Damien's journey back to Void Palace wasn't impeded again after that.
After all, even if they knew where he was going, they couldn't chase him.
The Straea Clan still had to be wary of the Veritas Clan and the Holy Empire. If worst came to worst and they decided to expand their area of operation, the Vega Clan would likely step in as well.
At the current moment, even if it was Straea, they couldn't act outside the Northern Region.
Of course, that was going to change soon.
The Dark God had given his order. Both the Straea Clan and the Foreign Race nobility would begin acting soon enough, but that was still a ways away.
For the Foreign nobility, it was a serious task to enter the Heavenly World. Until they could reliably travel between the two realms, they couldn't do much.
As for Straea, well, Malevalon was currently in a certain mood.