But Ibra was all alone right now. If they retreated and teleported away, then he got to also run for his life. Thinking about calling him back wasn't going to work. The entire city was totally surrounded by a tight circle of scary monsters. If he came here, he'd be asking for his own death.
"Send someone to check on the portals, we need everything ready before retreating," William said to Lara, and the latter took a few seconds before doing what he said.
She sent many teams to the portal area. They were the ones who used to work there and knew what they should do to make the portals work.
William knew leading everyone to the open area of the portal zone without preparing everything beforehand was an act of suicide. So, he waited until Lara sent the experienced teams out, and that also attracted the attention of everyone in the city.