"Let's split into teams of two and guard the hearthstone from different angles."
No one objected to Ray's proposal.
Three teams were created, each tasked with blocking the monsters that would come out of the three corridors connected to the hall.
"Here they come."
Ray's warning had only fallen when monsters surged out of the corridors in waves.
Faelar and Seliane faced spiders with the deadly red stingers of scorpions. Marcus and the Reptilia faced ogres. Ray and Lia faced a swarm of winged abominations with the bodies of locusts and beetles, but their faces were twisted mockeries of human visages.
"Human-faced insectoids," Lia sweated internally. "A swarm of them can even give a party of bronze rankers a run for their money."
"We can't let them through, so rid yourself of useless thoughts and prepare to fight!"
Lia felt motivated, hearing Ray's words.
"You are right."
A bow shimmered into existence in her hands. "There's no backing down now."
