I’ve observed and somewhat enjoyed yeer commentary on this legend for quite some time, Ulurhad, and though I can imagine there are things we might disagree on, yea I believe we can concur on one: violence is inevitable…
You would expect this comic to have reached Peak Metal at some point in the past, but nope. Here we are. With an Old Crone Witch Queen mounted on an Elder Grand Fire-breathing Dragon, blasting a towering, gargantuan warlord bent on multiversal annihilation.
I mean, yeah, there is Number One, but I think metal as thst was, it wasn’t Peak Metal yet.
1. Solomon David: Bro-tank McDiamondAbs remains MVP
2. Jadis: saving the chucklefucks from Mammon’s fuck-up remains well above average
3. Incubus: he trying. Real hard. It just isn’t working.
4. Mammon: moved up from 5th place by having actually accomplished something here, Grandpa Dragon is still digging himself out of the hole of his little Draco Meteor friendly fire incident
5. Gog Agog has done nothing, which is surprisingly helpful. Was in 4th until Mammon learned to aim.
6. Mottom still has no accomplishments except for the time she messed up Incubus’ attack.
Mottom is currently aiming Mammon’s face, as he is too blind to see where he’s shooting. They’re both incompetent, but it seems only together they are half competent.
But didn’t Mammon’s sight return when Mottom’s attack shook him out of his millennia-long funk? I seem to remember his eyes used to be blank before that. Plus, as a Servant, he doesn’t age, so could his brain ever physically deteriorate like in senility?
I think she might have magically enhanced the Mammon’s breath attack on this page as well? Not sure but it looks a bit like there’s electricity mixed into the fire.
Everybody always underrates the support classes. While Mottom was definitely playing it wrong as DPS, she’s figured it out now. Mammon only passed his morale check thanks to her, and she’s providing some serious buffs to him right now.
But Mottom rallied Mammon to their current (likely suicidal) attack! Surely she deserves a little credit for that – if only because it led to today’s incredible image.
By the way, is anyone else getting a Granny Weatherwax vibe from Mother Om?
42 Fragments the Universe Beyond All Reintegration
The brave and the mighty, confronted with impossible odds, may flatter themselves with the illusion hope yet remains. So it is that it is the heroes who quit a hopeless battlefield, that perhaps their individual puissance may yet win out.
It is the coward who bares fangs and charges, screaming defiance in the face of oblivion, for so long as all paths lead to death, one may as well die spitefully.
o Mottom you are yoked with a lamb,
that carries anger as the flint bears fire,
who, much enforced, shows a hasty spark,
and straight blasts Jagganoth again and again
This is what my brain is doing instead of my schoolwork…
Perhaps the reason why Mammon has been going senile is because all of the various weaponry that’s been embedded in his neck over the centuries has been gradually slowing down blood-flow to Mammon’s brain and causing his brain to consequently recieve less and less oxygen over time.
Let’s check immortality options as far as we know:
Solomon breathes good. He is ageless because of breathing techniques, according to wo d of Abbadon on the Tumblr.
Yaris would like to die but can’t, trapped in her indistructible rock.
Mottom… I am going to guess is sustaining on leftover dead king peaches?
Gog-aggog is all the worms.
Incubus sustains on his ‘kings and queens’ and the dark techniques… We had a flavour text recently.
Jagganoth I do not know, but Mammon? He is old and bug and that’s all he has going for him. Too big to easily wound… But nothing saving him from plain old dementia I guess?
Behold! The awesome fires of God. The limitless power of pure creation itself. Look carefully! Observe how it is used for the same purpose two ninjas might use a pair of guitars to rock out!
When does Jagganoth reveal he started this whole war just to bring the demiurges closer together? What if the real omnicide was the friends we made along the way?
DAE know what Mammon’s backpack is? I’m beginning to think it’s a reliquary for the family he killed, but it could just as easily be a temple to himself.
It reminds me of when my grandparents would work together to discipline me after I got caught stealing extra biscuits. The parallels aren’t 1:1 of course, but it’s still spookily close.
