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

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

there, venting down. Either the new stats only applied their bonus gradually, or perhaps one

ever before at the level of an athlete in peak form, at least. Yet it had all felt so natural that he

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

away from him. Turning to the rest

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 food, so… badger meat.

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,

that he was down to

Quiver (Common)] – A quiver enchanted with the ability

mana was way easier than he had anticipated. He just had to hold it in his hands, and then think really

mana slowly left him, it 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

would have been useful back in the day, he thought to himself while admiring the magical

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 warriors fill it back up since they didn't use their

it would be to recollect the arrows when it only took seconds to

up at the front, walking beside Bertram. Bertram seemed to hesitate about something, but

something? Or maybe you went hunting from time to time?” he eventually

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

confused. If he had to say so himself, he

more,” Bertram said, not pressing further. Though he didn’t seem like the answer

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

to have mutated, or perhaps become something else entirely. Imagining mutated mosquitoes, ticks, or spiders,

knowing what was 10 meters ahead of you an uphill task. This

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,

a few moments, the bush stopped rustling, and everything went silent once more. As the seconds passed, everyone seemed to start relaxing. Everyone but Jake. His intuition told him there was

the bush very closely. He spotted light being reflected between the

small boar, no taller than up to their knees. After stumbling for a few

have slain [Boar-Beast – lvl 1] – Experience earned. 1 TP

was once again silent as they stared at the dead pig. Jacob opened

“SQUEEEEAL!”

by the sound of stomping, causing

“RUN!”

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 into the tree,

to hide behind the trees. Bertram was the only one still

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

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 arrows at the

the tree while making loud squeals. A bad move by

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,

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