As he jumped up the cliff and began running the final stretch to the dungeon, he checked through his full status.

Status

Name: Jake Thayne

Race: [Human (E) – lvl 58]

Class: [Ambitious Hunter – lvl 65]

Profession: [Prodigious Alchemist of the Malefic Viper – lvl 51]

Health Points (HP): 5429/5460

Mana Points (MP): 5111/5320

Stamina: 3629/3820

Stats

Strength: 403

Agility: 534

Endurance: 382

Vitality: 546

Toughness: 390

Wisdom: 532

Intelligence: 260

Perception: 1053

Willpower: 326

Free points: 0

Titles:[Forerunner of the New World],[Bloodline Patriarch], [Holder of a Primordial’s True Blessing], [Dungeoneer IV], [Dungeon Pioneer IV], [Legendary Prodigy]

Class Skills: [Basic One-Handed Weapons (Inferior], [Advanced Stealth (Common)], [Advanced Archery (Common)], [Hunter’s Sight (Uncommon)], [Basic Twin Fang Style (Uncommon)], [Basic Shadow Vault of Umbra (Uncommon)], [Splitting Arrow (Uncommon)] [Big Game Hunter (Rare)], [Infused Powershot (Rare)], [Mark of the Ambitious Hunter (Rare)], [Descending Dark Fang (Rare)], [Moment of the Primal Hunter (Legendary)]

Profession Skills: [Herbology (Common)], [Brew Potion (Common)], [Concoct Poison (Common)], [Alchemist’s Purification (Common)], [Alchemical Flame (Common)], [Toxicology (Uncommon)], [Cultivate Toxin (Uncommon)], [Malefic Viper’s Poison (Rare)], [Palate of the Malefic Viper (Rare)], [Touch of the Malefic Viper (Rare)],[Sense of the Malefic Viper (Rare)], [Blood of the Malefic Viper (Epic)], [Scales of the Malefic Viper (Ancient)]

[True Blessing of the

[Endless Tongues of the Myriad Races (Unique)], [Identify (Common)],

of the Primal Hunter (Bloodline Ability -

starting to get rather large. He could still remember when it barely contained anything and even had a few N/A’s in there. His stats had all

to get a skill to make better use of the high perception at level 70. His Mark already did so as well as his Moment of the Primal Hunter,

was for when he reached

himself at another tunnel leading into the volcano-like

was all made of stone with pillars of rock everywhere. Overall he saw nothing of note but the entrance

most side of the area was the dungeon door, and he didn’t waste any time as he rushed to it, placed his hand, and accepted the prompt. His vision went black for a few seconds

the dungeon:

the Horde

soil. Curved jagged spikes poked out

rather than a valley. It was only twenty or so meters across, after all, with vertical cliffs to each side. They extended upwards

the dungeon was not how it looked, but how it felt. After the sewer dungeon, he had begun to focus on the mana in the air far more, and the mana in this dungeon

it had weight to it. If Jake had to take a guess, he would say it had to be that a lot of mana in the area carried an affinity. Perhaps earth, rock,

it didn’t seem to have any adverse effect on his mana regenerations; it had increased ever so slightly if nothing else. He couldn’t tell if it was due to his incompatibility with the mana outside or his compatibility with the mana inside, though. And with the

the path curved slightly ahead, obstructing his vision. The left side was blocked off, leaving only the right direction open. The dungeon appeared relatively linear, which was totally fine with Jake. Most certainly better

down from the small cave on the side of the gorge he had entered from; his sphere instantly picked up a barrier of mana forming behind

wall of mana with yellow and brown colors. This was the first time he

*CRASH*

from the left side of the gorge as Jake whipped his head around to see

tusks, with far too much muscle, running

issue was the fact that they were

he turned tail and ran as fast as he could. Fighting dozens

other means of attack than trampling. The gorge’s rocky walls seemed to come alive as spikes of rock erupted from them,

more and more head towards him. Soon it wasn’t just massive pillars, but small shards of rock,

most of it, he did get hit by many smaller attacks. To his pleasant surprise, none of the shards managed to

endlessly as he kept running and dodging for several minutes. It did curve slightly, but all that did was to make any end always out

his bow and attempted to retaliate. He didn’t even manage to nock an arrow before he was forced to jump out of the way, making him quickly

not thousands of attacks battered him from behind as he kept running. It improved as he got further and further away, and the larger attacks no longer reached him. While pebbles

having a bit of leeway, he got the chance to assess the horde of boars following him properly. And a horde it was. He estimated at least 60 boars in the stampede, all large and bulky, each

encountered them before, but never in this number and never

Boar –

their strength, he believed them all to be roughly equal to the Alpha Badgers, which

Vault and increased the

fired a Splitting Arrow behind him. He wanted to use Infused Powershot but using it while moving was

in the front. The arrows’ speed, coupled with the boars’ own

arrow hitting its leg, making it stumble slightly. While it would hardly matter usually, the charging boars behind made it a massive problem for the beast. The slight slowdown made the one behind it bump into it, and soon a boar traffic jam resulted in several of the beasts smashing into and tumbling

opportunity to once more Shadow Vault and shoot yet another Splitting Arrow behind him. He had also poisoned the arrows with a bit of his blood, but he honestly didn’t expect it to do much damage. However, it slowed down the entire horde

had hoped that they would trample each other to death, but it appeared they were simply too bulky to

end to the ridiculously long gorge. Keeping up his sprint, he made it out as he saw the entire area opening up before him. A vast valley appeared before him, nearly

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