The Primal Hunter

Chapter 1011: Worst Chosen in History Tapping her fingers on the makeshift table within the cave beneath her office, surrounded by altars and catalysts filled with power, Miranda was waiting as she double-checked everything was ready. She’d spent a good deal of time and energy on ensuring things would work out well for their planet and with the help of her Patrons, prepared the greatest ritual she’d ever made down in the chamber with the Planetary Pylon.

Miranda found herself in quite a unique position as she realized she knew more of the Malefic Viper’s plans than even her own Patrons. The Witches of the Verdant Lagoon had been very involved in the conflict and had questioned Miranda many times about what was going on with Jake after it was announced he now worked with Valhal. Lying to them wasn’t an option, so all Miranda could do was tell them to trust her, as she was acting according to the will of the Malefic One.

Luckily that had been enough to convince them to help her prepare. They’d also agreed to inform her of the moment Yip of Yore arrived at Primordial-4 and keep her updated live about everything going on.

She heard about how Yip appeared, the oral spat between the two pinnacle gods, and finally, about the arrival of Valhal, which shocked her Patrons. The second Miranda heard they appeared; she sent out her first command to all the people she’d stationed all around the planet. It was all people she trusted to do this without asking any questions but simply follow through, with Neil playing backup as an expert in space magic.

Not long after, Miranda was informed of Gudrun making her apperance. And then…

“A magical formation made for long-distance communication, able to project an individual from… Why is the Chosen of the- what? Child, what is going on? Why would-“ one of the witch sisters asked, as Miranda did something that she seriously hoped didn’t come across as blasphemous down the line as she interrupted the god.

“I apologize; I cannot answer anything more as that would be breaking my oath toward not only Lord Thayne but the Order of the Malefic Viper. Trust them. Trust the Malefic One. I will have to cut the connection here for the ritual… may all go well on your end, and once more, I apologize,” Miranda said, really hoping she wouldn’t get in trouble for all this later once everything was resolved.

Miranda cut the connection as she said she would and flexed her magic while she sent out the message to begin Operation Lockdown. All across the planet, teleporters were disabled, the Prima Alliance teleporters were all closed down temporarily, and finally, the most important part.

Activating all the altars and catalysts around her, she unleashed her ritual and connected with the Planetary Pylon through the ritual circle down there. Straining herself, she raised her hands before putting her palms together, creating a seal.

At the same time, a faint green sheen appeared throughout the upper layers of Earth’s atmosphere. Like a blanket falling over the planet, they were enveloped in her ritual. No, perhaps rather than a blanket, she should call this a Faraday Cage, as the ritual had one purpose, and one purpose only:

Isolate them entirely from all outside communication.

Miranda breathed a sigh of relief as she kept holding her palms together, not bothering to wipe it away as she felt a drop of blood come out her nose. She knew this would strain her far more than anything before, but if all went well, she wouldn’t have to keep this up forever… just long enough for the Viper and Jake to be done with everything.

She could do without the pain running through her body and her hands that felt like she was pressing them against a hot stove. Miranda wasn’t certain how long she could keep the ritual up, but hopefully, it would be enough time because if not, there would be a riot once everyone was informed of what Jake had been doing, no matter the spin she put on things. Damn, even if things worked out brilliantly, she would have an absolute shitshow to deal with afterward, requiring so much explanation and… fuck.

Forget it, just focus… think about all the levels you’ll gain from this, Miranda… just think about the damn levels…

Jake had stood in the middle of the large formation, breathing calmly as he tried to keep his bearings fully while preparing himself mentally for his time to take the stage. He would be lying if he said he wasn’t stressing the fuck out internally as the thoughts of how much could go wrong swam through his head. Shit, he even began to question the entire plan and if maybe they should try and pull the plug, despite fully knowing it was way too late to be thinking that way.

first universe had only made Jake even more doubtful as he worried about his friends there. He trusted Miranda to have things relatively under control, though he suspected

sent him telepathic updates. Things were certainly heating up, and for a moment, he got worried about Snappy but quickly calmed down once Valdemar said he wasn’t there to

soon after. He could see and hear everything, but his Bloodline hadn’t followed him at all, not allowing him to use Sphere, as it wasn’t like he had truly been transported there. All the formation could do was copy the aura Jake released, which should be

and instantly, he lay eyes on the Viper and

and the Viper had said to one another and told him the words Gudrun said before summoning him, which was maybe why Jake opened a bit too strongly, having gotten caught up in the

now did you? Why not? Did you think I would just lie down and submit despite everything, you manipulative, insane

all his preparations, Jake spoke without thinking overly much about what he said, even fumbling the words a little. Hopefully, that would make him appear more genuine… the problem was that Jake couldn’t really tell if it had worked, as people were just staring at him in shock for the most part. The only ones who looked different were the Viper, who

creepy, but that was just Eversmile

speak, Valdemar began to laugh loudly, suppressing all other sounds as he shook his head and looked at Jake. “Damn, he must really have been

actually knew about this plan, but he was clearly helping Jake to move the conversation forward. Something both the Viper and Yip of Yore

small action, one thing was instantly made clear to all those present… the Chosen of the Malefic Viper cared about and respected those two way more than the Malefic Viper himself. It also showed Jake could respect gods in the first place and wasn’t just a True Heretic who despised all forms of divinity, which meant his hatred was targeted toward

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is quite the understatement to describe my so-called Patron,” Jake continued, all eyes and interest on him as he looked down at the Viper. “Do you want me to show

not say anything you may not be able to take back, my dear Chosen. Words spoken carelessly can have

I think back that I thought I was lucky to stumble on a Challenge Dungeon in my Tutorial, even if it was an incredibly dangerous one that had killed so many others who’d come before me. I thought It was one of those fortuitous encounters everyone talks about when I had my profession forced upon me and became involved with you… even more so when I was

once, but back down while you still-“ the Viper tried again, but Jake didn’t give him a chance as

Tutorial when you used the Trial of Myriad Poisons to infect me with a drop of your blood… again, how in the fuck did I think that was a good

just standing there, but his facial expression was

me because you thought it would be interesting… or one of the many times you fed me toxins just because you thought it was fun. Man, I have so many fucking things to talk about, but let’s just go to the final thing. The one that well and truly pushed me over the edge,” Jake said – the toxins in Jake’s example being pretty good beer, so not technically a lie - as he turned to Yip of Yore. “Yip…

shrugged

benefitting from my existence, and I get nothing but manipulation and threats in return. I’ve already received everything he had to offer, and now we’re at a stage where he’s only taking from me and trying to control me,” Jake explained. “Me realizing this is what led to today. What led to me being forced into being here today. It was

shall-” the Malefic

back, as he focused on the mental image he’d created for himself where he imagined Villy was actually Ell’Hakan, an actual target of his hatred. “You’re why I’m forced into being here today. You’re the one who was

amplified as he didn’t hold back his Bloodline at all. Jake channeled the emotions of how annoyed and angry he was at all this scheming. At having to deal with Ell’Hakan at all. At Yip of Yore’s bullshit. Jake was well and truly done with all of it,

his Chosen was also something extremely messed up in the

me. I’m done being used to compensate for your own