A grenade's explosion alone couldn't wipe out the Bloody Wolves. Still, it delivered a sufficient shock, and the subsequent collapse of the building dealt additional damage.0

The ground around this area was also covered by sharp thorns conjured by Han Ji-Tae's ability. The Bloody Wolves found themselves impaled and trapped beneath heavy rubble. They stood no chance of survival.0

Kim Ki-Rok and his guild members had positioned themselves in a corner of the building and erected a wall using the Shield Spell. They managed to escape the aftermath of that grenade unscathed, climbing out of the collapsed ruins and looking around at the debris.0

Kim Ki-Rok breathed a sigh of relief. "Wheeew! It's a shame to miss out on all the corpses and mana stones, but... we'll just have to give this one up."0

After all, clearing the debris would cost them precious time.0

"Let's get back on the move," Kim Ki-Rok ordered, stoically turning his back on the unharvested corpses and mana stones to advance toward their main objective—the altar's destruction.0

***0

At 3 p.m. on the fifteenth of December, the DG Guild entered the Gate of The Magus Fief Occupied by Contaminated Monsters.0

Then, at 9:30 p.m. on the same day, the Hunters Association...0