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.

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

one consumed two potions within an hour, the second

consequences. It was basically

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

single potion, so one was more or less forced to bottle

something that, according to the books,

the potion, it only echoed how terrible

Potion (Inferior)] – Restores 87

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

the exact amount restored was also something new. He was unsure if it was due to Identify going up in rank or one of all the new profession skills.

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.

was rapidly

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

continued. A day and over a dozen mana potions consumed later, he finally started to get exhausted once more, and his last two batches had

hard work, but

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

of the Malefic Viper] has reached level 3

Race: [Human (G)] has reached level 6 - Stat points allocated, +1 free

the Malefic Viper] has reached level

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

at the dungeon challenge window, he noted

28 Days

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

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

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

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 wasn’t like his practice

was also primarily about injecting mana properly and controlling the

was no bedtable. Seconds after closing his eyes, he fell asleep. Dreaming of potions and

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

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 into the forest and find

only one 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

they had joined, Richard’s group was 26 people excluding them. Well, 20 people with the six that Jake had killed. After joining, they

The passive regeneration aura alone was enough to keep a healer

a healer. He was level 8, and the only one in their squad who was level 9, besides Caroline, was Casper. Dennis and

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

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

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

until Joanna got to level 1 in the profession, and as she was also level 3 in her class, she leveled her

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

to two days since he left, and they had neither seen nor heard anything

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

a final fight with a 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 lot more dangerous

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

straight to Richard,

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