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The Primal Hunter #3
The Primal Hunter 3
Finally, back on Earth, Jake has to adapt and evolve as his hunt continues...
With a huge open planet before him, Jake has literally grown wings as he begins his conquest of the local wildlife. With his newfound freedom, he finds his true Path as a hunter. All the while trying to avoid the responsibilities of having founded the first city on the planet. Oh, and bird friends.
Meanwhile, all across Earth, Pylons of Civilization are claimed. Cities are constructed, humanity beginning to regain its foothold. Factions grow and expand as political alliances are formed and professional relations are created, as godly and mortal factions alike move to establish themselves as the dominant force on Earth.
None of which Jake cares too much about while he finds himself far too busy doing what is truly important in life:
Hunting, alchemy, and getting that D-grade evolution.
With a huge open planet before him, Jake has literally grown wings as he begins his conquest of the local wildlife. With his newfound freedom, he finds his true Path as a hunter. All the while trying to avoid the responsibilities of having founded the first city on the planet. Oh, and bird friends.
Meanwhile, all across Earth, Pylons of Civilization are claimed. Cities are constructed, humanity beginning to regain its foothold. Factions grow and expand as political alliances are formed and professional relations are created, as godly and mortal factions alike move to establish themselves as the dominant force on Earth.
None of which Jake cares too much about while he finds himself far too busy doing what is truly important in life:
Hunting, alchemy, and getting that D-grade evolution.
668 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 30, 2022
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September 7, 2022
Rating 4.5 stars
It looks like this series has finally found it's stride. In the last couple of years there have been some epic litprg books. He who fights with monsters, Defiance of the Fall. Then there was this series. I would have initially put this book in third place out of those series after the first 2 books. He who fights with monsters was great but then book 6 was really bad. Defiance of the Fall was all about fighting and got a little stale. This is the only one where I think the series has gotten better. The things that were missing in the previous books were there now. Plus, most importantly this book had something the other ones lacked. The MC's purpose. The other books the MCs are all about gaining more power so they can either fight or survive. In this one the MC isn't looking for power. He is a hunter. The system has given him a chance to finally be himself. He is doing things he loves to do. Not for power but because that is what he wants to do. The power will come. He is looking for more challenges. A good fight, a good challenge. He pushes himself because he wants to push his limits. Not for some arbitrary power level, but so he can be strong enough to meet harder challenges. While Jack is a loner he now has more interaction with at least some people, Villy, and the hawks he befriended in the last book. They give a good balance. Him being alone all the time didn't lead to a balanced reading experience. This one is much more balanced and as such much more enjoyable. The best in the series so far. I hope it just keeps getting better.
It looks like this series has finally found it's stride. In the last couple of years there have been some epic litprg books. He who fights with monsters, Defiance of the Fall. Then there was this series. I would have initially put this book in third place out of those series after the first 2 books. He who fights with monsters was great but then book 6 was really bad. Defiance of the Fall was all about fighting and got a little stale. This is the only one where I think the series has gotten better. The things that were missing in the previous books were there now. Plus, most importantly this book had something the other ones lacked. The MC's purpose. The other books the MCs are all about gaining more power so they can either fight or survive. In this one the MC isn't looking for power. He is a hunter. The system has given him a chance to finally be himself. He is doing things he loves to do. Not for power but because that is what he wants to do. The power will come. He is looking for more challenges. A good fight, a good challenge. He pushes himself because he wants to push his limits. Not for some arbitrary power level, but so he can be strong enough to meet harder challenges. While Jack is a loner he now has more interaction with at least some people, Villy, and the hawks he befriended in the last book. They give a good balance. Him being alone all the time didn't lead to a balanced reading experience. This one is much more balanced and as such much more enjoyable. The best in the series so far. I hope it just keeps getting better.
March 30, 2026
Things are really shaping up in a fun way. Purpose. Friends. An endless parade of super strong monsters he really, really shouldn't be trying to take on. And snark with his god-friend. Heretic, indeed. Muahahahahaha
This particular volume has some pretty great pacing and developments. And animal friends are pretty damn great to make it super easy for us readers to sympathize even more with the MC. It's a no-brainer. One might say it's instinctual.
I do like how the settlement is handled, the way it is growing. Never outstaying its welcome in the text, while being meaningful.
I'm looking forward to see how far this'll go.
This particular volume has some pretty great pacing and developments. And animal friends are pretty damn great to make it super easy for us readers to sympathize even more with the MC. It's a no-brainer. One might say it's instinctual.
I do like how the settlement is handled, the way it is growing. Never outstaying its welcome in the text, while being meaningful.
I'm looking forward to see how far this'll go.
December 25, 2025
Enganche máximo a estos libros.
Un vicio de los buenos, de los de "sólo un capítulo más que ya tengo sueño" a las 11 de la noche y acabar durmiendo a la 1.
Del tirón a por el siguiente.
Un vicio de los buenos, de los de "sólo un capítulo más que ya tengo sueño" a las 11 de la noche y acabar durmiendo a la 1.
Del tirón a por el siguiente.
May 29, 2025
في الجزء ده، جاك بيواجه تحديات جديدة، زي السيطرة على أول بايلون، وبتتأسس علاقة غريبة وممتعة بينه وبين حدأة، وكمان علاقته مع فيلي بتتعقد، وده بيضيف طبقات إضافية للقصة. الأكشن في الرواية بيضرب مستوى عالي، مع معارك مشوقة زي القتال مع عناصر السحاب والدفاع عن المدينة، وده بيخلي القارئ مشدود للقصة، خصوصاً في الأوقات اللي بيحس فيها بالتوتر النفسي من البقاء على قيد الحياة.
الشخصيات في الرواية بتعتبر ممتازة، خصوصاً تطور جاك من شخص عادي لصياد قوي، وصداقته مع الحدأة بتضيف طابع فريد. الشخصيات الجانبية كمان بتكون قوية ومساهمة في القصة، زي فيلي، اللي علاقته مع جاك بتكون مليان تعقيد وفكاهة. الإيقاع بيبني التوتر تدريجياً، لحد ما يوصل لمعارك وحشية.
الشخصيات في الرواية بتعتبر ممتازة، خصوصاً تطور جاك من شخص عادي لصياد قوي، وصداقته مع الحدأة بتضيف طابع فريد. الشخصيات الجانبية كمان بتكون قوية ومساهمة في القصة، زي فيلي، اللي علاقته مع جاك بتكون مليان تعقيد وفكاهة. الإيقاع بيبني التوتر تدريجياً، لحد ما يوصل لمعارك وحشية.
