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.

an additional potion during the cooldown period. He and his colleagues had some theories, most of

a big shocker. If one consumed two potions within an

consequences. It was basically just water. Of course, this raised countless more questions as to where the excess energy would

about it. They were all

would only 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 actual item before

that, according to the books,

the potion, it only echoed how terrible they

Restores 87 mana when

Caroline telling him that the mana potions that the system 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

He was unsure if it was due to Identify going up in rank or one of all the new profession skills. Or perhaps it

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

two batches. Still, it was rapidly alleviated

up to nearly full once more. He

to get exhausted once more, and his last

work, but the results spoke

has reached level 2 - Stat points allocated, +2

of the Malefic Viper] has reached level 3 - Stat

has reached level 6 - Stat points allocated, +1 free

[Alchemist of the Malefic Viper] has reached level 4

hours on the challenge already, and yet he was only level 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

the dungeon challenge

remaining: 28

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 keep himself going

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

you had to change the nature of the mana. Ultimately, the potion

intuition. From what he had briefly read, concocting poisons had many of the same methods as potions, so there was a lot of

also primarily about injecting mana

after closing his eyes, he fell asleep. Dreaming of potions and alchemy, genuinely looking forward to

were all walking with a group of Richard’s men as they were out hunting once more. The team they went with was the usual except for Caroline, who could join

reached level 12 earlier that day and had gotten a new ability at level 10 that allowed him to bash with his shield and send out a shockwave, knocking down anyone in its path. With it and his increased stats, he had hunted many beasts over level 10, and they had even relocated their base once to get further

Richard and his so-called ‘elite squad’.

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

this small group that usually had to go 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

for people and conjuring arrows for the archers after joining, trying to make herself useful. A couple of hours ago, just

anyone 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. This was only a theory,

per level, hers only offering 1 wisdom, 1 willpower, 1 agility, and 1 free

also level 3 in her class, she leveled her race too. This instantly reignited his interest. Every single race-level gave +1

interest was further amplified after he experienced that leveling only got harder and harder, and level 10 seemed to be one of those difficulty-jumps. Hunting with a team also hurt his experience gain, but as he was more powerful in a group due to his class's nature,

Jake was up to. It had been close to two days since he left, and they

a bit

those things turned out to get a lot more dangerous when they reached the double-digits. Not only because of their size but because of the venom their

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

in camp, Jacob went straight to Richard, reporting

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