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

his class or title. And it sure had grown. His agility alone had nearly doubled with the title and levels added together, going from 8 to 14. With Perception being the stat increased

only applied their bonus gradually, or perhaps one simply needed time to

fight, he had moved faster and been stronger than ever before at the level of an athlete in peak form, at least. Yet it had all felt so natural that

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

the now blushing Caroline away from him. Turning to the rest of them as he praised them. “Good

a side-note, Jake had entirely ‘ruined’ their carefully made plan by killing half of the beasts before the fight even began. The only beneficial part of the plan still

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,

he was down to 54 arrows, having fired 6 in the previous fight. Focusing on the

enchanted with the ability to

injecting something with mana was way easier than he had anticipated. He just had to hold it in his hands, and then think really hard about doing

out of the sides of it. After half a minute or so, there were once

been useful back in the day, he thought to himself while admiring the magical quiver, before

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

how time-consuming it would be to recollect the arrows when it only took

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

something? Or maybe you went

But I did a lot of archery when I was younger, and still practice when I visit the old folks

to say so himself, he did decently in

more,” Bertram said, not pressing further.

of insects or grubs or any of the smaller

mosquitoes, ticks, or spiders, he could easily see their entire group being wiped out without even knowing

fallen trees, and giant bushes, which made knowing what was 10 meters ahead of you an uphill task. This

He instantly poked Bertram in the side, who followed his line of sight, also seeing the rustling bush. Bertram lifted his arm, motioning the rest of the group to stop.

once more. As the seconds passed, everyone

focused and used Archer’s Eye, observing the bush very closely. He spotted light being reflected between the leaves, and without any

huge shriek was heard, and stumbling out came a small boar, no taller than up to their knees. After stumbling for a few steps, It fell on the ground, an arrow sticking out of its

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dead pig. Jacob opened his mouth to say something

“SQUEEEEAL!”

sounded out, followed by the sound of stomping, causing

“RUN!”

advice. He ran back and found his way around one of the larger trees. Without hesitation,

the rest of his group, all running to hide behind the trees. Bertram was the only one still out in the open holding

the small boar had come from earlier was torn apart. A

the tree Jake was climbing. It smashed tusk-first into the tree, making it shake excessively. The impact made him lose his grip on the arrow, but he managed to hang on to the knife and avoid falling to what would most likely

frozen gathered around another tree nearby with everyone just

preparing to engage, instead kept smashing its head into the tree while making loud squeals. A bad move by it in retrospect,

The mana bolts made small explosions as they smashed into it, leaving small holes and burnings

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