Chapter 887: The Fundamental Things
Added 2024-03-29 22:00:05 +0000 UTCNigel looked up, watching the night sky close over the nebulous eye. The blue and orange light painting the city disappeared with it, allowing the moonlight to once more have primacy. The macabre remnants of the city were illuminated in silver. The buildings were warped, like plastic models melted under a hot lamp. Some sections had broken down entirely, leaking cloud material that sparkled in the moonlight.
Pools of blood and streaks of gore shone black under the silver light. They had no smell to them, as if everything that made the congealing fluids blood had been leached out of them. The sanguine aroma that had drenched the air was no longer carried on the fresh night breeze.
“You’ve been diligent in your training, I see.”
Nigel span around on hearing Jason’s voice. His aura senses hadn’t registered the man’s approach and still didn’t recognise his presence. To his supernatural perception, Jason Asano and the world around him were one and the same. Jason was standing on the roof in a floral shirt, tan shorts and sandals. He slouched casually, hands in his pockets. While moonlight washed the colour out of everything else, it lit him up like he was standing centre stage.
“Nigel? You okay, mate? You look a bit shell shocked.”
Nigel continued to stare at him.
“You’re going to ask that after what you just did?”
“Yeah, fair enough.”
“Are you back?” Nigel asked. “Or are you some kind of illusion?”
“Not exactly. This body is an avatar. A physical projection from another universe, like an interdimensional phone call.”
“But you are still alive.”
“Was that even a question? The answer is more complicated than you’d think, I’ll admit. I guess it depends on how you define alive.”
“Are you undead?”
“No. I guess I’m, I don’t know. Geographical?”
“What does that even mean?”
“Let’s put that aside for now. For practical purposes, I’m alive. You thought I was dead, though? I’d have thought the System would have put that idea to bed.”
“One of the prevailing theories is that the System is what’s left of the magic that once inhabited this place. That the domains fell because you died and their power seeped into the planet, and once it permeated the entire earth, the System happened.”
“People actually think that?”
“The impossible isn’t what it used to be, Asano.”
“I suppose not.”
Nigel looked at the man, an utterly incongruous figure in the dark and blood-soaked city.
“You seem relaxed for a man that just turned a city into a grave.”
“I’m trying to be a better man than the one who left this world. But I don’t have it in me to mourn the ones who had it coming. Not anymore.”
“Who decides who has it coming? I won’t argue about killing vampires, but I just saw a power this Earth has never seen. What is to stop you from deciding anyone you don’t like has it coming? Where’s the line?”
“Wherever I decide it is.”
“Why do you get to make that judgement?”
“Who do you think should decide where I use my power, Nigel? Some faction leader? A president or a prime minister? A parliament or a congress? The United Nations?”
“I don’t know, but you just wiped out a city. That’s a dangerous power to leave unaccountable to anyone.”
Jason tilted his head, peering at Nigel. He realised that Jason was reading the emotions in his aura.
“You’re asking me this because you’re afraid of yourself, aren’t you? Of the power you have as a gold ranker.” Jason said.
“Yes.”
“Who do you work for now, Nigel? Who do you answer to?”
“Myself. My conscience. My team and I are private contractors. This job is for Anna Tilden, but my team and I aren’t attached to any group. We answer to each other, choosing which jobs to take and which to refuse. My team are the ones who hold me to account.”
Jason smiled.
“Mine too. I didn’t have them on Earth, which is probably how I went so astray. If not for Farrah, I’d have lost myself completely, I think.”
“Sometimes I question myself. The power I have at this rank is right out of a comic book. I could knock down a building with my bare hands. Throw a train like a javelin. My team are my brothers and sisters, but they don’t have this much power. It scares me sometimes.”
Jason nodded.
“I understand. Maybe more than anyone. You’re a gold ranker with no affiliation? You got out when the Network fell apart?”
“Yeah.”
“But you were silver, then, and no one much cared, right? Until you hit gold rank and suddenly everyone wants a piece of you, and they aren’t scrupulous about how to get it.”
“No, they’re not.”
“Sucks, doesn’t it?”
“Yes.”
“Well, I didn’t handle it very well, so I might not have the best advice. For what it’s worth, though, I think you’re on the right track. Listen to the people you trust. Let them show you when you’re heading off the rails.”
“I need more than that. Sooner or later, someone is going to decide they don’t like a gold-rank free agent and start looking for levers.”
“Your family. Your team’s families.”
“Yeah. A lot of the team come from old Network families, so they have protection enough for now. But if people with real power come along…”
“You don’t trust the Network factions to not sell them out.”
“Exactly. I’ve been looking for a place we can all belong. Where our families can be safe and the people in charge won’t use us for things we don’t want to do.”
“Are you asking to join the Asano Clan?”
“I don’t know. Maybe. I don’t know if they’d have us, and I’d want to know more before we agree to be a part of it. But I saw you, during your time here. What loyalty and betrayal meant to you.”
Jason nodded.
“When you have so much power that you can solve most of the old problems,” he said, “you realise that it’s the fundamental things that really matter.”
“Yes.”
“Well, I’m not going to say you can be in or out. I’ll leave that to my grandmother. But I think it might be a good fit, so I’ll have a word with her.”
“There’s something I’d like to know, Asano.”
