The Primal Hunter

Chapter 955: Equal Contributors Chapter 955: Equal Contributors

All’s well that ends well. At least, Jake thought so after he had expertly politicked his way into convincing the other World Leader to release the Prima Guardian. What’s more, it turns out the elven World Leader was way more decent than Jake had initially expected.

It hadn’t taken much convincing to make the guy agree to activate the Prima Guardian, not after he knew Jake’s identity. In the words of the elf, if Jake couldn’t beat the Prima Guardian as the top-ranking person on the Nevermore Leaderboard, then they wouldn’t have stood a chance either way and would have faced total annihilation.

There was one minor issue, though.

”The Prima Vessel struck down on the other side of the planet from the capital, and while we have populated much of this world and have some forward bases, there is still a vast area of wilderness between the nearest teleportation circle and the Vessel,” the elven World Leader explained.

”How long do you reckon it will take to reach it?” Jake questioned.

”With my speed, around half a day. We could also try and find a space mage to make things faster, but I doubt I would want to. I know that the Primas made use of those with the space affinity among them to reach out defensive positions faster, but I’m not sure if bringing along a third person would be wise,” the elf said, shaking his head.

”Why not?” Jake asked. If they could get there faster, that would just be great.

”It would risk exposing things,” the elf said as he seemed to think for a while. ”This may seem presumptuous, but would it be fine if the story after this becomes that the two of us faced the Prima Guardian together?”

”Will we face it together?” Jake questioned. ”Not gonna lie, I feel like you would be more of a liability than any kind of help. In fact, I’m positively certain you would cause more harm than good.”

No way Lone Hunter would work if he did actually fight with the guy, even if he was a lot weaker. Also, while Jake said the elf felt about as strong as Reika, he questioned how good the guy would actually be at fighting if he had just been the spiritual leader for his planet this entire time. He definitely specialized in a Path revolving around being the Voice of the One rather than a fighter.

”That’s a bit insulting but probably also true,” the elf sighed. ”My point is that should you just kill the Prima Guardian alone, there will be many questions, while if I say we killed it together, there will be far fewer who raise any issues. I want to keep it entirely ambiguous who contributed the most, allowing everyone here to believe I was the one who did the most, while anyone else who hears about it will naturally know I was just a tag-along required to release the boss.”

”We can talk about that on the way,” Jake said, not outright rejecting the idea as he did want to ask some more questions about this entire planet, and seeing as they had quite a few hours of traveling through the wilderness together, he reckoned there would be plenty of time for that.

”Very well,” the elven World Leader nodded. ”By the way, I noticed I never introduced myself. Name’s Kindroth, Son of Kindrothar… yes, my father didn’t have a lot of imagination when it came to names. Ah, but please avoid using my name when around others. No one has actually called me by it ever since I got the title of Voice of the One.”

”I guess you already know, but my full name’s Jake Thayne, no idea where the Thayne comes from,” Jake also reintroduced himself. ”Now, how do you want to approach going out there, oh Voice of the One?”

Kindroth smiled a bit at Jake’s mocking tone as he got down and stood beside Jake. ”Again, I must act presumptuously and make it look like we’re walking out there as equals. If not, it will just cause undue trouble I don’t think either of us want.”

”I genuinely don’t care,” Jake shrugged, the elf looking relieved at the answer. ”I do care a little how you will introduce me, though. Because there’s no way I’m going to let you tell everyone I’m some agent sent by the Great Bright One. Oh, and also, I already told that council of yours I don’t follow a god, so that may cause some problems.”

want others to know you are the Chosen?” Kindroth

Jake shrugged. ”I get the feeling they wouldn’t have allowed me to see you had I introduced myself as the Chosen of

need me to free the Prima Guardian and you don’t strike me as the sort who would have just left,” Kindroth nodded. ”But if you are fine with people knowing now, let me formally introduce you. As for what you said to the council… well, you don’t exactly follow the Malefic Viper, now do you? You instead embody his will and act as his mortal representative. Merely saying you follow the Malefic One doesn’t do such a vital role justice, so you never lied

Miranda with several times. The guy really was good at lying and twisting the truth, which shouldn’t be that surprising

elementals inside, Kindroth held out his hands as each elemental turned into a beam that light that shot toward him and formed a small rune upon landing on his body. The

without them,” he said with a wry smile. ”It does fit me pretty well thematically, though. Summoning a light elemental as the voice of someone called the Great Bright One is

soon reached the exit of the mountain. Outside, the entire escort group, mercenaries, and guards waited. When the gate swung open, and they all saw the Voice of the One,

of the One,”

a hand and he turned to look at Jake. ”This man and I are on our way to release the

him many confused gazes as one of the mercenaries stepped forward. ”Excuse me, but weren’t you recruiting us to

at the mercenary and nodded. ”That is true. However, things have changed. I would welcome you all to continue helping against the Primas, but the Prima Guardian shall

stolen content. Head to

Prima Guardians are not to be underestimated…” the mercenary said, and Jake detected some genuine worry from the guy. Jake wasn’t sure if it was because he was a decent guy who wanted to warn another person or that he realized shit would hit

alone,” the Voice of the One said, looking back to Jake. ”Introductions may be late, but allow me to anyway: This man is the Chosen of the Malefic One, the pinnacle of our Era. With him at my side, what do I have to

Jake instantly understood. His aura flared as the mercenary stumbled back in fright along with the escort group and guards. The guards even seemed to take a defensive stance but

shall be off; there is no reason to delay needlessly,” the

a nod as he followed, deciding to not say or do anything that could

who Jake really was. Any kind of worry that Jake could be a danger was also shut down by the Voice of the One, allowing the two of them to leave quickly and really showing

finally reached a forward base wherefrom they would head into the wilderness. Every person they met on the way there bowed in reverence

into the wilderness, the elf let out a huge

”What?” Jake asked.

thought it was great, but now all it does is tire me out. You know, that’s one of the reasons I was keen on having a council and rarely get involved with anything they do. I’m

any consolation, going by how things are here, they definitely can rule the planet better than you as a council,” Jake shrugged. ”As for your question… I kind of don’t feel like that? It’s probably because you are a public figure, while I remain very much private. Those I do choose to interact with on a regular basis I view more as equals, with them also treating me as

don’t have to pretend for… well, ever since Nevermore. I went there with a group organized with input from my Patron, so I could act pretty normal

treat Jake, as he was also used to people acting weird once they knew he was the Chosen of the Malefic Viper. Perhaps it was because he had

World Leader was his speed, which genuinely impressed Jake. As a light magic user, Jake had expected him to be pretty fast, but he surpassed expectations and could keep up with Jake pretty damn well. The fact Jake still couldn’t summon his wings did slow him down a little, but just using One Step and flying normally, Jake was still

few Primas on the way, but Jake easily handled them one after another. They were all pretty damn weak, and based on Jake’s estimates, he didn’t even think the Prima Guardian would be stronger on this planet