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.

He and his colleagues had some theories, most of them determining it would end badly if one

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

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

honestly frustrating how none of the books even bothered to talk about it. They

one was more or less forced to bottle it up.

three bottles, something that, according

it only echoed how terrible they

Potion (Inferior)] – Restores

given them upon entering the tutorial had given her at least 130 mana when she used one. He

exact amount restored was also something new. He was unsure if it was due to Identify going up in rank

potions on one of the other tables in the laboratory with a smile. He planned on drinking them later, but he still had enough mana not to make full use of them.

Still, it was rapidly alleviated when the third batch of mana potions succeeded

had made and felt his mana fill up to nearly full once more. He

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 the results spoke for

Profession: [Alchemist of the Malefic Viper] has reached level 2 -

[Alchemist of the Malefic Viper] has reached level 3 - Stat points allocated, +2

level 6 - Stat points allocated, +1 free

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

only level 4 in the profession. Compared to outside, where he in

challenge window,

28 Days

once more, he brought the book 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

Novices 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,

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

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

was also primarily about injecting mana properly and controlling the crafting

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

once more. The

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

with Richard and his so-called ‘elite squad’. Caroline had at level 10 learned a ranged

them. Well, 20 people with the six that Jake had killed. After joining,

had shown herself to be competent, so Richard kept her around in his squad. The 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

leader of 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 another team. Jacob knew that this was due to Richard not wanting

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

profession that they knew of. Joanna had been into stitching and sewing before the tutorial, which had likely helped her

only offering 1 wisdom, 1 willpower, 1 agility, and 1 free

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 race too. This instantly reignited his interest. Every single race-level gave +1 to all stats and an extra free point, making them even more valuable than both

those difficulty-jumps. Hunting with a team also hurt his experience gain, but as he was

to base, Jacob thought about what Jake was up to. It had been close to two days since he left, and they

Jake's well-being, more so curious as to what level he had reached by now. Okay, he was a bit

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

been in the group, they would not even have tried 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 the suffering

Jacob went straight to Richard, reporting how their

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