“I’m guessing there’s more than a few, but go on.”
“I understand you wanted to clear the city of vampires, but why do it this way? To show the rest of the world what happens when they cross you? Letting me see so I can go back and tell everyone how dangerous you are?”
Jason shook his head.
“Nah, mate. The people who make the decisions in this world don’t scare, no matter how real the threat. I learned that the last time I was here. Once I’m back, they’ll take their shots and pay the price for trying. I don’t like it, but there’s nothing I can do to stop it. Not without becoming just like them.”
“Like them how?”
“Letting innocent people pay the price for what I want.”
Jason gestured at himself.
“This, the gawking tourist outfit, is aspirational. Casual. Fun. A little dorky. It’s who I want to be. But this…”
He spread his arms out to indicate the city around them.
“This is who I am. When I have to be. This wasn’t a show, Nigel. This was a practical necessity. I left all these cloud buildings intact in the hope that the vampires would move in. I wasn’t taking their blood, but the remnants of reality core energy, from when they were infusing the power of those cores into blood.”
“And that’s why some weren’t drained,” Nigel realised. “They were the younger ones, who had never fed on reality core blood.”
“Yes.”
“How powerful are you? Are you at the rank after gold?”
“That’s complicated. Technically, I’m both gold rank and a rank that’s beyond gold. In this place, my domain, I’m extremely powerful. I don’t like the term ‘holy ground,’ but that’s essentially what we’re dealing with. I’m not a god, but I do certain things the way that gods do. When I come to Earth, it will be in a mortal vessel. Gold rank, like you. It will have power like what you saw here, but scaled back. It will be an extension of myself, a more developed version of this avatar. Killing it won’t hurt me, just cost me time to make a new one.”
“Did the same thing happen in Slovakia as happened here?”
“Yes. But the vampires there kept their blood farm within the domain, so I was able to rescue those people. Here, the blood farm is off site, outside the reach of my power. This avatar can’t go beyond the boundary of my domain, so I can’t intercede there myself. You know the blood farms they used, don’t you?”
“Yeah,” Nigel said. We’ve been here for months, scouted it all out. We just didn’t have the numbers to rescue the people, or a way to extract them if we did. After your domains went down, mainland Europe fell entirely to the vampires.”
“The clan can offer you numbers and safety. Is the rest of your team nearby?”
“Yeah. If I move fast, I can reach them before they evacuate the region.”
“Then please go and bring them back. In the meantime, I will clean the city.”
“It’s quite a mess.”
A nearby patch of blood smeared across the roof burst into ghostly white flame.
“That won’t be a problem,” Jason said.
***
Sophie swung her leg in a horizontal kick that hit nothing. A wind blade shot out, widening as it passed over the plain. The horizontal wave of razor-sharp air passed over the grass, shimmering like a heat haze and humming like an engine. In its path was a massive horde of stonehide lizards, the crashing sound of their feet overpowering the sound of the wind blade.
It was a large group, far too many to come from a normal manifestation. They were left over from the monster surge, four years previous, and hidden in an uninhabited mountain range. Sophie’s contract was firstly to eliminate them before they caused havoc on the trading routes of the flatlands. Once that was done, she needed to investigate what had driven them down from the mountains. They’d been up there for years without bothering anyone, and the Adventure Society wanted to know what had changed.
As the wind blade struck the stampeding herd, secondary wind blades erupted from the struck monsters. Those in turn triggered more and more secondary blades, bouncing back and forth between the monsters until the massive herd became a meat grinder of rent armour and spraying blood.
Sophie stood and watched, listening as the countless cracks of new wind blades rang like a thunderstorm. The gem in her wristband started blinking, indicating someone was contacting her sky talk tablet. She pulled it out of a dimensional pouch and accepted the call. Clive’s face appeared on the tablet.
“It’s time?” she asked.
“It’s time. The portal to Jason’s soul realm has opened up again. Finish whatever business you’re on and make your way to Yaresh.”
Sophie ended the call, put the tablet away and turned back to the horde of monsters. Despite the power of her gold-rank wind blade, stonehide lizards were tough, even for silver-rank monsters. They were all savagely lacerated, but yet to fall. The only ones that had died so far were those trampled in the frenzied stampede. By the time the magic of her attack was expended and the blade storm came to an end, the stonehide lizards were rushing all the harder. Bellowing in rage, they hurled themselves across the plain in Sophie’s direction.
She watched their approach, took out a sandwich and bit into it. From the sky, a sound started at a high pitch, growing deeper as the source descended at breakneck speed. Humphrey landed in the middle of the herd like a bomb. The shockwave of his abrupt arrival flung the monsters away from his impact point. The force of the wave ripped bodies apart in the air, splitting them along lines broken in their armour by wind blades.
Pieces of monster flew more than a kilometre away, several chunks avoiding Sophie as she manipulated the air to deflect them. A massive cloud of dust followed, again moving around Sophie thanks to her wind control.
Visibility died as the cloud surrounded her. A figure came striding out, tall and broad shouldered. Dust had caked onto his armour, muting its colourful rainbow scales. He pulled his helmet off with a grin.
“Took you long enough,” she told him. “I was starting think that Nik would rank up before—”
She dropped her sandwich as he pulled her into a passionate kiss. A moustachioed dog dashed out of the dust cloud like a cheetah, snatching the sandwich before it hit the ground.
