After returning to his people with the emperor's corpse in the elven tribes didn't play out exactly as he'd expected, Michael landed himself and Razor in the obsidian castle so they could bury his body and move on to much more important things.
Despite having fulfilled his part of the deal, Michael ultimately got nothing out of it since Dominion was allegedly captured. Had the demi-god still been free, Razor would've helped Michael get rid of the demi-god's ploys, but now, with Haruki as their last hurdle along with his people kicking him out of the tribe, Michael truly had nothing and nobody to turn to.
"Reality alter: Teleportation trap!" Pulled out of his thoughts by Razor's words, Michael shook his head and focused his eyes on Razor's back.