Chapter 298: Fish in a Barrel I went with Maveith and Mynasha to scout the nexus, not completely convinced the cleric could deliver as promised. Seven trolls seemed too big a task, especially when she had taken over a minute between lightning attacks in the last battle.The nexus was three miles from the fort, but centered on the road, and the tree line was a hundred yards from it. When I asked if she could be halfway to the tree line in case we needed to run, she quashed my hope. “I need to be standing closer to the nexus, in the center of the road. It is a small nexus, and the closer I am to where the ley lines intersect, the easier it is and the quicker I can cycle.”I tried to make her see reason with body language and words. “I won’t risk my companions. If you fail to deliver, you will be overrun. Can you make twenty attacks before they reach you? What if they throw boulders at you? Will your horse remain with you while you attack?” I bombarded her with questions, hopefully instilling some doubt in her.“I can,” she confirmed confidently. “Remember my demonstration for Tarnasha?” she boasted. Clearly, I hadn’t changed her mind.“That was fourteen? Fifteen?” I responded immediately.“Fifteen,” she confirmed. “But I could have continued.” She held her chin high. I doubted her assertion, since she had been practically falling over on her walk back to the cabin.I sighed, took out my spyglass, and looked up and down the road. The good thing was that the road was clear for twenty paces on both sides, so it would be challenging to create an ambush. “It’s muddy from the rain. Should make it easier to outrun them on horseback,” I said, more to myself than anyone else.“You (...)