Less than half a day after Winesage, Palace Lord Dawnstar, and Ji Ning joined forces to travel together, Ning received a message from his servant.
"Master, I just received an order from the Hegemon." The green-robed alien located within Ning's personal estate called out respectfully to Ning. He was responsible for maintaining contact between Ning and the Brightshore Kingdom.
"The Hegemon?" Ning asked.
"Yes. The Hegemon ordered me to deliver a message to you," the green-robed alien said respectfully.
"Speak," Ning said solemnly. In all these years, the Hegemon had only spoken to Ning twice. The first time was when the Hegemon had asked himself, Solewind, Greatjoy, and Firesurge to help protect Skyfire Brightshore on his journey to the alternate universe. The second time was when the Hegemon had given Ning that spacetime disc. Other than that, the Hegemon had never reached out to him.
