The Primal Hunter

Results: No individual obtained at least 60% of the total votes. No World Leader will be elected during this World Congress. Note that a World Leader must be elected within the first 3 World Congresses.

The vote ended as everyone expected with no World Leader elected. Jake had decided to just vote for Neil for fun, getting a weird look from the guy afterward. It had actually gone about as Miranda had theorized before they entered the World Congress, with, of course, the small change of the King being present.

Miranda had not believed any World Leader would be elected due to how many dissenting opinions still existed. The Noboru clan and Holy Church alone opposed the other gaining power, the Risen would want neither but prefer the Noboru clan, the independents wanted neither of them, and Valhal wanted who-knows-what.

The Court of Shadows and Haven didn’t really matter much anymore voting-wise as they were beaten out by sheer numbers. However, their opinions could still sway some, and not having their support would potentially only lead to trouble down the line. The same was true for Eron, who had been oddly silent since the entire event began, almost hiding away.

Determining who was happy or not with this conclusion wasn’t hard determining either. The Holy Church seemed disappointed, and the Noboru clan also appeared to hope that they would have won the vote. In fact, Jake got the feeling the Noboru clan and many of the independents associated with Arthur had made some kind of agreement.

However, it seemed like most had assumed this vote would end in no winner as a foregone conclusion. Getting sixty percent of the votes was no easy task, and no faction had confidence in achieving it as things currently were on Earth. In fact, Jake was unsure a real agreement of more than sixty percent would ever be reached.

This is why both he and Miranda had agreed that all of this was just planting the seeds of the next World Congress, where according to the rules, a World Leader had to be selected. No one knew how the next election would work, but the best guess was that it would simply be the individual with the most votes who wins.

With the end of the first vote, a new one instantly began. Jake had wondered what the next vote would be about. A new shop of some kind? A system event? Something entirely different? Well, it sure did turn out to be different than Jake had expected.

The second vote of the World Congress will relate to allowing those who have yet to find their Path to do so.

As the world progresses and many begin to find their footing, some stumble as they fail to find their Path. They reach an impasse as their progress stops and their motivation dies. This event is one that will allow those who faltered to reignite their inner fire and discover their true Path. At the same time, members of the World Congress can decide which direction they wish for their planet to go.

The voting options are as follows:

1.Paths of the Unusual Unions

2.Paths of the Heretical Few

3.Paths of the Devoted Ones

4.Paths of the Lonely Souls

5.Paths of the Independent Worlds

6.Paths of the Recognized Supremes

of the

event known as the Path of Myriad Choices. This event will allow those able to enter to explore another potential Path they may have followed and seek inspiration from it, or perhaps choose to

their current class, profession, or race based on the nature and their experiences

will begin

poke the options a bit, fishing for a response, but it did nothing. In other words, they would have to vote purely based on the names of the seven

at him besides that extra event. Jake knew his own Path, and this event seemed to be aimed

at the independent factions also look at it with great interest. Jake was still interested as he wanted to see

the matter. This seems to be for you humans more than anyone else, and no matter the choice, it will benefit other races if they can participate,”

“Rather than argue what is the best choice, can we agree to exclude some

of heretics seems like a great way to get it blown up,”

I believe it a natural one to exclude. While we have no details on each option, I also believe excluding Paths of the Lonely Souls just based on the name would be wise. Humans – or beasts for that matter – do better in groups than on their lonesome, and this entire scenario is clearly aimed at the masses and not the powerful individuals. The lonely souls have already found their paths;

reek of recognizing a singular religion or turning our world into a theocracy. Recognized Supremes appear like one where the

be a devotion to a good life or the community. Even if it is aimed at factions

remember you being openly ignorant to reality,” Arthur answered as he looked sharply at Jacob. “I am more surprised you didn’t argue for selecting Submissive Realists as that seems to describe the

am surprised you didn’t instantly argue that we should choose the

some kind of beef between the two of them. This was a bit surprising as Jake remembered the father and son seemed quite close before the system. Did Arthur just not agree with Jacob taking up the mantle of Augur? Or was Jacob disappointed Arthur directly

from airing their personal grievances of the other. “I do believe there is much positive to be said about independence, but so is there for unions. To call the current situation on Earth an unusual union would not necessarily be an incorrect description. The only question is, are what we are seeing on Earth truly a union or merely a temporary moment of peace? Not that independent Worlds is that much better as

Earth to become as what it currently is,” Caleb said. “The Court of Shadows have little input on these options, but the prior conversation about the future of Earth is very relevant. Do we want it to be an unusual union of forces or an independent entity capable of

choice can also have an emphasis on the “worlds” part. As it currently exists, Earth is but one world, but there are ways to make several smaller dimensions or even small worlds within the same area. I do find it

Caleb relented with a nod. “In that case, is that truly something we want? It would also inevitably result in only one

system offers will be about and what the majority of the denizens of Earth would resonate with,” Jacob reentered the conversation. He was clearly done with the useless bickering with his father, and

be fine with the heretic choice. Speaking of which, it was interesting the system even

Earth, and Jake hadn’t even

“pull themselves up by their bootstraps” would be stupid even for him.

the discussions soon reached an impasse, and it was decided for the factions to spread out and have some more intimate discussions and deal-making. It was also an excuse to have all the space mages become able to group up and discuss

his plans were for a moment before he decided to head over to

the occasional glance during the meeting before. She looked like

went up to her and waved.

in return.

should have known. Sylphie had talked about Carmen a few times, calling her

and hunting things. That, or she is hanging out with her parents, probably still hunting things for some quality family time,” Jake answered with a

Carmen