"YAWN! Can we do this some other time?" Jaku said to the hooded figure. "Boss. Look at this guy, ruining my sleep."
The hooded figure chuckled darkly. "There's no one here to help you," he said. "I have come here to settle a debt."
The man then raised his arm, revealing a gleaming scimitar beneath his cloak before pointing it straight at Jaku's face.
The blade glistened under the moonlight, showing its incredible sharpness.
"One of you… Dragonborns… bested one of ours. I have only come here to prove that it was not because of your strength that you won, but because one of us was too weak and failed. And I am here to correct that."
Michael watched this scene unfold from the sidelines. "Jaku's facing the Stone-Cold 2, meaning he's the second-best soldier in their group."
And Jaku wasn't even the only one among them who was approached by a hooded figure.
