An Absurd Set of Attributes (Seeking Monthly and Recommended Votes)

Harry and the others were definitely planning to challenge the [Despair Town] instance again. After all, they had experienced so many new and fascinating things there.

Some of them had been pretty frightening, though.

But the Ruins Instance, which was currently being used as a test instance, was rather bare-bones. They had never come across anything like the [Authority Armlet] they had seen in [Despair Town], or any of those items with all their different functions.

The problem now was that Ron's attributes weren't up to the required standard, so the other three couldn't form a Fixed Team the way they had before.

Of course, that was actually the norm. Hermione had only just scraped by, thanks to her high standards for herself and years of hard work and training.

As for Harry and Neville, their current attributes—

Frankly, Anduin had propped them up with all kinds of resources and grueling training.

So the attribute requirements Anduin had proposed weren't just beyond the reach of Second-year students; most Third-year students couldn't meet them either, including the other members of the Tactics Club.

When Harry learned that Ron's attributes fell short, he looked around, ready to find someone to fill the gap.

Ideally, he wanted a student in their own year, since the older students mostly already had Fixed Teams of their own.

George and Fred, for example, had confirmed that their attributes qualified, then immediately started exchanging suggestive glances with Cedric and Cho. They were clearly ready to pair up.

But after exchanging glances with Susan, Hannah, and the other students in their year, Harry found that everyone was just a little short.

It wasn't until he looked toward the Slytherin table that he spotted Draco, who was looking around just like him.

When their eyes met, they both realized