Night had fallen. There was no moon, no clouds, and the sky was utterly black.
The stars flickered as faint light spilled across the earth.
A young man in green clothes and a beret wandered through the empty wilderness, looking somewhat flustered.
He kept glancing around and frequently looking back, as though he were evading pursuit.
He was an examinee taking the fourth exam.
By now, he had been wandering this "Land of Death" for three days.
He needed to find a relatively safe place to hide.
Nighttime was when hunters liked to strike. He had no intention of losing his life over some insignificant accident!
After walking for about three minutes, the man spotted a forest.
The forest did not cover much ground. Rather than calling it a forest, it was more like a cluster of trees standing amid the grassland.
Feeling the cool breeze blowing out from within the woods, the man's eyes brightened considerably.
This was much more suitable for hiding than the open grassland.
Without giving it another thought, the man slipped inside.
He did not go very far, stopping just a few meters from the edge.
Though the forest offered better protection from attacks than the grassland, it was also far more dangerous because of that.
Dense trees grew here in uneven clusters.
They provided not only excellent shelter for the man, but also the perfect hunting grounds for wild beasts.
Therefore, without thoroughly exploring the area, he did not dare venture too deeply inside.
He merely found a tall, solid tree without any hollows and used it as a temporary bed.
With a push from his feet, he climbed onto a branch halfway up the tree in just a few moves.
Looking down from above, the man surveyed his surroundings. After finding nothing unusual,