The entire hall was tense as they all watched 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 Tortaros die seemed to cancel out the terror slightly, her disdain for the man in no way subtle. It was almost cute.“Everyone, relax,” the Malefic One addressed the crowd. He spoke in a casual tone, and yet every single person in the hall could hear him as if he stood right next to them. “With that annoyance gone, let’s get on with the program. First of all, nice to be back. Lots of pretty faces out there.” The crowd listened with undivided attention. “Been gone for a long time. But hey, better late than never, r

Jake clenched his fists together, feeling the strength in his grasp. He felt invigorated. Without a doubt, it stemmed from the massive influx of stat points and the new skill.Funnily enough, this was the first skill he had ever unlocked that didn’t come with a single iota 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 Moment of the Primal Hunter, he only got what the description gave him. He understood why, though. It was a skill he had created, named after his Bloodline itself. Perhaps the system didn’t have the info, or it was just the normal thing to happen when one made their own skill.Or maybe, it kind of assumed he already knew since… well, he was the creator.He opened his status menu for the first time in quite a while, and it was starting to get quite impressive, if he had to say so himself.StatusName: Jake Th

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 would do the most damage. The first of which was a little gift from the Den Mother herself.[Den Mother’s Poison Gland (Rare)] – A gland containing a highly concentrated toxic liquid, condensed by the Den Mother over a long period.The gland was a big sack of liquid venom. While it most certainly would be considered an atrocity by many well-renowned alchemists to use such a precious ingredient so wastefully, Jake quite frankly didn’t give a damn.As for other ingredients, what could be better than a lot of blood infused with Blood of the Malefic Viper? If there was something he still had plenty of left, it was health, after all. His entire body was a highly toxic ingredient in itself.Jake took out a mana potion and quickly drank it, feeling his pool fill quite a bit. The last part of this brilliant creation would requir

William’s entire body ached with pain. Pain unlike any he had ever felt before.But he could only smile at the sensation, because pain meant that he was still alive.When he had regained consciousness, he didn’t know. But he did know that it had been several days since he had nearly fallen. His entire body cooked inside his armor, his skin cauterized, the blood in his veins boiling, and his eyes popping out from the heat.But despite all that, he had lived. Held on to his last sliver of health. He should have died; he knew that. But he hadn’t, because death was not his destiny. He’d been chosen, so his body refused to die, and slowly, he’d started to heal.His entire body had healed at once, meaning that all parts healed at a nearly equal pace. It had only taken a few days before his limbs started returning to peak condition, but his internal organs had still taken a long time to return to a functional state.And today, for the first time, his sight returned. He could always see throu

Jake walked through the shithole that dared call itself a dungeon with sloppy steps. Once in a while, a damn rat jumped out at him before swiftly being executed. He had stopped caring about elaborate tactics many hours ago.The first few hours went fine and all. Shoot a burning arrow, kill rats, repeat. It got a bit tedious after the tenth time, sure, but Jake kept it up. The experience was frankly shit compared to what he had gotten in both of the other two dungeons.He had kept up his tactic of following the left wall all along, but he felt like he was getting nowhere. That was, until he saw the corpse of a rat he had slain earlier, meaning he had started circling back again. Jake kept going, however, thinking at worst he was just going to end up at the crossroad around the beginning of the dungeon.It was as expected when he came across a bunch more corpses, but it started getting weird after that. Taking a few turns, he found living rats, which he quickly got rid of. A few minutes