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Chapter 797 - Nevermore: Minaga's Nightmare Begins
🕑 Added 2023-11-28 11:55:37 +0000 UTCJake considered what Challenge Dungeon he would do for all of five minutes until he decided to just go with the one he felt the most confident about. It was also the one he thought would be the most fun and familiar.
Ultimately, he had to do all of them, and as he still felt a bit groggy after having his character tested, he wanted to do one he believed would be interesting. Maybe it would not be super challenging, but he firmly believed there would be some level of challenge, especially the further he moved in.
During the first part, most of the entertainment definitely would have to come from Minaga. Jake genuinely hoped the Unique Lifeform would be commentating again and complaining about Jake. If not, it probably would get a bit dull during the early parts of his labyrinth.
Having only arrived outside of the Challenge Dungeon entrances for five minutes, Jake walked straight to the entrance of Minaga’s Endless Labyrinth and placed his hand on the massive gateway. Without further ado, he accepted the prompt to enter as his vision went dark, Jake ready to conquer and utterly demolish Minaga’s grand creation.
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In a certain meeting room filled with gods, Minaga let out a massive groan as he saw Jake enter his dungeon.
“Bloody hell, he just had to go for mine right now, didn’t he?” Minaga grumbled. “This is on purpose, right? He is trying to bully me after showing off here, isn’t he? Yep, everything he has done was definitely a personal attack on me to throw me off my mental game.”
“I am impressed you think Jake would ever plan that far ahead,” the Viper commented.
The Wyrmgod had already isolated the area with the Primordials, Minaga, Nature’s Attendant, and Artemis, making them the only ones capable of hearing the conversation, likely in preparation for what was to come next.
“Well, if he can attack me like that, I should definitely strike back in kind!” Minaga huffed while ignoring the Viper’s comment as he waved his hand. A screen appeared before all of them, not just the Viper and the Wyrmgod, as the Unique Lifeform grinned and threw Artemis a look.
“Let’s have this entire Challenge Dungeon be a live performance so you can all see how unfair he is!” he said, hiding a smile as he saw the cute god from the Pantheon of Life lean a bit forward while trying to remain dignified and hide her interest.
“You just want to have an audience to vent to during this, don’t you?” the Wyrmgod questioned in a deadpan tone.
“Well, duh?” Minaga said. “If I have to suffer, it should at least be entertaining to the rest of you and give me more people to complain to. Now sit back and see injustice and unfairness personified.”
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Jake opened his eyes in a very familiar hall. It was a perfect replica of the one he and his party had entered the first time they arrived at Minaga’s Labyrinth in the regular part of Nevermore. And just like that time, a familiar figure also teleported into the room, appearing on a central platform.
Light filled the room as music began playing, but Minaga quickly clapped his hands once, making it all stop. The room darkened as Minaga just sighed. “Oh boy, here we go again…”
Right as he said that, a system message was triggered and popped up in front of Jake.
Nevermore Challenge Dungeon Entered!
You have entered Minaga’s Endless Labyrinth. An endless maze that extends forever until you can no longer keep going lies before you, ready for you to explore, the entire labyrinth split into Labyrinth Sections to conquer one by one.
These Labyrinth Sections will each serve as separate challenges, and passing each will trigger a checkpoint. Some checkpoints will allow you to rest and recover for a while before continuing on your journey.
Each Labyrinth Section has a time limit that will begin upon entering a section. Your goal is to navigate your way through each section as quickly and safely as possible while overcoming foes, traps, and other challenges along the way. The further you progress in the Endless Labyrinth, the more challenging it shall become.
During the Endless Labyrinth, the magnanimous Minaga has taken pity and granted you five attempts in case you should fail any Labyrinth Sections, allowing you to retry them should you run out of time or meet an unfortunate - yet expected - early end. The Labyrinth Section’s layout will not change even after an attempt has been expended, but all traps, creatures, and other such challenges will be reset.
Minaga wishes you luck. For if you wish to challenge his Endless Labyrinth, you will sorely need it.
