The day of the attack on the goblins settlement finally came, though it wasn't night yet, a group of sixty people including the quartet and the council members where present at the entrance of the city.
Everyone except, the four youngsters had their equipments and weapons on them because they were going to leaving now and wait till night before attacking them.
Tessa and Ben walked up to them and saw they weren't wearing any form of equipment, not even their weapons were with them.
"You could have told us, you didn't have armors." She said looking at them before turning towards Ben. "Ben, please get them some diamond armors."
Just as Ben was about leaving to go get them equipments, Ace stopped him.
"That won't be necessary. We didn't want to raise too much attention from the people." Ace said.
"Raise attention. What do you mean?" Tessa asked tilting her eyebrows
"Just don't worry about giving us equipments." Ace said with a smile.
"Fine, suit yourself." She said and walked away with Ben.
When they were far away from them, she said to Ben "Why is he too arrogant?".
But Ben just smiled at her without answering her question.
Some minutes passed, and Tessa could be seen standing in front of the people who were going on the mission with her.
"This mission we're about to embark on is going to be a dangerous one. I know we are still adapting to this new world we found ourselves and many of you are still scared of the monsters out there."
"And if you don't feel like you have the courage to face thoes monsters, then you can leave. No one will stop you, no one will call you a coward. But if you are brave enough to face those monsters out there in the wilderness, then be sure to watch the backs of your comrades. I can't promise the safety of anyone and even if we should fall in battle, our legacies will continue to carry on even in our absence." She said
"Today we, face those monsters, today we conquer them and today we strive. Marchhh" She shouted.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhh." The voice and stomps of the warriors shook the city like an earthquake.
The plan was to head to the settlement during the day and wait till night before attacking.
"Why aren't those guys wearing any equipments." Edith who noticed that the youngsters weren't wearing any form of equipment asked.
"They said, they didn't want to much attention." Tessa answered in a mocking tone.
Both Tessa, Edith and Duke wore the same armor. Just a plain dark purple armor set. The obsidian set.
In this world they were five types of natural ores. Iron, Gold, Platinum, Diamond and Obsidian. These ores can be used for the crafting and creation of armors and weapons.
"Those arrogant brats.* Duke cursed. 'Just you wait and see. Enjoy your arrogance while it lasts.' Duke thought.
Some hours past and the sun was beginning to quit for the day, when they arrived at the settlement. They were a hundred meters away from the settlement and they could already see some of the goblins patrolling the perimeter.
"We wait it's night fall then we attack." Tessa ordered.
The small army waiting for a couple more hours till the sun was gone and now the moon shone brightly.
'Now's a good time.' Lloyd thought.
He equipped his Infernal Crimsonshade Armor Set and the Demon Slayer Blade. No one noticed it immediately, but some minutes later they felt a constant pulse of a strange which was slightly uncomfortable for coming from Lloyd.
As the constant pulse of strange energy enveloped the surroundings, people began to exchange puzzled glances, sensing an unusual discomfort. Whispers spread through the crowd as they tried to make sense of the mysterious phenomenon emanating from Lloyd and his formidable gear.
"What kind of armor is that, it's looks so cool."
"I wish it was mine."
Whispers started spreading around the group which caught the attention of Tessa and the other council members.
"Now, I see what they meant." Tessa said looking at Lloyd in his gear.
Ace and the others thought it was time to also put on theirs. Ace put on his Draimo Set, Zeke his Night Panter Set and Chris his Blue Fang Set.
Now, everyone looked at them with eyes of envy.
"Why are we wearing such shitty gears while, they're wearing something so cool. The leaders are too biased."
"I don't think the leaders gave them that armor they're wearing. Look at what the leaders themselves are wearing, it's just Obsidian Armor. Those gears looks more powerful than Obsidian gears.
Tessa then walked forward, addressing the group one last time before the pending battle.
"The time we've been waiting for has finally come, and now we must seize this opportunity and defeat those beast. Prepare yourselves for battle." Tessa said drawing out her her Silverine Sword.
Every followed in her suit and held out their weapons and advanced towards the Settlement ahead.
Suddenly, multiple balls of flames were hurled towards them from all corners.
"AMBUSH!!" Tessa shouted.
The fireballs exploded upon impact with any hard surface. Multiple explosions went off, blowing people up.
"Find a way to take cover." Edith shouted.
Ten bulky men, all holding shields created a line of defense, the rest of them took cover behind them but it was of no use as a single fireball sent them all flying in different directions.
Ace, eagerly scanned his eyes throw the trees, trying to find the cause of those fireballs but he couldn't find any major cause, except the fact that they were coming from above the trees.
'That's it, whatever is attacking us are doing it from the tree.'
"Edith, it's from the trees." Ace shouted.
[Partial Transformation HAS BEEN]
[ACTIVATED]
Edith's skin started changing color to a golden-yellow, while the same colored furs grew, black spots appeared all round her body. Apart from the skin changes, she now hard razor sharp claws that were as strong as steel, she also grew a short muzzle with sharp fangs and a tail.
She ran towards the nearest tree, on all fours, climbed up the tree in a smooth motion and some seconds later she jump down with a dead goblin.