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.
said I couldn’t ask anyone,”
my own disciple to so thoughtlessly betray me like that. My dear Duskleaf, what have I ever done to you?”
I had no interest in, made me take up the position as Leader in the Academy, is pressuring me to give lessons at the Academy, stole a lot of the ingredients I had gathered while you were gone, proceeded to use those materials for your own goals without even asking, then tried to
things, I got it,” Villy raised his hands on defense. ”And, to counter, I would have used my own materials
Duskleaf raised an eyebrow.
why the hell did I even agree to this? And shouldn’t you be getting back to your
been avoided if you had just given me a straight answer,” Jake answered with a deadpan expression. ”I would have probably already been on my way back if you
I would miss the opportunity to do a dramatic reveal of you being able to endure a time dilation around 1-265 despite still being in D-grade,” Villy said in a tone making
Did 1-265 sound impressive? Sure it did, but what was the standard? Considering how time dilation was often only used for specific things like this or avoided entirely, it
above that is for chronomancers who are specialized in time
didn’t entirely get it. 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
”Remember to take a picture whenever you pick out an outfit and
why you’re a heretic, Jake. You care more about some silly bet than the praise of your Patron. This is downright blasphemous, I tell you!” Villy said with much
a label with honor,” Jake bowed, also getting a nod of confirmation from Duskleaf. He did not know what the old alchemist was planning, but
I forget,” Villy said as he tossed a crystal to Jake. ”Schematics for the new ritual circle to teleport back
forgotten about that. Thanks!” Jake said,
Meira was gone for a lesson, so he couldn’t say goodbye to her, and he quite frankly had no idea where Scarlett even was. He considered contacting Irin to ask about her but decided not to. Maybe being apart from Jake for a bit was a good thing? It had only been a few months anyway, and if
after getting there. Well, in actuality, he had been there for over forty years, but thinking about time passing in time dilation only made Jake feel weird, so he didn’t really
mostly finished, and
Actually evolve to C-grade.
had been worried about joining the Order from the get-go. 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,
the very moment she saw her. She was weak, even for a C-grade, and it 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 that bad. Irin was also pretty helpful and told Scarlett a lot about the Order and
of the teleportation gates spread around
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 looking for someone to enter with, and
a while. ”I want to do it with
know anyone in the Order, and she was still oblivious to the power level outside of her own planet. Entering with others would allow her insight into the general power level of those wanting to join, and with
of five. It consisted of a party of three dragonkin with rather diluted blood who were already a group before this. The
group was more than happy to have Scarlett join, but
I am not getting good vibes from
took the warning to heart, though she was not overly worried. Their levels were all rather
[Dragonkin – lvl 274]
[Dragonkin – lvl 277]
[Dragonkin – lvl 275]
Alstmaw Alpha – lvl
finally, there was
Crimsoneye Snake –
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