Objective: Complete as many Labyrinth Sections as possible.
Current objective: Complete Labyrinth Section 1.
Attempts remaining: 5
Jake read the lengthy description as he quickly got the gist of it. It was pretty much exactly as he had expected it to be. It was just an endless string of “floors” that Jake had to complete as quickly as possible, hopefully doing as many as humanly possible.
No, better than humanly possible. Jakely possible!
“You done reading it all?” Minaga asked before Jake even had time to consider the whole message.
“I get it. Not like this is that complicated or different from the prior floors,” Jake shrugged as he threw the Unique Lifeform a teasing smile. “Also, I must thank thee, oh-so magnanimous Minaga. To bless the lowly me with five attempts, your kindness is truly unrivaled.”
Minaga looked at him for a bit before crossing his arms. “I am going to broadcast this to everyone live, so you better not be a bully, or everyone will come to learn how rude you are.”
“Eh, there’s not that many watching,” Jake said, shaking his head. “I guess you’re only showing it to a select few and not all the representatives present.”
“Maybe I’m recording it and will show them later,” Minaga pointed out.
“I guess you could do that,” Jake nodded as he smiled. “I must admit, I hadn’t taken you to be that kind of guy. You sure are full of surprises.”
“… I’m not going to take that bait, so you may as we-“
“Who would have thought Minaga had a humiliation fetish? Truly an astonishing discovery.”
“I am beginning to question my decision to broadcast this live,” Minaga muttered to himself as he got a bit more serious. “Anyway, let’s just get this started, alright? While I am not going to disagree that you have a huge advantage in my Challenge Dungeon, you shouldn’t think it will be a complete cakewalk. The difficulty scales infinitely, and you will reach your limit at some point.”
“I shall keep that in mind,” Jake nodded, pretty much getting told what he already assumed. “I am looking forward to seeing what interesting things you cooked up in your Challenge Dungeon.”
“Then let’s get started. I am obligated to say this, so good luck! And more importantly, try and have fun!”
With those words, Minaga teleported away as the massive door behind him began opening. Out came the special fog Jake had seen so many times before. The one that limited Perception and how fast you could move within it while also fucking up divination magic and many other schools and affinities. Of course, what it didn’t fuck up was Jake’s sphere.
Right as the system message telling him the Challenge Dungeon had truly begun appeared, Jake closed his eyes and released a Pulse of Perception.
You have entered Labyrinth Section 1 of Minaga’s Endless Labyrinth.
Time Remaining: 9 days, 23:59:59
Jake opened his eyes again with a mental map before him. The first Labyrinth Section was pretty large, extending nearly one hundred kilometers into the distance, with a classic maze-like design. A super classic design, in fact, as one could technically beat it by just continuously following the left or right wall until one reached the end.
Heck, based on what Jake saw, the first section could easily be beaten by doing just that and walking at a brisk pace. Of course, Jake wasn’t going to do that as he bent his knees and smiled a bit to himself as he shot forward into the first Labyrinth Section.
There weren’t even any enemies or traps in this first section. It was just a pure maze and, quite frankly, kind of boring. Luckily, there was one thing present to not make it entirely mind-numbing.
“Oh great, he just charges right in as if he already knows where to go… oh wait, he probably does… yay…”
Jake smiled to himself as he navigated through the shortest path toward the end, not slowing down for a single second or even taking his time to respond to Minaga’s very exciting commentary throughout. Though, to be fair, rather than commentary, it was more just Minaga venting in a passive-aggressive tone.
“How exciting, will he go down the wrong path!? No, of course, he’s not, how silly of me…. Is it left or right at the next… right, it was right, yeah… yeah, good job. Halfway already, huh? Nearly there… and… congratulations for finishing the first section!”
Reaching a giant double-sided door, Jake quickly touched it as a notification popped up in front of him, and the door began to open. Through his sphere, he also saw that the next part of the Endless Labyrinth simply manifested behind the door, popping into existence all at once.
