Half a day later;
In the wilderness, Mark and the rest of the bunch were sitting around a campfire. A heavy silence filled the place. No one is speaking anything as Mark was roasting the boar meat. However, everyone's attention was on him, even including the High Priestess Sylvandria.
The High Priestess gained consciousness a few hours ago, but she wasn't able to escape due to the fact that her cultivation was sealed by Steve. The Princess was also in the same condition.
Mark then explained to them his plan of surrendering both of them in exchange for the safe passage for every elf living in Sylvandrial dominion to his world.
Of course, it is a lie.
He merely gave an excuse to keep everyone in the dark so that the demigod realm mage also doesn't find it out. Even now, he suspected that they were being watched, not that they were no longer in the hidden village. His real plan is something else, which was only known to himself.