A week later, the planned raid was finally about to begin.
Icard stood at the gate with Reya, Matt, Eric, and Alia as their assigned raid group gathered around them.
About twenty people in total; incarnations of varying strength and experience, checking their gear, adjusting their weapons, and murmuring quietly as the early tension settled in.
The structure of the raid this time was very much different.
After the previous incident, the mayor's office, guided heavily by Albert's observations from the battlefield, had revised the entire operation strategy.
Instead of loosely organized expeditions, incarnations willing to participate were first required to enlist formally.
Once registered, they were evaluated and divided into structured raid groups with clear roles and positioning.
That system had started taking shape about a week ago.