Labyrinth Section 1 clear time: 1:17:42
“Damn, it still took me over an hour, huh?” Jake said. “Longer than expected for sure… then again, the maze was just long, not hard.”
“… screw you and keep moving. The timer for section two already started.”
Grinning, Jake shrugged as he saw that was indeed the case. He had just been too focused on the clear time to really notice it.
You have entered Labyrinth Section 2 of Minaga’s Endless Labyrinth.
Time Remaining: 9 days, 8:59:52
“Time allocated is going down fast,” Jake commented, and he released another Pulse of Perception. “But the size of the section is about the same. Say, can you give a scoop on the average number of sections cleared?”
“Four million, four-hundred-twenty thousand and sixty-nine, so if you don’t at least do that many, you suck,” Minaga said, clearly being entirely truthful and not at all salty over Jake casually using Pulse to cheese his Challenge Dungeon.
“Damn, that’s sure a lot. Better get going, then,” Jake smiled in response as he released another pulse and headed into the second section. This one had a few traps added into the mix, but it was still pretty straightforward. So, the result also didn’t come as a surprise.
Labyrinth Section 2 clear time: 1:12:30
“Better than last time,” Jake said as he touched the second door.
“It will get harder, okay? I promise. Just… it may take a bit, alright?” Minaga said with exasperation. “So keep keeping on and stuff…”
Jake didn’t need to be told twice as he proceeded to have some more fun in a Challenge Dungeon that felt the exact opposite of the Test of Character one. In the Test of Character, Jake had no idea what to do or where to go at any point. It was just an exercise in confusion and frustration as you figured out what the hell the damn dungeon wanted you to do.
Meanwhile, Minaga’s Labyrinth was as straightforward as it could be. Disregarding the fact it was infinitely more straightforward for Jake as he knew the straight path to the end, even for those without a cheat-like Bloodline, Minaga’s Labyrinth was still simple. You just had to make your way through a Labyrinth within a set timer and then keep doing that over and over again until you couldn’t reach the end in time anymore.
Soon, Jake completed sections three, four, five, six… ten… twenty… Jake just kept going as Minaga kept commentating. Most of it was just him talking and Jake returning the banter, but there were some things of substance said, too.
“Did you notice the wall there? You have seen those before, right?” Minaga asked at one point. “I am giving you an actual hint here.”
Jake had noticed the odd markings covering many of the walls, and he even felt the magical energy infused into them. It was some complicated magic, and while Jake couldn’t immediately figure out what they were about, he had an idea.
“These are hints for solving the labyrinth in time, right?” Jake asked as he rushed through section twenty-seven, jumping over and sliding under traps on the way.
“Exactly! See, I know you could figure it out! How about trying, just once, to do one of the sections without relying on your cheats but doing it properly? Just for the experience,” Minaga semi-pleaded.
“Hm, I could,” Jake muttered.
“Really?” Minaga exclaimed with surprise.
“Yeah, I definitely could. I won’t, but I could.”
“... bullying behavior is not going to get you far in life, you know that, right?”
“Didn't you tell me a bunch of stories about you bullying and annoying larger factions or stronger gods into submissions, making use of the fact that you are a cheat-like existence?” Jake countered.
“Well, stories are always exaggerated, and I wouldn’t say I bullied them. I just made very appealing arguments with adequate levels of insistence until I got my will,” Minaga said in a holier-than-thou tone.
“Right, right, and I am carefully evaluating your proposition for me to handicap myself for no damn reason and finding your arguments for doing so wholly inadequate.”
“It was just a suggestion…” Minaga muttered. “And I put so much effort into those hints, too…”
On the topic of the hints to solve the Labyrinth, Jake got the feeling they were borderline mandatory if one wanted to do the latter sections. Stumbling in the dark or keeping a hand on one wall as you sprinted through could only take you so far, and already by section twenty, that tactic no longer appeared viable as the difficulty began to step up. Not just with the labyrinth getting longer and having more dead-ends but also with the addition of stuff like traps.
