For the record, Jake had never opened any system menu related to him being a City Lord or the World Leader of his own volition. The only times he’d touched them were when Miranda asked for him to do something, and that something was more often than not just transferring rights and permissions.In Jake’s defense, he blamed the bad UI of the system. How was it his fault the system didn’t have an “allow all” button? At least these existed for some major categories, and shortly after Jake became the World Leader, he’d gone over these and granted rights to Miranda.The problem was that the UI wasn’t static. New things would be unlocked over time, depending on how much the “country” or “kingdom” or whatever expanded. At least when it came to all the City Lord stuff, Miranda did have pretty much every permission available, but the permissions given had begun to fall behind severely with the World Leader stuff.Also, because Jake didn’t have any profession related to City Lord stuff, he had t

Was Jake going to question why Minaga had a yellow hard hat, or how he even knew what a yellow hard hat was? No. Was he going to point out how absolutely ridiculous the Unique Lifeform looked with it on his head, as it clearly didn’t fit properly? Yes, of course he was.Jake stayed at the construction site for a little while as the projection of Minaga in charge of construction just stood there, seemingly doing stuff behind the scenes. After a bit, it became clear that he couldn’t actually let anyone inside the in-progress dungeon quite yet, but he could shape holograms and whatnot of what he was making for others to give live feedback during construction.Since Miranda and a few others remained to consult with him, Jake decided there was no real reason for him to stay. According to Minaga, it would take quite a while before anything was ready, and it definitely wouldn’t be complete before the Prima Guardian event was already over. For now, all they could do was wait as the Unique Lif

While Jake had thought about Vesperia coming to Earth, and it was even theorized she could, he hadn’t actually known it was possible before now. What’s more, Sandy had returned with her, making it a double whammy of creatures he had partly helped “make” coming to the planet.Jake quickly used the magic telephone Arnold had installed in his lab to ask Miranda, “Where are she and Sandy right now?”“They already left and are heading your way, sho⁠—”Right then, Jake saw a giant worm appear above his lodge through his sphere. He smiled and interrupted Miranda by saying, “They’re here. Thanks for telling me, and good luck with… stuff!” Jake then cut the connection without admitting he genuinely had no idea what Miranda was dealing with these days. Hopefully fun stuff.Hurrying up from his laboratory, he saw how Sandy struggled to find a good place to land without breaking anything. The valley Jake’s lodge was placed in wasn’t that large, and Sandy eventually shrank a bit before finally tou

Jake knew that the logic of ectognamorphs was something he truly couldn’t understand. Vesperia looked at him as if what she had said was only natural… which it was, in her world. He had already known that the Endless Empire was the most hierarchical organization in the entire multiverse, putting even demons to shame, but still.Throughout the multiverse, power was the ultimate decider of status. Jake was the Chosen of the Malefic Viper, yes, but he also knew that not a single god in existence viewed themselves as beneath him. Their being nice to him was either a display of respect toward the Malefic Viper, or because they found him interesting for his future potential. None of them would ever agree to be his subordinate and swear loyalty to Jake as a person, as he was ultimately just a mortal who was beneath their station.For Vesperia, it was different.During the following conversation, where Jake asked some more things about how sure she was things would work out fine if she approa

“So, you’re clear on your role, right?” Miranda asked Jake, who had three women staring him down with expectant looks.“Keep quiet and look menacing?” Jake asked a bit nervously. “At least for the most part…”“You can speak up; just do so with forethought,” Vesperia added.“I would recommend that you only speak up if you deem it absolutely necessary,” Miranda said, kind of disagreeing. “Outside of your small opening speech, of course.”“Do I really need to do a speech? Can’t you just do it?”“No, as the World Leader, it needs to be you,” Miranda said. “Plus, it allows you to avoid actively participating in the following discussions if you don’t want to, as you’ve already made your position on the matter clear right from the get-go. Finally, we should at least show a basic level of courtesy by you directly addressing our visitors and all the leaders who are taking part in this World Congress.”“There’s no need to worry; just memorize the speech as best as you can,” Lillian chimed in. “