A group of men sat before the wall stacked with monitors, the live feed of students clashing against golems flickering across dozens of screens.
With a handheld pad, they shifted angles, zooming in and out, trying to capture the chaos clearly while still maintaining distance from the combatants.
"Keeping tabs on thousands of students is surely difficult," one of them muttered, wiping sweat from his brow. His eyes stung from staring too long.
"It's not thousands, Dave. It's exactly 1,482. Numbers matter," the man beside him corrected flatly.
"Hey, quit nitpicking. He's a newbie. He'll adjust soon enough." Their superior gave a dry chuckle but quickly added, "Still, stay focused. No distractions."
Dave groaned. "Leader, you know it's impossible to keep up with them. All we see are dust clouds and afterimages—the cameras can't track their movements properly."