June 18, 2026
Nothing happens in this book. It should be called "man hunts with bird who can't speak English for 18 hours"
September 4, 2022
My enjoyment is waning. There was only one conflict in the whole story, (I'm not talking about the ubiquitous fighting). The rest of the time the book seemed focused on leveling, to a ridiculous degree.
The grammar is still pretty bad... incorrect verb tenses and regular malapropisms.
The protagonist is a relatable and likable character, which is one of the few things still drawing me forward.
The grammar is still pretty bad... incorrect verb tenses and regular malapropisms.
The protagonist is a relatable and likable character, which is one of the few things still drawing me forward.
September 15, 2022
Post tutorial Earth has changed immensely
As everyone returns from the tutorial, new challenges await them as the race for Pylons of Civilization, a key for developing cities in the new remade Earth.
The system has brought untold change and chances to grow your power. Jake attacks these like a man possessed claiming the first pylon on Earth. He stands at the top of those he knows but much has changed with the end of the tutorial, only time will tell how much has changed.
But for now, Jake has a city that he finds someone to run for him while he goes to grow in levels and power. Along the way he befriends a hawk who becomes a close companion during hunts on a cloud island. Eventually introducing Jake to his mate and their egg. Which is why the hawk has been fighting with Jake and taking as many beast gems or orbs as he can get from the island.
Jake’s eventual evolution to D grade is near the end but just opens up even more avenues for growth.
We also get a much clearer view of how the system sees his relationship with Villy. It is complex and tied tighter than either could have predicted.
Oh and the egg hatches into an adorable chick who quickly grows through the early levels. Another great arc in the story of the progenitor Jake Thayne of the 93rd universe,
As everyone returns from the tutorial, new challenges await them as the race for Pylons of Civilization, a key for developing cities in the new remade Earth.
The system has brought untold change and chances to grow your power. Jake attacks these like a man possessed claiming the first pylon on Earth. He stands at the top of those he knows but much has changed with the end of the tutorial, only time will tell how much has changed.
But for now, Jake has a city that he finds someone to run for him while he goes to grow in levels and power. Along the way he befriends a hawk who becomes a close companion during hunts on a cloud island. Eventually introducing Jake to his mate and their egg. Which is why the hawk has been fighting with Jake and taking as many beast gems or orbs as he can get from the island.
Jake’s eventual evolution to D grade is near the end but just opens up even more avenues for growth.
We also get a much clearer view of how the system sees his relationship with Villy. It is complex and tied tighter than either could have predicted.
Oh and the egg hatches into an adorable chick who quickly grows through the early levels. Another great arc in the story of the progenitor Jake Thayne of the 93rd universe,
September 1, 2022
Wow again Zogarth writes up another winner. But with so much goin' on I find it hard to review.
With Jake's arrangements for his city, like ummmm a city of five mind you, he feels comfortable enough to isolate himself and explore his new upgrades. 'Cause he may have wings but he really doesn't fly well. For some reason a monster hawk befriends him not only giving him flight lessons but he starts helping Jake build up his stats. And, soon this budding friendship becomes beneficial to both as Hawkie and Jake both build up their strength. I simply loved watching this friendship grow!
This book is told from several POV's and Travis Baldree one of the best narrators ever, doesn't trip up!
So grab the audiobook because Travis has a story to tell you!
Here's a quote that amused me...
"Dispite it's Fuckedidness it was still impressive."
With Jake's arrangements for his city, like ummmm a city of five mind you, he feels comfortable enough to isolate himself and explore his new upgrades. 'Cause he may have wings but he really doesn't fly well. For some reason a monster hawk befriends him not only giving him flight lessons but he starts helping Jake build up his stats. And, soon this budding friendship becomes beneficial to both as Hawkie and Jake both build up their strength. I simply loved watching this friendship grow!
This book is told from several POV's and Travis Baldree one of the best narrators ever, doesn't trip up!
So grab the audiobook because Travis has a story to tell you!
Here's a quote that amused me...
"Dispite it's Fuckedidness it was still impressive."
March 31, 2026
The first two books were okay. Enjoyable read and scratched the itch of a fun litRPG after catching up to DCC and Chrysalis.
My main takeaway is that this is a classic, OP MC story. There is little to no sense of true danger or consequence during fights. Every few chapters he receives a new tool or advantage that is far above the skill level for someone of his rank because he’s special.
The pacing is slow. The book started as an easy fun read, but I quickly lost interest and found myself skimming the majority of the content looking for when the side stories of testing overpowered skills would turn into actual plot advancement.
DNF.
My main takeaway is that this is a classic, OP MC story. There is little to no sense of true danger or consequence during fights. Every few chapters he receives a new tool or advantage that is far above the skill level for someone of his rank because he’s special.
The pacing is slow. The book started as an easy fun read, but I quickly lost interest and found myself skimming the majority of the content looking for when the side stories of testing overpowered skills would turn into actual plot advancement.
DNF.
March 21, 2025
I'm liking the series ok. I feel like this series will improve as it goes for me. This particular book wasn't really anything extra special or memorable, but like many LitRPG series, it takes time to get rolling. Looking forward to book 4 sooner than later. Will be talking about it more on my YouTube channel, BellTube. Listened on audible and enjoyed Travis Baldree's performance.
April 6, 2026
Kuunneltu. Kuin ihmeen kaupalla kirja löytää uusia suuntia viedä tarinaa, mutta samalla kadottamatta sitä mistä pidin aiemmissa kirjoissa. Seuraavaan kirjaan lähtiessä odotukset ovat korkealla
August 30, 2025
Un tome qui me fait aimer encore plus la saga, avec des phases vraiment variées, alternant combats épiques (ben oui, quand même), phases plus calmes et émotionnelles (Sylphie FTW), construction et gestion de la colonie, pratique de l'alchimie... Bref, toutes les facettes de Jake et de la nouvelle Terre sont abordées dans ce nouveau tome et c'était passionnant, drôle, entraînant, c'est vraiment la saga Lit-RPG préférée !
September 2, 2022
While I feel that it could have been tightened up a bit, it continues to be an engaging read. I'm a bit curious about the pacing, as there were a lot of other PoVs in the last book, less in this one, but it'll be book 4 where they become relevant.
The MC of a book tends to be the make-or-break element for me, and I like this guy well enough to keep reading about him. He has no hand-wringing about killing people who are evil arseholes, and that's as it should be. At the same time he isn't a crusading white knight, and that works for me too. Enlightened self-interest is my approach to the universe, so I like to read about people like that. I do think he should hook up with his 2iC, since most people think he already doing so, but that isn't where this story is going.