Anyway, Minaga’s Labyrinth also included some level of puzzle or maybe even riddle-solving, which was kind of fun. Jake wasn’t entirely sure how it worked as he never bothered to study the hints given at the start of every section fully, nor did he take his time with the markings covering the walls at other places. But it was probably fun for others, right?
In the labyrinth in section twenty-seven, he took a sharp turn, avoiding the mech-like beast that barred the way down one of the hallways that wasn’t the fastest path. Jake threw the beast a look as he remembered a prior talk with Minaga about these creatures inhabiting and barring his progress in the labyrinth.
Jake had sadly confirmed one didn’t earn any experience inside of the Challenge Dungeon, even if you did kill some of the monsters barring the way. Jake naturally had to question the Unique Lifeform about this, and he actually got a straight answer when he did.
“Eh, they aren’t real monsters but just summons tied to the energy barrier. Killing them just cuts off power to the barrier and allows you through, nothing more, nothing less. As for why it isn’t designed so you get experience? Well, there is a good reason. I won’t tell you the reason, but there totally is one, trust me on that. Definitely not just some random decision the Wyrmgod and I made when designing these Challenge Dungeons. Definitely not.”
Alright, Jake called it a straight answer, but at least it was an answer. Only the first part really mattered, explaining they were just summons that powered the barriers.
But, it probably did make some sense? If the creatures gave experience, it would be an incentive to take the paths where they were and not the fastest route. Of course, Jake wouldn’t bother to hunt the monsters in these earlier labyrinths as they were far too weak and often died in a single arrow, but maybe he would have later if they gave him experience.
After Jake passed section twenty-nine, he entered number thirty, and finally, something changed. With a Pulse of Perception, Jake saw that this labyrinth had introduced a new element: teleportation circles. Were they shortcuts? Ways to set your progress back? A mix of the two?
Jake didn’t know if each teleportation circle was good or bad, and while he could try and decipher the hints on the walls around the teleportation circles… he could also just do none of that and leave the decision entirely to his intuition.
Comments
Olof Karlsson
Thanks to the chapter!
Endless Nature
Thanks for the chapter
JJB4345_80_815
Any mushroom levels and Jake will take it as a personal affront and make him try harder, just like how the Battlemaster shot Jake with a crossbow caused Jake to get serious.
JJB4345_80_815
I'm a patron of Defiance of the Fall by The First Defier as well. As a comparison, the main protagonist Zac Atwood is still only in D-grade (Hegemon). In fact, he JUST made it into that level after over 1,100 chapters and has a long way to go before hitting C-grade. Compared to that, this story is trucking. Did anybody else read the Ten Realms series by Michael Chatfield? That was one that I didn't like the slow pacing UNTIL he hurried the pacing for the 9nth and 10th realms which I personally felt like the author got sick of writing the story himself and just decided to slap an ending to it and call it a day. What am I trying to say? Honestly, I don't care about how slow or fast the story moves anymore, just that the content is worth my time to read it. Is the story still good? Am I still invested in this story? Right now, I LOVE this arc, but that's just me. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, just let the author tell the story how he wants to. It's his story and I am just here for the ride. Stories get ruined so often when the author feels pressure to change how they write it. That's why people react so strongly to negative remarks. Change isn't always positive.
Didn't he spend like a million years doing that? I don't know if I would call it a single fit l.
Henscratch
I know it won’t delay him. That’s the point. For everyone else it’s a problem but for him it’s like it’s tailor made for him to succeed BUT forces him to put up with the hated water to take advantage of it. It capitalizes his cheater-ness and turns it around to give him a hard time. The overarching delay theme is just justification for it to exist for “all participants”. Everyone hates water so it’s no good for the general levels but the personal challenges you could get away with it existing.
JonO
That means nothing when it comes to being petty and spiteful. Like if my asshole friend suddenly can't have cheese due to a new allergy or something.... but fucking loved cheese. I'm totally going to eat a shit ton of cheese in front of them because i too am an asshole friend. Hence sure minaga also hates water levels.... but also knows Jake hates them. He's currently love-hating Jake for breaking his labyrinth, therefore he breaks Jake by drowning him in an underwater labyrinth.
