“Haa… Haa…” the players panted. It had been over an hour since the hunt for the 4th-floor guardian began. Thankfully, there were only a few casualties, but most players were exhausted by now.

These were all minor problems; the elephant in the room was something else.

“We can’t kill it,” a random player at the front line murmured in despair. 

As things stood, there were no reserve forces available. The guardian had forced the spare forces to join the fray soon after the battle began. It battled the combined might of the main and the spare forces—it still came out unscathed. It even looked refreshed, as if it hadn’t been fighting the players for over an hour. 

A player in the back whispered, “It’s a beast…” 

Perhaps the term “beast” was an accurate term for this guardian. Even Kim Dong-Hae seemed weary of the orc’s stamina and tenacity.

One member from the Child Guild desperately shouted, “Captain! Shouldn’t we retreat at this point?” He was fighting even as he yelled. 

“Not yet! Just a little while longer!” Kim Dong-Hae replied as his eyes landed somewhere. He was staring at the Morningstar Guild: It was obsessively focused on attacking the orc’s back. More specifically, Kim Dong-Hae observed one man among the many in the group. He pondered, ‘They still aren’t attacking the guardian actively for some reason.’

The Morningstar members were keeping their attacks...