Outer region of the Stoneclaw Mountain Range.
More than four hundred well-equipped red-name players steadily advanced toward the inner region of the Stoneclaw Mountain Range.
However, the closer they got to the inner region, the stronger and more numerous the monsters became. Moreover, the more players there were, the easier it was for the monsters to spot them, making battles quite frequent.
They had started out dealing with two or three hundred Level 35 elite half-orcs, along with several special elite and chieftain-class half-orcs. Now, they had to face four or five hundred Level 38 elite half-orcs led by Level 39 lord-class half-orcs. The difficulty of advancing had more than doubled.
"Our luck is terrible. These half-orcs actually respawned so quickly."
"If we'd known they would respawn this fast, we shouldn't have wasted so much time gathering people. Then Blood Without Trace and the others wouldn't have gotten ahead of us."
Quite a few people in the team became envious of the team led by Blood Without Trace.
To ensure they could kill more members of Zero Wing's main force, they had spent a great deal of time simply gathering more people. Now that they had to deal with these half-orcs, it would take them even more time to catch up to Zero Wing's main force.
"I heard they've already started fighting. I wonder if we can make it in time."
"It'd be better if we don't. That's Zero Wing's main force, after all. Even Blood Without Trace and the others can't possibly wipe them all out. We can pick up the scraps when the time comes."
"That's Blood Without Trace. With him hunting them down, how many players could possibly escape?"
"That's true. Let's hurry up, or this trip will be for nothing."
With that, everyone began clearing monsters