Chapter 871 - Nevermore: Wind
Added 2024-03-14 12:01:26 +0000 UTCJake and his party were faced with a choice… run away and drag things out until the Twinhead Emperor’s empowered state ended, or try and fight back while buying time. Directly confronting the boss was definitely not advised, something they were all in agreement with. Jake usually wasn’t a fan of just running away, but if his party decided to do just that, he wouldn’t object.
“We should retreat for now. Fighting directly is too risky,” the Sword Saint quickly said as he received some emergency healing from DIna. She couldn’t restore his resources and fatigue, but she could get him back in temporary fighting condition… or at least well enough to launch one more good attack.
“I concur,” the Fallen King instantly agreed.
“Me too-“ Dina tried to say but was cut off by the boss.
“You wish to flee? To drag things out? You all seem to thoroughly misunderstand something,” the Twinhead Emperor said as his staff began to light up. Jake felt the entire environment shift as the mana all around took on the aura of the ogre. “It’s already far too late to run.”
Then, Jake felt the pressure as his body felt far heavier. The ground all around them cracked as everything buckled, even the mana in the air itself getting pushed down. It wasn’t suppression of aura or anything like that, but something far more tangible. Gravity magic...
A fucking complicated school of magic that was, needless to say, pretty damn strong. What’s more, the shaman clearly wasn’t done as he pointed his staff toward Jake and the three others around him. A massive flamethrower flew out, unaffected by the increased gravity that weighed everything else down.
Reacting quickly, four barriers appeared. One golden, one green, one of water, and one of stable arcane mana. The flames washed over the four attempts to block the attack, as each was burned through in moments before finally the flame shattered the final one and sent all four of them scattering in four different directions to dodge the attack.
The Twinhead Emperor wanted to follow up, but just then, a blast of wind descended from above, making the staff’s head smash into the ground, resulting in an explosion that sent the boss stumbling back. It was naturally Sylphie who went on the offensive.
Several more bullets of wind shot down, the boss raising a hand to block them with his own barrier of wind – only to then have an arrow strike him in the shoulder, as Jake took the chance to launch an attack of his own.
A long, thin blade of water also struck the boss mere moments later, followed by a blast of force that pushed Jake’s arrow further into the ogre’s shoulder. These attacks were not done with the intent to try and deal damage to the Twinhead Emperor but to try and limit his mobility and disrupt his attacks at least a little bit. Plus, dealing damage should help hasten his demise still.
Sadly, their attacks proved to have little effect as the ogre stomped down, making the ground erupt as ten large boulders flew up, and with a hand motion, each condensed into small stones. Pointing his staff once more, the stones all began to glow molten as cracks formed all over them before he sent them flying toward the four non-birds in Sylphie’s party.
Jake quickly reacted as he shot down three of the approaching boulders that were aimed for the Sword Saint and Fallen King. When he hit them, all three exploded, sending sharp obsidian shards flying everywhere. This gave them some early warning as to the nature of the attack, so when the remaining seven arrived, everyone was ready as they erected barriers and made good distance.
Even so, the Sword Saint failed to deflect every obsidian shard, as one tore straight through his stomach and another through his thigh, while the Fallen King had over a dozen join the black metal shards already sticking out of him.
Bobo, Dina’s living armor, managed to block every single one of them while Jake dodged and prepared to continue his own counterattacks. He shot several arrows that were all sent flying by a blast of wind as the ogre swept his free hand upwards.
A large plate of earth was lifted and flipped over right on top of Jake and his party, but before it could crush them, a tree sprouted from the ground smashed into it, and tore it in two. Dina was back for a bit of action as she channeled mana into the otherwise dead ground, making it explode with life as hundreds of vines shot up.
However, the boss easily responded with a scoff as the gravity around him increased, crushing all the vines back into the ground. Raising his staff toward the sky, the shaman mumbled something silently as a single bolt of lightning shot upwards.
Once it got high enough, it exploded into a massive black thundercloud that instantly began rumbling. During this magic, Jake managed to land a single arrow, as he found himself struggling with the increased gravity, but luckily, Unblemished Arrows made things easier as it made his arrows less affected. The Sword Saint and Fallen King also shot their ranged attack, but all to little effect.
Someone who was luckily not struggling at all was the lightest and smallest person in their party of five. A barrage of wind blades fell upon the shaman, making him groan in pain as he tried to use his staff to block. Using his staff, he shot several large blasts of fire toward the hawk, trying to hit her, but Sylphie simply transformed her body into wind time and time again to avoid taking any noticeable damage.
Having realized her plants couldn’t do much, Dina had also shifted her attention to helping Jake and Sylphie with buffs and defensive barriers whenever necessary. She was also still helping the two oldies recover, allowing the Fallen King to not be entirely out of commission as he soon landed a barrage of golden beams and blasts of force, making the ogre stumble and for Sylphie to land another good attack, sending blood flying.
The problem was that the Twinhead Emperor didn’t care about taking damage, simply tanking everything. He was fully on the offensive, as he quickly stopped bothering to deal with Sylphie and went after the slowest people in their party.
Dina was prepared, but she could only do so much. Fireballs began raining toward her, the ogre lifting a hand as cold energy began to condense. A massive spear of ice was summoned and thrown, Dina barely managing to make a tree shoot up and block in time. Meanwhile, Sylphie and Jake continued trying to attack the boss, but all they could do was slightly delay his casting at times.
Things were getting bad… and Dina knew it.
“Jake and Sylphie…”
“I got it,” Jake assured her, giving her the go-ahead.
“Ree!” Sylphie also agreed.
Without further hesitation, Dina did her thing. Pushing herself, she once more entered her empowered form as trees began shooting up all around her, each of them bending and surrounding herself and the Sword Saint and Fallen King. Just before the entire thing fully closed, the two of them sent out a final goodbye.
A large golden beam shot out toward the boss, hitting the ogre before he could react. For a moment, he stopped, and using Mark, Jake saw the Soulshape of the Twin Emperor temporarily look as if it was wrapped in golden chains. Not for long, but enough for the next attack to arrive, as the Sword Saint exhausted the final energy he had.
“Glimpse of Spring: Erosion.”
His second use of a Glimpse of Spring instantly made him cough up blood, but his attack was not weakened. The stream of water soared toward the head of the Twinhead Emperor, and Jake decided to also lend a hand as he tried to use Gaze.
Sadly, even if the boss was frozen for a moment, the gravity magic in his immediate surroundings proved too strong, and their ability to stop the ogre too weak. He managed to move right before he was struck as he jumped. Combined with the gravity, the ogre managed to dodge a potentially fatal blow, but he couldn’t avoid the attack entirely.
The beam of water struck him in the right knee, blasting off the entire leg beneath it. Landing on the ground again, the shaman used earth magic to form a new temporary leg quickly before turning toward his attackers.
With an enraged gaze, the boss looked toward Dina and the two with her but found a dense dome of wood had formed to protect them. Taking out his anger, he pointed his staff as a torrent of lighting descended upon it, along with a flamethrower from the staff. Taking advantage, Jake released a Powershot, striking the Twin Emperor in the arm, making him nearly drop his staff, as Sylphie did a quick fly-by and left a deep cut on his shoulder, the ogre barely avoiding getting a nasty neck wound.
The shaman’s attacks had all washed over the wooden dome, but once the smoke cleared, the Twinhead Emperor grimaced as he saw a burnt wooden dome that was rapidly mending itself.
Unfortunately for the boss, even in his empowered state, he couldn’t pierce Dina’s powerful defensive technique. At least not within a few seconds only, and while he could likely get through it within a minute, he couldn’t do much with Jake and Sylphie actively attacking him. The problem with this technique was that Dina couldn’t do anything else when using it, nor let anyone out. Something the shaman quickly realized as he didn’t bother attacking the dome again. Instead, he turned his attention to the two people remaining outside still with him.
