The event continued as the next participants entered, selected their difficulty level, and either got trashed for being too overconfident or successfully hunted the boss monsters after playing it smartly and choosing a difficulty that best suited their skill level.
Just like in the test run, there were 3 difficulty levels, Normal, Hard, and Hell which were previously still in development during the test run phase that Maria and the others had partaken in just before the start of the IGC.
However, the difficulty compared to then, had drastically increased. Before those non-player participants had a chance to win but now, if they were to be brought onto the stage, they’d be completely wrecked in an instant, just like the first guy.
The battles continued and although a few participants had
