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

Myriad Races (Unique)], [Identify (Common)], [Meditate (Common)], [Shroud of the Primordial

the Primal Hunter (Bloodline Ability

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 grown a lot, especially his perception that was truly at a

better use of the high perception at level 70. His Mark already did so as well as his Moment of the Primal Hunter, but

when he reached

the mountainous path, he soon found himself at another tunnel leading into the volcano-like mountain. He ran through it quickly and

of this one was relatively simple. It was all made of stone with pillars of rock everywhere. Overall he saw

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 before he regained

the

the

jagged spikes poked out from all sides of the cliffside around him, making it

call where he currently was a gorge rather than a valley. It was only twenty or so meters across, after all, with vertical cliffs

thing he noticed when he entered 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,

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 timer

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 appeared

gorge he had entered from; his

and brown colors. This was the first time he had experienced the entrance being blocked off right

*CRASH*

and rubble erupted from the left side of the gorge as

he 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

the fact that they were all charging

and ran as fast as he could. Fighting dozens of the hulking monstrosities at once didn’t

means of attack than trampling. The gorge’s rocky walls

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

the shards managed to draw blood as the combined

minutes. It did curve slightly, but all that did

manage to nock an arrow before he was forced to jump out

improved as he got further and further away, and the larger attacks no longer reached him. While pebbles and shards of rock still annoyed him, they were

following him properly. And a horde it was. He estimated at least 60 boars in the stampede, all large and bulky,

and never at this level. His Identify

Boar –

to estimate their strength, he believed them all to be roughly equal to the Alpha Badgers, which is to say that a direct fight against a

he used Shadow Vault and

took out his bow once 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 rather than actually cause them worthwhile damage,

the beasts in the front. The arrows’ speed, coupled with the boars’ own charge, resulted in them not mounting any defense. Four of the porky-boys in front were

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

his blood, but he honestly didn’t expect it to do much

and not 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

it out as he saw the entire area opening up before him. A vast valley appeared before him, nearly utterly flat with nothing of interest

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