“And then there were two…”the Twinhead Emperor said as he regarded Sylphie, who had returned to the sky, and Jake standing a few hundred meters away, an arrow already nocked. The ogre wasn’t wrong either that it was only the two of them left… because Jake felt that the Sword Saint was practically unconscious, while the Fallen King could barely maintain himself with all the damage he had taken. Once the dome expired or was destroyed, and if the boss still lived, things wouldn’t be good, and unless the Sword Saint wanted to take the massive risk of using his full Transcendence in his current state, the three of them had little other choice than using the escape tokens they still had saved from Minaga’s Labyrinth… so things were up to Jake and Sylphie now.
“Well, you’re down to just one. Heads, that is. At least ones that aren’t just for decoration at this point,” Jake taunted the boss, trying to get an emotional reaction and drag out time with banter while charging his Arcane Powershot further.
The Twin Emperor didn’t respond with words but shot a flamethrower toward him instead, making Jake release the string of his bow. The Arcane Powershot pierced through the flames before finally getting deflected by the staff. The ogre had not attacked with explosive anger but more a seething hatred as he proceeded to launch several more attacks.
Sylphie dove down and mimicked him, attacking plenty on her own. Erecting an ice barrier, the boss blocked the wind attacks while continuing to launch spells toward a quite frankly struggling Jake. Under normal circumstances, he would be able to dodge something like this… but the gravity magic was really fucking with his movements, making everything he did slower and more cumbersome.
Small cuts, frost burns, and seared flesh soon began to cover his body, but nothing lethal ever landed. Jake’s senses were focused like never before as he kept track of every single shift of mana in the atmosphere, moving before the magic even manifested. As his read on the ogre got better, he even began to launch a few counterattacks here and there, especially when he chose to use Eternal Shadow to also dodge a big blow.
Throughout, Sylphie also kept attacking the Twinhead Emperor, avoiding all the lightning strikes he tried using to keep her in check. Her assistance was one of the reasons Jake could still manage dealing with the constant assault.
Seconds ticked by, and Jake saw the shaman’s Soulshape seem to almost shrink in density. It was odd to describe, but Jake felt as if he could effectively see the soul slowly fall apart. With the poison and accumulated damage, the ogre would die soon no matter what happened… so all the hunter and the bird had to do was hold on.
Also realizing he wasn’t going to achieve his goal of revenge in time if things continued like this, the Twinhead Emperor seemingly made a decision.
Without any warning, the ogre suddenly flew over toward Jake, seemingly wanting to get in melee combat now. Jake naturally retreated as an answer, making sure not to get caught by any attack… which was when the shaman did something entirely unexpected. With a flick of his wrist, the staff he had been holding flew toward Jake, who dodged away, only for it to suddenly slam into the ground just beside him.
As it slammed down, the ground dented, and Jake felt the pressure instantly as he smashed straight into the ground from the gravity field suddenly increasing in power several times over. The ogre was still holding out a hand as it glowed with magic, holding down Jake and the staff.
“Killing you in time… does not seem feasible,” the ogre said while blood poured out his mouth as he turned his head and raised his other hand toward Sylphie in the sky. “But the odd elemental… I have experience killing elementals.”
“Ree!” Sylphie responded by pushing down a dense wave of wind. The Twin Emperor looked at it as his hand began to glow with power. At the same time, his entire body began to shine as every single set of runes enveloped him in light. His body practically burned as his soul was set aflame, blood dripping from his eyes.
“Wind, bend before my will!”
Jake felt the sudden rush of power as the atmosphere changed. The blast of wind Sylphie had shot down toward the boss was somehow caught in his hand as if Sylphie had lost control of it. At the same time, the thunderclouds above suddenly became hyperactive, as all the lighting was shot down within mere moments, Sylphie dodging by spreading out her body into wind as she normally did.
Seeing the smile on the shaman’s face, Jake got a bad feeling.
The raised hand of the ogre began to slowly clench into a fist as the sky above moved. Wind began to gather as a giant spinning sphere of dense wind magic condensed. The stormcloud was already gone, scattered by the wind, as the sphere began to grow smaller.
Sylphie, who was caught within the sphere still in her pure wind form, began to shoot out wind blades to cut it open, but all her magic was simply absorbed by the wind sphere. Jake saw her try to control the wind around her, but it looked as if it no longer responded to her.
The sphere kept growing smaller and smaller as it condensed the air further and further. Sylphie struggled, and Jake tried to stand as he looked up, and his eyes opened wide. Somehow, the wind was getting so condensed that Sylphie began to forcibly reenter her beast form.
Jake saw her struggle, the ogre grinning as his hand closed tighter and tighter. Sylphie was soon entirely forced back into her physical hawk form as Jake saw something he never thought he would. The wind began to cut her, slicing through her feathers. Flashes of red began to appear as blood was drawn, Sylphie having no way to escape or avoid the attacks.
Trying to help, Jake used Touch of the Malefic Viper to intensify the poison, exploded his Mark to try and deal some more damage, and even used Gaze… but all it did was make the boss pause for a fraction of a second, barely giving Sylphie any respite.
Everyone in their party knew what was going on, and Jake’s mind temporarily blanked as he heard Dina say something through her Golden Mark. He heard her mention his name, but he could only stare as the small hawk struggled in vain, slowly getting sliced apart as the sphere of wind was still getting smaller and smaller, crushing her… killing her.
She… she did have the Phoenix Feather gifted to her, but it was risky to use… maybe… no, he shouldn’t tell her to, but… Jake didn’t want to know what could happen if she didn’t get out. He finally stopped doubting what had to be done as he yelled through the Golden Mark. “Sylphie, use your escape token!”
He yelled… but nothing happened. “Sylphie! Now!”
Jake tried again, as did the others, but all they got in return was a rush of feelings from her. Fear… indignation… confusion…
Gritting his teeth, Jake resolved himself. He didn’t have much after Valdemar, but Jake had regenerated some of that special energy over the last many years, and even if it wasn’t his life in danger, he would-
Sylphie’s desperate mix of emotions suddenly stopped… paused… and an overwhelming sense of fury rushed through the Golden Mark, washing away everything else, as an ear-piercing screech echoed out… sounding almost scolding in nature.
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As Sylphie found herself surrounded by the wind, forced into her physical form, and unable to fight back… she didn’t understand what she had done wrong or why this was happening.
Sylphie fought well, at least, she thought she did. She had done everything Uncle and the others had told her to do. Sylphie was really good at doing that! Maybe Sylphie was even the best at doing what she was told to do because Sylphie knew how important it was to listen.
She had learned that back when Uncle had to save herself, Mom, and Dad from the bad sun bird. Learned to listen to what her parents told her. When she left on adventure with him, her parents had told her to always listen to Uncle, because even if Uncle could be very dumb, he was still pretty smart sometimes.
So, she did what she was told. Even if Sylphie was her own hawk, she did what her Uncle and her parents told her to do. That’s just how things were and how they should be.
But… in the fight with the two-headed big bad ogre, things weren’t as they should be. It was a super hard fight, but Sylphie had been in many super hard fights before, so it wasn’t that. No, it was that something acted like it shouldn’t. Things were wrong.
In the same vein as how Sylphie did as Uncle or her parents told her, the wind always did what Sylphie told it to do. That’s how things were and how they should be. But now, against the big bad ogre… the wind stopped listening to her.
It ignored her, no matter how much Sylphie tried to tell it what to do.
The wind… herwind attacked her from all sides. Trapped her, cut her, injured her. It closed in on her as she struggled but couldn’t do anything.
Why wasn’t the wind listening to her? Why did it do as the big bad ogre said? Why was what he wanted more important than what Sylphie asked?
That was just… wrong. Not how the world worked. The wind was supposed to listen to her. It was hers and not anyone else’s.
For the wind to act like this, refusing to do anything she said, and even attacking her just because someone else told it to was just… just…
So rude!
