Chapter 1269 – Taking Stock One Last Time

Jake sat in meditation, recovering his energy to continue slaughtering the Aginian B-grades within Minaga’s wonderfully construction dungeon. He had already killed more than a dozen, and he had a feeling he would soon have enough experience for that fated system message to pop up, informing him he was ready to evolve.

Alas, it had not arrived yet, and after his last hunt, he had to sit down and take a breather. He could also have just continued to mindlessly hunt, potentially putting himself in a too dangerous situation, but that would be pretty stupid. Thinking more about it, wouldn’t it be downright hilarious if the Chosen of the Malefic Viper died while on the cusp of evolution because he got too impatient and couldn’t wait an extra day?

A lot of people probably wouldn’t find it as funny as Jake, so for their sake, he chose still to approach this hunt with his usual serious demeanor. While the B-grades he was hunting were weak, they were still B-grades, making them pose a legitimate threat if Jake messed up too much.

The dungeon Jake was currently in was the same one he’d done with Casper, though with a slight variation. Rather than having him appear inside a house, Jake had instead appeared already within the middle section of the Grand Labyrinth, close to one of the large open rooms where a ziggurat would usually be. There wasn’t one there, yet Minaga had still put plenty of B-grade Elite Guards for Jake to shoot at. How kind of him.

While meditating, Jake did something he felt like he should do before evolving: took stock of his current full status menu. He wanted to see how much he’d grown over the last few years as he’d gained the last few levels and finally reached peak C-grade.

Opening the status, Jake quickly read it over while taking note of the changes since the last time he had a good look right around when he left the Pantheon of Life and returned to the Order of the Malefic Viper.

Status

Name: Jake Thayne

Race: [Human (C) – 329 –> 349]

Class: [Arcane Hunter of Horizon’s Edge – 332–> 349]

Profession: [Heretic-Chosen Alchemist of the Malefic Viper – 327–> 349]

Health Points (HP): 344,062/344,062 –> 414,087/414,087

Mana Points (MP): 584,732/584,732 –> 687,111/699,718

Stamina: 329,537/329,537 –> 302,099/387,675

Stats

Strength: 40033 –> 45477

Agility: 49928 –> 56146

Endurance: 26363 –> 31014

Vitality: 27525 –> 33127

Toughness: 22015 –> 26510

Wisdom: 37423 –> 44782

Intelligence: 30241 –> 36288

Perception: 64921 –> 80740

Willpower: 33860 –> 40790

Free points: 0

Titles: [Forerunner of the New World], [Bloodline Patriarch], [Holder of a Primordial’s True Blessing], [Dungeoneer XV], [Dungeon Pioneer XV], [Prodigious Slayer of the Mighty], [Kingslayer], [Nobility: Duke], [Progenitor of the 93rd Universe], [Prodigious Arcanist], [Perfect Evolution (D-grade)], [Premier Treasure Hunter], [Myth Originator], [Progenitor of Myriad Paths], [Perfect Evolution (C-grade)], [Nevermore Challenger All-star], [Peerless Conqueror of Nevermore], [Sacred Prodigy], [Dragonslayer]

Class Skills: [Supreme Stealth Attack (Epic)], [Splitting Arcane Arrow Rain (Epic)], [Bestial Hunter’s Tracking (Epic)], [Piercing Cursed Arcane Fang (Epic)], [Avaricious Arcane Hunter’s Arrows (Epic)], [Archery of Expanding Horizons (Ancient)] [Arcane Powershot (Ancient)], [Arcane Awakening (Ancient)], [One Step, Thousand Miles (Ancient)], [Horizon-chasing Big Game Arcane Hunter (Ancient)], [Mark of the Horizon-Chasing Arcane Hunter (Ancient)], [Penetrating Arcane Arrow of Horizon’s Edge (Ancient)], [Relentness Hunt of the Avaricious Arcane Hunter (Legendary)], [Arcane Supremacy (Legendary)], [Unseen Hunter Arcane Hunter (Legendary)], [Lone Hunter of Horizon’s Edge (Legendary)], [Protean Arrow of Eternal Horizons (Legendary)], [Timeless Focus of the Apex Hunter (Legendary)], [Fangs of Man (Legendary)], [Unblemished Arcane Arrows of the Horizon (Legendary)], [Eternal Shadow of the Primal Hunter (Mythical)], [Primal Gaze of the Apex Hunter (Mythical)], [Moment of the Primal Hunter (Mythical)], [Event Horizon (Mythical)]

Profession Skills: [Path of the Heretic-Chosen (Unique)], [Grimoire of the Heretic-Chosen (Unique)], [Alchemist’s Purification (Inferior)], [Brew Potion (Uncommon)], [Craft Elixir (Rare)], [Concoct Poison (Epic)], [Soul Ritualism of the Heretic-Chosen Alchemist (Ancient)], [Malefic Viper’s Poison (Ancient)], [Arcane Curse Manifestation (Ancient)], [Blood of the Malefic Viper (Legendary)], [Sense of the Malefic Viper (Legendary)], [Wings of the Malefic Viper (Legendary)], [Touch of the Malefic Viper (Legendary)], [Legacy Teachings of the Heretic-Chosen Alchemist (Legendary)], [Pride of the Malefic Viper (Legendary)], [Scales of the Malefic Viper (Legendary)], [Fangs of the Malefic Viper (Legendary)], [Core Manipulation of the Primal Hunter (Legendary)], [Divine Bargain of the Malefic Viper (Mythical)], [Sagacity of the Malefic Viper (Mythical)], [Heretic-Chosen’s Invocation of the Malefic Viper (Mythical)], [Palate of the Malefic Viper (Mythical)], [Alchemical Flame (Mythical)]

Blessing: [True Blessing of the Malefic Viper (Blessing – True)]

Race Skills: [Endless Tongues of the Myriad Races (Unique)], [Legacy of Man (Unique)], [Wisdom of the Hunter (Unique)], [Identify (Rare)], [Anomalous Arcane Soul (Mythical)], [Sage’s Meditation of Enlightenment (Sacred)], [Shroud of the Primordial (Divine)]

Bloodline: [Bloodline of the Primal Hunter (Bloodline Ability – Unique)]

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Regarding the stats, Jake had definitely made another great leap, with especially Perception having increased a lot after Jake started dumping all his Free Points into it. Jake had started feeling a little uncomfortable from Agility getting so close to his Perception stat, but he’d luckily removed such a gross sight from his status menu. He simply refused to see the day when Perception wasn’t by far his supremely highest stat, and why would he ever want that? Perception was the best stat, after all.

Another source of stats was Jake’s improved titles, with Dungeon Pioneer now maxed out, and, definitely more importantly, Mythical Prodigy had been upgraded to Sacred Prodigy. That alone had granted Jake a bunch of extra flat stats, but even an additional 10% to all stats over the title before, and in all honesty, this title alone had resulted in a bigger stat increase than all the levels. Or at least close to it. Jake couldn’t be arsed to do the math.

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Jake had also gained the Dragonslayer title, though he still wasn’t sure if that was a good or a bad thing. Bad because it told all dragons who laid eyes on Jake that he’d killed a dragon before, probably making many of them innately hostile, but also good, because it sounded really cool to call himself a Dragonslayer. So, yeah, all things being equal, a nice additional title to have.