The Primal Hunter

Chapter 23

Feeling the warm glow run through his body from the level-ups was as comfortable as ever. He was equally as pleased to see that profession-experience also helped with his race level.

Looking at his stats, he noticed that he now had 6 unspent free points. Jake still felt very unsure of how to distribute them best. Was there some way to make an optimal build? Ultimately, he decided this wasn’t the time to try and meta-game the system. You know, with his life on the line and all that.

So, having decided not to hoard the points any longer, he threw them in the stat best for alchemy according to all the books: Wisdom. He felt the warm glow once more before opening his status menu to confirm the changes.

Status

Name: Jake Thayne

Race: [Human (G) – lvl 5]

Class: [Archer – lvl 9]

Profession: [Alchemist of the Malefic Viper – lvl 1]

Health Points (HP): 380/380

Mana Points (MP): 192/240

Stamina: 235/250

Stats

Strength: 28

Agility: 31

Endurance: 25

Vitality: 38

Toughness: 16

Wisdom: 24

Intelligence: 16

Perception: 44

Willpower: 25

Free points: 0

Not much had changed with his stats besides wisdom getting a considerable bump upwards from the levels and free points. Nodding to himself, he closed the menu once more and turned his attention to the mixing bowl in front of him.

Looking at the completed batch of mana potions, he felt very satisfied with himself. Walking to the cabinet, he took out a handful of bottles and began putting the concoction into them. The bottles were perfectly sized to get the full benefit one could from each potion.

drank an additional potion during the cooldown period. He and his colleagues had some theories, most of them determining it would end badly if one drank

it was a big shocker. If one consumed two potions within an hour, the second could cause horrific consequences, such as being slightly

basically just water. Of course,

even bothered to talk about it. They were all just

have the effect of the single potion, so one was more or less forced to bottle it up. It also wouldn’t register as an

that, according to the books, was considered quite terrible. Not that Jake cared much, he

the potion, it only echoed

Potion (Inferior)] – Restores 87 mana

had given them upon entering the tutorial had given her at least 130 mana when she used one. He would have to thank Jacob for being terrible enough at combat

amount restored was also something new. He was unsure if it was due to Identify going up in rank or one of all the new profession

them later, but he still had enough mana not to make full use of them. Having proven himself able to make something, he started mixing a second batch after cleaning

failed the next two batches. Still, it was rapidly alleviated when the third batch of mana potions succeeded - another three potions, with exactly

a little low, he drank one of the potions he had made and felt his mana fill up to nearly full once more. He planned on drinking a potion every hour

continued. A day and over a dozen mana potions consumed later, he finally started to get exhausted once more, and his last two batches had failed due to him

work, but

has reached level 2 - Stat points allocated,

has reached level 3 - Stat points allocated, +2 free

level 6 - Stat points allocated,

Viper] has reached level 4 - Stat points allocated, +2 free

4 in the profession. Compared to outside, where he in less time than that reached level 9. If he had been more efficient and gone solo earlier, he would,

dungeon challenge window, he noted the

28 Days

before taking another nap. He had decided to try and make them the next day, as the mana potion's

Potions were, according to the Alchemy for Novices book, the second easiest type of potion to make, just after the mana one. The process was very similar, with only slight

change the properties of the mana injected; you just had to purify and inject it. With health potions, you had to change the nature of the mana. Ultimately, the potion was still a kind of condensed energy close to mana, and Jake had no proper understanding of how exactly it all worked, so he just left that up to the

The books agreeing with his intuition. From what he had briefly read, concocting poisons had many of the same methods as potions, so there was a lot of overlap,

also primarily about injecting mana properly and

it on the floor as there was no bedtable. Seconds after closing his eyes, he fell

Richard’s men as they were out hunting once more. The team they went with

down anyone in its path. With it and his increased stats, he had hunted many beasts over level 10, and they had

group at level 10 was Caroline, who often went with Richard and his so-called ‘elite squad’. Caroline had at level 10 learned a ranged version of

group was 26 people excluding them. Well, 20 people with the six that Jake had killed. After joining, they shot up to 29, and after recruiting some more, the group was now a bit over 50.

alone was enough to keep a healer around initially. In combat, they

without a healer. He was level 8, and the only one in their squad who was level 9, besides Caroline, was Casper. Dennis and Lina were both in another team. Jacob knew that this was due to Richard not wanting their group to all be together even if you considered Joanna, who was stuck

surprise. She had started fixing up cloaks and robes for people and conjuring arrows for the archers after joining, trying to make herself useful. A

obtaining a profession that they knew of. Joanna had been into stitching and sewing before the tutorial, which had likely helped her unlock it, to begin with.

to Joanna, the profession didn’t give many stats per level, hers only offering 1 wisdom,

see that the stat gains were so low compared to the time investment, Richard’s interest significantly waned. That is right until Joanna got to level 1 in the profession, and as she was also level 3 in her class, she leveled her

Hunting with a team also hurt his experience gain, but as he was more powerful in a group due to his class's nature,

been close to two days since he left, and they had neither seen nor heard anything from him. He and Richard had a tacit understanding never to mention

well-being, more so curious as to what level he had reached by now. Okay, he was a bit worried, but the guy could clearly handle himself. At least he hoped he could, as Jacob had encountered some

with a small group of badgers, one of them being above level 10, they finally made it back. Talking of the badgers, those things turned out to get a lot more dangerous when they reached the

one of the beasts, as they got severely poisoned from just a few minor scratches. The potions they drank only functioned to extend the suffering as they died. The importance of a healer was

to Richard,

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