Sylphie had always been nice and always asked the wind to help, and it had always listened… but now, it seemed like that wasn’t enough anymore. It was rebelling, so she did as her Mom had done when Sylphie acted up.
She got angry and channeled that anger toward the indignant wind, acting up like a rebellious child. If it didn’t want to play nice, fine. No more niceties at all, and definitely no more asking politely if this was how the stupid wind was going to act!
From now on, Sylphie was going to make it very clear how the world was supposed to work and who was in charge here. Make it clear this was a world where the wind did exactly what Sylphie told it to do, without any complaint or talking back. To put it nicely, she was no longer making a request as she opened her beak, and with the wind attacking her from all sides, the injuries rapidly accumulating, Sylphie focused on nothing else as she screeched out her first direct command, leaving no room for disagreement.
”REE!”
And as her order came, the wind responded as it rightfully should when the Sylphian Hawk exerted her authority.
*Skill Upgraded*: [Sylph Wind Whispering (Legendary)] --> [Sylphian Authority (Mythical)]
Comments
I mean he's a system.wyrmgod-created event boss...
Mason
2024-04-19 14:55:30 +0000 UTCThere are a lot of things I enjoy about this chapter but as a reader, I'm big into verisimilitude in what I read. Even in fantasy novels. Where my mind is getting snagged this chapter is with the ogre. He's a two-headed ogre (one martial, one shamanic). The magical focus until now has been death and curses. Even with the martial head self-sacrificing and the subsequent power ups, I have a hard time thinking the shaman is so good of a caster as to use a complicated magic like gravity magic without a special ritual setup to assist him. Then to have the shaman have such a supreme grip on wind magic that he can override Sylphie's control and actively turn her element against her... Heck, he's even operating a magical flamethrower. Maybe I'm wrong. But I don't think I am. Look at everyone going through Nevermore. Dina is a genius who's the daughter of a near Primordial being backed by a full-fledged Primordial. Her magic is exclusively nature-based. Sure she uses it to attack, defend, and heal. But it's always nature. She doesn't jump from Death to Curse to Fire to Gravity and then has such mastery of wind as to overcome a sylph in their own legendary and elemental specialty. This doesn't mean I don't like the chapter. My mind just has a hard time buying it. We've yet to see a character in the story have even a fraction of that kind of variable skill specialization. Heck, if I'm being honest, I would expect a shaman to be more like a witch (i.e. more of a long distance control things using rituals and hexes, healing and summoning and less directly confrontational magic.) Still enjoyed the chapter
chump1999
2024-04-19 13:30:34 +0000 UTCLitteral chills on this chapter ! Show that baddy who's the boss Sylphie !!
Léo COURTEAUX
2024-04-19 05:36:02 +0000 UTCTy
Dave
2024-04-03 14:40:14 +0000 UTCThanks for the chapter
Endless Nature
2024-04-02 09:08:09 +0000 UTCI was hoping that the sword Saint would pull out his Transcendence and be the big hero of this fight, but this is even better
Brotato
2024-03-30 14:35:40 +0000 UTCSylphie is growing up. You know, one of the things I really like about this story is that the people Jake surrounds himself with are all incredible. None of them are irrelevant or just there to make him look good.
Adam Birch
2024-03-30 08:31:24 +0000 UTCWhat author note?
Rezkin
2024-03-22 06:23:59 +0000 UTCHahahahahahahahahahah I think I enjoyed the author note as much as the chapter hhahaahahahahahah
colten long
2024-03-21 13:17:31 +0000 UTCAnd thus Sylphie declared, RESPECT MY AUTHORITAH!
Godzilla511
2024-03-18 14:17:53 +0000 UTCSylphie is the best bird!
Naotsugu97
2024-03-16 00:35:27 +0000 UTCThanks for the chapter!
Olof Karlsson
2024-03-15 19:28:03 +0000 UTCBy tank i was referring to the Fallen King
Thenais
2024-03-15 14:53:00 +0000 UTCWhy should she change when everyone else could just learn Ree? Kinda circular argument
SmokeJam
2024-03-15 11:48:53 +0000 UTCOh hell nah, the Temlat arc was actually the only one providing Jake with emotional growth. And I'd say it would've been maybe shitty if it was an actual planet outside of Nevermore, this time around he just played Garry's Mod sandbox mode, no harm done.
SmokeJam
2024-03-15 11:47:07 +0000 UTCScarlett ate it.. maybe.
SmokeJam
2024-03-15 11:43:37 +0000 UTCI dont think its super dumb. Jake is more dodge tank than health tank, if he can get a good hit off Jake is in trouble. Using wing on a wind elemental isnt a bad idea, if you have better control of it than they do. Take away their source of power and they are powerless. Just this time round you have something thats got more power than he does.
Jaydan Man
2024-03-15 10:55:39 +0000 UTCdumbest boss ever, focusing first on the most tanky character, then using wind spells on a wind elemental. /facepalm
Thenais
2024-03-15 08:38:34 +0000 UTCI still want to know what happened to that kid Jake rescued from the Minotaur mind chief we never even got a name
Bob Fight
2024-03-15 07:46:23 +0000 UTCA wind-win situation!
Rolf
2024-03-15 07:43:02 +0000 UTCAt least Jake did it in a save environment and I think he showed strength of character when he stayed with his student until the end. imo it's one of the better parts of NM.
TSMS
2024-03-15 07:10:59 +0000 UTCI was thinking the same. As NM comes to a close, it doesn't feel like their is any significant connection between Dina and the rest of the party. For Dina NM was a 50 year long business trip.
TSMS
2024-03-15 06:44:08 +0000 UTCJake is his own person, the whole point of this story is that he isn’t just some sycophant following in the footsteps of his god
mapts
2024-03-15 05:27:18 +0000 UTCThe viper owns his destruction of his home world in C grade, then his path as the wyvern of desolation. It builds character 🙂
Nick O'Gara
2024-03-15 05:25:15 +0000 UTCDefinitely not, jeke needs to own that. He had the power to change the way that played out. Before he could have targeted thoes in power or given advice to the student that would have set a different course.
Nick O'Gara
2024-03-15 05:21:08 +0000 UTCThis is the first time I’ve bothered to check the comments and Im pretty surprised about the negativity surrounding nevermore. If you are having problems with it don’t read for awhile and then binge it, that’s what I did for the whole arc and I can easily say nevermore has been my favorite part of the story so far! Things that may seem annoying when reading one chapter a day add so much to the story when read in a chunk. Edit: Besides when Jake helped genocide a planet, that was shitty and should be retconned
mapts
2024-03-15 04:18:56 +0000 UTCNah, one less. Can’t show up a God. Especially when he’s sitting right there!
Jeff McCulley
2024-03-15 03:18:22 +0000 UTCAh. Hello, Lord of Hunger?
Jeff McCulley
2024-03-15 03:16:23 +0000 UTCHe just gave us the other teams POV’s, so…nope.
Jeff McCulley
2024-03-15 03:15:53 +0000 UTCMy anxiety was reaching heights so lofty that I still haven’t come down lol
Kylar
2024-03-15 03:07:47 +0000 UTCGot me sweating bullets here. 50 years is probably long enough for the phoenix feather to be digested.
Anthony Smith
2024-03-15 02:51:18 +0000 UTCNever, she’s a REE for life kind of bird
Tom
2024-03-15 00:53:05 +0000 UTCAs Sylphie would gladly put it, REE!, that's all the reasoning* you'd need.
Matthew Madro
2024-03-15 00:34:21 +0000 UTCElite
Rahsheem Reid
2024-03-15 00:29:50 +0000 UTCwell its not a divine skill, and rated a mythical at C grade
Titaniumtac
2024-03-15 00:07:12 +0000 UTCExcept bird.
