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

of the

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

still increasing as he stood there, venting down. Either the new stats only applied their bonus gradually, or perhaps one simply needed time to get used to them. Got to experiment with

an athlete in peak form, at least. Yet it had all felt so natural that he hadn't even questioned it for a second. It was almost scary how easy it was to adapt to your body’s performance going through

as system-magic, he dismissed the status screen, finally noticing that everyone was

from him. Turning to

now. On a side-note, Jake had entirely ‘ruined’ their carefully made plan by

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

checked his quiver and took note that he was down to 54 arrows, having

with the ability to conjure [common] quality arrows when injected with

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 it. It

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

the day, he thought to himself while admiring the magical quiver, before adding, or not,

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 have one of the

be to recollect

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

military or something? Or maybe you went hunting from time

kind of question. “No to both. But I did a lot of

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

there, nothing more,” Bertram said, not pressing

the foliage. One thing he had noticed was the complete absence of insects or grubs or any of the smaller animals,

mosquitoes, ticks, or spiders,

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

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

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

and used Archer’s Eye, observing the bush very closely. He spotted light being

knees. After stumbling for a few

have slain [Boar-Beast – lvl 1]

as they stared at the dead pig. Jacob opened his

“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

was the only one still out in the open holding the

boar had come from earlier was torn apart. A

ignored 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 knife and avoid falling

group just stood frozen gathered around another tree nearby with everyone just gawking at the huge beast. Finally,

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

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

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