“I was serious about that invitation to visit my planet,” the Chosen of the Malefic Viper said with a smile as he stood right outside the house with his partner for dinner, Diana, by his side.
“We’ll certainly take you up on the offer once it’s possible for us to go there,” Solana answered with a bow. Not go...
2025-07-14 11:16:58 +0000 UTC View PostJake truly understood why Palate of the Malefic Viper increased endurance after finishing the main course, because keeping up a happy face while enduring the emptying of Solana’s entire pot of poisonous mushrooms was no easy feat.
Luckily, he got a little help from Artemis, whom he dragged along into the gates of hell...
2025-07-10 22:47:49 +0000 UTC View PostThe difference in status provided by a True Blessing compared to a divine one was truly vast.
When meeting someone with a Divine Blessing, you would show them respect and recognition, as the only way they could have possibly gained such a Blessing was due to their high innate potential. It was effectively a seal of appr...
2025-07-10 10:05:32 +0000 UTC View Post“Do you think we’ll die if we mess up too badly?” Keerla asked in a casual tone, nearly making Solana drop the bowl she was in the midst of mixing.
“Don’t even joke about that!” the dryad said with a horrified look.
“I was just wondering out loud,” Keerla shrugged. “Considering that recent declar...
2025-07-09 10:31:26 +0000 UTC View PostThe plan had been simple.
Jake would recover from the bow ritual and then proceed to do some archery fun with Artemis until it was dinner date time.
However, after only a few hours of playing around with Artemis, it became clear that it was a bad way to test his new bow. His archery was the same no matter the weap...
2025-07-08 10:42:32 +0000 UTC View PostJake held his new bow firmly to get a proper feeling for it in his grasp. As he held it and tried to probe the bow further, he indeed felt the faint whispers of some instinctual consciousness within, but it was too weak to do anything. For now, it was merely a seed, which truthfully would be a good term to describe the entire...
2025-07-07 11:13:53 +0000 UTC View Post“Good, you’re here,” Nature’s Attendant said as soon as Jake and Artemis arrived. “I take it you’ve been updated on the state of things?”
“Just that we’re in the final stretch,” Jake answered, his gaze scanning the entire formation. Usually, the drawn lines were subtle, but now, everything was teemin...
2025-07-03 11:33:13 +0000 UTC View Post“They finally had it in stock?” Keerla asked with excitement as Solana walked into the living room holding a large bottle in her hand.
“Just got in a new shipment last night,” Solana said with a smile as she put the bottle of oil-like substance down on the table.
Keerla rushed over and opened it up to insp...
2025-07-02 11:27:49 +0000 UTC View PostArtemis instantly noticed something was wrong because of the familiar voice and tone as she looked up and saw Jake smile goofily back at her, instantly confirming to her that this wasn’t the Viper.
“What’s happening?” she asked, genuinely confused. She knew Jake had just recently gotten a new skill related to hi...
2025-07-01 11:23:15 +0000 UTC View PostBlunt force and any other forms of physical damage had shown limited effectiveness based on initial testing. When it came to magic-based attacks, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that light magic had proven the most effective so far. Light and fire magic, that is.
Unsurprisingly, considering they were dealing with a de...
2025-06-30 11:27:27 +0000 UTC View PostIt almost felt like cheating. In some ways, perhaps it was.
Jake sat in his alchemy lab, staring at the bottle of poison in front of him, his evaluation of it clear and unambiguous. It’s nearly twenty percent more potent than without the empowerment...
Over the last day or so, Jake had used his new Invo...
2025-06-27 11:19:04 +0000 UTC View PostAh, who was he kidding? No bloody way Jake would ever select a skill about praying.
Even if the skill did look awesome, praying to get those awesome effects simply didn’t fit with Jake’s Path at all. He’d never made a single earnest prayer in his entire life, and he sure as hell wasn’t going to start now.
...
2025-06-26 11:24:41 +0000 UTC View PostJake had seriously considered making this the first skill selection he’d purposefully delay for a relatively long time. Delaying a skill selection carried certain risks, but it could also allow one to benefit greatly if one really wanted to develop a particular kind of skill.
Ultimately, Jake had decided not to delay ...
2025-06-25 11:26:45 +0000 UTC View PostHaving taken some time to gather his thoughts, Jake reckoned there were a few things he had to get done. Seeing as Artemis had left to talk with Yggdrasil and Nature’s Attendant about things getting official, Jake reckoned he should also inform his Patron of it.
And, no, it had nothing to do with Jake wanting to at le...
2025-06-24 11:24:11 +0000 UTC View Post“Should we call someone to—”
“Absolutely not,” the wood elf goddess shut down Jake’s suggestion before he even had time to make it.
“We will need replacements, though,” Jake muttered.
“I’ll handle it, no way we’re letting anyone see this,” Artemis sighed, making Jake chuckle as he ran...
