The first team stepped into the battlefield.
The dome terrain shifted, causing the floor to rumble and retract, revealing a lava-like terrain zone.
Three Drakenars were unleashed from the opposite side.
Like regular Drakenars they were scaly, red-eyed, and larger than humans despite bearing a humanoid form.
They roared with guttural distortion while stepping forward with chains still around their legs to restrict movement.
> "Team 1, you may begin."
The fight kicked off.
Victor leaned forward while slurping from his straw, genuinely curious. He had expected cocky students to fold like laundry when faced with real danger but Team 1 actually did decently well.
The berserker drew the attention of the largest Drakener while the mage launched ice bolts to slow the others. One of them got burned and had to be emergency teleported out, but overall it was a successful run.
More teams followed. Some barely scraped by while others performed impressively.
Then came Team 7.
