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 New

With Perception being the stat increased by 2 points per archer level, it had grown by

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

weird thing. During the fight, 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 how easy it was

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

Caroline away from him. Turning to the rest of them as he praised them. “Good job, everyone. Especially you,

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

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 even

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

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

later that injecting something with mana was way easier than he had anticipated. He just had to hold it in his hands, and

sides of it. After half a minute or so, there were once again 60 arrows in the quiver. Trying to inject any more mana

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

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 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

how time-consuming it would be to recollect the arrows when it only took seconds to

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

you in the military or something? Or maybe you

lot of archery when I was younger,

so himself, he did decently in the last fight, but

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

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

to have mutated, or perhaps become something else entirely. Imagining mutated mosquitoes, ticks, or spiders, he could easily see their entire group being wiped out without even knowing how they

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

followed his line of sight, also seeing the rustling bush. Bertram lifted

once more. As the seconds passed, everyone seemed to start relaxing. Everyone but Jake. His intuition told him there was

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

huge shriek was heard, and stumbling out came a small boar, no taller than up to their knees. After stumbling for a few steps, It fell

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

dead pig. Jacob opened his mouth to say something but was interrupted by an even

“SQUEEEEAL!”

out, followed by the sound of stomping, causing the ground

“RUN!”

to think twice 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 quiver and slammed them into the

registered the rest of his group, all running to hide behind the trees. Bertram was the only one still out in the open holding

the tree, the bush where the small boar had come from earlier was torn apart. A massive boar, taller than even Bertram, the tallest

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

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

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

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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