James martin
Seems like it’s enough content to bring it to everyone’s attention 😂 sorry I’m not long winded.. but I’m just voicing what I’ve felt and what others have said. Just fyi people can be patrons of multiple authors. Have a good day mate don’t get too angry.
Thenais
Spoiler for next chapter : minaga ripping his hair out
Seen Death
Idk jake might have a pretty difficult time if there was a diplomacy level with canibal mushroom-oids as the inhabitants, who only have meetings over dinner. Gotta not kill the mushrooms, so you can eat their prepared mushrooms in order to talk to the mushrooms lol. Nah i think this challenge dungeon is strictly maze- stuff, unlike minagas portion of non-challenge dungeon dungeon
Seen Death
"3. To hopefully get this moving along. This book is being made fun of in other books comment sections, “ god this arc was slow but it wasn’t primal hunter slow.” And myself and lots agree. " Lmao guy is just trolling. While zogarth does have quite the following, the only people who can have any opininion on nevermore are his patrons, as the released books havent reached that far yet. You are literally in the midst of the only people who can give actual input, and the majority of people are enjoying nevermore. Sure there is a number who are not content, but nomatter what anyone does somebody wont appreciate it. There were even some people who complained after Valdy fight- debatably the most impactful chapter so far. While it is perfectly fine that you have a differing opinion as me, if you dont want to look dim-witted you should probably have some actual content in your words.
Seen Death
It is funny jake takes it so casually with villy, who once wiped 20% of the universe out in a single fit of rage
Justus Saucedo
I want someone to give minaga the idea. "So Jake's likes puzzles. And hates water levels. Mix the two and make Jake like water levels as the ultimate payback."
Gavriel
Continue 😂, intuition cheat!
SmokeJam
Villy wouldn't want to allow it, but he also already stated that it is impossible to stop Minaga from whatever Minaga wants xD So I can definitely see that happening, don't forget he already left a clone with Vesperia
SmokeJam
Is this a patreon comment section or bloody twitter? Don't remember anyone asking for whiteknights. With your lecturing you gave this comment actual traction, if you dont like it, dont engage with it... To the OC: well you actually are skipping the speedrun chapters then xD I don't see this dragging on for more than 2 or 3 chapters with Jakes cheat engine.
Aladanor
But it's 4.420.069
Red Viking
Poor Minaga.
SmokeJam
He can't and won't. Not just the Wyrmgod, but the system itself is enforcing balance and as much as possible fair chances to everyone in Nevermore. Otherwise the leaderboard would be utterly useless
SmokeJam
Minaga hates water levels too, he confirmed that with Jake already in the labyrinth before
SmokeJam
Minaga won't do a water level. He already confirmed that shared opinion with Jake in the labyrinth floors prior
SmokeJam
It was mentioned some chapters ago that he could only see the Wyrmgod doing the recording. He just knew that the Viper was already there and now after meeting the gods, it's natural to assume that at least the bigshots are now watching
JonO
Honestly there are two ways to with further incend or cause Jake to just say fuck it and quit. Mushroom and water levels.... especially if they're successive lol.
JonO
I want to know how annoyed minaga gets when Jake easily doubles the average count.....or Jake could simply keep track and leave after breaking the average just to show minsga some face.... he won't but it's a tactic to get at minaga either way lol
Asas
Only when it was streamed live. He couldn't tell, when it was streamed with delay from recording.
Asas
Then allow me the same honesty in the order of your points. 1. If we take your words as truthful, then it is doubtful that you even read the whole chapter or how much of it. And if you didn't, then your comment is almost worthless as a feedback. 2. What knowledge will he gain from your comment? That you haven't read it and are skipping the next ones. That's it. 3. Do you honestly think that in the theoretical situation in which Zogard would be considering changing pace (which I theorize is your point, as you didn't specify any precise problem), your comment in its "witty" wording would help? 4. There is no information to sugarcoat, only unwitty remarks without substance.
