Ken is hesitant to change as they’re impractical for battle. Aurora reminds him this is the modern world and Ken does as she’d asked. He sheds his armor and dresses in the new clothes as Aurora questions why he wants to kill the tribrid. He is the most powerful being in existence, yet when he was awoken, he heard of a girl claiming the same title.

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