Striking Rebels

With the elite squad of Hollow Arthas leading the way, we follow right behind them. Under the night sky, walking through the desert. The wind was light, and we traveled peacefully for the next 30 minutes. In the next few hours, Hollow Arthas will be sending in the attack force. By then we should have caused panic among their ranks. From a distance, we could see a small house made out of sandstone. With a bench outside, and Lucas sitting outside of the house. He notices us and we all head towards him.

"Took you guys long to get here" Lucas says

"Greetings Sir Lucas. How did you get here before we did?" Anglea asks

"A simple teleportation spell that Edengeld has made herself. Can only work on places we've marked. Inside this house, I marked it with a magic circle that my squad and I have access" he replies

"There's not much time left before the main attack. Bring your squad out, and we shall go as you're all ready" Anglea responds

The door opens and a big man comes out wearing a vest with a lot of pockets. The man had long white hair, and is dark skinned with the typical elf ears, and purple glowing eyes.

"Meet Claude, he's one of the loyal servants of Edengeld. He is one of the first servants to be with her before she came here to this realm" Lucas says

"It's nice to meet you all. I am the squad of Lucas" Claude says

"So your team just consists of you 2 persons?" Razz asks

"Ah don't mind that. Claude is a one man army" Lucas says

"Shall we get going then?" Raemo says

Lucas and his 'squad' leads the way heading to a different direction. We walked in silence and in peace until the destination was in sight. From a far, a destroyed temple can be seen. Lucas stopped walked, so we all paused as well.

"That temple is their secondary entrance. Their main entrance which you guys know is heavily guarded" Lucas says

"So if we invade through here, they'll send in more reinforcements in this secondary entrance thus weakening the main" Raemo says

"Indeed, but the longer we stay out here. The chances of them spotting us is higher. So what's our quick plan?" Lucas says

"I thought you guys have a plan since you've been here already" Anglea says

"Well, it was just me and Claude. We both had invisibility, do all of you have invisibility?" he asks

We all shook our heads.

"So we have no plan then" Lucas says

Us having no plan to attack is making me nervous. The fact that the longer we're here we'll be spotted, is making me even more nervous. We can't afford to waste any more time because the main army is going to attack the main entrance, while we're here in the secondary. I looked at my teammates hoping any of them have something in mind. Razz just silently yawned, while Domotraus and Ravenna were just listening to what the others are saying. I noticed Seph was looking into the distance, direction of the secondary base. Before I could get her attention, she spoke out.

"I've an idea" Seph says

The rest of the team looks at curiously, waiting to hear what her plan was.

"First, we can have Claude cause chaos. Making them call of reinforcements. As that's happening, we can sneak in while everyone is fixated on Claude. The elite squad will then attack the foes from behind them breaking their formation while they're picking on Claude. The rest of us will be preparing a trap for the incoming reinforcements, though I'm not sure of the layout of the entrance, so I highly doubt will be effective. But it will work for sure" Seph explains

"I can't think of anything better, so I'll go for this plan" Lucas says

"If the plan fails, then what?" Raemo asks

"We hide inside their base, and one by one take them out" Seph says

"I have two smoke bombs left on me, so the first one will be used to get inside the entrance if ever the plan fails" I say

"They won't be able to see who's travelling in the smoke, I'll make the smoke dark enough to make them think they're blinded. If ever one of them starts to notice us, just kill that person and make a run for it" Seph says

"As Lucas has said, I think of nothing better. We're set on this plan as well" Raemo responds

We all head closer towards the temple, but kept our distance far until Claude closes in. An flaming arrow was shot into the air as Claude came closer and went on the huge platform in the entrance. A small staircase leading to a cave, was guarded by those Gems. Seph took the lead and signaled us to follow her. We followed her, going around while all of them were focused on Claude.

From where I am, I see about five other monstrosities beside Claude protecting him from whatever the Gems throw at him. This must be the complete squad of Lucas, most of them are just monsters. Guess no one should be in the bad side of Edengeld.

We made it behind the front of entrance. Claude had reached the middle of the platform and all the Gems had kept their distance surrounding him, throwing different kinds of magic spells at him. We silently passed by them and made it to the cave entrance. The elite squad assisted Claude by charging in from behind as soon as we had entered the cave. Walking into the cave, we were met with a two pathways in the cave. I held onto Seph along with Razz, Domotraus held on to Ravenna. We didn't use any light source so we won't get spotted by whoever was inside. We were about to head to right pathway, but Lucas stopped us. We went to the left instead and waited for a bit. Still not being able to see in the dark, I can only rely on my sense of hearing. Footsteps being heard coming from the right side, all going for the exit. The footsteps stops and we continue on going to the right pathway. At the end of the tunnel, there's a light source. Entering the light source, we find ourselves in another pathway. This pathway had many different doors. I opened one and peeked what was inside, it was just a regular bed room. Each of the doors had a number.

"This place is like some sort of inn for the Gems" I say

The others had opened a door and took a peek as well.

"Someone's coming" Lucas says

Lucas immediately gets inside the room and quietly closes the door, I didn't want to be alone so I went to the person closest to me, Ravenna. We both went inside the room. Domotraus, Razz, and Seph had went in separate rooms.

"Hi" Ravenna whispers in my ear

I felt this tingling sensation behind my ear going down to my nape as she whispered. I glance at her and just gave her a smile. I placed one ear to the side of the door so I can hear what would happen from outside. The door was too thick for me to hear anything.

"I don't know what's happening" I whisper to her ear

"Don't focus on that for now" she whispers back

I lock eyes with her for a few seconds, her eyes looked like they were glowing in the dark.

"What do you mean?" I whisper back

"Explain your hand" she whispers

I look at my hand and it had a faint glow that I didn't notice. It seems whatever the feather did to my hand, it's showing signs of it right now.

"I don't know" I whisper back

"Hello, is someone there?" the voice came from outside the door followed by knocks

Fear of getting caught washed over me. Killing him was the only option if the person ever opens the door. Ravenna acted quickly pulling me under the bed. The bed wasn't big enough for the both of us to stay side by side, so I took the initiative and went on top of her. I could smell the scent she had on her clearly. She smelled nice, very nice. She must've bought perfumes during our downtime. I looked to the side and saw two boots, meaning there's only one person inside the room. I reach out to my dagger I hid in my waist and prepared to strike in case he checks under. After a few minutes of hiding under the bed, the person finally leaves. The door closed, I wait for another few minutes before leaving. I left the bed first followed by Ravenna. I turn to her and noticed how red she was.

"You good?" I ask

"Yeah, I am" she says looking away

The door opens and Lucas was outside of the door along with the others.

"Let's go. Most of them have sent reinforcements to the second entrance" Lucas says