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

nearly doubled with the title and levels added together, going from 8 to 14. With Perception being the stat increased by 2 points per archer

was still increasing as he stood there, venting down. Either the new stats only applied their

at the level of an athlete in peak form, at least. Yet it had all felt so natural that he hadn't even

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

blushing Caroline away from him. Turning to the rest of them

made plan by killing

pick up the dead and bloody animals. Especially not the one killed by Bertram and Theodore as it was a complete mess, filled with holes. They ended up only taking the two killed by Jake at the start

that he was down to 54

ability to conjure [common] quality

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, and then think really hard about doing it. It was almost

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

arrow. Got it. Damn, this would have been useful back in the day, he thought to himself while admiring the magical quiver, before adding, or

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

be to recollect the arrows when it only took seconds to

up at the front, walking beside Bertram. Bertram seemed to hesitate about

in the military or something? Or maybe you went

But I did a lot of archery when I was younger, and still practice when I visit the old

himself, he did decently in the last fight, but

said,

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, but even

else entirely. Imagining mutated mosquitoes, ticks, or spiders, he could easily see their entire group being wiped out

was extremely dense 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

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 arrow out of the quiver, nocking the

the bush stopped rustling, and everything went silent once more. As the seconds passed, everyone seemed to start relaxing. Everyone

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

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 on

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

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

“SQUEEEEAL!”

by the sound of

“RUN!”

before following the advice. He ran back and found his way around one of the larger trees. Without hesitation, he took out his knife

rest of his group, all running to hide behind the trees. Bertram was the only one still out in the open holding the rear. His shield aimed towards the

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

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 him lose his grip on the arrow, but he managed to hang on to the

stabilized himself by taking out another arrow and plunging 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 to start shooting spells and arrows at

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

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

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