The Primal Hunter

Chapter 450

”So, Arnold, what made you decide to get blessed and enter a pact with some sort of otherworldly being of the void that usually turns people insane merely by laying their eyes upon it?”

Jake had barely entered the sphere of metal and made his way to the mad scientist before he popped the question burning in his mind. He hadn’t even taken out the creepy cube yet. Jake had just been invited in by Arnold’s assistant and walked into his workshop asking about his Void God pal first-thing.

Arnold, to his credit, didn’t get fazed and didn’t even look up from his workbench as he answered: “By all estimates, being blessed by a god is superior to not being blessed by one, and the offered benefits outstripped all other offers at the time.”

It was the kind of answer Jake had expected, but he still pressed further. “But… have you seen this god?”

“Naturally,” Arnold nodded, still unbothered as his hands kept working.

“And? No comments on the appearance of a floating thing of infinite eyeballs?”

“The appearance of Oras shifts according to the observer,” Arnold shook his head. “I saw not an eye but a string of numbers. All perceptions one can have are related to the act of observing. You saw a representation of a visual organ while I saw a language able to relay what is observed.”

“Are you trying to tell me you see the world as being made up of numbers or what?” Jake asked further, wondering if Arnold thought he lived in a simulation or something.

“No. Just that all can be reduced to numbers. Even the system itself,” Arnold nonchalantly answered. He soon stopped his work and looked up at Jake. “I do not believe you have come here to discuss divine alignments?”

“No, I came to ask about something else… okay, just one more question, do you talk to Oras?” Jake couldn’t hold himself back from asking.

“Talk? No. Communicate? Yes. Conversation through spoken words such as the one we are having right now is a severely limited and highly inefficient way to relay information from one source to another. The communication thus happens through images, arrays, patterns, and formulas, which is far more efficient and helpful,” the scientist explained.

Jake couldn’t help but imagine the two biggest nerds in the multiverse talking with each other by using god damn formulas to spell out stuff. But… Jake began to understand how Arnold could deal with Oras. “Okay, final question. What is Oras to you?”

He had a hunch and wanted to confirm it.

“Unknown as of yet,” Arnold shrugged.

“What is your best guess?”

“Knowing when you don’t know something is knowledge in itself. I don’t need to guess when I know I can’t comprehend something yet. I still have many steps to understand before I can comprehend a being such as Oras, making my lack of comprehending the creature a natural conclusion,” Arnold answered. “The human mind is limited in scope, and we must accept there are some things we are not meant to understand. However, that doesn’t mean we can’t try to comprehend them and observe the impact they have on phenomena we can see. Through those observations and evolution brought upon us by the system, perhaps one day we can transcend our current limits. But that day has yet to come.”

from school during a reunion who was studying physics at the time. The guy talked about quantum mechanics and how

He talked about how humans tried to make theories and formulas to explain what

he did

have already become able to understand flows of energy, comprehend patterns not understandable

he actually heard some passion in his voice. Jake felt like he had gotten a far better understanding of Arnold during this brief talk and, in concert, also understood Oras a

nerd-loving knowledge-seeker, AKA also a mega-nerd. Simple as that. At least, that is how Jake

brought this for you,” Jake finally said as he pulled out the weird box the eldritch abomination

asked. “I am

he opened the barrel and pulled out the bundle of cloth containing the box. “I would advise you to close your

on. Jake was

hands. Jake himself just stood there with closed

open his eyes,

headache but could inspect it freely. The box was just black without any patterns on it, and there were no shifting eyes

staring at it a bit as he just put it out of his

it. Haven, Skyggen, Sanctdomo, and several other cities he recognized were marked on it, as well as some noticeable landmarks such as the Insect Plains and the

a few areas light up. At the same time, the map drew attention to a small mark at the far side of it, right at the edge of a large mass

journey to Skyggen had been. Luckily there appeared to be

detected. This indicates they either live there or have lived there previously. Based on the signals and times of death of the eagle

traits. This was all tied to Records, and needless to say, then all humans had the Records of being humans. In the same vein, all Primas had the

have also marked zones with creatures of interest and the fastest routes to

Jake couldn’t help but ask: “How

of the sky have proven impossible to break through with my current methods. Even that is secondary to making anything able to survive in space for a prolonged period without

been quite

ongoing one,” Arnold just said as he motioned for Jake to follow. “I have also worked further on the

could practically feel the energy infused

We both share the fact that Perception is our primary stat, and I aim to infuse the Nanoblade with abilities taking advantage of that,” he

mention the box. Wouldn’t that mean Jake would eventually run around with a

“It looks damn impressive already.

he handed Jake a tablet of sorts, not unlike one of the ones Arnold normally ran around with. “Within this tablet is general information of the areas you will encounter on your way, such as settlements and noteworthy territories of certain creatures. The map is naturally also included, and if you hold onto the tablet, it will track your location on said map.

advice on the

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