Those who were with William since the days of the Aspire academy felt how wrong this was. They never saw Leo before, nor heard about William having such allies and friends.
Yet under William's stubborn stance, they all got rejected and didn't manage to come with him.
As for the flying monsters, the moment they delivered masters to the safe zone, they returned to get sealed again. Zin and others were now considering them their most precious asset, even guarding them personally and not allowing anyone to come near them.
"What about the contest?" Sara looked at others before adding, "if you took a long time with them, we would miss it."
"Let's do it this way then," William knew he got no definite time for his return date, "you go there first, enlist our names there and see things. Don't stir up trouble and try to collect as much intel as possible."