spotted her Gathering Target tentatively
she tested the area with her staff and
found no anomalies just as she was about
to reach out to gather a gray cat with
vertical pupils sprang from the nearby
bushes meow the sharp claws of the cat
were alarmingly close guon tion
instinctively recoiled tilting her head
to evade the claws grazed her shoulder
slicing through her blue quality leather
armor and the scent of blood filled the
air gonon let out a muffled groan the
intense pain causing her complexion to
pale instantly this marked her first
injury in the jungle had it not been for
her experience fighting the Fallen that
night she might have screamed or
trembled in fear gripping her staff with
furrowed brows she stood firm appearing
relatively composed despite the Deep
claw marks on her shoulder seeping with
blood the gray cat landed behind her and
gonon slowly turned to meet its gaze the
gray cat studied her intently yet did
not attack again instead it gracefully
leaped onto another tree meow the gray
cat emitted a warning call damn it once
again she had Fallen victim to a side
quest Gian tion cursed inwardly
cautiously retreating had it not been
for her armor that strike could have
cleaved her in two resulting in certain
death however the protective leather had
thwarted the cat's most potent attack
instilling a sense of caution in the
creature which refrained from further
assault merely warning her to leave its
territory giut tontion tightened her
grip on her weapon maintaining eyee
contact with the gray cat as she
retreated she longed to escape immed
immediately certainly not wishing to
court death yet she knew she could not
display a hint of fear she must not
allow the creature to perceive her as a
mere paper tiger this gray cat was
undoubtedly not an ordinary Elite
monster it might very well be of a
higher tier do think such a formidable
creature lurked just 30 m in was this a
hidden mini boss had she simply stumbled
upon it by Misfortune gonon thoughts
raced as she gradually retreated several
meters the gray cat not pursuing her
waiting until she was out of sight
before it relaxed she clutched her wound
and dashed towards the jungle as Edge
unbeknownst to gonon once she left the
gray cat exhaled in relief she sprinted
onto the beach and plopped down hastily
rummaging through her system backpack
for medicine giu tontion retrieved a
large bandage its size comparable to a
sanitary pad she only needed to apply to
to cover the wound adequately earlier
she had checked her HP it had dwindled
to a mere 70 points now as she applied
the bandage she watched her health bar
slowly regenerate it seemed the bandage
was effective guon on side in relief she
had initially feared that this bandage
was akin to those in the real world
insufficient for serious injuries
requiring numerous stitches fortunately
being a system product it did not
disappoint players gonon opened the
taskbar and promptly abandoned the quest
to collect fish mitt given her current
capabilities she was utterly incapable
of engaging in battle attle with that
gray cat it was uncertain how long it
would take her to conquer it she
certainly couldn't allow this task to
occupy a slot indefinitely having
already been misled by side quests twice
she had learned that seemingly simple
tasks could Harbor hidden pitfalls some
deep and others shallow making them
difficult to evade she had narrowly
escaped death thanks to her purple
quality armor what about the other
players if they fell victim the
likelihood of demise was high and the
most critical aspect was that deceased
players had no means to warn the living
after contemplating this she sent a
warning message to a few friends chapter
39 even trash can be treasure gonon
beware of pitfalls and side quests
exercise caution while undertaking tasks