The Primal Hunter

Chapter 755

Jake had expected his rematch with the Benevolent Monk to be during a promotion match or at least another highlighted event, but that didn’t turn out to be the case. After watching the very-much-not Benevolent Monk fight, Jake did his last match as a Warlord before his promotion the week after, and when he signed up for the promotion match, he was naturally once more met with another anomaly… just not the one he had expected.

”Look, by now, we both know this is all a setup, alright? But hey, you can’t expect any easy fights anymore, being a Warlord possibly about to be a Paragon, so I guess it shouldn’t come as that big of a surprise. Either way, next up is another person who has yet to lose a single match and is considered quite the monster by pretty much all opponents that have faced her so far,” the Battlemaster said. Jake was honestly surprised when he heard the Battlemaster say “her” as he had totally expected to meet the Benevolent Monk… but then again, could he even meet him with how ranks and such worked?

Either way, it didn’t matter. Jake was still confident they would meet sooner or later.

“So, any information on this mystery opponent?” Jake asked.

“Yeah… she may be the toughest fighter you have faced yet. You need to understand not a single opponent has even managed to land a single scratch on her clothes so far,” he said, shaking his head.

Jake found his interest peaked. “Sounds strong. Do you have any tips or tricks? Maybe just some basic information on her?”

“I can’t tell you much, but I can say she is one of the most feared types of mages in the world: an illusionist. The world itself is altered in her presence, and in her own promotion match to Paragon, she won within a minute by simply walking up to her opponent and cutting his throat… You may actually consider skipping this one,” the Battlemaster said with some genuine concern. “But if you do plan on fighting, you better fucking plan for it properly, even if you only have a day.”

“Sign me up for it,” Jake just grinned. An illusionist, eh? Poor gal to meet someone like Jake.

“Are you sure? She is also known to be very ruthless and kills most of her opponents,” the Battlemaster asked clarifyingly.

“I’m sure,” Jake smiled.

“Alright then.”

Bonus Objective gained.

Your rapid ascension through the ranks of the Colosseum of Mortals couldn’t have been swifter. If you wish to keep this streak going, you will have to defeat an opponent with power out of the ordinary for this ranking.

Failing this bonus objective will lock out many similar future bonus objectives.

Bonus Objective: Defeat the Living Nightmare

The Living Nightmare, huh? Sounded scary, but Jake didn’t feel the slightest sense of fear.

Due to his Bloodline, Jake had automatically not taken her seriously. Over the last thirty years, Jake had encountered many who used illusion magic, not to talk about those he faced before Nevermore. Due to how Bloodlines worked, Jake’s Sphere of Perception entirely ignored all illusions, and his own intuition filtered out all the false information automatically, making Jake arguably the biggest counter to illusion magic in the entire multiverse.

He still went and checked her out, with Polly also gathering some sparse information. Apparently, she was some odd fairy-like humanoid Jake didn’t remember ever encountering before, and he was honestly surprised that if creatures like them existed, they were born in F-grade.

[Fae]

What Jake did learn was that fae or fairies, or whatever one wanted to call them, were very magically inclined creatures with downright horrible physical stats by default. Based on what Polly said, they also varied widely in size and appearance, with some the size of a finger and others several meters tall.

It was a weird race, that one. The one Jake was fighting was at least human-sized. If not, the battle would have been incredibly awkward. Oh, and as Jake also saw she had small transparent wings, he also made sure to check if she could fly. She couldn’t, so that was good to know.

be… kind of interesting? The fae was about one and a half meters tall and wore a robe covering nearly her entire body, with the only thing he could see being two eyes without any pupils. As he stood behind the

was definitely priming him for what was about to

all that was wrong. The entire arena was darker than before, and it almost looked like the sand was moving on

color as if someone had turned down the contrast, and out of the corner of his eye, he felt like he constantly saw movement in the shadows. The pillars spread throughout the arena had also all turned

you truly think you can be victorious?” the voice

looking at her, Jake shrugged. “We will have to find out now, won’t we?

almost cute how you put on a brave face. Do you think you are safe just because you keep your eyes on me? That the darkness cannot claim you? That the nightmare isn’t omnipresent,

the feeling you

if I am the true threat, should you not aim to strike me down? Or

“I guess I shou-“

side and swung his right hand upward as he felt it meet resistance. The image all around him faded as the figure of the fae at the other end of the arena dispersed, revealing her true form,

eyes

you I was confident in handling your magic,” Jake said as he pulled out his

fae stumbled back before falling onto

she died. If she hadn’t gone for a killing blow on Jake, he would have been nice and only kicked her in the head. But if

just didn’t like that she killed everyone

walking out of the arena and back to the Battlemaster to report, Jake read

a Paragon of the Colosseum of Mortals, standing so close to the apex you can almost feel it. Only ten more victories remain before you claim the

limited to one fight every week against other

sell you the best equipment the Colosseum of Mortals has

reward options have been maxed out. You are now limited to

rank without losing a single time or losing any lives,

are rewarded an extra

claim your rightful

stab with a katar felt like overkill,

another rank passed, another influx of Colosseum

Be promoted

Current rank: Paragon (0/10)

Colosseum Points: 710,210

Lives remaining: 10

was true for Show Matches, where the

no reason to delay and fail to keep his streak

Benevolent Monk guy?”

nodded as he tried to

a Paragon will be his promotion match. I will admit I found it a bit odd that they

exactly does that mean?”

usual rules

“Explain,” Jake frowned.

decide the rules, which means that should the monk try to make any house rules again, they will be denied. Additionally, the referee will be the one to decide the means of victory, and chances are they will make it a fight either

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