The MC of a book tends to be the make-or-break element for me, and I like this guy well enough to keep reading about him. He has no hand-wringing about killing people who are evil arseholes, and that's as it should be. At the same time he isn't a crusading white knight, and that works for me too. Enlightened self-interest is my approach to the universe, so I like to read about people like that. I do think he should hook up with his 2iC, since most people think he already doing so, but that isn't where this story is going.
September 2, 2022
Exhilarating story
I was extremely excited to get to read this, and now I'm anticipating the next book. I love the way Jake is growing, and that he acknowledges his weaknesses. Kinda disappointed that there weren't any reunions for Jake, but I'm pretty sure there will be in the next book. The upgrades to his skills, class, and profession always surprise me. The friendship he can cultivate with pretty much any being is hilarious and refreshing. Ending a book with the dare to fate of "what could possibly go wrong" made me laugh. That just shows that the next book will be exciting too.
I was extremely excited to get to read this, and now I'm anticipating the next book. I love the way Jake is growing, and that he acknowledges his weaknesses. Kinda disappointed that there weren't any reunions for Jake, but I'm pretty sure there will be in the next book. The upgrades to his skills, class, and profession always surprise me. The friendship he can cultivate with pretty much any being is hilarious and refreshing. Ending a book with the dare to fate of "what could possibly go wrong" made me laugh. That just shows that the next book will be exciting too.
September 2, 2022
I am smitten with this series. I was angry when I reached the end of the audiobook only because I wanted more. The MC's ADD ramblings are great. The MC is living my dream (which I often do as well) where they do all the fun stuff and leave the middle management to others. I started re-listening the morning after finishing. Second listen was a skimming to complex or particularly good parts.
February 15, 2026
This story is getting better and better , really enjoying
Almost done with 13 waiting on 14 so going around the horn again to see what i may have missed going through these to ravenously.3-9-26
Almost done with 13 waiting on 14 so going around the horn again to see what i may have missed going through these to ravenously.3-9-26
August 23, 2026
This was just another great installment in the world of The Primal Hunter. These books are huge, but they just go by so fast that you do not notice that you are reading 150 pages a day at times. As the pages turn, Jake becomes even more powerful. What I really liked about this book was not necessarily the power building, but more so the connection that Jake is developing with the Hawks, especially Slyphie, as I feel she will play an important role in Jake's future, and of course, Miranda.
Right when I started this book, I did not want to read about Jake flying around with Hawkie, but over time, the writing won me over, and I grew to love the connection the characters had to each other. It feels genuine and real. And I liked the growing pains that Jake had with Miranda as he struggles to trust her with his city. It goes with his entire backstory, especially when she sends the "distress" signal that she is going to try and take the city away from him, but in reality, just needs Jake's help. That scene with Jake just going ham against the intruders is great.
There are sections where Jake could use his power to dominate but doesn't, like when he is trying to get Philip to join him. I think these moments are needed for Jake's development so that he does not lose himself into becoming truly primal.
The one fight that I did not like in this book was against the Mindmage. I just have never liked mind magic before.
Another fantastic trait that I love in this book is that whenever Jake is faced with a choice to copy or mimic the malefic viper in stats or skills, even if it is more powerful, he doesn't. he sticks with himself because he knows that he does not want to be the viper, he wants to be the hunter that eventually kills the viper and i love that the author is sticking to this.
I am excited to continue this series now that Jake is D-Grade and to see where the world takes him and how he will become more powerful to overcome his obstacles.
Right when I started this book, I did not want to read about Jake flying around with Hawkie, but over time, the writing won me over, and I grew to love the connection the characters had to each other. It feels genuine and real. And I liked the growing pains that Jake had with Miranda as he struggles to trust her with his city. It goes with his entire backstory, especially when she sends the "distress" signal that she is going to try and take the city away from him, but in reality, just needs Jake's help. That scene with Jake just going ham against the intruders is great.
There are sections where Jake could use his power to dominate but doesn't, like when he is trying to get Philip to join him. I think these moments are needed for Jake's development so that he does not lose himself into becoming truly primal.
The one fight that I did not like in this book was against the Mindmage. I just have never liked mind magic before.
Another fantastic trait that I love in this book is that whenever Jake is faced with a choice to copy or mimic the malefic viper in stats or skills, even if it is more powerful, he doesn't. he sticks with himself because he knows that he does not want to be the viper, he wants to be the hunter that eventually kills the viper and i love that the author is sticking to this.
I am excited to continue this series now that Jake is D-Grade and to see where the world takes him and how he will become more powerful to overcome his obstacles.
January 3, 2026
Primal Hunter 3 is where Zogarth evolves to a D-grade author. They finally stop tripping over the basics and start running with the story.
To be clear, this is a pivotal improvement. Where the earlier entries often felt unedited and amateurish, Book 3 shows real, tangible growth. The prose isn’t elegant, but it’s competent—and after the slog of the previous books, that alone feels miraculous. Fewer spelling and grammatical errors (not zero), cleaner sentences, and far less friction between the reader and the page.
More importantly, Jake’s story here is genuinely captivating. This installment benefits enormously from a semi–self-contained arc, giving the narrative shape, momentum, and—finally—satisfying payoff. The progression is addictive, the tension sustained, and the pacing tight enough that “just one more chapter” becomes the default state.
This is easily the strongest entry in the series so far. I blazed through it, thoroughly engrossed from start to finish, and for the first time since starting Primal Hunter, I’m not continuing out of stubbornness—I’m continuing out of excitement.
If Zogarth can maintain this level of quality, the series may actually be worth reading after all.
To be clear, this is a pivotal improvement. Where the earlier entries often felt unedited and amateurish, Book 3 shows real, tangible growth. The prose isn’t elegant, but it’s competent—and after the slog of the previous books, that alone feels miraculous. Fewer spelling and grammatical errors (not zero), cleaner sentences, and far less friction between the reader and the page.
More importantly, Jake’s story here is genuinely captivating. This installment benefits enormously from a semi–self-contained arc, giving the narrative shape, momentum, and—finally—satisfying payoff. The progression is addictive, the tension sustained, and the pacing tight enough that “just one more chapter” becomes the default state.
This is easily the strongest entry in the series so far. I blazed through it, thoroughly engrossed from start to finish, and for the first time since starting Primal Hunter, I’m not continuing out of stubbornness—I’m continuing out of excitement.
