The Insider System

Chapter 329: Hunted

Lake had just killed his fifth animal since coming here to this forest. He still hadn't unlocked a new job though so he continued his search. It was kind of annoying that jobs weren't available to everyone for the same reason or frequency since he didn't have an unlimited amount of time to stay here and kill animals.

The amount of Exp also wasn't impressive since these were just basic animals so if he didn't get the job within the hour he planned to move on and see a bit more of the Earth Domain before he had to head back. Finding another animal, Lake walked up to it with Mute active and shot his arrow into the back of its head like he had done the last few times.

It didn't quite match the spirit of hunting to kill like this but at the speed he could move it was kind of ridiculous to shoot at them from a distance since he was faster than the arrows his current bow shot out. With this kill also failing to unlock a job Lake moved on to find some more things to shoot.

After a while he identified another way he wasn't really acting like a hunter and wondered if the fact he just left the meat of all the animals behind made it so he wasn't actually hunting. This was truly more like killing so he decided to make a meal out of the next thing he shot to see if that would help the forces that granted jobs give him what he wanted.

Finding some type of large animal hiding in a hole next Lake decided it wasn't worth the time to get it out and left it alive. This place had something he could shoot at every minute or so so leaving something alone wasn't really much of a setback time wise. He also didn't think something that lived in a hole would taste very good to someone like him who had eaten almost exclusively the finest food on the planet for months.

After a while he saw something he could see himself eating even in his last life and decided to handle it like he was actually hunting. Getting low he slowly moved forward and once he was about 30 feet away he took an arrow out and drew the bow back before taking the shot.

He was truly still inexperienced when it came to actually shooting an arrow that he couldn't just control as it flew so he was slightly surprised when it hit close to where he had been aiming on the animal. It seemed the bow wasn't strong enough to kill right away with anything other than a headshot so when the animal started to run he just closely followed it by tracking the blood like a normal person would have to.

Before long he found the deer laying on the ground and finished it off with his knife. He was about to get to taking the meat off and taking its core when he heard the noise and saw the message that he had finally unlocked Hunter. Lake didn't look at the details right away though because he still planned to cook the meat and this would give him something to do while he ate.

His decision didn't stop him from getting excited though since he had long suspected that Hunter might be an Unique job like Archer was but the amount of trouble he had while unlocking it did make him question if that would be the case since so far he hadn't struggled in getting a single job that was Unique.

Once he had a nice piece of meat off of the deer, Lake left the rest for the animals of the forest to eat and started a small fire with the help of his magic. Once it was cooking he pulled up the details of the new job.

Hunter (C) Lv.1

On level up:

Agility 1

Perception 1

Exp conditions:

Kills

Bonus Exp conditions:

X2 Kills On Animals

Skills from job:

Lake was slightly disappointed in the fact this wasn't a Unique job but got over it when he remembered he really just wanted more Perception and Legendary skills which were just as good as Unique were possible with even Common jobs. He had a very small chance of getting something really good that could open up new possibilities for him to fight differently if he was ever in a situation where his current capabilities were lacking for some reason.

Setting Hunter as his new job, Lake turned the meat in front of him so he could cook the other side as well. He wasn't someone who had done much cooking ever but he understood the basics enough to know if you didn't flip meat one side would burn while the other would be raw especially when it was as thick as the piece he was cooking now.

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"There're clouds spinning up ahead. This is exciting, it's been years since I've actually seen a demigod." Tiff found the Oracle being excited odd but she understood this was another sign of just how much the Oracle trusted in the God of Metals decisions. The God of Metal believed she would be safe so so did she.

It was kind of nice but Tiff didn't think she could ever trust in a god that much. It would be one thing if there was only one or they all got along and were working together but the gods were fighting against each other and eventually one would probably win. She didn't think the oracle understood this fact well since the God of Metal hadn't been at war and she had never had to worry about how tricky the Demon Lord could be.

Any time you went into battle with people who were taking orders from the Demon Lord they could do something that you weren't expecting and you could lose your life. Feeling the mana sweep across her body Tiff tried her best to identify which demigod it was who had just descended.

She was pretty sure it was death mana so that meant Mezull had been sent after them. She wasn't sure though because it was hard to identify the principles of a type of magic that you couldn't use. "The God of Metal said it's a demigod named Mezull." It seemed she had gotten it right but it was only because she was pretty sure it was the same mana that she had felt during her trip to the Light Domain.

"He's the Death element. I'm sure you've heard of it since you were dealing with Death curses just the other day." The Oracle didn't seem surprised by what the Temple Head had just said and Tiff guessed it was because the God of Metal had mentioned that already. "Yes it will be a real shame when it becomes a real element. Dealing with those curses was already dangerous."

Tiff seemed to be able to find fault with everything the Oracle said and wished she would just be quiet. Saying Mezull would eventually ascend was the same as saying they would eventually lose the fight against the Demon Lord. She wasn't saying it couldn't happen eventually since they had been fighting for a very long time and the Demon Lord came back every time they killed him thanks to his followers but she hoped it wouldn't be during this war.

She was also hoping they would be able to clear out some of the Demigods and giants that followed the Demon Lord on the off chance he was able to ascend so it would only be him alone. A single god wouldn't be able to affect them all as much as two or more and it would only be really bad in the place the Demon Lord chose to be his domain.

"Hopefully that never happens. With a god like Mezull this world won't be much different from the ones the original six came from." It seemed the Temple Head had heard the same hidden meaning to what the oracle had just said as she had. The Temple Head never spoke about the world the gods came from because they didn't know much but most people had heard just how dark older worlds tended to be.

Not just from the gods either since people sometimes traveled worlds with knowledge about other places and Tiff knew compared to the stories she had heard this world was paradise as long as you weren't around Demon Worshipers who gained power from killing others. If she had never been given Holy affinity she would probably still be living a peaceful life with her family.

This was truly one of the only selling points in the argument that had kept an evil god like the Demon Lord from being allowed to ascend. As soon as they gave up in stopping him the world would get darker permanently since you could never truly extinguish a god from their world. Even the Holy Goddess would be back eventually no matter what the Demon Lord did to slow down the process.