The Primal Hunter

The Primal Hunter - Chapter 1410 - Aishalstromoz vs Jake (4)

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:36:08 GMT

As the Dragonsbane was undoubtedly ravaging through Aisha’s system, she nevertheless soldiered through, and before Jake had the chance to land any attacks, she made her move instead. He felt his poison do its job, but that still didn’t stop her as Aisha spread her wings and three words echoed that for some reason made a shiver run down his spine.

“Grace of Gold.”

The golden veil that had been closing in around them exploded silently, turning into countless motes of golden dust that started raining down upon the world. At the same time, Jake saw runes light up on every single one of Aisha’s scales, making her look like a glowing statue.

To his shock, he also felt that the Dragonsbane was being suppressed by an overwhelming power that didn’t even seem to belong to the True Dragon herself. It was as if all his control and ownership over his toxins had been sealed away, and as the golden motes of light got closer to him and entered his Pride domain, he also got a taste of their true nature.

How is that-

Before Jake could finish his thought, Aisha moved. She appeared in front of him instantly, far faster than before, barely giving him time to dodge. Twisting his body, Jake avoided the blow; at least he thought he did, but his danger sense didn’t subside, and a second blast of golden energy echoed after the slash as a golden claw appeared, slightly larger than the first hit, but following the same movement.

It scratched Jake right before fading away as a second real claw descended upon him from Aisha, this one also echoing in the same way. Dodging one attack was already hard enough, and while it didn’t sound hard to dodge the second echo if it was just a slightly larger version of the first blow, that wasn’t the case when one considered the overlaps.

Aisha unleashed a barrage of blows, golden echoes following every single one of them, overlapping and passing through one another and even Aisha’s own (...)

The Primal Hunter - Chapter 1409 - Aishalstromoz vs Jake (3)

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:36:05 GMT

The slumbering Dragonsbane within the True Dragon’s body was spread out and weak after the antidote, but much of it still remained. For now, Jake decided to keep it suppressed, though, at least until he could accumulate enough for it to have a proper effect. If he awakened it immediately, he was afraid she would crush it with sheer overwhelming energy, so better to wait a little.

Aisha clearly realized by now that her attempt to blind his senses hadn’t worked, and honestly, he thought she’d done research on him. If she had, she would have known such attacks were ineffective... then again, she likely didn’t know he got enough information purely from this Bloodline to not care.

One good thing about Willpower attacks was that they tended to just do their job as long as the person could be affected and the caster was powerful enough. Both of those criteria were fulfilled in this case, and She’d successfully sealed several of Jake’s senses, which would usually be utterly devastating for anyone, especially an archer. Unfortunately for her, he was just an outlier with a bullshit Bloodline, so even if she sealed every single sense of his, he would be fine relying solely on his sphere, intuition, and danger sense.

Switching up her attack pattern, Aisha spread out her wings as magical runes glowed on both of them, something Jake barely saw as his eyesight returned. The runes were complex, and he had no time to gain any insight before suddenly he experienced an extreme sense of vertigo.

Her wings looked like two giant eyes staring at him, disorienting him. He tried to dodge, but to his own surprise, his movements were impaired, and rather than dodge directly backward, he moved slightly to the side, resulting in a tail striking him in the stomach and sending him flying into a nearby mountain.

The environment's durability proved quite a detriment: the ground hurt a lot as the mountain barely took any damage, unable to absorb much of the impact. (...)

The Primal Hunter - Chapter 1408 - Aishalstromoz vs Jake (2)

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 15:36:03 GMT

Jake was really thrown off his game by the question, even if, again, he really shouldn’t have been. Villy consistently teased him about the fact that others would want his Bloodline, and seeing as his relationship with Artemis wasn’t public knowledge, it likely didn’t even seem like an extreme ask from the perspective of others.

Compared to others in the multiverse, Jake knew he was very conservative in that department. It wasn’t weird for powerful people to have many children, with S-grades sometimes having thousands and gods even more. The vast majority of these children would never live up to the potential of their parents, but other times, they would. Especially in cases where Bloodlines were involved.

Still, just the question itself made Jake uncomfortable, prompting him to quickly reject it while also launching another Powershot, the attack infused with a bit of his negative emotions toward the question.