Daniel Hogan
I remember now - there were traps that teleported you to different locations, usually bad, but sometimes were actually shortcuts. His intuition let me know when it was a shortcut.
kry
I like that Jake can tell how many are watching even through the recording. Does that mean Jake was able to tell the whole time??
kry
There were teleporters they used to skip parts of the other labyrinths, but I think they used something else to cheese them than Jake’s intuition. Maybe they tried sending some of the plants through? I can’t remember, but I know they had teleporters they used to skip parts of the labyrinth.
kry
Oops just skipped a super fun chapter. Not everything needs to have pacing set to 100, that would just get exhausting when reading several chapters in a row
Finn
Sounds fun, but wont delay Jake either. Jake is just such a cheat. The Traps he can sense for their exact position and structure to easily destroy them while poison ... he is the Chosen of the Viper. So not sure if such lvl should really be shown in the Jake point of view or rather as Run ending Floors for others. Maybe 1 or 2 for Jake but most for others.
James martin
How isn’t that productive, it’s pretty to the point? I think everyone understands what I meant and it’s gotten lots more attention. You knew exactly what I meant and it took 1 sentence not a paragraph.
Ral
Jake is C rank with little care about what others do. Right now to everyone powerful he is a resource or a investment. The only enemies he could be making now would be fanatics. Fanatics like from the church of the primordials.
Ilinorin
You can be honest and give feed back and not sugar coat things, but just saying oh this is dumb back to skipping isn't productive or helpful. You saying hey this section is slow and would be better if the pacing was faster, or had less repetitive descriptions and moved the plot along faster <- that would be a better way of stating things and actually be useful for the author. Whether or not he took your opinion seriously enough to change things of course is up to him, but at least it'd be an opinion worth listening to rather than your original statement.
Ilinorin
It'd be fun to see him change the challenge dungeon for like the b grade section to a social interaction challenge where you are forced to seduce people and gather information from people who have limited conversation options/responses just because of Jake.
Ilinorin
Considering he could just make a lower lvl clone and have him follow Jake anywhere outside of the 93rd universe, it could Def lead to some fun. I'd love to see him send one to the order and have it become a local annoyance at his residence even if I know it wouldn't happen because Villy wouldn't want to allow it.
Christopher Hendrix
Honesty 👍
Ilinorin
There weren't teleporters last time, but there were things they had to find where he cheesed it with his intuition, so I'm pretty sure Minaga won't be surprised at all since he has already done something similar.
One Winged Angel
I really do appreciate that regardless of Minagas constant whining, he is fully engrossed with Jake and by extension, Artemis. He just appreciates an unbias critique of his dungeon by a completely unbias source, he totally appreciates the feedback and feels like rewarding the help by absolutely shipping the huntress and hunter.
James martin
I write it because 1. It’s honest and it’s not just me, my friend group who read this mostly have the same conclusion. 2. The author should know how I feel before he publishes it(not that it changes anything) 3. To hopefully get this moving along. This book is being made fun of in other books comment sections, “ god this arc was slow but it wasn’t primal hunter slow.” And myself and lots agree. I’d appreciate if people were honest with me if I were writing this. Yeah it wasn’t sugar coated. Love the material and Jake but just frustrated. Ty for writing these Zogarth
Henscratch
There should be a level where he has to a long, sectional airlock-like corridor of nothing but constant complicated impossible to avoid traps that take a while to dismantle one-by-one; vs. a water level shortcut that has impossible to avoid poison seaweed/anemone to swim through that normally would make people wait for them to safely recede in a set patternafter solving his hints. Both time delay options but the one that’s better in every way has the only drawback of being a damnable water section.
Atoms88
I see Jake going past the point of designed levels, to stuff the system has to make up to actually challenge him, with Minaga and the Wyrm god both taking notes.
Luke Scheffe
Man just skipped one of the best chapter over being salty.
