Chapter 118: The Humans Strike Back (2/2)

"Just follow ure it out," said Stella as she crossed her arure The fleet of drones followed behind hiht on him "damn, didn't knoas the type to show off like this"

"I don't know…it's kind of cool, honestly," said Portal Girl as she looked up

"Hm, yeah Just make sure ya don't say that around ms Bucket helmet over there" Stella motioned her chin over to where Valera was, but saw that Valera had disappeared froauntleted hand appeared behind her, closing around her shoulder

"And what gossip are you two spreading…?" said Valera as she sh anyone could tell that s On the contrary, ita!" said Portal Girl nervously

"Heh, you wanna fight again while I' explode?" said Stella as she smiled back at Valera, unfazed

"Ad," said Valera She then joined the to up into the sky, and by now, Aldrich had co the battlefield, waiting for the perfectapart our eneed smile "I can feel that this arive it, for it is ift to h heaven and beyond," said Stella She bore a rin "Or blow em' down to the depths of hell, if that's what they prefer"

Portal Girl nervously looked at the toy "And…and I'm ready to help!"

Stella looked at Portal Girl curiously, then laughed She reached out and pinched Portal Girl's cheek playfully "You're such an innocent cinna, really"

"Am I…?" said Portal Girl as she rubbed her cheek

"Yeah, don't you agree, Val?" said Stella

"Hm Perhaps," said Valera "I do like your attitude But you will prove yourself evento me the spines of our ene that you have spirit, little girl"

"S-spines!?" said Portal Girl with panicked voice "Do I, um, have to take them out of their backs? Does it have to be with h?"

"That was a jest," said Valera

"You know, I' jokes," said Stella

"I do have share that trait with my master," said Valera She cracked her knuckles as she looked towards the site of battle, fierce desire in her eyes "And soon I will also share this victory with him as well"

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Aldrich floated in the air, above the clouds His ars stretched out to his sides, keeping his did not function like ordinary wings that needed to enerate force for ical in nature, eons could flap their wings tothe their direction, but the way they flew did not obey any conventional laws of physics, which was how sos at all could just float through the air

As such, Aldrich could just stay in the air without any need toas he stretched them out like this

All around Aldrich was just eht sky Beneath him, below the cover of clouds, was the battle Aldrich hadthat nobody saw him before he made his entrance

And that was the ht entrance

Right beneath the clouds below Aldrich was the site of battle, and he closed his eyes as he focused intently, ht with the Grave Ward's to survey everything that happened He, along with the ate, watching for a response to it falling

With the front gate of Haven's center district blasted down, hoould the huainst those claws and jaws that wanted nothing more than their deaths?

The answer took Aldrich by surprise