Hayden Leech
2024-03-14 23:23:30 +0000 UTC“Also! Big Bird said that growing up was “overrated” or something. The other kind of growing up, Sylphie came to learn, not the kind of growing up that made her wind windier. Sylphie agreed on that one; Sylphie didn’t need to change. She needed to be like the wind getting windier, and as Sylphie, get Sylphier.”
Hayden Leech
2024-03-14 23:22:43 +0000 UTCSYLPHIE MVP!!
Hayden Leech
2024-03-14 23:14:05 +0000 UTCTotes. That’s why the last sentence was “this isn’t that but in the future…”
Hayden Leech
2024-03-14 23:06:25 +0000 UTCThe clouds parted, and little green bird descended from the heavens. “REE!” was is declaration. The wind responded. That is how it is… and how it will always be…
Jonathon Corralejo Levotch
2024-03-14 22:52:51 +0000 UTCApologies for the phrase used. Nevermore is a huge part of the story. I still feel like it's the equivalent of what happened during a time skip, hence why I called it a side story. It doesn't progress the main story lines much, but I like the change. I like that it's over soon but the change has been good for me anyway.
Jaydan Man
2024-03-14 22:21:55 +0000 UTCMaybe Sylphie’s upgrade will also spur her to change her speech patterns to allow others to understand her. TFTC
Bobby B
2024-03-14 22:20:24 +0000 UTCSide break? Onwards to nevermore was chapter 652. We are currently on 880. That’s 228 chapters of nevermore. That’s 25.9% of all primal hunter chapters ever written. His last novel was 78 chapters long. I think we are gonna wind up with a nevermore trilogy. We are a bit past this being a side story. It’s THE story. It is what it is. I’m glad Sylphie got some cool progression.
Hayden Leech
2024-03-14 22:16:29 +0000 UTCActually that's a good point. We have seen pov from all party members other then Dina I think. I wonder if that was on purpose for a reason? Something to look for as the ark ends.
Kenneth Dennis
2024-03-14 22:07:47 +0000 UTCFound it! “[Relentless Hunt of the Avaricious Arcane Hunter (Legendary)] – The Avaricious Arcane Hunter is relentless in his pursuit of a stronger foe, and it only ends when he so desires. Once a target is found, the hunt shall only end in death. When hunting prey, you only grow in deadliness. Allows the Avaricious Arcane Hunter to accumulate momentum during a hunt by slowly finding an opportunity to strike. This momentum can then be turned into a tangible weapon. Successfully landing blows while not taking damage yourself hastens the accumulation of hunting momentum. Can consume all hunting momentum to significantly empower a single attack to deal devastating damage. Momentum can carry over if a new hunt begins shortly after another one ends. All skill effects increase as your foe’s level grows higher. The base speed at which hunting momentum is accumulated, as well as the maximum amount of momentum possible, is determined by Perception.”
Hayden Leech
2024-03-14 22:00:36 +0000 UTCKlown… yeah that’s false. Hunting momentum is a skill he got in book 8 from his… I wanna say level 160 of his class.
Hayden Leech
2024-03-14 21:57:20 +0000 UTCThis chapter is actually speeding along nicely. It’s a straight forward fight so plenty of action with all the final boss goodness. Sylphie for the win! She’s coming into her own as an elemental. Authority over the wind is pretty dope. She’s a good girl 😊
DirePants
2024-03-14 21:14:57 +0000 UTCNo C grade is where rarity downgrades start
Scout Mills
2024-03-14 20:20:11 +0000 UTCOh you know it won’t be, then we’ll get a week of side characters and maybe floor rewards
Tom
2024-03-14 20:10:06 +0000 UTCI like Seth Ring’s Dreamers Throne. The rest are OK. Not the level of enjoyment I get here though personally speaking. Zogarth’s chapters are very well constructed and I enjoy each chapter which is a rare thing. The writing draws in your interest and do not let you go even when it’s mundane or topic I’m not really interested in.
Zizawah
2024-03-14 20:01:40 +0000 UTCThere is clearly a large contingent of people who both love the story and dislike a certain aspect of it. Is allowing them to vent really that bad. Id also like to say your analogy would be more apt if the the people paying for the painting believed the artist using the same brush made the painting look worse.
aust117
2024-03-14 19:57:39 +0000 UTCI'm pretty sure that was only for c-grade. It was talked about in the last challenge dungeon. If I'm remembering right.
Justus Saucedo
2024-03-14 19:51:05 +0000 UTCOkay fire chapter, thank you sir 🫡
Burkes
2024-03-14 19:28:36 +0000 UTCLet’s go Sylphie!!
James Faulkner
2024-03-14 19:15:10 +0000 UTCI do wonder how Miranda is doing….
Tommy
2024-03-14 19:07:35 +0000 UTCyaaa na this is Sylphies time to truly show Why shes a unique lifeform
Skyler Brown
2024-03-14 18:59:24 +0000 UTCDunno. Since skills downgrade when you go up stages, there aren't necessarily that many more levels at all.
Arkenian
2024-03-14 18:41:17 +0000 UTCSooo... cliff hanger tomorrow and I give it a 50/50 if the fight is actually over by then...
MacMahon Wenzl
2024-03-14 18:40:05 +0000 UTCSilly wind didn't listen...
Kaibutsu
2024-03-14 18:34:10 +0000 UTCShe simply upgraded a skill, not transcendent. Prolly a bit ot Jake Juice at play there tho
Alex Cox
2024-03-14 18:28:53 +0000 UTCGood stuff. Glad to see Sylphie get her chance to shine.
Kyle
2024-03-14 18:25:58 +0000 UTCHis Momentum isn't a skill he can use, so much so, as it just activates when it thinks that he is about to die.
Klown Keidra
2024-03-14 18:21:33 +0000 UTCI don't think Dina can go to Earth. Noone outside of their verse can enter it as far as I know. All the slaves/Beastmen ect. all came from their verse, just transported over. Dina is from the Multiverse to begin with. Thought being a Dryad, it could do something with giving a seed to grow a helper or something that can house her like an avatar or something to help.
Klown Keidra
2024-03-14 18:18:55 +0000 UTCI personally am looking forward to it on audible. And to all those that feel sad about the speed. I look to those people and think. Man they love the story so much it cannot get to them fast enough. What love.
Ty Cooper
2024-03-14 18:17:50 +0000 UTCI take it you did grow up on DragonBall Z
Ty Cooper
2024-03-14 18:10:44 +0000 UTCRight! Man the chat would have exploded. Everyone loves the adorable murder bird.
Ty Cooper
2024-03-14 18:09:39 +0000 UTCMinaga popping out of an Ogre skin with a blow horn yelling "times up, your trip to Nevermore in C-grade is done!"
Ty Cooper
2024-03-14 18:06:59 +0000 UTCI had no idea that Sylphie getting a transcendence was something I very much need in my life. This isn’t that but in the future…… #windybird!
Hayden Leech
2024-03-14 18:05:25 +0000 UTCHoly shit that would be funny.
Hayden Leech
2024-03-14 18:03:47 +0000 UTCYeah that just means tomorrow will be a worse cliffhanger
Ira White
2024-03-14 17:27:04 +0000 UTCHa you are right..... but you know he could leave us on a cliff with sylphie and start the other POVs to make it hit the usual Friday cliffhanger
Ty Cooper
2024-03-14 17:15:23 +0000 UTCValid points everyone. Guess I was overthinking it too much
jazz
2024-03-14 17:07:27 +0000 UTCWhat you only have 3 or so more teams point of view like with the end of the labyrinth with Minaga.
Ty Cooper
2024-03-14 17:07:19 +0000 UTCNice thank you for the chapter
joel southard
2024-03-14 17:04:30 +0000 UTCLol tomorrow is going to be different teams POV leaving us hanging on a cliff with Sylphie's upgrade for the weekend.
Ty Cooper
2024-03-14 17:03:34 +0000 UTCI totally call minaga pranking them by pretending to be another phase of the fight
jackalsclaw
2024-03-14 17:02:57 +0000 UTCHow rude!
