After Lia was done salvaging for resources, she went to search for a place where she could safely enter the next realm, Core Refining, without any disturbance.
At the same time, in the Arcane Academy.
Raon had somewhat stabilized his cultivation in the past two or so months by sneaking out and battling demon beasts as well as bandits.
If his strength could permit it, he would've attacked the assassins and their hiding locations who had dared to ambush Lia, but his current strength was meager compared to them.
Raon had been sneaking in and out of the Arcane Academy because he had asked Tykos to reduce the surveillance on him as it might just compromise his situation.
This was how Raon evaded the eyes of the Elders, who might just force Raon to be their disciple because of his steep increase in cultivation from scratch in less than a year.
