Ashton had been training in the simulation room for a week straight, day and night, against various enemies.
Flintmace and Vulcan had been pushing him hard, determined to make him the best fighter he could be, before sending him away to hunt the monster down.
The first day was the same thing all over again as he was pitted against Grunts, but this time their numbers had tripled since he defeated them.
Flintmace and Vulcan had made him fight against hordes of them, pushing him to his limits. Ashton had struggled at first, but he had eventually found his footing, learning to anticipate their moves and take them down efficiently... with a bit of help from Astaroth.
But the Xyran grunts were only the beginning. Flintmace and Vulcan introduced him to the different tiers of Xyran soldiers, each more powerful than the last.