<Indeed. > he answered; <Where might you be at this moment?>
There was a slight pause.
Nexus cut in; <Never mind, it doesn't matter. I need you to meet me at the Exchange Lodge. One hour.>
<I can be there in thirty.>
<Good. Bring your A-game. We've got work to do.>
The girl could not hide her excitement;
<OF COURSE MASTER NI YANG!>
Nexus hung up with a grunt- cutting off the communication.
"System," he muttered under his hat; "plot me the shortest and quickest route to the hunter's exchange."
[AFFIRMATIVE.]
[STAND BY FOR DIRECTIONS.]
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A few meters away from the great oak door, Nexus' black clad form stood under the canopy of a broad juniper tree. With his horse next to him, he gripped its rope tightly in his left hand- and pocketed the other hand in his coat.