Tyson stood atop the castle's stone wall in the simulated battleground, scanning the chaotic fight below. His team—Lara, Shaun, Ken, and Bee—were locked in yet another desperate struggle against waves of goblins, all to protect the floating crystal at the center of their stronghold.
The drill was modeled after one of the tournament maps, a brutal test in which Rangers had to do this exact thing—defend the crystal with their lives on the line. And for the fourth time in a row, they were failing.
Tyson's jaw tightened as he stood guard beside the fragile, glowing stone, the thing he hated the most in this scenario. The goblins overwhelmed them each time, shattering the crystal before they could complete the wave.
