Tristan was the fourth to arrive… and his arrival perhaps meant the opponents Arthur would face next would have an exponential boost in power. As the Leader trained the archery prodigy, Leo and Theodore caught a moment's rest.
The latter pair was exhausted, sore and barely able to move a muscle… but the harrowing training session was far from over. Arthur had been moving since they'd arrived… but the lancer looked far from tired.
If anything, he looked as though he was only warming up. They knew he had no enchantment that could be used to travel either… which meant he'd gone through the same harrowing path toward the plateau as they had.
While his path there might have been smoother in comparison and littered with fewer setbacks, it was the same path nonetheless.
Arthur's efficiency and skill far outclassed their own and that allowed him to expend less energy while they struggled to chase after them.
But still, there was hope…