If Zogarth can maintain this level of quality, the series may actually be worth reading after all.
September 2, 2026
J'avais un peu peur qu'après le tutoriel, la saga perde ce qui faisait son charme... mais pas du tout ! Au contraire, le monde s'agrandit, les enjeux montent d'un cran et j'ai vraiment l'impression que tout ne fait que commencer.
Jake me régale toujours autant. Sa façon de vivre les événements, sa soif d'aventure et cette envie constante de devenir plus fort me plaisent énormément. Et surtout, j'adore voir évoluer le « jeu ». Les règles changent, le monde s'ouvre et chaque nouvelle découverte donne encore plus envie de continuer.
Entre le Pylône de Civilisation, les factions, les créatures, les élémentaires, les champignons et toutes les joyeusetés qui cherchent à tuer Jake... il y a de quoi faire !
Et puis l'aigle ! J'ai adoré cette rencontre (on le voit déjà dans le tome précédent mais c'est ici que l'histoire de nos deux perso va vraiment évoluer). Il m'a vraiment marqué et apporte encore une fois cette petite touche qui rend l'univers tellement vivant. Son histoire à lui, apporte vraiment de l'émotion et un sentiment de rassemblement. Plus on est mieux on rit ! Surtout que le coup du parrain... mama j'ai craqué ! J'ai hâte de voir ce personnage évoluer aussi davantage ! Tout en restant si mignonne !
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Jake me régale toujours autant. Sa façon de vivre les événements, sa soif d'aventure et cette envie constante de devenir plus fort me plaisent énormément. Et surtout, j'adore voir évoluer le « jeu ». Les règles changent, le monde s'ouvre et chaque nouvelle découverte donne encore plus envie de continuer.
Entre le Pylône de Civilisation, les factions, les créatures, les élémentaires, les champignons et toutes les joyeusetés qui cherchent à tuer Jake... il y a de quoi faire !
Et puis l'aigle ! J'ai adoré cette rencontre (on le voit déjà dans le tome précédent mais c'est ici que l'histoire de nos deux perso va vraiment évoluer). Il m'a vraiment marqué et apporte encore une fois cette petite touche qui rend l'univers tellement vivant. Son histoire à lui, apporte vraiment de l'émotion et un sentiment de rassemblement. Plus on est mieux on rit ! Surtout que le coup du parrain... mama j'ai craqué ! J'ai hâte de voir ce personnage évoluer aussi davantage ! Tout en restant si mignonne !
Instagram : @la_parenthese_litteraire
August 23, 2026
*4.5/5
“An Archer’s best friend is the bow in his hand and the arrow in his foe’s heart. Unsatisfied with merely becoming an expert, you have sought beyond mastering common bowmanship, and do not shy away from using magic to enhance your technique.”
This was another entertaining entry in the Primal Hunter series with lots of new and interesting characters added to the mix. The writing, while still subpar, at least improved from the last book.
It’s been fun following Jake’s transformation from a socially-awkward recluse to an influential, albeit reluctant, leader on Earth. I’m definitely looking forward to seeing how the worldbuilding expands as we learn more about the multiverse beyond the tutorial.
“An Archer’s best friend is the bow in his hand and the arrow in his foe’s heart. Unsatisfied with merely becoming an expert, you have sought beyond mastering common bowmanship, and do not shy away from using magic to enhance your technique.”
This was another entertaining entry in the Primal Hunter series with lots of new and interesting characters added to the mix. The writing, while still subpar, at least improved from the last book.
It’s been fun following Jake’s transformation from a socially-awkward recluse to an influential, albeit reluctant, leader on Earth. I’m definitely looking forward to seeing how the worldbuilding expands as we learn more about the multiverse beyond the tutorial.
April 13, 2025
Just good litRPG fun
I read this series and never get tired or bored. The relationship between Jake and Villy is humorous and enjoyable. The back and forth always makes me laugh. Will definitely continue the series. I gave it 4 stars it was a good read not like a masterpiece but I enjoyed myself immensely!!
I read this series and never get tired or bored. The relationship between Jake and Villy is humorous and enjoyable. The back and forth always makes me laugh. Will definitely continue the series. I gave it 4 stars it was a good read not like a masterpiece but I enjoyed myself immensely!!
November 24, 2024
Overall a great book in both the genre and series. Really loving the world building that's taking place along with the addition of recent characters. Looking forward to what's coming in the later books.
February 4, 2024
4.25 stars. MC finally has a few friends, but they had to be birds! Still waiting for some real relationships.
January 11, 2026
5 🌟 Really good storyline progression. Read on KU.
April 14, 2026
it's giving filler episode
but on a very high level
but on a very high level
August 12, 2026
★★★★½ — THE PRIMAL HUNTER 3: JAKE FINALLY GETS HIS FREEDOM, AND THEN IMMEDIATELY RUNS AWAY FROM RESPONSIBILITY TO SHOOT THINGS IN THE SKY
Audiobook review by Kiba Snowpaw — Alpha Ice Wolf of HowlStrom
Essential
The Primal Hunter 3 by Zogarth feels like the point where the series finally stops being mostly about surviving the Tutorial and starts becoming the story it actually wants to be. Jake is back on Earth, except “Earth” now means a System-integrated world full of leveled monsters, Civilization Pylons, new cities, factions, gods, professions, political ambitions and people trying to decide what humanity should become next. Jake, naturally, looks at all of that responsibility and reacts like someone placed a stack of paperwork in front of an Ice Wolf: he finds somebody else to handle it and goes hunting. That sounds ridiculous, but it is also exactly why this volume works better for me. Jake finally has room to choose his own direction. He is not trapped inside a Tutorial objective. He is not fighting simply because the System shoved enemies into the same arena. He hunts because hunting has become the clearest expression of who he is, experiments with alchemy because he genuinely enjoys it, pushes toward D-grade because greater strength means greater challenges, and starts forming strange relationships almost by accident. The result is still grind-heavy, still bloated in places and still obsessed with explaining skills, but the grind finally has more personality behind it.
