The Primal Hunter Chapter 996: Nothing Ever Goes Fully According To Plan

Jake still had a lot of questions regarding the Viper’s plan, and even if the snake god didn’t want to share the ending, there were plenty of potential problems in the middle of this act. Primarily was what would happen to everyone else around Jake.

It wasn’t hard for Jake to lean into the plan alone, but if he did, others were bound to get involved. Miranda was blessed by the Witches of the Verdant Lagoon and has shown no indications of being a heretic herself, so she obviously wouldn’t continue to back Jake if he betrayed the Viper, right?

Also, what about all the other people who were backing Jake precisely because he had the backing of the Viper? What about the galactic conflict that was going on? Was the plan to just flop over and let Ell’Hakan win? Because while he did feel like he owed the Viper a favor, he wasn’t willing to do something like that, which would end up hurting those close to him.

So, naturally, he asked the Primordial, who shared his thoughts:

Jake was back to frowning. ”Elaborate.”

the Viper continued, as things were definitely getting complicated again with this plan.

”Alright… alright, I think we can do that,” Jake said after thinking a bit. ”I just want to make sure I don’t cause too much trouble or confusion during this time.”

the Viper semi-joked.

”Not sure they are interested in peace with Earth,” Jake muttered, taking into consideration all they had been doing over the last day or so to destabilize the Milky Way Galaxy and gain ground. What they were doing right now was the opposite of diplomacy.

”Minor problem there. Are you sure the people from Valhal will just be fine with all this? Sounds like I’m actually screwing them over quite a bit, using them to pressure the Holy Church when it’s all based on a lie. Could cause them some trouble, couldn’t it?” Jake questioned.

the Viper said with a lot of confidence.

Jake couldn’t help but ask when he heard how sure the Viper was: ”Say… I get that Valhal is kind of in on the plan to some extent, but do you also have the Holy Church in-the-know or what? Because they sure aren’t acting like they are.”

Villy said, remaining as confident as before.

A few more seconds passed as Jake was thinking, looking for more questions and concerns he may have. One did spring to mind:

”What do you expect me to tell the others here on Earth? Not the random World Leaders and the people in the alliance, but people like the Sword Saint, Carmen, Sylphie, Miranda, and so on. They’re going to be confused as fuck even if I do tell them the truth, especially if they know I had the aura of a heretic. I haven’t exactly shared that I’m a Heretic-Chosen with anyone,” Jake said, not a fan of that part of this entire thing. The only people he wasn’t really worried about were his parents as they quite frankly didn’t care about all this and were more considered part of the Court than Jake’s faction, so they shouldn’t be a problem. But the others could prove problematic.

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Villy explained.

”I can’t make any promises that they don’t have their own intentions,” Jake muttered. ”And I’m not going to put myself in a situation where I might end up fighting friends to sell a lie.”

the Viper assured Jake.

”Right,” Jake nodded slowly. ”Not gonna lie, all of this is still kind of vague, and there are a lot of elements I’m not clear on if will work out, so let’s try to be a bit more tangible. What exactly do you want me to do once I leave here?”

”Talk to those you fully trust and no one else. I’ll leave who you inform to your discretion. Follow their advice to carry out the plan, and have them handle most things here on Earth. But before that, spend the next day or so with the Runemaiden, preferably away from everyone else and without them knowing what you’re up to, while, of course, making sure Ell’Hakan’s spies know where you are. After that, go out alone and make the announcement you are acting like you ally with Valhal to get one over Yip of Yore to the people on Earth. Shortly after, leave the planet to the one Valhal currently controls. The Runemaiden will know which one. Once there, simply follow the plan and act like you are done with my shit and want to jump ship. The Runemaiden is the person with the highest level of authority in your galaxy, so with her, there should be no pushback in getting what you want, and it’s not like anyone would question the guy that Valdemar tried to personally recruit at Nevermore. Especially not after you showed off that you have taken inspiration from his Path as a fighter. With them, negotiate peace, and from there, the initial time pressure should be eliminated, and things calm down until they escalate on my end,” Villy said, really laying it out in an easy-to-understand fashion. 𝙍

Jake leaned his head back, looking toward the ceiling of the room he had isolated himself in as he considered everything. In truth, Jake kind of wanted to just reject all this, go to Arnold, and ask him to teleport himself and anyone who wants to join him straight to Ell’Hakan’s homeworld to try and kill the Chosen.

However, he knew he couldn’t fuck up the Viper’s plans and be selfish. Also, he didn’t even know if his ambush would work. Shit, he didn’t even know if Ell’Hakan was on his homeworld in the first place. So, rather than voice these thoughts, he wondered out loud when he could finally make his own move and end all this. ”How long do you reckon this will all take?”

”I honestly imagined it would take away fucking longer,” Jake frowned. ”Don’t wars between huge divine factions and gods usually last a long-ass time?”

”So, to summarize all this shit… I will make people on Earth think I’m going along with your plans while convincing Ell’Hakan and his goons of the opposite, travel with Carmen to the neutral Valhal planet, and use Valhal as a way to establish a temporary truce, showing me and Ell’Hakan are negotiating in good faith. Then, I will stay there for a while while shit escalates on your end until I will unleash my heretic aura, dealing you another blow and hopefully starting the final confrontation. Assuming you handle things on your end, Ell’Hakan will more likely than not find himself scrambling, his alliance crumbling, and I will take this opportunity to isolate and kill him before he has a chance to muster a proper response. I got all this right?” Jake asked, trying to catch the essence of the plan, ignoring all the minor details and adding on a bit of personal interpretation at the end, as there was no way this was gonna end without Jake taking his shot at Ell’Hakan.

the Viper agreed.

“You are fully aware no, several things in this entire scheme will go horribly wrong, and shit is bound to hit the fan, right?” Jake asked. “Too many damn factors to just expect everything to go according to plan.”

Villy said.

“I guess,” Jake shrugged. “As long as you beat Yip of Yore, everything should be fine.”

“… I thought you said I shouldn’t worry, and you got him handled?” Jake muttered, concerned.

“Well, yeah, but-“

Villy continued, clearly teasing him… though Jake still couldn’t help but be worried.

Yip of Yore was powerful, and now, the Viper was seemingly trying to make him as powerful as he possibly could. Jake wasn’t sure why, even if he had some theories, but no matter, there had to be a reason why Yip had the confidence to go for a Primordial in the first place, right?

Yeah… things should be fine. Jake just had to focus on his own side of things and not worry about the Viper. Not like the things Jake had to do would be easy, and he seriously hoped the others back at the Prima Vessel would be able to help him sell all the bullshit he was about to peddle.