Floor 18 began with what the guild simply called "the meat grinder."
A massive open arena where enemies spawned in overwhelming numbers. Level 56-57 mixed types. Warriors, mages, archers, assassins—all at once, coordinated, relentless.
Standard tactics: defensive formation, weather the storm, survive through attrition. Twenty to thirty minute fight. Always cost lives. Usually two or three hunters who got isolated and overwhelmed.
"Defensive positions," Hendra started to order, then stopped himself. "Actually—Rama, what's your approach?"
The fact that the Vice Guild Master was deferring to him spoke volumes about how far they'd come.
