Casper solved the puzzle and shattered the spatial bindings holding the final fragment as Lyra flew up and grabbed it. She returned it to him, and he inspected it to make sure everything was in order.
[World Fragment of Yalsten (Unique)] – One of five World Fragment of Yalsten...
2021-09-29 10:51:49 +0000 UTC View PostThis is bad, Jake thought as the school of fish around him grew. He quickly chugged down another healing potion as he considered his approach. However, one thing was certain, he couldn’t abandon his focus on how to better move.
The poisoned fish around him became his stepping sto...
2021-09-28 11:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostJake had a headache. Not the kind of figurative headache, but the literal kind. It felt like he was constantly smashed in the head with a sledgehammer while wearing a motorcycle helmet. At the same time, his body hurt as he had countless bleeding holes all over.
In his surroundings, corpses...
2021-09-27 10:55:01 +0000 UTC View PostSomewhere, a long time ago, a group of game developers sat in a room together. They knew they needed more content in their game to expand the playtime, but they had no idea what to add. Technology was limited, and there were only so many mechanics to add when all the controllable characters could...
2021-09-24 10:45:44 +0000 UTC View PostTime passed by as the Treasure Hunt was in full swing. Everyone chased for Vaults all over the place, many finding more than they bargained for as they got trapped or were faced with foes far above what they could handle.
Jake was naturally one of these people. Not the trapped and in over h...
2021-09-23 10:56:29 +0000 UTC View Post”I want the staff.”
The moment the kind people who gave them stuff were gone, the elemental mage spoke up.
”Didn’t you already swipe the loot from that asshole earlier?” the shadow assassin said with an accusatory tone, adding on. ”Also, could I perhaps see that mask one m...
2021-09-22 10:48:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe dark ball of mist hung above the valley with mana swirling around it in a spiral. Bolts of arcane mana were condensed by the dozen every single second, falling on the many people around the valley as they tried to attack the person hidden by the mist.
Jake, who stood within, had his aim...
2021-09-21 10:55:53 +0000 UTC View PostWhile Jake was the first to notice what was happening, everyone naturally became aware when a huge magic barrier surrounded them, and people suddenly appeared on all sides.
”What the fuck?” the elemental mage asked as he readied himself.
Jake’s first course of action was not to ...
2021-09-20 10:57:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe valley looked near-unrecognizable from what it had only a bit less than a day ago. Several ice cubes were spread throughout, a few models of stone were carved, and the environment changed with many symbols arranged into potential magic circles carved onto the ground.
”Ya can’t fucki...
2021-09-17 10:56:57 +0000 UTC View PostFour people stood starring at the massive cube. The bearded man had truly just taken off, not bothering to stay and try to solve it. The earth mage, the rogue, the gunman, and Jake were the only ones left, and from the looks of it, the gunman and rogue were also close to leaving. Jake wasn’t su...
2021-09-16 10:56:32 +0000 UTC View PostThe second phase of the Treasure Hunt started out as a mad dash for the closest Vaults. The Risen had a headstart and had already located and mapped out the location of several before the phase began and had looted everything in and around these Vaults.
Other factions simply rushed for them...
2021-09-15 09:03:43 +0000 UTC View PostWith the wand in his inventory, he moved on to some of the other stuff. The next item of interest was a white crown sitting on top of a pillow. The crown had a relatively simple design and was made out of some kind of white metal, reminding him a bit of white gold. In the center of the crown was ...
2021-09-14 10:58:45 +0000 UTC View PostTreants, oh treants. It was a creature type that was present in so many video games, fiction, and general fantasy. No doubt humans from ages past had seen trees and wondered: “what if that massive fucking tree could walk around and smash stuff?” and just let their imagination take things from...
2021-09-13 10:56:29 +0000 UTC View PostCasper flew towards the island with the Vault on, the curse energy revolving around him as he soared through the unstable space. The cause of the disturbance in the natural balance of space was naturally the world having been partly broken by the curse, but also due to the battles that had taken ...
2021-09-10 10:59:07 +0000 UTC View PostJake and everyone else in the Treasure Hunt all got the notification at the same time.
While the curse slowly claimed their world, the inhabitants of Yalsten did all they could to fight back. As a final gambit, they created a device to seal the curse forever and banish it from their...