“Yeah, that’s not gonna happen,” Jake said as the Powershot reached his target, but Aisha responded by shifting to the side with what looked like a pseudo-teleportation skill.

“I’m not interested, and even then, I’m already in a relationship with someone else, so it wouldn’t be solely my decision to make,” Jake answered honestly. Even if he wouldn’t outright reveal who he was in a relationship with, he had no issue revealing he was in one. Granted, it would definitely spawn a lot of rumors and intrigue, but who would ever guess he was with a Godqueen?

“Truly?” Aisha asked, sounding genuinely surprised. “With whom? No, I assume you would have included who if you were going to tell me.”

Her mana spiked yet again as magic circles appeared behind her, gathering power as all four of them started glowing with intense energy.

“But do allow me to clarify. I’m not asking for your firstborn, just a promise to give me one. Not to be insulting, but (...)

The Primal Hunter - Chapter 1407 - Aishalstromoz vs Jake (1)

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:36:01 GMT

Aishalstromoz couldn’t feel the exact position of the Chosen of the Malefic Viper, but she knew he was in the area. Not long ago, her tracking skill had become far less effective, making her assume he’d used his stealth skill. Even so, his presence lingered, and no matter how good his stealth skill was, he couldn’t hide perfectly.

It was truly fortunate that of the seven remaining Administrators, he was the only Dragonslayer among them; if not, her tracking skill wouldn’t have worked. It was one that had the ability to specifically track those with the Dragonslayer title, something that remained rare throughout the multiverse, especially in low-tier B-grade, as few B-grades could even hope to contest with True Dragons in the first place.

One must also be thankful that killing True Dragons within this simulated space doesn’t grant the Dragonslayer title either, she mentally noted; if it did, others would certainly have earned the title, given how many dragons had been killed during the event. It also had some interesting implications that one couldn’t earn the Dragonslayer title within this world. That likely meant titles such as Mighty Slayer weren’t available either. Perhaps for the best.

Slowing down her flight, she soon reached the point where her target had disappeared. Looking around, she naturally couldn’t spot him, and spreading out her senses and sending out a pulse of detection magic also didn’t yield any result. It was unsurprising that the Chosen had powerful stealth skills, so this was still within expectations.

Aisha was fully aware that targeting the Chosen of the Malefic Viper was risky, but she still decided to do so. Granted, there wasn’t anyone among the eight Administrators that wouldn’t be risky to target, but the hunter was definitely one of the three most dangerous ones.

So why did she do it? For many reasons, but pride was perhaps first and foremost. Not just her personal pride, but for the pride of (...)

The Primal Hunter - Chapter 1406 - Preparing For a Golden Opponent

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:36:03 GMT

Miranda was still working on integrating the new Prima Credits into the current budget, planning what to invest in next. More Teleportation Beacons were definitely a must, and she had also sent some reinforcements the way of their Vassal’s Territory, seeing as the Behemoth had been slain. While she didn’t think it would happen, Miranda did have to consider if some other faction had been waiting to take advantage, and as their Vassal, they should at least defend it.

Just then, as Miranda was thinking about where to place a small outpost, she was notified that an Administrator had returned to the Territory from within the Central Domain. She instantly checked who it was, and as she did, she also realized that more Prima Credits had suddenly been deposited, making her open her eyes wide.

“What in the actual...” she muttered before getting up from her chair and rushing to where those exiting the Central Domain would appear. She quickly made her way overt and found William waiting for her alongside Lillian who'd gotten there first.

The young metal mage didn’t look surprised upon seeing them as he nodded. “I’ve returned, Ms. Wells.”

“I can see that,” Miranda commented, too much in a rush to bother with pleasantries. “What happened within the Central Domain? Tramon and the Behemoth died, you and Jake both got a truckload of Prima Credits, and Holstred reported that many of the Territories seem to lack their crucial elites.”

“Aggressively expanding during the next month would be smart, given the majority of top geniuses part of the event died today,” William nodded. “As for how it happened...”

William proceeded to explain what had gone down within the Central Domain, from the jungle and desert to the Palace of Abundance. From his explanation, she could already tell this was an event with an extreme death rate compared to the usual, and when he got to those antechambers, it was downright ridiculous.

Definitely the kind of scenario (...)

