Sentinel, the King in the East, couldn't afford to fight so many powerful Awakened alone, especially when the weak members of Lith's family might be caught in the crossfire or used as meat shields.
As soon as the Awakened had appeared, she had contacted Faluel and the other Kings with her communication amulet. Only then did she howl. It alerted the enemy to her presence, but it also forced their hand.
Knowing that the Kings of the Woods and their magical beasts were coming, no one could afford to take their time to reach whatever goal had brought them to Lutia.
At that point, Sentinel cast a Spirit Spell to conjure a dimensional beacon that allowed the other Kings to lock on her position.
Normal Steps were faster to cast and required less mana, but a simple elemental-sealing array could disrupt such spells with ease. The Spirit Steps led the battalions of warrior magical beasts before the enemy, creating the first wave of the tide.
