"How early?"
"Late morning, probably. That is the earliest a professional intermediary would show up without seeming rushed."
"Then we do a short hunt."
"Okay."
They ate breakfast quickly at the stew stall and headed for the stone portal.
Bruce chose the stone portal again. Kael did not object, because Kael understood the choice. Bruce wanted a quick controlled hunt on familiar ground, not an ambitious push into a new dungeon. Today was not a day for taking risks. Today was a day for staying warm and ready and calibrated. The stone dungeon's F-rank interior would give them one clean cluster fight, maybe two, and then they would come back to Xiltra with plenty of time before Caelen arrived.
He counted watchers on the walk.
Six today.
