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

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

imagination, but he felt like his perception was still increasing as he stood there, venting down. Either the new stats only applied their

Yet it had all felt so natural that he hadn't even questioned it

he dismissed the status screen, finally noticing that everyone was either staring

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

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

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

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

out four seconds later that injecting something with mana was way easier than he had anticipated.

felt a little weird, but not really 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 inject any more mana seemed to have no

the day, he thought to himself while admiring the magical quiver, before

recollecting the arrows, but there were several reasons not to. 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

be to recollect the arrows when it only took

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

or something? Or maybe you went hunting

a lot of archery when I was

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

back there, nothing more,” Bertram said, not pressing further. Though he didn’t seem like the answer satisfied

again, scanning the foliage. One thing he had noticed was the complete absence of insects or grubs or any of the smaller animals, really. There were birds up in the trees, but even they were all roughly the size of

were good, though. Normal animals seem to have mutated, or perhaps become something else entirely. Imagining mutated mosquitoes, ticks, or spiders, he could easily see

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

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

seconds passed, everyone seemed to start relaxing. Everyone but Jake. His intuition told him there was still

Eye, observing the bush very closely. He spotted light being reflected between the leaves, and without any hesitation, he loosed an

up to their knees. After stumbling for a few steps, It

– lvl 1]

the dead pig. Jacob opened his mouth

“SQUEEEEAL!”

by the sound

“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

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

had come from earlier was torn apart. A massive boar,

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 knife and

rest of the group just stood frozen gathered around another tree nearby with everyone just gawking at the huge

of 9 preparing to engage, instead kept smashing its head into the tree while making loud squeals. A bad move

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 penetrate

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