***
“…whatever business you’re on and make your way to Yaresh,” Clive said. The image on his tablet of Sophie nodded and the call ended.
“Would it kill you to say goodbye like a normal person?” he muttered, and shoved the tablet into his storage space. He got up and went to the outer office.
“Jeff, how are preparations for my trip away?”
“Vice Chancellor Grantham reported that she was read up on everything and ready to stand in during your absence. She did request a meeting to go over any last details, and update you on the portal network project.”
“That’s fine. Set something up.”
“She suggested a dinner meeting.”
“That’s fine. Tonight would be best, if she can accommodate it. I want to leave tomorrow.”
“I’m sure she will, Archchancellor. And, if I might suggest, sir, do dress up nicely.”
“Why?” Clive asked. “I’ve got too much to do to go fancying myself up just to eat and go over administrative details.”
Jeff watched as Clive stalked back into his office, closing the door behind him. Jeff shook his head sadly.
“That poor, poor woman,” he muttered.
Comments
Hope this jeff doesn't blow up
Jeff
2024-09-30 02:15:01 +0000 UTCDoes eels count as Clive's children? Because if they don't, no one and nothing can count as their children.
mainiak
2024-08-04 08:27:50 +0000 UTCThx for the chapter
Kconraw
2024-06-24 02:03:57 +0000 UTCGUYS WE FOUND CLIVE'S WIFE SHE IS REAL
Benjamin Grant
2024-05-11 03:56:33 +0000 UTCNewly became silver patron. Shirt you are incredible! Never have I cried and laughed so much reading! Can’t wait for the next chapter and hope you enjoy your break!
Kasey Lindenmayer
2024-04-06 22:43:11 +0000 UTCIt's usually at the end of the day, isn't it? Typically been somewhere between 22:00 and 00:00 my time, without much variance.
Thomas Laptain
2024-04-05 21:47:42 +0000 UTCDammit man, youre already makin us wait until the end of the week, at least dont make us wait until the end of the day :P
Tim
2024-04-05 17:24:57 +0000 UTCCountin' flowers on the wall, it don't bother me at all...
Adrian Abshere
2024-04-05 14:33:56 +0000 UTC10 hours roughly
Jarrett Mahon
2024-04-05 13:36:20 +0000 UTCGood question. I hope so Jason has been gone long enough
BloodStorm
2024-04-05 11:30:53 +0000 UTCOh I so want to know if the draining of the two vampires stronghold was suffisant to create the avatar he needs to go back to his friends and family.
Fabienne Bedry
2024-04-05 07:36:22 +0000 UTCDidn't Knowledge give Travis permission to tell Clive about gravity since he actually understands it, though? Although I'm sure Clive would happily delve into the most advanced scientific theories existing on Earth, given half a chance. Or he could spend the next 30 years adding all of Pallimustus's magic knowledge to Earth's internet. It does do what he believes should be done with all knowledge, after all, make it available to anyone interested!
Ligeia
2024-04-05 04:45:38 +0000 UTCI would think Jory would see our Pharmacology as horrible since we just poison ourselves just enough to kill what makes us sick. He probably would like the methodology of it all though.
Alex Schellenberg
2024-04-05 03:45:57 +0000 UTCWonder how Knowledge will take it. Clive coming back with a libary of knowledge from Earth. Will Clive finally learn about gravity?
Kazuto Bakura
2024-04-04 21:09:41 +0000 UTCI just thought about the most horrifying scenes I am looking forward to: 1) Clive Discovers the Internet. This one almost deserves it's own full chapter. By the end of the day, he'll probably be trying to find a way to buy skill books on quantum physics. 2) Jory getting his hands on all the textbooks to become a pharmacologist.
Philip Pleiss
2024-04-04 14:03:14 +0000 UTCI wonder if Jason is still going to go through the effort of trying to add a mirage chamber function to his cloud flask. That would be world changing if he could somehow add them to his domains
Fuzzy Wuzzy
2024-04-04 02:26:54 +0000 UTCProbably nothing. (Joke is great though) but is association probably doesn't make much money. He was all about sharing knowledge.. who knows though?
Crystal Donak
2024-04-02 03:30:34 +0000 UTCAh crap darn it. @Shirt, good prank. You got us. Now where’s the chapter?
Grayvisc
2024-04-02 00:42:29 +0000 UTCSomewhere recently in the story, one of the characters said that Jason was coming back with a dozen gold rankers. I was trying to count to see if I could deduce who that was: Humphrey, Sophie, Clive, Neil, Belinda, Ruffus (? He’s already on earth), Farrah, Nik (this chapter made me think Nik is silver ?), Ruffus’s parents … um. Maybe Emir? Um. Starting to reach. Who am I forgetting?
Erik Hyrkas
2024-04-01 22:01:26 +0000 UTCI’m just checking in with you guys. 1st day of withdrawal….. I’m hanging in there. Hopefully this Friday will help take the edge off
BloodStorm
2024-04-01 21:56:24 +0000 UTCShirt has been telling us something is coming since book 5, now we find out
Havics Child
2024-04-01 16:37:47 +0000 UTCI thought for sure he’d be fighting against the astral kings at the point, but it feels like this book is pointing towards cleanup on aisle 3.
