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.

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

big shocker. If one consumed two potions within an hour, the second could cause horrific consequences, such as being slightly less thirsty or having one less

aside, one could pour down mana potions for days without suffering any adverse consequences. It was basically just water. Of course, this

They were all just like: “So

potion, so one was more or less forced to bottle

a total of only three bottles, something that, according to the books, was considered quite terrible. Not that Jake cared much, he was just proud of his

potion, it only echoed how terrible

– Restores 87

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

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

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.

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

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

he finally started to get exhausted once more, and his last two batches had failed due to him

hard work, but the results spoke for

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

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

level 6 - Stat points

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

only level 4 in the profession. Compared to outside, where he in less time than that reached level 9.

at the dungeon challenge window, he noted the

remaining: 28 Days –

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 started going down and also because he had enough of them

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

not need to 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

making poisons soon, but he felt it would be slightly more challenging than the three 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

also primarily about injecting mana properly and

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

Bertram, Casper, Ahmed, and Theodore were all walking with a group of Richard’s men as they were out hunting once more. The team they went with was the

had 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

was Caroline, who often went with Richard and his so-called ‘elite

with the six that Jake had killed. After joining, they shot up to

enough to keep a healer around initially. In combat, they often contributed little to nothing as their healing was touch-based, but with her now being able to

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

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 herself useful. A couple of hours ago, just before they left the camp, Joanna had unlocked a

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

per level, hers only offering 1 wisdom, 1

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

he experienced that leveling only got harder and harder, and level 10 seemed to be one of those difficulty-jumps. Hunting with a team

thought 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

to what level he had reached by now. Okay, he was a bit worried, but the guy could clearly handle himself.

it back. Talking of the badgers, those things turned out to get a lot more dangerous

beasts, as they got severely poisoned from just a few minor scratches. The potions they drank only functioned to extend the suffering as they

Jacob went straight to Richard, reporting how their little

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