"Bring him to me" Chaor, the ruler of the Underworld commanded after he heard the news. The Underworld muges detected a source from another world, a source of energy similar to their mugic used in Perim. They tracked and intercepted it in this parallel world just to find out that it was coming from a creature resembling a mipedian. Without hesitation this red lizard was arrested, captured and taken by the underworlders to their leader. Brunder was escorted by a group of armed guardians to the throne room, where Chaor was waiting. Shackles in his wrists and ankles didn't let him move freely, and a humble loincloth covering his manhood was his only piece of garment.

"So, what we have here?" Chaor was sitting in his throne as the red lizard approached, the surrounding guardians stepped to the sides and let Chaor see the recently captured "mipedian", they were still holding the heavy chains attached to his restraintments. Brunder was full of rage for this predicament but he knew he had to behave accordingly or something bad would happen to him in this strange place far away from home. "Lord Chaor, we found this mipedian in a parallel world, crafting mipedian arts. He was unarmed but his size and strenght made it difficult at first to submit him, heh" The guardian kicked the chain. "He's quite ripped, Chaor. Even more than Maliph, and almost as big as you", Takinom said, as she was standing next to the throne. Agitos, Chaor's first counselor, was at the other side of the throne watching and thinking in silence.

"That's all? Nothing else? Just a worthless mipedian? Get him out of my sight", Chaor commanded. The guardian replied: "What do we do to him?". "Send him to the dungeon or the fighting pits, I don't care". Suddenly, Agitos interrupted "My lord, perhaps this mipedian from another world is an omen from the gods since our massive invasion to the Mipedian Oasis is planned for the next full moon. We should do a Ritual of War". The guards looked at each other and nodded about the idea. Chaor grunted a bit about it, "BAH!, you and your gods nonsense, never been a fanatic of such things", Agitos continued: "Think about it, my lord. It's a tradition and we need to boost our army's morale, what better way for our warriors to witness his mighty leader triumph over the enemy and lead them to Underworld glory". Chaor smiled when hearing this, "Well, as the ruler of the Underworld I must follow our ancestors traditions, and if by that this means that I can get out of this boring seat and kick some mipedian ass then I'm in", Chaor stood up from his throne and stated with some hidden enthusiasm "Prepare the mipedian for the Ritual of War, and summon my men to the arena as sooner as possible. I'll prepare myself inmediately". The guards obeyed and took Brunder out of the throne room as Chaor headed towards his chambers.

The arena was all set up, the whole Underworld army was there as audience: Warriors, taskmasters, commanders and generals. This ceremony consisted in a symbolic confrontation between two tribes at war. The Underworld represented by Chaor and the Mipedian by Brunder, the outcome of this barehanded combat in the arena will reflect the outcome of the real upcoming fight in the battlefield. No weapons of any sort, they will use their bodies to dominate and submit their opponent in this rough dialog of strength, skill and endurance. The two contendants approached each other, wearing dark cloaks covering their bodies. Chaor was taller and bigger, he said with a confident smile "I'm gonna enjoy doing this", Chaor slowly took off his cloak to reveal his muscular body, without his usual gear on his arms and waist, he was just wearing a skimpy loincloth, Brunder just took his cloak abruptly to reveal his almost naked body wearing a similar loincloth as his opponent. The Ritual of War is about to begin.
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