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.

cooldown period. He and his colleagues had some theories, most of them determining it would end badly if one drank more than

If one consumed two potions within an hour, the second could cause horrific consequences, such as being slightly less

suffering any adverse consequences. It was basically just water. Of course, this raised countless more questions as

honestly frustrating how none of the books even bothered to talk about it. They were all just like: “So yeah, the second one doesn’t

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

with a total of only three bottles, something that, according

on the potion, it only echoed how terrible they

Potion (Inferior)] – Restores 87 mana when

that the mana potions that the system had given them upon entering the tutorial had given her at least 130 mana

the exact 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

still had enough mana not

his festive mood quickly died down as he failed the next two batches. Still, it was rapidly alleviated when

and felt his mana fill up to nearly full once more. He planned on drinking a potion every

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 not being able

hard work, but

reached level 2 - Stat points allocated, +2

the Malefic Viper] has reached level 3

level 6 - Stat points

[Alchemist of the Malefic Viper] has reached level 4

the profession. Compared to outside, where

the dungeon challenge window,

remaining: 28

on health potions along for a quick read before taking another nap. He had decided to try and make them the next day, as the mana potion's experience had started going down and also because he had enough of them to

book, the second easiest type of potion to make, just after the mana one. The process was very similar, with only slight variations. The pattern and method of injecting mana into the mixture was the most significant difference, and quite a lot harder than with mana

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

basic resource-restoration potions. 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, though, so it wasn’t like his practice

the end, concocting poisons was also primarily about injecting

the floor as there was no bedtable. Seconds after closing his

group of Richard’s men as they were out hunting once more. The team they went with was the usual

shockwave, knocking down anyone in its path. With it and his increased stats, he had hunted many beasts

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

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

passive regeneration aura alone was enough to keep a healer around initially. In combat, they often contributed little to nothing as their healing was touch-based, but with

Casper. Dennis and Lina were both

of Joanna, she had brought with her a pleasant surprise. She had started fixing up cloaks and robes for people and conjuring arrows for the archers after joining, trying to make

knew of. Joanna had been into stitching and sewing before the tutorial,

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

level 1 in the profession, and as she was also level 3 in her class, she leveled her race too. This instantly reignited his interest. Every single race-level gave +1 to all stats and an extra free point, making

Hunting with a

about what Jake was up to. It had 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 him, but Jacob

was a bit worried, but the guy could clearly handle himself. At least he hoped he could, as Jacob had encountered some

them being above level 10, they finally made it back. Talking of the badgers, those things turned out to get a lot

fighting it. Another group had lost two people to one of the beasts, as they got severely poisoned from just a few minor scratches. The potions they drank only functioned to extend

to Richard, reporting how their

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