Erik Hyrkas
2024-04-01 12:49:14 +0000 UTCI wonder who the antagonist(s) will be this book. The powers of earth feel unequipped to be a threat. Maybe they have a secret army of gold rankers. Jason has always fought up a rank and gold rank threats don’t feel like the challenge he needs to be threatened.
Erik Hyrkas
2024-04-01 12:47:49 +0000 UTCHappy birthday Jason
Pro Gaming Network
2024-04-01 08:35:37 +0000 UTCMy questions for this next book... did Farrah reach gold and will she be returning to Earth with Jason and crew? What's Onslow like at gold? And will we FINALLY find out what the painting Dawn left for Susan depicts?!?
Russell Ventimeglia
2024-04-01 03:09:34 +0000 UTCMan I hope Clive isn’t still paying alimony cause can you imagine how much the head of the magic societies rival makes!
Johnkevin223
2024-03-31 21:44:37 +0000 UTCIt's gonna take Emi taking research magic talk (She is got to be 30 by now) and uncle Jason's approval before Clive thinks romance. I'm putting five on this one. Lol
Crystal Donak
2024-03-31 19:18:15 +0000 UTCJust goes to show that Jason was right. Clive is the real protagonist of the story. Lol
Tim
2024-03-31 17:36:06 +0000 UTCIve said this a few times...there are a loy of chapter breaks that dont make a lot of sense outside of just making another numerical chapter. Like these last two...that could have been one whole chapter. But I mean, I get it, when you are working on a platform like patreon you are under a lot of pressure to make people feel like they are getting what they pay for, WITHOUT burning yourself to crispy cinders, which many writers do. So, that being said, I can tolerate the chapters as they are, even though I WISH they were longer because I love the series.
Tim
2024-03-31 17:34:08 +0000 UTCIs it the same girl that had helped him escape from the magic society? I can’t remember her name.
Justin
2024-03-31 16:38:58 +0000 UTCWho knew this was gonna be a harem story? Clive and all his wives
Ian kirk
2024-03-31 15:19:16 +0000 UTCNope, Jason's team is from a world of might makes right, and they won't reign him in if someone is being stupid and asking to die by antagonizing him intentionally.
Havics Child
2024-03-31 14:07:12 +0000 UTCClive has a real contender for 2nd wife now! I wonder if this one is going sleep around like her predecessor.
Havics Child
2024-03-31 13:57:22 +0000 UTCShe deserves that.
Oliver
2024-03-31 10:03:37 +0000 UTCThat was a call-back to a previous chapter where they were speculating on his wife because no one has ever seen her. Still doesn't exist
Isaac Scharff
2024-03-31 00:19:34 +0000 UTCWe will still get one chapter a week so the withdrawals shouldn't be too horrible
Mike Zebill
2024-03-30 21:50:18 +0000 UTCTeam biscuit will be an object lesson in gold rankers dying if they aren't careful
Mike Zebill
2024-03-30 21:43:02 +0000 UTCI will continue to say I agree fully but I’m slightly sad jason never went through a real ‘villain’ arc. Not really evil but the worst we saw was him almost rip a builders cultist soul from his body, truly a terrible act but the moment Shade yelled Jason, he stopped. He was truly damaged when leaving earth, but I kinda with we saw him cross that line before he became so solid in his self. Although I remember reading the earth arc and monster wave arc after and thinking damn it’s getting really dark and it was affecting me mentally for a bit
Vincent Ciavone
2024-03-30 20:17:06 +0000 UTCAhhh poor woman clibe just cannot think in romance lol great chapter!!
Ken Sevier
2024-03-30 15:42:02 +0000 UTCWow… that hussy! Someone should tell Clive’s wife her man is about to get stolen
DirePants
2024-03-30 15:34:58 +0000 UTCMaybe they will form their own group
Lora Greenberg
2024-03-30 14:30:53 +0000 UTCI like how Jason finally accepts who and what he has become…definitely don’t want to be on his opposing side…
Lora Greenberg
2024-03-30 14:19:36 +0000 UTCWait till they see how elusively quick Jason has become. Bro learnt to use the way of the reaper from the reaper, the number of people who can say that are likely very small.
Daniel is ŁØNE
2024-03-30 13:42:26 +0000 UTCFourth actually.
Douglas Davis
2024-03-30 13:33:24 +0000 UTCAmazing chapter! Loved Jason's entrance in shorts and Hawaiian shirt. But again way way to short in length. I'd ideally love to see chapters at least twice as long. 😢
Douglas Davis
2024-03-30 13:32:15 +0000 UTCI wonder how many Gold rankers China & America are sitting on? At this point everyone on earth pretty much thinks Gold’s can’t die. They aren’t going to backdown to Jason when he gets to earth with the team
BloodStorm
2024-03-30 13:27:20 +0000 UTCMaybe if they kill his mortal body he’ll go kill another group to make a new one quicker
Blake N.
2024-03-30 13:17:21 +0000 UTCIt will be funny seeing how people of earth react to humphrey and the team reigning in jasons bs.
Roope
2024-03-30 13:02:09 +0000 UTCReading comments are almost as entertaining as reading the chapters. Is it May yet!
