Ridiculous Task
Although the process looked smooth, this was the only way that Ryu could easily leave. He had been escorted by the Dao Lords and Sovereigns the entire way, so there had been no opportunity to escape.
Now, however, they were all connected in one place, and their shoddy formations were in one part easy to manipulate, and in another part strong enough to actually impact them.
The Sovereign, Aerendil, would be able to escape in just a few hours, but by that point, Ryu would be long gone.
Of course, that was only one part of the problem.
Ryu knew that without his wife, truly getting out of this situation wasn't an option. However, he had his own pride, and he had already put up a pathetic display before his wife once already, he couldn't possibly allow himself to do it again.