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

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

but he felt like his perception was 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.

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

status screen, finally noticing

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

again, the same passive smile and glint in his eyes as before. The tension after the fight had left everyone by now. On a side-note, Jake had entirely ‘ruined’ their carefully made plan

the two killed by Jake at the start of the fight, as they were the most whole. The carrying

was down to 54 arrows, having

– A quiver enchanted with the ability

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

quiver, he saw arrows slowly appear, seemingly growing out of the sides of it. After half a minute or

arrow. Got it. Damn, this would have been useful back in the day, he thought

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 magically conjure them. And if he started getting low on mana himself, he could just have one of the warriors fill

to recollect the arrows when it only took seconds to conjure new

kept walking, Jake quickly ended up at the front, walking beside Bertram. Bertram seemed to hesitate about

the military or something? Or maybe you

did a lot of archery when I was younger,

himself, he did decently in the last fight, but that was

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

and turned his head forwards 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,

else entirely. Imagining mutated mosquitoes, ticks, or spiders,

and full of hills, fallen trees, and giant bushes, which made knowing what was 10 meters ahead of you an uphill task. This made them move rather slowly, barely

couple more minutes of walking, Jake finally spotted some movement 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 rest of the group to stop. Jake took the bow off his shoulder and took an

went silent once more. As the seconds passed, everyone

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

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

lvl 1] – Experience earned. 1

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

“SQUEEEEAL!”

squeal sounded out, followed by the sound of stomping,

“RUN!”

need to think twice before following the advice. He ran back and found his way around one

Bertram was the only one still out in the open

boar had come from earlier was torn apart. A massive boar, taller than even Bertram, the

completely 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

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

the group of 9 preparing to engage, instead kept smashing its head into the tree while making loud squeals. A bad move by it in retrospect, as it allowed enough time for

the other humans. The mana bolts made small explosions as they smashed into it, leaving small holes and burnings its hide, while the arrow

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