Jake knew the question of how long he had been in time dilation was just a stupid joke, but he still thought about it seriously. The last time he had spent fourteen years or something in time dilation, and that had translated to a few months. Would it be more? Jake considered and concluded It couldn’t be more than half a year, even if that would be a while.

However, he did notice one thing. His token had no new messages left behind on it. The last time he was in the time chamber, he had gotten some messages in the meantime, with the messages appearing whenever he exited. This time he hadn’t gotten any. So, maybe less than three months? Forty years resulting in three months passing would be a 1-160 dilation, which seems like… a lot? Was it a lot?

Needless to say, Jake had no way to math it out. But he did have one way to find out quickly without having Villy tell him.

”How about we make a bet on if I can guess the time? Down to the hour.” Jake proposed to tease the snake god in turn.

”Oh, interesting? What are we betting?” Villy answered with genuine curiosity. ”Wait, I know! The loser has to wear an outfit decided by the other.”

Jake seemed to consider it seriously for a few moments. ”Pictures allowed?”

”Obviously.”

”Hm… fine,” Jake accepted.

”I am already assuming I lost, so how does my Chosen have a way to accurately determine Realtime? It tends to be annoying unless you have system timers, and I don’t think you have any of those, and I already scanned the mansion for any kind of timing features on the ritual circle,” the Viper asked curiously. ”Then again, maybe you were bluffing.”

Jake smiled as he spoke up.

”Hey, Duskleaf, how long was I in there?”

The sprout-clone of the alchemist god had been in another room, and Jake spoke loud enough for him to hear. Not that Jake doubted he would pick up what Jake said no matter how loud he spoke. As expected, the alchemy god peeked his head in.

”It was-”

”My dear disciple. Do not answer that.”

Duskleaf looked confused a bit as Jake countered.

”If you tell me, you will get a picture of Villy in an outfit of your own choosing,” Jake smirked, offering up the opportunity for him to decide.

”If you tell him, I will-”

”Fifty-five days, eleven hours, sixteen minutes, and… seventeen minutes now,” Duskleaf cut Villy off.

Jake looked at Villy. ”Fifty-five days, eleven hours, and seventeen minutes. Give or take.”

”This is clearly collusion,” he answered defiantly.

never said I couldn’t ask anyone,” Jake defended

thoughtlessly betray me like that. My dear Duskleaf, what have I ever

repeatedly refused to work with me on anything, forced me into your own projects, forced me into helping others I had no interest in, made me take up the position as Leader in the Academy, is pressuring me to give lessons

I would have used my own materials if I had

Duskleaf raised an eyebrow.

wouldn’t,” the snake god shrugged. ”Anyway, why the hell did I even agree to

just given me a straight answer,” Jake answered with a deadpan expression.

able to endure a time dilation around 1-265 despite still being in D-grade,” Villy said in a tone making it sound like

time dilation was often only used for specific things like this or avoided entirely, it wasn’t something he often heard

1-200 is considered really damn good. Anything above that is for chronomancers who are specialized in time magic and have an incredible affinity for the

Maybe it was a bit like adapting to pressure in deep water? He did have Moment and Steady Focus, though he was not sure if Steady Focus even counted as that skill only affected his perception of

Jake smiled. ”Remember to take a picture whenever you pick out an outfit and

a heretic, Jake. You care more about some silly bet than the praise of your Patron.

of confirmation from Duskleaf. He did not know what the old alchemist was

as he tossed a crystal to Jake. ”Schematics for the new ritual circle to teleport back here while piggybacking

Thanks!” Jake said, saying

Irin to ask about her

for over forty years, but thinking about time passing in time dilation only made Jake

checklist of things before C-grade had been mostly finished, and there was only

Actually evolve to C-grade.

Not about if she could join, but if it was okay for her to join. She didn’t know anything about the Order, and she wasn’t even that strong yet, plus she didn’t know how to do any alchemy and, in all honesty, had no interest in the subject. She honed

was clear she wasn’t a fighter at all. Yet she dared act towards the Chosen like that… Scarlett didn’t like it. At least she still didn’t go too far, and after spending some time with her, maybe she wasn’t

her to a new area through many of the teleportation gates spread around until they

an assessment per-se, more just a dungeon that has to be passed. Do note that this particular C-grade dungeon is capable of handling both groups or individuals, and you are free to choose how you want to be assessed. There are always individuals

”I want to do it with a

her own planet. Entering with others would allow her insight into the general power level of those wanting to join, and with Irin helping her, she could hopefully get

of five. It consisted of a party of three dragonkin with rather diluted blood who were already a group before this. The last member was individual

join, but as they left, Irin had given a

am not getting good

she was not overly worried. Their levels were all rather high, though, all firmly in

[Dragonkin – lvl 274]

[Dragonkin – lvl 277]

[Dragonkin – lvl 275]

Alpha –

finally, there

Crimsoneye Snake

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