It was a day before the screening tournament where the school would decide on the five representatives. Michael was sitting in front of a campfire cooking a tiger he caught a few minutes ago. After the incident with the panther, Loki left them to survive in the forest on their own, he also told them that to improve faster they couldn't help each other.
So Loki gave Michael and Ha-Eun each an area they would be active. Loki had warned them multiple times that this time he would not save them and if they died he would tell their families about it.
So unlike before both Michael and Ha-Eun became cautious in the forest. Deep in this forest were multiple monsters that could kill them. After learning their lesson from fighting the panther they started focusing on taking down their opponent in one strike.