The Primal Hunter

Chapter 98

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)]

Blessing of the Malefic

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

Hunter (Bloodline

few N/A’s in there. His

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, but that was about it. Of course, the stat did still help

that was for when

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

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

rushed to it, placed his hand, and accepted the prompt. His

have entered the dungeon: Valley

the Horde

and soil. Curved jagged spikes poked

valley. It was only twenty or so meters across, after all, with vertical cliffs

looked, but how it felt. After the sewer dungeon, he had begun to focus on the

more solid. Not dense, 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 an affinity. Perhaps earth,

to his incompatibility with the mana outside or his compatibility with the mana inside, though. And with the timer ticking down, he didn’t have time to sit down and

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 appeared relatively linear, which was totally fine with Jake. Most certainly better

of the gorge he had entered from; his sphere instantly picked up a barrier of mana forming behind him, blocking

a shimmering wall of mana with yellow and brown colors. This was the first time he had experienced the entrance being blocked off right

*CRASH*

of stone and rubble erupted from the left side of the gorge as Jake whipped his head around

huge hulking figures - thick skin and two huge tusks, with far too much muscle, running on all fours. Jake didn’t

that wasn’t the issue. The issue was the fact that they were all charging straight at

Fighting dozens of the hulking monstrosities at once didn’t seem like the

for him, 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

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,

attacks. To his pleasant surprise, none of the shards managed to draw blood as the combined defense of his cloak and armor blocked most

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

impatient as he took out his bow and attempted to retaliate. He didn’t even manage to nock an arrow

behind as he kept running. It improved as he got further and further away, and the larger attacks no longer reached him. While pebbles

of leeway, he got the chance to assess the horde of boars following him properly. And a horde it was. He estimated at

them before, but never in this number and never at this

– lvl

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 damn army wouldn’t end that well for

leap forward, he used Shadow Vault and increased the distance between himself and the horde further, as well as outrunning any

room, he 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, so

The arrows’ speed, coupled with the boars’ own charge, resulted in them not mounting

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 smashing into and tumbling

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 enough for Jake to get all the way out

attacks, he kept running and firing arrows until he could only hear 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 had also started to defend

entire area opening up before him. A vast valley appeared before him, nearly utterly flat with nothing of interest in sight. The

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