The students encircled him. They had adorned their armor and wielded their weapons at hand.
The battle was ongoing right in front of them.
The beasts were relentless, pouncing at the guards, attacking from anywhere they saw an opening.
They climbed the stacked corpses to reach the palisade, and each dead beasts only added to that pile.
At a time, a beast managed to breach the defenses and get inside the palisade, causing havoc before being killed.
The result was dire and the troops were hanging by a thread.
"Separate yourselves into three groups. Mages, Shifters and Knights"
They shuffled themselves into those categories without a hitch as it'd been part of their training.
"Now, I've reinstated myself as commander" he announced.
"From what I've been briefed, chances of reinforcements arriving any time soon are very slim"
He put his palm up to shut any mouth.
"It means we'll be protecting this place on our own for as long as needed"
