The Man’s Decree – Chapter 5760

Here, the peaks thrust skyward like swords, their tips lost in swirling cloud.

Between veils of mist stood immense, time-dark structures, halls ribbed with ancient timber, terraces braced by bleached beast bones, totem poles clawing at the sky until the very air throbbed with primeval power.

At a mountain gate carved with a hundred racing beasts, iron-scented guards barred the road. The sentries, broad-shouldered, hide armored, unmistakably of the beast clans, gaped at the newcomers' torn clothes and thinned ranks.

Captain Hornby, a rhinoceros-horned giant, narrowed his eyes at the unfamiliar human and the radiant unicorn beside him. "Gavin? Yvette? You were posted at Rockhold Gorge. How in the world did you end up here, and with this outsider?"

Gavin's voice cracked but stayed steady. "Captain, Rockhold Gorge is gone..."