Lloyd looked around in shock. Tancred had taken them to the outskirts of Izoold in almost an instant.

"Hey do it again!"

"He can't."

"Why not?"

"He's dead."

"Wait what."

"He's a NecroMagi."

"A what?"

"He dies if he uses all his magical energy up."

"SO then why did you bring him if he was going to die!"

"Cause he's still pretty useful."

"How he's dead!"

"Wait for it."

Tancred all of a sudden rose back up clutching his head.

"Ow that hurt."

"Hey how did you do that?"

"Lay off Lloyd he's had a busy day he's been dead."

"Been?"

"Yes he's been dead."

"How is that possible?"

"He owns the talisman of Martel."

"What is that?"

"It uses a small amount of Mana to restore someone's life."

"Oh so he cant die."

"Not from his condition but if he was to be killed in a fight that would probably be permanen…look away now."

"Why?"

"Just don't look at him."

Marcu and Lloyd averted their eyes.

"Why did we just do that?"

"If you make direct eye contact with him after he comes back, he will become overwhelmingly horny for you until he passes out from something."

"Oh well then I wont ever make eye contact with him…does he do it for everyone?"

"basically."

"Guys I'm past that point we can continue."

"Good now we need to find where the Desians took your friends."

"So how will we find them at Izoold?"

"Lets try talking to the townsfolk."

"Okay then."

"Lets spread out and meet back at the Inn in an hour."

Marcus and Lloyd departed leaving Tancred the docks to explore. He started walking around looking at the fish for sale. He found a seedy looking merchant selling some kind of rare shellfish.

"this looks interesting."

"Yes and only 500 gald."

"Actually you look like you might know something more than just shellfish."

"What do you mean?"

"Any remnant troops in the area lately?"

"Well…"

"Fine how much is it worth for me to fin out?"

"six hundred."

"Here."

"Okay there were a few around but they were beating up people so I told them I wouldn't say anything."

"Don't worry I wont tell, did they have anyone with them?"

"Yeah this short white haired kid."

"Hmm…did you see anything else?"

"Not regarding them. Sorry."

"Well okay thanks for the info."

He was tired so he went back to the inn even though it had only been seven minutes. He went to sleep as soon as he arrived. He was woken by the return of Marcus and Lloyd.

"Well we didn't find anything out."

"Well I did."

"What?"

"The remnants were here last night."

"What but didn't we."

"I got us here but at a cost of one day."

"But didn't we just…"

"Yes but I used mana to advance time so that it appeared we arrived here in minutes."

"Can't you send us anywhere."

"Yeah but I didn't have that much power so I did this instead."

"Oh okay."

"Lets get some rest guys we set sail tomorrow."

"Where are we going Lloyd?"

"To Meltokio we need to get some more teammates."

"Like who?"

"I have a friend named Zelos."

"Oh I've heard of him, Casanova right?"

"You might say that."

"Okay this should be fun."

"How far to Meltokio?"

"Maybe a day or two."

"Oh well that should be fun."

"Yeah."

They all went to sleep. In the morning Lloyd woke to find Marcus and Tancred awake and ready to sail. Their ship pulled away from the dock and their sails went up.

"Say Tancred how did we get this boat."

"I won it in a card game a few years ago."

"Oh well then to Meltokio!"

They sailed for a time until Marcus yelled from the crow's nest.

"Guys I think I see pirates or another ship."

"Where?"

"Over on the port side."

"Well maybe they wont notice us."

"Lets hope so we don't have the size or numbers to fight them."

"So then what do we do?"

"Just keep sailing."

They did but Lloyd noticed the pirate's ship started to sail in their direction. He finally spoke up when he could see it very distinctly.

"Guys I think we might be in some trouble."

"Don't worry Lloyd they wont attack us."

"Why not?"

"We put up our black flag."

"Whats that gotta do with anything?"

"Well they think we're pirates too and because we didn't put up our skull flag, they also think we don't mean any harm."

"And we surprise them with a last minute ambush that they leas expect."

"No we really don't mean any harm."

"What?"

"They think we need help so they're guiding us to the nearest port, watch!"

Lloyd watched as the pirate ship pulled up next to theirs and a head stuck out of one of the port holes.

"Hey it looks like you're short on crew."

"Yeah we had a run in with the Papal Navy."

"I heard about those guys, we'll guide you to Altamira its not to far off."

"Thanks!"

"No problem!"

The head ducked back under and they continued sailing.

"You seem to know a lot about pirates."

"Sure do I had some business with pirates a few years ago."

"Oh. I've never heard of the Papal Navy."

"Well since the new pope was elected he decided he needed military power so he made an Army and Navy."

"Oh."

"Well let's just keep with these guys they look tough."

The two ships sailed until Altamira came into view the next morning. Lloyd looked out at the city in the dawn. He again saw a head pop out of another porthole.

"Hey we're here so we're gonna go."

"Okay thanks again."

"No problem so are you gonna pillage and raid?"

"Not yet we might get some more crewmates."

"Oh well good luck."

"Bye!"

Lloyd watched the ship turn to the horizon he turned to go back inside to wake Marcus and Tancred up.

"Hey you two get up."

"Okay…okay fine."

"So where are we?"

"Pulling into the port in a few minutes."

"Okay."

They all went outside to look out at the city. They soon pulled into port and Marcus jumped out to secure the ship.

"Okay we shove off in a few minutes."

"What?"

"We didn't plan to go here and so we just were getting a free pirate escort."

"Oh so can I get someone?"

"Who?"

"A friend of mine."

"if you mean Regal he is back in jail."

"Why?"

"He was attacking some twelve year old.'

"What? He would never attack Presea!"

"Well that's what I thought but…"

"Hey how do you know so much about my friends Tancred?"

"I have my ways."

"Well I'll keep my eyes on you."

"Fine then."

They shoved off towards Meltokio. Lloyd turned and looked at Marcus. He looked a little fierce while the wind went through his black hair, Lloyd couldn't place it but something looked familiar to him. He felt the ship begin to move. Tancred got the sails up and they were on their way to Meltokio.

"So how are you gonna convince Zelos to come along?"

"I dunno I figured he wouldn't say no."

"What if he does?"

"I don't know."

"Well in that case if that happens I have an idea."

"Good."

"Does he have any kids?"

"I don't think so."

"Anyone else you hope to bring along?"

"Yeah another friend of mine."

Marcus looked at the horizon and gave an involuntary shriek of fear.

"Hey Tancred get up here!"

"What?"

"We have a problem up ahead."

"Monster!"

Lloyd looked in the direction Tancred was looking and saw that there was a huge sea dragon coming at them.

"Cant you guys do something?"

"Hang on I'll try!"

"Why hasn't it hit us yet?"

"It's moving slow, I think it's mocking us."

"Tancred, get rid of it!"

"Fine!"

Tancred began some kind of surreal chanting; as Lloyd looked on he saw the water around the monster begin to churn faster and faster. It formed a gigantic whirlpool that pulled the creature under, when it was completely submerged, Tancred stopped his chanting and the sea returned to its original calm state.

"Cool Tancred you killed it!"

"No just taught it a lesson. And that isn't the only drawback…"

"What else is gonna happen."

"Not only does that use up a huge amount Mana, but…oh here you can see for yourself."

Lloyd felt the win whip up suddenly he turned an looked at the sky which had become black and cloudy.

"That's right it's a storm Lloyd."

"How do we stop this?"

"We don't we wait it out."

"On the plus side guys this wind is gonna send us towards Meltokio!"

"Shut up marcus."

A huge wave hit the side of the ship and Lloyd was sent flying. His head hit the mast and his world went black