The Warehouse Elder moved to walk beside Min.
"What is this you’re saying about a new Shaman? Are they a craftsperson?" He asked.
"No, a new Immortal to be inducted into the Clan. However, their circumstances are a bit unique, and related to Karl. I don’t know how much you know already, so I will let him explain once you’ve seen him again.
I was hoping to bring you back to his apartment. But someone saw Thor and challenged him to a ranking battle."
The Elder blinked slowly.
"Did anyone warn him that the Behemoth was going to humiliate him in public?"
Min shook her head. "It was an abrupt thing, and we didn’t have a chance. He’ll find out soon enough, though. Actually, I’m a bit curious to see how Thor fights a duel. He’s usually a Knight protecting his Red Dragon Priestess wife.
But as far as actual duel type combat skills, I don’t know what he has. Especially in humanoid form."
They reached the arena, and Min followed the Elder into the stands, while Thor went to the sand with the challenger. The stands were already filling with all the curious Clan members.
The new guy didn’t look like much, part Elf or Fae, going by the ears and green hair. But too big to be most Elf species, unless the other half was something very muscular. In contrast, the challenger was even more muscular, but half a head shorter, and wearing highly fashionable battle robes, instead of Thor’s plain tunic.
Elder Socrate took the referee’s stand, and raised his hands to silence the crowd.
"We won’t waste much time waiting for the crowd today. The stands are filling nicely.
On the north side, we have Romano, Blood Knight, rank two hundred and eighteen on the Spirit Immortal Ranking. On the south side, we have Thor, an unranked Paladin."
Thor waved happily to the crowd, who cheered for the new arrival.
He just looked so happy and approachable that they almost felt bad about the initiation process. Though, Romano was much weaker than his ego told him he was. It might actually be fairly decent for Thor to duel him and settle into a lower spot in the Clan right into the start.
"Contestants, cast your buffs."
Thor smiled as he stacked [Haste], [Brutality], [Crushing Blows], [Bestial Raiment], [Inspiration] and [Eternal Lightning] to armour himself up and buff his speed to an insane level.
Then he used [Bulwark] to enhance his shield, and created a club with [Holy Weapon], that he wrapped a [Tribulation Chain] around. He’d seen Cara create a barbed wire wrapped bat before, and it looked perfect for duels.
Min howled with laughter as she realized that the bat was an Epic Grade control spell that would cause stunning and paralysis on top of massive lightning damage.
But Thor was also being forced to hold back. As he couldn’t use his best spells without switching back to a four legged body, he couldn’t use [Warbeast] or [Greater Beast Form].
While his opponent flexed and showed off blade skills for the crowd, Thor simply slammed his shield into the ground and spread [Bulwark] in an arc in front of himself, then nodded to the referee.
"Oh, this is going to be fun. The life steal class against a lightning bulwark equipped Paladin." Elder Douglas joked.
Min giggled. "That’s an Impenetrable Bulwark Behemoth."
Then she raised her hand to call a bookie over to place her bet on the match.
"Ten Clan Credits says that Romano doesn’t even break Thor’s defensive barriers." She insisted.
The bookie laughed. "Alright, we will take that bet."
"Begin!" Elder Socrate announced, and the arena immediately filled with light as Thor activated [Circle of Protection], followed by [Consecrated Ground].

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