Odin was reading a book in his library on a single sofa chair when he received a message. He was uninterested in conversing with anyone, so he ignored it. Then another message was sent after a few seconds. Odin readjusted his posture and continued reading. After a few minutes a third message notification went off. Ethan walked in silently and made his way to another sofa nearby. One that was large enough for him to sit in comfortably. "Are you not interested in who could be trying to contact you?" asked Ethan. Only the sound of Odin turning to the next page was heard. Then after a few minutes Ofin finally said, "if I was to respond to every message quickly, I wouldn't get to enjoy this type of quietness. Some moments are worth ignoring the world over." Ethan gave a small nod and just picked up a book of his own fit foe his own size.
Eden was a little impatient after sending her first message, which was "Greetings Odin, I'm reaching out to see if you could shed some light on some things I have questions on." Then she quickly felt she should have sent her question too. Her second message said, "I would like to know if you know of any glitches on the system that would help increase my power and defense?" Then after no reply for a few minutes, Eden sent her last message, "I look forward to your response at your earliest convenience and if there are other ways to achieve the same result, I would be very grateful if you shared." Then Eden left her study and decided to go on a boss hunt. She was wearing an off white dress with gold lace on some of the edges. Although Eden was in a world full of war, she still liked to dress feminine.
Eden went to the training quarters to observe how the training of the generals were going. Erza moved extremely fast from her position to avoid getting hit. She was told to stay within a circle Eden had drawn on the ground herself. It was only 7 feet in diameter. Sir Tristan was training, had long red hair in a ponytail and 3 layered braids on each side of his bangs with a navy string that wrapped at the end to hold them from coming undone. A small totem would dangle from the braid. Sir Tristan would charge and Erza would step out of the way and tap him lightly with the end of her sword, indicating he failed. Then another attempt, each new attempt would result in the same way. Eden asked out loud, "would you fight this way if my life depended on it?" Tristan, who just failed another attempt was facing away, but Eden could see his shoulders stiffen. The rest watching had shocked faces at the question. They were going to protest at the thought of betraying Eden, but Arthur raised his hand to stop them from speaking up. Eden asked again, "If you learned that Erza was chosen by the elders to one day betray me, would you let her go that easily?" Sir Tristan's began to exhale and inhale more rapidly. The sweat from his forehead that was dripping began to evaporate as his body temperature began increasing from the sudden thought. He had sworn to himself privately he would fight until death if he had to, to never see Eden in the condition she was when they returned. Her determination to stay alive had kept them all alive. They all felt when she was in danger and when she activated her shield of protection, a shield also activated around them. The shield meant retreat and live. This is what Eden instructed them if they saw it activated during a battle. He also saw the broadcast after leaving the infirmary. They all did. As a general, it was his duty to fall before she did. All these emotions and thoughts triggered Sir Tristan's heart to increase blood flow. His muscles now pumped with adrenaline, he said "I will die fighting for you Eden." He then turned to attack Erza again. This time, he had counted on Erza to tap him on a vital organ. Midway through his charge he twisted his body to face upward. Then he moved his blade to the spot where his blind spot was and heart. With his other hand he covered his lungs. Erza was halfway to tapping his sword with the back of hers when she moved up towards his neck. With the arm covering his chest over his lungs, Sir Tristan repositioned his forearm to protect his neck. Erza's sword bounced off the vanbrace. Then Erza moved her other hand that was holding her shield and slammed Tristen down with it. Sir Tristen hit the ground so hard that the ground had cracks and dust blew through every direction. Erza stood up straight to face Eden and said, "This is the first time I had to use my other hand." Eden smiled and said, "Sir Tristan, my chest swells with pride at this display of loyalty. Please continue to improve your skills and lead by example." Everyone began to cheer. Gabriel was already helping Sir Tristan get up. Sir Tristan was still trying to catch his breath, but said outloud, "what are you all cheering for! I got my ass kicked, this is not enough!" Eden nodded in approval and threw a recovery potion at Gabriel to hand to Sir Tristan. "Not Enough!" yelled Eden and looked around at everyone who settled down.
