"Simond?!" Aldred was shocked and immediately entered a battle stance.
Mally was shocked as well. She held her face, making sure her mask was in place.
"Are you offering yourself to us?" Mally said, pointing her gunblade at him.
"No. I am here for a duel," Simond said.
"You think we will let you fight Aldred? There are more than eighty of us. We won't fight fair," Stella said.
"I know," Simond said. "That's why I bring my fleet."
Suddenly, dozens of warships threw their magic camouflage away and revealed themselves. Two motherships were in the distance, and dozens of warships were aiming their cannon at this island.
"If you kill me. The warships will engulf this island with flames," Simond said. "But if Aldred can defeat me one against one, all of you will live."
Aldred frowned. "You could have stayed at a safe distance and told someone else to lure me here. Why take the risk for a mere duel?"
"Unlike you, I have honor," Simond said.