<Author Note>
So, this was originally two chapters... now it is one chapter the length of two. Longest one in the story by around 1000 words. Enjoy!
<Author Note Over>
As with any concoction, one first needed ingredients, but of course, Jake had no ingredient-list to go by with this one. So he decided to just go for whatever he felt like would do the most damage. The first of which was a little gift from the Den Mother herself.
2020-11-25 18:31:07 +0000 UTC
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The arrow met the doe’s turning forehead, as it didn’t stop in the least upon encountering the hard skull but cut through like it was made of butter. It went through the brain and, because of the upwards angle it was shot from, into the beast’s neck. There, it went through its throat and out beneath its right hind leg. However, what came out at the end was not an arrow but merely a few remnants of energy.
In its wake, it left everything destroyed. The entire head blew up, and the ...
2020-11-25 15:55:16 +0000 UTC
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Jake clenched his fists together, feeling the strength in his clasp. He felt invigorated. Without a doubt, stemming from the massive influx of stats and the new skill.
Funnily enough, this was the first skill he had ever unlocked that didn’t come with a single ounce of knowledge. Usually, he would know at least some basic things about it. Like how to activate it, how many resources it generally consumed, potential cooldowns of the skill, and so on and so forth.
But with his Mome...
2020-11-24 15:37:35 +0000 UTC
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Jake dismissed his bow as the stag fell to the ground, never to move again. The fights with the beasts had only gotten more comfortable as he got accustomed to all their tactics and fighting styles. In the end, they were just beasts, making their strategies repetitive and straightforward. It had started getting a bit boring as they stopped being real challenges.
But at least the experience was good. Only four ponds cleared out, and Jake had reached his first goal.
*’...
2020-11-23 15:16:05 +0000 UTC
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The entire hall was tense as they all saw the ever-so-proud Tortaros turn to nothing. The man died without even knowing what had happened. A sentiment that made a shiver go down the spine of every single branch leader as they knelt a bit lower than before.
“Well, that guy was annoying,” the Malefic Viper sighed as he turned back to address the crowd below, ignoring the branch leaders.
The only one who managed to remain relatively calm was Viridia. The happiness of seeing Torta...
2020-11-22 16:02:35 +0000 UTC
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Around the same time Jake entered his second challenge dungeon, the Lucenti Plains, so were major things happening in the Order of the Malefic Viper.
All the branch leaders had finally gathered. For the first time since the coronation of Viridia, the Order had gathered in one place.
Of course, what was happening this time was on an entirely different scale than merely appointing a new Hall Master.
Nineteen branch leaders had gathered in the hall, along with their entire ento...
2020-11-22 15:58:57 +0000 UTC
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The otherwise peaceful pond was now disturbed by blood and dead beasts - a situation that seemed to not sit well with the Great White Stag as it slowly walked in.
Jake was a bit more than a hundred meters away at this point, as he observed from a small hill. His head barely popped up to the top of the grass, leaving it still partly covered. He was unsure if this distance was safe, but he guessed it was. If it weren’t… well, he would handle that problem if it presented itself.
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2020-11-22 15:53:44 +0000 UTC
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The wait was short as he heard the sound of cloven hooves hitting the ground. Soon he saw a group of deer approach the pond, just like all the others had. But the fate of these beasts would not be just another peaceful drink.
He had already prepared his arrows with poison aplenty, and his resources were full, which meant it was killing time.
Jake saw no reason to delay his attack as he stood up from his hiding place and took out his bow. Nocking an arrow and drawing the string, he...
2020-11-19 15:51:05 +0000 UTC
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The path up to the mountain wasn’t as easily traversed as he had hoped. Unlike the badger valley, he didn’t find any easily accessible way forward.
Instead, he was met with a wall of stone – a steep cliffside. He tried climbing it a few times but quickly found that his climbing skills, coupled with the smooth stone surface, made it improbable that he could climb up there. He tried to use his weapons to climb, but it was more than a little unwieldy… Venomfang was too strong, and ...
2020-11-19 15:47:39 +0000 UTC
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*’DING!’ Profession: [Prodigious Alchemist of the Malefic Viper] has reached level 50 - Stat points allocated, +5 free points*
*’DING!’ Race: [Human (E)] has reached level 48 - Stat points allocated, +5 free points*
Briefly basking in the ever-satisfying feeling of level-ups for a while, he decided to get into the meat of things without unnecessary delays.
