Five days went by quickly, while they plans to attack the settlements had been set, all that was left was execution.
The quartet had, their various weapons returned to them and they were to meeting with some members council everyday at the training grounds for some minor training.
Today was quite different from the rest of the days because, only a few of them were at the training grounds, doing some light training before the mission which was in two days time.
"You've gotten fatter and a bit bigger haven't you." Lloyd said looking at Nox.
*RUFF*
"I think I'm spoiling you too much, I'm I?." Lloyd commented. 'I only feed him half a kilogram of meat three times a day.' He thought.
Then, Annie walked in and picked up him up from the ground and placed him on her arms like a baby.
"Who's a good boy, you are?" She said smooching her face with he's.
Nox playfully licked her face.
"You deserve a treat." Annie said.
She brought out freshly baked cookies which she bought exclusively for Nox from a store on her way here and fed it to him.
'Now I see why he got fatter.' Lloyd thought.
The past few days they had been here, Annie grew extremely fond of Nox to the extent of evening taking him to her house for a whole day.
Lloyd didn't really worry, because her house was heavily gaurd round the clock.
Lloyd's attention was shifted towards Zeke, who engaged in a sparring section with the Warrior Skeleton.
When Zeke asked Lloyd to summon the Warrior Skeleton because he wanted to fight with it, he thought Zeke had gone mad and declined but after a lot of convincing from Zeke, Lloyd gave in.
'I wonder how strong the Warrior Skeleton had grown, I haven't really checked his stats in a while now.' Lloyd thought.
[Warrior Skeleton Lvl 4(759/800)]
[Health: 100%]
[Stamina: 97%]
[Equipment: Black King Set]
[Shadow Knight Blade]
[Skills: Advanced Swordsmanship]
[Flash Steps]
'It got a new skill and it's swordsmanship is on par with Zeke's.' Lloyd thought. 'It sure has improved alot.'
When Lloyd first summoned the Warrior Skeleton, a few days ago everyone immediately wanted to attack it, well everyone except for Tessa because they thought it was a monster.
Luckily, Tessa quickly explained to them it was part of Lloyd's class ability.
Back to the ongoing fight, Zeke seemed to have the upper hand against the skeleton mainly because he used two swords and the skeleton used one.
Zeke slashed both swords at the skeleton but it dashed backwards making Zeke missing his attack, it then dashed forward, getting close to Zeke and lept up and spun it's body rapidly while still in mid air like a cyclone.
Zeke held out both swords in an X-pattern and blocked the attack, but the skeleton kept on spinning rapidly without showing any signs of stopping. Zeke gritted his teeth and tried pushing the attack back, instead small sparks were created from the spinning and hitting of swords.
[Parry HAS BEEN ACTIVATED]
Zeke then redirected the skeleton to the side and it crashed into the ground.
Zeke then thrusted his right sword at the position of the warrior skeleton, but before he could finish his attack the skeleton turned in reddish black shadows and flew into Lloyd's body.
"That's enough of that," Lloyd said.
Zeke sheathed both his swords and went to sit at the bench Lloyd sat on while breathing heavily "If I continue training this way, then my sword skills will definitely get better." He said to Lloyd.
"By the way, how come it's just you, me and Annie who came for training?" Lloyd asked.
"Now that you've brought that up, you're right." Zeke said looking around.
Zeke was so engrossed in his sparring section with the warrior skeleton that he didn't notice that only a few people came for training.
Annie herself didn't come to train with them, she only came because Nox was going to be with Lloyd.
Zeke turned over to Annie, who was busy playing and have fun with Nox "Why aren't they here for training?" He asked.
"Edith, Duke, Chris and Ace are selecting some guards and hunters, who are going to be participating in the mission." Annie answered "While Tess and Paul are having an important meeting concerning the food sales."
"Well, I'm heading out. Come on Nox." Lloyd said and started walking away.
*RUFF*
Nox jumped down from Annie's arms and followed Lloyd from behind.
They left the training grounds into the city and started walking towards the city gate's location, then he took turn to the left while looking around the place, Lloyd and Nox, aimlessly roamed around the city with no particular destination in mind.
"I wonder how Mikayla is doing. I haven't seen her in a while now." Lloyd blurted out.
Then, a mysterious figure passed him and Lloyd felt the strong energy the person emitted. One which he feels from from his summonings.
He turned around to see the person clearly but the clock the person wore covered his entire body, while he kept walking away. Suddenly he stopped and slightly turned his head back looking at Lloyd, for a few seconds before walking away.
Lloyd, just kept staring at him with one thought in his mind 'Why the hell was that guy smiling like that at me.' but his thoughts were cut short by a familiar voice.
"Hey there, Lloyd."
Lloyd, turned towards the person that just called his name, to his greatest surprise it Mikayla and a guy he didn't know.
"Oh, hey Mikayla. How're you doing?" Lloyd asked.
"This Larry, he's my boyfriend." Mikayla said pointing at the guy close to her.
Larry was a boy around the same age as Mikayla, which brown hair and brown eyes, with a long face.
"It's nice to meet you." Larry said with his hand out. "Mikayla told me what you did for her. Thank you so much, if you ever need anything during your stay here, don't hesitate to tell me."
"You don't have to worry about that. I just did what I could to help." Lloyd said with a smile.
"Anyways, thank you." Larry said. "We're going for lunch and it'll be an honor if you joined us."
"Sorry, I got something important to do, maybe another time." Lloyd kindly rejected their offer.
"Oh it's alright. Hope to see you some other time. Larry said.
The bid farewell and went their separate ways. Lloyd continued he's stroll with Nox around the city.
"Who was that person." Lloyd thought out loud, thinking back to the person in the cloak.