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

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

applied their bonus gradually,

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 a second. It was almost

finally noticing that everyone was either staring at him or the

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

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 by killing half of the beasts before the fight even began. The only beneficial part of the plan still

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

Jake checked his quiver and took note that he was down to 54 arrows, having fired 6 in the previous fight. Focusing on the quiver, he once again identified

quiver enchanted with the ability to conjure

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

really uncomfortable. In the quiver, 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

per 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 not, as I didn’t 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

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

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

Or maybe you went

not expecting that kind of question. “No to both. But I did a lot of archery when

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

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

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

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

a 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

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

spotted light being reflected

taller than up to their knees. After stumbling for a few steps, It fell on the ground,

[Boar-Beast – lvl 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, causing

“RUN!”

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

behind the trees. Bertram was the only one still out in

small boar had come from

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

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

preparing to engage, instead kept smashing its head into the tree while making loud squeals. A bad move

other humans. The mana

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