Hook and Thesis
What makes Book 3 interesting to me is that Jake is a loner who is becoming more enjoyable precisely because the story refuses to leave him completely alone. That contradiction is the heart of the book. Jake does not suddenly become social, responsible or interested in running a city because the Tutorial ended. He claims the first Pylon of Civilization and almost immediately wants nothing to do with the actual administration attached to it. Miranda becomes the practical answer: let someone competent deal with the people, growth and day-to-day problems while Jake goes flying, hunting and experimenting. On paper that could make him look like an irresponsible asshole, and sometimes it absolutely does, but it is also consistent. He never wanted political authority. He wanted freedom. The System gives humanity cities and institutions while Jake uses the same apocalypse as permission to become more himself. My main feeling is that Book 3 is strongest when it treats Jake’s antisocial nature as both a strength and a limitation instead of pretending it makes him automatically superior. His independence lets him explore places other people would never risk, but Hawkie, Miranda, Villy and eventually the wider community stop his story from becoming a twenty-hour monologue about arrows and stat points. The more the world pushes back into Jake’s personal space, the more three-dimensional he becomes.
Basic Plot Summary
After returning from the Tutorial, Jake finds an Earth transformed by integration. Humanity is scattered, Civilization Pylons are being claimed, settlements are appearing, powerful survivors are establishing territories and factions, and gods are already influencing the new order through their chosen followers. Jake manages to claim the first city pylon, but possessing a city and wanting to govern one are very different things. When Miranda and other survivors arrive, he gains someone willing and able to handle much of the practical management while he keeps the authority to intervene if necessary. That frees him to focus on the parts of this new world he actually cares about: hunting, alchemy, experimentation and growth. His new wings also create one of the book’s most memorable developments when he befriends a powerful hawk who teaches him how to fly properly. Their hunts lead into a strange cloud biome filled with aerial monsters and cloud elementals, and the relationship expands beyond a temporary hunting partnership as Jake becomes connected to Hawkie’s mate and their egg. Meanwhile, threats still reach his territory, other powerful humans continue rising across Earth, Villy becomes increasingly active again, and Jake is pushed through more dangerous encounters involving hostile humans, mental manipulation and one particularly unpleasant fungal problem. By the end, D-grade is no longer a distant concept but the next real stage of his evolution, while the coming World Congress promises that Jake will soon have to interact with humanity whether he likes it or not.
Praise and Critique
The hawk material is probably my favorite part because it gives Jake companionship without forcing him into a personality transplant. If Zogarth had suddenly given Jake five close human friends and turned him into the cheerful mayor of Haven, I would have called bullshit loud enough for the howl to reach another continent. Instead Jake befriends a bird. Of course he does. Hawkie works because the relationship begins through something Jake already understands: challenge, hunting, mutual usefulness and respect earned through action. Hawkie teaches him to fly better, Jake joins the hunt, and neither one needs a therapy circle to establish that they enjoy the other’s presence. When Mystie and the egg become part of that orbit, the story shows a softer side of Jake without making him soft. The eventual baby bird adds humor and a kind of accidental family energy that Jake would probably deny if anyone used that word near him. This is important because Book 3 demonstrates that being a loner does not mean being incapable of attachment. Jake simply connects more naturally when nobody is demanding that he perform normal social behavior first. That makes his animal relationships feel less like cute filler and more like character development delivered in a language he understands.
Miranda is important for almost the opposite reason. She represents the responsibilities Jake would rather avoid but cannot completely escape. I like that the city does not become a giant settlement-management subplot where Jake suddenly spends half the audiobook discussing tax policy. There are other series for that. Jake appointing somebody better suited to administration actually makes sense, and it creates an interesting division between power and governance. He may technically be the founder and final authority, but the person with the strongest bow is not automatically the person who should organize housing, recruit citizens or manage ordinary disputes. As a gamer, I understand Jake’s instinct completely: give me the exploration, boss fights, strange builds and dangerous areas, then please let an NPC handle the paperwork. Yet the book is careful enough to show that delegating responsibility does not erase responsibility. When danger reaches his territory, Jake cannot simply say, “Not my quest.” The city gives his independence a boundary. There are now people whose lives are affected by what he does, even if he would rather be alone in a forest shooting something several dozen levels above what common sense recommends.
Criticism
The biggest weakness remains Zogarth’s tendency to over-explain everything. Skills are considered, reconsidered, compared, mentally rotated, inspected from another angle, put back on the shelf, picked up again and then explained once more after the decision has already been made. I like LitRPG mechanics. I want to know what abilities do, why Jake chooses one option over another and how his build is developing. But sometimes the audiobook acts as if I suffered memory loss between two consecutive paragraphs. The same problem appears in internal monologue. Jake can spend a long time analyzing something that I understood several minutes earlier, and because this is audio I cannot simply let my eyes jump across the page. At 2x speed it becomes easier to tolerate, but speed should not be required as an editing tool. There are also skill-choice moments where the supposed decision is barely a decision because several options are obviously inferior or completely wrong for Jake while one might as well have a glowing sign saying AUTHOR INTENDED CHOICE. Real build decisions become exciting when I can genuinely imagine several paths. If four choices are jokes and the fifth perfectly complements Jake’s bloodline, profession, class and preferred combat style, then I am not watching him choose; I am watching him acknowledge the answer key.
The second weakness is that pure hunting can become repetitive when challenge replaces purpose. Jake kills because he enjoys hunting, wants stronger opponents and sees personal growth almost as its own justification. I actually respect the honesty of that motivation. Not every protagonist needs to save the universe or protect a sacred orphanage before he is allowed to gain levels. But an endless loop of find monster, assess level, fight monster, gain experience, repeat can flatten tension if the monster has no meaning beyond being difficult. This is why the cloud biome works better than generic slaughter: flying changes the combat language, Hawkie changes the social context, the environment changes what Jake can do, and some enemies require experimentation instead of another stronger arrow. The mushroom and mind-related threats also stand out because they make straightforward physical dominance less useful. I want more problems like that. Jake is most compelling when his confidence meets something genuinely strange, because his real strength is not merely damage output; it is the willingness to poke the dangerous thing everyone sensible would leave alone and then keep experimenting until either he understands it or it explodes.
Evaluation
Jake’s loner mentality is where I inevitably compare him with myself, but the comparison matters because we are not actually the same kind of loner. Jake seems to experience isolation as freedom. The System strips away office life, ordinary social expectations and much of the pressure to pretend he wants what other people want, and he almost blossoms in the apocalypse. For me, becoming inward was not some glorious awakening where I discovered that humanity was annoying and forests were better. A lot of my isolation developed through depression, anxiety, damaged trust and years of living heavily inside my own mind. I learned to stand alone because emotionally that often felt safer and more manageable, but learning how to survive alone is not the same as believing connection has no value. That is why Book 3 actually makes Jake more interesting to me than a version of him that simply disappears into the wilderness forever. Hawkie, Miranda and even his bizarre friendship with Villy create small bridges back toward other beings without demanding that Jake stop being Jake. He is still the wolf walking outside the pack formation, but now there are tracks occasionally crossing his own.
