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

objective: Complete Labyrinth

Attempts remaining: 5

the lengthy description as he quickly got the gist of it. It was pretty much exactly as he had expected it to be. It was just an endless string of “floors” that Jake had to complete as quickly

humanly possible.

it all?” Minaga asked before Jake

from the prior floors,” Jake shrugged as he threw the Unique Lifeform a teasing smile.

“I am going to broadcast this to everyone

head. “I guess you’re only showing it to a select few and not all the

will show them later,” Minaga pointed

nodded as he smiled. “I must admit, I hadn’t taken you to be that kind

that bait,

thought Minaga had a humiliation

I am not going to disagree that you have a huge advantage in my Challenge Dungeon, you shouldn’t think it will be a complete cakewalk. The

has been taken without permission. Report

he already assumed. “I am looking forward to seeing what interesting things you cooked

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

behind him 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

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

entered Labyrinth Section 1

Remaining: 9 days,

Section was pretty large, extending nearly one hundred kilometers into the distance, with a classic

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

in this first section. It was just a pure maze and, quite frankly, kind of boring. Luckily, there was one

he already knows where

shortest path 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,

or right at the next… right, it was right, yeah… yeah, good job. Halfway already, huh? Nearly there…

him, and the door began to open. Through his sphere, he also saw that the next part of the Endless Labyrinth simply manifested behind

Section 1 clear time:

an hour, huh?” Jake said. “Longer than expected for sure…

you and keep moving. The

the case. He had just been

entered Labyrinth Section

9 days,

released another Pulse of Perception. “But the size of the section is about the same. Say, can you give

do that many, you suck,” Minaga said, clearly being entirely truthful and not at all salty over Jake casually using

This one had a few traps added into the mix, but it

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Jake said as he touched

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