There.
It didn't take me long to find my next target.
I had sensed a group of monsters in the west, all of them being at Gold 1. I was purposefully avoiding the stronger monsters, even the ones in Gold 2, as fighting them in my current state wasn't worth the effort.
The turtle had been an exception because it was the one who had initiated the attack.
Killing Gold 1 monsters would provide me with sufficient mana essence, so I didn't think there was any need to overextend my body.
And the fight with the turtle had once again shown me how vast the difference between two tiers is at the higher ranks.
Fighting those in Silver 3 even while being a Silver 1 hadn't been that difficult for me. On the contrary, it was surprisingly easy.
But a single Gold 2 was enough to waste a lot of my time, which I thought would be more productively used while hunting those in the same tier as me.
As I charged towards the monsters, who were still in the dark about my presence—
