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

confirm his class or title. And it sure had grown. His agility alone had 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 level, it had grown by an entire 8 points. And he could feel it. Sounds were clearer, his vision sharper than ever, save for

stood there, venting down. Either the new stats only applied their bonus gradually, or perhaps one simply needed time to get used to them. Got to experiment with it, he

in peak form, at least. Yet it had all felt so natural that he hadn't even questioned it for a second.

write it off as system-magic, he dismissed the status screen, finally noticing that everyone was either staring at him or the

gently pushed the now blushing Caroline away from him. Turning to the rest of them as he praised

The tension after the fight had left everyone by now. On a side-note, Jake had entirely ‘ruined’ their carefully made plan by killing half of the

was a hassle, as no one wanted to 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 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 asked Jake to take

he was down to 54 arrows, having fired 6 in

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

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

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

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

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

recollect the arrows when it only took seconds to

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

maybe you went hunting

of archery when I was younger, and still practice when I visit the old folks back

honestly confused. If he had to say so himself, he did decently in the last fight, but that

just thought you handled yourself so well back there, nothing more,” Bertram said, not pressing further. Though he

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

something else entirely. Imagining mutated mosquitoes, ticks, or spiders, he could easily see their entire

10 meters ahead of you an uphill task. This made them move

Bertram lifted his arm, motioning

passed, everyone

very closely. He spotted light being reflected between the leaves, and without any hesitation, he loosed an

to their knees. After stumbling for a few steps, It fell on the ground, an arrow sticking

1] – Experience earned. 1 TP

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

“SQUEEEEAL!”

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

“RUN!”

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

as he 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 rear.

boar had come from earlier was torn

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

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,

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

proper notice of the other humans. The mana bolts made small explosions

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