Chapter 189: [Bonus chapter] Worthy (2/2)

Battle!" "I don't knohether I prefer you now or as you were before," said Valera She grinned eagerly too "But if it is battle you desire, it is battle you will have" "I will ght too," said Okeanos

Valera and Okeanos stood on either side of Aldrich, two ht with all they had "I would like to ght you two as well, but this is between me and the Armored," said Volantis "That is simply not fair," said Valera "Myothers You, on the other hand, are built for close coestured towards Aldrich with her hand and chanted, "[Death Surge] That should even the odds in terth, and within the Necropolis, I can maintain that spell for practically an eternity"

An octagonal thening his physical stats With the Death Lord's ih that Aldrich could cohter of sih, Aldrich did note, [Death Surge] had a cap to the stats it could grant As he was now, he would still fall short of Volantis's raw brute force, especially considering Shaping boosted Volantis's stats as well "There Now the duel is honorable," said Volantis "I am sorry, but this is the only way I know to choose who is worthy A ght where we clash blow for blow

There is a saying a to hit you, the better a friend they ht," said Aldrich "And prove to you how good a 'friend' I can be" "Good!" said Volantis "Any last preparations you would like to make,

Armored?" "Just one," said Aldrich He et into a close ranged ght, which he absolutely would be against the likes of

Volantis, then he wanted to be in prime condition for it

For now, Aldrich was not as used to ghting hand to hand as he ith his esh and blood body

Sinews spontaneously grew froy that his body constantly let out A set of organs, e before a covering of esh wrapped over therew around the raw ht after "That feels much better," said Aldrich as he cracked his neck and rolled his shoulders, his trained, sculptedto ght like that!?" Valera squealed as she covered her eyes with hands that had h "W-wah! He's naked!" Wai'ki blushed as she closed her eyes "Come now, this is too ed hand over Wai'ki's eyes and led her away "Oh, right," said Aldrich "My clothes disintegrate every time I switch in and out of my Materius" "I will have a solution for that later," said the Death Lord, to which Valera let out an annoyed 'tch!' "This will do for now" Medula snapped her ngers, causing a small black void to open up in front of her She withdrew a pair of black pants and tossed therabbed them, and when he willed himself to wear them, they dematerialized andWear (Legs) equipped] "Training Wear is indestructible and does not aect stats, so it should not yield you any advantage other than preventing you fro our eyes," said

Medula "Hah! I quite preferred when he was bare!" said Volantis "Fighting without any covering is the truest form of battle! Man to man at its best! Except-,"

Volantis looked down at his er" "Thanks" Aldrich nodded to Medula "Everyone else, come with me," said Medula "I will transport us to the stands as audience et hed in glee as she followed Medula "Master, show that stubborn arht I respect so dearly," said Valera as she passed by Aldrich "Master in I know it He always knohat to do at the right time," said

Okeanos "I'll make sure I live up to your expectations," said Aldrich "Thanks"

Everyone then warped away to the stands via another black void fro Aldrich and Volantis the only ones in the sandy ghting pit "Now then," said Aldrich as he cracked his knuckles "About rules Aeneral?" "Do whatever you want," said Volantis "I will be ghting in the Orc ith nothing but ht or I recognize you as worthy" "Alright, then," said Aldrich "This is a ht? Then I'll play along by your rules I won't use any equip, so I'll substitute that with my spells

But I won't use summons

I'll keep this as close to 'man to man' as I can" "Heh, I like you already," said Volantis "Then let us ght now! To the death!

To lay bare the warrior's spirits within us!"