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

His agility alone had nearly doubled with the title and levels added together, going from 8 to 14. With Perception

his perception was still increasing as he 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 thought, as he smiled

been stronger than ever before 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

the status screen, finally noticing that everyone was either staring at him or the

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

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 applicable

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 anything. Not something

checked his quiver and took note that he was down to 54 arrows, having fired 6

ability to conjure [common] quality arrows when injected with

seconds later that injecting something with mana was way easier than he had anticipated. He just had to hold it in his hands, and

slowly left him, it felt a little weird, but not 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

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

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

how time-consuming it would be to recollect the arrows when it only took seconds to

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

in the military or something? Or maybe

a lot of archery when I was younger, and

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

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

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

insects were good, though. Normal animals seem to have mutated, or perhaps become something else entirely. Imagining mutated mosquitoes,

knowing what was 10 meters ahead of you an uphill task. This made them move rather

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 arrow. Ready for whatever

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

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

than up to their knees.

lvl 1] –

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

“SQUEEEEAL!”

by the sound of stomping, causing the ground to

“RUN!”

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

trees. Bertram was the only one still out in the

the small boar had come from earlier was torn apart. A massive boar, taller than even Bertram, the tallest member of

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,

nearby with everyone just gawking at the huge beast. Finally, Jacob got his shit together

completely ignoring the group of 9 preparing to engage, instead kept smashing its head into the tree while making loud squeals. A bad move

mana, followed by 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

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