Michael quickly realized that it hadn't been necessary to threaten Lilica and the four members of her team.
Lilica's words from before weren't wrong either.
The Elders of the Forest Elven tribe didn't want anyone else to know about Michael's Soultrait. Instead, they wanted to get closer to him and find out more about his Soultrait's limit.
Because they had only clues and didn't know everything about Michael's capabilities, they could only be nice to him. After all, the only connection they had with him was the EmeraldLeaf Adventurer team – and they had become his subordinates.
The Elders couldn't order them to kidnap Michael, which left cooperation as the only option for the time being.
But what Michael didn't expect to receive was a gift from the Elders.
Lilica and her team disappeared for a total of three days. They left the Origin Expanse and returned just as Michael wanted to leave after finishing the last preparations to land on Kelta.