Chapter 63 Talking Strategies

Xavier and Mickey waited a few minutes until the Warden and his goons were gone, before heading towards the orb, but they quickly back away again, and hid in the alley. Four guards.....including one of the ones that were with the Warden a few minutes ago came to guard the Orb.

"Damn it, that bastard definitely saw us and sent back someone to see what we up to." Xavier said in a low angry voice, he knew that there was no way they could trade monster stones with one of the Warden's henchmen was watching their every move like a hawk.

"What should we do now?" Mickey asked and Xavier thought for a moment, before he spotted the rising sun out of the corner of his eye.

"It seems that guard didn't wake us up as early as before, so maybe we could go meet up with Rosie and the others, and talk a bit. You must be dying to talk to Maria, right." Xavier teased, while walking ahead and Mickey snorted while following behind him. It took around thirty more minutes before Rosie and Bella were released from their cell and all four of them met back up with Maria at the building. Xavier looked around, but he didn't spot any guards watching them, but that doesn't mean there weren't any.

"Maria, how are you?" Rosie said, giving Maria a hug

"Better now actually since I increased my attributes." She said, and lifted her shirt, showing that her stomach was almost fully healed, only being a little red now.

"Stigma Window"

Name: Maria

HP: 300/330

Energy: 5/5

Class:[].

Skills:[]

STR: 28

AGI: 30

VIT: 33

FORT: 15

Points: 5

"That's great." Mickey said, and Maria smiled

"Yeah, which is why I'm planning to join you on the dungeon raid." She said, and Xavier rubbed his eyebrow in frustration

"I literally told you to continue pretending to be sick yesterday to avoid suspicions and you agreed." Xavier said

"But, Rosie doesn't really know where the cave is, and the guards probably won't be that suspicious anyway. They didn't even know how severe the injury was in the first place." Maria said, and Xavier looked at her for a second, and he had to admit, her points did have some merit.

"She's right, we really don't have an idea where the cave is, and I don't really trust Tsubasa not to slit out throats the moment we get there. Having Maria there will be reassuring." Bella said, and Maria flashed him a victorious smirk, much to his annoyance

"And if it means so much to you, she could limp out the gate, and we can spread a rumour that we forced her to come. No actually, scratch that last part, I would rather not bring down our reputation." Rosie said, adding fuel to the fire

"Fine." Xavier answered annoyed, making the girls cheer

"What about you, did you spare any points to increase your points after buying your fancy shield?" Xavier asked, looking at the round iron shield on his back

"Of course I did, but maybe not as much as you two." Mickey said, and looked at his stigma window proudly

"Stigma Window"

Name: Mickey

HP: 200/200

Energy: 5/5

Class:[].

Skills:[]

STR: 27

AGI: 20

VIT: 20

FORT: 20

Points: 0

He was sure his attributes weren't as high as Maria and Xavier's, but they were still high compared to the other prisoners and most of the guards. Also, his investments in his shields has proven very useful as they have protected him from fatal injuries so far, and will allow him to protect the others as well.

"Good, that means we are prepared as we'll ever be." Xavier said, and started eating some of the fruits that were in the bag left with Maria. The five of them continued to talk about what they knew about the Goblin Cave, which wasn't much and they tried develop any kind of strategy they could, which was a bit difficult considering that Tsubasa and his team weren't there, and they knew nothing of their fighting styles. The other members of the Sisterhood soon arrived as well and joined in on the conversation.

"Where do you guys plan on going since we are raiding the east?" Maria asked excitedly

"We were planning on heading south." Aha said and both Maria and Xavier frowned

"You do know about the Iron Fanged Wolves right? The ones with terrifying howl that can stun people. How high is your fortitude attribute?" Xavier asked and they looked at each other. After figuring out what the "FORT"attribute actual did, and knowing how the Warden's ability worked, it wasn't hard to figure out that the Iron Fanged Wolves howl, which was a mental attack, could also be blocked by the"FORT"attribute.

"Mine is 12 and Bart's is at 13." Ava said and Xavier nodded his head

"Mine was around the same when we encountered the Iron Fanged Wolf and it didn't affect me, so you should be fine. But still, you guys should be careful, that big wolf is strong and fast. And also, it's fur is very thick, so only those of you who has high "STR"attributes can actually do any damage" Xavier advised.

"And the little ones are savage, make sure they don't pin you to the ground, are you will be in deep trouble." Rosie said as well

"Thanks for the advice." Ava said

"Oh and here." He said, handing the partially melted bronze shield to one of the recruits. The face of the shield was partially melted, making it look disfigured, but it was still usable in combat, as long as it didn't take too many more fireballs.

"Thanks." The guy said excitedly as he held the shield

"Speaking of things we don't need, do you guys mind if I get the blank books and a few of the pens and pencils you bought yesterday?" Xavier asked and they handed them over no problem. The books were brown and leather bound, with rough pages, and looking at them, Xavier smiled. Rosie wanted to tease Xavier about him keeping a journal being girlish, but she never got the opportunity as they heard the sound of a bell.

"That's new." Mickey said