Jake and the King didn’t really encounter anything of note as they both flew skyward at a relaxed speed. Both were in weakened states, and while Jake was quickly recovering, the King was not. Hence why they took a relaxed approach.

On the way up, Jake infused some energy into the rock that was totally not an egg that he had received from Sandy. It had only been a few hours since they parted, and Jake would lie if it wasn’t a bit weird that he was already back again, but it wasn’t his fault he sucked at predicting his own future plans.

Okay, it probably was his fault, but in Jake’s defense, he had been somewhat mentally occupied with taking down the Ashen Phantom Devourer.

“You mentioned that you made it here with the help of a C-grade entity,” the King said as they flew up.” Will this entity be willing to assist both of us?”

About now, it should probably be made clear that Jake had not shared much of how he had traveled across the world, much less talked about Sandy. He just said he had made an ally that could help him traverse the world far faster than by himself, and that was why he had time to strategize and such even while moving forward.

No actual details about Sandy had been shared for several reasons. The primary of which being that Jake just didn’t like sharing information about others without permission. Telling everyone who Sandy was and Sandy’s abilities just didn’t sit right with him, so he kept things simple.

Moreover, Sandy was not the type of worm that one should be told about. Sandy was the kind of worm one just had to experience.

“I am sure it will be fine,” Jake said to the King as they soon reached the layer of clouds Sandy could operate in.

Jake and the King stopped as Jake kept watch to make sure no C-grade decided they looked like prey. Neither was in good condition to have a serious fight, so they would rather just wait for Sandy to make it there.

Ten or so minutes passed before Jake felt an aura approach. Jake looked up and saw Sandy descend from a layer of clouds above the one they were in. Jake smiled, but his smile quickly froze as he felt more auras. Several more auras.

All of them were far more powerful than Sandy’s, making them at or near mid-tier C-grade.

“EAT BOTH AND GO!?” Jake heard Sandy’s voice yell in his head from afar.

“Yes!” Jake confirmed.

“Don’t resist the pull,” Jake warned the King, and just in time too.

With great speed, Sandy barreled down and opened their mouth as Jake and the King were gobbled up. Sandy then quickly began flying close to the layer of clouds leading to the lower-leveled region below.

Inside the stomach, the King had stopped to admire what had happened while Jake stared outside. There, far up in the air, several figures now emerged. There were more than a dozen of them, and as they got closer, Jake got a proper look.

It was a group of griffins. Dense wind magic revolved around them as they tried to chase down Sandy, who was flying away at an equally fast pace.

”Why are they

knew, but he just had

is caring. That is the true way of the worms,” Sandy

something from

with a bit of cheek before promptly changing the subject. ”I barely managed to get in

telepathically. ”Incredibly interesting, this place. We appear to be within the Soulshape, and yet at the same time not. Some

just about to tell Sandy who you are,” Jake said. ”Oh, by the way, this is Sandy. Sandy is a friend of mine and also happens to be the Chosen of Snappy. Or, well, the Boundless Hydra, Lord Protector of the Order of the Malefic Viper, is probably his official

King said, not

were headed. Sandy was only semi-distracted as

rip Sandy to threads. This kept on for a while, and the worm began to take damage as Sandy decided it all got a bit

am more surprised Sandy couldn’t make a wormhole,Jake joked to himself… fully aware that Sandy potentially could make a wormhole, and even if they couldn’t now, then Sandy no doubt would be able to in the

give up, resulting in the worm once more getting away with a successful robbery. After Jake explained everything, they had some small talk as Jake moved on to the next

Miranda aware the Ashen Phantom Devourer was gone, but he still needed to talk to her and the Sword Saint. He wanted to know what had gone down

as Jake took out a token and infused some energy. He waited for a few minutes, but nothing happened. Jake frowned, wondering what was up. He was not nervous but just guessed that she was probably busy as she also planned

certain god he knew had to be waiting

on how fast the

this first chapter of the story, huh?” Villy said. ”Though I

wanting to talk about that. ”So, off

he is not about winning or losing, to begin with. No matter

Kind of. Eversmile is a maniac, but I don’t think he is stupid… why waste so much on William? There must have been easier ways to get someone like him than all the mess

can’t be there, so him being in that state before already makes him interesting. You also misunderstand something… Eversmile’s investment is not only due to the caster but who the caster was killed by. The person who just made his former follower into a

along, once more reaffirming to himself that trying to understand what Eversmile was truly up to was a

has been going

to go as you wanted. But one piece of advice. Keep your useful relationships intact. I initially wasn’t sure if it was even something for you, but Nevermore has a dungeon path that is suited for parties, and seeing as you and quite a few of those around you will reach C-grade around the same time, it seems like an obvious thing to participate

him leave than expected,” Jake agreed. ”Do you think he

the first arc of your story. I am sure there is far more to come, and the fact that Yip has not made any moves himself either is proof of this. Better be prepared to keep dealing with him and others who may want to make trouble for you in the future,” Villly

intentions towards

myself to prepare for what is to come. Keep

whatever you are up to… actually, what

friend and looking into some equipment upgrades of my own. You are not the only one who has

days. Ascending to godhood changed things in ways Jake didn’t know yet and had no desire to find out. At least not yet. He would figure it out when he became a god himself or at least got

two of them casually chatted a bit longer before cutting the

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