The Primal Hunter - Chapter 1405 - A Little Bonus Event

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:36:01 GMT

The atmosphere in the room instantly changed as the words of the Abundant Emperor lingered. In retrospect, perhaps one shouldn’t have been surprised. While it wasn’t odd for a system event to reward everyone who made it into a certain ranking, such as the top 10, the system also absolutely loved to single out one person to get an even better reward.

Even if this wasn’t a typical system event, that still seemed to be the case. Given his wording, the antechambers had only been a warm-up for the real fight between the eleven of them,

“You really should have expected this,” the Abundant Emperor chuckled. “Now, with your questions done, we should move on to the final event of this stage. You may have been wondering what happened to all the many treasures obtained by the Administrators who fell within the antechambers, and I have some good news for you. They’re up for grabs. Their value in Prima Credits, that is.”

Hearing what the bonus would be, Jake had to admit it didn’t even sound that great. Would it be a lot of Credits? Sure, but compared to the title and other rewards, this really did fit the bill as just a bonus.

“Not that excited, eh?” the Abundant Emperor said, seeing their reaction. “I’m not going to give the exact amount, but there are a lot of Prima Credits there. You’ll also come to realize that Prima Credits will only become more and more important as time goes on. Just as a teaser, one of the things Prima Credits can be used for in the next stage of the event is to bring in reinforcements from the outside.”

That did make the Administrators a bit more invested, as the emperor continued.

“Moving on. The winner gets 50%, second place 25%, third 10%, with fourth and fifth getting 5% each, with the final 5% split among the bottom five. Based on this, it shouldn’t be hard to figure out that unless one places decently high, the reward will be rather lacking,” the Abundant Emperor said. “I know that usually for events like (...)

The Primal Hunter - Chapter 1404 - Q&A

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 15:36:08 GMT

Jake liked getting titles. Probably not a very controversial statement; in fact, he’d dare venture that most shared that sentiment. Titles that gave stats were even better. Granted, +500 to all stats and a 5% increase to his highest stat wasn’t amazing, and of all the titles he had that gave stats – all the unique ones that had some difficulty to obtain, anyway, not counting stuff like Dungeoneer or Forerunner – this was probably the worst one.

500 to all stats sounded great, and it was definitely still impactful, but as a B-grade, it really wasn’t a lot. Even before all percentage amplifiers, Jake had close to 250,000 total stats, so adding 4500 wasn’t going to be massively impactful, but it was effectively around 2% extra stats. A bonus that would only become less and less with every level in B-grade, but still, Jake wasn’t going to complain.

Especially not when one also factored in that this title could be upgraded. Upgradeable titles were super rare, as they usually weren’t, while it wasn’t odd for titles to have several tiers depending on the event; one would just get one of them at the conclusion of said event. Instead, maybe due to the sheer length of this one, it gave a title fairly early on.

Other aspects that could probably also be upgraded were the two, maybe three, other things the title also did. He wasn’t sure if the increased connection to the Seat of the Exalted Prima and the World of the Exalted Prima should be considered the same, as the Seat was more or less just the place required to enter the simulation, with nothing particularly interesting about the space station right now. Of course, that could change, but for now, having an increased connection to the place didn’t strike him as impactful.

Wait... unless it makes it easier to come and go there, Jake suddenly had a realization. Leaving the Seat of the Exalted Prima would mean you couldn’t return for an entire year under current rules, but what if this title (...)

The Primal Hunter - Chapter 1403 - By the Grace of the Abundant Emperor

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 15:36:11 GMT

Everyone else was staring as the Abundant Emperor entered the room, though probably for different reasons. Some were definitely surprised by his size, as rather than actually fitting the room’s massive scope, he was only about five meters tall. Besides that, the Abundant Emperor did look like a regular cyclops, though he was wearing way nicer clothes than any other.

Another reason for staring was that he’d entered the room alongside the eleventh Administrator, which, quite frankly, didn’t make any sense, since this event was clearly limited to ten people. However, the existence of another Administrator was less shocking than what that Administrator and the Abundant Emperor were doing.

The eleventh Administrator was currently sitting on the Emperor’s outstretched arm like a perched bird, with the two of them talking happily while walking into the room, neither bothering to even look at the ten Administrators waiting for them. Only when they got closer did something else happen, as the projection of the Majordomo appeared floating above the throne.

