after they reach their destination, the agori apologize for judging the glatorian so harshly, but metus sends gresh and gelu off, stating that they are supposed to accept pay for helping. the two glatorian eventually make it to the village inn of vulcanus, where they talk about being a glatorian and about the core war. gelu then spots raanu, and excuses himself. the ice glatorian tells raanu about the map, and they discuss the chances of survival against a bone hunter attack. raanu suggests fleeing, but gelu instead suggests assembling a group of glatorian to defend the village. raanu asks gelu if he is going to lead the glatorian, but ackar, having overheard the conversation, says he will do it instead. the fire glatorian looks over the map and questions gelu's idea, saying that bone hunters can cause great destruction. when raanu asks if ackar is saying they should flee, the glatorian responds by saying that gelu's plan is most likely the best choice. gresh declares that he supports it, and ackar orders him to go to tesara and recruit some glatorian. he also sends out two glatorian trainees to tajun to seek help there, and gelu stays with ackar.