2025-06-23 11:17:41 +0000 UTC View Post“I can’t outright tell you how to mend it, but I can say that you have all the materials required to make it happen. Now you just need the method. Parts of the skill’s Records were lost or locked away when it broke, but you have a direct connection that’ll allow you to replace them. Of course, the system won’t b...
2025-06-20 11:30:17 +0000 UTC View PostChange was the greatest impetus for gaining new Records.
Meanwhile, routine and habits were the enemy of progress. Regardless, everyone had to consistently challenge themselves and be willing to undergo some level of change.
But... it was simply too easy to fall into a routine. Even unknowingly. For mortals, this ...
2025-06-19 11:16:17 +0000 UTC View PostThe pile of gemstones was perfectly balanced on top of the intricate magic circle that had been painstakingly carved beneath it. This was but one of over fifty piles that served as focal points for the massive formation that had been constructed in a vast cavern beneath a certain palace within the territory of the Pantheon of...
2025-06-18 11:23:59 +0000 UTC View Post“Another one?” Miranda asked with exasperation. “And let me guess, they need help?”
“So far they haven’t requested it, but I think that’s a safe assumption,” Lillian answered calmly. “While they should be able to defeat a B-grade themselves, the losses they would incur would be massive.”
“Yea...
2025-06-17 11:23:26 +0000 UTC View PostThe black clouds rumbled as the sound of thunder roared. Bolts of black lightning jumped between the clouds, with the occasional strike hitting the ground. No matter in which direction one looked, dark clouds were all one could see as they made up the entire sky.
Below, the ground was perfectly bare, not a single thing ...
2025-06-16 11:22:15 +0000 UTC View PostHolstred held a hand on his sword as he flew through the dense forest alongside the rest of his fellow officers. The former Knight Commander and slave made a hand motion, telling the scout beside him to move forward and see if he could spot any of their targets.
Right as the scout moved forward, Holstred felt a great re...
2025-06-13 11:22:39 +0000 UTC View PostJake really wanted to find a good reason to shut down the name Jasper, but he couldn’t make up one. To make matters worse, the Warpsnatcher’s big eyes lit up when it heard the suggestion.
“Ja...per!” the little guy said, trying to pronounce the name, looking very happy with it. Jake suspected part of the reason ...
2025-06-12 11:22:59 +0000 UTC View Post“Hey there, buddy,” Jake said as he squatted down in front of the large loot pile. “Everyone else either left or is busy doing their own thing, so the coast is clear now.”
The loot pile started rustling, and a few moments later, a head popped out. “Scary gone?”
“They really aren’t that scary once y...
2025-06-11 11:21:47 +0000 UTC View PostSylphie and the Forest King seemed to only intensify their “battle” as Jake and company chatted throughout, commenting on what both sides were doing. The others had also noticed the King’s instability with his attacks, and couldn’t help but comment on it.
“He’s trying something,” the Sword Saint said with ...
2025-06-10 11:22:54 +0000 UTC View PostSylphie and Minaga had truly gone all out when it came to the catering of the reunion party, and it quickly became clear that the two had spent a bit of time teleporting around the Great Planet to gather food.
Was this all done because the large palace Jake had been assigned didn’t have plenty of high-quality food ava...
2025-06-09 11:21:51 +0000 UTC View PostEveryone knew their Nevermore party had been an odd one. It included four people related to four different Primordials, while the final member was a Unique Lifeform who didn’t have any direct relations to a Primordial, primarily because he couldn’t be blessed.
Most top parties had included only those from the same f...
2025-06-06 08:11:14 +0000 UTC View PostStill in a good mood, Jake turned to look at Artemis, who was passively waiting around for their little reunion to end. Jake could also see that despite the avatar’s presence, its mind was clearly somewhere entirely different. “I also think we’re done here... can you help us get home?”
“That’s more or less t...
2025-06-05 09:17:50 +0000 UTC View PostJake kept watching as the newly renamed Golden Forest King slowly lowered himself to the ground, the control of his own energy a bit wobbly. Energy was still pulsing throughout the Unique Lifeform’s recently formed body, as it seemingly took a few moments for it and the mask to fully become one.
Only a moment, though,...
2025-06-04 11:21:06 +0000 UTC View PostDeath... was no stranger to him. This wasn’t even his first time meeting his own demise. Both times, he had been slain by a foe he had failed to adequately assess, but the circumstances had differed vastly.
The first time, because of his own overconfidence and arrogance, while the second time around, he had walked tow...
2025-06-03 11:24:16 +0000 UTC View PostJake’s connection with the concept and name Fangs was a long and storied one, and so was his quest to upgrade the final Malefic Viper Legacy skill. He had faced many issues along the way, but now, every piece had finally fallen into place.
Thinking back, when Jake really considered it, he couldn’t help but find the ...
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