Jake becoming the World Leader? Where the hell did that come from? Yeah, definitely not something many people would have predicted, but that was the best course of action—not only in the eyes of Jake, but also the Sword Saint and Miranda. Even the King had agreed it would be the best choice, and it was not a decision that had been made halfheartedly.The problem was that Earth had turned out to be rather special, whether they liked it or not. It was the planet that had likely spawned the most talents of the entire 93rd Universe, instantly making it an object of interest even to powerful beings of the multiverse. Beings who would want to come and study or maybe even seize the planet to try and figure out why.Special planets were nothing new in the multiverse. Besides Great Planets, which were just so massive they went against any logic, there were planets that were effectively massive natural treasures. Some just had a bigger chance to spawn natural treasures, others had many natural

The journey to Skyggen was one Jake had made before, but this time was far faster in every way. Jake’s One Step had upgraded, allowing him to go further than ever before, and he was fast approaching the city. It did help that he also ignored everything in the way… except one thing.Curiosity had always been one of his strong traits, but the last time he had gone to Skyggen, he had listened to the logical part of his brain. A massive mountain appeared before Jake, reaching far into the sky above the many layers of clouds. It was bonkers how big it was, and Jake faintly felt a powerful aura from the top. A C-grade aura. Jake had not wanted to go the last time he was there, as he hadn’t been quite ready to face a C-grade, but this time it should be fine, right?Right?Jake rapidly approached the mountain, which only looked bigger the closer he got. It completely put any mountain on Earth to shame, and based on how massive the base was, Jake estimated its height should be measured not in

Arthur wondered where it had all gone so wrong, but the answer was obvious, wasn’t it?It had been the moment he had agreed to the offer of that other Chosen—a choice he still questioned to this day. Why had he believed his lies and the blatant deceit? Missed all the red flags? Well, he knew why… Because he had wanted to trust him.Like every other human on Earth, Arthur had entered a tutorial—quite a difficult one, as far as he could gather. Survival had been the goal, and after the initial panic, he had calmed down. He had entered with several employees and his youngest son, Peter, so in some ways, he’d had an advantage. They had all put their faith in him, and as always, he had risen to the occasion out of a sense of obligation. There had been a total of two thousand individuals, and with Arthur at the helm, less than a hundred had ended up dying within the first month, the majority on the first day before they gathered them. He had done all he could… but even in the tutorial, outs

Jake really had to restrain himself every time he visited Arnold. Mainly by suppressing his desire to see if he could break through the big dome of metal that guarded his workshop. It looked and felt damn sturdy, but he should have a good shot with enough destructive arcane mana. If not, then surely Touch of the Malefic could do it.Alas, he was not there to break stuff.He had already gone to see Arnold before he went on holiday, so he was a bit interested in why Arnold had asked for him to stop by. Interested in what kind of thing the madman had made that he wanted to show Jake and potentially hand him. Or maybe he wanted a favor this time around?As expected, he was let straight in, as Arnold was aware Jake was back. The workshop had expanded once more, this time primarily downwards, it seemed. From Jake’s sphere, he also saw some weird robot-looking things digging even further, making it clear the scientist was still expanding.It didn’t take long to locate Arnold, who was working

Scarlett had a hard time imagining it. The first time she met the Chosen had been so brief, and she had barely had any time to talk to him since he was busy making his way through the mangrove forest. She also hadn’t fully realized who he was back then. With time, she’d come to understand and begun to think about how she could make herself useful to the Forefather and his Chosen.She’d naturally been elated when the Chosen trusted her enough to defend his comrades from danger, and even more happy when those comrades chose to stay. Ms. Wells had even taught Scarlett so many things. The more senior servant of the Forefather’s Chosen had told her about how some enemy Chosen of an extremely powerful god had backstabbed the Forefather’s Chosen and tried to kill him. Or, well, maybe the goal was not to kill him? Scarlett wasn’t sure. All she knew was that several comrades of the bad Chosen had been killed and the coward had fled, resulting in the Malefic’s Chosen taking over the world just