The Place Where Everything Begins

Half an hour later...

Within the middle of nowhere of an unknown snow-white forest spotted a black-cloaked person standing silently behind a big dried tree without making any sound.

Currently, the black-cloaked person, aka Jeremy, was looking silently at the view in front of him.

In Jeremy's front, a white wolf was sleeping quietly near a big rock.

The reason Jeremy had stopped his footsteps was that if he took another step forward, the wolf would wake up and notice him immediately.

So, he was currently thinking of a plan to take out the wolf without letting it call for its companions.

After deliberating for a while, Jeremy finally picked up two small rocks beside his foot and then tossed one of them in front of the tree he was hiding in.

*Thud*

The sound of stone hitting the thick snow rang out within the quiet white forest...

After the sound rang out, the sleeping wolf's eyes suddenly twitched, and then it opened its eyes widely, looking around in alertness.

Even after some time had passed, the wolf still couldn't find anything out of the ordinary. So, it prepared to continue its short nap.

However, the moment when it closed its two eyes...

*Thud*

The exact same sound rang out once again...

Upon hearing the noise again, the wolf sprang up from the ground while looking intently in a particular direction.

This time the wolf knew roughly where the sound originated from.

Thus, it decided to check that out for a bit, as it might have some easy preys to feast upon...

When it thought about a juicy rodent and meaty rabbit, the wolf's salivas dribbled on the ground along its trail towards the 'big tree'.

While trying its best not to create any sound, it sneaked forward.

Not long after, the wolf finally reached where the sounds resonated out earlier...

Afterward, the wolf stopped its pawsteps as its nose suddenly moved, trying to smell and distinguish the scents.

Simultaneously, the wolf's eyes widened...

As it actually smelled something fishy...

Not a prey's smell, but a predator's smell...

Jeremy, who had readied himself to strike for a long time, finally had a perfect chance to attack.

When the wolf felt panicked, Jeremy circling around the big tree quickly while gripping the spear tightly with his two hands.

Then with a reverse swing, Jeremy swung the spear's shoe upwards forcefully from under the wolf's stomach.

*Bam*

*Crack*

As the wolf's body spun three rounds mid-air before finally falling to the ground, it seemed like the wolf's ribcages were broken from Jeremy's powerful strike.

*Thud*

The pitiful wolf's body twitched for some seconds before stopping.

It looked lifeless...

'No sound, no blood, no smell, and no reinforcements. But what should I do with its corpse?'

Jeremy thought about his immediate dilemma...

'Nah... Just let it be. Even if its companions found out about their friend's death, they couldn't chase after me anyway, as I'd be long gone from this place.'

Jeremy thought casually while proceeding forward as he did in the past half an hour.

The reason why Jeremy didn't want to give himself a high profile was that he didn't know the structures of this normal-difficulty trial as of yet.

He also couldn't use too much mana, so he better played it safe...

...

Two hours later...

Along the way of his marching, Jeremy met many animals such as birds, owls, hares, deers, mooses, and lastly, many, many wolves.

Jeremy chose to avoid some wolves when they stayed together, while he mostly killed the ones that stayed alone by using some tricks here and there not to cause a big commotion.

Moreover, each wolf killed also gave Jeremy more than 45 SP.

He even wondered if he let those wolves call upon its companions; how many SP would he get from annihilating them?

But that thought of his was very dangerous, so he postponed it for now.

Right now, after walking for almost three hours straight in one direction, Jeremy finally found a definitive result.

That was...

He actually encountered a dead end.

At this moment, Jeremy was looking at a wall, to be exact, a towering, steep, high wall of something akin to an ice valley.

Then Jeremy reached out his right glove to touch the ice wall.

Simultaneously, when Jeremy's hand almost touched the wall itself, a transparent protective layer appeared and prevented his hand glove from going further.

The layer was solid white and impenetrable at first glance...

Then Jeremy retracted his hand and looked to his left and right sides respectively, only to see the same wall extending to the far end of his sight.

'It is as I've thought. I know this place will have space limits.'

'Hmm... Considering the wall's shape, it should be a circular space.'

'As for the size... If I was spawned at the exact center of this space... I've been walking and marking the trees for more than 2 hours and 43 minutes; that means I had walked around 5 miles. Then the area of this circular space should be somewhere around 80 square miles.'

'But If I wasn't spawned at the center... then this space will be even smaller than 80 square miles.'

'Then, If I want to explore every nook and cranny of this space, it will require me more than a week of constant walking.'

'The space and barrier are so stable. I wonder if the System really creates this dimension or not. Nevertheless, whoever builds this place must have deep knowledge and understanding of space element. Impressive...'

Various thoughts about the possibilities of this separate dimension running through Jeremy's mind nonstop...

After some time, Jeremy nodded lightly. Then he thought about his following move,

'What should I do next? Even if I were to use up all my mana, I still could not cover 10% of the place here.'

Unknowingly, Jeremy was frowning deeply in thought, trying to find a way to exit this place...

'Exit...'

'...'

Suddenly, Jeremy's eyes shone with a hint of realization...

'That's right. I have to find the exit.'