In HowlStrom I imagine Jake arriving at the edge of Ice Wolf territory and immediately refusing to enter the castle because there are “too many people in there.” I would find him three days later halfway up an impossible frozen mountain, firing arrows at a storm elemental because apparently normal prey was beneath him. My first reaction as Alpha would be irritation; my second would be recognition. There is something familiar in wanting space so badly that responsibility starts feeling like a chain. But I would also understand something Jake is only slowly learning: a den does not stop being yours because other wolves live in it. Independence and belonging are not opposites unless you make them opposites. My Kiba line would be, “You can hunt beyond the walls all night, brother. Just remember that freedom feels different when there is still a fire somewhere that knows your name.” Jake does not need to become a social hero, husband, politician or inspirational leader for me to care about him. He just needs enough connections that his victories mean something beyond a larger number beside his name.
Audiobook Evaluation
Travis Baldree continues to be an excellent match for this series because Jake’s personality depends heavily on dry delivery, internal sarcasm and the contrast between absurd situations and the fact that Jake treats them as perfectly reasonable. Baldree can move from Jake’s restrained voice to Villy’s more casual godlike presence and then into the supporting cast without making the audiobook difficult to follow. The animal-heavy sections also benefit from performance because the humor around Hawkie and the growing bird family could become overly cute on the page, while the narration keeps it connected to Jake’s blunt personality. This is still a substantial audiobook, and the length makes the repetitive skill discussions more noticeable, but Baldree’s rhythm keeps the mechanical sections from becoming completely sterile. He cannot solve every pacing problem in the text, but he gives the series enough vocal personality that even another explanation of mana, perception or skill synergy usually feels like Jake obsessing over his build rather than somebody reading patch notes aloud.
Conclusion
For me, The Primal Hunter 3 is the volume where the larger series begins to make sense. Books 1 and 2 had the Tutorial to provide an external structure; Book 3 has to answer the harder question of what Jake does when nobody is assigning him objectives anymore. The answer is wonderfully predictable: he hunts, experiments, avoids administration, befriends dangerous wildlife, talks shit with an ancient god, discovers increasingly unreasonable things to fight and slowly becomes attached to a place he insists he does not particularly want to manage. That gives the progression more purpose because Jake is no longer merely surviving the System. He is choosing a Path inside it. The world also finally starts opening beyond his immediate experience through other Pylons, factions and powerful survivors, creating the sense that Jake may be exceptional without being the only person on Earth who matters. I still want tighter editing, fewer repeated explanations, harder skill decisions and more challenges that cannot be solved by Jake simply being more overpowered than expected. But those flaws are now competing with a story that has found much more of its identity.
Standing on the frozen cliffs of HowlStrom, I can picture Jake launching himself into a blizzard with Hawkie beside him while everyone sensible remains behind the walls. Somewhere below, Miranda is probably trying to explain that a functioning settlement requires its founder to attend a meeting. Jake is already a kilometer away. I would watch the two shapes disappear into the storm, shake frost from my ears and mutter, “That idiot is going to pick a fight with the weather itself.” Five minutes later the mountain would explode, a cloud monster would fall out of the sky, and Jake would return looking pleased because apparently he learned something useful. That is Book 3 in one image: irresponsible, obsessive, overpowered, funny, occasionally repetitive and increasingly difficult to stop following. Jake is still running away from civilization, but the story is finally making sure civilization—and a few very determined birds—keep running after him.
Final Rating: ★★★★½
Story: ★★★★☆ | Jake: ★★★★½ | Hawkie & the Bird Family: ★★★★★ | Villy: ★★★★½ | Miranda/City Material: ★★★★☆ | Hunting: ★★★★½ | Alchemy: ★★★★☆ | Progression: ★★★★★ | World Expansion: ★★★★½ | Skill Exposition: ★★★☆☆ | Pacing: ★★★★☆ | Narration: ★★★★★ | Emotional Impact: ★★★★☆
Final thought: The Primal Hunter 3 finally gives Jake what he has wanted from the beginning: enough freedom to become exactly the strange, antisocial hunter he was probably always meant to be. The surprise is that the book becomes better not when he escapes everyone, but when a city, a god, a manager and an increasingly ridiculous family of birds prove that even the lone hunter leaves tracks other lives can follow.
Audiobook review by Kiba Snowpaw — Alpha Ice Wolf of HowlStrom
Essential
The Primal Hunter 3 by Zogarth feels like the point where the series finally stops being mostly about surviving the Tutorial and starts becoming the story it actually wants to be. Jake is back on Earth, except “Earth” now means a System-integrated world full of leveled monsters, Civilization Pylons, new cities, factions, gods, professions, political ambitions and people trying to decide what humanity should become next. Jake, naturally, looks at all of that responsibility and reacts like someone placed a stack of paperwork in front of an Ice Wolf: he finds somebody else to handle it and goes hunting. That sounds ridiculous, but it is also exactly why this volume works better for me. Jake finally has room to choose his own direction. He is not trapped inside a Tutorial objective. He is not fighting simply because the System shoved enemies into the same arena. He hunts because hunting has become the clearest expression of who he is, experiments with alchemy because he genuinely enjoys it, pushes toward D-grade because greater strength means greater challenges, and starts forming strange relationships almost by accident. The result is still grind-heavy, still bloated in places and still obsessed with explaining skills, but the grind finally has more personality behind it.
Hook and Thesis
What makes Book 3 interesting to me is that Jake is a loner who is becoming more enjoyable precisely because the story refuses to leave him completely alone. That contradiction is the heart of the book. Jake does not suddenly become social, responsible or interested in running a city because the Tutorial ended. He claims the first Pylon of Civilization and almost immediately wants nothing to do with the actual administration attached to it. Miranda becomes the practical answer: let someone competent deal with the people, growth and day-to-day problems while Jake goes flying, hunting and experimenting. On paper that could make him look like an irresponsible asshole, and sometimes it absolutely does, but it is also consistent. He never wanted political authority. He wanted freedom. The System gives humanity cities and institutions while Jake uses the same apocalypse as permission to become more himself. My main feeling is that Book 3 is strongest when it treats Jake’s antisocial nature as both a strength and a limitation instead of pretending it makes him automatically superior. His independence lets him explore places other people would never risk, but Hawkie, Miranda, Villy and eventually the wider community stop his story from becoming a twenty-hour monologue about arrows and stat points. The more the world pushes back into Jake’s personal space, the more three-dimensional he becomes.
