Jake was more injured than he had first thought. Then again, he’d had quite a few giant needles pierce into his chest and attempt to suck him dry of any and all vitality. Nevertheless, it wasn’t something a healing potion or two couldn’t fix. He quite honestly felt bad for all those out there without the ability to get themselves healed.If he’d had to rely on his natural regeneration, it would’ve taken days to heal the last bout’s damage. To restore his entire 10,000+ health pool would require more than a week. Maybe more, as health regeneration slowed when health was lower.His armor was also pretty damn broken. His chest was exposed entirely, as the mana beam had burned his chestpiece to tatters. Luckily the Self-Repair enchant made the armor virtually unbreakable unless utterly obliterated, and even then, it might not even disappear if it was completely destroyed, as it was "bound" to him.The problem was that it would take some time for it to repair itself, so he would have to go

Jake sat cursing to himself near the cave entrance he had exited just a bit over a day ago. He wasn’t here for a rematch with the Indigo Mushroom, but instead just to do his alchemy. The reason for his sour mood was because he, in his stupidity, had forgotten the book he was right in the middle of reading back at the pond.Could he go back and get it? In theory, yes. Would he? Hell no. They had already begun constructing his new house, and Miranda, together with Louise, seemed very adamant about him staying away until it was done—something that should take less than a week.While they hadn’t explicitly stated he couldn’t go there, he very much got that feeling from them. He had helped a bit by leaving behind a few dozen potions of all three kinds. They were some of the mid-tier iterations he’d made in his two weeks of mass production, but they were still peak inferior or common.He had explained to Miranda about his plan of making the cellar. They had decided to simply build around th

By far, the King of the Forest was the strongest enemy Jake had ever faced, yet he had won in the end. It’d been a hard fight, sure, but he always kept his head cool to look for a way to victory. A mindset he had kept from then to now.He’d thought the King would be his most significant challenge for a good while… until he met it.It was more insidious than any enemy he could ever imagine. Its cruelty and evil instincts were overflowing with every one of its actions.Jake had been practicing his flying once more after his round of meditation. Practicing gliding around and not falling down. Until suddenly, he sensed it in his sphere. A figure had invaded it and was fast making its way towards him.Faster than anything he had encountered since the King. Even quicker than the mantis. He was prepared for an attack, but it never came. Instead, the figure appeared right beside him, where he saw its form clearly.It looked like an ordinary hawk, but Identify made it clear it wasn’t.[Galeson