The Primal Hunter

Unique items had always had a bit of a special status in the multiverse. It was as much a rarity as it was a categorization of items. Unique didn’t simply mean it was a wholly unique item – even if it very often was – but was as much because it simply couldn’t be slotted into any of the other rarities.

Jake’s Mask of the Fallen King was no doubt a unique item as only one existed in the multiverse. Only one could exist in the multiverse due to its relation with the King of the Forest, a Unique Lifeform. Unique in that case, truly meaning “there exists only one such thing,” but Unique Lifeforms also had the commonality that all of them were freakishly strong for their level.

Another trait unique items often also had. Jake’s own Root of Eternal Resentment was an example of this. If it had an actual rarity, Jake had no idea what it would be… when he first got it, probably ancient-rarity, but it had absorbed so much curse energy, so was it legendary now? Above legendary? In some ways, it was pointless to try and give it a rarity at all due to how it worked.

This naturally begs the question… would Jake want a unique rarity bow? Honestly, there was no way to answer that. Jake wasn’t even sure how one would look. What would determine the damage? The durability? Would it somehow scale? Jake also didn’t recall ever seeing a unique item with a level requirement besides Tomes.

In the end, Jake really did not know what truly made something unique or not, but he did know that everything with a unique rarity tended to be interesting. And he liked interesting things.

Luckily for him… that sentiment was shared by others on Earth too. When the third unique item popped up, he saw another Tome, and Jake held high hopes when he noticed it was his Tome.

[Akashic Tome of the Fulgarian Depthcaller (Unique)] – Allows the user to acquire the class Fulgarian Depthcaller if compatible.

Requirements: Lvl 99-199 in any class. Compatible user.

[Storage Orb of the Fulgarian Depthcaller (Ancient)] – A storage orb containing items to assist a Fulgarian Depthcaller, including equipment and guidance. This orb is near-indestructible by anyone below A-grade, and any item within will be destroyed if the orb is.

Requirements: Fulgarian Depthcaller

Jake himself had displayed little interest in both items when he found them, at least when it came to potentially using them himself. However, he did recognize it could be a valuable item, especially after he had experienced the nightmare that was battling deep underwater. If a foe could create similar circumstances… Jake could see it being a difficult battle.

A second after the item was posted, sixteen bids had been placed, making the price skyrocket to four hundred million. Then, without any further bullshit, it leaped straight to a billion Credits, courtesy of the Holy Church. Jake was already ecstatic… as he saw the price jump to one-point-two.

“Who is that?” Jake asked as he saw a name he had seen a few times before buying some valuable items.

“A merchant,” Sultan just answered without offering any explanation.

“A competing merchant,” Miranda elaborated as she smiled. “And the one acting as a seller for more than two hundred independent Pylon cities and even more smaller settlements.”

Jake frowned at having never heard about the guy before. According to the auction interface, he was simply called Arthur, and Jake turned his attention to the outside of the booth as he looked across it. “Who is he?”

Miranda did not hesitate to point the man out as he sat in a corner together with a group of seven people whom Jake did not recognize… but all of them had kind of high levels. What’s more, one of them was proudly wielding the Blood Spear Replica, and others were wearing ancient rarity items he recognized.

As for the merchant himself… Jake couldn’t say he didn’t recognize him, even if it took him a moment to remember… in fact, he had seen him a few times before. Sometimes in the very office, he used to work at. “… that’s Jacob’s dad.”

He was an older man with graying hair and a well-trimmed beard. He was currently wearing a robe with the hood down, clearly not attempting to hide his appearance whatsoever. When he checked his level, the guy was only level 119, and the party around him was stronger, averaging around 125, but compared to the top of Earth, they are behind. Roman was level 125, and Jake sure wouldn’t put him at the top, even if he was strong.

Frowning, Jake wondered what the hell was going on. He knew Jacob’s dad was some bigshot before the system and likely one of the wealthiest people globally, but that very rarely translated to exceptional performance post-system. In actuality, it was often the opposite.

“Are you certain?” Sultan asked, confused. “I haven’t heard that intel before, and from my knowledge, Arthur does not have any active dealings with the Holy Church at all…”

head. “Dead certain. He was a private man… but

Sultan

question it as he just enjoyed seeing the man below be willing to spend so much on his Tome. That is until the Holy Church placed a bid of

some fake display… spending hundreds of millions on that

they enemies before?” Sultan asked

well,” Jake explained. “The few times I did meet him, he seemed nice enough, and he and Jacob always looked like they

will try to find out what is up, but it is difficult due to the distance between some factions. You told me traveling from Haven to Skyggen took you four days at nearly top speed, and they are even farther away than that,

thought for a bit and found it weird no one had made contact, but then he suddenly had a thought.

two of them looked at him for a bit, as Jake had to clarify. “That would make sense, right? If not, wouldn’t some faction have made contact with them? Also,

possible…” Miranda muttered. “I had come to believe that all of humanity was placed on a singular continent, but I guess it is probable they are on another. Neil, do you know anything? From what I know, you space mages

or harder to travel through. All we have to determine distance is the required cost for the teleport. Additionally, it is a lot easier to teleport through the open space above an ocean than through a mountainous landscape,

how his One Step Mile took him further while Yalsten was breaking apart or how it couldn’t teleport

really confirm or deny it right now… I am sure there are also plenty of settlements on our continent people have yet to make contact with outside of events too,” Jake said. “So let’s focus on the important things for now. Like

Credits and some change. Primarily because the bidding had become a bit silly towards the end, with both parties only raising by the minimum ten million per bet. The Holy Church and Arthur clearly didn’t get along, and it seemed like this time Arthur

over three billion due to the performance of the legendary items before, especially the Token, and now with the

Credits Available: 4,658,177,118

rewards based on performance during the event, then the reward from selling the most expensive item was probably awesome. So far, using Sultan, Jake had sold the most expensive

some kind of smithing, and then there were two unique items to make beasts grow like the Mystbone. Neither interested him, but then a third one

this entire event, Jake hadn’t felt especially

Nucleus (Unique)] – A Nucleus granted by the system to the newly integrated ninety-third Universe. It contains a vast amount

to use the ordinarily acceptable term for insect-like lifeforms in the multiverse. This particular Nucleus came from a gyne, the word for an insect

probably wouldn’t gain much from consuming them anymore, and there was always the risk

A few more people began bidding on it after no activity for five or so seconds, making the price climb to thirty million. Jake frowned as he quickly

quickly as he grabbed Roman by the shoulder. “Roman,

a bid, almost as if they were waiting for Jake. Feeling curious, he decided to effectively bid against himself by placing one at forty million when only one

bid of forty-three million was placed

targeting me,” Jake said

he responded jokingly as he bid forty-six million. This time Jake didn’t fight himself, and the ten seconds expired. Roman got the item, and the guy didn’t hesitate as he opened a system trade window with Jake again to give him the excess

Nucleus and keep the money,” Jake said as the

as he took the Nucleus, seeing it was just a

have ever earned,” he said with a belly laugh

of nowhere, and we don’t

now who were those assholes targeting

idea,” the merchant answered. “Probably just the seller’s friends or something like that trying to get the price up to earn a bit more. Smart move to use a proxy... but also

annoying. He still felt totally fine

kept watch of it all, seeing if something popped up Hawkie or Mystie could use. Sylphie also looked but seemed to not care about any of it. Besides, she was far too busy in her little vest, having discovered she could change the

the bonus round will offer? Information provided by your profession?” Jake asked

as I, though I believe there is cause to assume the items offered will be aimed directly at the main contributors of the final battle,”