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

title and levels added together, going from 8 to 14. With Perception being the

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

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 he hadn't even questioned it for a second. It was almost scary

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

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

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

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,

of water, Jake checked his quiver and took note that he was down to 54 arrows, having fired 6 in

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

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 just

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

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

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 have one of the warriors fill it back up since they didn't use their mana for anything

to recollect the arrows when it

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

the military or something? Or maybe

did a lot of archery when

he had to say so himself, he did decently in the last fight, but

so well back there, nothing more,” Bertram said, not pressing further.

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

become something else entirely. Imagining mutated mosquitoes, ticks, or spiders, he could easily see

10 meters ahead of you an uphill task. This made them move rather slowly, barely keeping up a

sight, also seeing the rustling bush. Bertram lifted his arm, motioning the rest

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

observing the bush very closely. He spotted light being reflected between the leaves, and without any

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

– lvl 1] – Experience earned.

dead pig. Jacob opened his

“SQUEEEEAL!”

sound of stomping, causing the ground to

“RUN!”

back and found his way around one of the

started climbing as he registered the rest of his group, all running to hide behind the trees. Bertram was the only one still out in

bush where the small boar had come from

at the tree Jake was climbing. It smashed tusk-first into the tree, making it shake excessively. The impact made

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 shit together and called for the casters and Casper to start shooting spells and arrows

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

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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