The Primal Hunter

Chapter 5

As Jake was still basking in the feeling of his level-ups and post-battle euphoria, he opened his status window. The reverie of his colleagues was of little interest to him, as while he enjoyed the victory, he didn’t exactly view it as some monumental achievement. They were overgrown rodents… badgers are rodents, right? Probably not. Moving on.

Status

Name: Jake Thayne

Race: [Human (G) – lvl 1]

Class: [Archer – lvl 2]

Profession: N/A

Health Points (HP): 130/130

Mana Points (MP): 120/120

Stamina: 111/130

Stats

Strength: 13

Agility: 14

Endurance: 13

Vitality: 13

Toughness: 11

Wisdom: 12

Intelligence: 12

Perception: 18

Willpower: 10

Free points: 3

Titles

the New

title and levels added together, going from 8 to 14. With Perception

Either the new stats only applied their bonus gradually, or perhaps one simply needed time to get used to them. Got to experiment with it,

of an athlete in peak form, at least. Yet it had all felt so natural that he hadn't even questioned it for a

as system-magic, he dismissed the status screen, finally noticing that everyone was either staring at him or the

he gently pushed the now blushing Caroline away from him. Turning to the rest

as before. The tension after the fight had left everyone by now. On a side-note, Jake had entirely ‘ruined’ their carefully made plan by

transport the badgers was a hassle, as no one wanted to pick up the dead and bloody animals. Especially not the one killed by Bertram and Theodore as it was a complete mess, filled with holes. They ended up only taking the two killed by Jake at the start of the fight, as they were the most whole. The carrying went to Ahmed, who felt bad for not contributing in the battle, and Dennis, who just seemed eager to help. No one even addressed or asked Jake to take

any source of water, Jake checked his quiver and took note that he was down to 54 arrows, having fired 6 in the previous fight.

Quiver (Common)] – A quiver enchanted with the ability to conjure [common] quality

figure out four seconds later that injecting something with mana was way easier than he had anticipated. He just had to hold it in his

uncomfortable. In the quiver, he saw arrows slowly appear, seemingly growing out of the sides of it. After half a minute or so, there were once again 60 arrows in the quiver. Trying to

he thought to himself while admiring the

First of all, he would have to clean the arrows somehow before they were useful again. Secondly, their penetrative power would be reduced if already used once, if only by a little. Third... he could just magically conjure them. And if he started getting low on mana himself, he could just

to recollect the arrows when it only took seconds

Jake quickly ended up at the front, walking beside Bertram. Bertram seemed to hesitate

were you in the military or something? Or maybe you went hunting from time to time?”

“No to both. But I did a lot of archery when I was younger, and still practice when I visit

honestly confused. If he had to say so himself, he

handled yourself so well back there, nothing more,” Bertram said, not pressing further.

of insects or grubs or any of the smaller animals, really. There were birds up in the trees, but even they were

mutated, or perhaps become something else entirely. Imagining mutated mosquitoes, ticks, or spiders, he could easily see their entire group

dense and full of hills, fallen trees, and giant bushes, which made knowing what was 10 meters ahead of you an uphill task. This made them move rather slowly, barely keeping up

movement off to his left. He instantly poked Bertram in the side, who followed his line of sight, also seeing the rustling bush. Bertram lifted his

rustling, and everything went silent once more. As the seconds passed, everyone seemed to start relaxing. Everyone but Jake.

the bush very closely. He spotted light being reflected between the leaves, and without

their knees. After stumbling for

1] –

again silent as they stared at the dead pig. Jacob opened his mouth

“SQUEEEEAL!”

followed by the sound of stomping, causing the ground

“RUN!”

before following the advice. He ran back and found his way around one of the larger trees. Without hesitation, he took out his knife and another arrow from his quiver and slammed them

rest of his group, all running to hide behind the trees. Bertram was the

as Jake was making rapid progress climbing up the tree, the bush where the small boar had come from earlier was torn apart. A

straight at the tree Jake was climbing. It smashed tusk-first into the tree, making it shake excessively. The impact made him lose his grip

rest of the group just stood frozen gathered around another tree nearby with everyone just gawking at the huge beast. Finally, Jacob got his shit together and called for the casters and Casper to start shooting spells and

tree while making loud squeals. A bad move by it in retrospect, as it allowed enough time for the

side, finally making it take proper notice of the other humans. The mana bolts made small explosions as they smashed

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