The Primal Hunter

Chapter 213

The arrow slowly emerged from his palm as he focused on the monkey in the distance. He had a feeling that it knew he was there, just not where exactly he was hiding. It was just sitting on top of its temple, inviting him to attack - something Jake would gladly do and even open with his most decisive blow possible.

On a side note, Jake had tried to use Arrow of the Ambitious Hunter with his new Splitting Arrow, and it still didn’t work. He couldn’t split an arrow fired with Arcane PowerShot either. Then again… it would be pretty silly if he could effectively triple the power of a powerful epic-rarity skill with a rare skill. No, copying the Arcane Hunter’s Arrows didn’t really feel like he copied an entire “skill”.

With the arrow fully summoned, Jake was careful as he took aim at the monkey. He was far away - several kilometers - and its back was turned, yet he felt like he knew. He couldn’t help but use Identify to once more confirm it was indeed the Prima.

[Penta-Lighttail Monkey Prima – lvl 134]

Yep, that’s the one…

His instincts also made it clear it was the real one… that it wasn’t some mental magic trick or an illusion or anything like that. It genuinely was just sitting there, waiting for him to strike. Was it stupid, overconfident, or did it have a plan in mind? Perhaps all three? Jake didn’t know.

But he was sure as hell about to find out.

He didn’t hesitate to activate Limit Break to 10% as he charged his Arcane Powershot. He released the string just as he felt the Windsoar Bow no longer able to endure it anymore, and with an explosion of arcane mana and stamina, the giant arrow flew forth.

Just before he let go of the string, the Prima sitting atop the building turned around and looked his way. Jake instantly froze it, and just as he did, he noticed how he had frozen it mid-smile.

CRASH!

The two upper floors of the ancient temple collapsed in an accelerated manner as if the entire building and Prima had suddenly gotten dozens of times heavier - that damn smile still on the monkey’s face when the arrow passed over its head and harmlessly into a tree on the other side of the temple grounds.

You little shit.

Able to move again, the monkey didn’t jump or do anything in particular; it just slowly stood up on top of the ruined upper parts of the temple and stared at Jake, who still stood far away on a tree branch. Their eyes met for a moment, and Jake felt the provocation and confidence in the gaze of the Prima – a sentiment he returned in kind.

Neither of them felt like they could lose.

Jake quickly drew a pre-poisoned arrow from his quiver and began charging another Arcane Powershot. In response, the monkey pointed one of its five tails in his direction - a move he had seen the other D-grades make many times before but never at this range.

The immediate surroundings of the tail distorted for a second, and Jake was forced to jump. A massive shockwave hit the tree below him as he fired his arrow while in mid-air.

attack was superior to the other. The wave of force was broken as a sonic boom sounded out midway through the arrow’s flight caused by a small explosion from the clash. The Prima was forced to dodge the powerful arcane shot with a frown

Jake happily dodged all of them as he returned an arrow for every tree that had a large part of its bark blown off. It was a ranged battle with several kilometers between the fighters – Jake coming out on top initially, as the monkey took a few minor injuries. Unluckily, Jake didn’t manage to land much of his poison quite yet.

once more as its golden hair began standing up, and it flew towards Jake. Not jumping or floating or whatever, but true

thought as the monkey soared towards him, even faster than Hawkie. It was a speed that would have stumped him before, but Jake had a trick up his sleeve…

and death as he fired another arrow after the charging monkey. It didn’t even attempt to dodge as the exploding arcane arrow split in three, and arcane energy appeared to consume

least, before the figure exited the explosion, not a scratch on it. But Jake saw the reason right away. It had a rippling sphere around it that appeared to

barrier… but… compared to the

he compared to the King… he just couldn’t help it. Especially not after the mask on his head now hinted

compared any creature to the King, he just found them… lacking. Perhaps it was due to a part of him inherently overestimating the King

is not to be

before it arrived, and he had a stable version of his arrows for that blow. The shot managed to pierce the

right away, Jake swiftly took a step as he teleported down from the tree he was standing on. The monkey was clearly even better than himself at flying,

straight towards him. It looked like it intended to just crush him outright with the sphere around it.

arcane bolts spinning to

BOOM!

even more arcane mana, followed by a quick Arcane Powershot straight towards where Mark

didn’t tell him he had hit, the new

dispelled the cloud of dust and soil, making Jake see that it had an arrow sticking out of its shoulder. It looked more annoyed than angry as it ripped it out, stared a bit at the poison, and then tossed it aside. It stood

a bit after being infected by the

that he noticed and smiled at him, removing its hand from its forehead as he saw the silvery motif that was hidden by the monkey’s hand glow. The motif didn’t at

The Prima disappeared.

Perception made him know it truly was gone… even the Mark was gone, and so was any response from Sense of the Malefic Viper. Jake

a bit, wondering what the hell to do… as he dodged to the side, narrowly avoiding

monkey had disappeared from, a new figure had appeared. It looked a lot like the Prima before, but its hide was

Jake’s Identify and instincts made him aware. It

Prima – lvl

no poison in its system, and even his Mark was no longer there… some kind of double-body

that this new figure was quite

constantly attacking…

blocking with his Scimitar and Venomfang all the time, yet still getting hit here and there. The wings on his back were pumping out poison, making the Prima now target those. It moved in closer as it momentarily stunned Jake by suddenly making it like a mountain was pressing down on his shoulders. He used both weapons to protect his vitals, but this allowed the monkey to go for

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