James G
2024-03-30 12:50:04 +0000 UTCHe probably didn't want to explain the nuances between transcendental and diamond rank. Transcendence isn't exactly something simple to explain to someone from Earth.
Gwalmeich
2024-03-30 12:41:43 +0000 UTCI m not sure here but I want to suggest a small change. „Technically, I’m both gold rank and the rank that’s after gold“ - I think Jason would answer that he is at „a“ rank after gold cause he has that transcendent thing mixed in - he is not technically the rank after gold but more the rank after that is he?
Jana
2024-03-30 09:00:24 +0000 UTCThat was old earth, greenstone does not need coins for gold tankers and earth has reached that point too, or close to it
Jake
2024-03-30 08:26:42 +0000 UTCI’m sure it’s explained some where, but does a gold rank without an excess to reality cores can live on earth? Where does he get his gold coins? If most of the world is on greenstone level only the factions that hoarded the cores like vampires and the networks should be able to have gold rankers.
Idan tal
2024-03-30 07:41:42 +0000 UTCI'm fully expecting Clive to explain some higher concept of Astral magic he has theorized and for Jason to have a tingle about that when he sticks his fat head into reality/unreality.
Alex Schellenberg
2024-03-30 07:39:33 +0000 UTCSo is every faction that used Reality Cores now going to believe Jason is going to swoop in and devour the power out of them? He did warn them not to touch them.
Adam
2024-03-30 07:36:08 +0000 UTCHere's hoping it's all just a huge April fools joke for Jason's bday.
Adam
2024-03-30 07:25:38 +0000 UTCThanks for the chapter! I always liked Nigel and Anna because despite working for the Network, they had a conscience. Nice to already add a permanent Earth Goldranker to the Asano Clan. And despite the Clive Wife jokes, I still hope he finds someone eventually 😅
KollegvomMirgan
2024-03-30 06:16:35 +0000 UTCClive's wife sleeping around was kinda ok? I guess, cos Clive didn't seem to care. Now Clive's wife's husband sleeping with another woman? How will Clive's wife take it. She might care a great deal! Are mummy and daddy going to get a divorce? I just hope that Clive's and Clive's wife's children don't think it's their fault.
Paul Birchenough
2024-03-30 05:10:26 +0000 UTCIt's starting to become my favorite book so far!
Maximus
2024-03-30 04:07:31 +0000 UTCApril sucks....ladies and gentlemen and biscuit lovers....I will see you in May.
Senseless Myth - Learns
2024-03-30 03:30:57 +0000 UTC100 percent!
Maximus
2024-03-30 03:26:05 +0000 UTCUnless she was secretly his wife all along.....
Cj Evans
2024-03-30 03:20:22 +0000 UTCI love how the first part of this chapter was basically an answer to almost every question/suggestion from the comments on last chapter.
Chris Nowak
2024-03-30 03:09:11 +0000 UTCThat's 'cause Jason's learning. If he just came out and said it, Nigel may not have understood. Having Nigel think about the answer made him see Jason's POV much more so than if Jason just told him.
Cj Evans
2024-03-30 03:04:25 +0000 UTCHOLY SHIT.... are we meeting the elusive and we'll talked about Clive's wife??????
Jacob Goodrich
2024-03-30 03:01:15 +0000 UTCI'm pretty sure we're meeting clives wife
Jacob Goodrich
2024-03-30 03:00:39 +0000 UTCHe would have preferred it be a biscuit, however.
Ligeia
2024-03-30 02:24:06 +0000 UTCI read that as written. That the decision makers on earth don’t care about threats or scary people with powers they are going to do what they are going to do and the threat of Jason means nothing.
Clarke
2024-03-30 02:20:38 +0000 UTCI don’t think any the new power are going to like this very much
patrick n thomas
2024-03-30 02:16:25 +0000 UTCYeah, I don’t know if Shirt brought her up after reading the comments from last chapter or it was all previously thought of, but I’m glad he brought her back, I really wish the best for her and Clive.
Alejandro Piña
2024-03-30 02:16:00 +0000 UTC"The people who make the decisions in this world don’t scare, no matter how real the threat." -> missing "me" after "scare". TYFTC as always.
Jason Hardman
2024-03-30 02:08:06 +0000 UTCI'm really excited for the version of Jason we're seeing, finally reaching the level of power to be the person he's wanted to be. Also the Jason that embraces that power and accepts the things he's going to have to do. Banger of a chapter!
Tori Griffiths
2024-03-30 01:59:04 +0000 UTCFuck the whole concept of April
Morgan Amacosmos
2024-03-30 01:55:53 +0000 UTCI was wondering that. Transcendent is the next step after Diamond. To my understanding that is basically God or AK depending on the route taken. Probably didn't want to scare then all. Plus we aren't really sure how much Jason understands Transcendent vs Diamond
Kalanaere
2024-03-30 01:51:49 +0000 UTCWeren't surfes every 5th year or was it every 10th?
Kalanaere
2024-03-30 01:50:03 +0000 UTCThe important thing is that Stash made sure that sandwich didn't go to waste.
Liesmith
2024-03-30 01:39:29 +0000 UTCOr am I underestimating how long he was fighting the GABs?
