Chapter 82: Huntress Queen

[The Class Skill: [Magic Rune: Wild Beast Path – Tier 1: Level 10/10] has Ranked Up to [Magic Rune: Wild Beast Path – Tier 2: Level 1/10].

[The Class Skill: [Archery – Tier 1: Level 10/10] has Ranked Up to [Sharpshooting Archery – Tier 2: Level 1/10].

[The Class Skill: [Healing Flame – Tier 1: Level 10/10] has Ranked Up to [Sacred Healing Flames – Tier 2: Level 1/10].

[The Class Skill: [Shadow Step – Tier 1: Level 10/10] has Ranked Up to [Shadow Steps – Tier 2: Level 1/10].]

“Not bad at all,” Brunhild said with a pleased smile, gently rubbing her chin. “The first skill kept its original name, but the others evolved nicely. Sharpshooting Archery, Sacred Healing Flames, and Shadow Steps. These are solid upgrades.”

She quickly checked her inventory and felt relieved to see that the rank-ups had not consumed too many cores and crystals. Everything remained well within acceptable limits for now. She was eager to test out her new abilities, but she knew she could not do so safely inside the house.

Ding!

[You have hunted several powerful monsters with your Hunting Skills.]

[The Effects of the [Huntress Queen (S)] Talent have been activated.]

[You have earned 23,500 Huntress Points.]

[You can use these Huntress Points to enhance your Hunting Abilities.]

“Oh right, this system…” Brunhild nodded with growing excitement. “Can you show me more details?”

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[Huntress Queen (S)] 

You are the queen of hunting. Whenever you hunt or enter large, wild areas filled with powerful creatures, you become stronger, more agile, and far more capable of moving across the land to track and capture prey with ease. You can quickly detect enemies from great distances, pursue them efficiently, hunt them down, and instinctively understand how to butcher each creature to extract the greatest possible value. 

When hunting monsters, you gain additional Experience, Skill Proficiency, and Huntress Points, which can be spent to enhance your Hunting Abilities. Those you teach will learn Hunting Arts with increased proficiency. This Talent enhances mastery over all weapons, but especially Bows and Knives. 

By fully developing every Path within a Branch, the Branch itself grows stronger and unlocks even more powerful Abilities. The maximum Tier for all Branches is 10.

{First Branch: Predator’s Perception – Tier 1 (Sensory & Tracking)}

[Keen Eyes of the Huntress: E- Rank] (Cost: 1,200) – Permanently improves long-distance vision and night vision. Allows you to spot hidden tracks, traps, and weak points on monsters with greater ease. 

[Scent of Blood and Fear: E Rank] (Cost: 2,500) – Greatly enhances your sense of smell. You can track prey by scent across many miles, even through water or heavy snow. It also helps detect fear, poison, and other subtle traces. 

[Instinctive Prey Sense: E+ Rank] (Cost: 4,000) – Passive danger intuition. You instinctively feel when you are being watched or stalked and can roughly gauge an enemy’s strength compared to your own. 

[Apex Hunter’s Domain: E++ Rank] (Cost: 8,000) – Mark an area as your personal hunting ground. Inside this domain, your senses and physical abilities sharpen dramatically while prey becomes noticeably slower. 

{Second Branch: Hunter’s Arsenal – Tier 1 (Weapon & Combat)}

[Bow Mastery: Phantom Arrow: E- Rank] (Cost: 1,800) – Your arrows gain a homing effect and can phase through light obstructions. 

[Blade Mastery: Skinning Edge: E Rank] (Cost: 2,000) – Knives and daggers deal 30% more damage and cutting power against hides, scales, and armor. Significantly improves butchering speed and quality. 

[Silent Strike: E Rank] (Cost: 3,500) – Your first attack from stealth deals 100% bonus damage. 

[Beast Weapon Reinforcement: E+ Rank] (Cost: 5,500) – Temporarily infuse weapons with the essence of slain beasts to gain temporary stat boosts or elemental effects. 

{Third Branch: Harvest & Adaptation – Tier 1 (Butchering & Resource)}

[Flawless Butchering: E- Rank] (Cost: 1,500) – You instinctively know the best way to harvest any creature. Increases the quality and quantity of materials obtained by 50%. Rare organs and blood cores appear more frequently. 

[Trophy Assimilation: E Rank] (Cost: 4,000) – Absorb certain trophies such as horns, fangs, eyes, or hearts to gain temporary or permanent minor abilities from the creature. 

[Resourceful Huntress: E+ Rank] (Cost: 6,000) – Automatically convert excess monster materials into useful crafting components or emergency rations while butchering. 

{Fourth Branch: Pack Hunter’s Bond – Tier 1 (Leadership & Support)}

[Teachings of the Queen: E- Rank] (Cost: 2,200) – Those you teach hunting techniques learn twice as fast. Slightly improves party synergy during hunts. 

[Hunter’s Aura: E Rank] (Cost: 3,800) – Share 20% of the bonuses from Huntress Queen with allies in your party, granting them increased stamina, sharper senses, and faster movement in wild areas. 