*Prodigious Alchemist of the Malefic Viper profe...
2020-11-19 15:42:43 +0000 UTC
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Jake was enjoying his trip towards the next mountain quite a bit, though he had a faint suspicion his current prey didn't.
The raptor struggled and writhed as it was held down by its throat. Its assailant's second hand didn't give it time to muster a response before it brought down a knife-like bone on its temple.
Even with the knife in its brain, it didn't die instantly. However, when the venom from the dagger was secreted into its brain, its vitality quickly gave out as the beas...
2020-11-18 15:53:57 +0000 UTC
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<AUTHOR NOTE>
I got a discord up and running now. If you want to connect your Patreon and get the right role, please follow the link: https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/articles/212052266-Get-my-Discord-role
And if you can't get it to work, use this link and we can try to fix it manually:
2020-11-17 15:56:18 +0000 UTC
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His eyes snapped open as the remnants of the dream left him. But unlike normal dreams, he could remember every single detail vividly.
Jumping out of bed, he threw it back into his necklace along with everything else. Right now, Jake was in a really shitty mood.
He was angry. And sadly for the Den Mother, it had been chosen as his outlet. Jake was tired of feeling like he was stuck in some big game. Tired of not knowing why the hell people kept messing with him. Even now, he didn...
2020-11-16 16:19:27 +0000 UTC
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Smiling in satisfaction, Jake got out two empty bottles. Usually, a batch such as this would quickly fill four or five bottles, but the first creation’s output wasn’t exactly good. He had taken a long time doing the crafting and had thus evaporated a lot of the concoction. But it was kind of expected, so Jake didn’t think that much of it. It was a success, and that was the most crucial part.
Bottling it up, he identified the poison.
[Hemotoxic Poison (Common)] ...
2020-11-16 16:15:56 +0000 UTC
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Jacob felt a bit of excitement for the first time in quite a while reading his notifications. He had barely opened any of the system menus for weeks, and when he did, he only did so to either check the tutorial panel or his stamina. But now things had changed, as he had perhaps finally found a path for himself in this new world.
With the blessing, a title apparently also came. The only other title Jacob had besides the one they all started with. He had honestly kind of forgotten the exi...
2020-11-15 15:57:10 +0000 UTC
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Private tutors since he could barely walk, expensive private schools, and a support system surrounding him made up of the best money could buy. Graduated top of his class, got into the best university, and once more proved himself excellent, being at the top once more.
He had been in the papers, praised by everyone. But he had always tried to never let get to his head. His father had been the “treat the CEO like the janitor”-type of person. His old man had even refused to hire him a...
2020-11-15 15:52:12 +0000 UTC
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By now, it was officially confirmed. The system loved long and annoying, pointless tunnels forcing you to walk for way longer than was reasonable.
He had been walking for thirty minutes by now. The light behind him was no longer visible, while he didn't see anything in front of him either. It was subtle, but the tunnel curved slightly, making it quite natural that he couldn't see either end.
The big cavern where he had fought the Alpha had been relatively well-lit by crystals cove...
2020-11-14 15:35:27 +0000 UTC
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The newly gained Infused Powershot shot the arrow at an unprecedented speed as it hit the Alpha Venomfang Badger right in its midsection. The powerful attack tore straight through the beast's body as it exited out the other way, piercing any vital organ in the way.
Jake was overjoyed at his method working and wanted to read through the notification with the upgraded skill, but was quickly brought back to reality by the Alpha's mad roar, as it charged towards him with reckless abandon.
2020-11-13 15:52:39 +0000 UTC
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Jake focused on the threads of mana as he supplied mana through every one of them. One of them reached towards his battered cloak, which had been nearly completely destroyed, again, after the latest fight where he finally took down the last of the badger groups, leaving only the Alpha left.
The self-repair enchant on the cloak would repair it entirely over time, but if one were injecting mana, it would significantly speed up the process.
The second string went to his bracers that ...
2020-11-13 15:45:32 +0000 UTC
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<Author note>
Sorry for the lack of chapters. I wanted to post more, but RR has got me in the slump again.
<Author note over>
Jake could feel that both his mana and stamina were reasonable despite the many Shadow Vaults. His quiver was also more than half-full making it unnecessary to reconjure more quite yet.
After he had poisoned a few more arrows, he set his sights on the next pack - four badgers, levels similar to the o...
