Four days later...
After leaving where they had fought two kinds of snakes and the Gorgons group, Minos' group quickly made their way back to the city of the Nine-Tailed Foxes.
After accomplishing their objectives in this area and preparing to flee to the core of the Phoenix Territory, they moved without much difficulty and reached the main area of Emlyn's tribe this morning.
Upon entering this territory, they attracted the attention of some of the tribe's elders as they stood next to a Gorgon and a Nine-Tailed Fox that had been banished from the tribe.
However, since Bella and Blake had already told the elders that Minos was a great friend of the race, no one stood in their way, even though they found his two new companions strange.
So they entered the city of the Nine-Tailed Foxes in the early afternoon!
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As they entered the headquarters of the Nine-Tailed Fox Tribe, Minos' group split into three.