Basic Plot Summary
After returning from the Tutorial, Jake finds an Earth transformed by integration. Humanity is scattered, Civilization Pylons are being claimed, settlements are appearing, powerful survivors are establishing territories and factions, and gods are already influencing the new order through their chosen followers. Jake manages to claim the first city pylon, but possessing a city and wanting to govern one are very different things. When Miranda and other survivors arrive, he gains someone willing and able to handle much of the practical management while he keeps the authority to intervene if necessary. That frees him to focus on the parts of this new world he actually cares about: hunting, alchemy, experimentation and growth. His new wings also create one of the book’s most memorable developments when he befriends a powerful hawk who teaches him how to fly properly. Their hunts lead into a strange cloud biome filled with aerial monsters and cloud elementals, and the relationship expands beyond a temporary hunting partnership as Jake becomes connected to Hawkie’s mate and their egg. Meanwhile, threats still reach his territory, other powerful humans continue rising across Earth, Villy becomes increasingly active again, and Jake is pushed through more dangerous encounters involving hostile humans, mental manipulation and one particularly unpleasant fungal problem. By the end, D-grade is no longer a distant concept but the next real stage of his evolution, while the coming World Congress promises that Jake will soon have to interact with humanity whether he likes it or not.
Praise and Critique
The hawk material is probably my favorite part because it gives Jake companionship without forcing him into a personality transplant. If Zogarth had suddenly given Jake five close human friends and turned him into the cheerful mayor of Haven, I would have called bullshit loud enough for the howl to reach another continent. Instead Jake befriends a bird. Of course he does. Hawkie works because the relationship begins through something Jake already understands: challenge, hunting, mutual usefulness and respect earned through action. Hawkie teaches him to fly better, Jake joins the hunt, and neither one needs a therapy circle to establish that they enjoy the other’s presence. When Mystie and the egg become part of that orbit, the story shows a softer side of Jake without making him soft. The eventual baby bird adds humor and a kind of accidental family energy that Jake would probably deny if anyone used that word near him. This is important because Book 3 demonstrates that being a loner does not mean being incapable of attachment. Jake simply connects more naturally when nobody is demanding that he perform normal social behavior first. That makes his animal relationships feel less like cute filler and more like character development delivered in a language he understands.
Miranda is important for almost the opposite reason. She represents the responsibilities Jake would rather avoid but cannot completely escape. I like that the city does not become a giant settlement-management subplot where Jake suddenly spends half the audiobook discussing tax policy. There are other series for that. Jake appointing somebody better suited to administration actually makes sense, and it creates an interesting division between power and governance. He may technically be the founder and final authority, but the person with the strongest bow is not automatically the person who should organize housing, recruit citizens or manage ordinary disputes. As a gamer, I understand Jake’s instinct completely: give me the exploration, boss fights, strange builds and dangerous areas, then please let an NPC handle the paperwork. Yet the book is careful enough to show that delegating responsibility does not erase responsibility. When danger reaches his territory, Jake cannot simply say, “Not my quest.” The city gives his independence a boundary. There are now people whose lives are affected by what he does, even if he would rather be alone in a forest shooting something several dozen levels above what common sense recommends.
Criticism
The biggest weakness remains Zogarth’s tendency to over-explain everything. Skills are considered, reconsidered, compared, mentally rotated, inspected from another angle, put back on the shelf, picked up again and then explained once more after the decision has already been made. I like LitRPG mechanics. I want to know what abilities do, why Jake chooses one option over another and how his build is developing. But sometimes the audiobook acts as if I suffered memory loss between two consecutive paragraphs. The same problem appears in internal monologue. Jake can spend a long time analyzing something that I understood several minutes earlier, and because this is audio I cannot simply let my eyes jump across the page. At 2x speed it becomes easier to tolerate, but speed should not be required as an editing tool. There are also skill-choice moments where the supposed decision is barely a decision because several options are obviously inferior or completely wrong for Jake while one might as well have a glowing sign saying AUTHOR INTENDED CHOICE. Real build decisions become exciting when I can genuinely imagine several paths. If four choices are jokes and the fifth perfectly complements Jake’s bloodline, profession, class and preferred combat style, then I am not watching him choose; I am watching him acknowledge the answer key.
The second weakness is that pure hunting can become repetitive when challenge replaces purpose. Jake kills because he enjoys hunting, wants stronger opponents and sees personal growth almost as its own justification. I actually respect the honesty of that motivation. Not every protagonist needs to save the universe or protect a sacred orphanage before he is allowed to gain levels. But an endless loop of find monster, assess level, fight monster, gain experience, repeat can flatten tension if the monster has no meaning beyond being difficult. This is why the cloud biome works better than generic slaughter: flying changes the combat language, Hawkie changes the social context, the environment changes what Jake can do, and some enemies require experimentation instead of another stronger arrow. The mushroom and mind-related threats also stand out because they make straightforward physical dominance less useful. I want more problems like that. Jake is most compelling when his confidence meets something genuinely strange, because his real strength is not merely damage output; it is the willingness to poke the dangerous thing everyone sensible would leave alone and then keep experimenting until either he understands it or it explodes.
Evaluation
Jake’s loner mentality is where I inevitably compare him with myself, but the comparison matters because we are not actually the same kind of loner. Jake seems to experience isolation as freedom. The System strips away office life, ordinary social expectations and much of the pressure to pretend he wants what other people want, and he almost blossoms in the apocalypse. For me, becoming inward was not some glorious awakening where I discovered that humanity was annoying and forests were better. A lot of my isolation developed through depression, anxiety, damaged trust and years of living heavily inside my own mind. I learned to stand alone because emotionally that often felt safer and more manageable, but learning how to survive alone is not the same as believing connection has no value. That is why Book 3 actually makes Jake more interesting to me than a version of him that simply disappears into the wilderness forever. Hawkie, Miranda and even his bizarre friendship with Villy create small bridges back toward other beings without demanding that Jake stop being Jake. He is still the wolf walking outside the pack formation, but now there are tracks occasionally crossing his own.
