After an unknown amount of time, the hunter who had been knocked unconscious by the fall woke up.
He rubbed his groggy head, but his heart felt even heavier than his mind.
It had only been a fleeting glimpse, but...
That enormity, that oppressive presence—
It was definitely no ordinary beast.
The hunter shook his head, patted his neck twice, and struggled to his feet.
"Ugh..."
He did his best to clear his head, then found a way to climb out of the deep pit he had dug himself.
When he reached the top, he panted heavily, still shaken by the ordeal and drained by the feeling of having narrowly survived.
He swallowed, warily and fearfully looked around, then found some berries to fill his stomach. After that, he went to the river and drank his fill alongside the wild animals before heading back into the forest.
He had dug more than one pit and set many other traps as well. Now, he needed to inspect them.
Not to see whether those two enormous divine beasts had been caught by his traps, but to confirm a fact.
Night had fallen by the time the hunter returned to his wilderness camp. He let out a long sigh.
Just as he had suspected, every single trap he had carefully set had been destroyed. Not one had caught any prey.
Those were already the best traps he could make.
There was no way he could fight such enormous beasts.
Still, this result was not bad.
A slight smile appeared on the hunter's lips.
He could bring news of the divine beasts appearing in the forest to Uruk's king, Gilgamesh.
Though he would no longer have the honor of hunting divine beasts, he could receive a reward from King Gilgamesh.
Having made up his