Day 1 in the Deep Layer.

It felt like the resident monsters were rolling out the red carpet to welcome the new arrival—me.

A giant anaconda three times my size. Wolves that looked like they hadn’t eaten in days. A massive boar that had developed a taste for meat.

Just because I had entered the Deep Layer didn’t mean the mutated beasts from the Middle Layer wouldn’t appear here.

They were still around—just stronger and more savage.

Fortunately, being in the outermost edge of the Deep Layer meant that I wasn’t in too much danger yet.

The monsters didn’t come at me all at once; most of the time, they appeared one at a time, making things manageable.

That said, every creature here was leagues above an owlbear in terms of strength and ferocity.

I had no choice but to use my abilities to deal with them.

To the powerful denizens of the Deep Layer, humans are nothing more than tempting prey.

At least, that’s how it must seem from their perspective.@@novelbin@@

Any commotion attracts them. The scent of blood pulls them in.

As a result, I was forced into fight after fight.

Despite my resolve to venture deeper, I found myself circling back to the edge of the Deep Layer.

Looking at it another way, this was my initiation into the Deep Layer.

The first day passed like that, with me covered in blood as I dug out a small hollow at the base of a tree to sleep in.

Perhaps the earthy smell helped mask my presence because, luckily, no monsters came to attack during the night.

Day 2.

"There!"

Barely awake, I stumbled into the morning, only to encounter an intruder—a Player.

A scout, to be precise.

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