Clearest ever drawing of Mammon, and I now realise that the thing on his back is not a howdah, but a reliquary containing the bones of his murdered kin.
It seemed to me that Solomon was pulling a Baron Munchauson ”throw myself into ultimate peril so my allies will get their act together by being forced to save me” play.
Y’know, it doesn’t actually surprise me that the Grand-Dragon Demiurge Mammon of the Vault actually enjoys being mounted. Perhaps it calls to his days as a lowly beast of burden.
“It is written in the ancient law: they who detect a stench upon the breeze, surely was it they that unleashed said stench. Let this ancient wisdom serve you in all your endeavors.”
Amazing, Salami Dave actually managed to get them to cooperate and form a coordinated front. That may be one of the greatest accomplishments in the entire series. They even managed to stagger the red god for the first time instead of him just casually no selling the attack and therefore get an awesome achievement for themselves in the process.
this is my way of saying: I’m having a hard time keeping up with pages and liable to fuck up. you know shit’s crazy when the commenters are getting burnout. Abaddon is most powerful goblin.
Also, recent twitter output reveals the background of the War For Rayuba tournament. Abbadon says that the tournament is not spoilery because it happens after the end of the comic’s story, but the tournament’s context is spoilery AF. Read it there if you want to feel a bit Jadis-ish.
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Behold; the terrible fires and unrelenting force! Be laid low like so many before you by the awesome power of Friendship!
Don’t gloat, you silly lizard. Hit him again!
Also, sliced Salami.
Come then, foul hominids! For whom amongst us will outlast eternity!
-Wealth, Scar-Throat Lieutenant
I’ve observed and somewhat enjoyed yeer commentary on this legend for quite some time, Ulurhad, and though I can imagine there are things we might disagree on, yea I believe we can concur on one: violence is inevitable…
That’s extremely cool.
You would expect this comic to have reached Peak Metal at some point in the past, but nope. Here we are. With an Old Crone Witch Queen mounted on an Elder Grand Fire-breathing Dragon, blasting a towering, gargantuan warlord bent on multiversal annihilation.
I mean, yeah, there is Number One, but I think metal as thst was, it wasn’t Peak Metal yet.
KBSD can always get more metal, and will.
This is a fundamental law of the universe.
I, for one, approve of this increased metallicity.
KSBD: This isn’t even my final Metal Form!
/\ I approve of this message throughout the metals subsection of the Periodic Chart /\
Observe how they use it as a specially sharp metal.
Reach Metal Through Meedlymeedly.
Enough diversion for our motley crew to vamoose properly, I wonder?
The terrible fire that spreads was friendship all along
Maybe the real demons were the 6 billion friends we made along the way
She kills all of her friends?
She has 6 billion friends?
Typical mean girl.
Like OMG
Well, I’m glad to see that SOMEONE is having a good time.
Current Contribution Rankings
1. Solomon David: Bro-tank McDiamondAbs remains MVP
2. Jadis: saving the chucklefucks from Mammon’s fuck-up remains well above average
3. Incubus: he trying. Real hard. It just isn’t working.
4. Mammon: moved up from 5th place by having actually accomplished something here, Grandpa Dragon is still digging himself out of the hole of his little Draco Meteor friendly fire incident
5. Gog Agog has done nothing, which is surprisingly helpful. Was in 4th until Mammon learned to aim.
6. Mottom still has no accomplishments except for the time she messed up Incubus’ attack.
You have to at least give Gog-Agog credit for being comic relief…
Sliced Salami on panel 3 isn’t comedic enough?
Mottom is currently aiming Mammon’s face, as he is too blind to see where he’s shooting. They’re both incompetent, but it seems only together they are half competent.
Also: I’m pretty sure that the Grand Dragon Isn’t usually able to fly
But didn’t Mammon’s sight return when Mottom’s attack shook him out of his millennia-long funk? I seem to remember his eyes used to be blank before that. Plus, as a Servant, he doesn’t age, so could his brain ever physically deteriorate like in senility?
I’ve never thought about that before, but I think the only logical conclusion is that Mammon was born like this: senile and half blind.