Steve Shelden
2024-03-30 01:34:21 +0000 UTC//bellowing into the ether// Shirt! Shirtaloom! TRAVIS!!! Canon vs typo question I need answered: Sophie POV mentions the monster surge “4 years back”. Did the surge frequency normalize and Palli get hit again while Jason was fighting for the Throne or was that a typo? Thanks and enjoy your break!
Steve Shelden
2024-03-30 01:28:06 +0000 UTCClive's window may have closed.... If he's been clueless this long, he's certainly lost any hormonal urges/drive....
Kevin Anderson
2024-03-30 01:20:50 +0000 UTCClive is all business. I can see why his wife gets around.
Ed S.
2024-03-30 01:11:52 +0000 UTCI’m gold rank but not gold, my avatar will be gold and limited but not just gold rank. Are you keeping up? Come on it’s not that complicated. I just do some god stuff like gods do.
Tucker Glick
2024-03-30 01:09:14 +0000 UTCHope Lorelei makes an impression on Clive. He needs a good relationship after his toxic wife.
Rowdy Robby
2024-03-30 00:59:13 +0000 UTCGrantham. Isn’t that the woman who was Clive’s assistant when the magic society had him locked up to to research for them?
Damaddino
2024-03-30 00:56:15 +0000 UTCOf course they will. "He's only one guy" or "Please, like we believe all that propaganda about your supposed powers, Mr. Asano." Or a hundred other variations. I bet he obliterates like half of the Network inside of a month lol, especially America.
Matt Heineman
2024-03-30 00:42:08 +0000 UTCEarth can't support diamonds. I don't think the magic has ever been able to.
Michael Hawkins
2024-03-30 00:25:36 +0000 UTCWill the organizations of earth really try to mess with Jason again? If I were them I'd be doing the dogeza and beg him to spare my sorry ass. Messing with someone who seem to make Jesus look like your average street performer doesn't look like the recipe for longevity.
Gwalmeich
2024-03-30 00:17:02 +0000 UTCAgain no less since I'm pretty sure she was flirting last time we saw her as Clive escaped the magic society
Scruffleupagas
2024-03-29 23:59:50 +0000 UTCHas it been considered whether there are Diamon Rank vampires still sleeping?
Marethyu07
2024-03-29 23:56:28 +0000 UTCall those people jason saved in his other domain are going to have wild tale to tell
Val the mysterious Jedi
2024-03-29 23:49:39 +0000 UTCSo there has been some questions if/when the next monster surge would happen. We got our answer....4 years ago. That would put it about 8 years after the last one.
Mike Zebill
2024-03-29 23:47:30 +0000 UTCWell some things never change. At least he isn't cheating on his wife~
Iain Grubb
2024-03-29 23:46:39 +0000 UTCTechnically, he's the rank after the rank after gold rank. I guess he didn't want to scare him any more than he already did?
Kaelan Spears
2024-03-29 23:37:16 +0000 UTCYou have to appreciate how Jason turned Nigels own words against him regarding power
Kalanaere
2024-03-29 23:32:35 +0000 UTCOk I’ve been wondering for a while - what does tyftc stand for? None of the longer acronyms last long enough for me to care to learn them, but curious bone has been poked.
ABTelford
2024-03-29 23:27:58 +0000 UTCI think i pulled a muscle in my ribs barking a laugh at that :D
Michael McMahon
2024-03-29 23:27:36 +0000 UTCAwesome chapter! The conversation between Nigel and Jason was great! And the teammates prepping to come - loved it. Especially clueless Clive. “That poor, poor woman.” Hahaha!
ABTelford
2024-03-29 23:25:55 +0000 UTCI thought it was the extended family that took the village. Akari and Itsuki were basically kicked out because they didn't want to follow the clan back when Jason took the Builder's Door.
Marethyu07
2024-03-29 23:23:54 +0000 UTCLove it. The change in style is quite refreshing
Grayvisc
2024-03-29 23:21:52 +0000 UTCThis goes so hard
PapaJohn
2024-03-29 23:19:57 +0000 UTCImagine the tantrum Clive's wife is going to do when she discover that his coworker is hitting him for everyone to see
Leonardo Krieck
2024-03-29 23:19:11 +0000 UTCClive.
A Flashy BR
2024-03-29 23:16:48 +0000 UTCHonestly, I'm pretty sure Clive has me beat. 😅 He, at least, voluntarily enters some of them. 😂
Thomas Laptain
2024-03-29 23:12:58 +0000 UTCI always knew Clive would make an awesome Bon villain I guess now it won’t be about how many times Jason can come back to life, but how many avatars he has in the tube
Zachary Blevins
2024-03-29 23:11:34 +0000 UTCNah, she's probably gonna be in on them, or the one making them all
Brandon Walker
2024-03-29 23:08:05 +0000 UTCHe’ll be there soon! TYFTC!
Justin
2024-03-29 23:04:32 +0000 UTCI've been feeling this has been some really good stuff lately. For whatever reason, the end of the Pali arc didn't resonate with me as much as other arcs, but I'm really digging where this is going.
