Zogarth

Chapter 1238 - Dragon Hunter (7)

Yrelstromoz’s mind had been focused ever since she had realized the legitimate threat to her life. She had allowed her instincts and training to take over, believing in her innate power as a True Dragon. Old abilities, tactics, and skills she hadn’t used for decades had resurfaced in her mind, including some of the sure-fire strategies that should have allowed her to easily slay even powerful B-grades her own level.

However… nothing worked. No matter what she did, the human refuse...

Chapter 1237 - Dragon Hunter (6)

Dragons were known for a lot of things, but if one had to be named over any other, it was their unique signature attack. An attack that, rather famously, even possessed innate concepts, making it even more powerful. It was even one that all dragons had, which had no doubt helped make it something any who faced a dragon had to be prepared for.

It was naturally Dragon’s Breath. A simple-looking ability that had ended the lives of more would-be geniuses than perhaps any other skill in th...

Chapter 1236 - Dragon Hunter (5)

As Jake stood under the oppressive aura of the True Dragon’s mana, he could only admit that their moniker as the strongest magical race was truly well-earned. The absolute display of might as all the orbs honed in on him made Jake’s danger sense explode, making him instantly realize that now was the time to be defensive.

All at once, the orbs of light released beams that carried the same concept as those prior, meaning that individually they were almost harmless – at least they co...

Chapter 1235 - Dragon Hunter (4)

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If Jake had faced Yrelstromoz...

Chapter 1234 - Dragon Hunter (3)

Jake wouldn’t say he was that experienced in dealing with healers. Usually, when he did encounter one, they were part of larger parties and significantly weaker than him as an individual. This allowed Jake to focus and kill the healer rather quickly before dealing with the rest of the party.

Thinking back, the only time Jake had ever “fought” a healer in a one-versus-one scenario was when he faced off against Eron in the Treasure Hunt. Seeing as Eron was a living cheat wh...

Chapter 1233 - Dragon Hunter (2)

Jake had approached the fight with an abundance of caution, far more so than usual. True Dragons held high esteem in his mind, and he wanted to show one the proper respect he believed they deserved.

His senses also let him know that Yrelstromoz was no doubt an incredibly powerful creature. All of that resulted in Jake not being too offensive and holding himself back despite being able to take things up a notch easily. With his boosting skill running on full power right from the beginnin...

Chapter 1232 - Dragon Hunter (1)

Jake watched as the ritual hummed to life, and as it did, the unmistakable aura of a True Dragon rushed through the cave and out of its mouth as it flooded the mountainous terrain, scaring away the few elementals and whatnot living in the area.

It was a simple ritual that did little more than amplify the aura of whatever was inside it. Jake had only made some minor modifications before placing the Dragon’s Heart in the center alongside several Cores to power the ritual in Jake’s abs...

Chapter 1231 - Stalking One's Prey

Jake watched from the other side of the large city as the True Dragon stayed at the table for a few moments before deciding to leave. He wondered if she planned on looking for him, but she just went to her room in the resort. Despite her frown, she seemed entirely unaffected by their interaction.

One could say that approaching her directly like this had been a risky strategy, but Jake was fairly confident in at least escaping if it came to that. Luckily, all he’d needed was a few uses...

Chapter 1230 - A Lucky Man

<AUTHOR NOTE>

Oh, look, it’s book release day again!

Book 14 is out now on Kindle, so if you wish to relive the confrontation between gods and their Chosen, now is a great time! Or if you just want to support the release. I’m fine either way.

Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH198HF7

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Chapter 1229 - Hunting Profile: True Dragon

“Oh, I have, and let me tell you, she’s quite something,” Villy said, seeming almost too excited as he prepared himself to tell Jake all about the dragon he’d found for his Chosen to hunt. This thought was only further amplified as the snake god cleared his throat and stood up while looking at Jake with a serious gaze.

“Are you ready?”

“Yes?” Jake exclaimed, very confused.

“Then let the briefing begin,” the Viper grinned as he teleported back beh...

Chapter 1228 - Rushed By The Accomplishments of Others

“I remember telling you before that the first era didn’t have Tutorials or anything like that,” Villy began as he leaned back. “But I don’t think I’ve ever gone into detail as to how the integration actually worked, have I?”