It’s clear to me now, the 6 demiurges must combine into 1 mega-urge for to defeat the one known as Jagganoth.
Reach royalty through fusion.
Fusion is just a cheap trick to make demiurges stronger!
The healing of the concordance of the demiurges
Yeah I think Mottom is currently helping Mammon both aim and fly. So that’s something. I’d still put her at #5 tho.
Mottom also played emotional support, keeping Mammon in the fight when he wanted to quit and flee
I think she might have magically enhanced the Mammon’s breath attack on this page as well? Not sure but it looks a bit like there’s electricity mixed into the fire.
I’m pretty sure that symbol in the blast end of the flame is her doing.
Looks like Team M&M should be sharing a slot!
Royalty is to say “saving the chucklefucks from Mammon’s fuck-up” ten times fast
Everybody always underrates the support classes. While Mottom was definitely playing it wrong as DPS, she’s figured it out now. Mammon only passed his morale check thanks to her, and she’s providing some serious buffs to him right now.
But Mottom rallied Mammon to their current (likely suicidal) attack! Surely she deserves a little credit for that – if only because it led to today’s incredible image.
By the way, is anyone else getting a Granny Weatherwax vibe from Mother Om?
More Nanny Ogg. She sees things that others miss, but she’s not as consistently competent as Mistress Esmeralda.
“Saving the chucklefucks from Mammon’s fuck-up” wins the interwebs today. TalkingMeowth, you deserve a crown for that one.
“Oh, I’m sorry, did I break your concentration?”
“They speak Universal Metaconstant in What?!?!”
“Describe what Solomon. David. Looks. Like!”
The brave and the mighty, confronted with impossible odds, may flatter themselves with the illusion hope yet remains. So it is that it is the heroes who quit a hopeless battlefield, that perhaps their individual puissance may yet win out.
It is the coward who bares fangs and charges, screaming defiance in the face of oblivion, for so long as all paths lead to death, one may as well die spitefully.
o Mottom you are yoked with a lamb,
that carries anger as the flint bears fire,
who, much enforced, shows a hasty spark,
and straight blasts Jagganoth again and again
Good panel.
Fairly certain Mottom doesn’t have enough gym badges to do that
This is what my brain is doing instead of my schoolwork…
Perhaps the reason why Mammon has been going senile is because all of the various weaponry that’s been embedded in his neck over the centuries has been gradually slowing down blood-flow to Mammon’s brain and causing his brain to consequently recieve less and less oxygen over time.
Or he is just very old.
Let’s check immortality options as far as we know:
Solomon breathes good. He is ageless because of breathing techniques, according to wo d of Abbadon on the Tumblr.
Yaris would like to die but can’t, trapped in her indistructible rock.
Mottom… I am going to guess is sustaining on leftover dead king peaches?
Gog-aggog is all the worms.
Incubus sustains on his ‘kings and queens’ and the dark techniques… We had a flavour text recently.
Jagganoth I do not know, but Mammon? He is old and bug and that’s all he has going for him. Too big to easily wound… But nothing saving him from plain old dementia I guess?
Kinky
Tall in the saddle, the Lone Dowager rides again!
Hi Ho Mammon, away!
Behold! The awesome fires of God. The limitless power of pure creation itself. Look carefully! Observe how it is used for the same purpose two ninjas might use a pair of guitars to rock out!
Skinky
10!
Combo Attack
Mammon can fly thanks to the powers of Mottom!
(remember her powers used to keep her castle afloat?)
Hmm, does that make her a Power Mottom?
<shudder/>
Carlos. . .
That took ten years off of my lifespan. 😂
Oh, dear!
Happy to oblige.
When does Jagganoth reveal he started this whole war just to bring the demiurges closer together? What if the real omnicide was the friends we made along the way?
He was trying in panel 2, but was rudely interrupted
The Hit: Direct
Jagganoth: Still Invincible
The hotel: Trivago
For everything else, there’s Mastercard.
Coke is it!
Just do it!
No this is Patrick
For some reason this is deeply cathartic to me.
