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

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 sharper than ever, save for when he focused on using

stats only applied their bonus gradually, or perhaps one simply needed time to get used to them. Got to experiment with it, he thought, as he smiled

it had all felt so natural that he hadn't even questioned it for a second. It was

to write it off as system-magic, he dismissed the status screen, finally

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

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

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 even addressed or

they walked forward, still looking for any source of water, Jake checked his quiver and took note that he was down to 54 arrows, having fired 6 in the

– A quiver enchanted with the ability to conjure [common] quality arrows when injected with

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 had to hold it in his hands,

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

useful back in the day, he thought to himself while admiring the magical quiver, before adding,

the arrows somehow before they were useful again. Secondly, their penetrative power would be reduced if already used once, if only

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

at the front, walking beside

something? Or maybe you went hunting from

lot of archery when

was honestly confused. If he had to say so himself,

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

turned his head forwards again, scanning the foliage. One thing he had noticed was the complete absence of insects or grubs

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

and giant bushes, which made knowing what was 10 meters ahead of you an uphill task. This

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

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

spotted light being reflected between the

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

– lvl 1] – Experience

once again silent as they stared at the dead pig. Jacob opened his mouth to say something but was interrupted by an even

“SQUEEEEAL!”

followed by the sound of stomping, causing the ground to vibrate

“RUN!”

need 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

trees. Bertram was the only one still out in the open holding the rear. His shield aimed towards the

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

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 to what would

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

into the tree while making loud squeals. A bad move by it in

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

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