Rewdan

OOH I like that chapter title.

Grimparrot

There are allot of mentions of D-grade monsters that should have been C-grade this chapter.

NiceTryMate

Tftc

Misa

Great Chapter, love Vespy's update. She's such a daddy's girl :P Possible name for chapter: "Let's Bee Friends, A Familiar Challenger Ahead"

Wen L.

TFTC

Mike_L

Jake forgot about minaga, minaga will never let Jake live this one.

BumAssBumAss

"Into the Minagaverse"

Jason

Title: Dubious or unprecedented Alliance

NiceTryMate

TFTC :) Wait these are D grade dungeons with B grade bosses? Does that make sense? C with B I can understand but D with B would seem to be murderous on those entering right? If it is D grade how did Jake get any experience from anything except the final boss in any of them? Woot we get to see the Minaga-rynth complex at last :D Have a great weekend all, see you bright and early Monday. Suggested edits: " “Because if you *weren’t*, I’m sure" should be "were" since Big O is asking if Vespy is unsatisfied. "but Vesperia didn’t see it that *her*. " should be "way" "Not that the current version *is* planned to fail." extra word or you should rephrase to "was planning" instead. "A member of the Lumenflight who had recently been excommunicated *from the Dragonflight.*" you should just end the sentence at "excommunicated" the last part is implied by the word. "slaughtering weak *D-grades* for often weeks" im hoping this should be C-grades otherwise Jake must have been bored to tears. "This dungeon alone had provided nearly two *on its own levels*" ditch "alone" and should be "levels on its own" Again repeating the point. "Alone" and "on its own" mean the same thing.

Xander

Title suggestions: Dungeons and Dra…uhm Vasps?

Jan

Can't solve this

brjenness

Might even be Minaga's new Friend, also Minaga. But a different Minaga.

Zitronenwasser

Can't solve this

brjenness

Gonna fly now or eye of the tiger?

brjenness

Thanks for the chapter! Possible chapter title: Pioneering deals and dungeons

Ryan

Minaga is gonna be so happy/frustrated

Jordan Rogers

Time to speed run another Minaga dungeon. Best guy ever.

Brian Schutt

Oh? I wonder if it’s Jacks old friend Minaga. Or Minaga’s old friend, Minaga.

TNT

How about: The D-ungeons and the B-ees

Bruce Sheplan

I want some sort of "rolling boulder for the new world". Just turned up to 1000. Rolling boulders that infinitely speed up as you progress. Rolling boulders that multiply or actively drain your resources or something.

Nathan J

Can't solve this

brjenness

The Endless Empire making some good choices. Time skip through the dungeons as expected, Minaga dungeon at last for the final one?

djthomp

Vesperia Plushies Coming Soon

Matthew Smith

Can't solve this.

brjenness

Guess Minaga finally finished the labyrinth lmfao. Title idea: Preparations of Queen and Sire

Dan

Thanks for the chapter. Minanga time.

Joshua Little

Not probable since it sounds like Villy is directly communicating with the dungeon architect

Childish Jordino

For Arthur I do not care at all, so wondered what happened to his other son. There seemed to be a whole storyline that never started

Mikesch

All hail the cheesable minaga labyrinth!

JonO

Can't solve this...duuuuuh, duh, duh, dunt, da dunt, da duh...minaga time

brjenness

Chaptername idea based on current one: preparing future strategic bullying

Mikesch

Tyftc

Jose Mora

Jasper

brjenness

So if Jake does end up winning the world, wonder I wonder if he will appoint his queen beee as the overseer if she will become recognized as a system titled queen

Daniel Hamilton

Devillelouch

Nah, it would definitely be impossible for D-Grades.

Samuel Nelson

Minaga time!

Mikesch

Whatever you name this chapter, the next chapter has to be called Bullying Minaga Pt.3

Childish Jordino

It’s likely Minaga finished his dungeon, but a nice twist would be Casper

Rich Varos

Flight of the bumblebee

Levi

Nope D grade dungeon with a B grade final boss. Even states they are rare.

Daniel Jackson-Woods

Chapter name ideas: Dungeon Blitz "D-Grade Dungeons with B-Grade Bosses"

Samuel Nelson

It has to be Minagas Dungeon, and I'm super excited! Time to bully the Unique Lifeform pt 3

Childish Jordino

Also.. Minaga! Woo! There'd better be a rolling boulder trap in there.

Jason

Tftc

Meir Banon

“A whole multiverse of preparations”

Takoda Heitz

I’m not the only one who loves Minaga right?

Meadow

A fair assessment - Villy

Christian Sullivan

For chapter name how about dungeon crawl.

Fdrugc

Focusing on vespy...righting the ship or steering the ship or possibly taking the helm because she is stepping into a position of leading the bugs at least in terms of their relationship with Jake. Minaga, I'm coming home is another option

brjenness

"other peak D-grade parties may end up finding it downright impossible" C-grade, i assume.

Jason

Minaga!!! My favorite 4 eyed unique life form. Can the next interlude be about the stealthy cat i forgot his name. Also isn't 1.5 year's a bit long for 8 dungeons?

Fdrugc

That should be the next chapter title

Indevan Jones

Minaga dungeon time

joe schmoe

I second this one

Seiryus

Ah such a fun bit, pretty sure its Minaga but it could also be Minaga there to ruin the others surprise 😆. Thanks Zog for the chapter. Hope you have a foody holiday

Tyler S.

Zog, that was a great way to avoid a tedious dungeon slog and loop us back to minaga’s earth dungeon. TFTC

Temlat

Minaga dungeon incoming

Al

There are multiple mentions of D grades in this chapter. Do you mean C grade? It doesn't make sense for Jake to have to fight through D grades to get to a B grade boss

Rick Delallata

Also looking foward to the world wonder arc. Lets see what it entails

BobbyMcDilan

Title Hive Queen Lobbyist.

