The Primal Hunter

However… even if the two Jakes would someday become one again, that day was not today or any day in the near future. For now, they were quite different. One thing they did agree on was a bit of quick experimenting, though. The first item on the list was the bone in the real world. Jake had already confirmed that sim-Jake could see everything Jake could and shared all senses, but it appeared that sim-Jake couldn’t talk to him in the outside world, so all communication had to go through the Soulspace.

All detailed communication had to, at least. Jake still kind of knew what sim-Jake was thinking, and it was honestly a bit weird as most of his thoughts were the exact same as Jake’s. However, one thing they did not agree on right away quickly appeared as the bone began ever-so-slowly warping and growing. Minutes passed as Jake decided to let sim-Jake do with his new “body” as he wanted and for them to talk about it later.

Instead, he would get a look at the system notifications he had delayed checking. The first of which was the good old flavor text.

Congratulations on fully experiencing the simulation of Choice 4!

Due to the exceptional performance of your simulacrum, you have earned the highest-level award. Not only did your simulacrum excel before the initiation, but it also managed to become Progenitor in the Tutorial, similar to Origin, despite different prior choices that resulted in significant divergence. Finally, the simulacrum managed to realize its existence within a simulation and successfully partially remerged with Origin. Each Path you walk is truly unique and powerful, making you a true Progenitor of Myriad Paths.

Rewards Gained: 1x [Bone of the Virtual Gap Unique)]. Title Earned: Progenitor of Myriad Paths.

Jake read it all over carefully and nodded. The system recognized everything that had happened and seemed totally fine with it. No, more than fine; it rewarded him for doing what he had done. Though, to be fair, Jake should not really be surprised. The system had also rewarded him back when it helped make Moment of the Primal Hunter and by giving him the title for making a legendary skill even if he had cheesed it. It was a bit of the same when he made Eternal Hunger which was only possible because Jake’s Soulspace was ridiculously powerful, something also primarily caused by his Bloodline.

He saw that he had received just two things from the event. The system had told him material rewards would not be given due to making the bone, but it appeared that he still got a title. With quite a bit of excitement, Jake checked it out.

[Progenitor of Myriad Paths] – A Progenitor through and through, you are born to walk unique and powerful Paths. You have earned the recognition of the Watcher attached to Earth and thus the Seat of the Exalted Prima. All bonuses gained are dependent on the simulacrum during the Path of Myriad Paths. +100 Agility, +100 Strength. +5% Agility, +5% Strength. Recognized as a potential Administrator Candidate for the Milky Way Seat of the Exalted Prima.

Jake had added yet another Progenitor title to his portfolio. It was beginning to compete with the prodigious tag and seemed to be of a generally high-to-peak tier when it came to titles. The details of the title were also a happy surprise. Jake didn’t have many speculations on potential rewards, but a title was certainly one of the best. Moreover, it gave percentage increases along with just a pile of pure stats. The only thing a bit different from what he usually got was that everything was added to Strength and Agility.

It didn’t take a genius to figure out why they gave these stats. This reward was based on sim-Jake, and sim-Jake had been a melee fighter focusing on Strength and Agility. In all honesty, it was pretty good for him to get some points for both, and considering the bonuses he already had, the 100 in each stat actually added 150 to Strength and 160 to Agility. That wasn’t even counting the new percentage increases. Even with just 5% more in a stat, with more than 6000 Agility, it translated to more than 300 free stat points, equivalent to several levels.

Then there was the second part of the title: “Recognized as a potential Administrator Candidate for the Milky Way Seat of the Exalted Prima.”

Now, Jake naturally had no clue what this was actually about, but he could infer some things and quickly formed a theory. This Seat of the Exalted Prima was not just some system event location or something spawned and created just for the new initiates. It was something far more… and something one could come to influence.

Additionally, it was not limited to Earth but their entire galaxy. Candidates would come from all sorts of races, and Jake would compete with not just a few billion other Earthlings but potentially hundreds of billions, if not trillions of sapient creatures spread across the Milky Way Galaxy. Also… one more thing. The existence of a Milky Way Seat of the Exalted Prima indicated that other galaxies with life also had Seats. If that was the case, was there somewhere or something that controlled it all?

Perhaps this Exalted Prima itself. Perhaps some headquarter that commanded millions of Seats of the Exalted Prima spread across an entire universe. If it truly was like that, Jake knew what to talk to Villy about when he exited. Well, that, and to talk about his new best friend in sim-Jake. Jake was truly a Prodigious Progenitor in everything, even being his own friend.

he was holding was still slowly molding itself, and it looked like changing the shape would take a while. Popping

I will just wait here to make sure, Jake thought. The space he was in was clearly the meat of the Seat of the Exalted Prima. Looking around, he wondered how one

to leave the simulation room?

Simulation room entrance cube.

Administrator’s Terrace.

would meditate a bit and actually fill up his resources. He was surprised at seeing they were still low after his

simulation for half a day or so, even if it had been way, way longer on the inside. Just counting the elapsed time of the actual scenes, Jake had to have seen at least a few months’ worth, most of it spent watching Jake fight both pre-and

Soul Meditation to enter his Soulspace to also see when sim-Jake was done. About half an hour later, sim-Jake

“All done.”

the bone that was now no longer a simple rib. Instead, it had changed into an H-shaped

a katar?” Jake asked inside his Soulspace as sim-Jake summoned an identical copy to the weapon

“Yep.”

I use swords

I would say I got a lot more of you than you got of me. From this, it is clear you have yet to make proper use of our abilities and, most importantly, have yet to

you suck with a

in vampire land is an absolute fucking monster with his sword, to a level you can’t even begin to appreciate, but we also both realize we will never reach his skill level. Not that

Jake asked. “From the fight with that D-grade, it seemed

months and is just the basics that were built off my experience before the system, and I had only just begun integrating these concepts into a more magical framework. I guess one can say

right to assume the core concept is about controlling the flow of the

began to question if I even have to? Why not just tab into those god-like instincts and use them to counterattack and control

reason why claw weapons aren’t

a few come out of your wrist and get stuck in things while cutting or your flesh ripped apart by something getting wedged in between them or someone

scratched his

my weak-ass human finger won’t snap like a broken twig if the attack hits slightly wrong. If I used glove claws, I would be a grappler, but that would just be a damn waste. Both types of claws commonly used just don’t fit as well and sorely lack the penetrative effect of the katar. Also, they are fundamentally slashing weapons and not stabbing weapons. Stabbing is best in my opinion, and with your poison, I reckon it will be even better,” sim-Jake explained while shaking his

know what? I will leave this up to the expert. When does the

and get a feel for this place. Rather than asking, I would prefer to just absorb the knowledge directly. Also, more

“Take a nap?”

bit to really get a feel for where to start, though I already have a good idea. Also, this just feels fair. You have