Tarnyang and sainyang obviously unable to seperate was on a group together with Elina, Sainyang had realised that the other two seemed to be grumbling on something while looking for a new minion in the ancient Amara desert. "Y-you both seem to not really be focusing properly, what is the matter Sister? Elina?" She stopped which tugged on Tarnyang and Elina looked back at them. "I am absolutely focused what are you on about? I do not care about anything that slime freak would have mentioned!" Elina puffed and turned away, then tarnyang bumped her using her hip. "Comeon talk about it, it is not like anyone else is out here to listen to you anyway." Sainyang nodded agreeing. "Alright fine, melona mentioned how big sister was engaged. How could i not have known this? And to a kreutz too. I know they were supposedly the greatest order in the continent before the incident but.." She was starting to look more angry. "If it helps to ease you, just know that we had no idea either. By the way who is alphonse? We have never heard of him." Sainyang shakes her head agreeing. "I never heard much of him either, but who do he think he is to be worthy of my big sister. She is way more noble than a mere Knight, even before she became the queen." They were interrupted by what seemed like a sandstorm, though that was not the case. They had found another minion.
Sigui, Ymir and Lunaluna had made their way to the kreutz ruins as supposedly, it was a chance the minion and ghost airi could be there. It was after all the direction Melona escaped, Sigui seemed to be questioning why she had ended up in the group with a dwarf that deal with alchemy and a tribe woman worshipping other gods. Lunaluna seemed to be ignoring the others at the thought of finding where annelotte had lived, while Ymir argued back with Sigui on why she was stuck in a group with a one track minded useless worshipper of someone that could not do any help to anyone, and they both was about to draw weapons but then lunaluna wrapped them both with her tentacles forcing them to stop and directing their attention to the ruins in front of them. "Oh man this place stinks of iron, and not the pure metal kind. Death glooms this area but all showing is destruction and blood scattered." Ymir untangled herself and quickly got into the grounds and started exploring the ruins for possible useful materials. Sigui sighed and started actually looking for the minion and lunaluna was busy just exploring the area for her own amusement.
Eilin and mirim had gotten Vante with them and seems to have headed to a remote village filled with only children, they were looking for a samurai called Izumi who was supposedly residing there in hopes of her joining them and knowing the location of an angel that could help with finding the last minion, it would be of massive help because the last minion seemed to be roaming in the clouds rather than on the surface. Unlike the other groups this one was more quiet, reasonable and straight to the point. It took them no time at all to find exactly who and what they needed, izumi joined them at the cost of keeping vante in the village and Laila the angel they needed and found was not slacking for a single moment knowing exactly where the minion could be.
Yuit had gotten to the vance property and been gathering all the information she managed on the previous tournament, aldra's past as the former queen even the true identity of the wandering warrior maria. As well as which minion held the curse over which warrior and who all the minions were. Menace, an ancient egyptian with royal blood resurrected by the swamp witch held the curse over Melpha, cattleya and Risty. Airi a ghost summoned by the swamp witch held the curse over Nowa, alleyne and Nanael. Lastly Liliana A dead pirate resurrected by the swamp witch held the curse over Tomoe and Maria. However she was supposedly also the one to hold the curse on aldra, though no one of them knew if she really did or not, or who else might be if it was not her.
About a day went by and it was getting dark out where everyone had again met up, releasing the warriors from their curses though not defeating the minions as most of them escaped, as they met up it seemed the fight had stopped, but only Claudette was to be found all beat up and out of energy. They tried to ask her where the other two had gone but she was unable to talk at all and could only rest, they all suggested they would continue tomorrow instead. The moons were getting high and the armies had left long ago, it would also let everyone else rest like the queen before looking for Annelotte and Aldra.
That next morning Yuit went back to the vance property with vante to see how the warriors were doing after their curses were lifted, surely enough most of them were still worn out from the long time they have had the curses tearing at them. Tomoe's skills had dropped drastically, risty had to restore her strength and maria was so full of adrenaline she could be seen jumping from tower to tower. However she saw a new person with them, though she did not stay for long and never mentioned her name to yuit. She had light brown hair and had a red ribbon in her hair, wore a blue and white dress and had striped stockings. She was surprised that unlike most of the warriors she were not wearing any armor. Yuit dismissed it eventually and got back to report how it was going and also some unexpected information.
"It seems the warriors had a clue on where to look for Aldra and annelotte, it is a high chance that the swamp witch could have something to do with them being gone. So that is why i suggest we look for her." Everyone seemed confused. "Uhm but.. Huit, no one of us have any idea where the witch resides." Elina exclaimed with most others agreeing except for laila. "Actually, we do. Have nobody noticed the deadlands? Its obvious that she could only be there as she is nowhere to be found with her minions." Nobody wasted a single minute getting to the borders of the dead land that steadily was growing, they started searching in a split up form but not too far that they could not hear one another.