162 Near the lake.

Although they did not like Raven traveling with them, no one dared to say anything on her face or tried anything funny either.

No matter what they thought about her, she was still the companion of Ozul. Including Rufus, no one wanted to provoke his ire. 

After the previous events, everyone who remained in the group had understood that Ozul was at least as strong as a Rank-8 Mage. So they limited themselves only to give her the stink eye.

As if completely oblivious to their contempt filled eyes, Raven remained completely unfazed by this situation.

Ozul had long before drilled it in her mind that she would be ostracized after choosing the Darkness Element. He worried that she might not be able to accept the rejections. However, he ignored one simple point; Raven had long ago stopped caring about other's opinions.

Spending all her time with someone as insensitive as Ozul was bound to have some effect on her psyche.