The Primal Hunter

Chapter 461

Jake and Carmen stood outside of the small brick house. It looked cheaply built, which made sense as this was squarely in the slums of Puddlerock. Apparently, many of those who lived there had been exiled from Saint-something island due to breaking some of their stupid Holy Church rules. Or maybe they just had a bit too much independence to fit in.

“This is the place?” Carmen asked as Jake checked the paper in his hand.

“Definitely looks like it,” he nodded. “How did you find out about this Clinton guy anyway?”

“The Holy Church isn’t the only faction with people able to divine stuff. Valhal has Rune Seers and stuff like that. I just got in touch with one of the better ones, and she used my Records to track my family by linking me to them. This is how she found this guy, too, as his karma is deeply tied to theirs,” Carmen explained.

“I see,” Jake nodded. He still wasn’t clear on how Carmen wanted him to track her family, considering he had yet to see anything to go from that wasn’t just good old detective work. For the Primas, he could use their energy signatures, and he would need something similar if he was to track humans.

“Why are we stalling, by the way?” Jake then asked.

“I wasn’t,” Carmen said defensively as she raised her hand to knock on the door. She hesitated a bit before she finally built up the courage.

She knocked two times as the two of them waited. Jake wasn’t worried about no one being home, considering he could already see the man inside sitting in a chair reading a book. He was on the older side, probably in his late fifties to early sixties. Also, inside the house, Jake had already spotted a lot of fishing gear, and overall the guy called Clinton just gave Jake the impression of an average retired man who liked to fish.

When Carmen knocked, the man looked up, frowned, and placed the book on a table as he went to open the door. It didn’t take long before he was there, but he didn’t open it right away.

“Who's there?” he asked carefully.

“My name is Carmen… I am looking for some people you used to travel with, and I heard you could provide some information,” the warrior of Valhal said a bit nervously.

The man instantly responded as he opened the door slowly at first, but was surprised and swung it open rapidly when he saw her. “Who are you?”

Carmen looked a bit surprised herself. “I already told you my name.”

“Your voice just reminded me of someone else… sorry. Ah, where are my manners? Come on in. I hear you are looking for someone?” the man called Clinton said, finally calming down.

That is until he saw Jake wearing his mask and the hawk sitting on his shoulder. He stared at them a bit as Jake just raised his hand to give a friendly wave, Sylphie mimicking him as she raised her wing to also wave.

Cuteness won out as the man couldn’t help but smile at the sight and was further calmed by Carmen’s explanation. “He is a tracker I work with to help me find the people I am looking for.”

Clinton nodded once more as he invited them in, and after the usual pleasantries of being offered a drink and politely declining, they finally got to the main topic.

who you are looking for… you look just like her. Your mother is called Marcia, right? Your father, Antonios?” Clinton asked with

frowned a bit as she nodded, but Jake also felt a faint sense of relief. If it was because of the use of present tense

others from my

enter a Tutorial together. I remember your father mentioning you and saying how you

her gaze turned a bit cold. “I am currently looking for them and heard you know more. But before

safe settlement, I chose

any of them? An item they crafted or used that hasn’t been bound

frowned, not questioning why Jake asked for

Jake had decided to butt in for two reasons. First of all, because it needed to be asked, and secondly, because he saw how hard Carmen was clenching her fists below the table. He found it a bit weird but still decided that changing the topic

her personal business, he would just let her handle it, and even if there was some bad blood between her and her family, it was for her

he brought out a wand. Jake looked at it and instantly felt a mana signature from it. “This wand belonged to Antonios. He got a better one when

sure of it. It belonged to a person that wasn’t Clinton. Carmen was

much for it?” Carmen

the Tutorial, and I owe them at least that.

Carmen nodded

them my greetings. I hope they are doing well,” Clinton said as he leaned

final question… was there a woman called Beatrice with them?” Carmen asked in

was such a nice young woman. Beatrice is your cousin, right? You are about the same age, but I hear that you drifted apart due to some differences. I hope you two can reconcile. After all, family is more important than ever in this new world. Do say hi to her for

to greet her when

as he escorted Jake, Carmen, and Sylphie to the teleportation chamber once more. He had actually been way more helpful than Jake had first

rough estimates with no proper identification of where dangerous beasts resided. This did partly make sense,

check the danger zones – hopefully finding two Primas on

the young man in silver armor really wanted to come with them and had even made a decent case for why they should bring him along. He was well-known and had knowledge of all

really wanna come?” Carmen asked skeptically, with Jake getting why. The guy looked young, probably barely in his twenties. He also just struck Jake as a bit green, even if his level was high. He

“Trust me, I will be of use,

“Just know we aren’t

snacks for Sylphie, their group was convinced. If nothing else, then he was a damn good planner. They continued their journey that had rapidly turned

were the kinds of people who could run through the plains for twenty hours straight without exchanging a single word. But this guy? It was like he had a condition that would make him explode

kid of the city leader of Puddlerock. At first, he seemed a bit… well, dull, but the more the guy talked, the more Jake’s opinion changed. Even Carmen

massive faction on the planet to help out his father and

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