Greg Lambert
2024-03-29 23:00:23 +0000 UTCMaybe Jason can make a “Clive’s wife” avatar in his domains??🤔🤔
Cryfdwr
2024-03-29 22:57:40 +0000 UTCI would say this was real advice that Jason gave as a true adventurer. Nigel was lucky to get this instead of the craziness Jason normally talks. I’m happy to see people coming to terms with who and what they are
The Hyperbolic Cookout
2024-03-29 22:55:47 +0000 UTCno wonder she's been cheating on him :D
Matt Turner
2024-03-29 22:55:21 +0000 UTCMmm. Lovely chapter to tide us over for a week. Thank you, Shirt!
Joanna
2024-03-29 22:53:45 +0000 UTCClive ignoring his future wife like that already 😂😩
dakota dodson
2024-03-29 22:53:43 +0000 UTCYou'd think it would be biscuits, because of the name, but that's just another incongruity that the team revels in.
Dax
2024-03-29 22:53:41 +0000 UTCI wonder...are jokes about Clive's wife going to go out of fashion?
Eleeyah
2024-03-29 22:50:49 +0000 UTCIstg one of these days, we're gonna meet Clive's wife SOMEHOW. I know she isn't real. I know the likelihood is low, but goddammit, it would be so gratifying for the joke to pay off someday!
PapaJohn
2024-03-29 22:48:57 +0000 UTCI'm pretty sure it's Clive who has no idea
Joanna
2024-03-29 22:48:47 +0000 UTCSomeone may have said this already, but if Nigel’s group thinks Rufus is fast, wait until they meet Sophie…
Cryfdwr
2024-03-29 22:48:08 +0000 UTCTravis
Joanna
2024-03-29 22:48:00 +0000 UTCI'm not fat I'm geographical
DivineNapier
2024-03-29 22:43:10 +0000 UTCHopefully it will be enough seeing as how they were basically told gold rank was the bare minimum just to survive what's next
DivineNapier
2024-03-29 22:42:09 +0000 UTCThanks for the Chapter Shirt! Nice heart to heart with Nigel, scared of his own power..and Jason's advice..if you trust your team..seek and listen to their guidance and feedback. But thinking about it...Jason always had older more seasoned adventures that grew up with magic as part of the culture for the history of the planet...whereas Nigel is the top of his team just recently truly getting used to the changes. I did enjoy Jasons other response.. they line is where I decide it is and THAT right there is real life.
John Durrett
2024-03-29 22:42:04 +0000 UTCThat was high tier
ReadingObsessed
2024-03-29 22:38:50 +0000 UTCLOL
ReadingObsessed
2024-03-29 22:38:18 +0000 UTChttps://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRAMHyOWTnSrLSH_31lHVye3k5g-2bSPDhfa1uCfDBNjA&s
Brighella
2024-03-29 22:36:13 +0000 UTCFuture Ex. ;P
John Durrett
2024-03-29 22:34:21 +0000 UTCOh no, Clive’s going to cheat on his wife! Actually with how much she gets around…
MoonlitShade
2024-03-29 22:34:18 +0000 UTCIt’s gonna be painful but it’s way better then no chapters, we must stay stromg
Vincent Ciavone
2024-03-29 22:30:56 +0000 UTCIs the sandwich like an icon for the team? Like because of Jason everyone has sandwiches on hand now lmao
Sylphie
2024-03-29 22:30:17 +0000 UTCI think Akari and itsukis families are gonna be in trouble. It was them and the Aussie government that took Asano village by force. They are next to feel Jason's return.
AfroMocha
2024-03-29 22:29:56 +0000 UTCAh, yes. Clive, as gloriously inept in social settings as ever. It's almost like I'm reading about myself. >.>
Eleeyah
2024-03-29 22:28:55 +0000 UTCI freaking love this. Thank you. Enjoy your time away!
Jarrett Glass
2024-03-29 22:28:27 +0000 UTC4 new chapters in total for April
AfroMocha
2024-03-29 22:27:16 +0000 UTCA Dragon is whatever it wants to be. They're the natural ruler of where ever they happen to be standing! I'm so glad he got to Gold, I was worried about it a little bit
Fuzzy Wuzzy
2024-03-29 22:26:08 +0000 UTCI fucking love Clive.
jeffrey niski
2024-03-29 22:24:59 +0000 UTCYeah, she liked him then too
Martin Fisher
2024-03-29 22:24:53 +0000 UTCWe will get to see those once we get back to earth
Pablo Barbatto
2024-03-29 22:24:38 +0000 UTCHump is Gold rank now. Interesting. I find it hilarious that Team Biscuit are choosing to stick together. Hear me out, because at Gold rank most solo. So for a full team of Gold rankers and familiars alike plus "Demi god" (not quite though)Jason, must be very intimidating. Hell when they all reach Diamond rank, I shiver at the thought. Shame Clive's wife won't get to see it 😂
Sprightly Ebbie
2024-03-29 22:24:34 +0000 UTCTYFTC!
Jordan Brennan
2024-03-29 22:23:55 +0000 UTC1 a week for a month.
Scott McCarthy
2024-03-29 22:21:28 +0000 UTCWished the chapter was a little longer before the break but no cliff so can’t complain. Enjoy your time off
jazz
2024-03-29 22:21:02 +0000 UTCClives wife? Is that Clive’s future wife I see?
Danielle Warvel
2024-03-29 22:19:59 +0000 UTCLove it, that poor lady.
