The toll of the bell they heard wasn't for anything too important, nor was it a call for help or a sound of war. It was just a mechanism to announce when a team had completed their mission and made it to the sect. The one they heard wasn't for them, but for the first team to arrive.
The first team to arrive was Aerith's team, and to their confusion, the lady they were supposed to escort came along with them. It turned out that the escort mission was to the sect, and it had been very eventful. After the battle with the poison ivies, they managed to patch the carriage and get it moving, only to encounter the main boss of the jungle. Although they didn't kill it since the veiled lady asked them not to... Not as if they had any chance, they still managed to injure it. Aerith also realized that he couldn't use his full ability. He even felt weaker than his teammates when he was supposed to be the strongest. This was something he couldn't understand...
