Previously on the Primal Hunter…Wait, we were still in the Tutorial at the start of book 2? Damn.Anyway, let’s get into where we last left off with Jake. After a disastrous meeting with his old work colleagues, Jake finds himself alone in the Tutorial’s inner area, where he was chosen to stay clear of everyone else and just do his own thing. His own thing, in this instance, was to kill four Beast Lords in dungeons before finally facing the final boss known as the King of the Forest.Meanwhile, William (the most beloved character of the series) wakes up after having taken significant damage in the previous book. Now more delusional than ever, he seeks out Jacob only to discover that everyone besides Jacob himself and his bodyguard is already dead. He, of course, proceeds to kill Jacob and Bertram, but Jacob has one of those nice legendary skills (that is totally not named as a song reference) that allows him to survive and leave the Tutorial.Jacob then goes on to stay in a special a

Going UpChugging a health potion, Jake opened his eyes once more and wiped the blood away. He was currently flapping his wings, trying to keep himself aloft as he saw the hawk gaze back at him like he was an idiot for talking to thin air. But its look was now not only of ridicule. It contained a hint of fear and respect, which gave him a silly sense of satisfaction for one-upping a freaking bird.Villy being a peeping tom was something he honestly didn’t even notice anymore. Maybe the tutorial, where many gods had observed him all the time, had desensitized him, but he did notice when three new observers suddenly joined, seeing as nobody except Villy had looked at him since returning to Earth. How exactly he knew… Well, it was just his intuition.He took a quick glance at his notifications and saw that he had killed six hundred and forty-one birds with his Gaze. This was the first time he’d used it with full power and the intent to kill and not immobilize. The effect was way above hi

Mana BoltJake sat on a small cloud away from the large continent. The bird perched in a tree beside him. He was breathing heavily still from his nearly empty pool of mana and low stamina. Even his health was only at around half.The cloud elemental was far harder to deal with than he had predicted. Luckily, the hawk had done wonders against it. Its blades of wind had cut off parts of the cloud elemental, with another blast of wind dispersing the cut-off part into nothing.Even then, it had taken the two of them nearly half an hour before the elemental became unable to regenerate parts of its body and finally died. Or dispersed… or whatever elementals did.Jake felt pretty damn fucking useless after the long fight. All he could really do was toss weak bolts of dark mana at the elemental to distract it while dodging its blows. If the elemental hadn’t been so stupid as to focus on him over the hawk, he wasn’t even sure they would have won.He had thrown a mana potion to the hawk during

City LordJake meditated on the small island of clouds with the hawk lying beside him, wings out to its side. It hadn’t even bothered to perch itself on the crystal tree behind them, too exhausted to care about its dignity.Jake had used Identify on it on their way to their little island and seen that their struggles had paid off for the bird. It had gained yet another level in only one fight.[Galesong Hawk – lvl 92]He, too, had gotten plenty of gains. Not counting the sheer satisfaction he’d earned from the first excellent fight after exiting the tutorial, of course. Looking through the notifications, he realized he had also managed to land himself another level.*You have slain [Flare Crow – lvl 92] – Bonus experience earned for killing an enemy above your level**You have slain [Flare Crow – lvl 95] – Bonus experience earned for killing an enemy above your level**You have slain [Flare Crow – lvl 94] – Bonus experience earned for killing an enemy above your level**You have slain

VisitorsIt had all started four days prior.The house’s construction was pretty much done, and Hank was considering making some simple pieces of furniture. They also had a sit-down to talk about plans to make a few more buildings elsewhere for themselves.That was when Miranda got pinged by her skill that others had entered the Pylon of Civilization’s area of influence. Other humans. She was immediately filled with a paradoxical feeling of both concern and anticipation.Concern about how many they were, their intentions, and their strength, and anticipation at the potential of having more citizens join the city. Maybe beginning to actually make it worthy of being called a city.She notified Hank and the kids as they talked over what to do.“Louise and Mark should go hide in the cellar of the house,” Hank started.At Miranda’s request, the cellar was rather well-hidden, and one wouldn’t find its entrance without looking around for it. Which was to say they had put the pelt of an anima