The Primal Hunter

Chapter 989

Chapter 989: To Lock Down One's Enemy Chapter 989: To Lock Down One's Enemy

The atmosphere in the lodge turned cold as Jake returned the Sword Saint’s gaze. ”Are you saying I can’t beat him?”

”That’s not what I’m saying at all,” the Sword Saint sighed and leaned back. ”But I do believe you consistently underestimate how powerful Ell’Hakan actually is. He didn’t take the second spot on the Nevermore Leaderboards because he was a good schemer. He didn’t manage to battle and earn the recognition of Valdemar’s Image in Nevermore through words and deceit. He did it as a warrior, and while he is certainly the slimy sort who loves schemes and spinning stories over direct confrontations, I don’t believe he is someone you can take lightly once cornered.”

”I’m aware he’s powerful,” Jake said. ”But that doesn’t mean I’m not confident.”

”What it does mean is that you need to go in with a good plan to ensure the battle plays out how you want it to,” the Sword Saint said as he turned to Sylphie. ”Let me ask you something, Jake. Do you believe you could defeat Sylphie in a battle?”

”Yes,” Jake answered, earning him an angry – but not disagreeing – peck.

”But do you believe you could kill her if she sought to do everything in her power to survive?” the old man followed up.

Jake frowned and thought about it only for a moment before answering. ”Well, I obviously wouldn’t want to cause her any real harm, but if I had to lean into your hypothetical scenario, then I wouldn’t be able to kill her easily without her escaping. However, I do believe I would win in endurance, so while it may take some time, I should be able to eventually catch up and claim victory.”

”What if she runs to that frost elemental Wintermaul and teams up with him? What if I, Vesperia, Sandy, and Arnold all choose to take her side and also seek to impede you? Would you then be able to kill her?”

”Yeah, yeah, I get what you’re saying,” Jake sighed.

”Good,” the old man said. ”There is no way Ell’Hakan doesn’t have a plethora of failsafes and trump cards to save his life should he ever be in deathly danger. He also has many allies. So, if you’re truly aiming for his head, you need to do it when the situation is right. You don’t just have to be powerful enough to beat him; you have to be capable of killing him without allowing his escape. And that’s a lot more complicated than just being the stronger party.”

Jake hated that the old man was right, but in his defense, Jake had considered this already. This conversation did make him think, though… Jake didn’t really have any way to properly lock people down for a long period of time. He could disrupt space with his destructive arcane mana, and he could temporarily freeze someone, but he had no way to stop someone with powerful escape skills from just running off.

”I get it,” Jake relented. ”This is part of the reason I would like to strike sooner rather than later. Once the universe opens up again, allowing him to escape to other universes, I see no good way to take Ell’Hakan down. I don’t believe he has many allies capable of protecting him in this universe, but the same isn’t true in the wider multiverse.”

”True, true,” the Sword Saint nodded. ”Now would be an opportune time to strike as long as you find some way to lock him down to at least a singular planet. Limit his pool of allies and potential escape paths.”

”We can’t do anything before communication opens up, though,” Miranda chimed in. ”You will definitely have to discuss all this with the Malefic One and get a green light to go ahead.”

”Yeah, for sure,” Jake said, Carmen also having said the same thing prior. Oh, and speaking of the Runemaiden: ”Hey, Carmen… will you have to ask Valdemar – or more likely Gudrun – their thoughts on the matter?”

”Not sure I’ll have to,” she shrugged. ”Probably even better that I don’t contact them at all. I will have to leave the planet before anything goes down for sure, though. Reasonable deniability and all that. It will have to look like I wasn’t in the know and that Valhal didn’t support this at all. Maybe we can even make it look like there was some disagreement or something.”

”I think the Viper will have more insight on what’s best to do there,” Jake said, a bit unsure. ”But, yeah, the Sword Saint had a good point; I’ll need some way to lock him down and not make it possible for him to escape easily. A way to lock down space or something.”

point, suddenly spoke up with a suggestion. ”Have you considered using a

sure where we would even get such a thing,” Miranda sighed, clearly knowing what the scientist was

even get any

in as Jake sat there, staring at them, confused. He exchanged a glance with the Sword Saint and found himself relieved when the old man clearly also didn’t know what a

clash in the void. There, they can’t break anything, and no one is put at risk besides the ones fighting. From

checked, mortals can’t exactly survive within

with the void,” Arnold picked up Miranda’s explanation to flaunt some of his knowledge of the void. ”A Voidsphere creates a boundary that seals within it a small interpreted representation of the immediate environment once used, creating what many compare to a separate space or dimension resembling the real world, but nothing more than a

what I was told, when using the most powerful Voidspheres, not even the strongest of gods can escape in a short period of time, and as these void

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Voidspheres?”

one capable of sealing in the Chosen of Yip of Yore. However, if communication with the wider multiverse does open up,

”I guess it’s worth a shot… but why did you bring it up as if we could easily get a Voidsphere? Aren’t

usually requires the corpse of a Void Dweller, with the power of the Voidsphere dependent on the power of the Void Dweller used. The version I would create would be nothing more than a weak simplified imitation that is

you bring them up?”

someone had one,” Arnold

”From where?”

had my sources,” the scientist

sure you can’t bring items like that from other universes, so…”

aware of

did make him have a thought. ”The Court of Shadows must be frequent customers of these Voidspheres, or do they have

void, they use the shadow realm to lock away a section of reality. We can’t involve them in this matter, though, so we have to look for another solution,” Miranda shook her

up, and Jake had a hard time imagining a world where he could lure Ell’Hakan into one. As for making a formation disc or something to have one that could be rapidly deployed… yeah, Jake didn’t believe he was good enough to do that, and formations like that tended to be far

you can find a solution, and if you manage to make one, Arnold, I will definitely owe you big time,” Jake said, as he moved on with the conversation as he turned to William who had been silent so far. ”What do you think?

He grows based on the bonds he’s created and has armies of faithful who would gladly give their lives should anyone go after him. Isolating him won’t be easy, and while his allies cannot measure up to the two of you, they cannot be entirely overlooked. Also…

Jake said as he raised an

in power, using stories to amplify himself to get as strong as he is now. His legend is his Path, so what if you did something that could severely hurt

understand what William was getting at, especially with what he had been up to during the time Jake and others were in

way before the system, carefully curating his false legend on his homeworld. They truly believe he is a

you said their belief was utterly unshakeable?” Jake questioned. ”That even if I beat him, it won’t do shit as

obviously not fully comfortable with

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