Brian Small
2024-03-14 17:02:30 +0000 UTCI think you're wrong with the numbers. Ofc, Zogarth has it outlined and planned. But so too would the gods of Nevermore. If you do any event enough, you could extrapolate from previous data to order the event how you want it time wise and resource management. Their are jobs that literally do event planning. Not trying to be antagonistic, just pointing out, yes Zogarth structured it that way. And there are no plot holes, the gods have planned their event out thru scale of difficulty and time management. I would completely agree with you, if the author said this was a first time event. There would be no prior data to have an event run smoothly. But it's been on-going for trillions of years, so the gods thru Zogarth want each team to go out with a bang.
Micah Molina
2024-03-14 17:00:14 +0000 UTCLoved the chapter! Always good to get some Sylphy focus. I don’t get why people are saying this floor is dragging. It’s the last floor and capstone to the biggest arc in the story so far and it’s only been 9 chapters. It would be kinda weak for the last floor to just be a show up and kill a guy in two chapters. As for folks being burnt out in nevermore I kind of get it it’s been about a quarter of the story now at some 200 and change chapters, but is also a fifty year stretch for the characters which makes it like a third of Jakes life if we count the 40 or so years he spent in time dilation learning shroud.
Nachotoad
2024-03-14 16:56:21 +0000 UTCTrue, not to mention the 7 seconds part of the fight took the entire chapter. So, occasionally minute would take 2 chapters, lol. Just kidding, but I do agree with you the length is completely valid.
Micah Molina
2024-03-14 16:51:34 +0000 UTCThis reply got me rolling 🤣
Jeremy M
2024-03-14 16:51:28 +0000 UTCThe fights over, lol, she only needs to pierce his body with her own then it's done. She's got wind authority now, like the kind of thing that even gods can't mess with
austin kutz
2024-03-14 16:51:21 +0000 UTCWell the SS, FK, and Dina are all done for. They are effectively out of the fight now.
Numbzy
2024-03-14 16:50:56 +0000 UTCAs it was foretold by the Harbinger of Primevil Origins.
Numbzy
2024-03-14 16:48:41 +0000 UTCBoss fight part 4
Ral
2024-03-14 16:45:32 +0000 UTCGo Slyphie! Eventually we’ll have to find out what comes after mythical rarity. Since there are still a few stages before godhood I’m imagining (Supreme and Eternal rarity) in that order
Ryan Ulrich
2024-03-14 16:42:19 +0000 UTCGiven that they knew how much time they had left and had a solid indication that there would be an event boss on this floor it doesn’t seem too convenient for me. They actively were trying to make it to this floor and it was established that they did less thorough clears on some of the floors before to make it to this one in time.
Nachotoad
2024-03-14 16:41:49 +0000 UTCI think it’s important to point out that the fight with Valdamar (who was the toughest opponent to date) took 6 chapters so this one will probably take as long if not longer when you factor in 5 party members (2 bloodlines and a transcendent) which all should get their own time to shine.
DasGoat622
2024-03-14 16:37:49 +0000 UTCYou do realize it would be planned right? The Wrymgod and Minaga have 90 eras with countless trillions of data. They could easily calculate based on past performances where both the average and top tier teams take time wise. Based on where the event bosses are, you could probably say, top tier teams do about 80 floors. And the next tier below gets to about 75. All the average teams probably stop at 70 where the Challenge Dungeons are, like Jacob. An example is floor 72, where the team had to hold down the fort for 15 months. So without a time skill, your locked in time wise.
Micah Molina
2024-03-14 16:30:46 +0000 UTCGreat chapter, always fun to have Sylphie pov. Did we have at any point a Dina pov? Cant remember ever reading her thoughts about the team or happenings.
donvitogonzalle
2024-03-14 16:29:52 +0000 UTCZogarth: “Flamethrower”? Seriously? A flamethrower is the mechanism that shoots the flame. At the very least, trim off the “er” suffix? Without thinking much, just off the cuff, even “flameflower” would be an improvement. Flameshot. Flamewave. I could keep going? Otherwise, excellent chapter! Thank you!
Jeff McCulley
2024-03-14 16:25:43 +0000 UTCAin't going to lie, you had me scared there for a moment. Sylphie moments are the best! Another fantastic moment indeed. Great chapter.
Micah Molina
2024-03-14 16:24:36 +0000 UTCAll Ell’Haken had to do was “persuade” the two twin ogres to behave themselves, in a way that meets the floor objectives, to complete the floor and move on. No combat necessary. Maybe he even “persuaded” them to kill each other without waiting. I’d give it a 50-50 shot he didn’t fight much at all. Of course, getting fewer points.
Jeff McCulley
2024-03-14 16:17:55 +0000 UTCTwin ogres are NOT capped at C grade. This one just didn’t have enough opportunity when he crashed here. I suspect this is merely one representative of what you’re missing. Oh well, no matter. Almost done here. Oh, and yes, the whole effing battle WAS a setup for beating down four remarkable members of an unusually strong party in a believable manner—JUST so Sylphie could have her moment, and gain a breakthrough she otherwise wouldn’t have. She’s growing up.
Jeff McCulley
2024-03-14 16:13:00 +0000 UTCand I thought last weekend was going to be long :( ...
Amazon Shopper
2024-03-14 16:10:18 +0000 UTCMike, the most accurate response 😂 I’m with you there
jazz
2024-03-14 16:06:49 +0000 UTCNah. The ogre is toast now. Not only did Sylphie get a power up…Jake’s gonna be royally pissed off now. Ogie’s about to get blown away. Probably literally.
Jeff McCulley
2024-03-14 16:05:50 +0000 UTCI dunno about that. Because we’re not going to see what the one five levels from now is like, or five after that. Perhaps there would be one perfect for Dinah to advance, or Fallen King. And I think we can be certain that they’d be even tougher.
Jeff McCulley
2024-03-14 16:03:29 +0000 UTCIt’s also not all that crazy considering it’s being written for entertainment. Zogarth isn’t going to have the massive Nevermore arc just end on a weak note and throw leaderboards at us
Mike Stewart
2024-03-14 16:02:37 +0000 UTCThat would make sense if there was any mention of them pushing to 80 for the final boss. There wasn’t. The way it’s portrayed in the story is that they just happened to end on 80. With everything going into nevermore that makes no sense. Speed on individual floors. Some groups will complete certain floors faster/slower than others, challenge dungeons, time left to complete the floor. The odds are crazy.
jazz
2024-03-14 16:02:02 +0000 UTCWell. There’s the “stakes”. The improvement that certain parties were looking for. Excellent!
Jeff McCulley
2024-03-14 16:00:04 +0000 UTCyoure a ray of sunshine
Gabriel Medeiros
2024-03-14 15:55:56 +0000 UTCStormild is at least as immature and it’s one of the oldest entities in the multiverse. Said that “growing up is overrated”
Hayden Leech
2024-03-14 15:45:47 +0000 UTCI will say that I do get considerably more excited when we see “Not Nevermore” instead. Though it’s been quite a while. I find that as this continues I am enjoying the sandy/Meira/primordials/Miranda and other “Not Nevermore” chapters quite a bit more. It’s just… 200 plus chapters on one dungeon? You gotta admit that’s a lot. Almost a quarter of all primal hunter content ever posted takes place in nevermore.
Hayden Leech
2024-03-14 15:36:20 +0000 UTCThe possibility for an upgraded boss seems to be every five levels on these floors. There was one on 75, now one on 80. If they made it to 85 as their final floor, there'd likely be one there too. It's not some grand conspiracy. They just pushed to end their run on a floor where they could snag a big boss to pad their final points total.
