Chapter 116
After constantly sparring and fighting monsters in the jungle for over five months, Michelle, Anastasia, and Ivona returned to the Archduchy. They were guessing that Kieran was about to reach the threshold of Spirit rank. Once he did so, they were planning to take care of the Ostrich family before leaving the Land of Exile.
They told their plans to the Archduke, and he originally wanted to tag along with them, but he understood that to grow, they couldn’t have someone like him by their side, so he said that after they went to the lower realm, he would, too, leave, but he would head straight to the upper realm where he would wait for them.
A few days later, Kieran emerged from his room, unable to cultivate any further. He went to talk to Michelle, Ivona, and Anastasia about their future plans with the Ostrich family, and they decided to act at midnight the next day. But for that, they needed to start preparing straight away.
And since the Ostrich family was scattered around quite a lot in their territory, which was just behind the Capital City, they split into two groups. Kieran and Anastasia went to the East, while Ivona and Michelle went up North.
Also, Michelle left Snow with Kieran and Anastasia so he could contact her if something happened. She didn’t choose her for a specific reason, but she had reasons why she didn’t send Nyxaroth or Cold Flame, so she just randomly chose between Snow and Mare.
She didn’t send Nyxaroth because he resided within her body, so he could better notice any anomalies, both within her body and in the happenings around her, since he was an ancient being. Cold Flame was a no-go because he was the fastest of her beasts, so if something happened with Kieran and Anastasia, he could get Michelle and Ivona to them within a short span of time. That left only Mare and Snow, so Michelle let them decide on their own.
From the Archduchy, Kieran and Anastasia, with Nyxaroth, left first to the South, and when Snow contacted Michelle that they were at the furthermost corner of the territory, Michelle and Ivona set off, too, going North.
There, they split again, and Michelle left Mare with Ivona. The northern part of the Ostrich territory had a denser population since it wasn’t homogeneous, and the North was closer to the Capital City, so the girls had to split up, unlike Kieran and Anastasia, who could stay together to achieve their goal.
The whole morning and noon, the four ran around the Ostrich territory and left messages for the cultivators of the Ostrich family to gather in the main house by evening to discuss something important.