The Primal Hunter

Lying on the bed, Jake was proud of his progress for the day. He had mixed so many potions that he eventually had to just dump the mixtures in the sink. It was so incredibly wasteful, but he just didn’t have anywhere else to put it.

While there were undoubtedly many bottles, it was far from unlimited. He was re-using the bottles after he drank the mana potions but said potion consumption had fallen to nearly nothing after Jake had gotten his Palate of the Malefic Viper.

It wasn’t that he was entirely out of bottles; in fact, he had many left. He just knew that the potions he currently made wouldn’t be things he wanted to save. He also didn’t know where to store them. Pretty much every surface in the lab was filled with potions.

During the day, he had also eaten two new kinds of mushrooms too. One called [Reddot Stool], a small white mushroom with red spots on it, with the other identified as a [Brunneius Aqua Mushroom], a brown mushroom found growing from small puddles in the damp cave. Both were naturally inferior-rarity.

Overall his day had resulted in quite the progress.

*’DING!’ Profession: [Alchemist of the Malefic Viper] has reached level 7 - Stat points allocated, +2 free points*

*’DING!’ Race: [Human (G)] has reached level 8 - Stat points allocated, +1 free point*

*’DING!’ Profession: [Alchemist of the Malefic Viper] has reached level 8 - Stat points allocated, +2 free points*

*’DING!’ Profession: [Alchemist of the Malefic Viper] has reached level 9 - Stat points allocated, +2 free points*

*’DING!’ Race: [Human (G)] has reached level 9 - Stat points allocated, +1 free points*

The only significant difference was that he had decided to save the free points. The wisdom seemed to barely add anything to his mental capabilities at this point, and he was unsure if any other stat would help him in any way at the moment. He had considered willpower and endurance, hoping that it would allow him to stay awake longer and reduce the mental exhaustion.

But for now, he would save them. He was very close to level 10 in his alchemy class, at which point he would likely unlock another skill or some other benefit. So, he had decided to wait for the last level.

He had finished the book on elementary poisons, the two basic alchemy books, and had decided that he was ready to give concocting poisons a try the next day. He had eaten the shrooms and moss he needed as ingredients, and he had even found a book describing recipes.

Said recipes mentioned the Reddot Stool and Brunneius Aqua Mushroom, which was why he had decided to munch on those.

After getting up from his bed, he headed straight for the cave to collect a good batch of mushrooms and moss. And with that, he got to work. In retrospect, Jake wasn't sure it could even be considered work considering how easily it went.

Concocting poisons and brewing potions shared a lot of similarities. The mana injection and mixing were essentially the same, with only a few minor differences here and there. The most significant difference was the requirement to squash any elements of vitality within the ingredients while simultaneously amplifying the damaging properties.

When making health potions, the direct opposite of poison, you had to simply bring forth the already existing vital energies found within the herbs. That same vitality was found to a lesser degree in poisonous plants. They were living entities, too, after all.

the effect of the poison, and sometimes even wholly ruin the concoctions. This made Jake consider the silver mushrooms he had that gave vitality when consumed. In one of

attempting to use them not to waste such precious natural treasures. Reading it did give him an idea for later, but

were hard to use. He was mixing the Reddot Stool and Brunneius Aqua

water was used for pretty much every kind of liquid poisons. It was wholly uncontaminated and was nothing more than

had the methods described in the books memorized, and when he got

and familiarity he currently felt were incomparable. It felt like he had worked with the ingredients thousands of times before. The moss and mushrooms

took minutes before he was greeted

Hemotoxic Poison (Inferior)] – A new kind of creation has been made.

Profession: [Alchemist of the Malefic Viper] has reached level 10 - Stat points allocated, +2

expected to get a level-up so fast again. Not that he was going to complain about it. Inspecting his new creation,

Hemotoxic Poison (Inferior)] – Increases bleeding on inflicted entities and makes any injuries harder to heal. The poison must be introduced

type of poison that disrupts the inflicted's usual bodily balance, thinning the blood, and increasing blood loss. It also, like the dagger he had, made healing the target harder. Overall it was not a very powerful type of poison. Still, considering his current strategy in battle where a lot of

a few hundred. This kind of bottle was designed to dip arrows, needles, and daggers into, to soak the weapon in

with the expected notice

Malefic Viper profession skills

he used the same approach as last time he got offered

attempt to transmute types of metal into ones of greater value. Must have suitable materials. Transmute does not require any additional tools or equipment, but the skill’s effect can be amplified using certain catalysts. Adds a minor increase to the effectiveness of Transmute

poisons. It could prove useful down the line, but for now, it was not for him. Making gold from iron did seem awesome in the real world, but he doubted he the skill would have any use in curing

swiftly

– Sometimes, two plants are greater than the sum of their parts, and the perfect plant may be created, not found. Grants the ability to graft plants. Plants must be compatible. Must have suitable ingredients and equipment to facilitate the grafting of plants. Adds a minor

about the art of grafting plants in several of the alchemy books. Most plants could be found naturally in the world; what had surprised Jake, however, was that the system had not created the majority of them. Many plants found were initially created by alchemists grafting something into existence more suitable for

these plants into ecosystems, naturally growing them around the multiverse. The author of the book was unsure about how the system did so, but

knowing which plants were system-made and which ones were grafted by alchemists. Jake did not know how old the multiverse was. He knew that his universe, according to modern physics, was 13.4 billion years or so. He also remembered that the system said that his universe was the

and grafting, Jake quite frankly had no use for it currently. It was described as a rather advanced type of alchemy in all the books, and something novices should avoid. The main reason for grafting, a lack of suitable ingredients, wasn't an issue with

that in mind, he moved on

– Attempt to purify any alchemical ingredient. Purification can help remove unwanted properties from a component, making the finished mixture purer. Must have suitable ingredients. Must have suitable materials. Purification does not require any additional tools or equipment, but the skill’s effect can be amplified using certain catalysts. Adds a minor increase

used in his alchemy, considering the name Purified Water. If grafting allowed you to create your desired plants, this one allowed you to attempt to transform the ones you already had into

not need to purify any water as there was plenty of it, and thus far, he hadn’t run into any issues with unforeseen properties within the plants he used. He seriously

the books, this skill was mentioned extensively as one essential to all alchemists. A lot of herbs found throughout the multiverse were borderline useless. That, or they were highly specific for only obscure recipes. Thus, purifying some

most definitely a contender, but he was still unsure of its usefulness currently. He knew that he would have to pick it up at one point, but as the six skills offered at level 5 were still on his list, he could

similar, much like the Sense Herb and