“Gonna go out on a limb and say it wasn’t that much different from the one the monsters on Earth had,” Jake guessed.

The snake god looked at Jake before laughing while shaking his head. “Oh, man, yeah, I guess fundamentally they were the ...

Chapter 1227 - A Fundamental Evolutionary Difference

Jake let out a loud yawn as he finally awoke. Still feeling a little groggy, he sat up in the bed and stretched, the movement not really doing anything as he wasn’t actually sore or anything like that. He just liked how it felt.

Through his sphere, he saw that the house was empty, which disappointed him a little. He’d kind of hoped to wake up to a sleeping Artemis lying beside him, but in her defense, she definitely had better things to do with her avatars than pretend to sleep besi...

Chapter 1226 - The Curiosity of a Primordial

Jake finally exited his Soulspace and opened his eyes to the two gods. Both of them were looking at him as if they were trying to evaluate his state of mind or to see if he’d taken any soul damage, making Jake smile slightly.

“What a welcome party for someone who didn’t even go anywhere,” Jake said jokingly.

As he spoke, he visibly saw the relief wash over Artemis’ face while Villy just flashed a grin of his own.

“I would argue you went on quite a spiritual journ...

Chapter 1225 - Sacred Meditation

The Malefic Viper did have to agree that waiting for Jake to fully wake up wasn’t the most satisfying experience. Usually, he could at least get a sense of how Jake was doing, but in his current state, not even a Primordial could get a peek. Jake’s soul had gone somewhere only the system had authority, after all.

All he could thus do was wait impatiently to see if Jake would open his eyes. From the looks of it, Jake hadn’t experienced any soul damage that was too bad, and while he...

Chapter 1224 - Distraction, Consolidation & Enlightenment

Jake needed a moment to process that statement. The strongest faction in the multiverse back then, yet its representative was from a race Jake didn’t even recognize. What confused Jake even more was the good chance that this person was enlightened, and Villy had a track record back then of not really liking the enlightened, yet here he was working with one.

“As long as you abide by your promises and our partnership remains mutually beneficial, there is no reason to terminate it,” ...

Chapter 1223 - An Act of Grand Consumption

From deep within the Malefic Viper, Jake felt the internal stomach of Palate stir. Instantly, he knew that the Malefic Viper’s capacity far surpassed Jake’s own, which naturally wasn’t a mistake, seeing as one was comparing an A and a C-grade, but the difference still struck Jake as stark.

With time slowed, Jake felt the Malefic Viper open up the channel connecting the stomach and the real world, something that instantly struck Jake as odd, but he quickly guessed that the Viper pl...

Chapter 1222 - A Plan Within A Plan

The reaction of the A-grades present in the auction halls was swift as they all exploded with power and rushed the stage. Two massive explosions of poison gas from the father and daughter pair obscured the stage, and when a mid-tier A-grade blew away the poison cloud with a powerful skill, it was revealed that the Eye of the Magus was gone.

These two explosions had caught many of those in the first few rows in the blast, sending them flying back into walls, with several of the weaker on...

Chapter 1221 - An Explosive Auction

Jake watched as the Malefic Viper kept observing the auction house from afar while slowly sipping on his drink. He was seemingly waiting for something... or perhaps someone.

As he was sitting there, a female beastkin approached him with a smile on her face. “Sorry I was late; you know how my old man can be.”

“Hey, it’s your work and a priority in your life, who would I be to judge something like that?” the Viper answered in a kind tone as he stood up to greet her.

...

Chapter 1220 - A Gambit For Recovery

It had been well over a month since the beginning. The Viper’s avatar and Artemis found themselves observing the meditating Jake once more, having both spent a lot of time there recently, especially in the last few days. Throughout this time, Artemis had grown increasingly nervous, and while Vilas maintained his calm demeanor, he admitted to also beginning to feel a tinge of worry.

He’d felt the emergency repairs he’d done to Jake’s soul become unwound, which in itself was alarm...

Chapter 1219 - Gate

Jake looked at the First Sage for several moments, wondering if he was even seeing right. His still-muddled mind told him that this was indeed the visage of the First Sage, yet it also felt slightly off.

The old man didn’t have any aura but seemed to be nothing more than a loose collection of energy and Records. This wasn’t like the vision he’d seen through Path of the Heretic-Chosen but something entirely different.