Luke Scheffe
He needs to make them for every grade anyway. Why not have the peak C grade maze by followed by the initial B grade maze?
Malth
The Coliseum felt far too long but I can't imagine the remaining dungeons are going to be as drawn out. I doubt Nevermore will be finished before the end of the year but I'd certainly hope the Challenge Dungeons are and that the team's back together for their dive with the remaining decade of time which will likely include some commentary about everyone's growth in the challenge dungeons.
Malth
*Sees title* Yes... Ha ha ha... YES!
Isley
good chappie
Hydrabogen
The reason is pretty clear no? He's frustrated about the content of the Nevermore Arc.
Aaron Schwartz
OK I haven’t even started reading this yet… but I’d like to say that I’m disappointed. The title totally should’ve been “Minaga’s Minightmare”
Aerlevsedi
To be fair he has fairly limited means of making it harder for Jake unless he makes a more fundamental change to the very concept of his dungeon.
Acidionis
Don't think he can do that or else he would have just found a way to make it more difficult for Jake in the first place since he knew what he was going to do from the earlier levels
Asas
Why did you even write that comment? Is it helpful? No. Is it clever? No. Is it disrespectful? Yes. So why do it??? And I mean that I wanna know the reason.
Austin Richins
Oh yeah, that would be golden. With Jake commenting on the creepiness of a sexless being throwing "kids" into multiple sexual fantasy situations, then complaining about numerous voyeurs tuning in.
Chailles
You would have to argue that Minaga, after making what he originally believes to be impossible, decided to make enough impossible challenges after that one. They seem to be pretty personally made, so I can't imagine Minaga using procedural generation to make them ad infinitum and scale endlessly.
Austin Richins
No way. There's totally going to be an end. Jake will find it and Minaga will be extra salty.
Hunter Thornton
Welp I do believe Jake has earned a mountain of new enemies. After Jake’s time in the endless labyrinth Minaga is definitely gonna bump the difficulty up a few notches
BlackRazaras
Thanks for the chapter
John Looney
Villy killed void beasts that are as strong as godkings/queens only oras and the one that called jake harbinger before the party were referred to as void gods which have primordial levels of powers or at least similar as they have villys respect
john henderson
I’m fairly certain there were teleporters the last time as well
john henderson
The beauty of Minaga as a character is that we can reasonable expect to encounter him in near every dungeon outside of the 93rd universe
James martin
Ugh back to skipping chapter, knocked that read out in 18 seconds flat lol I hope the gods start talking again and they suddenly are like look at the time we’ve been chatting for 25 years Jake is about to leave nevermore and he’s broken it.
john henderson
But what if he just made level 69 that way for everyone, and most others just breezed through it yk
Jana
He met 2 Void Gods, one of them, Oras, twice. During the Teleport to the Chosen Ceremony with Miranda, Maria,Caleb etc. they are intercepted by 2 Void gods.
john henderson
Logically, the end would just be when the difficulty scales beyond the scope of possible for a C grade in the time allotted, so while not technically an end it would still serve as one
Tommy
This fucking chapter had me chuckling with glee! 442069 average sections done huh 😏😎
Blake Noyes
Don’t think he can individualize it like that
Dominick Gelardi
It's a hilarious idea though
Chailles
There's totally gonna be a part where it's revealed that the "Endless" Dungeon is not quite as "Endless" as most would believe, won't there?
Darthnarciss
I mean, yeah he's not a counter to valdemar, but his bloodline directly overpowered valdemars transcendence. Yeah it took him 9 times, becuase he didn't let it loose. Once he did, once he accepted that a loss was a loss whether his life was actually on the line or not, he smoked Valdemar (i mean, not really, but it sounds good). Then, his presence backed by his Bloodline, directly held back Valdemars presence, a true Primordial, while in the C grade and even protected Artemis at the same time. As Valdemar said, Jake won. So yeah, not a counter in the standard rock/paper/scissors meaning, but definitely in the my thing beat your thing meaning.
