The Primal Hunter

Chapter 809

So, Jake was used to quite a few reactions when he revealed he was the Chosen of the Malefic Viper. Most reacted with fear, confusion, and then some level of reverence and respect. The majority of the time, it was not toward Jake but toward what he represented.

However, when it came to poor Temlat, he never got further than the fear stage. He froze entirely as his face went white, and he stared at Jake with wide-open eyes. His mouth opened and closed a few times as if he tried to say some words but failed at every turn. The reaction was way over the top compared to what Jake had expected, as he felt such intense fear from the young man. As if he expected Jake to do something far worse than just killing him at any moment.

That is when Jake realized a little something… in the ninety-third era, Villy was still a Primordial, sure, but he was also just one of many gods. Not to mention all the other pinnacle factions people knew of. Throughout the years, the number of gods multiplied and, due to this, got more and more involved with mortals as their factions spread and consumed more territory.

In the second era, it wasn’t like this. Back then, there were only twelve “true” gods. The twelve Primordials. Jake had read a few old history tomes Villy had left in Jake’s library back in the Order for fun, a few of which were written all the way back in the second era. The way they described the Primordials was far different, including the way they described the Malefic Viper himself.

You see… Villy was not exactly known to be a good guy back then. Not that he was now, but back in the day, it was far worse. It was during the days when the Viper was still doing everything to continue growing in power, destroying anything and anyone that got in his way. He was truly a villain of the multiverse, so for Jake to come and advertise himself as his Chosen was the same as saying he was some harbinger of doom and destruction.

Jake was a bit perplexed as to how he should approach this but decided to lean into Temlat’s understanding of Jake. If he thought his teacher was some semi-divine being, that would just mean that when Jake convinced him to not be a doormat and make his own decisions and improvements, Jake would have accomplished a more impressive feat.

“Is that truly the limit of your desire for revenge? That the mere identity of someone can make you give up?” Jake said. “In that case, you truly aren’t worthy of another moment of my time. You can go back where you came from and live your pitiful life and wallow in despair until your owner gets tired of you.”

Temlat’s eyes seemed to come to life a little bit as Jake continued.

“Or do you want me to kill you right here and now? Are you satisfied with this being the end of your Path? An opportunity squandered due to your own pathetic fear?”

“I…” he finally said. “I… I want to get stronger, but-“

“No, that sentence was already over. You want to get stronger. Then do that. Grasp every opportunity given and take all you can until one day, the targets of your revenge lay slain before you,” Jake said in a loud voice. “So what do you want? To die a mere “pet” or to become someone no one will ever dare look down upon?”

“I am not a fucking pet,” Temlat said in an almost growling voice.

“I take that as a yes?” Jake asked.

Without any hesitation, Temlat kneeled down and went as far as to press his forehead to the ground. “Master, please-“

“Just call me teacher, Mr. Thayne, Lord Thayne, or something like that. Or you can just call me Jake, but I have a feeling you aren’t going to do

please help me become stronger! Help me get my revenge! If you do so, I’ll do anything to pay

from you right quite yet, and right now, all you need to focus on is becoming someone who can actually be of help to anyone,

portal room, Jake let Temlat take in the environment of the House of the Architect as he walked slowly. Say what you will, but the extravagant place filled with servants and expensive-looking decor did look like somewhere the Chosen of a Primordial could reside, especially to someone like Temlat, who seemed to have the understanding

said you didn’t know much about alchemy, right?” Jake asked as he decided to just walk all the way to the floor with alchemy stuff on it. Mainly to give Temlat some time to adapt and to give Jake some time to ask

know about alchemy… but…” Temlat said as he sounded a

it,” Jake nodded. It was pretty much as expected. It was easy to see how nervous

he quickly said,

question. How much do you know

darkish energy gathering. “It’s like my feelings somehow made it happen, and the system gave me a skill, and it helped me level up fast… it all just happened one day. That bitch was satisfied with me getting stronger, and I managed to convince her I

had a bad feeling it wasn’t even meant to be in

“If I tried to run away, the pain was… too much. I still tried once, but if I had not returned, I know it would

explanation. “Well, whoever the fuck made those collars also

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their way down, Jake began to discuss some basic things and even got Temlat to feel comfortable enough to ask questions. Having a casual demeanor seemed to work well,

justice. It was more like a massive complex of halls, each with different functions, and every single one of them filled with tools of different kinds. There

had considered for a while what exactly to teach Temlat and quickly concluded that normal alchemy wasn’t going to cut it. No, he would throw him into the deep

alchemy theory and history were still left there, along with a large number of miscellaneous stuff Jake decided on in case the young man found it interesting. If Temlat found something he really liked, it would be way easier

a young man. As a mid-tier C-grade, Jake was definitely more mature because he had a higher level; that’s just how the multiverse works. At least, that’s how he decided things were in this particular instance. It also wouldn’t be a good look if Jake admitted to being

back toward the Merit Exchange as he felt quite good about things so far. Having a student this early was definitely going to be a great boon, even if Jake

and give him access to many of the books Jake had brought with

plan was then for Temlat to evolve to a C-grade with a new class and profession, both partly related to Jake. If

bit of a gamble, and much could go

young half-elf occupied, Jake quickly went and turned in his two

ingredients he was familiar with. The way the store worked was a bit unique in that there was no browsing of

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