Zane, Wago and Spee decided to return back to the Wraith Hands to get medical attention before going to the ruins. With their condition, they couldn't even get past the forest and into Astra.
"Next time, we'll just enter Astra from the border.." Zane nodded. The reason he visited the Beast Scourge Forest had already been fulfilled.
It took them a week and a half to exit the forest, and another month to reach Aurea.
In the swamp forest where the Wraith Hands base, Zane and the twins walked slowly. Before they reached the base, Zane stopped them.
"Wait." He looked at them. "Wago, hide our bags by merging them inside the trees."
They carried a lot of cores from different beasts. If they took it inside the base, the Union was sure to take it all, despite Zane's deal with Caleb.