DAE know what Mammon’s backpack is? I’m beginning to think it’s a reliquary for the family he killed, but it could just as easily be a temple to himself.
Whoops, misused DAE. I suppose just DA in this case. 😛
The price for power is the burden he carries. Most poetic.
It’s his collection of cool looking rocks!
“You shoot! I’ll aim!”
. . . Now I want to play more of the Monster Hunter Rise demo. . .
Mottom has mastered the art of wyvern riding
and the dragon
comes in the night
I so needed that. Thank you!
Go grandpa dragon go!
It reminds me of when my grandparents would work together to discipline me after I got caught stealing extra biscuits. The parallels aren’t 1:1 of course, but it’s still spookily close.
Surprise Team-Up !
Blood Flower
Guides The Scaled God of the Deep
in Pyroclastic Halitosis Strike !
“Cool Ey ?”
“No ! It’s BURNING ! BURNING !
Burning jockstrap !”
PLEASE – Give that Witchy One
A Power Fruit,
Before She Melts
Or Implodes.
I mean – YEESH !
If Looks Could Kill !
Jagganoth would be DONE.
Ride that Dragon Babyyyyy !
ZOT !
BLAAAAAAAARGH
Laughed out loud with the last one.
Frame 3: is Solomon a little bit… smoldering?
Bear ye witness, unfortunates: the woman and the dragon, and Decadence with the reins on Wealth!
Slim Pickens on a nuke.
Clearest ever drawing of Mammon, and I now realise that the thing on his back is not a howdah, but a reliquary containing the bones of his murdered kin.
Ooo, so it is. Interesting.
That “reliquary” on his back is his purse. It’s where he keeps his fuck me pumps and condoms.
And it’s pretty cool the way Mottom is popping out of the frame at the top!
What drives the king of coins to mourn so, those people genocided at his own decree.
Did fear force his claws, when envious eyes looked on his sacred treasure?
Ho! Fear the weak gods, when they combine to become a single foe!
Fusion is just a cheap tactic to make weak gods stronger.
jag’s just jealous cause he’s single
Considering he was turned in a sociopath as a child, he might well be a incel.
Invulnerable to all attacks … until the ladies in Allison’s party start mocking him, then he implodes.
stop this
So this is what Celestial Empire thinks of fusion…
For some reason Mammon reminds me of Vigilant Gaze in the last panel.
Anybody else hear The NeverEnding Story start to play?
Nice, lol
It will be great to see them try. To see them really, really try.
and then fail anyway.
They got Salomon out of his immediate predicament. That is a tactical victory no matter how the rest of the battle pans out.
It seemed to me that Solomon was pulling a Baron Munchauson ”throw myself into ultimate peril so my allies will get their act together by being forced to save me” play.
That, or he was just so over their bickering that being magically squished was the less painful option.
Y’know, it doesn’t actually surprise me that the Grand-Dragon Demiurge Mammon of the Vault actually enjoys being mounted. Perhaps it calls to his days as a lowly beast of burden.
Are you saying Mammon is a bottom? Mottom’s bottom?
The Mottom x Mammon ship grows stronger each day
She is controlling him with a whip, so yes.
This ended my life.
I’m already dead, and this makes me regret peeking ahead.
“Mottom’s Bottom”
What we were all thinking, but could not voice.
“It is written in the ancient law: they who detect a stench upon the breeze, surely was it they that unleashed said stench. Let this ancient wisdom serve you in all your endeavors.”
Book of Machinations, Chapter 4 Verse 17
Finally.
I ship it
Now, we shall learn the answer to the most important question in this battle.
Is Jagganoth’s skimpy outfit as invulnerable as he?
You doubt the power of his battle-bikini?
Fighting pants
It’s the old standby technique of defeating a villain through “The Power of Friendship” TM.
We might have to settle for The Power of Tolerating Each Other Long Enough to Avoid Being Killed by the Omnicidal Maniac
Friendship is a much shorter word for what amounts to the same thing.
