Since they would need all the strength they could get, Rain altered his domain with the help of Sakaki and made skills like Magic Sacrifice and Endurance Sacrifice to those who entered it. Those techniques made everyone frown and confused since it bypassed how the system was supposed to work under normal means. Still, they made good use of it.
The estimations proved wrong once more, and instead of six weeks, the vessel approached the target after just four weeks… while the group didn't have as much time as they had imagined that they would have, they still finished their preparations.
Esmeralda took charge of briefing the group on the details of the upcoming mission, drawing together a team that included Seadrei, Isa, Sealyn, and Regis. Despite the lack of concrete information about the enemy's territory, they collaborated to devise a very decent plan.