2021-09-09 10:57:46 +0000 UTC View PostJake had, in usual Jake-fashion, returned late to the center of the Mistless Plains. As there was no mist in the Mistless Plains – hence the name – it was easy to see everything, far and wide. He saw several basecamps scattered about, some of them even having tall walls and magical barriers.<...
2021-09-08 10:57:45 +0000 UTC View PostJake hated to admit it… but Eron was a genius. And no, not the hyperbole version of a genius, but an actual genius. Even before the system, he had been a damn monster in human skin. Jake even had suspicions he was doing things that could be considered magical before mana and magic was even a th...
2021-09-07 10:56:15 +0000 UTC View PostJake burned through the sides of the gate to get it free from the wall as he kept Eron trapped. However, it ended up taking him nearly ten minutes to get the door off as he had to split his focus, and he felt Eron attack his arcane barrier with more and more power.
Once Jake got the gate of...
2021-09-06 11:01:10 +0000 UTC View Post<AUTHOR NOTE>
Important Patreon Update + Notice: https://www.patreon.com/posts/55786626
TLDR: Hunter tier has reached the cap of 50 chapters, so no more guaran...
2021-09-05 11:01:04 +0000 UTC View Post19th of September 2021.
Nearly a full year ago, the first chapter of The Primal Hunter went up on RoyalRoad. Two months later, I already had a Patreon, and from December, writing had become my full-time job. Yep, things went fast back then.
Four or five months ago, I then announced to...
2021-09-05 11:00:43 +0000 UTC View PostMiranda felt a moment of distress as the vampire rose and its aura spread out the gate and into the hallway. Sylphie didn’t seem to be that on edge, but the same couldn’t be said about the people behind Sven. Sven himself didn’t display anything but just drew his weapon and yelled for his p...
2021-09-03 11:01:07 +0000 UTC View PostJake was aware that the vampire weapons could fuse, but he had kind of assumed that would happen when he got all nine and not with just three of them. He wasn’t going to complain, though, as he summoned all three of them on a wooden table he had also just tossed out.
Instinctively, he fel...
2021-09-02 10:59:36 +0000 UTC View PostThis time, Jake actually did as he intended when he called it a speedrun. An hour after leaving the tower, he was already within another, with a new Mark of Blood in hand. Well, in his Hunter Insignia. Whatever.
He stormed up the tower, noticing many others already within it. There didn’t...
2021-09-01 11:04:29 +0000 UTC View PostJake walked through the hall as the black mist parted around him. He found that even with the Root in his inventory, the mist still parted for him. The Root was an interesting item that he was certain had some specific intended use already.
Also, the wood the Root was made of was a bit reco...
2021-08-31 11:00:51 +0000 UTC View PostThe difference between Knights and Blackguards was slight and primarily laid in the level difference. They even looked the same, with the Knights being slightly slicker and a bit faster and more agile, but that also came with the knights being slightly less tanky.
Now, slightly less tanky d...
2021-08-30 10:58:56 +0000 UTC View PostThe Viscount tried to close his mouth but was unable to as it encountered material far too tough for his razor-sharp teeth to get through. To make matters worse for the vampire, he was repeatedly stabbed in the chest with an envenomed anti-vampire weapon while it struggled as the merciless human ...
2021-08-29 10:56:29 +0000 UTC View PostJake considered what his next step would be as Reika was hard at work.
After dividing all the loot and telling the people outside they could enter, Reika called her followers to keep watch over the smithy as her followers also called some smiths while making their way there. They only took ...
2021-08-27 10:59:59 +0000 UTC View PostJake wasn’t the only one staring at what lied beyond the gate. Reika seemed a bit surprised too, and the many others who had attempted the puzzle also seemed highly interested in figuring out the big prize for solving it was.
Yet, he doubted many of them noticed the uniqueness of the room...
2021-08-26 11:00:53 +0000 UTC View PostJake stared up at the woman as she seemed to be deep in thought. Considering she had helped him, he started up the conversation.
”You have experience with these kinds of puzzles?” he asked her.
She seemed to exit her stupor as she collected her thoughts and answered. ”Yes, I hav...
2021-08-25 11:00:47 +0000 UTC View PostThis wasn’t Jake’s first time engaging with a magic puzzle, but it was his first time encountering this type. Before returning to Earth, the practice cauldron Villy had given him during his alchemy training session deployed similar methods to this gate’s magic puzzle. However, the cauldron ...
2021-08-24 10:59:54 +0000 UTC View Post