In HowlStrom I imagine Jake arriving at the edge of Ice Wolf territory and immediately refusing to enter the castle because there are “too many people in there.” I would find him three days later halfway up an impossible frozen mountain, firing arrows at a storm elemental because apparently normal prey was beneath him. My first reaction as Alpha would be irritation; my second would be recognition. There is something familiar in wanting space so badly that responsibility starts feeling like a chain. But I would also understand something Jake is only slowly learning: a den does not stop being yours because other wolves live in it. Independence and belonging are not opposites unless you make them opposites. My Kiba line would be, “You can hunt beyond the walls all night, brother. Just remember that freedom feels different when there is still a fire somewhere that knows your name.” Jake does not need to become a social hero, husband, politician or inspirational leader for me to care about him. He just needs enough connections that his victories mean something beyond a larger number beside his name.
Audiobook Evaluation
Travis Baldree continues to be an excellent match for this series because Jake’s personality depends heavily on dry delivery, internal sarcasm and the contrast between absurd situations and the fact that Jake treats them as perfectly reasonable. Baldree can move from Jake’s restrained voice to Villy’s more casual godlike presence and then into the supporting cast without making the audiobook difficult to follow. The animal-heavy sections also benefit from performance because the humor around Hawkie and the growing bird family could become overly cute on the page, while the narration keeps it connected to Jake’s blunt personality. This is still a substantial audiobook, and the length makes the repetitive skill discussions more noticeable, but Baldree’s rhythm keeps the mechanical sections from becoming completely sterile. He cannot solve every pacing problem in the text, but he gives the series enough vocal personality that even another explanation of mana, perception or skill synergy usually feels like Jake obsessing over his build rather than somebody reading patch notes aloud.
Conclusion
For me, The Primal Hunter 3 is the volume where the larger series begins to make sense. Books 1 and 2 had the Tutorial to provide an external structure; Book 3 has to answer the harder question of what Jake does when nobody is assigning him objectives anymore. The answer is wonderfully predictable: he hunts, experiments, avoids administration, befriends dangerous wildlife, talks shit with an ancient god, discovers increasingly unreasonable things to fight and slowly becomes attached to a place he insists he does not particularly want to manage. That gives the progression more purpose because Jake is no longer merely surviving the System. He is choosing a Path inside it. The world also finally starts opening beyond his immediate experience through other Pylons, factions and powerful survivors, creating the sense that Jake may be exceptional without being the only person on Earth who matters. I still want tighter editing, fewer repeated explanations, harder skill decisions and more challenges that cannot be solved by Jake simply being more overpowered than expected. But those flaws are now competing with a story that has found much more of its identity.
Standing on the frozen cliffs of HowlStrom, I can picture Jake launching himself into a blizzard with Hawkie beside him while everyone sensible remains behind the walls. Somewhere below, Miranda is probably trying to explain that a functioning settlement requires its founder to attend a meeting. Jake is already a kilometer away. I would watch the two shapes disappear into the storm, shake frost from my ears and mutter, “That idiot is going to pick a fight with the weather itself.” Five minutes later the mountain would explode, a cloud monster would fall out of the sky, and Jake would return looking pleased because apparently he learned something useful. That is Book 3 in one image: irresponsible, obsessive, overpowered, funny, occasionally repetitive and increasingly difficult to stop following. Jake is still running away from civilization, but the story is finally making sure civilization—and a few very determined birds—keep running after him.
Final Rating: ★★★★½
Story: ★★★★☆ | Jake: ★★★★½ | Hawkie & the Bird Family: ★★★★★ | Villy: ★★★★½ | Miranda/City Material: ★★★★☆ | Hunting: ★★★★½ | Alchemy: ★★★★☆ | Progression: ★★★★★ | World Expansion: ★★★★½ | Skill Exposition: ★★★☆☆ | Pacing: ★★★★☆ | Narration: ★★★★★ | Emotional Impact: ★★★★☆
Final thought: The Primal Hunter 3 finally gives Jake what he has wanted from the beginning: enough freedom to become exactly the strange, antisocial hunter he was probably always meant to be. The surprise is that the book becomes better not when he escapes everyone, but when a city, a god, a manager and an increasingly ridiculous family of birds prove that even the lone hunter leaves tracks other lives can follow.
September 8, 2026
Тіп вже в 3 книзі стріляє з лука в ціль на відстані 175 Й**АНИХ КІЛОМЕТРІВ
Це майже як з Полтави в Харків хєронуть
Це туди назад з Миргорода в Полтаву по прямій
Мені подобається поки менше ніж HWFWM, але все одно затягує
Це майже як з Полтави в Харків хєронуть
Це туди назад з Миргорода в Полтаву по прямій
Мені подобається поки менше ніж HWFWM, але все одно затягує
August 31, 2022
Books 1 and 2 mostly revolved around the tutorial. With that over and done with, now Jake has a pylon and associated town to take care of, so he gets heavily involved with town building and bringing in more people and...
LOL. He doesn't do any of that, pushing all of it onto Miranda. Instead, he practices flying with Hawkie where they find a cloud continent in the sky and both decide to decimate as many occupants on it as they can.
Because book three is more along the lines of slice of life adventuring mixed with cultivation, there isn't any plot besides Jake wanting to get stronger. We do get to see what's happening in the other towns on the newly expanded Earth, as well as what Villy and his three girlfriends are doing.
All in all, this is a very enjoyable read that doesn't get bogged down by focusing on one thing too much. It's also shorter than the first two books as I read it in a day. I'm enjoying this series much more than He Who Fights Monsters and some of the other big LitRPG series out there.
Recommended. 5/5*
LOL. He doesn't do any of that, pushing all of it onto Miranda. Instead, he practices flying with Hawkie where they find a cloud continent in the sky and both decide to decimate as many occupants on it as they can.
Because book three is more along the lines of slice of life adventuring mixed with cultivation, there isn't any plot besides Jake wanting to get stronger. We do get to see what's happening in the other towns on the newly expanded Earth, as well as what Villy and his three girlfriends are doing.
All in all, this is a very enjoyable read that doesn't get bogged down by focusing on one thing too much. It's also shorter than the first two books as I read it in a day. I'm enjoying this series much more than He Who Fights Monsters and some of the other big LitRPG series out there.
Recommended. 5/5*
March 5, 2025
What to say boy meets hawk, hawk introduces boy to hawk wife, becomes godfather to hawk baby, fights in the clouds, defends his home, kills super Minotaur in charge of army of cows!!! Defends fort of weak people, gets ass kicked again by mushroom, kills mushroom, becomes heretic of god that blessed him and now what!!!!!!! I can’t wait for the next book.
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July 27, 2022
After reading the first 2 books, I read the rest of the 450 chapter of Royal Road. I really enjoyed the story and the characters. It is definitely an eternal web serialization but it is a fun ride.
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