The Gold 3 layer was different from anything Ren had experienced before.
It wasn't just that the creatures were stronger; it was that their strength varied in unpredictable and dangerous ways.
Gold 3 represented the transition toward Platinum, and many of the beasts that inhabited these depths were in different stages of mana accumulation…
Big accumulation.
A Gold 3 creature needed to store just over triple its common mana to ascend to the next level, which meant encountering one of those creatures almost ready to evolve was usually very dangerous.
Most tamers who needed to traverse this layer did so with extreme stealth, hiding and passing unnoticed to avoid unnecessary confrontations. It wasn't a matter of weakness; it was simple survival common sense.
But Ren wasn't interested in stealth. His confidence, inflated by easy victories in the upper layers, had convinced him that he could face anything these depths had to offer.
