Quill found himself tossed on the sofa and stretched himself out a little. There was breakfast on the table and he helped himself to the delicious food. He found Dax in googles was drilling in the backyard, Atlas was probably out for a run while Ethan and Noah sparred with each other.
"What should I do while waiting for the challenge?" he thought
Atlas entered with with a towel over his shoulders and jugged down water from his bottle. He ended his personal livestream, something Dax stresses about and turned his gaze to Quill.
"What are you doing just standing in the hallway?" Atlas frowned
Quill answered quietly, "I...I don't know what to do..."
"What are your hobbies? The beastmen love to fight and currently Dax is adding a waterfilled section to the building. Live a very big in-house aquarium."
Quill told, "I used to do horse riding, reading poetry and others things."
Atlas opened his screen. He and Quill started looking through the breeds of horse available and their adaptable to Abyss Island. Dax walked in covered in dust from head to toe.
"Wonderland sent us an invite to their trail." he sighed
Blake heard as he walked downstairs with floating plates following him.
"Decline." Ethan yelled from outside
Blake interrupted, "Remember yesterday, the deal."
A groan echoed the house and the beastkins forced themselves inside with looks for defeat. Dax reluctantly accepted the invite and felt his eyes moisten.
You have accepted the invite to Wonderland's trial
Trial ??: Protect the shore
Monsters have appeared in the waters of South City. Defend it from various monster waves while waiting for reinforcements.
"Question marks?" Quill wondered
Noah nodded, "I heard after a certain number of trials the system stops counting. Takes up too much space on the screen"
"We need to be fully prepared." Dax said seriously "A deal is a deal."
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Xavier panted in exhausting after repelling the wave of monsters and looked at a screen in front of him with anger.
Disadvantage two in effect: Half the member participating in the trial have receive the debuffs: food poisoning and confusion
Fey curled into a ball gripping her stomach. Gone was her elegant appearance and stunning elven graceful movements. She sobbed and rolled paired with confusion, Fey hit many obstacles.
Crazed Faction as accepted our invite and have arrived
"I can't wait to see these Crazed members you're obsessed with." A large man laughed
Xavier sighed, "Kilian, they're the only ones we can call since relations with other factions are rocky."
A bright light descended down and dropped off their guest. They were speechless as Blake raised his sunglasses and looked around with satisfaction.
"We can make this work." Blake smiled
They started the livestream. The fans were confused but happy to see them again and questioned about their attire.
"Well, we're on the beach." Dax exclaimed happily
Blake added, "Sun, sand and sea."
"Don't found our wonderful host, Wonderland." Atlas smiled
The screens turned toward the exhausted hosts that gave them a blank expression with a hint of confusion. Kilian marched forward with rage and Noah blocked his path.
"We called for help not to offer vacation spots!" he roared
Dax smiled, "Actually we have completed the deal agreed."
They replayed a section of the yesterday's agreement and everyone looked at Xavier as though betrayed beyond words. What sort of deal was that? Was he only there to fanboy and forgot his duties a leader?
"We're not heartless." Noah smiled "But we're not joining."
Dax quickly spoke, "Darya will help you out. BYE!"
Blake made a platform above the shore of equal length. He took tons of sand from below and filled their artificial seashore. Atlas fired bullets into the sea, the gallons of water rose up and completed their vacation area.
Madison groaned, "They're....they're coming!"
Killian asked, "Who's Darya?"
"I don't know! This is what happens when you miss one stream, nothing makes sense!!" Xavier lamented
[CrazedFan: So true
Azure23: Is the Wonderland leader, a fan?]
Noah laid down on the sun. His loose white shirt was decorated with simple claw mark on the right side paired with pale brown shorts and white slippers. His exposed skin similar to everyone except Quill was painted with old and new scars of various kinds.
"You've been through a lot haven't you?" Blake frowned at Dax
Dax laughed, "Don't be sad. It means I returned to my family every time."
"No! Those are the badges of a true warrior!" Noah beamed "According to beastkin."
They looked at the sea below as fishmen monsters became visible in the water. The monsters held spears, they didn't advance yet and this action proved they weren't your average rampaging enemy.
When the monsters finally moved forward and a large ripple spread on the water. A dozen large tentacles smashed into the monsters and cry echoed. The creatures were frightened by the appearance of a strong foe and retreated.
The smooth skinned head turned toward the beaming Dax. Xavier could have sworn that the sea creature sighed as it returned to the depths of the water.
"Da...Darya. A Kraken?" Fey reacted in shock
[Fighter: How did you tame a Kraken?]
Blake answered, "Ah...he threatened her eggs. Do not try this at home."
[...]
Noah held a volleyball with a smug expression, pitched the net and formed team. Before they could begin another shout echoed and sent out strong winds. The source was giant black haired beautiful woman with shimmering golden fishtail and trident in her hands.
Darya, resurfaced with an angry shriek and splashed the water. The mermaid smirked as she sent out a reply that made the mother Kraken fume in rage.
"Are they trash taking?" Blake chuckled
Dax nodded, "So the mermaid was disowned, Darya called her a discarded scraps and a disgrace trying to run away to land. The ex-Royal laughed saying she'll try her into calamari and use her eggs for breakfast."
"Oh, the gloves are off." Noah whistled
Hidden trial unlocked
You've discovered the mastermind of the attacks is the a disinherited Royal on the run! Quickly prevent her escape the Royal guards are on the way
Darya let out a war cry, spikes appeared on the end of her tentacles and spun into the water. The mermaid held up her trident, had a confident smile and swam forward.
"Point." Ethan informed
The looked behind to see Noah, Ethan and Quill smirking back at them. The they join on the other side as Atlas served a splash of water quashed out behind them. Darya tentacles gripped the mermaid, she bit into the merfolk's shoulder and her spike were broke into it's clear skin.
The mermaid roared, the trident raised up into the the sky with its target already predetermined.