IceHeart
Except he did call it a straight answer before the actual answer, so that sentence is correct and doesn't need to be changed
Darnell Maxwell
I wouldn't say he's a counter to Valdemar. Jake is just strong. Nothing about his bloodline specifically counters Valdemar. That's why it took him 9 tries to eek out a lucky win.
Darnell Maxwell
Jake only met one void god. Both times it was Oras looking at him. And Villy does want smoke with Void gods. He killed a bunch of them after that meeting. He just doesn't want to fight Oras specifically since he sees no reason too. Oras is sentient so why waste time killing someone when you can scam them out of their possessions with a good deal?
Jonathan
Alright, Jake called it a straight answer, but at least it was an answer. Alright, Jake hardly called it a straight answer, but at least it was an answer.
StuBee3
TFTC 😎
Tim Schillinger
Like a breeze
Linzey17
Can't wait to see how salty Minaga is by the end of it. What's the bet Jake gets the record for most labyrinths completed by a C grade and in record time?
Jeremy M
4-420-69 sections... Nice 🤣
Asas
Yeah, that won’t happen directly after Nevermore, if ever. He still has too low grade for that.
Michael Fannon
Anyone else hopes that Minaga learned that the best counter to Jake's cheating is to throw him in awkward social situations? Like another Harem level? Seen from Artemis's view with comments for the primordials? Yes, please
JJB4345_80_815
Gratitude for the chappy! I see what you did here, oh great and mighty Zogarth! Everyone knows he's going to cheese THIS dungeon, so to keep us in suspense over how well Jake will do in the OTHER challenge dungeons, you decided to get this one over with first! Still, Minaga does make this fun 😊
Tyler S.
Wonder how much this challenge will hinder el'haky 🤔. Tyftc Zog
Den
Jake is speedrunning Minaga's Labyrinth so fast I expect a Karl Jobst video on this chapter sooner rather than later!
Mack
Hard pass but you do you lol
Iron
Thanks for the chapter <3
Michael Fannon
And Umbra. And Eversmile. And Valdemar. Jake is going to be real popular adter he gets out of the nevermore. Least with Artemis, the honey traps will mostly stop. Jake seduced and hooked up with a near godqueen that is famous for never hooking up. Who is going to compare to that?
S.w.
Hell yeah. Speed runs.
Joshua Morris
“It will get harder, okay? I promise. Just… it may take a bit, alright?” Jake should have offered Minaga a potion to help with that.
Mohammed Sheekh
I feel like the only people jake would have to tread carefully around are the void gods, like the 2 he met when he was teleporting, even villy wanted no smoke with them
Chase Koehn
Tftc! Love always hearing Minaga complain🤣
brennon Petersen
Tftc!
Ben Heystek
good work
Eiv
Thanks!
BerciTheBeast
TFTC! The bullying is real haha.
Stevean Bozek
Minaga is truly one of the best characters introduced to this series. I hope he becomes a staple outside of Nevermore as he's clearly become very interested in our favorite hunters nonsense
Jake could use Minaga as an endless source of salt
Daniel Hogan
How fuming is Minaga going to be over Jake's intuition cheating the teleporters. I bet he expects Jake to avoid them completely or something.
Florian
I cant wait until Nevermor is over and Artemis comes to visit Jake in the order. Villy then coming over for a beer. Artemis in Jakes arm on the Sofa in a constant state of panic caused by the casual insults Jake throws at Villy every now and then while chatting as usual.
Ethan Alexander
We come for the story, we stay for Minaga's bitching
Kylas
Brilliant!
Frederik
Man cant way to hear arty comments
Devin
i need artemis pov
Luboš Hemala
There is now the easy mode, the hard mode and the Jakely mode.
Decibel790
Haha, poor minaga. So underappreciated. Thanks for the chapter!
Valhazstromoz
Lmfao minaga being the best wingman ever giving Jake a chance to show off to arty
Yaldabaoth
Wooohoooo
Zach
Thanks for the chapter
Naotsugu97
TFTC! Jake is such a hard counter to Minaga. Lol
Overlord1993
First!
