"Chief, when Akpiru returns to see this, he'll likely go mad!" Saru said with a twisted grin, gazing down at the still-smoldering camp from the mountain pass. The chaos below filled him with grim satisfaction.
"What does it matter?" Sedolum replied, his tone heavy with worry. "A mad Akpiru is still dangerous enough to command an army and shatter Vig City's walls." His dissatisfaction with Saru's rash decision to attack the Picossis simmered beneath his words.
"Vig City isn't so easy to conquer!" Saru shot back, his defiance unyielding. "As long as we fortify the mountain paths, they won't even make it close to our city's gates!" He spat on the ground. "We should've never bowed to their threats and joined this cursed alliance in the first place."
