It had been a few days since Karyk left earth with Gabriel, but he still hadn't returned. At this point, even Aliac was starting to be concerned about it.
Moreover, Ryder also kept asking him a lot of questions, which he had no answers to.
At the end, he decided to check the Upper Realm himself to see why the two of them hadn't returned when they were just supposed to kill all the intruders and then return.
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The Celestial Empress didn't return to the Border City. She was already hurt by the injuries to her soul when her undead was killed.
In this condition, she didn't want to fight the person who killed her undead. It was especially the case as she noticed the movements of the Shadow Guards that flew towards the Border City.
Almost all the Shadow Guards had left the Royal Capital. She didn't know if they were going there for her, but she had a feeling that they weren't.