Eden arrived with Expat to the meeting point where Jericho said to. Jericho was the strongest one in the server. Eden dismounted her horse and Jericho reached over for a hand shake. "The infamous Great Eden, welcome to the war. I see you brought a friend, Expat." Jericho looks over at Expat and reaches out to shake Expat's hand, "No hard feelings man." Expatriate only looked at Jericho's hand and said, "I'm only here because of Eden." Jericho pulled his hand back and straightened his posture. "Well, I'm eager to know how Eden convinced you to join us" said Jericho and he looked at Eden. "That's not your concern," replied Expat before Eden was able to say anything. Eden cleared her throat to draw attention from the two tall muscular males with flaring nostrils. "You mentioned you needed aid. Expat is part of that. Cool?" said Eden as she pulled her horse toward the group that was gathering north of them. "Yeah, I'll introduce you to the crew," said Jericho as he speeded up to walk in front of Eden.
Jericho announced Eden's and Expats arrival as they got close to the group. The group was laughing and joking with each other before stopping to look at Eden and Expat. "Hey Eden! I see you decided to join the dark side. You can stand next to me, I'll keep you safe" said DBoot, a tall slender male with long brown hair up to his shoulders.
"No offense Boot, but I think you're gonna have competition with Expat, just that murderous gaze makes me wish you my condolences," chimed in Stephan who was wearing leather armor and had bushy black hair with blue eyes. The group laughed and Jiman added, "I think the whole point is to beat our opponent, not each other."
"Unless you're into that," added DBoots and winked at Eden with a smile. Expat took a step forward, but Eden walked in front of him. "Pretty sure you're going to need more meat on you before you can serve and protect, besides I'm into big strong arms," as if on queue Expat leaned forward and wrapped his arms around Eden as she finished her sentence. Eden leaned back and just kept her eye contact with Dboots with a challenging smirk. "I told you that you had slinky arms bro, now you can't even protect the girl," added Jiman. The group laughed again.
A red head with green eyes walked over wearing a burgundy dress with a slit on her right leg exposing her hip bone. "I don't see what the whole big deal is, it's not like she's the strongest one here," said Athena as she moved her hips and lightly stroked Jericho's chest. Jericho jolted at the touch and moved away. He gave a nervous smile and said, "Woman, I'm married." Athena chuckled, "I know, I was just examining a work of art." Eden rolled her eyes and said threateningly, "I'm not the strongest here, but I'm not a spectator for a fight, want to have a go?" Eden pulled her sword out from her waist, but got held back by Expat. Athena, chuckled, "I was just saying the truth, no need to get offended." Eden looked back at Expat and narrowed her eyes, then Expat released her. "No need for your condescending comments. You can dish it, then be ready to take it," said Eden while putting her sword away. Athena walked away smiling while saying, "I'm not interested." She walked into the arms of a tall man with tattoos on his shaved scalp and a dragon shaped earring on his left ear, Bone. Athena leaned in for a steamy kiss, but Eden only felt repulsed by the sight of it and looked towards her horse. Thunder, in protest of disapproval of Athena's act turned away to show his butt to the group. Eden giggled at her animated horse. Expat whispered in Eden's ear, "Athena has always been a loose woman, she flirts with any man."
Eden looked at Expat and then asked, "why are you telling me this?"
" So you know this is normal of her." answered Expat.
"So I know you flirted with her too" interrupt Eden.
"No! She tried, but I ignored her" exclaimed Expat.
"I don't need to know of your adventures, just tell them to stay in their lane" said Eden as she turned back to look at the rest of the group. Eden asked in a raised voice "So is there a plan? Who is doing what?". "Plan is not to go Lerroy Jenkings, rally up and survive" said DBoots. "Yeah, that's usually how it goes," said Jiman.
Many more arrived at the meeting spot, but there were no representatives from the FOX alliance. Eden asked Jericho, "Why has FOX not sent anyone? Are they going to spectate?" Jericho looked around before answering, "No, there's some tension with Sentinel and they said they will make their own way." Eden looked over at the crowd, "Who is Sentinel?" Jericho pointed at a cloaked man sitting in the far end alone drinking his beer. Expat was being held back by the other men asking him questions. Then Jericho asked, "So you and Expat huh, how did that happen?" Eden sighed, wondering when these men will stop asking before responding, "I'm like his nurse. He needed a place to recover and we're actually really good friends." "I think he has something else in mind," replied Jericho with a grin. "Regardless, this world isn't real, we all trying to figure out how to get back. I was disrupted by the mimic in my place because it needed me to sign a disciplinary form. My boss is concerned since my behavior is off. I couldn't even communicate directly or explain where I really am. The only words I was able to get out was I agree to the form and I will do better at being more responsive. This place, it's messing with my mind. Where is the line?" They stayed silent not speaking for a few minutes. Then Jericho broke the silence, "I guess you have to always remind yourself everyday then." Trumpets sounded indicating the server war was starting. A notification appeared on a pop up screen before everyone's eyes.
"You have received three travel tokens to the enemy server. You may steal an enemy's travel token from the enemy on their territory after defeating them. Tokens can be used during an event or saved for future use. The server with the least casualties wins. All defeated participants will have a 7 day time limit to recover their losses by using their gold or rewards. Rewards include diamonds, gold, recovery potions, resources and teleportation spells. The top scores receive new skins, castle upgrades and royal decree. "
Before Eden could finish reading the notification she noticed portals opening at a distance and some players already moving in a squad to find them. Expat made his way to be next to her, "I am with you, where should we go?" Eden looked around once more to see the Jericho was already in battle with a husky older male. They were both smiling. "I'm guessing the titans found each other. Let's go to enemy territory, we reinforce each other. They both pulled out a token from their pocket and tossed it in the air. A beam of light hit them and they landed in separate places. "Commander," Erza called."I thought I told you to hide," said Eden. "Yes, I was forced to appear because the cloaking crystal resets in a new territory." Eden had won a cloaking crystal on one of her boss raids which allowed her to disappear. She was going to use it, but decided to check if it worked on Ezra. She also didn't want to show Ezra to the rest of the players because her appearance was very similar to her and she wanted to use that to her advantage. She noticed that a lot of players used a more mythical skin. Probably taking advantage of the mystical environment. However, Eden was more concerned with war, and knowing there is always someone with ill intentions, it would help to have a double in her place. But she still had to figure out how to use Erza without others noticing. What commands she needs to give her.
"Eden, where did you land? Pull your map out and send me your coordinates" said Expat in a message. Eden looked to see he was not far from her. But she thought about being spotted. "Lets meet here instead" replied Eden and sent the coordinates. Eden rode off on Thunder. "Cloak Erza"
From a distance, a scout nearby sent intel that an army was riding. Two riders, but one cloaked themselves. Their army was not seen. Draco, an enemy player, was stationed on the hill not too far from Eden. They had arranged armies stationed on possible portal drop zones. Unknown to where one opened, they could only guess that it would be away from the main cities. Their server decided to stagger and use a teleport to quickly gather at a meeting place if they see someone and attack as a unit. Draco decided to follow Eden instead of following their plan. He was eager to test his strength.