Department Head Kim Dae-Il watched the scene on the monitor, his hands covered with sweat. The others were also on the edge of their seats as they watched Minhyuk’s second run. When it ended…

[South Korea’s Legend Team: 37 minutes 24 seconds. Rank: 1st.]

[America’s Black Swan Team: 43 minutes 38 seconds. Rank: 2nd.]

…President Kang Taehoon jumped up from his seat in joy. The depressing silence that pervaded the meeting room had finally disappeared as they all rejoiced at the outcome.

“First! Our South Korea is number one!!!”

“Waaaaaaaah!”

“Who said that our country is a ruined gamer powerhouse?! Look at this!”

They might be the developers and operators of the game, but they also valued and treasured their country deeply.

“Every team should eat beef for dinner today, right? Yeah? It’ll be on me!”

“Waaaaah!”

“That’s good!”

Team Leader Park smiled lightly. He thought, ‘You’ve been making us watch a mukbang everyday, making us hungry, and you’ll only feed us with beef just this one time?’

Grin━

Then, Kim Dae-Il suddenly said, “Once they break through the 40-minute threshold, they will be given an SS rank rating. Does that mean that surpassing the 35-minute threshold will grant them an SSS rank rating? What will their rewards be then?”

Team Leader Park answered, “The rewards for the 1st~3rd place of the Time Attack Dungeon are still unannounced. It’s because the rewards are entirely dependent on the ranking that...