Keli set out for the Kema Principality, carrying the various items Thor had given her and keeping her identity hidden. Thor and Byron stayed behind to cover for her absence.
The two of them were extremely busy. They had to mine the White Bone Monsters in the Chaos Domain Rift as quickly as possible, while also sending people out to search for any Wind Eyes that might exist.
At the same time, Thor served as an information relay, constantly passing messages to Shaya and the others.
Time passed, little by little.
By the time Keli had successfully met up with Shaya and changed her appearance to enter the Kema Principality, far away on the Nephrite Continent, someone had come to see Black Flame Emperor Ailuo, who had returned to the capital.
Ailuo was sitting in the Palace.
His wife had just left to help their forty-sixth child learn to read. It should have been a heartwarming scene, but Ailuo still wore a frown.
When he heard that a guard had come to report a Wizard from the Judgment Court had arrived for an audience, he rose, still frowning.
"Did they bring any news of Stuart?"
The guard replied at once, "Your Majesty, it should have nothing to do with Stuart. The one who came is a Wizard Lord we've never seen before."
The guards at Emperor Ailuo's side were Tier 1 Wizards, too. Ordinary people could not even serve Ailuo. If they stayed near him for long, the Radiation from his Magic Power would cause all kinds of problems with their bodies, eventually killing them.
Hearing that, Emperor Ailuo lost all interest in meeting the Judgment Court's envoy.
Recently, he had argued with Flim again. It had been nothing more than an argument; no conflict had broken out. Flim had