The Primal Hunter

Chapter 797

Jake considered what Challenge Dungeon he would do for all of five minutes until he decided to just go with the one he felt the most confident about. It was also the one he thought would be the most fun and familiar.

Ultimately, he had to do all of them, and as he still felt a bit groggy after having his character tested, he wanted to do one he believed would be interesting. Maybe it would not be super challenging, but he firmly believed there would be some level of challenge, especially the further he moved in.

During the first part, most of the entertainment definitely would have to come from Minaga. Jake genuinely hoped the Unique Lifeform would be commentating again and complaining about Jake. If not, it probably would get a bit dull during the early parts of his labyrinth.

Having only arrived outside of the Challenge Dungeon entrances for five minutes, Jake walked straight to the entrance of Minaga’s Endless Labyrinth and placed his hand on the massive gateway. Without further ado, he accepted the prompt to enter as his vision went dark, Jake ready to conquer and utterly demolish Minaga’s grand creation.

In a certain meeting room filled with gods, Minaga let out a massive groan as he saw Jake enter his dungeon.

“Bloody hell, he just had to go for mine right now, didn’t he?” Minaga grumbled. “This is on purpose, right? He is trying to bully me after showing off here, isn’t he? Yep, everything he has done was definitely a personal attack on me to throw me off my mental game.”

“I am impressed you think Jake would ever plan that far ahead,” the Viper commented.

The Wyrmgod had already isolated the area with the Primordials, Minaga, Nature’s Attendant, and Artemis, making them the only ones capable of hearing the conversation, likely in preparation for what was to come next.

“Well, if he can attack me like that, I should definitely strike back in kind!” Minaga huffed while ignoring the Viper’s comment as he waved his hand. A screen appeared before all of them, not just the Viper and the Wyrmgod, as the Unique Lifeform grinned and threw Artemis a look.

“Let’s have this entire Challenge Dungeon be a live performance so you can all see how unfair he is!” he said, hiding a smile as he saw the cute god from the Pantheon of Life lean a bit forward while trying to remain dignified and hide her interest.

“You just want to have an audience to vent to during this, don’t you?” the Wyrmgod questioned in a deadpan tone.

“Well, duh?” Minaga said. “If I have to suffer, it should at least be entertaining to the rest of you and give me more people to complain to. Now sit back and see injustice and unfairness personified.”

Jake opened his eyes in a very familiar hall. It was a perfect replica of the one he and his party had entered the first time they arrived at Minaga’s Labyrinth in the regular part of Nevermore. And just like that time, a familiar figure also teleported into the room, appearing on a central platform.

Light filled the room as music began playing, but Minaga quickly clapped his hands once, making it all stop. The room darkened as Minaga just sighed. “Oh boy, here we go again…”

Right as he said that, a system message was triggered and popped up in front of Jake.

Nevermore Challenge Dungeon Entered!

You have entered Minaga’s Endless Labyrinth. An endless maze that extends forever until you can no longer keep going lies before you, ready for you to explore, the entire labyrinth split into Labyrinth Sections to conquer one by one.

These Labyrinth Sections will each serve as separate challenges, and passing each will trigger a checkpoint. Some checkpoints will allow you to rest and recover for a while before continuing on your journey.

Each Labyrinth Section has a time limit that will begin upon entering a section. Your goal is to navigate your way through each section as quickly and safely as possible while overcoming foes, traps, and other challenges along the way. The further you progress in the Endless Labyrinth, the more challenging it shall become.

During the Endless Labyrinth, the magnanimous Minaga has taken pity and granted you five attempts in case you should fail any Labyrinth Sections, allowing you to retry them should you run out of time or meet an unfortunate - yet expected - early end. The Labyrinth Section’s layout will not change even after an attempt has been expended, but all traps, creatures, and other such challenges will be reset.

Minaga wishes you luck. For if you wish to challenge his Endless Labyrinth, you will sorely need it.

many Labyrinth Sections as

Complete Labyrinth Section

Attempts remaining: 5

as he had expected it to be. It was just an endless string of “floors” that Jake had to complete as quickly as possible, hopefully doing as many as humanly

humanly possible.

reading it all?” Minaga asked before Jake even had time to consider

it. Not like this is that complicated or different from the prior floors,” Jake shrugged as he threw the Unique Lifeform a teasing smile. “Also, I must thank thee, oh-so magnanimous Minaga. To bless the lowly me with five attempts, your kindness is

to broadcast this to everyone live, so you better

Jake said, shaking his head. “I guess you’re only showing it to a select few and

recording it and will

I hadn’t taken you

to take that bait, so you may

would have thought Minaga had a humiliation fetish?

am not going to disagree that you have

been taken without permission. Report any

getting told what he already assumed. “I am looking forward to

started. I am obligated to say this, so good luck! And more

began opening. Out came the special fog Jake had seen so many times before. The one that limited Perception and how fast you could move within it while also fucking up divination magic and many other schools and affinities. Of course, what it didn’t fuck up was Jake’s

Dungeon had truly begun appeared, Jake closed his eyes and released a Pulse

Section 1 of Minaga’s Endless

9 days,

one hundred kilometers into the distance, with a classic maze-like design. A super classic design, in fact, as one could technically beat it by just continuously following the left or right wall until one

on what Jake saw, the first section could easily be beaten by doing just that and walking at a brisk pace. Of course, Jake wasn’t going to do that as he bent his knees and smiled a bit to himself as he shot forward into the first Labyrinth

and, quite frankly, kind of

if he already knows where to go… oh wait,

toward the end, not slowing down for a single second or even taking his time to respond to Minaga’s very exciting commentary throughout. Though, to be fair, rather than

how silly of me…. Is it left or right at the next… right, it was right, yeah… yeah, good job.

giant double-sided door, Jake quickly touched it as a notification popped up in front of him, and the door began to open. Through his sphere, he also saw that the next part of the Endless Labyrinth simply manifested behind the

1 clear

me over an hour, huh?” Jake said. “Longer than expected for sure… then again, the maze was

moving. The timer for section two

had just been too focused on the

have entered Labyrinth Section

Remaining: 9

fast,” Jake commented, and he released another Pulse of Perception. “But the size of the section is about

four-hundred-twenty thousand and sixty-nine, so if you don’t at least do that many, you suck,” Minaga said, clearly

sure a lot. Better get going, then,” Jake smiled in response as he released another pulse and headed into the second section. This one had a few traps added into the mix, but it was still pretty straightforward. So, the result also didn’t come as

Section 2

Jake said as he touched the

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