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.

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

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

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

They were all just like: “So yeah, the second one

work. The batch he had just made could be consumed as is, 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 register as an actual item before being in a

Jake ended up with a total of only three bottles, something that, according to the books, was

on the potion, it only

– Restores 87 mana when

her at least 130 mana when she used one. He would have to thank Jacob for being terrible enough

Identify going up in rank

planned on drinking them later, but he still had enough mana not to make full use of them. Having proven

next two batches. Still, it was rapidly alleviated

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

potions consumed later, he finally started to get exhausted once more, and his

work, but the

[Alchemist of the Malefic Viper] has reached level 2 - Stat points

has reached level 3 - Stat points

has reached level 6 -

reached level 4 -

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 solo earlier, he would, without a doubt, be well

challenge

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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 potion to make, just after the mana one. The process was very similar,

had to change the nature of the mana. Ultimately, the potion was still

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

about

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

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 usual except for Caroline, who could join them as Richard was taking a rest back at

that allowed him to bash with his shield and send out a shockwave, knocking down anyone in its path. With it

from their original group at level 10 was Caroline, who often went with Richard and his so-called ‘elite squad’. Caroline had at level 10 learned a ranged version of her

Richard’s group was 26 people excluding 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. Richard still in charge,

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 with her now being able to heal from a distance, her worth

Casper. Dennis and Lina were both in another team. Jacob knew that this

She had started fixing up cloaks and robes for people and conjuring arrows for the

a profession that they knew of. Joanna had been into stitching and sewing before the tutorial,

give many stats per level, hers only offering 1 wisdom, 1

in the profession, and as she was also level 3 in her class, she leveled

of those difficulty-jumps. Hunting with a team also hurt his experience

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

he was a bit worried, but the guy could clearly handle himself. At least

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

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

Jacob went straight to Richard, reporting

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