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.”

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

get any as

confused. He exchanged a glance with the Sword Saint and found himself relieved when the old man clearly also didn’t know what a Voidsphere was. Luckily, Miranda noticed

but having a fight that others cannot intervene. Also, gods battling in the actual universe usually leads to catastrophic damage, which is why they tend to instead clash in the void. There, they can’t break anything, and no one is put at risk besides the ones fighting. From how I understand it, the Void Gods noticed this trend and began offering these Voidspheres that could be used to create a temporary void zone once used, and more than that, they would seal those inside for a period once the void

time I checked, mortals can’t exactly survive within the

compare to a separate space or dimension resembling the

to summarize, you create a fighting cage for you and anyone else nearby when you use it,” Carmen simplified Arnold’s explanation. ”Breaking out of one is super fucking difficult. From 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 zones are still separate from the actual void, they even prevent gods from fleeing to their divine realms. There really wouldn’t be anything better if you want to take down

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Voidspheres?” Jake asked, looking expectedly

uncertain of my abilities to create one capable of sealing in the Chosen

”I guess it’s worth a shot… but why did you bring it up as if we could easily

usually requires the corpse of a Void Dweller, with the power of the Voidsphere dependent on the power of the Void Dweller

bring them

someone had one,”

”From where?”

could have had my sources,” the

items like that

well aware of that,”

this topic did make him have a thought. ”The Court of

instead of the 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

Jake believed that perhaps their best chance was a Voidsphere if Arnold could somehow make one. If not, they could always try with a classic formation. The problem with formations was that they were stationary and usually took quite a while to set 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

if any of 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

have to consider what surrounds him. 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

as he raised

now. His legend is his Path, so what if

beginning to understand what William was getting at, especially with what he had been up to

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

their belief was utterly unshakeable?” Jake questioned. ”That even if I beat him,

comfortable with what

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