In this chapter, the protagonist is introduced. He is a junior explorer who has just completed an expedition to the misty forest and is on his way to the next phase of the map. The protagonist explains that they need one more member to join their team. He explains that the map is divided into three phases: phase 1 for normal explorers, phase 2 for higher-level explorers, and phase 3 for monsters that are not allowed to enter the normal phase. This means that the protagonist has to travel through three phases to reach the phase 3 map.