Drew
2024-03-14 15:29:40 +0000 UTCwe have another week to go over the leader board probably. not that I'm complaining I love this arc and the fight so far
Robert Vick
2024-03-14 15:28:34 +0000 UTCAnd saying there’s no luck by ending up on a 5 is crazy. Especially considering the factors
jazz
2024-03-14 15:22:34 +0000 UTCNate I get you I really do. I’m a numbers guy. The odds their final floor has a mini boss is crazy. All I’m sayin
jazz
2024-03-14 15:21:14 +0000 UTCA mythical skill though is awesome 👍
JJB4345_80_815
2024-03-14 15:19:49 +0000 UTCThere’s a special boss every 5 floors. No luck involved that’s just one of the patterns of nevermore.
Nate Fowler
2024-03-14 15:18:07 +0000 UTCChallenging an embodiment of the win with wind....is a choice 😬
Gavin
2024-03-14 15:05:23 +0000 UTCThat sounds reasonable in the context. My thing is, think about all the factors. What are the odds they end up on this floor
jazz
2024-03-14 15:03:44 +0000 UTCNot necessarily, there are mid bosses on floors 5 mod 10 and full bosses on every tenth floor. They knew they didn't have time to make it much beyond floor 80 even if they rushed (though there'd be another power-up-able boss on 85) so they took the extra time to fully power it up, and they are still finishing with a couple months to spare. I don't think it's terribly convenient, more loosely planned. While they didn't know what the boss would be, they knew there would be *something* hard to fight at floor 80 if they had enough time when they got to the floor
Sean Wilner
2024-03-14 14:59:33 +0000 UTCShe is one with the wind, so for it to not listen is against her very nature. Imagine you are just doing your thing and your hand just tells you no. I'd be pissed too.
Christian Sullivan
2024-03-14 14:57:10 +0000 UTCJake was convinced El would do an extra floor.
Rui Lourenço
2024-03-14 14:55:12 +0000 UTCBefore that final sentence, I really thought that Sylphie was making a transcendence. Man I was praying for it.
Numbzy
2024-03-14 14:47:12 +0000 UTCGreat chapter. Fuck the haters. Go Sylphie, best bird 💪❤️
Tommy
2024-03-14 14:42:29 +0000 UTCHell yeah! So cute and yet so awesome!
Tommy
2024-03-14 14:40:33 +0000 UTCThat's fair. It's still weird that her character is still so immature, when she's probably lived 5 times or so longer than her parents by now.
TSMS
2024-03-14 14:37:26 +0000 UTCFor a brief moment I thought Sylphie awakened a spin off of Jake’s bloodline, then I thought she became tracendent. Neither of which made much sense.
JJMand
2024-03-14 14:37:16 +0000 UTCTyftc!!
Captain the Red Beard
2024-03-14 14:36:07 +0000 UTCYet, the cliffhanger hasn't happened yet.
Captain the Red Beard
2024-03-14 14:35:17 +0000 UTCI do think nevermore should have a finale like this but the odds are actually crazy
jazz
2024-03-14 14:34:03 +0000 UTCIs it just me or is the final boss on their final floor a bit too convenient. Like what are the actual odds they end up on this floor instead of one prior or one after. With all the random factors in nevermore
jazz
2024-03-14 14:32:52 +0000 UTCI doubt anyone is going past the next city floor. With the amount of damage that Jake and Co have received, they have a ton of healing to do and very little time to do it. So the time will presumably run out for them. EH is probably in a very similar situation if he also did the optional boss and managed to keep everyone alive. Or he took a worse option by not doing the optional boss and the next floor is still very difficult. Either way I doubt anyone is going to the next floor.
Numbzy
2024-03-14 14:16:31 +0000 UTCLike I said, I like the novel. I gave constructive criticism based on my opinion. Maybe you guys dont agree, but i did not do anything wrong, if he can take a compliment he should be able to take this too. He doesnt even have to agree or do anything about it.
Florian
2024-03-14 14:13:59 +0000 UTCGo Slyphie
Christopher Holland
2024-03-14 14:13:56 +0000 UTCAt least this time the cliffhanger didn’t happen on a Friday
Icewolf
2024-03-14 14:12:31 +0000 UTCYeah I’m definitely hoping she joins him on Earth too. I wish her personality was showcased a bit more, but I suppose she’s a side character
Vega
2024-03-14 14:10:44 +0000 UTCThe epic boss fight is standard, we have had tons of them over nevermore and this one is hardly that special, and if not for the significance of the Sylphie skill upgrade this entire floor would have done nothing special, and since there was no way the team was gonna get wiped at this juncture even considering that as a means of providing impact is an attempt to fool yourself. Sylphie is single-handedly the only reason this entire floor has anything that matters in a relevant way and the previous chapters showed nothing to imply she was gonna get a moment so the skepticism at the pointless length of the floor was valid, the author tied this in masterfully but without this happening the floor would have held absolutely 0 significance. Twin-Ogre race explanation is pointless since after this their relevance in the story will be nil since they are capped to C-tier. The hopes and dreams of said Twin-Ogre also mean nothing since he fundamentally cannot have an impact on the world outside nevermore without some Jake-level shenanigans. The fight while desperate had zero actual suspense since it is impossible for the author to write in the death of any of the squad members of Jake's team without it being badly placed therefore they were gonna survive and beat the thing regardless. As far as I can analyze anyone who hasn't read this floor up to this chapter has a valid reason to feel annoyed. Also, despite my arguing for the people who think Nevermore is dragging I honestly enjoyed 95% of the content so this isn't coming from a place of hate or malice it's an explanation for you to understand the other side of the spectrum, just playing devil's advocate. Nevermore was a very enjoyable experience for me with some of the high points in it being my favorite of the entire series despite its length, but make no mistake it definitely could have been shorter without compromising quality.
Daniel is ŁØNE
2024-03-14 14:09:57 +0000 UTC🤣
Vega
2024-03-14 14:07:54 +0000 UTCStfu bitch, zog does zog and if you arent here for the entire journey you should just quit reading.
Robert Gallup
2024-03-14 14:06:30 +0000 UTCThis is Slyphie's world and we're just livin in it.
Myridex
2024-03-14 14:05:44 +0000 UTCWhat a hype fight and Sylphie moment! Super hyped to see the rewards for everyone's badassery. I imagine all of next week's chapters will be the long anticipated culmination of Nevermore, where we get to both celebrate the awesome achievements, see various groups end of Nevermore reflections, AND get some long awaited schadenfreude at Ell'Haken's expense. It's like waiting for Christmas as a kid.
Hodge Wasson
2024-03-14 14:02:58 +0000 UTCIt's great to see sylphie points of view. Hopefully she gets the killing blow on dude for some sweet sweet revenge for elementals. Then some random beefy title for being the first elemental to get revenge against the ogre. As always, thanks for the chapter, you put out the most chapters besides Seth Ring, but he's working on two or three books compared to your one. Keep up the awesome job!
Lonnie Sizemore
2024-03-14 13:57:29 +0000 UTCAnswer fir #2. If I REEmember correctly momentum resets if her gets hit. And from the fight descriptions he was getting hit just not taking notable debilitating damage. So it was not as effective I think.
Kenneth Dennis
2024-03-14 13:56:44 +0000 UTCWhile I've never really disliked Nevermore, this floor was dragging and as much as I enjoyed this chapter I can't pretend that this entire encounter couldn't have been shortened without losing much of the substance. We have already finished the meat of Nevermore and this final floor had little suspense, impact, or relevance to the overall story and was being dragged on despite that fact (the entire thing took about nearly 10 chapters to gain relevance). We as readers had no reason to particularly care about this fight for any reason other than it being the final battle of nevermore and if we discard this chapter none of the "build-up" gave us much of a reason to care since there was no way in hell any of the characters were gonna die at this particular juncture so even the suspense from them being in a "life or death" situation felt artificial. While I'll admit that this chapter gave this floor some actual purpose, the truth is that the people who were feeling tired had good reason for that, as far as they knew there was no particular reason for the lengthening of the floor to be relevant and nothing about this floor was particularly special other than it being an event floor many of which have been skipped, and that still technically holds true since Sylphie was the only reason this floor gained any measure of relevance. Also, your analogy falls flat because few people in the world are patient enough to watch someone work on a mural when they can do other things with their time, the number of people who are willing to PAY for that type of thing are few and far in between and truthfully the vast majority of the people who give a damn about the Mural in-question care more about the finished product and maybe the name of the person who made it than they care about having seen it's conception since those are what holds value and in this case, before this chapter, the finished product was looking like it didn't have a purpose hence why annoyance for this floor, in particular, was fairly reasonable. Do not discount the opinions of those who weren't a fan of Nevermore since their opinion is just as valid as yours, as someone who enjoyed about 95% of the entire arc I must admit that it could have been less longwinded without compromising overall quality and unfortunately, not everyone is patient enough to sit through a bunch of chapters they aren't a fan of.
