Aerith's team had been assigned an escort mission. This mission would've been fairly easy if it were just an escort. The region they were supposed to escort the person through was a dark jungle full of beasts. That wouldn't have been much of a problem either. But this jungle was ruled by a Tier 2, Circle of Comprehension Poison Ivy with a whole pack of poison ivies under its command.
That raised the danger level to a very high level. The person they were escorting was unknown. The only thing they knew of was that the person was a lady. That was all.
Aerith could tell that whoever was in the carriage they were protecting was very powerful, so he couldn't understand why she needed escorts. Well, it wasn't as if he cared. He just wanted to win this competition and beat Bahamut. That was all that mattered. Even his teammates didn't matter.
