Kai remained still behind the stone.
He slowed his breathing to a quiet rhythm while waiting for the apex predators to finish their gruesome business.
The giant bear eventually dragged the rest of its meal deeper into the dark woods, snapping branches as it walked away.
A few tense minutes later, the Red Python uncoiled its spotted body from the tree branch and slithered silently into the dense underbrush.
'I am definitely not ready to mess with level fifty monsters,' Kai thought to himself, slowly letting out a breath he had been holding in his chest for too long.
Fighting those massive things right now was a guaranteed death sentence.
So instead, Kai turned his back on the clearing and sneaked away, choosing a completely different route through the dense foliage to avoid any lingering attention.
He walked carefully, testing every footstep before putting his weight down in the dark.
The sun finally rose after a long, stressful night of hiding in the branches of a tall trees.
