Chapter 93: Sparring Partner (2)

Karz Walt narrowed his eyes at the scar on his body. Warden had already noticed how obnoxious the scar could be. It went from his midriff, curling to below his waist—a thick one with a deep mark, leaving him to wonder what could be the cause of it. There were two other peculiar scars on his back. Warden hadn't had time to ponder on them.

Although the scars were obnoxious, his roommate's eyes shone with approval. He guessed this was the very kind of reaction he would get from someone like him, who gave off the vibe of a warmonger.

"Bring out your soul relics, and we can fight now," Karz Walt said, his eyes showing fervour as if he were waiting for a fight.

"Soul relic?" Warden raised an eyebrow.

"Your cloak, which you can turn into a force field of defence," Karz Walt said. He waited for a couple of seconds to add, "Are you open now, or should I go to the virtual world to train?"

"Wait a couple of minutes. I will join you."

Warden draped on the legendary Cloak of Void Radiance as his sparring partner had requested above his usual training attire and went on with it.

"Do you want to do this in the virtual realm?" Karz asked. "Or somewhere else, like the Gravity Chamber or other training facilities?"

Warden thought for a second and decided it would be the gravity chamber for now. Apparently, it costs 20 credits for an hour no matter which level you use. Since the two of them would be using it, they split the cost between them and set the gravity to ten times that of the normal gravity force and began practising.

Warden felt a terrible force over his being. It was similar to the weight, but different in a way. The weight on him was completely even this way, causing his blood to surge up to adjust to it. Sparring here would give twice the benefit of outside, with the gravity pushing them hard.

...

An hour later, Warden and the blond-haired youth lay on the ground of the gravity chamber, completely drained of their energy and stamina.

"Thanks again," Warden said as she welcomed him in.

"Did you bring the contract with you?" she asked suspiciously, noting he carried nothing.

"Of course," Warden said, steering his second aperture to access the subspace. In his mind, images of various things inside appeared as he intended to retrieve the contract. A black hole appeared above his palm, as he pulled the exact thing he wanted with his mind. Soon, the contract fell into his palm as he held it to her. "Here you go."

June raised an eyebrow, observing him use such an ability for the first time. "That wasn't a dimension cube, was it?"

"My second aperture ability," Warden said. "So far, it's just a glorified version of a dimension cube."

"You've already integrated an ability into your second aperture?" June said, her voice tinged with surprise, as she didn't think he'd have the time or resources to do that so quickly. "I was thinking when you'd ask me to help you with that."

Warden shrugged. "It happened immediately when I opened the second aperture," Warden said. "Even the fate marks extended on my palms with the integrated ability."

June looked at him suspiciously. "You're probably the luckiest man alive to not go through all the mess you have to pull to integrate an ability into your aperture. Besides, you did it in what Copper and Iron rank?"

"What kind of mess?" Warden asked curiously.

"There are various types of rituals, requiring particular essences for it to be successful. Not to mention, it was terminally painful and could even cause death or crippling."

"Oh, it was painful," Warden said, remembering how he acquired the ability.

"Most rankers wait for Gold ranker to even try," June added, which was another news to him.