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
Skills: [Endless Tongues of the Myriad Races (Unique)], [Identify
Hunter (Bloodline Ability -
could still remember when it barely contained anything and even had a few N/A’s in there. His stats had
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
was for when
up the mountainous path, he soon found himself at another tunnel leading into the volcano-like
one was relatively simple. It was all made of stone with pillars of rock everywhere. Overall he saw nothing of note but
he rushed to it, placed his hand, and accepted the prompt. His vision went black for a few
entered the
the Horde
made of only rock and soil. Curved jagged spikes poked out from all sides of the cliffside around
gorge rather than a valley. It was only twenty or so meters across, after
the 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 the air far more, and the
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
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 sit down and meditate
only the right direction open. The dungeon appeared relatively linear, which was totally fine with Jake. Most certainly better than another damn maze, especially
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 him, blocking off
This was the first time he had experienced
*CRASH*
from the left side of the gorge as Jake whipped
off emerged tens of huge hulking figures - thick skin and two huge tusks, with far too much muscle, running
fact that they were all charging straight at him in a small narrow
as he turned tail and ran as fast as he could. Fighting dozens of the hulking
means of attack than trampling. The gorge’s rocky walls seemed to
and more head towards him. Soon it wasn’t just massive pillars, but small shards of rock, pebbles, and even a freaking boulder tossed at
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 cloak and armor blocked most of the damage. It still hurt
gorge seemed to continue 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 of
even manage to nock an
battered him from behind as he kept running. It improved as he got further and further
assess the horde of boars following him properly. And a horde it was. He estimated at least 60 boars in the stampede,
had encountered them before, but never in this number and never at this level. His Identify only confirmed what he
–
nearly at the Ratman Swarm Controller’s level, and if he had 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
Vault and increased the distance between himself and the horde further, as well as outrunning any projectiles
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
beasts in the front. The arrows’ speed, coupled with the boars’ own charge, resulted in them not mounting any defense. Four
made it a massive problem for the beast. The slight slowdown made the one behind it bump into it, and soon a
bit of his blood, but he
each other to death, but it appeared they were simply too bulky to do so effectively. After the first few
later, he finally saw an end to the ridiculously long gorge. Keeping up his sprint, he made it out as he saw the entire area opening up
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