Daniel is ŁØNE
2024-03-14 13:54:58 +0000 UTCShe'll be fine, I'm sure, just flexing her origin power now.
Lonnie Sizemore
2024-03-14 13:48:50 +0000 UTCOh, I really hope Sylphie gets the kill!
StuBee3
2024-03-14 13:46:03 +0000 UTCGo sylphie!!! Tell the wind who’s boss!
Devin
2024-03-14 13:40:17 +0000 UTCAnd so the angry birbs app was created.
Alexander Doran
2024-03-14 13:39:42 +0000 UTCSo we have an epic boss fight, some almost team wipe, an epic Sylphie moment, and some character progression as best bird stop playing with the wind and start carrying her weight around. And people bitch in the comment as it is « another Nevermore chapter. » « Feel like it’s just draging on … » Do you even read the chapters at this point ? Or stop reading at « Nevermore chap… » ?
Bobtur
2024-03-14 13:36:06 +0000 UTC1. Really glad we are getting ready to see Sylphie shine 2. Why wasn’t Jake using his Momentum skill during this fight? 3. Is enjoyed never more as a whole but glad it is nearing the end, really enjoyed Minaga especially his defense of Casper.
Steven Wood
2024-03-14 13:35:40 +0000 UTCI doubt her maturity level will change until B grade, when her race grade catches up with her existence. Like dragons, something like sylphie should have been born at a high grade. She’s still listed as a juvenile sylphian hawk.
Jordan Jones
2024-03-14 13:32:13 +0000 UTCOh man I loved that anime you've just given me solid punch to the nostalgia
An Open Book
2024-03-14 13:31:48 +0000 UTC“We should retreat for now. Fighting directly is too risky,” the Sword Saint quickly said as he received some emergency healing from DIna. Dlna->Dina
Allan
2024-03-14 13:29:11 +0000 UTCFinally, so there was a point to this entire fight after all, If this somehow ended with someone not learning or evolving in some way I would have been annoyed since the entire engagement would have been fundamentally pointless. Now that this chapter has given this floor some actual relevance I'm significantly less annoyed about how artificially extended this was feeling.
Daniel is ŁØNE
2024-03-14 13:28:53 +0000 UTCOn your topic of Dina, her grandfather's goal of her being here was growth and interaction outside her small circle for personal growth. It makes me wonder if she will travel to earth with jape to participate in the prima fight. I'd hate to see her character just leave after nevermore.
Kenneth Dennis
2024-03-14 13:28:51 +0000 UTCSo, one thing that this is driving home to my ole weary noggin, is this Twinhead Ogre REALLY wants to kill a team member. Well, what happens if he succeeded against Ell'hakan's group? I can see his team getting stuck on the following city floor. You wouldn't want to progress in a dangerous floor short a team member, and for being so far ahead would actually be a detriment since you would have to wait for other teams to catch up. They wouldn't be able to pick up a new team member on lower floors since that team member hadn't passed through the intermediate floors, right? Now, I can see Ell'hakan's group not trying to achieve all of the bonuses in a floor and just trying to rush through floors as quickly as possible to get further ahead... But I would find it hilarious if Ell'hakan was stuck on the subsequent city floor for months or years because he stupidly didn't risk his buttocks to protect a hired mercenary on his team from death... 🤣 I haven't been reading many of the comments for the past week or so because of all of the negative Nancy's, so I apologize if someone else has brought this idea up before me...
JJB4345_80_815
2024-03-14 13:24:24 +0000 UTCNah, I don’t really care about Jake as he has plot armor. But just how could one harm the cute sylphie.
Allan
2024-03-14 13:23:48 +0000 UTCLoved the chapter and this battle is awesome can't wait to see what happens next
Ben Heystek
2024-03-14 13:22:09 +0000 UTCI’m having a lot of conflicting thoughts as to whether to be happy sylphie got stronger or mad that she got hurt.
Allan
2024-03-14 13:18:57 +0000 UTCMan the build up in this fight is awesome. And I REEally loved the Pont of view from her. A moment to REEmember for her. Time for the REEconning of the windy one! Sorry that REE! Got me today lol.
Kenneth Dennis
2024-03-14 13:16:30 +0000 UTCStop reading the book 1 chapter at a time. It only seems this way because of that. Let it get 10-15 chapters ahead, read it and then wait again. I’ve had to learn this myself. Take a step back. Be thankful you have a great book series to read and stop complaining. The only thing complaining will accomplish is make Zog take a vacation to spite the complainers or just end the series badly making everyone upset. Please chill
Cory Sauls
2024-03-14 13:15:58 +0000 UTCImagine watching a painter working on a mural, and sitting there the entire time saying “can’t you use that brush now? You’ve been using the same brush for like an hour.” Doesn’t that sound like an insane thing to do? That’s exactly what you losers sound like with your “can nevermore be over now?” Bullsh. Like dear god, I would truly rather see 12 people fighting for “first” comment than see the same people btchng about the same thing every week. Just ignore the story for a couple weeks and come back. Or read it and shut the hell up. Does nothing to promote discourse or provide any positive potential.
john henderson
2024-03-14 13:15:56 +0000 UTCYeah this boss fight could’ve been one longish chapter but here we are
ByLordMatsLuck
2024-03-14 13:14:44 +0000 UTCHm, good point, but I think I'm right. Heres my resoning: Ree, reee ree. (REE) 1.) Ree, ree. 2.) Ree: 1/2 ree, 1/2 reee. 3.) R + e + e.
Matthew Avery
2024-03-14 13:14:06 +0000 UTCThis was a great chapter. I have no complaints about fight length or nevermore in general. While I do like the story progression, with the gods and EH more, this is a fun side break. Rather than having a time skip with a huge strength gain, we see it. Which I like
Jaydan Man
2024-03-14 13:13:44 +0000 UTC🥺 Zog if you kill Sylphie I am 100% cancelling my Patreon payments and leaving negative reviews and spoilers on all platforms
Invictus Red
2024-03-14 13:12:59 +0000 UTCEdge of the seat over our little green hawk. Love that she decided to stop asking, and scolded the wind. The wind of all things. Ha! Get em Sylphie!
Chloe
2024-03-14 13:10:24 +0000 UTCHonestly I got pretty busy this week and I wasn’t able to read anything until Wednesday, so for me the fight didn’t drag on at all. It just read like a climactic fight should. It showed the growth in power of each of the characters, it humbled the overpowered main character, it had a diverse video game boss feel to it. Like I absolutely 100% would be throwing my controller at this shit throwing an adult tantrum. And that’s the vibe of the entire genre, and especially TPH. Though when you finally beat those fights it’s so much more rewarding than the ones you can just cheese and practically skip through. I’d agree it was an issue if this was every fight, but there have been like 3-4 fights total in the series that have lasted more than 2 chapters. And each one is significantly better than the last. I mean, the Minaga fight was probably more fun, but that’s just a character difference. The actual fights have improved each time imo. This feels so much more involved than the sword saint fight for example.
john henderson
2024-03-14 13:10:06 +0000 UTCGreat chapter. For a second there, I was thinking Sylphie was about to get a transcendent skill — all that talk of making the world be the way it was supposed to.
