Woooootttt!!
When the sonorous sound of the trumpet reverberated through the air, Serene was dumbfounded when she saw that shameless elf just stood in place while the other participants swiftly ran towards the first course.
The damned elf was already a few seconds behind before he finally decided to run and enter the race. Looking at the figure who sped away, Serene scoffed, "Huh!? Winning he said?! He can't even start properly!"
When the 25 participants had left the clearing where the starting point was, Queen Leena, her entourage, as well as the whole audience immediately began making their way to the finish line which was in the opposite direction where the race began.
The place where the Gauntlet was held was a U-shaped terrain where the participants gathered at the foot of the hill, started there and made their way up through the courses before going back down to the other clearing which was the finish line.