The Primal Hunter

Jake spent the rest of the World Congress checking in with the Sword Saint to tell him that Reika was doing fine at the Order and just chatted with a few people. He had expected Arthur to talk to him at some point, but it never happened. Jacob’s dad had approached nearly every other faction but had stayed clear of Haven for some reason.

The last five minutes were spent chatting with Miranda as they set up a time for the next meeting. They had to plan it around Jake’s lessons and also Miranda’s meetings and work. Scheduling was hard work.

As Jake just waited to be transported out, he mentally went over his near-future plans. Participating in the Path of Myriad Choices event was going to happen, so he needed another fragment before that. He also had a current list of classes in the Order he wanted to finish before heading back to Earth.

On that subject, he had to figure out how easy it was to travel back and forth from Earth and the Order, so he would have to chat with Villy about that. As things were currently, he couldn’t leave far from Haven if he wanted to be able to return to the Order on short notice, and he naturally couldn’t attend classes if back on Earth or make use of other benefits by Order offered. Those teleportation gates in the Order were fancy but not that fancy to work cross-universe.

Hopefully, the Viper would have some convenient method to allow Jake easy travel. His ideal situation would be to be able to both attend lessons he wanted and go to Earth whenever while also being able to leave Haven to head out and hunt. He even had another plan.

Carmen had asked him to help her track down some family members, and while he did want to help, he had little confidence. So… wasn’t Prima hunting a good opportunity? He could use the hunting trip to improve his tracking skill and get another Prima under his belt to complete the key. Win-win right there.

With those thoughts, Jake said his temporary goodbyes to Miranda and Lillian. Neil had just been gone and holed up with other space mages with no one daring to interrupt their work.

Thus the World Congress ended, and Jake’s vision flashed for a moment as he found himself back on the couch in the living room of the mansion.

“Eik!” he heard a weird yelp as he saw Meira sitting right beside him, having jumped away the moment he teleported back in.

She looked at him in fright before she finally calmed a bit down and got off the couch. “Sir, I did not know you were returning so soon!”

“Pretty sure nobody knew how long it would be,” Jake shrugged. To be fair, he had told Meira he would probably be gone for around ten hours as that was how long the First World Congress had taken, so he was back four hours early.

As for why she was sitting on the couch? He wasn’t sure. She usually resided in her own residence when preparing for lessons or meditating, and it wasn’t like she had any work in the main mansions. Things like cleaning weren’t a thing in magical mansions.

“But it is good you are here. Things are ramping up a bit back on Earth, and I will need to return pretty soon, so I will be around less than before,” Jake said. “I still plan on attending some of the lessons, but it will be less. I just need to find a good way to travel back and forth first.”

Meira seemed a bit disappointed but didn’t voice her thoughts. “I shall make sure the mansion and the gardens remain in perfect condition so Sir can return at any time without discomfort.”

It was a nice roundabout way for her to say that he should keep coming to the mansion. She also seemed to have one more thought. “Shall I also end my currently planned lessons?”

“No, of course not,” Jake said, shaking his head. “Keep going as before; you have full access. Keep learning and improving as much as you can, okay? Don’t worry; I will be sure to check up on you once in a while, and you are also to select new lessons yourself if you run out.”

to check up on her. It wasn’t that she wouldn’t do any work if he didn’t, but that she seemed to have some odd

her with a look they both knew: he was about to talk to Villy, and she

was gone, Jake opened

on another couch - two glasses filled with some weird blue liquid already on the

of what had happened. How the King had

listened and nodded along here and there. When Jake finished, the Viper made his thoughts known after getting a quick sip of

it would be hard for your planet to

advocating I should take up

would just be an annoyance down the line. You would waste a lot of time on things I know you

the planet and have friends and family there,” Jake said.

in power knows you have that viewpoint and that all hell will break loose if they go after anyone close to you. If push comes to shove, evacuate those you care about. Bring them here or somewhere else of your choosing if the hotly contested territory of Earth isn’t worth the real estate. You could then even choose to make Earth an example of what happens when someone makes you an enemy. Quite a common tactic that one,” the god explained. “Or, you know, just put someone loyal or at least not antagonistic in

are suggesting I put in Miranda or the

and the only problem is that many of your friends and family belong to factions

figure it out,” Jake

is not a normal event; just know that. The ability to change one’s path is not at all simple, and especially the opportunity to experience a secondary one is once-in-a-lifetime. Needless to say,

that would appear as part of the system event. Maybe some kind of

feels like part of something bigger. Moreover, I have heard some rumors that other factions have investigated it already and come up short. What little they have found points to this Exalted Prima not being something

would reckon system events

the Viper shook his head. “A Seat of something is often only the first stage. An introduction of what

idea what it may be all

the events as represented and participate in all those you can. All of these system events are golden opportunities to a new universe, and

been thinking,” Jake began, “how hard are titles to obtain? I got one from the Tutorial and one from the Treasure Hunt, all giving percentage stat-increases,

sitting right in front of me. You underestimate how hard titles are to obtain. Every single chance to get one is an unmissable event. This even

rare are system events outside of

can be attended at all times, some are time-limited, but most are once-in-forever. Many titles do exist that just give minor benefits with no percentage increases, but perhaps a few stats or other small bonuses. Some titles are gained by

a little, though,” Jake admitted. “Many people at

a few months ago, but now the Unique Lifeform had him beaten badly. Jake knew

stagnated. Trust me, stagnation is when you stop gaining levels at all, or it becomes difficult and takes a long-ass time for every one of them. Level-up rates also vary. You will come to experience that as you shore up your weaknesses and shortcomings, the levels will come to

saying the Fallen King will be in trouble?” Jake asked a