[Alpha’s Call: E++ Rank] (Cost: 7,500) – Boosts the combat power of tamed beasts, familiars, and allies by 25% while hunting. 

{Fifth Branch: Legendary Hunter Path (High-Tier / Locked)}

(Requires all other Branches to reach Tier 5)

Paths include Queen of the Eternal Hunt, Blood Moon Huntress, Stormchaser, and more. 

[Current Huntress Points: 23,500]

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“Huh, wow. This is basically a full Skill Tree,” Brunhild muttered as she carefully analyzed every option. “And they are all passive abilities too. This looks incredibly fun!”

She spent a long minute thinking deeply and weighing every choice. There were many strong options available. In the end, she decided the Fourth Branch would be the best investment for now. It would allow her companions to share a portion of her Huntress Queen power, and there was even a chance they could help her accumulate more Huntress Points together. After all, she only earned points when she personally took down prey, similar to how her old Soul Points system once worked.

Apex Hunter’s Domain also felt essential for the challenges ahead, so she chose to unlock that as well. Fortunately, she had more than enough points to purchase everything she wanted.

Ding!

[You have spent 2,200 Huntress Points.]

[Teachings of the Queen acquired!] 

[You have spent 3,800 Huntress Points.]

[Hunter’s Aura acquired!] 

[You have spent 7,500 Huntress Points.]

[Alpha’s Call acquired!] 

[You have spent 8,000 Huntress Points.]

[Apex Hunter’s Domain acquired!] 

[Remaining Huntress Points: 2,000] 

[Your {Fourth Branch: Pack Hunter’s Bond – Tier 1 (Leadership & Support)} has Ranked Up to Tier 2!]

[You can now upgrade the existing Paths even further.]

[A New Path has been unlocked.] 

[Loyal Pack: D Rank] (Cost: 8,500) – Deepen your bonds with companions and tamed beasts. Every time a major rank-up milestone is reached, your tamed beasts will receive a minor evolution or growth. 

“Oh! This sounds excellent!” Brunhild exclaimed, her eyes lighting up with excitement. “Damn it, I don’t have enough points right now…” She let out a small sigh. “Oh well. I can gather more later. There will definitely be plenty of enemies to hunt. For now, I think I’m done here.”

She nodded to herself. “Now I just need to check the Class Rank Up requirements…”

[Class Rank Up Requirements.]

[Five Tier 4 Magic/Spirit Beast Cores]: [5/5]

[Twenty-five Tier 2 Magic/Spirit Beast Cores]: [15/15]

[Fifty Tier 1 Magic/Spirit Beast Cores]: [50/50]

[Learn Ten Magic Spells]: [10/10]

[Predict 3 Events Accurately]: [3/3]

[Survive 3 Fatal Moments With Your Wits]: [3/3]

[Hunt Down Five Tier 3+ Formidable Creatures With Bow and Arrow]: [5/5]

[Assassinate Ten Targets Without Being Seen]: [10/10] 

“Wait a second… I have met every single condition?” Brunhild’s eyes widened in genuine shock. “I really did…!”

[You have met all Class Rank Up Requirements! Do you wish to Rank Up your Class?]

[Yes] [No] 

“I can do it right away,” Brunhild muttered, her voice soft with surprise. “What should I do? Should I go for it now?”

As she considered the decision, she still felt quite tired from the previous battles. Pushing herself immediately might not be the wisest choice if she wanted to avoid overexerting her body. Another window then appeared, providing a detailed summary of the rewards she had gained from the vampire treasure chest after defeating such a formidable foe.

Her eyes widened further as a satisfied smile spread across her face. The loot was truly impressive.

[You have opened the [Evolved Pure Blooded Vampire Alistair Treasure Chest (S Grade)] 

[You have received the following rewards]:

[Gold and Silver Coins] x 300+

[Mana Crystals (C+ Grade)] x 100+

[Spirit Crystals (C+ Grade)] x 100+

[High Elemental Crystals – Sunstone, Woodstone, Earthstone, Firestone, Windstone (A Grade)] x10+

[Blood Elixir (A Grade)] x10+

[Abyssal Blood Eye Dagger (A+ Grade)] x1

[Vampiric Rose Maiden Dress (A+ Grade)] x1

[Werebat Fang Visage Helmet (A+ Grade)] x1

[Trait Awakening Scroll (A+ Grade)] x1

[Vampire Skill Awakening Scroll (S Grade)] x1

[Vampire Profession Selection Scroll (S Grade)] x1 

“This gives me a much clearer picture of what I gained,” Brunhild said with a nod of approval. “Hey Sigrid, can you bring your dagger back? I want to try giving it a little boost.”

“Evolving it?” Sigrid called out from a distance. She quickly came running back, almost on all fours, her face bright with clear excitement about what her already powerful dagger might become. “Really?!” 

“Yeah, I want to try,” Brunhild replied. “I’ll evolve everything together. Let’s gather them first.” 

“Oh, okay!” Sigrid nodded eagerly.

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