The Man’s Decree – Chapter 5636

Jared stayed on high alert, placing each footstep gingerly as he ventured deeper into the shadow-choked gorge.

Dank, venomous miasma curled around his calves, yet his tempered flesh dismissed the poison as though it were morning mist.

For nearly an hour, he pressed on, nerves stretched taut until a faint conversation drifted through the haze. He slid behind a crooked pillar of rock, held his breath, and narrowed his eyes. Barely fifty paces ahead, three figures hovered in the murk.

The first, wrapped in regal gold, should have radiated authority. Instead, lifeless eyes and a slack face marked him a puppet bereft of will. Beside him stood two men in austere white robes, Jaehaerys of the First Hall and Brennan Hartley of the Second, pillars of the Celestial Palace.

"Mr. Jaehaerys, how much longer must we wait? Why hasn't Malevolent Path Hall shown up?" Brennan's impatience rasped across the fog-laden air.