Jacob happily walked toward the exit of their base, Bertram on one side, Caroline on the other. It had been a few hours since the arrival of Jake's message and the subsequent meeting with Richard. Caroline had somehow managed to convince him to let them leave with just the three of them.According to her, he hadn’t been happy about it and had holed himself up inside. Jacob wanted to go and smooth things out with the camp leader, but Caroline had talked him out of it. So, for now, he could only take the fortune he had been given and go to the meeting.Caroline had stipulated that they needed a proper plan before going to the meeting, something Jacob had agreed to instantly. He did like making plans, which was why they had taken so long to leave. Jake had only specified a place to meet and not a set time. From how it was written, he wanted it to be sooner rather than later, but a few hours shouldn’t be too long. The meeting area was quite open-ended, but Jacob had confidence in them fin

The first thing Jake felt was intense pain in his entire body. He got flashbacks to how it had been after drinking his poison to pass the Challenge Dungeon, though not quite as fierce. He also thought of the Malefic Viper’s parting words and his out-of-character seriousness.But he understood. He had been soft. He had been forgiving and hopeful to the point of naivety, and it had nearly resulted in his death. His mistake hadn’t been to approach Jacob and the others to talk. It had been not being strong enough in case it went south.If he had been more powerful, it wouldn’t have mattered. Even if the rest of the tutorial showed up to kill him, it would be inconsequential if he was powerful enough to tell them all to sit the fuck down and listen to his explanation.So he needed power and a lot of it. He was done having fun with fights for now. He couldn’t stop himself completely from enjoying a good fight, but he wouldn’t go out of his way to challenge himself. At least not now. He was

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 another universe.Gods, among all, were the entities of the multiverse most involved with the tutorials. It was one of the few times where they truly moved with greed and desire. It was a time to earn rewards otherwise unachievable for them—a chance to gain more power and influence.The most significant way to get these rewards was through finding capable mortals among the new initiates. Finding them, and making them into your followers. This was done through something like Jake’s meeting with Malefic Viper i

Jake found 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 using Piercing Arrow.This skill was also fascinating, and it would likely synergize incredibly well with Powershot too. But did he genuinely need a more powerful opening shot and more preparation for now? Would his arrows even be able to handle the skill, or just break apart?If the skill had said that it conjured an arrow, he would’ve been far more excited about it. Many skills had to do that, but this one clearly didn’t.Assuming he did get the skill to work correctly, it would bring his opening attack to a ridiculous power level. It was already quite silly with Powershot and his poison alone, but coupled with this… perhaps he could e

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 toward 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 predicted.As for Richard himself, he was currently in the large cabin functioning as the headquarters of his base. With him were Caroline and three other influential members of his team. Notably absent from the regular group of leaders was Jacob, who had yet to soften up after the whole Jake debacle.Richard didn’t sweat it much. They still had more than three weeks remaining, and despite his anger, Jacob had always done his job. Not happily, but he did it. His sense of responsibility seemingly trumped his