The land that they had scorched and froze was recovering well enough that Alma only stationed a few of the elves to guard it. She just wanted to have her people there who could ensure that there would not be anything that threatened the growing grasses. To be fair, a few of the other representatives also did the same.
Besides that, once the fifth sweep had been done after the sprouts were growing, the soldiers had prepared to return along with the representatives. They all had their own plans now which had been discussed in their meeting.
Many of the tasks at hand were important for the future of the city along with the alliance as a whole. Walker was still focused on Ignus and his preparations though. They had a bit of a distance to travel to get to the expanding volcano.
