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)]
the Malefic Viper (Blessing -
the Myriad Races (Unique)], [Identify (Common)], [Meditate (Common)],
Primal Hunter (Bloodline
had a few N/A’s in there. His stats had all
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, but that was about it. Of course, the stat did still help passively, but most of his skills did scale with agility first and strength
that was for when
leading into the volcano-like mountain. He ran
pillars of rock everywhere. Overall he saw nothing of
dungeon door, and he didn’t waste any time as he rushed to it, placed his hand,
have entered the
Defeat the
made of only rock and soil. Curved jagged spikes poked out from all sides of the cliffside around
meters across, after all, with vertical cliffs to each side. They extended upwards farther than his eyes could see, with the spikes only multiplying the
but how it felt. After the sewer dungeon,
just solid, like 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
regenerations; it had increased ever so slightly if nothing else. He couldn’t tell if it was due to his incompatibility
any enemies, but he saw the path curved slightly ahead, obstructing his vision. The left side was blocked off, leaving only the right direction open. The dungeon
the gorge he had entered from; his sphere instantly picked up
mana with yellow and brown colors. This was
*CRASH*
from the left side of the gorge as Jake
thought blocked off emerged tens of huge hulking figures - thick skin and two huge tusks, with far too much muscle, running on all fours. Jake didn’t need to use his skill to identify them at all.
that wasn’t the issue. The issue was the fact that they were all charging straight at him in
and ran as fast as he could. Fighting dozens of the hulking monstrosities at once didn’t seem like the wisest course
he outpaced the beasts. Unluckily they had other means of attack than trampling. The gorge’s rocky walls seemed to come alive as spikes of rock erupted from them, firing straight towards the lone running
managed to barely dodge as he felt more and more head towards him. Soon it wasn’t just massive pillars, but small shards of rock, pebbles, and even
it, he did get hit by many smaller attacks. To his pleasant surprise, none of the shards
seemed to continue endlessly as he kept running and dodging for several minutes. It did curve slightly, but
He didn’t even manage to nock an arrow before he
improved as he got further and further away, and the larger attacks no
a horde it was. He estimated at least 60 boars in the stampede, all large and bulky, each and every one of them easily the size
before, but never in this number and
Boar – lvl
to estimate their strength, he believed them all to be roughly equal to the Alpha Badgers, which is to say that a direct
take potshots with the increased distance. With a leap forward, he used Shadow Vault and increased the distance between himself and the horde further, as well as outrunning any projectiles currently aimed
more and, in a spinning motion, fired a Splitting Arrow behind him. He wanted to use Infused Powershot but using it while moving was inadvisable. His goal was to sow chaos among the beasts
arrow split into ten as it traveled, hitting the beasts in the front. The arrows’ speed, coupled with the boars’ own charge, resulted in
to the 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
a bit of his blood, but he honestly didn’t expect it to do much damage. However, it slowed down the entire horde enough for Jake to get all the
see the stampede behind him. He had hoped that they would trample each other to death, but it appeared they were simply too bulky to do so effectively. After the first few shots, they had also started to defend themselves a
area opening up before
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