Brad Thomas

The final push to b-grade as a title makes the most sense to me if that's what he and his progeny are doing.

Joshua David Mullenary

it's the shadow clone spamming devil isn't it

Mohammed Sheekh

Tyftc! Title idea: Like Hunter like Wasp

Adam McCarter

Minaga time!

Darkblade009

Sounds like Minaga got fed up waiting for Jake to remember to say hello lmao, I can't wait to see what he has ready!

jackson singley

Minaga episode coming up, yey!!

Michael

Lovely end to the week. Thanks for the lack of a cliffhanger 😂

Inderpal Kooner

Tftc

IntenseSushi

Its PROBABLY a long shot, but what if its not Minaga but the mushroom troll? What if his garden got so impressive it became a mushroom themed dungeon? Because THAT feels like the type of dungeon Villy would save for a finale.

BlissForgotten

Minagas labyrinth time lol

John Burton

And have a nice weekend y'all, no real cliff this week so we can take it easy 😁😇

Sarianne

Could this be a Casper Dungeon?

Klown Keidra

Its a training montage of sorts, so title it "Rocky's Theme".

Jarrett Glass

Minaga!!!

Clint

Ohh we get to see Jake destroy Minagas new Dungeon?

TyranT-Rex

Back to buzznis (buzz like a bee)

Assault1217

Chappie Name Suggestion -Just another day -Build up time/ Grinding time

Niclas Elmers

Minaga!!

Daniel Brian

When you walk in to a D-grade dungeon and there is a B-grade boss.

eatingpitza314

Minaga time!!! Don't know what Zog has planned for this but given the irl timing and gimmicky nature of Minaga, if he made this dungeon a huge haunted house, I wouldn't be mad about it.

Fyrtue

Dungeon Crawler Jake might be a funny reference for a chapter title

chad

Next week: Minaga's earth dungeon! 🥳 looking forward to it 🥰

Sarianne

Oh hell yeah minaga dungeon for the win

denym123

Jake's profession is at 345 so his class hitting 343 should put his race at 344.

Somerito

That last part made me smile

Christopher Hendrix

Minaga Time

BobbyMcDilan

MINAGA!!!!

Zachar Holma

Minaga dungeon time? Also, a few times in this chapter d-grade got switched in for c-grade

Sébastien Kingsbury

Thank you for the chapter. For the title maybe: "(Dungeon) Developement" (pun intended :D )

Mycroft

“Are you unsatisfied with it being only me?” Odonestra asked with a smile. “Because if you weren’t, I’m sure they would all gladly be here shortly. -- Unsatisfied + were Or not satisfied + weren't --

Justin Lucier

Minaga finished his dungeon!

Angela Edmundson

Finally Minaga gets to shine!

Invictus Red

Haha I knew it was minagas. I knew it

Gavin

I'm assuming all the spots where it says D-Grade were meant to be C-Grade

Vex

Tftc. Keen to see Minaga again

NicN

Going to be minaga dungeon.

Pierre-clément LAMBRIX

Somehow, Minaga returns

Sean McClain

Happy Halloween! We know who this is ^_^

Shadowessence

Minaga time.

Abhishek

Needless to say, Jake was gone before it got there every time. This dungeon alone had provided nearly two on its own levels by Jake’s estimates. [Suggestion](Two levels on it’s own.)

Alexander C Hyde

Imagine that exalted prima is the great sage. Locked up by the system. He tried to have villy kill him but due to his nature and power I don’t think he can die. So the system corrected this imbalance by sealing the Great Sage away. Ooooor the prima could be something the great sage made or helped create like Jake and his lil fellows

AfroMocha

Minaga time?

P A J

I've missed Minaga!

Daniel Francis

Minagas dungeon is finally complete???

Black Leg Sanji

Yeah was thinking the same thing

Georgia Guy-Williams

NOOO CLIFF HANGERR, happy Halloween everyone!! Tftc <3

Violet

Typo? "I guess other Peak D grade parties may end up finding it downright impossible." Should be Peak C grade instead

Kevin the Composer

The All God Legion gonna be all happy to see Jake again

Enzo Elacqua

I knew villy would choose a water dungeon. And it was nice to vesperia still running around like a scary ectognamorph queen, it's also going to be very entertaining to see the MIGHTY AND MARVELOUS MINAGAS dungeon on Monday. Tyftc

Ben Cox

Clone Number 373883638937 requests a meeting Might be a nice chapter title

Abdulaziz ALRumaih

It's Minaga's mega labyrinth on Earth! Jake forgot but Villy did not.

Unwillingmainer

Lotsa D-Grades that should be C-Grades this chapter

Arrogant Savant

On the grind

Tyler Shepherd

Chappie name suggestion: Quite the vote of confidence

Matt

Chapter title idea: Some DEEP decisions

Lo-Fi

For chapter titles, just take a funny absurd line that Jake or villy or someone says, and you have the title. Pink porcupines. Then just work it into a convo

AfroMocha

"Peak D-grade" should be peak C-grade right?

Lo-Fi

Not that the current version (is) planned to fail. (Delete selected word?)

Alexander C Hyde

To others, speaking about reaching godhood would be the ramblings of a lunatic, but Vesperia didn’t see it that (way)her.

Alexander C Hyde

Ree!

Sylphie

Thanks for the chapter

Connor

Tftc

Beemoss

Tftc!

Dante

Happy Halloween

Auto

Tyftc

Sorrow

Vespy yaaay!

Hayden Leech

Dad gummit

Preston bodenheimer

Happy Halloween and TFTC. Fingers crossed for more Minaga.

Loststar7

First

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