The Primal Hunter

Jake practically flew through the terrain as he ran across the valley, scanning it with his sphere wherever he went. He didn’t really encounter any enemies on the way, something he very much appreciated.

William had done an outstanding job of clearing out a lot of beasts in the inner area. Not that it particularly mattered as all the beasts he came across avoided him like the plague - all except for a single buffalo that had chosen to stand up to him, which netted it a quick Infused Powershot to the face.

He was currently scanning the valleys for those sweet lockboxes. It was clean-up time.

His rationale was that he still required a few critical pieces of loot, and if he were stronger, he would be able to clear the final dungeon more easily. Likely even take some more risks to do it faster, or compromise on how he liked to fight.

The Malefic Viper had told him about equipment, and he had done the math on how much more he could get. As he could have a maximum of 20% in any given stat, but only 15% of his total stats could be from gear, he saw that he had ample space to grow.

Currently, he had a total of 353 stats from equipment. It felt like a lot, but the total amount he could get was 603, meaning he was only a little over half of what he could at maximum have. A quick calculation of his stats showed how much he could get in each:

Strength: 18/71

Agility: 60/90

Endurance: 45/67

Vitality: 75/94

Toughness: 50/68

Wisdom: 35/101

Intelligence: 45/45

Perception: 20/202

Willpower: 5/64

Total: 353/603

The only stat he had maxed out on was intelligence, and it appeared that it had been maxed out the moment he got his gloves. The ring he had taken off the Ice Witch what felt like ages ago together with the gloves did indeed provide precisely 45.

None of the other stats were capped at all. Where Jake really wanted to find some equipment was to get some more strength and agility. He felt like those two would have the most immediate value. Not that he would complain about getting some more perception either…

His perception was already at a ridiculous level, having reached over 1000 with all his titles and his bloodline. 1033 to be exact. Yet he had kept investing all his free points into it as it just seemed efficient. He had to admit that he was starting to feel the lack of value in it, besides the raw number just going up.

While it did increase his reaction speed and his senses, his body could no longer keep up. For a while, it had been like that, actually. His agility and strength were simply not able to follow the commands he issued it.

Having gotten the Mark of the Ambitious Hunter was quite fortunate. The damage increase it was meant to provide was likely meant to be far less than what his version of the Mark provided. But as it scaled with perception, Jake’s increased the damage done by quite a bit, especially coupled with his primary damage source being through poisons.

were at a terrible level. And he often

an often forgotten skill that raised his strength and agility against higher-leveled foes, meaning it was pretty much always active during fights. The bonus wasn’t that big, but it did help him to

just by being a bit lucky and finding some lovely baubles, he wasn’t going to ignore it. Getting only 100 stats more would be the same

it - the wind blowing through his hair, the feeling of freedom and ease of movement

the valleys in the inner area that he hadn’t been to earlier. He had pushed himself both physically and mentally

heavier classes, such as breastplates, greaves, steel gauntlets, two-handed axes and

held any value or were interesting enough to note. The first

Upgrade any common rarity starting item from the tutorial to uncommon

right away the moment he found it but

interesting but had no intention of ever

his home. The axe is made of simple wood with an iron head.

50+ in any

Jake had wanted to try to use it to see what the skill was but found himself unable to bind it. It

loot was one he would actually use, an upgrade to

Tiger (Uncommon)] – A ring created by embedding the crystalized eye of a Ruby-eye Tiger into a band. The Records of

40+ in any

10 intelligence, 10 wisdom, and 5 willpower, but it would be more than a worthy trade-off.

Tiger (Uncommon)] – A ring created by embedding the crystalized eye of a Jade-eye Tiger into a band. The Records of the tiger powers the enchant, granting some of the beast's might to its user. Enchantments: +20 Perception,

30 in any

tigers with special eyes were popular to make rings from. Or maybe the system had just selected that archetype for some reason. Nevertheless, it was just the kind

technically have as many on as he could fit on his fingers, but he

intangible also only worked on two rings at once. It was weird that he had to put his rings on before the gloves, but he could neither feel nor see he had a ring on upon putting the gloves on.

of those special items he had hoped to find,

with the dense power of life and nature. Infuse with mana and throw it to the ground for roots to sprout and entangle your chosen foe. Seed is consumed

with. At first, he had feared he would be unable to use it due to lack of affinity, but luckily it had responded positively to his mana. He also had one more

work its way through the item, he could perhaps make it do a

it was a weapon rumored and foretold of for ages, one he had only dreamed of yet never truly imagined he

by wind elementals. The string made from the sinew of the beast that dared destroy their home. Now restored to a form made for hunting down the beasts hated by the young elementals. The elementals’ spirit and mana have left their mark upon the wood, making it light and flexible.

Lvl 50+ in

use it? He still remembered the nature affinity-blade and the light-affinity staff that had

something like that. Heck, it clearly had both a mana-affinity and a history attached to it. Jake knew he

a little internal fear, he had grabbed the bow in his hand and injected mana into it after sending a

with it - a major success, to say the least. It had also inadvertently confirmed that he had the wind-affinity as well as

was. Unnaturally so, as it felt practically weightless. Luckily it didn’t affect the

old bow, the pull strength was magically altered somehow, making him struggle to

While the arrow’s

way to it. Like it gently moved out of the way and pushed it

at the arrow went straight through and out the other side. If he had to estimate, then he would say his standard shot was around 10-15% stronger with the new bow. It wasn’t as much as a melee weapon provided, but

into it than he currently did at his maximum power, it would explode just like his first bow had done during his