New developments

Eldrian ended up unable to recover from the onslaught of the two knights. Waiting in Elizabeth's virtual home he was soon joined by the others. Having lost only one point from that match.

"That was disappointing," Erik said as he felt he contributed nothing. Though most of the others also felt frustrated. The fact that armor was the determining factor, and not skills, did not sit right with them. It felt like it was pay to win.

"Yeah, we will have to find a way to actually win against them or we will certainly not be able to claim the first prize," Nikki agreed fully, while that team also had quite some skill, she felt frustrated that they had not managed to kill more than the fighters.

"But what can we change? Each of them is stronger than us, they must be trained in real life too. Else their coordination and understanding of each other won't be so good." Elizabeth sighed as she said this, Eldrian finding this point interesting.