The Obsidren took their place on the marble arena, drawing a brief hush with their unmistakable physiology.
Thin light skimmed the polished floor and climbed their frames, the crowd's noise settling into a dense, expectant silence that made every breath feel louder.
Dark, quarried-stone skin sheathed hulking humanoids up to 2 meters tall, and even their gear seemed forged to match, dense metal fitted over stone-plated bodies. By nature akin to titan golems, they were a defensive race devoted to the Nether Path.
Each step landed with a muted thud, grit rasping under their soles, the weight of their bodies sending small tremors through the marble as if the arena itself acknowledged their presence.
Unfortunately, though for all that their racial traits and the [Resilience] stat afforded near-impervious defenses, they never matched the Umbraens, another Nether Path race, in talent.
The reason was simple—numbers.
