Still not back?

The old physician on the ground could only shake his head while his body was still trembling from fear after experiencing that menacing aura. In the end, he was only an Initial Stage Rank-8 Mage; a Rank-10 existence was too much for him to handle.

And it didn't help the fact that even his own companions didn't help him in that situation.

While the old physician lamented the fact that he couldn't convince Darcia to let them do a few experiments first, the Rank-10 Mage was flying straight towards the uninhabited part of the continent. She didn't even bother to inform Lammert beforehand.

On the way, Darcia looked for any trail that the Church's people had left behind in order to let them know their route, but she couldn't find anything as such no matter how hard she looked.

In the end, she came to the conclusion that Ozul might have already taken care of those people following them.