In the Light Screen footage, unable to find her way home, Raiden Mei ultimately decided to stay in Uruk for the time being and prioritize solving her survival problems.
With Ushiwakamaru's help, Raiden Mei quickly adapted to her new life. With the great construction project underway and everyone in Uruk busy striving against the apocalypse, she could not bring herself to freeload, so she prepared to do whatever she could.
At first, Raiden Mei did not join the war. Instead, she helped build Uruk from the rear.
As a modern person in this ancient era, as long as she was willing to settle down and work patiently, there were still many things she could accomplish.
After all, Raiden Mei was not some clueless idiot. At nineteen, her high-school-level academic knowledge was excellent. If someone possessed that level of education and had not forgotten it, they would count as top-tier talent in ancient times.
In any case, Raiden Mei did quite a lot back then. Gilgamesh had even, for a time, trained her as an administrative official.
However, while she was out in the wilderness inspecting the growth of the farmland, she unexpectedly came under attack by demonic beasts.
It was not some conspiracy or trap. She was simply unlucky.
Although the Absolute Demonic Front kept most demonic beasts outside the defensive line, there were always some that could slip around it and sneak into Uruk's territory.
For that reason, Gilgamesh had arranged dedicated patrol units to patrol within the borders, doing their utmost to prevent demonic beasts from attacking people in Uruk.
Yet with such a vast stretch of land, even after Gilgamesh had mobilized nearly everyone, complete security was still impossible.
Raiden Mei encountered precisely such a situation. She had brought several assistants with her but no guards, practically