Doodlyboy15
2024-03-29 22:17:59 +0000 UTCNice bit of taking what he wanted there too. Glad he learned from Stash!
Chuck Haeberle
2024-03-29 22:17:57 +0000 UTCIt'd serve Clive's wife right if she stole Clive's heart!
Chuck Haeberle
2024-03-29 22:16:44 +0000 UTCI was already sorry for the sandwich but thankfully a hero saved it...Clive is a neutron star or he's doing it on purpose.
TerrestrialOverlord
2024-03-29 22:16:30 +0000 UTCI hope you have a good break Shirt. Thanks for the chapter.
Hunker Down
2024-03-29 22:16:28 +0000 UTCClive's wife finally has some competition
Ethan Alexander
2024-03-29 22:16:12 +0000 UTCOh so if my memory serves, wasnt Grantham the one to help clive escape the magic acociation the last time jason was MIA to the team? It seems she is trying to become THE Wife everyone talks about, must be though
Roope
2024-03-29 22:15:54 +0000 UTCWas she the magic society woman who helped Clive escape?
Chuck Haeberle
2024-03-29 22:15:48 +0000 UTCFor some reason I heard and saw Patrick Swayze from Roadhouse.... Your job is to be nice, until it's time not to be nice.....
Mouser
2024-03-29 22:15:47 +0000 UTC😂
Rhett Sellers
2024-03-29 22:15:40 +0000 UTCClive doesn't have time to dress up for a date when he has access to his true wife who identifies objects for him.
Connor
2024-03-29 22:14:35 +0000 UTClol, grantham is going to be deeply surprised when she learns about clive's wife. all that baggage from the first marriage. 😂
Rhett Sellers
2024-03-29 22:13:40 +0000 UTCPoor Lorelai for sure. Also finally Humphrey dragoned up! Woop. I'm looking forward to the crew coming back together.
JonO
2024-03-29 22:13:00 +0000 UTCFridays
Michael Hawkins
2024-03-29 22:12:39 +0000 UTCPoor Lorelei Grantham! I see that whatever else has happened, Clive is still easily as oblivious as he was half a dozen books ago, if not more so! She really needs to just be the proactive one, I think; if she waits for Clive to make the first move, she'll die of old age first. Or Clive will!
Ligeia
2024-03-29 22:12:13 +0000 UTCOk, most important question I have from the chapter: who is Grantham? Have we seen this person before? Because it sounds like she wants to be the replacement of Clive's wife. Please, pretty please, feature a chapter of their date and have her complaining how clive should leave his unfaithful wife for her.
Michael Fannon
2024-03-29 22:12:12 +0000 UTCSo just to clarify we have a month right? It's a great place to leave off and it's really nice seeing everyone finally at Gold.
DeviantSalivations
2024-03-29 22:12:07 +0000 UTCClive's wife IRL candidate?
Joseph Jenkins
2024-03-29 22:11:46 +0000 UTCClive’s actual wife?
Zak Stromquist
2024-03-29 22:11:42 +0000 UTCEarth isn't gonna know what hit it
Nick
2024-03-29 22:11:19 +0000 UTCAnd that's why Clive's wife keeps sleeping around
Seadrake
2024-03-29 22:11:16 +0000 UTCI'm so glad we got the conversation between Nigel and Jason and that Nigel isn't a total ass hat. Who would have thought he would be. And I'm so ecstatic Hump got gold.
Michael Hawkins
2024-03-29 22:10:20 +0000 UTCI love this series it’s my favorite by far thank you for chapter rest up on break
gavin knoell
2024-03-29 22:09:54 +0000 UTCalso WOOOOO
michael shafer
2024-03-29 22:09:48 +0000 UTCClive's second wife-to-be has no idea.
Sean Sheldon
2024-03-29 22:09:11 +0000 UTCI wish this chapter had more character POVs. I want to see Dawn, Akari, Itsuki, and Jason’s family. We haven’t seen Ken, Amy, or Cheryl in years and I want to know if they’re still alive at the very least
mhaj58
2024-03-29 22:07:49 +0000 UTCAwesome chapter Shirt. Glad to see it looks like the rest of the team also hit gold rank. I am excited for what comes next but more importantly, enjoy your time off shirt! Glad we will have one a week while you are gone.
Thomas Black
2024-03-29 22:07:44 +0000 UTCHmmmm. What wonderful scenes. Things are coming together. Sky Tablet Network up and running! I wonder how much money Farah and the tech guy (forgot his name) made of that project. Hehe. Also Sophie, Hunphrey and Stash are so perfect in that scene! Woooowe.
René Blaser
2024-03-29 22:05:51 +0000 UTCRaining blood by slayer?? \m/
Griffinlax
2024-03-29 22:03:13 +0000 UTCI’m not going to be able to handle the break. Shirt please tell me the once a week chappy will drop on Mondays?
BloodStorm
2024-03-29 22:00:58 +0000 UTCCrystal Donak
2024-03-29 22:00:30 +0000 UTCWOOOO NEW CHAPTER
Vincent Ciavone
2024-03-29 22:00:19 +0000 UTCBiscuits plz!
Abigail Hale
2024-03-29 22:00:17 +0000 UTCFirst
Bryan Jones
2024-03-29 22:00:15 +0000 UTC
