According to Ozul's orders, the group decided to create the headquarters in a town just near the Neutral City.
Since it was the Neutral Lands, Irvin and Ozul themselves needed to be present. Meanwhile, it became Oliver and Haley's duty to manage everything in their absence.
There were many more Rank-7 Mages under Haley's command, so they need not be so worried if anything unforeseen happened.
Irvin took some men and they headed towards the Neutral Lands together with Ozul. In these more than 5 years, he hadn't once returned there since he did not have any solid reason to.
Unbeknownst to him, Raymond and Alver were waiting for him to visit. As much arrogance as they had for being Rank-9 Mages, they were hesitant in being the first one to approach since their only nephew had grown up to be someone who could match them without them ever being there for him.
