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

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

applied their bonus gradually, or perhaps

peak form, at least. Yet it had all felt so natural that

dismissed the status screen, finally noticing

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

carefully made plan by killing half of the

by Jake at the start of the fight, as they were the

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

A quiver enchanted with the ability to conjure [common]

out how 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 had to hold it in his hands,

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 quiver. Trying to inject any more mana seemed to have no effect at all. Looking at his mana, he saw that he was down

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

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

be to recollect the arrows when it only took seconds to

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

military or something? Or maybe you went hunting from time to time?”

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

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

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

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

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

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

also seeing the rustling bush. Bertram lifted his arm, motioning the rest of the group to stop. Jake took the bow off his

went silent once more. As the seconds passed, everyone seemed to start relaxing. Everyone but

and 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.

1] – Experience earned. 1 TP

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

“SQUEEEEAL!”

loud squeal sounded out, followed by the sound of stomping, causing the ground to

“RUN!”

back and found his way around one of the larger trees. Without hesitation, he took out his

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

progress climbing up the tree, the bush where the small boar had come from earlier was torn apart. A massive boar, taller

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

it 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

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

proper notice of the other humans. The mana bolts made small explosions as they smashed into it, leaving

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