Jake’s Bloodline had been with him from the very first day of the system; heck, it had since his birth. It had saved his life more times than he could remember and been the catalyst that made his rise to power possible. But one had to remember that while a Bloodline could most certainly be helpful, it wasn’t always.It wasn’t a skill, and it wasn’t regulated and controlled by the omnipotent system to make sure it wouldn’t cause unnecessary harm to the user. Even the skills that could do so carried warnings, such as Jake’s own Limit Break.So when Jake appeared back in his lodge, nothing was stopping his Sphere of Perception from feeding him everything within its influence—nothing but Jake and the other aspects of his Bloodline.Its range had expanded manifold after his evolution. Before D-grade, it’d had a radius of around thirty meters, but it was now north of two hundred meters. He saw the entire valley and its surroundings; he saw beneath the earth to a small cave-system running ap

As he accepted the evolution, he was instantly greeted by five options—the maximum. This was, of course, expected, as he had done plenty of things to warrant them. He had hunted down powerful foes and even slain the King of the Forest… even if his mask now carried an ominous message.His confidence was growing, and he did the same as always by going through the options one by one, the first of which was a direct upgrade to his Ambitious Hunter class.Avaricious Hunter – A direct upgrade to the Ambitious Hunter class. Your ambition to always face a stronger foe has turned to avarice as you seek stronger and stronger challenges, your desire for danger on your journey only growing. A class focused on ranged combat, mainly using bow and arrow, coupled with light options for melee such as shortswords and daggers. The class is fast and flexible, focusing on Agility over Strength. You persist on this precarious path, yet your resolve is strong, and your hunger for challenges persists. Just b

Felix walked out of his small treehouse and took in a deep breath, enjoying the refreshing air of Haven. One would think that having a city inside a forest would get annoying, but Felix enjoyed it quite a lot. It did help a lot that no beasts were wandering about, and the number of insects was also far fewer than one would expect.The builders even had an enchantment of sorts that made all those small lvl 0 insects avoid people’s homes, which did wonders for having the windows open even during the night. Anyone who had ever lived close to any kind of greenery knew the pain of having mosquitos and a whole slew of other tiny, annoying pests enter just because you felt warm during a hot summer day.Felix was thrown out of his thoughts when he heard his neighbor already out on her porch in another tree nearby, working on her tailoring.“Good morning, any good progress lately?” he asked with a smile.“Not bad, but yarn and wool supply is getting scarce; I hope those merchants will soon ret

Dum di dum di dum,” Jake sang in a humming tone as he swayed his head back and forth, both hands on the cauldron. He was naturally making even more mana potions but also doing something else equally important.Sylphie sat opposite him, bopping her head to the tune, mimicking him. Jake couldn’t help but smile as she happily played along, even trying to make the same sounds as him. She wasn’t doing very well in that department, but damn, was it cute.He barely had to focus when making the potions, and it was effortless for him to split his focus… It was actually a bit weird. He felt like he was focusing on both things simultaneously, no matter how contradictory that sounded. Maybe another gain of his race evolution? He already knew that he thought faster while under stress or fighting, so it kind of made sense… His math skills had also improved tremendously.See, now I am focusing on three things at once, he thought, still humming the tune and finishing off the latest batch of mana poti

Jake closed his eyes and focused on his Path of the Heretic-Chosen as he tried to get it to activate—just long enough to make him wonder if he hadn’t reached an adequate understanding of any of his skills. Which, to be fair, he could perfectly understand. Jake himself was full of doubt about what exactly he needed to understand.Yet just as this thought appeared, the skill reacted:Do you wish to experience the Legacy of the Malefic Viper? Uses remaining: 1.Jake didn’t hesitate to accept.Sylphie, who had been sleeping on the chair, woke up with a startle as she felt the mana in the air moving weirdly. She felt like the entire space shifted for a moment, and she barely managed to register the human disappearing into thin air.She looked around a bit, confused, but soon after just laid her head back down to keep sleeping. Nothing to do about humans acting weird.Jet-black wings blanketed the skies as a massive frame covered the land beneath it in an almost unnatural darkness. Humans,