As Jake was thinking, he suddenly felt another rush of exh...

Chapter 1218 - A March Through Nothingness

“That’s just weird, not necessarily suspicious,” Vilas shrugged. “Then again, it could be so weird that it’s purposefully done to throw us off her scent.”

Eversmile looked less than amused at the Viper having some fun with the most recent reports of the thousand students who attended Jake’s lesson. One of the women who’d attended had let the attention get to her head due to the many suitors she suddenly gained afterwards, and she’d decided to make up weird competitions...

Chapter 1217 - Depths of the Unknown

Following the one thousand people who had participated in Jake’s lesson within his Order proved more interesting than Vilas had first expected. Initially, he had only looked for any suspicious activity, but it had inadvertently turned into a study of the effects of Jake-exposure.

It was entirely expected that even if there was something suspicious among the students, they wouldn’t have done anything overt quite yet. Even if they didn’t know they were being tracked, there had still...

Chapter 1216 - The Bane of True Dragons

Jake truly had no way of telling what would come first. On the one hand, he saw daily improvements to his poison crafting, while on the other, he felt as if he was on the precipice of finally having that all-defining realization that would allow him to upgrade his Meditate skill.

One was a slow and steady process of incremental improvements, while the other was a sudden enlightenment, making it truly unpredictable. Undoubtedly, the Meditate skill would be the most impactful of the two, ...

Chapter 1215 - Light

<AUTHOR NOTE>

Oh, look, it’s book release day again!

Book 14 is out now on Kindle, so if you wish to relive the confrontation between gods and their Chosen, now is a great time! Or if you just want to support the release. I’m fine either way.

Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FH198HF7

As always, any support is highly appreciated, so go give it a down...

Chapter 1214 - Wine Bottle of Beer

The Viper was silent for several moments as he considered Jake’s question before he spoke.

“Again, that’s a complicated question,” the Viper said, less jokingly this time around. “I would say, considering everything, you did very well. It was your first time teaching a class like that, and you got through it pretty decently, and the students left the auditorium having been bettered from the experience. Shit, based on how a few of them even leveled up, they even got literal exp...

Chapter 1213 - Evaluating Feedback

Jake woke up a few hours later, having gotten in a good nap to recharge his mind. He still felt oddly tired, but he reckoned things would return to normal sooner rather than later. One thing was for sure: teaching that lesson had taken far more out of Jake than he had expected, and he definitely found life-and-death battles far less stressful.

But, Jake also had to admit that he felt proud of himself for having gone through with it. He even felt that it had gone better than expected, th...

Chapter 1212 - Mental Fortitude Training

Mental fortitude wasn’t a stat in the system, even if it was most certainly empowered by Willpower. Yet it remained extremely important and was a trait many factions sought to train their young talents in, as it was so important for reaching the peak.

The way one usually trained mental fortitude was to experience highly distressing situations and gradually becoming more accustomed to them. Other times, it was merely to continue doing the same task over and over again, soldiering throu...

Chapter 1211 - A Chosen's Lesson

Jake watched the already filled-to-the-brim auditorium, his back feeling particularly sweaty at the sight. He saw the excitement of the attendees as they chatted among themselves, all of them full of smiles as they socialized.

He was genuinely surprised at the diversity of races and factions who would be attending, even though he had been told by the Viper that most factions would be interested in having one of their young D-grade prospects attend.

From his understanding, it would...

Chapter 1210 - The Calm Before the Lesson

“So you’ve decided to keep him in the dark?” the Primordial asked as he looked at the Viper with a smile.

“Hey, while I have some confidence in Jake’s acting skills, I’m far more confident he’ll prove himself a better actor when he doesn’t know,” Vilastromoz shrugged. “What I said wasn’t untrue either. This will be healthy for him.”

“I’m not talking only about that,” the smiling god said, tilting his head slightly.

“Oh, I know,” the Viper ig...

Chapter 1209 - "Healthy For You."

Jake glared at the man sitting opposite him, his gaze very much communicating his murderous intent. Meanwhile, the other party didn’t seem to care in the slightest, but happily took another swig of his beer.

“Congratulations on the skill upgrade. I would have told you to try to get it done before evolving if you failed to make a bane poison in time, but it’s good to see that isn’t necessary,” the snake god said with a smile. “Granted, your bane poison is shit, but that’s o...