"Repeat those words to yourself and remember Sir Tristan's accomplishment. He forced Erza into a defensive reaction. So far she had been toying with you all as if you're children, but Sir Tristen changed. If Erza had not used her shield to pound her opponent to the ground, Sir Tristan could have raised his sword towards her. Erza was wide open for a few seconds. We will all shout internally, Not Enough! To keep going and push our limits higher!"
Eden's speech resonated in all their hearts. Then Gwaine, another general, stepped forward. "I will challenge Erza next." Gabriel straightened his posture, "I will follow his challenge." Then more soldiers began to volunteer. Erza was simultaneously taking record of the list of volunteers and their queue. Eden then raised her hand to bring them to a silence. "Before you do, we will go on a boss hunt. Bring that attitude with you." Then they began to get ready for a boss raid.
Upon arriving at the location that Eden had marked, an uninvited party arrived. CallanRok showed up with his army. Eden's Generals surrounded her and her army tensed up. Callan smiled and said, "wow, you have them trained to the point you don't issue out commands to do it. Quite a skill of yours. How about you teach me how you do that and I can teach you how to increase your power and defense. Hmmmm" Eden tried to not show any reaction and looked in the direction of the cave. "This is our boss raid and beyond your normal hunting grounds. Why are you here?" Callan moved in a little closer with his horse, but was stopped once all of Eden's men pulled out their swords. Callan wasn't there to pick a fight and felt he could take down Eden if he wanted to. She wasn't impressive like others in combat, but the fact that her men acted without a command intrigued him. If he was to fight with her now, he wouldn't get any information from her encounter in server war or how she managed to get her army to respond without commands. He cleared his throat before speaking, "I heard there was a new boss added to the server and I wanted to try out my skills on it. Eden announced, "stand down men." Her army relaxed a little and slowly placed their swords away. But Eden whispered to Erza, who was invisible, stay on guard.
"The path splits after a few feet, decide which path you want now and there won't be a quarrel among us of who defeats the boss and gets the rewards," Eden as she nudged Thunder to move forward. Callen furrowed his eyes as he thought, who did this woman think she was? She is fucken nobody, just another useless woman meant for entertainment. "Is there a problem?" asked Eden as she turned to look at Callan's expression. "Yes, I heard this new boss was really strong and most needed assistance to defeat it. We would be too far to aid each other." Eden looked at the cave and said, " I would naturally retreat if it's power level was beyond my capabilities. If you need aid, I could send a scout with you to report to me if you need it." The thought was appalling to Callan, to imply he needs help from a woman. How presumptuous of her. "Oh Miss Eden, I was just trying to be a gentleman by offering you help if you came across the boss on your own," Callan said sweetly. Then he said, "I'll take the right side.
They were about to enter the cave when another voice was heard from a distance. "Eden! Where are you sneaking off to now?" said DBoots as he got closer. He looked back and forth at them and then added, "Oh, Expat is going to be heart broken." Eden smacked her forehead, how did she manage to get herself into such an ambiguous position. "The tunnel splits in two a few feet in," said Eden. "hmmm sure it does," replied DBoots and winked. Eden rolled her eyes and said, there's only two ways, pick one and then figure out if you're willing to share spoils. "What, no threesome?" said DBoots with a grin. Eden started heading inside on her own when DBoots followed her and said to Callan, "sorry to break your heart, but I don't go both ways." Callan laughed and said, "your good man!" After they were both out of sight, Callan stopped smiling and said with a serious tone, "that guy is getting in the way." A thick raspy voice responded from behind him, "she won't get away. She'll be groveling at your feet as well." Then Callan's gargoyle glided closer to him from his back. "Are you sure you couldn't get any closer?" asked Callan. "Yes," answered the gargoyle.