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

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back, he hadn’t opened the window since the introduction. Not even to confirm 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 by 2 points per archer level, it had grown by an entire 8 points. And he could feel it. Sounds were clearer, his vision sharper

stats only applied their bonus gradually, or perhaps one simply needed time to get used to them. Got to

level of an athlete in peak form, at least. Yet it had all felt so

finally noticing that everyone was either staring at him or

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

glint in his eyes 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 killing half of the beasts before the fight even began. The only beneficial part of the plan still applicable being what to do with the corpses after. They needed a source of

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

Jake checked his quiver and took note that he was down to

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

to figure out how to inject something with mana, he said to himself… only to figure out four seconds later that injecting something with mana was way easier than he had anticipated. He

arrows slowly appear, seemingly growing out of the sides of it. After half a minute or so,

it. Damn, this would have been useful back in the day, he thought to himself while admiring

already used once, if only by

was ignoring how time-consuming it would be to recollect the arrows when it only took seconds to conjure new

quickly ended up at the front, walking beside Bertram. Bertram seemed to hesitate about something, but eventually opened his

something? Or maybe you went hunting

of archery when I was younger, and still practice when I visit the old

was honestly confused. If he had to say so himself, he did decently in

more,” Bertram said, not pressing further. Though he didn’t

at him and turned his head forwards again, scanning the foliage. One thing he had noticed was the complete absence of insects or grubs or any of

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

forest was extremely dense and full of hills, fallen trees, and giant bushes, which made knowing what was 10 meters ahead of

more minutes of walking, Jake finally spotted some 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 arm, motioning the rest of the group to stop. Jake took the bow off his shoulder and took an arrow out of the quiver, nocking the arrow. Ready for whatever

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

bush very closely. He spotted light being reflected between

their knees. After stumbling for a few

lvl 1] – Experience

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

“SQUEEEEAL!”

loud squeal sounded out, followed by the sound of

“RUN!”

need to think twice before following the advice. He ran back and found his way around one of the larger trees. Without hesitation,

Bertram was the only one still out in the open holding the rear. His shield aimed towards the direction of the

come from

Bertram and the others and charged 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 on the arrow, but he managed to hang on to the

taking out another arrow and plunging it into the bark, the rest of the group just stood frozen gathered around another tree nearby with everyone just gawking at the huge beast. Finally, Jacob got his

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

bolts of mana, followed by a lone arrow shot into the boar’s side, finally making it take proper notice of the other humans. The mana bolts made small explosions as they smashed into it, leaving small holes and burnings its hide, while the arrow seemed unable to even

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