Dragon Hunting Contest

"The situation is urgent. Today's special event will be a dragon-hunting contest!"

Pumpkin Referee announced from the air, "There are ten thousand dragons in today's special magic space. This space can remain stable for another four hours. As long as you slay all ten thousand dragons within those four hours, the disaster facing our Fiore Kingdom will naturally be resolved."

"This match places no restrictions on the number of participants each guild may send, but I advise everyone to act within their limits. Dragons are ferocious. Send only your elites if possible, or casualties will be unavoidable."

Pumpkin Referee continued, "When the match ends, the guild with the highest number of dragon kills will take first place for this round and receive the royal family's special thanks."

Although Pumpkin Referee was reading out the rules, few spectators were truly listening. Mainly because such a dangerous matter, one concerning the survival of an entire nation, had somehow been turned into a competition with prizes. It was hard to feel excited about that.

Still, some people felt that since the kingdom was calmly treating this as a contest, perhaps the situation was not as terrible as it seemed. They did not need to be too afraid.

At that moment, the space participants also received their mission prompt.

``` Competitive Mission: Dragon King Festival

Mission Objective: During the competitive phase of the Dragon King Festival, hunt as many dragons as possible to earn higher team points.

Within the magic space, every ten dragons killed by a guild containing Pioneers will earn that guild 1 team point. Participants from different guilds may not attack one another.

If all participating sides fail to kill every dragon within 4 hours, the remaining dragons will escape the magic space. For every dragon that escapes, all teams will