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 more than two within an

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

was basically

even bothered to talk about it. They were all just like: “So yeah, the second

the effect of the single potion, so one was more or less forced to

with 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

potion, it only echoed

(Inferior)] – Restores 87 mana

remembered 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

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

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. Having proven himself able to make something,

the next two batches. Still, it was rapidly alleviated

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 with the internal cooldown to keep working, with the only limit being his

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

work, but the results

Malefic Viper] has reached level 2 - Stat points

the Malefic Viper] has reached level 3 - Stat

reached level 6 - Stat points allocated, +1 free

the Malefic Viper] has reached level

in the profession. Compared to

at the dungeon challenge window, he

remaining: 28 Days

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 started going down and also because he had enough of them to

very similar, with only slight variations. The pattern and

to make. You did 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,

his intuition. From what he had briefly read, concocting poisons had many of the

about injecting mana

as there was no bedtable. Seconds after closing his eyes, he fell asleep. Dreaming of potions and alchemy, genuinely looking forward to

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 them as Richard was

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

his so-called ‘elite squad’. Caroline had at level

six that Jake had killed. After joining, they shot

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,

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 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

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

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

3 in her class, she leveled her race too. This instantly

those difficulty-jumps. Hunting with a team also hurt his experience gain, but as he was more powerful in a group due to

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

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

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

had not 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 as they died.

in camp, Jacob went straight to Richard, reporting how their

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