The roars of Lizardmen rang out one after another across Apple City. At some point, the full moon rising quietly into the night sky had also been stained a ghastly green.
Residents hiding inside their homes watched the mutated Lizardmen in the streets through their windows, their eyes filled with grave fear.
Meanwhile, the players were excitedly anticipating what was to come, eager to test themselves as they waited for the Evolutionary Baptism to end.
"What happened?" Bumblebee looked up at the Green rain curtain falling from the sky, then at a gravely wounded soldier on the ground. After being washed by the rain, the soldier transformed into a burly Lizardman in the blink of an eye and sprang back to his feet, full of life.
Optimus Prime, Megatron, and the others, who had been fighting moments ago, were also stunned by the sudden turn of events and instinctively stopped.
Under their watchful eyes, frail humans swelled into hulking figures. Mutated Lizardmen filled the streets, throwing back their heads and roaring. Beneath the Green rain curtain, an eerie, frenzied, ominous aura began to spread throughout the city.
On the Rooftop.
"Pitter-patter..." Green raindrops struck the surface of a black umbrella and dripped from its edges.
Merlin stood at the edge of the Rooftop, holding the umbrella in one hand. Like he was admiring a work of art, he silently watched the green tableau before him.
"Wonderful..." he murmured softly.
At that moment, a red figure streaked through the Green rain curtain and flew before Merlin.
"Merlin! Thank goodness, I finally found you. I thought you'd turned into a Lizardman too." Blue energy blasted from Arcee's back as she hovered before Merlin, her vivid red form particularly conspicuous amid the Green rain curtain.
She finally breathed a sigh of