After every calmed down and the group separated astra from being near their temporary ally everyone returned to their tasks.
Everyone except for Ezekiel who had slipped away the first chance he saw.
He was using his mana sight to maneuver through the swamp and he knew to be very careful this time.
If he had been watching the trees last timd he wouldn't have been killed but now with better preparation he was able to hunt down these enemies... if he could find any.
The places he searched were empty so he was forced to just cultivate his mana and specifically cultivate his poison affinity to try to unlock it.
As the mana entered his body he felt a sense of nausea that he did not notice with the other elements.
His body was adjusting slowly but it was making progress and that was what mattered.
He was able to absorb some of the poison element in the mana but the rest still floated through the other plane in that strange way mana would move.