Interesting [1]

Swoosh—

"We're almost there." 

Karl sprinted forward as his group followed him from behind. Turning his head, he stared at them and urged them to quicken their speed. 

".....One last push. We should be amongst the firsts." 

Though he said that, he didn't believe that to be the case. They had wasted too much time trying to catch up with the leading teams. 

'Monsters.'

That was all Karl could think of as he looked at the scores on his bracelet. From the start until now, the top two groups had maintained a steady lead.

It only had stopped recently. 

Most likely, there were already people fighting against the boss monster.

'That's fine, they'll be exhausted by the time we arrive. We can steal their kill after all parties are exhausted.' 

It was a feasible plan. 

One that he planned on doing. 

Or at least, originally planned to do. 

"W-what is this...?"