"Hilia seems... really familiar with this place, huh?"
Following the guidance of the Death Tendril, once they entered what used to be the core stronghold of the Withered Wood Organization, Hilia moved as if she'd been here before, leading Phil smoothly around all sorts of hidden traps inside.
Now, although this place hadn't been abandoned, it was already lacking maintenance. This had been the area dedicated to researching the withered faction's power, but after Rose used Divine Power to make the Holy Tree reclaim all withered power—causing all high-tier withered faction Mages to die—the Elf King gave up on studying withered power.
Until they figured out how "Hilia" had caused all withered power to be reclaimed, the Elf Royal Court likely wouldn't continue training Mages of this special faction.
