The group hiked the mountain until nightfall. After the first battle, the kobolds didn’t attack again.

The knights Weaver and Rhodi stopped when they discovered a large clearing.

“We will set up camp here for tonight!”

“We will be taking watch in rotations, so finish your supper quickly and get some sleep.”

They had been moving nonstop since they left the city when the sun rose until sunset. Not only that but they had battled against hundreds of kobolds halfway through. Even though all the participants were veterans, they couldn’t help but feel a little tired.

“Phew, I’m starting to wonder if it was worth coming here. It’s so tiring…”

“I know, right? I thought I’d be able to gain a lot of levels and EXP.”

“All we did was walk all day! I should’ve just done a Quest or something.”

Complaints started to spill out everywhere. 

Tsk, tsk. 

The Frost Queen clicked her tongue. 

“Those weaklings. They have so many complaints,” she said. 

“They probably didn’t have this in mind when they signed up for the competition.”

Frankly, this wasn’t what Seo Jun-Ho had in mind either. But that didn’t mean he was disappointed like the others. The encounter with the blood kobolds had put him on ed...