The Primal Hunter

Jake had been waiting for a bow, so he was happy when he saw a bow. What he was not happy with was this particular bow.

[Bow of the Lightseeker (Ancient)] – Created from a highly bendable metal and a string from the hair of a powerful C-grade Hilsic vampire. Purified and empowered by the crafters among the Pure Ones, the bow has been created as a weapon to slay vampires. The bow passively absorbs light-affinity mana from the surroundings and amplifies it within. Every arrow released using this bow will be blessed by the light. Allows the user to supercharge the light absorption or the light release feature, either creating a domain of perfect darkness or a beam of highly concentrated light mana. Enchantments: Lightseeker.

Requirements: lvl 135+ in any humanoid race.

On paper, it actually looked fine and dandy. Made arrows better with some light magic, able to fire big beams and all of that great stuff. There was just one tiny little issue… Jake didn’t have the affinity to use it. He and light energy of any kind just didn’t get along, and without even buying the bow, he knew it wasn’t something he could use as-is.

Which, of course, left transmutation as an option. The thing is, Jake wasn’t confident he even knew how to properly transmute it. He had no experience with the light affinity besides getting burned by it, and there weren’t any clear and easy ways to do it.

His old bow was easily transmuted due to the two gems holding all the energy and functioning as catalysts, so all he had to do was transform those, and it worked. But with this one, he saw nothing obvious to do, and he had a strong feeling he had a way higher chance of just breaking it or making it worse than creating a new great bow.

The price was also climbing relatively fast. Jake could see the Holy Church want it, considering their obsession with light magic, and probably others too, as Jake knew the light affinity was a very normal one for humans to possess.

Jake ultimately decided to not bid on it, as he, deep in his heart, hoped another one would appear.

Another bow did not appear. Out of four hundred fucking items, there was only one lousy bow. No, Jake did not count the damn crossbow because crossbows aren’t real bows. To say Jake was annoyed would be an understatement, but luckily enough, he at least found some useful things during these last few hours.

By now, every item had been posted, and the first item Jake was actively monitoring and betting on was the dagger. It had reached eleven million Credits, with Jake sitting on the top bid. He was pretty sure that one was locked in. He had discovered that there was an anti-snipe rule, giving the one currently holding the bid a five-second window if someone else placed on where they could counter, without triggering the same five-second window for the other party.

This meant that the item was his as long as Jake had the top bid at least five seconds before the auction ended. Others could place a bit, but as long as he outbid that, he got it.

Now, the dagger was good, and he also got the armor he bought outright, but there were still three other items in his sight. As Sultan would naturally not bid for him on items this expensive – as agreed upon – this included some alchemy-related stuff. The first of which was particularly interesting.

[Sealed Pollendust Bee Container (Ancient)] – A tool specially developed by the alchemists to have bees cultivate the soil and herbs to make it more favorable for their alchemy. This device holds a single D-grade Pollendust Bee Queen Egg within its spatially expanded interior and can serve as a home once hatched. Pollendust Bees are creatures able to passively absorb and consume mana and infuse it into the soil around them as well as other herbs. They also passively give off pollen to cultivate plants. The device will continue to serve as a home for the Pollendust Bees even after hatching, as they never stray far from the Queen.

This one was fascinating as he read some attached notes and saw the item itself. It looked like a three meters tall boulder with many holes drilled into it, but the notes explained how the inside was quite a bit larger. The sale also came with tomes found with the item, detailing more stuff.

However, what really made Jake interested was the knowledge he meditated to get using Sagacity of the Malefic Viper. Pollendust Bees were incredibly valuable tools when cultivating a good garden, but they could only reach D-grade naturally without help due to the difficulty of having the Queen grow – the individual bees unable to even level themselves. But Jake knew methods to help the Queen and believed many did not know the true value of the insect within the container. At least he didn’t think so, based on the meager ten million top bid currently on it, held by him.

Also… while a Pollendust Bee Queen was primarily focused on creating bees, they were in no way harmless. Especially if Jake managed to help the Queen evolve, which he sure planned on.

Another item he had his eyes on was some leg armor. As he had considered bidding, he had, of course, looked at his current ones.

simply wearing them will fill you with vital energy and energy to help you on your travels. The legguards will passively absorb and store life-affinity mana in the atmosphere. This mana can instantly be released as a burst of healing if the wearer is a vitality-based lifeform. Passively emits an aura that encourages growth. Enchantments: + 150 Vitality, +50 Agility, +50 Endurance. Self-Repair. Life Burst. Aura of

115+ in

he didn’t use the Aura of the Undergrowth part much, and the stats were also becoming subpar. Especially compared to what the auction had

his child alive. The trousers themselves are made of powerful leather of an unknown origin but are incredibly resilient to all kinds of attacks. The enchantments placed upon them only serve to protect the

lvl 145+ in any

his chest armor had been, so he did not outright

pants but better. The only annoyance was that he

kept an eye on was one

– An old meditation pad of unknown origin. Improves the effect of any

he also kind of just wanted to know more about it. The problem was the cost. The current top bid was not held by Jake but sat

dagger, and bug container but ultimately decided to place a bid of sixty-three million on the meditation pad too. The

reached a hundred and thirty million, Jake pulled out as he really didn’t think it worth it. He didn’t meditate much anyway, and someone else clearly wanted it far more than he did.

Jake ended up spending over a hundred and fifty million on this ancient item auction, but he still felt a wave of

System Announcement-

breathed out as he felt the items be deposited into his spatial storage. During the auction, Jake had discovered one could not see their own items,

is why it felt a bit weird when he checked his Credit balance

Credits Available: 1,645,177,123

out Jake had sold Ancient rarity

he yelled across the booth, making everyone

lot of things,” Sultan answered back with a big smile. “We sold a lot of

“What staff?” Jake asked.

Blood Beasts,” Sultan

“I had that?”

said, looking perplexed, to say the

Jake recognized. Well, in his defense, he did have an ironclad policy of not giving a shit about stupid magic staves. “What exactly did

summon a

I guess?”

species and have individuals fight them to learn their attack patterns and what to watch out for, thus lessening the risk once they fight

getting rid of that one. It would save a lot of people from boring fights and allow

the intermission, and to be honest, he had no one he wanted to go see in particular. Sylphie did as she took off to see Carmen again, and Jake decided to just stay as he took out one of the books that came

semi-threatened the system itself as he impatiently read his

Bertram, with another one also earned by Maria. Maria, however, had chosen to simply stay with them as she did not have any