The next morning, Cecilia woke up and saw Joe beside her bed again. This time, Joe woke up too. "Oh, you're awake Cecilia. Good morning." Joe greeted.

"G-Good morning. Why am I here? What happened?" Cecilia asked in a blur.

Joe looked down for a second and then explained everything to her. Cecilia was shocked. She actually hurt her friends. She was about to cry but Joe stopped her. "Don't. We don't blame you. We have underestimated Viper's Stinger's strength. We thought that you would be strong enough for it to accept you as its wielder. Well, it seems that it has accepted you after we fought that battle." Joe said.

"Well, it's great that I got acknowledged by Viper's Stinger but I hurt my friends to earn that. I have no right to wield it." Cecilia retorted softly.

"Don't be so hard on yourself. You tried your best to fight it. Now, you're standing here, with Viper's Stinger in your hands. You are strong. You can be stronger. I'll make you stronger than you are now. Now, let's go have breakfast and start your training." Joe consoled. Cecilia agreed and Joe left the room to let Cecilia prepare herself for the day.

At the dining table, the group congratulated Cecilia on acquiring Viper's Stinger. Cecilia thanked them and they had a long good chat about their lives before they formed Dusk Breakers.

After breakfast, Joe asked Cecilia to go to the field. When she changed into her tracksuit and arrived at the field, she saw a huge ice-rock dome at the center of the field where Viper's Stinger was resting. Joe was leaning against it, smoking a cigarette.

"Hmm? Yo! You're here. Let's go!" Joe said.

"Erm, what's with this ridiculously huge dome? Why can't we use the field normally? I mean it would have more space to move about." Cecilia asked.

"You're underestimating this dome here by saying that. Watch. Huge! Whirl! Specter! Come over here!" Joe commanded.

Joe clicked his fingers and they understood what he meant.

"Combination attack: Trinity Force!!!!" the three shouted. A huge water cyclone with fire and lightning mixed together was formed and it was aimmed at the dome. *BOOM!!!!* An enormous explosion occured.

After the smoke cleared off, Cecilia was shocked. The dome had not even been scratched by the attack.

"Get it now? If we were to train you in there, damage will be minimized because of its rigidity. Its called Cage of Enclosure. Nothing in it gets out and nothing outside gets in. Not without Freya's or Grodin's approval." Joe explained.

Cecilia understood and followed Joe in. In the Cage of Enclosure, the space was larger than it looked like from the outside. The walls were made of rock reinforced with ice. The floor was the field because the Cage of Enclosure traps people in an area, no matter where they are.
Once someone enclosed, there is no escape even through underground.

“Let's begin. Here I come! Argh!!!!" Joe shouted as he drew OP blade and charged at Cecilia.

"Bring it!! Hiya!!!!" Cecilia drew Viper's Stinger and charged at Joe. They clashed swords and they continued until Cecilia ran out of steam.

"Hey! That's all you got?! Bring out more of that spirit man! You won't survive a battle if you move like that!!" Joe reminded.

"Pant... Pant... Even if you say that, I can't possibly keep up with your pace. You're too fast!"

Cecilia retorted. "Precisely why you got to keep up with my pace. You missed Specter's training so your speed might not be the calibre suited for an assassin yet. Now, get ready for the next round! No breaks for you!" Joe shouted and swung his sword.

"Argh!! This is so tiring. I swear I'll beat you!" Cecilia said.

*Cling!* *Clang!* *Cling!*

*Clang!* *Cling.......... Clang!* Cecilia parried every attack and lunged at Joe. “Haaaaaaaa!!!!!"

Joe dodged by a hair's breadth and did a backward somersault.

“Hey, you're getting a little faster. Great, let's take things to the next level. Here I come!!" Joe said as he dashed forward faster than before.

"Huh?! Wait, I need to-" *Cling!* Cecilia blocked Joe's attack.

“Argh! I've had it!! A fight's what you want I'll give it!! Hiya!!!!!" Cecilia focused her aim and started dashing at Joe at a faster speed than before.

"Ho~~, How interesting! You're starting to get fired up. This is the Cecilia I want to see!!" Joe said as he clashed swords with Cecilia.

*Swing!*x7 *Cling!*x7 *Clang!*x7 *Vhroom!* *Swoosh!* Cecilia and Joe clashed swords much faster than before and Cecilia pushed on despite her fatigue.

An hour later, they were still clashing swords but this time they were both slightly faster.

*Cling.......Slide......Clang!* Both of them jumped back two steps.

“This is it!!! I'll give it my best shot!!! Here I come!!!!" Joe said with enthusiasm as he spun his swords multiple times and dashed at Cecilia.

"Bring it on!!!!! I'll finish this with this last strike!!! Hiiiiiyyyaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!" Cecilia shouted.

She held her sword forward and focused her aim at Joe. She closed her eyes for a while and when she opened them, she dashed at Joe.

*Cling!!!* *Tear!* *Drip!* *Drip!*

“Heheh, you're good. Keep that up, Cecilia...." Joe muttered and fainted due to the strong attack Cecilia landed.

"Pant...Pant... Thank you, let's continue this after lunch." Cecilia managed a small smile and collapsed.

"You two!!! Are you alright!!!" Whirl shouted as he and Huge ran over. They carried the two to their rooms and Freya summoned an Ice clone to tend Joe's wounds while she handled Cecilia's.

"Man, this lady's one tough lady. Even after she got possessed, she still wishes to continue her training even though she could choose to rest. She has earned my respect." Whirl said.

Freya grinned. "My, my. How much you have changed. You're not like this before. So soft-hearted."

"S-Shut up! It's just that she's different, in a way." Whirl retorted, blushing.
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Hi, all. How are you all? I hope you're enjoying this story as well as the other one, The Changed World. I haven't been working on the stories because I am busy with studies. Hope you continue to support me:). Thank you for reading this far.