Amazing, Salami Dave actually managed to get them to cooperate and form a coordinated front. That may be one of the greatest accomplishments in the entire series. They even managed to stagger the red god for the first time instead of him just casually no selling the attack and therefore get an awesome achievement for themselves in the process.
True. While Jagganoth may be invincible, he can apparently still get rag-dolled with sufficient application of force.
Turn around
Tell me what you seeeee~
Only two left to join the fray
A flurry, faster than my hands
Wash and drifting between bands.
drop the leaf, see where it lands.
this is my way of saying: I’m having a hard time keeping up with pages and liable to fuck up. you know shit’s crazy when the commenters are getting burnout. Abaddon is most powerful goblin.
Don’t worry Wax Head, your words are quietly appreciated by all. I liked this one.
Mammon is the coolest dude ever, no argument
Master seal obtained.
Nadia Oum changed class to Malig Knight.
The Buddy Cop duo no one saw coming!
As our currently sidelined heroine once said in a pleasure palace long ago,
“I choose King”
looks like Mottom learned Bend Will
Hark! The Witch and the Wyrm take their Final Flight
It does seem like we’re about to see Jagger pick the low hanging fruit, I’m afraid.
I love that dragon
Ride it, my pony
My saddle’s waiting
Come and jump on it
I have a sudden urge to buy a van just so I can paint this on the side.
I really, REALLY hope Alison is 10 miles away now, with all that´s happening…
Old Man Lizard confirmed as alt universe Isshin
*elderly battle grunting intensifies
That is the most awesome thing I will see all this week.
You have successfully achieved “distraction!”. You have leveled up to “annoyance!”
He may be older than the mountains but there is still some fight left in that one!
I really, really love the understated “wut” face from Jags in Panel 3
All “Yis, this Deific War is going really well so far. I’m glad to be here. Wait whats thaOHMYGODS!”
Bro attacks are cool.
The Last Flight of the Dragon
See their Towering Glory!
Yes!! mottom finally did something! can we now see please please please what Gog-Agog can do? o.o
I expect Gog-Agog will have taken over many of the other six’s worlds while they’re distracted here, perhaps even much of Throne.
I’ve followed the trail of the beast for many days and nights… now that I’ve caught it, what can I do?
Naught but await the next update.
Neverending Story theme, only warbly and warped?
Neverending Story theme, only warbly, warped and metal.
This is just so fucking great.
Whip it, Mottom. Whip it good.
It’s not too late.
wish this was animated
I would pay to see this whole web comic animated with metal music forming much of the soundtrack
nah indian/chinese music i think. or matrix style techno. metal maybe for big fights
That’s better than what I said, I will pay money to see this instead
For everyone who doesn’t read Twitter: the comic is on hiatus until the 26th of January to prepare for the tournament.
as someone who does not read twitter often, thank you very much!
I really wish that Abbadon would communicate through his own website rather than using that social hellpit.
Or use Patreon maybe, instead of Twatter
Also, recent twitter output reveals the background of the War For Rayuba tournament. Abbadon says that the tournament is not spoilery because it happens after the end of the comic’s story, but the tournament’s context is spoilery AF. Read it there if you want to feel a bit Jadis-ish.
“WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM are you to just start blowing up everything anyway?”
-Mammon’s breath
Neverending stooooreeeey!
Ladada dadada dadada…
anyone else think these two are naturals and should have teamed up sooner?
Greed and gluttony make for a good pair when they’re both biting off more than they can chew.
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This is almost strange enough to be a real comment here!
It’s obviously Twirlip of the Mists. Pay close attention to her/it/them!
I’m just waiting on Gog-Agog!
Y’know? Those two little panels with the blast of fire are actually really really really well done. They capture a SUDDENNESS.
“in times of old the storm-crowned kings rode lightning, cloud, and gale”
isn’t Jantris referred to as storm-crowned?
Mammom may be senility incarnate, but he’s still a dragon!
It’s been two weeks. I need a ksbd fix!
I started reading this comic about five days or so ago. I didn’t realise it was ongoing. The wait is going to be excruciating…
Holy shit, that dragon is flying, Ma!
This is a great way to express your thoughts over the internet.