The Man’s Decree – Chapter 5790

Jared sighed inwardly. Showboating always came with a bill, and the bill had arrived on schedule.

"Very well..." he said at last, forcing a half-helpless smile. "It seems I must impose on you for a few days, Master Cloudridge."

Linden's laughter rang across the scarred battlefield. "Excellent! I knew you were a man who sees the larger picture."

The tension that had coiled in his shoulders slipped away.

Curiosity and guarded respect still churned behind the old swordsman's smile. A fiend who had shaken level nine a millennium ago was stirring again, he needed every scrap of information Jared could provide.