“All welcome His Majesty and lord of this palace, the Abundant Emperor!” the cyclops said, then looked around, confused for a moment, until he spotted the Abundant Emperor walking slowly below. The Majordomo did a double-take before clearing his throat. “Such magnanimity! To take a smaller form to better meet the guests. Truly kindness worthy of an emperor!”

Yeah, it didn’t even sound like the Majordomo believed his own words, but oh well, he clearly had a job. The Abundant Emperor looked up and gave the Majordomo a nod before suddenly disappearing, only to reappear on the bottom step of the massive stairway leading up to the throne.

He regarded the ten Administrators for a moment before turning his attention to the eleventh, with whom he had entered.

“You were right that guests would arrive,” the Abundant Emperor said with a smile.

“Yep!” (...)

The Primal Hunter - Chapter 1402 - Throne Room

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 15:36:03 GMT

Jake sat in meditation as he was suddenly woken up by the loud sound of something moving. Through his sphere, he saw that the huge door in the room had started opening, and a second later, the familiar projection of the Cyclops Majordomo popped into existence from the portal-like doorway.

The cyclops regarded Jake for a few moments before sighing. “You should have had time to study the material given to you, right? Wait, don’t answer; I’m just going to assume you have and live with the knowledge I did all I could to prepare you, and whatever happens next is entirely on you.”

Again, Jake couldn’t help but hope that somehow the final stage of this Central Domain scenario would involve being able to beat the damn Majordomo up for being such an asshole. Alas, as things were, he could only play along as he stood up, not even bothering to answer the cyclops.

That didn’t seem to bother the Majordomo at all as he motioned behind him. “Simply pass through this door, and you’ll join the others for the audience with the Abundant Emperor in the throne room. I’ll bring you all in together, so there might be a slight delay dependent on how fast one is to enter the gate. Which is to say that you standing there might keep others waiting.”

Suppressing his continued annoyance, Jake walked towards the gate, not being overly in a rush, nor being too slow. Soon enough, he walked through the glowing door into what was clearly a portal, appearing in a massive white void, which he could only guess was effectively a waiting room.

So he waited, and after another twenty or so seconds, Jake felt himself being transported elsewhere. The next thing he knew, Jake found himself standing within a massive hall that was naturally also cyclops-sized. He was standing with giant steps in front of him leading up to a gaudy throne, with everything made with overly intricate designs and way too much gold.

Pillars were placed down (...)

The Primal Hunter - Chapter 1401 - A Hateful Path

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 15:36:06 GMT

“What the fuck is Jake doing!?” Miranda questioned as she paced back and forth, looking at the newly updated Prima Credits balance available to her. “Is he killing half the Administrators in the event or what!?”

During Jake’s stay in the Central Domain, there were occasional bursts of Prima Credits from killing other Administrators as well as from gathering treasures and whatnot. The points had been decent so far, though it had slowed down recently. Perhaps the event had reached a stage where one didn’t earn many Credits but instead competed for greater rewards. Either way, it didn’t matter much, as Miranda was doing fine with the Credits available to her.

Holstred was still on an absolute tear, and recently they’d even made contact with another Territory belonging to the Pantheon of Life, establishing an alliance immediately and making it far easier to defend their existing area, as now at least one more border was covered by an ally.

The larger their Territory got, the more difficult it was to keep track of everything and ensure every border was monitored and defended, but again, Miranda believed she was doing a pretty good job with the assistance of Kindroth and Lillian.

“I would guess the system forced some kind of confrontation between Administrators,” Lillian voiced her thoughts. “Perhaps some kind of tournament?”

“If it is a tournament, it must be a free-for-all based on how many people he’s killed,” Miranda muttered, a bit annoyed there wasn’t more information on where Prima Credits came from. All she had was a log that mentioned the person who supplied the Credits, with no further information. Definitely not up to proper invoicing standards in her opinion.

“Tramon also provided some points,” Lillian added, also having the privilege to check the log. “Not as many, but some. It’s stopped, though.”

Miranda suddenly remembered a special object she’d avoided buying thus far and quickly checked for it.

Truesoul (...)