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 Malefic Viper (Blessing
of the Myriad Races (Unique)], [Identify (Common)], [Meditate (Common)], [Shroud
the Primal Hunter (Bloodline Ability -
and even had a few N/A’s in there. His
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
was for when
himself at another tunnel leading into the volcano-like mountain. He
layout of this one was relatively simple. It was all made of stone with pillars of rock everywhere. Overall he saw nothing of note but the entrance
he rushed to it,
entered the dungeon:
the Horde
in a deep valley made of only rock and soil. Curved jagged spikes poked out from all sides of the cliffside around him, making
than a valley. It was only twenty or so meters across, after all, with vertical
first 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
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,
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 timer ticking down, he didn’t have time to
side was blocked off, leaving only the right direction open. The dungeon appeared relatively linear, which was totally fine with Jake.
small cave on the side of the gorge he had entered from; his sphere instantly picked up a barrier of mana forming
yellow and brown colors. This was the first time he had experienced the
*CRASH*
from the left side of the gorge as Jake whipped his head around to see
path 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 his skill to identify them
fact that they were all charging straight at him in a
could. Fighting dozens of the hulking monstrosities at once didn’t seem like the wisest course of
trampling. The gorge’s rocky walls seemed to come alive as spikes of rock erupted
wasn’t just massive pillars, but
of it, he did get hit by many smaller attacks. To his pleasant surprise, none of the shards managed to draw blood as the combined defense of his
and dodging for several minutes. It did curve slightly, but all that did was to make any end always out of
out his bow and attempted to retaliate. He didn’t even manage to nock an arrow
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 and shards of rock
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 and every one
in this number and never at this level. His Identify only
Boar –
higher than he had expected. They were nearly at the Ratman Swarm Controller’s level, and if he had to estimate their strength, he believed them all
to say he couldn’t take potshots with the increased distance. With a leap forward, he used Shadow Vault and increased the distance between himself and the horde
in a spinning motion, fired a Splitting Arrow behind him. He wanted to use Infused Powershot but
coupled with the boars’ own charge, resulted in
hardly matter usually, the charging boars behind made it a massive problem for the beast. The slight slowdown made the one
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
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
up his sprint, he made 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 in sight. The
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