Clint
2024-03-14 13:09:39 +0000 UTCDude this is literally the last fight in nevermore dungeons. Relax and enjoy the ending with the rest of us.
Kenneth Dennis
2024-03-14 13:09:11 +0000 UTCYEEAAAAHHHH SYLPHIE! LES GO!!! tftc!!
Decibel790
2024-03-14 13:08:07 +0000 UTCYes, thank you for the chappy, Zogarth!
JJB4345_80_815
2024-03-14 13:05:45 +0000 UTCEh. Its their last fight. It should push them at least as hard as Minaga. Makes moments of growth like this feel earned.
Rick Baker
2024-03-14 13:04:28 +0000 UTCBest bird in the multiverse. Stupid wind acting like it doesn't understand the language of Ree, actually rude. Go Sylphie, show them who's the real airbender!
SmokeJam
2024-03-14 13:03:23 +0000 UTCIt’s quite possible Jake does as well.
john henderson
2024-03-14 13:01:54 +0000 UTCLove Sylphie glad we got to see some growth from her.
mitchell kaiser
2024-03-14 13:01:46 +0000 UTCHaha! Go Sylphie!
2024-03-14 13:01:28 +0000 UTCTFTC
Good guy Paul
2024-03-14 13:00:04 +0000 UTCI find it funny, because I bet if you just took Nevermore out of the titlle, and just made it a series of little adventures as a team, noone would bitch. Nevermore has been varied enough that it only feels like a single arc because it is called a single arc.
Klown Keidra
2024-03-14 12:58:39 +0000 UTCMy thoughts exactly
Gavin Smith
2024-03-14 12:57:47 +0000 UTCI agree, I think this would have been the perfect time for Sylphie to actually speak, and then go back to Rees as if it never happened
Klown Keidra
2024-03-14 12:57:12 +0000 UTCLove to see a Sylphie POV, always hilarious. In this case, it was also pretty badass. Can’t wait to see how she exploits the skill upgrade. Over the course of this Nevermore Arc, I’ve come to respect Dina’s abilities and apparent growth, but I can’t say I have a good sense of her character. I doubt she’d ever betray the team, but besides that I don’t understand what her personal goals might be. Side note: glad to see there’s only, like, two or three episodes left in the boss fight. Probably.
Omar Jimenez
2024-03-14 12:55:44 +0000 UTCGo Slyphie!!!!
Sam Rosenberg
2024-03-14 12:53:06 +0000 UTCLooove that! No more Slyphie nice gal. If asking won't work she will tell the wind what to do. Lol.
Jul Silver
2024-03-14 12:50:56 +0000 UTCMatthew to Matthew, it'd make more sense if it was "REE!", not "REE!"
Matthew Madro
2024-03-14 12:50:38 +0000 UTCThis fight is the culmination of the whole arc and we get to experience all the progress and power our team has achieved so it has to be a long one
Kris Piskorski
2024-03-14 12:47:45 +0000 UTCTftc
Cameron Yourell
2024-03-14 12:47:22 +0000 UTC🤣🤣🤣
Chioke Nelson
2024-03-14 12:44:14 +0000 UTCthis is dragging
Gabriel Medeiros
2024-03-14 12:43:50 +0000 UTCHehehe Fuck
Chioke Nelson
2024-03-14 12:43:48 +0000 UTCI think it would’ve been a nice touch if instead of REE! Sylphie would’ve screamed the wind is mine.
Gavin Smith
2024-03-14 12:41:37 +0000 UTCIT FUCKEN WIMDY
Godzilla511
2024-03-14 12:38:38 +0000 UTCAnd I'm only close to doing a mass ban of one of these types :)
Zogarth
2024-03-14 12:37:42 +0000 UTCTwo types of readers today. Team Sylphie loving the fight, and Team Never more nevermore. Thanks for the chapter! About time she got to shine
lockx
2024-03-14 12:36:40 +0000 UTCGo Sylphie!
Athyrium
2024-03-14 12:34:42 +0000 UTCEpic
Akashiro_Krax
2024-03-14 12:31:25 +0000 UTCSylphie is like 52 years old.
TSMS
2024-03-14 12:31:24 +0000 UTCThanks for the chapter
Dawn cat
2024-03-14 12:31:03 +0000 UTCNo more ms nice bird.
Brisyngr
2024-03-14 12:29:31 +0000 UTCReminds me an anime I watched at one point Kaze No Stigma
Arrogant Savant
2024-03-14 12:29:12 +0000 UTCActualy getting to see a skill upgrade for sylphie is actually a nice touch for once. I honestly was at the edge of my seat on this one and was thinking Jake would harm himself a lot if he entered that primal state again
Michael
2024-03-14 12:25:20 +0000 UTCIn this moment I realized a fundamental truth, I care more about slyphy than Jake
John Kinkead
2024-03-14 12:25:15 +0000 UTCSkiiiiiiim
Den
2024-03-14 12:24:50 +0000 UTCGreat chapter. Honestly had me wide eyed and very concerned. Thank you for the chapter
Cory Sauls
2024-03-14 12:24:28 +0000 UTCREEEEE
Abdulaziz ALRumaih
2024-03-14 12:23:44 +0000 UTCEdit suggestion: "REE!" -> "REE!"
Matthew Avery
2024-03-14 12:23:33 +0000 UTCDon’t mess with Slyphy!
John Kinkead
2024-03-14 12:22:53 +0000 UTCSlyphie is awesome like that.
Andy Swearingen
2024-03-14 12:20:59 +0000 UTCLet's go Sylphie!
Sebastian Prue
2024-03-14 12:20:27 +0000 UTCAh, I love me a sylphie saves the day ending.
jackalsclaw
2024-03-14 12:20:24 +0000 UTCTftc
Matthias
2024-03-14 12:19:43 +0000 UTCI really like the novel, but there is one big negative. Sometimes the fights are so long over so many chapters that it just gets boring to get to another chapter just to still not get anywhere with the fight. Even if i would read it all without having to wait for the new chapter it would still be too long. It just feels like its made needlessly long. The first few Stages of this fight for example could be simplified and shortened (not less happening, just less in detail explaination about why everyone does what they do, how they got the skill they used and what the were thinking the past few minutes). The story is good, most fights are great, just these very long ones feel like i am watching a filler episode in anime. Anyway, I like Primal Hunter, maybe i just sound like an ass but I wanted to say it anyway.
Florian
2024-03-14 12:19:07 +0000 UTCGetting a little dragged out now
Nick Nicholson
2024-03-14 12:16:15 +0000 UTCREE!!
Valhazstromoz
2024-03-14 12:16:15 +0000 UTCAlmost had me in tears for a second there, but LFG Sylphie!
2024-03-14 12:15:57 +0000 UTCCan we please be done with Nevermore
Jason Bradford
2024-03-14 12:14:52 +0000 UTCEpic chapter. Loving this fight!
Mike T
2024-03-14 12:14:49 +0000 UTCCan’t wait for the next chapter
My Give
2024-03-14 12:12:53 +0000 UTCTftc! And phew, we can’t lose Sylphie!
Pip Mitchell
2024-03-14 12:12:00 +0000 UTCThanks for the chapter. Got a bit concerned about best bird there for a second
J Davis
2024-03-14 12:11:40 +0000 UTCThat’s a windy bird.
Hayden Leech
2024-03-14 12:09:31 +0000 UTCSylphie FTW! :-)
Luboš Hemala
2024-03-14 12:09:26 +0000 UTCSylphie out here!
HailingMist
2024-03-14 12:07:57 +0000 UTCThanks for the chapter
BlackRazaras
2024-03-14 12:03:24 +0000 UTCFirst
Jade356i
2024-03-14 12:03:07 +0000 UTC