2020-11-12 14:08:13 +0000 UTC
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There was little in his way as he made his way up the path. He was walking on a slightly elevated hill, with a valley on each side as he ran at a brisk pace. A pace that could easily have allowed him to overtake some cars.
The road was steep, but it seemed almost… unnaturally made. Jake didn’t call it a road for no reason. It was clearly formed in a very deliberate way, being nearly flat ground, with not a single beast in the way. And if one needed more proof, it only became more ap...
2020-11-11 14:53:23 +0000 UTC
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By now, the entire valley was thoroughly cleaned up. Herbs, lockboxes, even beasts were all gone. It had taken hours, and the sun had gone down quite a while ago, but Jake was more than satisfied. While he had managed to get another level, it was the loot that made him most pleased.
For herbs, he had found a bunch he couldn’t recognize at all; however, his Sense of the Malefic Viper told him that they were useful, and using Identify on them confirmed that they were indeed magical herb...
2020-11-10 16:28:49 +0000 UTC
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Jake stared at the number of survivors as it kept going down until it finally stabilized. After twenty minutes, it still hadn’t moved, but the number left was still chilling.
Tutorial Panel
Duration: 22 days & 21:49:53
Total Survivors Remaining: 49/1200
More than two hundred people dead.... something extremely major must have happened in the outer area.
He wanted to go back and check… but on the other han...
2020-11-10 11:22:12 +0000 UTC
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Caroline couldn’t even scream anymore as the metal spread from her heart until all that remained was a mannequin of iron. The low vitality and toughness of a healer became apparent, as she didn’t even have time to struggle before her death.
On the other hand, Richard was dumbfounded along with the still more than 30 elites around him. What the fuck was going on?
“Always the healer first,” William said, his voice cold, “And then you do the adds, followed by the big boss....
2020-11-10 11:17:39 +0000 UTC
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A few hours earlier, while it was still early in the morning, the base was in full motion. The smiths worked overtime, the tailors doing the last work, and all the warriors readied their weapons and prepared themselves to make sure all their resources were fully replenished.
The order given was to march towards the now deceased Hayden’s base only minutes from now. They had all expected the command to come sooner or later, but it nevertheless came a bit earlier than most would have pre...
2020-11-10 11:12:47 +0000 UTC
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The warm flow went through his body as it quietly circulated through his system. The stream of inner energy was the natural cycle that was ever-present in any living being who possessed the energy and subsequently required it to function.
This was also why there was a passive drain of stamina whenever awake. Whenever the body was moved, a minuscule amount of this energy would get used. Of course, skills took far more energy as they easily drained hundreds of times the typical stamina co...
2020-11-09 14:44:04 +0000 UTC
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Jake moved on down the list of skills, and he had to say that the second skill was a bit more… traditional.
[Piercing Arrow (Common)] – The first strike is often the most important when hunting. Grants the hunter the ability to infuse an arrow with energy to increase its penetrative power. Increases power depending on stamina expended. Adds a small bonus to the effect of agility and strength when Piercing Arrow.
This skill was also fascinating. It wou...
2020-11-09 10:31:31 +0000 UTC
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The inside of the cabin was far too hot for William, and yet he couldn’t make himself look away. With every swing that brought the hammer down and every spark released upon impact, he got more and more entranced.
The Smith had been planning all of this for a long time. He was currently doing the finishing touches on his magnum opus with vigor and skill that William could only sigh in admiration at.
He was making what looked like a breastplate at first sight, but if one looked cl...
2020-11-09 10:26:39 +0000 UTC
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For a mortal to meet a god was far from an ordinary occurrence throughout the multiverse. Only the most extraordinary ones had the chance to interact with divinity up close. And even then, it was rare.
The tutorial, however, was as far from ordinary as anything gets. It was an event that affected every single living being in the entire multiverse. Not the tutorial itself, but why it happened; it marked the start of a new era as the multiverse expanded with the introduction of yet anothe...
2020-11-06 15:01:47 +0000 UTC
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(AUTHOR NOTE (since there isn't' an author note feature here))
There will be quite a lot of time and chapters revolving around the two factions in the next 6 chapters. Just a heads up.
(AUTHOR NOTE OVER!)
Jake breathed out a sigh of relief when he saw the last option.
Ambitious Hunter – The Ambitious Hunter is always seeking out true challenges and the most powerful of prey. To you, the hunt is not only about the question of gaining power or death, but to...
2020-11-05 16:15:51 +0000 UTC
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